"Takemura, the name is just a code name, so it doesn't matter what his name is.
As long as you remember, he was the one who saved us in Arasaka Tower."
Hearing what Peacock said, Zhucun couldn't help but feel sad. At this moment, he seemed to see the heroic behavior of the Yaksha Crow again.
"This AI of yours is a trustworthy partner. Although he is not human, he is as brave as a real samurai."
Although he already knew that it was just an AI, Takemura had to admit that he was still shocked today.
Compared with humans, machines are of course more loyal. They will only do things according to established procedures and will never be greedy for life or fear of death.
However, today's AI is obviously different. The peacock did not give it any instructions during the whole process, and all its actions were decided independently.
Takemura has always admired brave men with a spirit of sacrifice.
So even though this spirit of sacrifice was just simulated by the program, Takemura still expressed his sincere respect.
"Oh, you two guys are really interesting..."
At this moment, a burst of water-like ripples flashed across the virtual projection screen in front of Peacock.
The stereotyped dead face of the bald man disappeared, and the long-lost rock star Johnny Silverhand reappeared.
"Johnny Silverhand! You're okay, that's great!"
Finally meeting this great hero, Peacock pumped his fists excitedly, and Takemura also opened his eyes wide, silently comparing Johnny Silverhand with the information in his database.
"Mr. Johnny Silverhand, although you have a confusing name and appearance, I still want to say thank you for saving my life today!"
Finally seeing Peacock's strange AI, Takemura took a step forward and bowed to the man on the screen very formally to thank him.
In response to Peacock's thanks, Johnny Silver waved his iconic arm. As for Takemura, the Arasaka dog, he chose to turn a blind eye.
"Johnny Silverhand, what did you experience after we evacuated? You didn't show up just now. Did today's battle have an impact on you?"
Hearing Peacock ask about this matter, Johnny Silverhand looked at the sky, his expression suddenly became much more lonely.
"Peacock, you really don't know how to chat. Do you really want to hear about my tragic end?
As soon as you jumped off the platform, I was blown away by Adam's hammer.
That pervert split me into eighteen pieces, but I was one step ahead of him and sent back the core data in time, so I'm fine.
Peacock, the Adam's Hammer is very strong, so you can find me a more powerful weapon next time!"
"No problem, I will get you a more powerful combat platform than the drone armor."
Seeing that Johnny Silverhand seemed completely unaffected, Peacock finally felt relieved.
As a companion in digital form, Johnny Silverhand's advantages and disadvantages are also obvious.
If he could possess a combat weapon like the Yasha Crow, Johnny Silverhand could make the weapon 120% effective.
However, he himself does not have the ability to invade, so someone must import his data into the other party's computer, otherwise Johnny Silverhand will not be able to take control.
In this sense, Johnny Silverhand is a very powerful application software, and it has no ability to challenge the operating system.
If there is no hacker to help him get the original operating system of the machine, he can't do anything.
It is also because of this that Johnny Silverhand usually only has those functions of the Draman system, and he cannot be omnipotent with the help of the Internet.
After greeting Peacock and the others in this way, Johnny Silverhand took the initiative to log off.
"Although I sent back the data in time, today's battle also produced a large number of fragmented files in the system. I have to seize the time to repair them."
After leaving these words, Johnny Silverhand disappeared, so only Peacock and Takemura were left in the safe house.
Just when Takemura wanted to find out more about the origin of this AI, the two of them heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside the door at the same time.
This sound immediately alerted Peacock and Takemura. They drew their pistols and guarded both sides of the door.
"Dudududu!"
"who?"
When someone knocked on their door, Peacock asked in a deep voice.
"It's me, Pedes, please open the door."
Following Peacock's inquiry, someone's low response sounded outside the door.
In addition to this answer, the peacock also heard a faint whine.
"It's actually Sandra's bodyguard. Why did he go and come back?"
Glancing at the footbath man opposite, Peacock also saw the same doubt in Zhucun's eyes.
Pedes is Sandra Dorset's bodyguard and driver. He was the one who sent Sandra here, so he was also the one who sent Sandra back.
With Pedes' status, it should be impossible for him to leave Sandra and act alone.
So what was the reason that made Pedes come back here 10 minutes after he left?
Seeing Zhucun's gesture towards him, Peacock nodded slightly, indicating that he already understood.
Before Pedes called the door, Takemura opened his scanning plug-in and checked the situation outside through the wall.
The current Takemura just cannot use those functions that must be connected to the wild version of the network. Simple functions such as through-wall scanning can still be used.
"There are two people outside the door!"
After learning that there were only two people outside, Peacock decided to open the door.
Of course he had a good reason for daring to do this. On the one hand, it was because he and Master Takemura were bold, and on the other hand, Peacock did not perceive the danger.
