In the cold and gloomy bathroom, the old faucets were stained with rust-colored stains.
Although the switch has been tightened, because it has been used too many times, the faucet is still dripping droplets of water, falling to the basin on the floor, making a dull but clear echo, and the water droplets gradually gather in the basin.
Opposite the faucet, there is a bathtub filled with ice cubes.
A well-dressed woman lay unconscious inside, and the mist wafting out was moist and cold.
As time passed, the ice gradually began to melt, soaking the woman's clothes, and the dripping water gradually gathered into a puddle of water. The woman lying in the bathtub finally woke up.
She opened her eyes, and her consciousness was a little unclear.
But the cold temperature in the bathtub quickly woke her up. The first picture that caught her eyes was the dim incandescent lamp on the ceiling.
After only a short while, the woman realized the situation at this moment.
"Fuck...I can't believe I got scammed, that bastard!"
v quickly understood the situation, and immediately did what every woman would do after waking up from a coma, and quickly touched her plump body.
"Hey, I'm still wearing clothes?" Lying in the bathtub, V glanced down subconsciously. She lacked awareness of her own figure and found that she couldn't see the area below her chest at all.
So she bowed and realized that except for the traces of being wetted by melted ice cubes, there was no missing spot on her body.
"Strange, didn't I fall into that guy's trap? Why didn't anything happen?" V whispered in confusion.
When she bought a map of Night City this morning, the merchant also gave her a book similar to a Night City travel guide.
Therefore, v has a clear understanding of who has suffered him.
——Scavengers, known as kidney cutters, are the most numerous in the Night City and are as disgusting as cockroaches.
The moment he woke up, V thought that at least a few parts were missing from his body.
But now it seems that the vendor who made her wear Black Mewtwo didn't seem to have done anything to her?
Just as V was thinking about it secretly, the cold mist in the bathtub finally made her shiver. It was difficult for her to continue thinking deeply and she could only struggle to get up from the bathtub.
Reluctantly standing still, V looked around and found that this place was just an ordinary old bathroom.
Other than that, there are no traces of scavengers at all.
She was the only victim in the huge ice bathtub, and there was no trace of blood or any operating tools.
"Damn, I'm the only one here, where did my head go..." V frowned and muttered to himself.
At that time, she lost consciousness the moment she put on Black Mewtwo. Now she is in prison, which means that Mal failed to fulfill his responsibility to protect her. It is more likely that both of them were caught here.
But now apart from her, Mal was nowhere to be seen.
Is it possible that these kidney cutters still sort goods?
Staying in the bathroom for a long time, v tried to find some handy killing tools here.
But except for water cups, toothbrushes and towels, she couldn't see any useful weapons at all, as if this place was really just an ordinary bathroom.
After searching for tools to no avail, V could only quietly pull open the door handle and try to walk out.
The lights outside are bright, and you can faintly hear the sweet music. The outside is not as gloomy as the inside of the bathroom.
The first thing that catches the eye is a corridor. There are doors to other rooms on the walls on both sides. There is a fence at the end. The other side of the fence seems to be the hall.
Unexpectedly, this house is a duplex apartment with a suspended second floor!
This corridor alone was enough to imagine how big the house was. V originally thought he would run into the enemy as soon as he opened the door.
But the music coming from the other side of the hall still made her feel ashamed.
It seems that the kidney cutters are still celebrating today’s harvest!
"Calm down, V, now is not the time to be angry..." V comforted himself, slowing down and walking forward.
When passing by the fence, she lowered her body and moved like a cat, trying to pass by without making any noise so as not to disturb the people in the hall.
At the same time, V also took the opportunity to stretch out his head furtively and spy on the scene in the hall.
This sight instantly stunned her.
"Fuck..."
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"Brother, please forgive me. My previous actions were just acting. I had absolutely no intention of harming you. The power of the electric shock stick was just enough to stun people. Everything was done by Beichuan.
