Of course, Mann and the others wouldn’t know who David Martinez was at this time, because David was still a good student at Arasaka Academy.
But David was, after all, from a humble background, and he felt out of place among his rich classmates. He didn’t feel any sense of belonging to the school, let alone any affection for it.
So, there was a high chance that David could be persuaded to cooperate with them.
…
“Who is this David?” Mann asked curiously, looking at Jiang Heng.
“Well, a boy I met by chance. He should be attending Arasaka Academy now,” Jiang Heng replied.
At this moment, Lucy asked: “Since he is a student at Arasaka Academy, his family should be quite wealthy, right? Would he agree to cooperate with us?”
“I’m not sure, but there’s something I need to correct. David isn’t from a wealthy family. His mother works hard every day to support him, so we just need to give him some compensation, and he should be happy to cooperate with us,” Jiang Heng said.
In the anime, David wanted to save money and avoid using the school’s latest equipment, so he bought a counterfeit device in a black market for a little money. As a result, it almost caused the Arasaka Academy system to crash.
Jiang Heng thought they could use this as a springboard.
So-called educational equipment, to put it simply, was actually a Braindance headset that could adapt to the school’s network.
It is worth knowing that in this world, Braindance isn't just for watching movies, or for something that has a sexual connotation. Braindance can be considered one of the most basic infrastructures in this world.
Arasaka Academy constantly updates its educational equipment, first, to avoid leaks of teaching materials, and second, of course, to make money.
Every time the equipment is updated, the students have to pay the school a large sum of money, which is why David bought counterfeit products in a black market.
Jiang Heng and his team could edit a virus program and install it in David’s Braindance device. When it connects to the school’s network, it would secretly download the teaching materials on the school network.
This way, it could be done without anyone knowing.
Editing a virus program was too easy for Jiang Heng and the others, after all, they had three extremely skilled hackers on their team.
So now, all they had to do was find David. Night City was so big, where could they find him? Of course, they had to go to Arasaka Academy.
…
After listening to Jiang Heng’s suggestion, everyone decided to do so. It was the plan with the least risk, and it would minimize their exposure while completing the task.
“Alright, now all we have to do is get two sets of Arasaka Academy uniforms and sneak in. Since Jiang Heng knows David, the task of going to school to find him is entrusted to you and Lucy, how about that?” Mann asked Jiang Heng.
“No problem,” Jiang Heng nodded.
“Hey, I want to go too,” Rebecca said suddenly.
“What are you going to do? With your body that’s about the size of a primary school student, you’ll only raise suspicion if you go,” Jiang Heng said.
As soon as he said that, it completely angered Rebecca. The little girl bounced up from the sofa and stood on it, looking down at Jiang Heng. She pulled out a pistol from behind her and pointed it at his head, questioning: “Primary school student? Damn it, you dare call me a primary school student?”
Jiang Heng was unfazed. He spread his hands and said: “Well, the skill of drawing your gun doesn’t seem like a primary school student, but…”
As he spoke, Jiang Heng reached out both hands and grabbed the gun before Rebecca could react. He also grabbed her ponytail and pulled her into his arms.
“Look, your arms and legs are so small, you don’t look like a high school student at all.”
Rebecca realized what had happened and flipped over. She stepped on Jiang Heng’s face with her bare feet and landed gracefully in the distance, doing a kind of front flip with a twist.
“Humph, I don’t want to go anyway, I don’t care.”
She moved further away from Jiang Heng. This pervert had been grabbing and touching him again just now, he was getting more and more outrageous!
Rebecca, who had been disrupting things, was subdued, and the final plan was set. Mann and the others would get the uniforms this afternoon, and tomorrow Jiang Heng and Lucy would sneak into the school to find David.
No one knew where David lived, so going directly to the school was the most convenient.
…
In the afternoon, Mann and the others didn’t stay at Jiang Heng’s place for long. After all, the plan had been decided, and they still needed to get the Arasaka Academy uniforms.
It would be difficult to buy these, because who would buy school uniforms? The official uniforms were not like those restricted items that could be used for 制服play, so it would be best to get them custom-made.
After everyone left, Lucy went to the balcony and leaned against the railing at the edge, looking out at Night City. She seemed to be in low spirits.
Jiang Heng saw them off and immediately went to Lucy’s side. He knew what she was thinking without even asking.
This mission was different from all the previous ones, because their target this time was Arasaka Academy!
The word “Arasaka” meant something to Lucy, it went without saying.
Although this time it was Arasaka Academy, not Arasaka Corporation, they were both called “Arasaka” for all intents and purposes.