From ship girl to machine god

You can tell at a glance that these two people must be elites carefully trained by the company, or the top ones.

Even for V herself, she couldn't guarantee that she had seen something more powerful.

With these two elites, plus the mercenary team beside Jade Bird that had a prosthetic body that he had never seen before, V didn't feel that he had anything worthy of Jade Bird's special investment.

Even if such a team is placed in the Arasaka Counter-Intelligence Department, it is still a top-notch team, let alone just on the streets of Night City.

This is also one of the key factors why V feels that Jade Bird has another plan for her. After all, what Jade Bird shows is really not commensurate with her current status and identity.

This is like a person who can obviously live a life of luxury and lust, but only eats green vegetables and tofu every day and sleeps on straw mats in a shabby house. If he does not have great ambitions, even the devil will not believe it.

Although she was born and raised in Night City, V had also gained some understanding of Eastern culture after living in Arasaka for so many years. She knew clearly that the blue bird in front of her was definitely not someone who would settle down as a mercenary in Night City.

So this kind of person who either hides his true identity or is plotting a big thing is showing favor to him and trying to recruit him. What kind of talents do he value in him?

V doesn't think that his working experience in the Arasaka Counterintelligence Department is worthy of Aotori recruiting him so seriously.

However, the relationship between the two parties is not yet to the point where they can be open and honest, so naturally V will not take the initiative to ask, but just keep the matter in mind.

After learning the mission information from Blue Bird and David, V suddenly remembered that he had heard information about the Cyborg King Kong when he was still in Arasaka, so he said to Blue Bird: "I was still at the Arasaka Counter Intelligence Department for this Cyborg King Kong project. I seem to have heard colleagues mention it.

This is the latest prosthesis developed by Arasaka headquarters. It is equipped with a gravity control device that is still in the experimental stage. It is very powerful.

The prosthetic body itself was designed for people with highly prosthetic bodies. It was said that it was tailor-made for Adam Hammer himself. However, the technology was not yet mature. Many test subjects died during the experiment, resulting in no progress in the project. . "

"Gravity control? It sounds pretty powerful." Bluebird naturally knew the information V mentioned, but he could learn more details after listening to V say it again.

"It is indeed very powerful. It is said that this set of prosthetics is completely different from ordinary prosthetics. After equipping it, one person can even deal with an army." The Arasaka Counter-Intelligence Department not only knows the external intelligence, but also knows its own internal intelligence. Palm, although V did not understand the Prosthetic King Kong project in depth, he heard from colleagues in charge of related projects that this set of prosthetic bodies was said to be a cross-generational set of Arasaka's latest technologies.

David couldn't help but gasped and said with emotion: "One person against an army? Isn't this too exaggerated?"

"If gravity can really be controlled and applied in actual combat, it will not be a joke for one person to deal with an army." Recalling that in the original animation, after David installed the prosthetic King Kong, he directly ignored the military technology. Blue Bird felt that this description was not an exaggeration to describe the strong combat power of the entire team.

At this time, after V understood the situation, he also had some guesses about Jade Bird's purpose, so he asked Jade Bird half-heartedly: "So you are interested in this set of prosthetics?"

"No, that thing of the Prosthetic King Kong is too rough. Not only does it put a heavy burden on the body, but it will break down after a few uses. It also looks very ugly." Qingniao said about the big character of the Prosthetic King Kong in the original anime. However, the killing weapon was extremely disgusted and waved his hand disdainfully: "Not to mention that I don't need the prosthetic body, even if I do, I have something better than the prosthetic King Kong."

Hearing what Jade Bird said, V suddenly became interested and asked Jade Bird curiously: "Then what is your purpose? You don't just want to cause trouble for the company, right?"

"My target is Adam Hammer. I want to lure him out through the prosthetic King Kong. I have a score to settle with him." Jade Bird didn't smile when he said this. He was very serious. .

Chapter 123 David and V·[-]

After ending their conversation with Jade Bird, V and Jack took David with them and drove to the hospital where David's mother was.

According to Jade Bird's request, from the moment they take over this job, V and Jack will stay at the hospital 24 hours a day to ensure the safety of David's mother until Jade Bird solves the problem of the prosthetic King Kong.

For V and Jack, who have just started working as mercenaries, this job is not tiring, but it requires a bit of hard work. Someone is guarding them 24 hours a day. V and Jack can only take turns to rest.

However, from the perspective of V, who often worked overtime for three to five consecutive days in the past, this was not a big deal. Arasaka really made employees work for 72 hours.

As for the possibility that there may be some danger, but considering that the hospital is owned by Military Technology and has military technology security, V and Jack only need to guard the ward to prevent potential threats. In fact, the risk is Not too high.

It can be said that this is an easy and simple job, and it is a rare good job for new mercenaries like V and Jack.

Therefore, V and Jack's attitude towards David was quite friendly. Although V was not as warm and forthright as Jack, they still exchanged a few words with David and established a relationship.