You ordered me to do it, can you forgive me for my reckless behavior tonight?"
In the lobby on the first floor, the spacious dining table was filled with delectable meals. The vulgar-looking vendor was hunched over, standing next to Mal like a humble waiter, and said in a respectful tone.
However, Mal could no longer listen to his words at this time.
He held a piece of steak in one hand and a warm sesame seed cake in the other, neatly sandwiched the two foods together and ate them hungrily.
He had not eaten much all day, and now he had no patience for the delicious food in front of him.
The anger of being deceived by an acquaintance, the shame of being stunned... these emotions will become extremely cheap in the face of survival instinct.
So even though the vendor was still chirping in his ear, in Mal's eyes he was just an annoying mosquito.
On the sofa in the hall, Kitagawa sat calmly, with exquisite sake and porcelain bowls placed on the glass table in front of him.
He stared calmly at the two people at the dining table. After a while, he raised his head and looked at the guardrail on the second floor as if he had expected it. He looked at the girl with her head exposed and a blank expression on her face.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You are lying in the bathtub and you are freezing. Come down quickly and eat some warm food. You woke up just in time and these things were cooked not long ago." Kitagawa Hiroshi
He raised the porcelain bowl and greeted V on the second floor as if he was toasting.
Second floor.
v stood up mechanically and looked blankly at the lively scene in the lobby on the first floor. The sweet music came from the indoor speakers. Everything was so beautiful, as if what he had experienced before was a dream.
Naturally, she heard everything the vendor just said to Mal.
At the moment, V doesn’t know how he should feel about facing this turning point.
——She was tricked by a vendor into wearing the Mewtwo Ring, and then fell into a coma on the spot. When she woke up, she thought she might have a chance to escape.
As a result, the "escape" ended before it even started. It turned out that it was a complete farce, and the vendors were all from their own side...
"I need an explanation." V walked down the stairs with a cold expression and looked at Kitagawa Hao with an unkind look.
"Let's eat first, I will explain everything to you." Kitagawa Hiroshi smiled and looked at the table filled with delicious food.
v hesitated for a while, her own reserve was no match for the instinctive hunger of her body. After only a few seconds, she walked to the dining table as if surrendering, picked up the rice bowl that had been placed, and began to enjoy the meal.
Hard-earned food.
It is indeed hard-won.
Throughout the whole day today, she and Mal didn't eat anything. In order to save money, she and Mal barely made up for their breakfast and lunch with packaged food.
After completing the lunch commission and getting paid, I originally thought of having fun in the nightclub first, and then thinking about what to eat for dinner. However, I didn't expect that I ran into a wine selling scam in the nightclub, and all my belongings were lost.
As a result, they naturally had nothing to eat.
As the delicious food entered his stomach, V's heart seemed to be healed by these delicious foods, and those bad emotions gradually disappeared.
As her belly gradually became fuller, her inner dissatisfaction and anger began to be replaced by Yun Dan Fengqing, and she began to feel that this scam was not that difficult to accept.
Seeing V's expression gradually softening, Kitagawa Hiroshi showed an expression of being in control and apologized with a smile:
"I'm sorry, Miss V, and Mr. Marr, I deceived you today."
While dipping his burrito in sauce, v said inarticulately with food in his mouth: "Why...you...lied to us?"
"This is actually Mr. Lin's arrangement. I am just a subordinate to help him deal with these things." Kitagawa Hao said very humbly.
After stuffing the burrito into his mouth in one breath, V, who almost choked, quickly picked up the cup next to him and poured a glass of water down his throat. He finally recovered and finally took the time to ask:
"Is it that guy's arrangement again? What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourds?"
"Actually, we don't have any purpose. We just want you to experience the unique style of Night City, that's all." Kitagawa Hiroshi said, taking a sip of the wine.
"What do you mean by this?" V narrowed his eyes, with a hint of danger in his eyes.
