The dark clouds are like castles built up in layers, covering up the moonlight tonight, so that the light of the stars and the moon tonight is inferior to that of the city on the coast that shines like a pearl.
Even though it is late at night, the dazzling city located on the coastline still spreads its own light and sound to the surrounding wilderness.
The wind and clouds were surging high in the sky. A black floating car broke through the dense clouds, like an owl falling silently from the sky. A dim silver glow fell from the gap in the clouds, beautiful and beautiful.
silence.
"How long has it been since I last left this city..."
A man with a rather haggard appearance, wearing a valuable formal suit, stood in front of the hatch of the float vehicle, overlooking the city below through the glass, and let out a sigh of relief.
His tone was so desolate and indifferent, as if he was talking to himself or asking someone who didn't exist.
"From 2023 to today, the nuclear explosion happened more than fifty years ago, and now this city is still reborn... Perhaps, compared to the many legends born from this city,
The city itself is a legend.”
After finishing speaking, the man couldn't help but let out a sigh, lowered his head slightly and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he turned his attention to the seat in the car - on the soft and comfortable cushion, a medium-sized box was placed there casually.
"Johnny Silverhand...hehe, I really didn't expect that we would be reunited in this way, and I didn't know what the expression would be on your face when you learned that the tower you once risked your life to blow up was still standing.
What?" the man murmured to himself.
He stretched out his hand. The skin on his palm was no longer as young as it used to be. Instead, it was a little older. The cold feeling from the fingertips was transmitted to his brain, making him seem to have returned to the past.
In the past, he founded a gang that rebelled against the company, recruited a large number of like-minded people, and tried to subvert the company's dominance like Johnny Silverhand...
But until the end, when he saw like-minded partners around him die one by one at the hands of the company, at the hands of agents assigned by his father, and even he himself almost died at the hands of his own brother...
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He then clearly realized that it was almost impossible to destroy the company through external means, and the nuclear bomb that resounded on the upper floor of Arasaka Tower also made this fact clear.
In today's world, people will not be moved by someone's martyrdom.
Even though Johnny Silverhand is at the height of his fame, today, more than fifty years later, the only impressions left on people are the losers who resisted the company, the "legendary" deeds of fringe walkers having tea after dinner, and his own legacy.
rock music below.
Few people pay attention to the essence behind everything he has done.
"People's fear of companies has never dissipated. When you were hired by Military Technology to drop a nuclear bomb, you even lost your own life. In the end, the impact was not as great as the corporate war caused by these two companies.
significance."
The man then murmured:
"At least after the corporate war, Arasaka Corporation and military technology have indeed declined for a period of time, and the share of interests originally attributed to the company has also fallen on the public, even if all this is only temporary."
After all, it is not advisable to simply destroy the company through external means... This is the truth he learned when he was young, a truth stained with the blood of many people.
If you want to completely eliminate the fear that companies bring to people, then there is only one way
——Turn yourself into a nuclear bomb!
He controls all the power of Arasaka Corporation and catalyzes the conflict between Arasaka and Military Technology... and eventually triggers a corporate war involving the entire world. It is best to drag other big companies into the water.
After the war, all the companies involved in the war will inevitably fall into decline, or even close down and be destroyed, and the people will also get a period of breathing space...
This has been his vision all along.
In order to achieve this goal, he has made concessions under the nose of his father for so many years, but still cannot obtain real management authority.
And in the foreseeable future, he will become further and further away from this goal.
His father, Saburo Arasaka, will always be an insurmountable mountain for him. As long as Saburo Arasaka is still alive in this world, his ideals will never be realized.
【relic2.0】The project was the last straw that broke his sanity.
Although it is still unclear how his father obtained "immortality" through this project, he must not sit back and watch it happen.
"I had prepared for the worst, but your appearance brought a new turn of events." The man exhaled deeply.
He removed his palm from the box and returned to reality from his thoughts of memories.
"Lin Mo, Mo Ying, I don't know what changes you can bring... I just hope that you won't let me down too much when the time comes."
There is not much time left for him.
This time he took the risk to bring out the [relic2.0] prototype chip from the Tokyo Research Institute, which was originally a last resort. His father Saburo Arasaka would never let him transfer the opportunity of "immortality" to other unrelated companies.
As the son of that old man, he knew very well the rationality and madness of Saburo Arasaka.
If this prototype chip is lost in Night City and cannot be recovered, then Saburo Arasaka may risk the disapproval of the world and directly wipe Night City off the map!
That would be the worst ending, but it would also fit in with his plan.
After all, once such a crazy move is made, Arasaka Company will inevitably go to war with major companies such as Military Technology, and gradually develop into a corporate war sweeping the world...