With the peacock's perverted perception ability, as long as someone outside is hostile, the peacock will immediately react.
It was precisely because he didn't notice anything unusual that Peacock was sure that there must be other reasons for Pederth's return.
As soon as they opened the door, Peacock and Takemura were both stunned.
It was not only Pedez who was standing outside the door at this moment, Sandra was also there.
However, there is a problem with their condition at first glance, because Sandra is now hugged tightly by Pedes, and her mouth is also covered.
Without enough time to explain to Peacock and the others, Pedes pushed Sandra through the door immediately.
After watching the peacock close the door again, the big man let go of Sandra.
"Pedes! You bastard, you eat everything inside and out!
How dare you do this to me? Do you want to rebel? Peacock, kill him!"
Just when Pedes let go, Sandra rushed forward like crazy.
She kicked and hit her bodyguard, looking anxious.
No matter how hard Sandra kicked, Pedez always stood in front of the door. He pressed his back against the door and refused to leave even half a step.
"Sandra, don't do anything yet. Pedes, what is going on?"
Pulling the girl who was already out of breath, Peacock quickly asked the whole story.
As soon as he grabbed Sandra, big tears rolled out of the girl's eyes, and then she began to cry to the peacock.
"Peacock, my father is in danger. You have to help me, we have to go back to save my father!"
"What? What the hell is going on?"
Listening to Sandra's meaningless words, Peacock and Takemura were extremely shocked, while Pedes, who was blocking the door, also had a dark face.
Seeing the eyes of the two men looking at him, Pedes told him what he knew without any urging from Peacock.
"You two, after leaving here, I will escort Miss Dorsett home.
While we were still halfway there, Miss Dorsett received a phone call."
When Pedes said this, Peacock and Takemura both turned back and looked at Sandra.
Hearing Peddes mention the phone call, Sandra finally regained some sense.
After the previous crazy energy passed, she immediately softened. If the peacock hadn't grabbed her, the girl would have fallen to the ground.
Without waiting for Peacock to ask, Sandra sobbed and turned on the playback mode, so both Peacock and Takemura heard the conversation between Sandra and her father.
Sandra was very hesitant when her father's image kept dancing on her retina.
"Oops! He must have known that I sneaked out, so he wanted to curse again."
When she saw that the caller was Bertelsmann, Sandra clenched her fists.
She was not afraid of her father, but she was really annoyed by his nagging, which was why Sandra had a headache.
Before the age of 15, Sandra was a standard good girl. At that time, she was the pride of Bertelsmann, the future of the family, and what other rich people call other people's children.
However, after the age of 15, Sandra's image changed 180 degrees.
It was during that year that Sandra came into contact with the world of hackers.
Those unpredictable 0s and 1s instantly fascinated her, so she was not only immersed in them, but also became a famous figure on the dark web at an alarming speed.
Although he had gained such a reputation, Bertelsmann didn't like it at all, so the father and daughter began to have conflicts.
"Sandra, we don't need computer hackers in our family, you should focus on other aspects!"
After learning that his daughter had become the idol of many hackers, Bertelsmann immediately intervened in the way he was good at.
In order to cut off Sandra's connection with the hacker world, Bertelsmann did everything possible.
He even used his connections to send all of Sandra's hacker friends to jail.
Of course, it was impossible to make Sandra give in with such a simple and crude method. The more he suppressed her, the stronger Sandra's rebound became.
In essence, these father and daughter are really similar. They both accept death extremely and are die-hards who will never look back until they hit the wall.
Unable to withstand her father's physical isolation, Sandra had to temporarily give up her hacking career, but this did not mean that she was willing to follow Bertelsmann's arrangements.
In order to anger her father, Sandra refused to do anything a lady should do.
She smokes, drinks, and shaves her head. She has no interest in working in the Dorset Group, but she never tires of driving her motorcycle for fun at night.
Seeing his daughter becoming more and more rebellious, Bertelsmann was really anxious to get angry, but he did not dare to use forceful tactics.
After all, Sandra was his only daughter, and his poor daughter lost her mother when she was 8 years old.
After fighting with his daughter for so long, Bertelsmann was really at his wits' end.
In the past few years, he could no longer restrain Sandra. So he could only send someone to secretly watch his daughter to prevent her from acting too outrageously.
Bertelsmann originally thought that Sandra would be like this in her life, but unexpectedly, after experiencing the two assassinations, Sandra suddenly came to her senses.
Overnight, she took the initiative to take off the beads and strings on her face.
She washed off the tattoos on her arms and severed ties with the bikers. She no longer wore rivet jackets and returned to silk skirts.
Bertelsmann was surprised and delighted by Sandra's huge changes, and the cold war between father and daughter finally came to an end.
Following Bertelsmann's arrangement, Sandra joined the Dorset Group.
