Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

Jack also said, "I believe it too."

Okay, I understand!

Hmm? Oh no!

Old Seven's tone suddenly became cheerful, as if he had finally seen someone fall into a pit. V immediately sounded the alarm, but it was too late. Old Seven directly pronounced the verdict.

[Ahem, according to the Land of Light's rules, if something harmful to native life is the work of an alien invader, the Space Garrison can intervene.]

[While it's not yet certain that it's entirely an alien conspiracy, I've made some speculations, and the native life forms agree with them. Therefore, we can act from a position of resistance against aggression. In other words, now is the time to fight back!]

[To save our native race, I hereby designate you two as my accomplices. I now name you both the Cyberpunk 2076 Earth Defense Force: V and Jack. Let us act together to defend Earth and the freedom and survival of humanity! Project Nature, initiating!]

"what?!"

V and Jack looked at each other, then slapped their thighs in realization.

That old seventh brother screwed everything over, damn it!

Volume 1: 470. Seven: Hags, you must love at all times, you can't not love!

470. Seven: Hagis, you must love at all times, you can't not love!

"Awooo, awooo, awooo—"

"Please stop howling! If you keep howling, I'll just shoot you two cowards, you sons of bitches!"

Hey, you're really not howling anymore?

The neighbor next door was overjoyed and, feeling quite pleased with himself, rolled over in bed, covered himself with the blanket, and fell into a deep sleep.

The neighbor, Meimei, was asleep, but V and Jack were not in the mood to sleep at all.

【Are you convinced? 】

"I give up, I give up, damn it, you're invincible, you alien are truly invincible, ah, whatever you want, you can even make me go fight Arasaka, alright, um!"

V and Jack both grimaced and hissed as they gasped for breath.

They were both tough guys, but they weren't fearless of death or pain. The guy who called himself Seven, or Seven = Seven = Old Seven, was the one who set a huge pit for them to fall into and then completely changed his attitude.

They said that since they had already acknowledged that the cybernetic bodies were a conspiracy by aliens, the two of them should take responsibility and protect humanity like men, and the first step would be to remove the cybernetic bodies from their own bodies.

How could those two possibly agree to that?

They couldn't refuse. If they didn't agree for even a second, Lao Qi would hang them up and beat them, though the force wasn't strong enough to cause bruises or swelling. They were beaten from day to night, but neither of them had a single wound on their bodies.

But this seventh guy was too ruthless. He didn't hurt anyone, but he made the most painful impact. And every blow was a different kind of pain, making the two cyberpunk tough guys scream.

So what should we do?

This is truly a disaster for me.

【What do you mean by "[Okay now]"? You look so unwilling and pathetic! Remember this: I am the setting sun, and you are the rising sun tomorrow morning. Cheer up, don't embarrass yourselves, do your best!】

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

V was lying face down, his eyes completely round. "But I just thought of something. If you don't let us hand you over to the middleman, then this deal is considered a failure, and we won't get paid."

"How can I remove the prosthetic body if I don't have the money? It's useless even if I remove it. Putting aside other things, at least I haven't installed any prosthetic limbs yet, but if I remove this prosthetic eye, won't I only have one eye left?"

That kind of thing is out of the question now. You two, look down at yourselves.

"Lower your head?"

V and Jack instinctively obeyed, and as a result, when they lowered their heads, everything related to their prosthetic bodies, including their prosthetic eyes, fell off and scattered all over the ground.

"Huh? No, my eyes—how come my eyes are still here?"

V touched her eye socket and, strangely enough, it wasn't empty. Instead, it contained a proper filling material that provided tactile feedback. It felt as if her original eyes had returned.

[Natural people are the most upright human beings; even the little devils in the dojo know about such things.]

From this moment forward, abandon all cybernetic implants, reclaim the title of warrior, and start afresh with running and fitness. It is your inescapable duty to rebuild the glory of natural humans!

The seventh brother couldn't bear to treat the Hagis the way he treated Feng Yuan.

This relentless beating, which lasted from day to night, was actually a last resort. His power was basically sealed, and if he didn't take a roundabout approach to sort out V and Jack's bodies, it would be difficult to restore the parts of their bodies that had been taken over by cybernetic implants.

Alas, the blow to his body hurts his heart.

Of course, as painful as it is, the special training cannot be stopped.

【It's 1:20 AM now. You two, go close your eyes and go to sleep immediately. I'll wake you up at 6:00 AM sharp. You'll have ten minutes to eat breakfast, and then you need to go for a run right away. Follow my instructions exactly, understand?】

Jack had figured it out. Without internal conflict, life was like rape. Since he couldn't resist Old Seven, he'd just have to submit: "Understood, understood, yes, sir!"

V sighed. Well, regardless of how he might rebel against Lao Qi in the future, it seemed unlikely that he would have any other thoughts in the short term. So he simply rolled onto the bed and stared straight at the metallic ceiling.

"Sigh... what will our future be like?"

It was just an ordinary order, but I never expected that I would end up working for aliens.

Who knows how much truth this alien is telling? Maybe this seventh one is the evil alien he's talking about, who turned him and Jack into his first lackeys to invade Earth.

Oh well, given the current state of Night City, let them be invaded. In any case, it's the company employees who will suffer the losses. These lowly mercenaries, whose lives are precarious, will be no different whether or not aliens invade them; things can't get any worse.

