Cyberpunk: I didn't cheat.

Chapter 125 Moon

a few days later.

At the Gemstone Blue Hotel, Vito and Liying watched as the spaceships of Orbital Aviation took off in the sky.

Vito informed Jack that day, asking him to pick up Gloria and David to meet up.

Vito gave Carlo a deserted, abandoned rail station location in the Badlands, and Vincent drove to pick up old Vito as well to perform surgery to remove David's prosthetic body. Vincent's car sped up, taking old Vito to the location in time. He then made several more trips for the surgery, and the synthetic plasma and replacement prosthetic body were delivered in time.

Valerie's belief in Arasaka's strength and invincibility faded considerably that night. She was also loyal enough to use her hacking skills to help them solve some of the troubles caused by Arasaka.

Her "Deserved It" virus was fully released, and all the agents from the Arasaka Security Department who were pursuing her ran into trouble. It is said that the Security Department was trying to frame her, but she and Jenkins pulled out a lot of evidence of the Security Department's violations and countered the Security Department on the spot.

The person in charge of the prosthetic body didn't want to take responsibility, so he simply turned against Rintaro and pinned the blame on him. Who told him to be so unlucky, since the square-headed guy just happened to walk into his office.

As a result of internal strife and the effects of the virus, Agent Arasaka missed the best time to make the pursuit.

Vito hummed a song from the body temperature radio station.

So, getaway~

[We're off! Thank you, Vito, and thank you Jack and V for your help too.]

Vito chuckled softly, pulled a cigarette from behind his back, and Li Ying lit it for him.

Are they alright?

Vito nodded.

"This time, it was finally a success; we successfully sent people to the moon."

"This time? And the last time was?"

"Last time, the bird did not gain freedom, and the blindly loyal did not find peace of mind."

"It's okay, at least this time it wasn't this bad."

Vito and Liying watched the flight to the moon hand in hand.

beep.

[I forgot to tell you, Vito, Rebecca refuses to come with us. She says she's going to find you.]

[Hey! Falco, why are you only saying this now!]

[Here's a surprise for you! Good luck, and I look forward to seeing you again!]

Vito stubbed out his cigarette.

He stopped looking at the sky and instead looked down at Dogtown at his feet.

This is Kurt Hansen's reserve, a territory beyond the reach of Night City.

Violence and chaos permeated every street, and the ordinary people living here felt that Night City was paradise.

Stepping into the luxurious suite in Sapphire Blue, Vito felt quite unreal. The place was opulent and fully equipped, while the people of Dogtown below were still scavenging prosthetic body parts from the garbage dump and stripping dead people's clothes to put on themselves.

[My business here is almost finished. You've done something significant; you even caused Arasaka's stock to plummet, forcing them to release their secretly developed chip to stabilize the market.]

Tommasino originally thought Vito would imitate Johnny Silverhand and stage an Arasaka Tower explosion, but he didn't expect Vito to put on this performance art.

However, the effect was quite good.

No innocent civilians died, and no tower was bombed to the ground.

But the authority that Arasaka had built up over the years was swept away, and the whole city was talking about the person who stormed Arasaka Tower.

Some say he single-handedly stormed to the top of the Arasaka Tower and even twisted off Adam's hammer head to kick around like a ball.

Some say he led a mercenary squad and crushed the armed forces of Arasaka like ants.

Not many people know the truth, but that doesn't stop them from using their imaginations as they look at the dilapidated company square.

The number of casualties in the attack was not disclosed by Arasaka, but some speculated that it exceeded one hundred, while others were more audacious, saying that at least two hundred people were reduced to pieces.

Seeing someone humiliate Arasaka, the old captain, the middleman from Santo Domingo, was overjoyed and gave all the used cars he was selling a limited-time discount.

Military Technology was outmaneuvered by Arasaka and Faraday, but seeing Arasaka's losses, Military Technology was practically laughing its head off.

Despite the laughter, the military technology headquarters issued an order to find the attacker. Such talent cannot be allowed to be dampened by outside rumors. They will hone this mysterious person into the sharpest sword of military technology and stab the enemy company in the weak spot.

President Miles in Washington also heard about this and wanted to use such a person for her own purposes. Like her predecessor, President Elizabeth, she came from a military background and had a common goal: after becoming president, she wanted to change the situation where corporations controlled New America.

Miles ordered a secret activation of the Joint Logistics Command members in Night City to find this person at all costs.

Yoriyuki Arasaka, the heir to the Arasaka Business Empire, also arrived in Night City. He is currently staying in the penthouse suite of the Azure Mansion.

"You mean, he utterly defeated Arasaka's corporate elites with an old-fashioned exoskeleton? And he even used that piece of junk to chop off Heavy Hammer's head?"

Arasaka Yoriyuki's voice was unreadable, and he had initially thought it was a secret team from some company that had planned and carried out this.

Unexpectedly, the Night City manager told him that it was a blockhead who did it, leaving only a fireworks launcher and a scrapped old armor at the scene.

"Yes, that's right. During this attack, a senior hacking officer from the counterintelligence department reported a warning, but she was highly suspicious, and our follow-up tracking was also detected by the counterintelligence department—"

"Enough! An unknown mercenary has reached the Arasaka Tower, and you're still fighting amongst yourselves! I'm strong enough now, you don't need to resort to these petty tricks anymore. One day, I will become the master of the Arasaka Empire."

As for that hacker, why don't you say she colluded with the attackers? Stop talking nonsense. Reward that hacker; we need to unite against the other companies that are reaching out to us!

Finally, I need to know the chip's development progress. This premature exposure of the chip has put us in a very passive position. Call the person in charge here.

The subordinate bowed.

"Yes, Herman, the head of chip development, is on his way!"

Tommasino's money wasn't for nothing. The old man originally thought the money was gone, but he didn't expect that Vitobi Tiger would still have a job.

His capitalist blood was throbbing, and he couldn't wait to make Vito pay off his debts.

Tommasino had an old friend from Petró Petrochemical who was running his own small business in Dogtown. Tommasino owed his old friend a favor and some money, and coincidentally, his old friend's business was having some problems and he needed a little help from mercenaries.

"Hey Vito, I need you to do some work for my old friend Wade Blick to pay off your advance. The rent in Sapphire Blue isn't cheap, and you don't want your wife and little brother homeless, do you?"

"Hey, you old geezer who's living the high life, shut up with your nonsense. When did I ever ask you for an advance?"

Tommasino was immediately taken aback. In order to prevent others from discovering his connection with Vito and to avoid others investigating the movement of Vito's body, the money he transferred to Vito was always done secretly, without leaving a trace and untraceable.

"You little brat, tell old man Tommasino that you're not the kind of person who doesn't pay back what you owe."

"Alright, enough joking. I'm fine with work, but I don't plan to leave Dogtown for a while."

"Don't worry, my old friend is in Dogtown. He also has a middleman's stage name, let me think... what's it again? Oh, it's Hanz. He has good connections, you'll like him. As for the money, don't even think about getting it for now. Three million isn't enough for you, is it?"

"Sorry, that's really not enough. I don't want to do any of those petty jobs like rescuing trapped police officers. You know, I'm quite well-known in Night City."

"Don't begrudge the food you're begging for! Go meet with Wade. His work sometimes represents connections. Vito, I genuinely want you to be my son. Do all this well, and I'll let you run for senator for fun."

"No need. I don't want to be a member of parliament, nor do I want to be your son."

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