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

First, there are the individual companies. Although most factions still chose to put up a stubborn resistance, they abandoned all their assets in Night City and retreated to their own territories.

But this also means that the only way for those in Night City to go is to completely side with V. Therefore, everyone wholeheartedly revealed all the codes and secrets they knew, as well as all the company's assets in Night City.

In other words, V was able to preserve all of Night City's assets and bring them under his control in a way that maximized his own interests without resorting to violence or destruction.

Furthermore, the Arasaka Group was different from other forces; not only the Night City portion, but the entire group voluntarily surrendered to V.

As for who was the biggest contributor among them? Without a doubt, it was Arasaka Saburo's own son, Arasaka Yorinobu.

Yoriyuki Arasaka had long disliked that old man and wanted to strangle Saburo Arasaka and blow up the entire Arasaka Group at any time.

Now that he had such a good opportunity, he was overjoyed. He didn't hesitate for even half a second about whether or not to hand over the Arasaka Group to V.

Although he was surprised that V had gotten involved with something like Ultraman Seven, he had originally thought that V was doomed.

But it doesn't matter.

A true man can bend and stretch; since V is so capable, let's leave it to V.

If he doesn't hand over the Arasaka Group to V, he can indeed take advantage of this turmoil to kill many of the high-ranking traitors within the Arasaka Group, but that's all he can do. He can't even eradicate the Arasaka Group from its roots, so he can't go any further.

But handing the Arasaka Group over to V would be different. V has enough ability to kill all the high-ranking thugs and then lead the purged Arasaka Group to confront other large companies, clash with them, and make all the companies die.

That's really something. Just thinking about that kind of ending makes Arasaka Yorinobu so excited he'll pass out.

Therefore, when handing over the Arasaka Group to V, Arasaka Yorinobu also demanded a guarantee:

"I don't care what kind of tyrant or wasteland king you want, it's none of my business. But you have to promise me that the power you eventually establish cannot be a company in name or structure. Otherwise, I'm not done with you. I'll detonate all of Arasaka's research labs right now!"

"You little bastard, how dare you threaten me?"

Without saying a word, V immediately launched into a fierce battle, sending Lai Xuan flying. Lai Xuan spun three times in the air before landing with a thud, his face bruised and swollen.

"However, I promise you, I never intended to follow the company's old path, understand? Do you think I have any good feelings about this kind of company structure? That's bullshit. You went through all that trouble just to come here and get beaten up by me, huh? Get lost!"

Slapping Lai Xuan in the face shows that V's prestige cannot be challenged; agreeing to it is V's true nature.

Arasaka Yorinobu wasn't annoyed. He covered his swollen cheek with one hand, hissing in pain as he breathed out, but he was also laughing and hopping around with great joy as he left.

Great!

He skipped and hopped off to chase after his idol, Johnny Silver, and asked for his autograph.

Johnny finally started to live a good life, as he was finally dug out of the simple robot by Old Vie and given a human body that was a one-to-one replica of his original body.

Of course, since it's made with technology, it's impossible for it to make rapid progress on the path of purely natural training like V and Jack.

However, Johnny's heart wasn't in that anymore. In the end, he wasn't living to kill. His true love was rock and roll, and music.

Now, with V leading the way, it's only a matter of time before the Natural Gang conquers the world. There's no need for this down-on-his-luck, old-fashioned legend. So he can just focus on his rock music.

The Samurai Band is back in action!

Although only Roger is still alive from the original group, and he has become an old woman who looks like she is forty years old, that's not a problem.

Roger was forced to close his Afterlife Bar before making a comeback.

As for the remaining gap, Johnny chose to borrow people from all over the place. David, Old Vie, Jack, Mann, and so on were all good. Whoever was available could come and fill in, rock out together, and hold a live show together!

"Let the Samurai Band be great again!"

A grand goal.

Of course, Johnny didn't forget his beloved girlfriend, Ott.

Ultraman has been an AI outside the Black Wall for decades now, and it's hard to say how much humanity he still retains. That's why Johnny wasn't planning on going to find Ultraman.

But V cannot ignore such a huge threat. Since he has decided to become the king of the earth and improve all mankind, the major problem of AI outside the black wall must also be dealt with.

So V and Johnny went into the network world to meet Ultraman—under the seventh brother's grueling training, V's strength wasn't just physical.

While it's impossible to successfully exploit an AI specializing in electronics, if Ultraman is no longer human and harbors malice towards humanity, V could still take Johnny away from the cyber world, allowing them to return to reality unharmed.

Fortunately, after they met, the situation wasn't too bad. Although Ultraman was no longer human, he hadn't become an anti-human terrorist.

After a friendly exchange, Ultraman and V reached a cooperation agreement.

Ultraman will assist in eliminating various other wandering AIs outside the Black Wall, preventing those AIs from threatening humanity one day. In return, Ultraman can enter the Black Wall and return to the human network world, no longer having to wander aimlessly outside the Black Wall.

Then there is another cost.

After annihilating all other AIs, Ultraman must, under V's supervision, be led back to reality without resistance by Old V, and enter a technologically created human body like Johnny's, returning to a human form.

Furthermore, no electronic backup plan must be left behind, and no version of oneself that is still an electronic AI is allowed.

Once all other AIs are eliminated, Ultraman, the last and strongest AI, will naturally become the greatest threat to humanity, so it is necessary to return to the physical world of humanity.

V doesn't reject AI, but humans at present simply cannot master overly advanced AI. At most, they can only use those rigid AIs that are incapable of developing self-awareness.