Thinking about all this, V unknowingly fell into a long-awaited good sleep.

Subjectively, I thought I had only slept for a few tens of minutes when suddenly there was a loud "beep" sound.

[Get up, get up, get up, beep, beep, beep!]

"Ugh, be quiet, let me sleep for five more minutes..."

【? 】

How can you sleep? At your age, at this stage of your life, you can't even sleep? Even pigs can't sleep as well as you. Have you any sense of positivity? Get up!

beep—

The sharp horn woke V and Jack from their slumber at the same time.

Seven, the King of Love, has officially left the stage. Now, standing before you is Captain MAC, the training demon, the black-faced king, and Dan Moroboshi, who only believes in sweat and not tears!

The seventh puppet was furious. If he had any power, it would be fine, but now all his power was sealed. The whole Earth and all of humanity were counting on these two fools. Did they expect him to show mercy?

You can't even dream of such a good thing!

The heartless and ruthless demon, Old Seven, violently whipped the sleepy V and Jack, drove them out of the house, took the elevator down, had a synthetic coffee and a synthetic bread, and then immediately made them run wildly on the sidewalk of the street.

"Ow—"

Where's the slogan? I'm asking you, where's the slogan?

"Aww... Natural person, natural soul, only nature is the best of the best, ahhh, strive for excellence, no need for technology, start with me, no need for Kowloon, no need for technology, I am pure nature, I am proud!"

"Aww... The prosthetic body is weak, so I naturally ascend! The prosthetic body is weak, so I naturally ascend! Fitness training is the best in the world! Aaaaaaah!"

V and Jack ran one after the other, always in the most standard running posture—it had to be standard, otherwise Old Seven would beat them up.

As they ran, they shouted at the top of their lungs, their volume suggesting they wanted the whole world to hear their slogans. They were spreading their doctrines while also carefully observing whether anyone was tempted to join them—purely natural.

But it's easy to imagine that there could be such a person.

Everyone just glanced at them like an idiot, surprised that there was such a type of stupid dog.

Although the natural person faction has not completely disappeared, there are indeed some people who resist transformation and feel that it is better to be a natural person.

However, those people were just pretending to have prosthetic bodies because they were afraid of the surgery and the possibility of developing cybernetic symptoms, or because they didn't have the money to buy them.

Ultimately, no matter the reason for going to a purely natural place, from beginning to end, not a single person would think that a purebred human could cheat a cybernetic human.

Even if the modified body is only the worst available prosthetic, it can still knock down the strongest muscle man with one punch.

Given their undeniable reality, it was truly hilarious for the two of them to shout such a defiant slogan.

Although V didn't look in the mirror, he knew his face must be completely red. He had never been so embarrassed in his life. How awkward!

[Still dare to get distracted? Looks like we've made things too easy for you. Just you wait!]

What are you waiting for?

V and Jack paused for a moment, then heard a roar from afar. Immediately afterwards, a dilapidated jeep, a model from decades ago that looked utterly broken and beyond repair, and had been thrown into a garbage dump, suddenly roared and drove over in a wrecked state!

Although it looked like it was about to fall apart at any moment, it just didn't.

The Seven doll stood on the driver's seat. Although it was just a doll, V could see a fierce and menacing look in its eyes. This... this couldn't be—

[You guys dared to get distracted on your first workout? I really should increase the intensity! Stop running, charge at the jeep!]

"Are you kidding me!"

Damn it, if he were Adam Hammer, it would be one thing, but now he doesn't have a single prosthetic body on his body. How is he supposed to head-on collision with a jeep?

"Aaaaaaah! He's gone mad! He's going to kill us! Run, Jack!"

"I'm speeding up, I'm speeding up, Brother, my good bro, don't leave me behind, ugh ugh ugh!"

A newcomer stared in disbelief at the scene of the crazy jeep chasing a human and a dog, only to be patted on the shoulder and grinned by a local narcotics user: "See? Hehe, this is the freest place in the world. Welcome to Night City!"

slap.

The local was ecstatic, in a physical sense.

……

"Hey, what's going on with you two?"

Victor's clinic.

Old V looked suspiciously at V and Jack, who were panting heavily, clearly having gone through a very extreme and thrilling activity, and then at the various prosthetic bodies they had piled up in front of him.

He recognized these prosthetics; some of them seemed to be mercenary spoils, but others were clearly the ones that V and Jack originally had.

But now, not only have these prosthetic bodies been removed, but these two people have also become completely flawless, with their eyes restored to perfect condition.

This is quite unbelievable.

Although current technology is advanced enough to allow leaders of large companies to have longevity, such as Saburo Arasaka, the 157-year-old head of the Arasaka Group who rules Night City, still able to move freely, this is all thanks to breakthroughs in medical technology.

But where would these two penniless guys get the money to perfectly transplant or replicate organs like Saburo Arasaka?

"You... ugh... don't ask anymore, it's all the aliens' fault anyway." V ​​gritted his teeth, he had never been so tired in his life.

"Fine, I won't ask." Old Wei shook his head. "In this godforsaken place of Night City, the less you pry into other people's secrets, the longer you'll survive. I know that, but I heard rumors on the street that you two are really going to rely on training to clash your own bodies with cybernetic bodies?"