At this time, Mal, who was also feasting, also stopped what he was doing, slowed down his movements and curiously observed the conversation between the two.
Although Kitagawa Hiroshi had already explained it to him before, he was also curious about how this Japanese man would explain it to V.
The non-existent vendor also noticed the tense atmosphere permeating the hall at this time, and he wisely took a few steps back, turned around and left the hall.
"Actually, from the moment you saw me, everything you encountered today was under the arrangement of Mr. Lin, just like what happened in the nightclub tonight, and what happened before and after you lost consciousness while wearing Chaomeng.
It was arranged by Mr. Lin." Kitagawa Hao explained briefly:
"As for his purpose, it is also very simple. It is to let you understand that the dream city promoted by Night City is actually not as beautiful as you imagined. All the events you encountered today will actually happen in this city every day.
The only difference is that you are acting, and those people have been eaten long ago and no bones are left..."
v raised his eyebrows, suddenly stretched out his hand to cover his teeth, and asked:
"You also arranged those four thugs? Are they so cruel? One of my teeth was knocked out!"
"Oh, this matter is not in our script. Although Mr. Lin wants you to suffer a little bit, it will not cause the beautiful Miss V to lose her precious teeth... Those four thugs are indeed the ones at noon.
Someone hired you, that is, the guy you stole the briefcase from. As for the price, the five of them, including that guy, may have been beaten into a concrete pillar by now."
Kitagawa Hao said while spreading his hands:
"You don't have to feel pity for that unlucky guy. In fact, it's not a pity for him to die. The things in that briefcase are actually addictive drugs called Shining. You can be considered as eliminating harm for the people."
v gradually fell into silence, his beautiful eyes flashing with unknown colors.
After a long while, she asked again: "His purpose is just to let me understand that Night City is a city rotten to the bone?"
Beichuan Hao shook his head and said calmly: "No, what Mr. Lin wants is to make you like this city..."
"Huh?" V looked confused.
The bad things she experienced tonight almost broke her whole body, and she still wanted to make her fall in love with this city.
Kitagawa Hiroshi continued to explain:
"Every year, countless dream chasers like you come to Night City, but not many people can survive for more than a year. It is undeniable that there are indeed many opportunities in this city. The commission you received at noon
, apart from being Mr. Lin’s special care, it is actually the norm for many commissions in this city.”
"What Mr. Lin hopes is for you to experience the cruelty of this city, as well as its attractiveness. To sum up in an inappropriate sentence, Night City is in the middle state between heaven and hell. You can't take it lightly."
People will fall from heaven to hell if they are not careful... just like Mr. Luo Yin who died in a nuclear explosion."
"...Ms. V, I hope you won't be so tough in the future. Although your memory is not very good, I hope you can remember this performance in your heart instead of in your head."
At the end of the sentence, Kitagawa Hiroshi smiled and pointed at his heart, making a little joke.
"Wait a minute, are these arrangements all for V? What you just said didn't seem to mention me?" Mal suddenly asked.
Beichuan Hao glanced at him imperceptibly, spread his hands and said helplessly:
"Please forgive me for my offense. To be honest, in my eyes, you are actually just a pendant next to Miss V... In fact, the entire day's arrangement was prepared by Mr. Lin for Miss V, including the 2,500 yuan commissioned for that trip.
One hundred dollars.”
V raised his eyebrows and looked at Mal fiercely, his eyes so sharp that he seemed to be looking at his opponent trying to snatch food from a tiger's mouth.
"Damn, sure enough..." Mal slumped on the chair in frustration.
"Okay, I've explained everything I can. Do you have anything else to ask?" Kitagawa Hiroshi said peacefully:
"In fact, in order to make your memory longer, Mr. Lin also arranged other scripts, such as implanting a virus into the gift in Miss V's hand; and the apartment he introduced to your tribe... is actually a trap.
Human traps, etc., but in the end for the sake of trust between us, he finally gave up these plans."
v opened his eyes wide and glanced at the prosthesis on his palm in disbelief.
