Everything around was rather familiar, yet there were also things that went beyond what Nero had seen in his previous life.
There were banners and advertisements everywhere, which was too much for him as the amount of ads was much higher than before.
Everything was flashing or showing something. What also surprised him was that fashion in this world was quite simple, in the sense that it was closer to a classic style. Recalling how the bald man was in a suit, Nero sighed.
"So judging by the memories, I need to go to the destination in about half an hour, but I'm hungry now so I need to take care of that first."
Deciding to eat first, he looked around the street, finding a simple stall under another building.
Approaching it, he took several types of food for himself - a hot dog, salad and fried beef.
He had already made plans and did not want to live like the previous Nero. Since his ability clearly gave him very great opportunities. That's why he could freely spend the money that the previous Nero hadn't dared to. Besides, he currently had no one to take care of except himself.
In a sense, he was much more free than the other Nero.
"This... doesn't really resemble beef, I don't feel that aroma and taste... what is this?"
When he started his snack, he noticed that the meat clearly didn't have such a strong taste. It was as if he was eating something similar to meat.
Because he needed a large amount of energy, he could not refuse food.
After finishing eating, he went to where he could take on a job. After half an hour he arrived at the city center, where there were more ads and the streets were cleaner and more neat.
Among all these tall buildings there was an inconspicuous corner that Nero found by following the memories. Finally he was in front of an iron door with no one in sight as he approached it.
But when he came to this door, he suddenly heard a faint sound. It was a warning sound telling him to stop. Following which a small recess opened near the door, and a beam of light came out scanning Nero.
Soon this light disappeared, after which the door opened. Nero saw a long corridor in front of him which he walked along.
Passing through it, Nero finally reached his destination.
It was a large place, with many people walking back and forth. However, most of them looked quite intimidating. Looking around, Nero sighed and walked over to the counter.
A rather beautiful woman was sitting there, typing something on the computer in front of her. Seeing Nero approach her, she showed no emotion and simply asked.
"What service do you need?"
Based on the memories, this place offers many services. Ranging from taking on assignments to satisfying one's desires. However, for this he clearly needed to have a lot of money as well as prestige.
Prestige was something like reputation - if a mercenary had a high reputation, he received a corresponding status.
At the moment, Nero was just an ordinary mercenary with D rank status.
This was the lowest rank, and as for the highest it was A rank. He knew nothing about them, and he was not interested in it either. Right now he needed something else - first, to find assignments that would give him money and also raise his status.
Although he planned to destroy this organization to ensure a safe life for himself, he first needed to have the appropriate power for it.
In terms of physical qualities, Nero had weak indicators compared to other mercenaries. He was like an ordinary person, and as for skills, there was no need to talk about it.
He didn't know how to hold weapons or fight against several people. Although the previous Nero had beaten some people, it was against one and also had the effect of surprise.
Looking at the woman in front of him, Nero replied.
"I'd like to see the assignments available to me."
The woman nodded and started looking at the computer, at the same time Nero also saw assignments gradually appearing on another screen facing him.
There were typical 5th rank assignments, mostly beating someone or transporting certain goods.
There were several types of assignments, from transportation to killings.
And the rank from 5 to 1 indicated the importance of the assignment and, accordingly, the danger along with the reward.
That is, 5th rank is objectively the simplest assignments, and 1st rank the most difficult. Nero didn't even have access to 4th rank assignments.
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Looking carefully at the list of tasks, he finally saw an assignment that would give him more reputation than others.
In addition to ranks, these assignments were also divided into different categories according to difficulty and number of participants.
The difficulty indicated the lower limit of skills. That is, even if the assignment rank is 5, there could be high difficulty. This does not mean the assignment is difficult, it is an individual assessment. Employees assess the skills and strength of the mercenary and then indicate the difficulty from that mercenary's point of view.
Differently, even if a mercenary is A rank, and the 1st rank assignments for him also have varying difficulties. If he needs to penetrate a very secret place where he needs appropriate skills that the mercenary does not have, then of course it will be an assignment with high difficulty for him.
Now he saw an assignment that would start tomorrow night. And judging by the difficulty, this would be difficult for him. However, there was one more thing - he had to perform the assignment with three other people.