When he heard David say that he had studied at Arasaka School before, V couldn't help but express his feelings: "Arasaka School, speaking of which, I also studied there. For someone who was born on the streets of Night City, it is very important to be able to study here." Studying in a company-run school is indeed a good way out.”

"My mother thinks so too, so she has been working hard to make money for me to study, hoping that one day I can climb to the top of Arasaka Tower." When David said this, he couldn't help but sigh: "If she wakes up and knows what I am doing now You will probably be very sad if you drop out of school like this, right?"

This has also been a knot that David has always had. After all, what his mother really wanted was for him to study hard so that he could work his way up in the company and escape the miserable life of the lower class.

In order to achieve this goal, David's mother worked almost desperately, and even stole prosthetics from corpses and resold them, in order to get enough money for David to study.

It can be said that until the car accident happened, David's mother was talking to David about studying hard.

It is conceivable that when David's mother woke up and found that her son not only did not continue studying, but also dropped out of school and became a mercenary, and now he is even more involved in going against the company, what would she be like? expression.

However, in response to David's emotion, V comforted him as someone who had experienced it: "Don't think too highly of the company. I should be your senior. Back then, I felt like you that I should join the company. Then climbing up step by step is the only way to get out of this terrible place called Night City.

I have better luck than you. I successfully entered the company and have been working hard since then. I am indeed climbing up the ladder step by step..."

Speaking of this, V thought of his hard work in Arasaka over the years, and couldn't help but taunted himself: "You know? There is no limit to overtime work in Arasaka. When you join the job, they will let you wear all kinds of equipment." The prosthetic body is called company welfare to you.

But in fact, those prosthetics can allow you to work continuously for more than 72 hours without sleep. Even if you are exhausted, the company has a way to use these prostheses to get you up and continue working.

And you don’t have to worry about sudden death. Although Arasaka does not require every employee to be a member of the trauma team, the company’s medical insurance is still very complete, which is enough to ensure that you will not die suddenly no matter how overtime you work.

They will also provide drugs such as Pervitin to ensure that you will not suffer from listlessness and fatigue even if you work overtime for a long time, so that you can work for the company 7 hours a day, 24×[-]. "

David didn't understand this. When he heard V saying that he needed to work overtime 24 hours a day, seven days a week at Arasaka Company, his eyes widened and he said, "Isn't this too cruel? Street gangs wouldn't treat people like this." Use it to death!"

"Boy, what do you think?" Jack, who was driving next to him, rolled his eyes at David: "The company is not a charity. Every cent of salary they pay you will be earned back ten or even twenty cents on you. Profit, you don’t really think the company is a good place, do you?”

As a good friend of V, Jack had some knowledge of V's working situation in Arasaka. In addition, he was a bit dissatisfied with the company, so Jack's tone was somewhat harsh when he spoke.

"Jack, concentrate on driving." V said to Jack, then turned to David and said: "Don't pay attention to what Jack said, that's how he talks. But some of what he said is right. The company spends money on you. Every penny you earn will be earned back tenfold or a hundredfold.

You might think that the company is a way up the ladder to get you out of the bad life in Night City.

This is indeed true in a sense. The company's system is cruel, but many people still flock to it because the company can indeed give people generous treatment and a life that is unimaginable.

But all this is based on the fact that you are extremely exploited by the company, and you help the company exploit ordinary people.

And you need to remember one thing, that is, when you have no value to the company, the company will kick you away. Everything you have done for the company before is nothing. It was all given to you by the company, and You can take it back at any time, making you worthless. "

David listened to V's words, but he was still relatively new to the world. He couldn't help but asked with some disbelief: "But shouldn't the money I earn belong to me? How can the company take my things?" Take it away again?”

"You are too naive. When you are kicked out by the company, everything on you will be taken away by the company." V ​​thought of the savings he had accumulated over many years of hard work, and his heart was still bleeding: "I am the most intuitive For example, I worked in Arasaka for many years and accumulated a lot of wealth. However, when I was kicked out by the company, my bank account was frozen by the company, my house was confiscated by the company, and my car, clothes, and belongings were also confiscated. …Everything was taken away by the company.

As for why you ask?Because banks, real estate developers, and even the police are owned by the company, the company doesn't even need a reason to take away your things. Even the laws of Night City are made in accordance with the interests of the company. "

V's words were like a knife thrust into David's chest, making him finally soberly and thoroughly realize the true nature of the company.

Chapter 124 Saburo Arasaka

While V was explaining to David the cruelty within the company, Abernathy, who kicked her out of the company, was making a report to the Arasaka Group headquarters in Japan.

At this moment, Abernathy did not have her usual aura as the director of counterintelligence in Arasaka. Instead, she lowered her head and brows submissively, as submissively as a dog.

Because the person standing in front of her through the projection screen at this moment was the owner of her dog and the real controller of the Arasaka Group, Saburo Arasaka, who is now over 150 years old.

"I already know the situation you reported. You have fulfilled your responsibility by discovering this matter in time." Although Saburo Arasaka is over 150 years old and is close to the limit of human lifespan, with the powerful medical and prosthetic technology of the Arasaka Group, , he is still living and healthy today.