However, a plan like this to sacrifice an entire city is ultimately the last resort, and he wouldn't want to do it if given the chance.
Even if things develop to the end and the time permits, he would rather strangle his father to death than leave his dignity and freedom in the hands of Saburo Arasaka.
It's a pity that the bodyguard he arranged in his plan, Adam Hammer, died in this city for no reason...
In a short period of time, he could not find anyone strong enough to fight against Saburo Arasaka's personal bodyguards.
In this way, with all kinds of complicated thoughts, the man looked through the car window and saw the city as bright as the sun getting closer and closer to him.
At the same time, seemingly linked to the city’s internal network, the intelligent AI program carried by the floating vehicle also gently reminded:
"Mr. Arasaka Yorinobu, the Presidential Suite of Kanbi Building that you booked in advance has been prepared for you. The hotel customer service sent me a message that the floating car can be parked on the top floor of the building at any time. They also asked if you need a specialist to pick you up.
Machine service?”
"No, please reply to them for me. I need enough private space and don't want anyone to disturb me!" The man responded in a deep voice:
"In addition, I need a safe that is private enough for them to prepare for me in advance."
"Okay, the message has been conveyed to you, but it has been detected that your body's hormones are slightly unstable. You may be in a state of stress. Do you really not need some relaxation services?"
"Service..." The man lowered his head and chewed the word carefully.
Naturally, he could hear the hidden meaning of the on-board AI's words, and he had indeed been in an extremely nervous state since leaving Tokyo.
"Then help me book a sex doll first. I want the best one in this city." The man said calmly.
Every sex partner must be equipped with a sex partner chip, which is also an ironclad law in the service industry.
The chip will change the character, words and deeds of the sex partner into the one that the customer likes and wants most. After the service is completed, the chip will also delete all relevant memories of the sex partner to ensure the privacy and security of the customer.
This is beneficial to both parties. Not only does the customer get a near-perfect experience, but also for the sex partner, it is similar to "waking up" with a lot of income.
As for whether there will be any traces left on the sex partners afterwards, that is their own business.
After all, in order to be compatible with customers' varied hobbies, some accidents that occur during service work are also risks that sexual partners must bear.
"Okay, let's start automatically matching you with tonight's partner."
"The match was successful. The other party is an employee of one of the best sex clubs in the city. Her name is Evelyn Parker. She has sent your order."
Following the AI's gentle words, the floating car landed silently on the top floor of the Kanbi Building.
Just as the man ordered, his arrival did not alarm anyone.
He was the only floating car on the huge rooftop. Through the rooftop stairwell, he smoothly walked into the presidential suite on the top floor of the hotel.
The suite occupies an entire flat floor of the hotel, and the only entrance and exit is the elevator at the door. Anyone who wants to visit here must go directly to the hotel through the elevator.
After placing the low-temperature storage box storing the [relic2.0] prototype chip in the safe, the man took out some machinery and equipment and carefully inspected the presidential suite. Only after confirming that the house was not being monitored by outsiders did he feel relieved.
These tasks should have been left to his bodyguard, but now that bodyguard has been reduced to scrap metal, and there is a lack of manpower around him, he has no choice but to complete these trivial tasks himself.
His "running away from home" happened suddenly, and his sister, Hanako Arasaka, helped to cover it. It would take Saburo Arasaka a day or two to react, but there was no need to worry that the old man had predicted that he would go there in advance.
Champy Building.
However, just as the man was lying on the sofa in the lobby and just relaxing, a pleasant doorbell suddenly rang in the suite.
At this time, a message from the hotel customer service reached his tablet:
【Sir, you have a visitor.】
"Did the sex doll arrive so soon? The sex doll service in Night City is so attentive?" The man frowned, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
He picked up the tablet and called up the surveillance screen at the hotel front desk.
Soon, a handsome boy appeared in his sight.
The boy was dressed in a formal suit and looked extraordinary. He had a mysterious smile on his face, as if he was coming to visit a friend he hadn't seen for many years.
"There's something wrong with the intelligent computing mechanism of this stupid AI? How come it matched me with a man?" The man frowned even deeper.
He was about to scold the hotel staff and drive the boy away, but before he could send the message, he was shocked to see a new message pop up on his tablet for no apparent reason.
The source of the news is unknown, as if it suddenly appeared from the void of the Internet, with only a few simple words:
[Mr. Arasaka Yorinobu, I have heard of you for a long time, and I am honored that we can finally meet tonight.]
At this time, on the tablet's surveillance screen, the boy seemed to know the location of the surveillance camera and that someone had been peeking at him.
He slowly raised his head, and from the surveillance screen, he showed a polite smile towards Arasaka Yorinobu, seeming to be looking at him.