(7) Discovering van Bruggen's whereabouts Deus Ex: HR Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

There are two different methods to obtain information concerning van Bruggen's current whereabouts. A more obvious way to do that is to meet Tong Si Hung. In this case you should begin on the main floor of the nightclub. Go to the bar and initiate a conversation with the bartender named Bobby Bao #1. Choose the upper dialogue option #2 so that Bobby can direct you to a VIP lounge located on the top floor of the club.

Choose the passageway located to the left of the bar and you shouldn't have any problems locating the stairs leading to an upper floor #1. Once you're there turn left and you'll enter the VIP section. Initiate a conversation here with the club manager #2.

The club manager will display hostile behavior towards you at the beginning of this conversation. He won't grant you an audience with his boss and he'll also say that Tong doesn't care about van Bruggen's fate. Your task will of course be to change his mind and to uncover the truth. An augmentation called Social Enhancer may come in handy here, because it would allow you to discover club manager's psychological profile and to monitor the current level of persuasion. Steering the conversation in the right direction will make the persuasion bar turn green and choosing wrong responses will result in the bar turning orange. Don't worry if you don't have the implant mentioned above, because you may easily pass the conversation without it. Sadly it's not possible to present one error-proof method, because the conversation with the club manager slightly changes each time you've tried talking to him (even after reloading the last save). As a result it's extremely important to listen to him and to choose dialogue options after reading sentences tied to them. Focus all of your efforts on the thing you're trying to achieve (in this case it's finding van Bruggen) and remember to stay calm, because no one likes outbursts of rage.

You can achieve the desired result in this conversation by ignoring club manager's attempts to disinform you about van Bruggen's hideout and about what he knows. It's also important to use an opportunity to share your concerns about the importance of finding the hacker and to add that Tong must be helping him to escape from Hengsha safely. Pinpointing and insisting during this conversation is a good idea to get what you want. At first the club manager will only reveal that van Bruggen is in a safe place, but if you manage to pass the whole negotiation process you'll be allowed to meet Tong in his office to learn the details. A different way to end this conversation with success is to use the Social Enhancer augmentation to activate pheromones (it's done by pressing the Z key). This would require you to choose the Alpha type of personality. Succeeding here would allow Jensen to unmask the club manager as Tong himself. If you fail this conversation you will have to use the alternative method described later in the text (overhearing the conversation in Tong's office without meeting him there personally).

Reward: 1750 experience points.

Go back to the stairs #1 and head down. Instead of going back to the main area of the club turn left twice. Proceed towards a door leading to Hive's basement #2. If you've passed the conversation with the club manager, then you will be able to open this door without having to input a code.

Turn right and then left, choosing the stairs leading to the basement #1. Ignore a guard patrolling this corridor and turn right. Proceed to the door located at the end of this corridor #2. Open the door leading to Tong's office and take your time to look around. You can find credits here, as well as an Ebook.

Approach the club manager and initiate a second conversation with him. The beginning of this meeting will be different depending on whether you've already unmasked the manager as Tong or you've discovered this only now. The owner of the Hive club will tell you to search for van Bruggen in Alice Garden Pods hotel.

Reward: 1000 experience points.

A less obvious method to find out about van Bruggen's hideout is to overhear a conversation in Tong Si Hung's office. You will be forced to choose this option if you've failed to pass the conversation with the club manager, however you can also choose it out of your free will (this means you won't have to talk to anyone inside the club). The first step in this case is to reach the basement of the Hive. If you've chosen to go through the sewers you'll already be there. Otherwise you'll have to take additional steps. Go to the men's restroom located on the main level of the club. Search the cabins and you'll find a datapad with a 0415 code inside one of them #1. Exit the restroom and approach the door located close to the staircase leading to the upper floor #2. This door has a level 4 electronic lock, however you can use the combination you've found and therefore skip the mini-game.

Open the door, turn right and then left #1, choosing the stairs leading to the basement. If you went through the sewers and explored the basement you'd end up right here. If this is your first time in the basement, then you'll have to be very careful, because a nearby corridor is being patrolled by a single guard. You can dispose of this person using guns (preferably something that would paralyze the target), defeat the guard in melee combat #2 or try avoiding the guard without being seen.

Check the northern side of this corridor to find an entrance to a new ventilation shaft #1. Enter the shaft and start moving towards Tong's office. The game will show a cut-scene as soon as you're near your destination #2. You'll find out that the club manager was in fact Tong (worth mentioning only if you talked to him) and from a phone call made after the conversation with a Belltower officer you'll learn that van Bruggen is hiding in the Alice Garden Pods hotel.

Reward: 750 experience points + 750 experience points for staying undetected.