The enemies that are detrimental to Arasaka Corporation are either competitors or anarchists.
Although Arasaka Corporation is not a parliament but a company, it is still a thorn in the side of anarchists. Therefore, it will still be targeted.
Suzi ordered: "Togusa, investigate Johnny Silverhand's information."
"immediately."
There is a lot of information about Johnny Silverhand on the Internet. He is a native of Night City. He later joined the army to fight, but became a deserter. After returning to his hometown, he formed a band and gradually became popular. Just when he became popular, he
He wrote a song and exposed his experience as a deserter, which attracted more fans and successfully whitewashed the deserter.
Since then, his popularity has remained high. Three years ago, he suddenly called on his fans to attack Arasaka Company for unknown reasons. He has been hiding since then, and no one knows his whereabouts.
"There is indeed a lot of doubt. A popular singer can easily lead fans to do extreme things." Bart said: "But where do we start looking? Night City is so big, it is too easy to hide someone."
Duran said: "I suggest pretending to be his fan and sneaking into the fan club. If he is unfavorable to Arasaka Tower, he will definitely not be able to rely on himself. He will definitely mobilize the fans again. Maybe we can meet him."
"It's not easy to become a core fan in a short time," Bart said.
"The fans have no sense of confidentiality, and they are not trained warriors. They just follow Johnny and vent their dissatisfaction because they are not punished by the law. I don't think you need to be a core fan, as long as you join the fan club, you can find out something
Information." Duran has never underestimated human beings' desire for gossip, especially since fans are ordinary people who definitely like to show off.
Motoko thought it made sense, but said: "If the matter is really that simple, why did Saburo Arasaka travel thousands of miles to invite our Nine Sections to Night City? What secret does he have?"
Everyone doesn't know either.
"Dulan, you and Togusa go to the fan club first, while the others continue to conduct normal searches," Motoko Kusanagi said.
While Section 9 was taking action, Saburo Arasaka kept staring at Motoko Kusanagi and murmured to himself: "Can you confirm the existence of the puppet master?"
"It's not completely certain yet, but Motoko Kusanagi is the last person connected to the puppet master. If the puppet master is not dead, he must be hiding inside her. If she can be caught and dissected, we will be sure."
"Adam Hammer, what do you think? This Motoko Kusanagi is the first-generation full-body prosthetic body. Do you think you can defeat her?"
"Although my prosthetic transformation time is shorter than hers, I have more actual combat experience than hers, and my body is full of military parts. Although her prosthetic body is sophisticated, it is by no means a match for military parts. I can defeat her.
"Adam said with heavy hammer.
Saburo Arasaka smiled and said: "Don't worry, if they can find Johnny Silverhand, they will catch them all in one fell swoop. It won't be in vain for me to spend money to bribe the Prime Minister of the island country and let him send people to Night City."
It turns out that everything is a conspiracy, and the target of the conspiracy is the puppet master.
Although Project 2501 is confidential, Saburo Arasaka started his career in an island country and had many internal agents in the island country. He learned that the puppet master was a white glove of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The puppet master was a good thing and he wanted it too, so he investigated and found out that the puppet master was finally with
Motoko Kusanagi is connected. So he thinks that the puppet master may not be dead, but hiding in Motoko Kusanagi's body.
Capture Kusanagi Motoko, and if you find the puppet master, you'll make a lot of money. If not, it's also a good idea to use Section 9 to kill Johnny Silverhand.
So they monitored Kusanagi Motoko.
Duran and Togusa came to the fan club. They would regularly hold Johnny Silverhand's virtual concerts and play videos of previous concerts so that fans could recall the past together.
Togusa couldn't help but said: "Since it is a virtual concert, why do we need to meet offline? Just connect online and watch it in cyberspace."
"This kind of activity must not only be as simple as listening to music, but must also be accompanied by indescribable illegal activities. Of course, it is fun when people get together. This is called party culture." Duran said: "We are from out of town, and we do as the Romans do.
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Tuogusa didn't like this kind of random culture, but in order to investigate, he still came to an abandoned factory. The place was simply decorated and turned into a temporary stage. Fans arrived one after another, Tuogusa
Talk to them.
To be honest, Togusa can't get along with the fans at all, because he wears a decent suit, just like an office worker. But the fans are non-mainstream, with tattoos, various rings, colorful hair, smoky makeup, and broken and spliced clothes.
...It can be said that the fans are all dressed up very fashionably, and they all fit the characteristics of a spirited young man.
Togusa is a middle-aged wage earner who has nothing to do with fashion, rock and roll. Everyone looked at him with strange eyes, as if they were seeing a monster.
And Togusa also felt that the people around him were monsters. If they were dressed like this, wouldn't they be working?
Although there are huge differences between the two sides, Togusa still wants to investigate, but everyone is on guard and refuses to tell the truth at all.
"They all suspected that I had other agendas, and they couldn't get anything out of me." Togusa returned to Dulan helplessly and said, "It's your turn, but I don't think you can ask anything."
Although Duran didn't wear a suit, he was just in ordinary casual clothes, which was still far different from the wild rock fans.
This group of fans seems to pursue the avant-garde and avant-garde, but in fact they are very exclusive.
After all, Night City is also a game where three controls five, and five controls nine. It needs to create divisions, so even avant-garde rock fans still need to divide and be exclusive.
Dulan smiled slightly and said, "Look at me." After that, he took out a stack of beautiful knives and bought them directly.
This is an area where money is everything, so it is natural to use money to solve problems. There will be people who are willing to accept money and sell information.
Togusa was speechless and asked: "Did you pay for this money yourself or from public funds?"
"I made it myself."
"I use my own money to handle the case. I'm convinced." Togusa has to support his family, and his salary has to pay off the mortgage and car loan, but he can't use his money to go to work.
"It'll be good if I can get the information. I'll go back and write a report, and maybe the section chief will reimburse me," Dulan said.
After receiving the money, the fans immediately started chatting and shared a lot of information. Some people said that Jack, who organized the virtual concert, was a core fan of Johnny Silverhand and might know where Johnny was.
"Where is Jack?" Duran asked.
"I don't know. He is an online presence. We have never seen him. He is only responsible for planning performances and never shows up. He just directs work online."
I asked several people, and the testimonies were all similar. This Jack was very mysterious, and his identity was unknown, but he often paid to organize activities. He usually gave instructions online and would not show up in person.
"It's so mysterious and suspicious." Togusa said.
"It's really suspicious. You can check where the equipment for the virtual concert was rented from. The renter should leave records." Duran decided to investigate.
But the name Jack was obviously a pseudonym, and the expenses were paid through a money laundering account, leaving no more clues.
Togusa speculated: "Could this Jack be Johnny Silverhand? It's too mysterious. It's a pity that we can't find more clues. The other party acted secretly and left no trace at all."
"It's possible, don't worry now, let's talk about other things after listening to the concert."
The concert started. Although there were only four to five hundred people, the atmosphere was very lively. On the stage was a virtual projection of Johnny Silverhand, a gloomy and handsome guy with long black hair and a silver robotic arm who sang very well.
Whether it is exciting rock or soothing music, they are all very good. Moreover, his lyrics criticize the current ills and awaken everyone's reflection on the current situation. Obviously he is full of dissatisfaction with Night City. This is his hometown and he loves Night City.
, but Night City disappointed him.
Foreign companies have the upper hand, local people are being squeezed, and this hometown has become terrible.