All the plans that Kitagawa Hiroshi mentioned turned out to be true, so she really trusted Kitagawa Hiroshi too much throughout the whole day.
Once he had evil thoughts, she and Mal would never be able to keep going around.
"Then...can we still trust you now?" V couldn't help but ask.
Kitagawa Hao smiled, with a hint of coolness in his smile:
"No, I'm not worthy of your trust."
V and Mal frowned at the same time, looking at Kitagawa Hao with questioning eyes, waiting for his next words.
"Don't look at me with that look. I'm just telling the truth... As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a shadow of Mr. Lin. Shadows are not trustworthy. Do as he says, or try to figure him out.
It is Shadow's duty to make the decision he wants based on his own mind. Your trust in me is, at best, only due to the tasks assigned to me by Mr. Lin..."
"But you can trust Mr. Lin, he is worthy of your trust. As long as he treats you as his own, from that moment on, he will become the boss that everyone dreams of, and any promise he makes to you will be fulfilled, and you
He will also give him a gold medal to avoid death, and it will be difficult to die."
Kitagawa Hao spoke calmly, without any movement in his eyes.
He stood up, carried an unopened bottle of wine, and walked to the dining table.
"As long as you are willing to believe Mr. Lin, then we will be good friends." Kitagawa Hao elegantly poured wine for V and Mal.
"Enjoy this delicious meal tonight. There will be no similar scripts tomorrow. I will accompany you wherever you want to go until you completely fall in love with this city."
"Or maybe you've already fallen in love."
After finishing speaking, before V and Mal could speak, Kitagawa Hao had already put the wine bottle on the table and left without looking back.
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At night, the Adecado Ranger family camp.
A certain young man who had been blown away by the magic was squatting outside a large tent, facing the cold night wind, and said to the communicator in his hand with a slight discount:
[So, everything that happened throughout the whole day did not deviate from the plan? 】
[Yes, I have already completed the character portrait you asked for, Mr. Lin. Ms. V is indeed very easy to get along with, has a poor memory, only loves second-hand cars, is very capable of acting on the spot, has a strong head and a strong brain, and likes to help others.
The charge is not too much...and he is a bit of a kind person.】
Lin Mo exhaled, feeling a little relaxed inexplicably.
It seemed that the cub he cultivated in the game did not disappoint him after all.
In fact, in the game, what kind of person the protagonist V is depends to a large extent on the player's own choice.
In addition to some character traits that are unique to V and difficult to change, other aspects of character depend on the player's choices.
For example, there is a boxing side mission in the game. After the player controls V to defeat the opponent, the opponent's pregnant wife will scold her husband for being useless, saying things like "What should I do with the child in my belly?"
At this time, the player can choose not to receive rewards, accept all rewards ruthlessly... and other options, which to some extent reflect V's character.
So before that, Lin Mo was worried that the real V would be a selfish person.
Now it seems that there is no need to worry about this.
[By the way, have you finished filming the video I arranged for you to take?] Lin Mo suddenly asked again.
[The filming is done. It is absolutely a full-scale shooting with no blind spots. As for the video of how Ms. V was deceived and then put on Black Chaomeng and fell into coma, please ask Mr. Lin to wait for a few days. I will handle some details.
I’ll send it to you again.] Kitagawa Hao said.
[Good job.] Lin Mo praised.
[But Mr. Lin... do you want to take these videos just to see how Miss V makes a fool of herself?] Kitagawa Hiroshi asked a little puzzled.
[I am not so vulgar... The reason why I let you take these pictures is because if you don't take them now, it will be difficult to have the opportunity in the future...] Lin Mo sighed with a smile:
[The legend of the future generation actually has such an unbearable scene. If this video is given to her in the future, who knows what kind of expression she will show? 】
[By the way, I’ve thought about the name of the video too, it’s called The Redemption of the Kidney Cutter]