The Blend's flash drive

Freeman looks at Gavr's documents you copied, and says that he probably understands who killed Fang and why, but he needs something to verify his suspicions. 
In his briefcase that Marked One returned from James in Mercenaries' suitcase, Freeman discovered some documents from James, besides his own ones. The documents say that there's going to be a secret meeting of mercenary leaders in Dark Valley soon, and that someone named Blend will be on the meeting, among others. Freeman needs his flash drive. The meeting is going to start soon, so you need to hurry.
== Walkthrough ==
Blend will be waiting in the [ abandoned factory] in Dark Valley, on the top floor, with nine other mercenaries. You can kill them on your way to him. In a dialogue with him, you can choose to either pay 50000RU for his flash drive or kill him outright. 
If you paid him and ended the talk peacefully, Blend will advise to leave the factory as soon as possible, because the other mercs are already on their way to the meeting. That seems to be true, as shortly after that the factory will be flooded with 26 mercenaries. The easiest way to escape is to jump out of the fire escape door on the south onto the warehouse roof below, and run away; or you can climb to the factory roof and escape to the north through a tree.
Bring the flash drive to Freeman and read it with him. Turns out that Gavr's gang decided to take over the Monolith. Fang has been hired by them for his expertise in electronics engineering, without knowing anything about them. Over time, he started to suspect something and Gavr ordered his assassination.
== Notes ==
* To make this quest look a bit more sane, you could wipe the usual factory fauna out before accepting it.
* Despite Blend saying to not kill anyone, you must only keep Blend himself alive for the peaceful outcome. In fact, the mercs won't despawn and you'll have kill them.
* It's strongly advised to let Blend live. In that case, he will leave you a great reward much later at the end of NS storyline, during Bunker D-6 assault. Unlike James's stash when you pay 50,000RU, Blend's stash is a lot more rewarding.
* Blend belongs to the mysterious Last Day faction. Its role will be clarified much later down the story.
* Instead of killing Blend's guards when entering the factory, you can climb the broken fire escape staircase on the southern wall of the factory. Blend will act surprised that anyone could do this, and his guards will turn neutral.
** You can make your way into the complex without jump artifacts from the southeast corner of the complex. You can jump onto the border fence and over the wall and make your way to the staircase peacefully.
** The guards will still turn hostile after the deal.
*There is a grace period of about one minute where you can stay in the complex while the mercenaries are still neutral. They will slowly file in, but after that minute has passed you will be fired upon immediately.
== Bugs ==
* If you buy the flash drive from Blend then kill him, he will have another flash drive in his inventory.