Although this health can only be achieved with the astronomical medical investment that is burned every year, and an entire medical team that is always on standby for Arasaka Saburo.

Although he is over 150 years old, Saburo Arasaka, who was an IJN pilot during World War II, is no longer an energetic man, but this old and tough old monster still has a firm grip on the entire Arasaka Group.

Even though he has gradually retreated behind the scenes in recent years and gradually handed over the entire Arasaka Group to his children and granddaughter, this old monster who has controlled the entire Arasaka Group for more than a century can still easily detect anything he wants to know. .

Any disturbance that occurs within the Arasaka Group cannot escape the eyes of this old monster who is old but not dim-sighted.

In fact, within the entire Arasaka Group, most people regard this old monster who has controlled the Arasaka Group for more than 100 years as a god, the God of Arasaka, and the God of the company.

Saburo Arasaka deserves this title in every sense of the word.

After all, he started by taking over the family business left by his father Arasaka Sansai after World War II, and gradually built the Arasaka Group into the world's most powerful multinational conglomerate, gradually spreading Arasaka's rule throughout the world.

He single-handedly created the current Arasaka Empire and maintains this huge empire to this day. It has still stood firm after several corporate wars. The rule of the Arasaka Group is unshakable.

All these achievements of Saburo Arasaka are enough for him to be called a god.

Of course, for most people, the god Arasaka Saburo brings a sense of oppression that is suffocating.

You know, as long as Saburo Arasaka is willing, the Arasaka Group's security forces all over the world and the nuclear bombs they possess can start a war to destroy the world at any time, or destroy a country that he doesn't like.

As for destroying someone?

For Saburo Arasaka, just like a person wouldn't care if he stepped on an ant, it would be a waste of time to think about this issue.

For young people, this waste of time may not matter, but for an old man who feels that his life is passing by every minute, every second of his time is precious.

So Saburo Arasaka didn't say much to Abernathy, or even listened to what she wanted to say. He simply said: "Just do what you want, and the manpower you need will be allocated to you."

If it were 100 years ago, Saburo Arasaka might have said some encouraging and winning words.

Half a century ago, he would have been more courageous and ruthless.

But for Saburo Arasaka, who is now dying, saying so much is enough.

Seeing Saburo Arasaka's projection disappear from in front of him, Abernathy breathed out a sigh of relief and felt his back getting wet.

Although what she faced was only a projection, the power accumulated by Saburo Arasaka from ruling the Arasaka Group for more than 100 years made her feel huge pressure even through the projection, and she did not even dare to breathe violently.

But for Abernathy, it was a surprise that this incident alarmed Saburo Arasaka. Originally, she thought that it would be overwhelming if the senior officials at the Japanese headquarters knew about it, but she did not expect that it was Saburo Arasaka himself. Ask in person.

This was both a huge pressure and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Abernathy.

After all, this is something for Saburo Arasaka to pay personal attention to. If it is done well, even if Jane is in the emperor's heart, there will definitely be opportunities to go further in the future.

But if it went wrong, it would be a luxury for Abernathy to keep his body intact.

So after smoking a cigarette to calm down, Abernathy gritted his teeth and decided to bet everything on this time.

"It seems that we need to plan carefully. When the people sent from the Japanese headquarters arrive, we can give that mysterious man a good look." Abernathy already had some calculations in his mind.

After discovering the video, Abernathy had already used all the power she had at hand to collect intelligence, and had some guesses about the master who had hidden his identity in the video. What she lacked now was someone who could compete with that mysterious master. The top level of combat power.

As long as there is a master who can defeat the opponent, Abernathy believes that he will be able to defeat that mysterious master, causing the forces behind him to suffer a big loss, and leaving a deep impression on Saburo Arasaka.

However, considering the resources at her disposal, Abernathy was still a little hesitant. After all, she was not prepared for Saburo Arasaka to pay attention to this matter.

"If you want to perform in front of Mr. Saburo, you must do it perfectly this time! Just in case..." Abernathy muttered to himself, while also thinking about what else he could use. Resources and Power: "There seems to be a prosthetic body project over there in Tanaka, maybe it can be used?"

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Blue Bird didn't know that one of her accidental attacks actually alerted Saburo Arasaka, and she was now planning on how to use Adam Hammer.

For this reason, she went to find Rogge and asked her: "Rogge, do you know how Johnny Silverhand died?"

"Little girl, what do you want to do?" Rogge was not the kind of young man who would fall for someone's teasing. Although she had a bad temper when she was young, decades of time had already allowed her to develop a strong temper. : "I took Johnny and I to blow up Arasaka Tower. Do you think I know how that bastard died?"

"Really? Then I'll give you a chance to kill Adam Hammer and avenge Johnny, will you do it?" Blue Bird smiled and extended an invitation to Rogge.

"What do you want to do?" Hearing the name mentioned by Blue Bird, Rogge asked this question again, but her attitude was completely different.

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This time, Blue Bird did not hide anything, but planned to tell Rogge everything he knew.

But when she spoke, she still asked Rogge a question: "Do you know how Johnny Silverhand died?"