Want to use a high-end AI like Ultraman? Let's wait until humanity as a whole makes great strides on the path of pure nature, until it becomes a habit, a tradition, and until it's abnormal for anyone not to pursue pure nature.

From V's perspective, it's best to first become strong yourself and have the most basic self-protection before using more terrifying tools.

After all, your entire world is purely natural. Even if an AI rebellion occurs and you lose the internet and electronics, you won't necessarily die.

In this era where everyone has implants and feels uneasy if they don't go online for a day, is the world about to experience an electronic cutoff reaction? Forget about it. A random AI from outside the Great Firewall could wipe out humanity.

Finally, Ultraman accepted these conditions and demands.

V knew very well that Ultraman had bowed down only because of Seventh Brother; the Super Lover King was no joke.

Ultraman only needs to search for "Seven", "Seven X" and "Seven OV" in the online world to know that if this half-AI, who has already begun to separate from the human race, refuses to bow down and is preparing to lie in wait to covet humanity, then the Seventh Prince will have to strike hard.

Anyway, she can be declared an electronic monster.

However, it wasn't entirely because of fear of the seventh brother.

Even now, Ultra can't say that she has no feelings for her ex-boyfriend Johnny at all, although she is very indifferent in AI mode and has no intention of rekindling their relationship.

However, based on her self-assessment and prediction, when she is extradited back to reality by Old Vision, her emotions should return to a much richer state, at which point she will return to normal and regain her human functions.

I want to love, to be loved, to eat, to drink, to play, and to have fun.

So she accepted these demands and began assisting Nature in eliminating the other wandering AIs outside the Black Wall.

Incidentally, she also allocated some computing power to assist V in investigating the secrets of other major forces that were still clinging to wishful thinking and putting up a last-ditch resistance.

Thanks to this, although Seventh Brother never made a move again, after consolidating all the affairs of Night City, V and Jack's external campaigns were on the rise.

The Great Expedition, Victory!

Both games involved conquering Terra, and both were set in a near-wasteland era, with various powerful factions and warlords vying for control of the world. However, V unified the Earth much faster than Emperor.

All things considered, it wouldn't exceed seven years.

Although it's only been a few months, judging from the results, the timeline is entirely customizable.

The reason it's said that it won't take more than seven years is because the Natural Gang not only wants to take over the territory, but also to truly control it and implement various new-era rules and prohibitions in the area.

Ban leaves, ban non-medical prosthetics, establish a relief fund system, provide jobs for everyone, improve human rights, cleanse radiation, restore farmland and waterways, and breed large numbers of beneficial animals that have not yet gone extinct, etc.

V hadn't considered many of these things, but Johnny was there to help.

Although the Earth in this world had already gone astray by 202, at least the environment, animal population, and the rights of the underprivileged were much better than in 2076.

Just compare them to Johnny and his younger self back then, and then raise the bar.

Therefore, it will take seven years.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time. If you take too big a step, you might tear your balls.

If we only focus on conquest, it will only make things more complicated when it comes to building up.

As the origin of everything, Night City naturally became the world's premier capital in the new era.

"Heave-ho, all natural! Heave-ho, crushing prosthetics!"

Now, the shouts of encouragement to exercise can be heard from morning till night every day.

Thanks to the eight-hour workday implemented in Night City, residents of Night City have time to exercise every day.

Furthermore, this eight-hour period will be reduced in the future. After all, the technological productivity of the cyberpunk era is indeed high, and people don't actually need to work so hard; the output is more than enough.

With the implementation of a six-hour or even five-hour workday, people will have more leisure time and more opportunities for purely natural exercise.

The entire Night City is undergoing massive infrastructure construction, with the most common sights being various fitness parks, training centers, and martial arts gyms.

The changes are so drastic that if someone came to see it, they would never think this was Night City.

On the street, NPCD police cars were driving, but the officers were running around outside, shouting slogans to motivate themselves: "Keep it up, good job, we can't let ourselves down!"

This is not about forcing oneself to endure hardship, but rather about subordinates following the example set by superiors.

It's clear to everyone now that under V's rule, those who will hold high positions in the future will be people who stay away from cybernetic bodies, embrace nature, distance themselves from leaves, treat the people kindly, and abandon cyberpunk thinking.

The NPCD members are far more clear-headed than the ordinary citizens.

In the past, if you wanted to advance under the rule of a large company, you could work 24 hours a day and still not make any progress. Now, you only need to do your job well and follow V's lead to have a chance. So, you have to follow him with all your might.

Moreover, there were originally some good people in NPCD, but in the past, due to the power of large corporations, they were unable to solve many cases they wanted to solve, which made them extremely frustrated and disheartened.

But now, any wrongdoing must be investigated, and no connections can be overlooked—although Jack, Old Vie, David, and the others are special cases, they would never have dared to defy V's ban anyway.

Even now in NPCD, there's a "purely natural subsidy" that came down from above and was paid out of V and Jack's own pockets. Wow, can you believe that?

Life has completely improved; to say it's booming is an understatement.

V-sama, we really want to improve!

If NPCD is doing so well, then the residents of Night City must be even more comfortable. The slums are gone, the homeless are gone, and the street cleaners are gone too.

Now you can walk along the street without worrying about being shot or robbed.

"This is truly a golden age for V!"

As for the seventh brother?

No one will forget, but the seventh brother himself doesn't care about any fame at all. He is already happiest when he sees all mankind prospering under human self-governance.

The daily lives of Lao Qi and V continue, and will continue until the day Lao Qi breaks through his puppet form.

……

……

In another world.

Japan.