Looking at it for some time, there were no other assignments that could quickly raise his status. Having made a decision, he looked at the woman and then spoke.
"I want to take on assignment number 437."
The woman looked at the assignment.
"Are you sure about this?"
Nero just nodded in response, and the woman asked no more questions, simply confirming acceptance.
"Do you need any other services?"
Thinking for a while, Nero asked to check his account balance. He learned that he had 1300 coins.
"I'd like to buy a few things."
Following Nero's instructions, the woman displayed a list of available items on the screen.
Looking at it, Nero chose a rather cheap pistol and a knife that looked like an army knife for himself.
"Sir, the data has been sent, you can go to the supply room and pick up your belongings."
Following the woman's words, Nero went towards the arsenal.
A man in full gear was standing there, looking very intimidating. Passing by him, he came to a small place.
Approaching the glass, the man behind the glass looked at him and walked away. Some time later he returned with a bag in his hands.
The bag was placed below on a special spot that slid out towards Nero.
Taking it in his hands, Nero was about to check it, however as soon as his hand tried to touch the bag to open it.
Click
The clicking sound stopped him, subconsciously paying attention, Nero saw how the man in gear was already pointing a rifle at him.
"Sir, it is forbidden to tamper with weapons here, please return to the shooting range or leave the building to inspect the weapon, we guarantee everything is in order with the weapons."
At this time a voice came from behind the glass. Understanding the situation, Nero raised his hand in surrender and then left.
However, all this time the man in gear was still aiming at him.
Coming out of there, Nero only noticed one thing now. That is, everyone who walked back and forth inside the building had no weapons except for security.
When he left this place holding the bag, his phone suddenly vibrated.
Looking at it, a notification came from an app.
The app had the label of weapons and a man in sunglasses. Most people seeing this would think it was just a game. However, Nero clearly knew what it was - it was the organization's app.
Inside, everything was set up so that it could be confused with a game. The main screen was still a game about mercenaries similar to a text strategy game. However, when Nero opened it and pressed in the empty corner of the app, a place to enter a code appeared.
He entered a four-digit code, after which another interface opened up before his eyes. There were 5 tabs there.
[Status]
[Assignment Acceptance]*
[Community]*
[Chat]*
[Shop]
[Warehouse]
The last two tabs were grayed out, indicating they were unavailable.
At this time, there were notification signs on several tabs indicating something new had appeared.
But first he was interested in looking at his rating from the organization, so he pressed Status.
[Name: Nero
Rank: D
Completed assignments: 8
Failed assignments: 0
Overall rating: Due to lack of skills, only a general assessment can be made.
An ordinary person with average abilities.]
Reading the description, Nero was not surprised, since both he and the original Nero did not have any special qualities or skills.
But he wasn't too concerned about it.
Closing the window, he first looked at the assignments.
[New Assignment:
Objective: Eliminate Arma Duran, founder of Eidos company.
Age: 45 years old
Appearance: Tall, slender, with piercing green eyes and shortly cropped black hair
Photo provided below.
Description:
Your task is to infiltrate the newly created Eidos company headquarters and eliminate Duran.
Importantly:
According to data he has several dozen people in his security. According to recent news he spends a lot of time in his company.
Deadline: Morning of May 5]
After reading the details of the assignment, Nero sighed. This was a murder assignment, although he did not want to do such things. However, no one said he had to kill someone. Besides, in order to increase his rank, gain skills and many weapons, as well as the ability to get rid of the organization, sooner or later he would have to do something about it.
It should also be noted that he was not alone in this assignment. There were also three other people with him, although he did not know who they were.
After looking at it for some time, he went to chat, where a conversation was already underway at that time.
These were the other three participants, but there were no photos or names. The participants had numbers instead of names. From 1 to 4.
Number four was occupied by Nero himself, and judging by this it seemed to indicate the order of ranks. That is, number 1 was the person with the highest rank.
At this time, the three people had already started a discussion.
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2 1 3 1 Reading everything the other participants wrote, Nero finally started typing. 4 When he wrote this, the whole chat stopped working.