During this period of time, she behaved well and well, but today she did many things that would make Bertelsmann furious.
Sandra knew how many wrong things she had done today: today she rescued criminals who were wanted by Huangban, and she also hid them in her safe house.
Not only that, she also promised to send these two people out of the city so that they could escape Arasaka's punishment.
Compared with these, her sneaking out of the house tonight was not really a serious mistake.
When the phone rang to its eighth ring, Sandra finally answered the phone.
Years later, whenever she thinks about this incident, Sandra will be afraid of her hesitation at that time. If she didn't answer the phone call, she would really regret it for the rest of her life.
"Sandra, you finally answered the phone. Why don't you, kid, refuse to obey?"
As soon as Sandra answered the phone, she heard her father complaining.
Although this was a sound she had long been accustomed to, Sandra still noticed a hint of something unusual.
"Father, I have something to do temporarily, so I have to go out.
Don't worry, I'm already on my way home. Pedes is following me, I'll be fine, I'll be home soon."
"Sandra, I have always complained about you and refused to listen to me, but today I want to thank you for your willfulness.
Because if it hadn't been like this, you would have to face death with me now."
"What? Father, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Sandra had never seen Bertelsmann speak like this, she instinctively felt something was wrong, and this unusual reply also alarmed Pedes.
Sandra's driver quietly slowed down the car and pricked up his ears, trying to hear more information.
"Sandra, you just said Peddes was with you?"
"Yes, he is driving."
"Very good, now you share the signal with Pedes. I have something to say, and I need you to hear it at the same time."
Listening to Bertelsmann's decisive tone, Sandra could only comply.
"Mr. Dorsett, this is Peddes, I'm joining the call."
As soon as Peders was connected to the communication channel, Bertelsmann announced a terrible thing to them.
"Sandra, Pedes, listen to what I'm going to say next. Don't interrupt me, because I don't have much time.
About a few minutes ago, our home was suddenly attacked by armed men, and a large number of gangsters entered the manor through the main entrance.
Although the guards are still resisting now, the situation is already very bad.
There are more and more enemies, and they have killed many of us, and the guards can hardly stop them."
"Father! Call for reinforcements! What does our vigilante group do? Are they just watching?"
"Sandra, do you remember what Ralph and I were talking about?
Tonight, your cousin led our vigilante group out of the city.
Now they are hundreds of kilometers away, and there is no time to come back for rescue."
"Ah! How could this happen? What can I do!"
Hearing Bertelsmann talk about Ralph, Sandra remembered the conversation she had heard before.
When Sandra entered the study, Ralph was suggesting to her father that he hoped to lead an attack on the Khadgar Reservoir of United Foods tonight.
Ralph's plan can be said to be quite complete, and Bertelsmann had no reason to reject it. So he not only approved the operation, but he also gave Ralph 200 elite men.
Although the Dorset Group is also very large, they are not an arms company after all, so these 200 people are all the mobile power in Bertelsmann's hands.
"Why did someone attack Dorset Manor just after our vigilante squad left the city? Is this just a coincidence?"
As this thought arose, Sandra's heart trembled suddenly, and she seemed to see her cousin's smiling face again.
"Father! Don't worry, I will rush back with Pedes now. I will find a way to rescue you, you must hold on!"
"Sandra, my daughter, I won't allow you to act nonsense at this time!
Peddes! I give you an order as the head of the Dorset family, can you guarantee that you will absolutely abide by it?"
"Mr. Dorsett, this is Peddes.
I use my life as a guarantee that I will obey your orders 100%."
"Okay! Pedes, listen to me:
From now on, no matter how much trouble Sandra makes, you can no longer accommodate her.
Peddes, find a place right away and hide Sandra for me. You must keep a close eye on her and never let her leave your sight."
"Father! What are you talking about? Pedes, we have to go back to save people! You have to listen to me. My father is in danger, and I must go back!"
Hearing that her father suddenly gave Peddes such an order, Sandra immediately felt an ominous feeling in her heart.
In order to make Pedes obey her will, she grabbed the big man's shoulders and shook his body with all her strength.
"Understood, sir, I will execute it immediately! Please take care of yourself! If the manor really cannot be defended, please break out of the encirclement as soon as possible. Don't hesitate."
After hearing Bertelsmann's order clearly, Peders responded immediately.
While replying to his big boss, he twisted the steering wheel in his hand, and their car immediately made a 180-degree turn.
"Pedes! How dare you disobey my order! Do you believe that I will shoot you to death?"
Seeing that the big man dared to ignore her words, Sandra immediately became furious.
Just as she was about to make a move, Pedes in the front row pressed a button in front of her and raised the partition between the driver's seat and the passenger seat.
"you……"
Seeing that she could no longer scratch Pedez, Sandra quickly opened the door.