The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why a man-made product is so much more powerful than an ordinary full bottle.

You know, Arasaka still can't restore a blank bottle.

Just at this moment, Lucy tapped the back of her neck twice with her fingers.

Lin Qiao nodded. This was one of their secret codes, and the meaning was very simple.

Some things are inconvenient, I want to talk alone.

Lin Qiao understood and nodded.

Having said that, neither of them had any intention of leaving to find a secluded place.

Because it's not necessary.

【What's wrong? 】

Lin Qiao's voice suddenly appeared in Lucy's mind - a byproduct of his thought and memory implantation ability.

Build a spiritual connection with others at a certain distance and transmit your thoughts to them...

Or it would be easier to understand if we call it more straightforwardly "telepathy".

[Just wanted to ask what my current danger level is. ]

Lucy wasn't surprised by the voice that suddenly appeared in her mind - she was used to it.

[That's why... Danger level 3.2.]

【3.2...】

He looked down at the palm of his hand. If he remembered correctly, Lin Qiao had mentioned at the beginning that the minimum requirement for Kamen Rider to transform was a danger level of 3.0.

After such a long time, there is only a 0.2 improvement...

Isn't that basically unchanged?

[Your former companion, the one with black hair, seemed to be called Tendo...Kisara? What is her danger level? ]

[Why do you think of asking this out of the blue? ]

[Just a little curious...]

I glanced at Lucy next to me and thought, this doesn't seem like just pure curiosity.

[Danger level 5.2, it was like this when I left... If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be any changes now. ]

After all, if you want to increase the danger level, you need an emotional outburst and enough fighting.

Frankly speaking, it is easy to anger Mu Geng, but it is unlikely to have a good fight with her under this premise.

But after hearing this, Lucy felt an invisible pressure for some reason.

Danger level 5.0, the limit of what humans can achieve.

And the further you go, the more difficult it becomes to increase the danger level.

It's probably like the feeling of an ordinary student who has finally passed the exam and hears his parents discussing the top student next door.

Although it wasn't directed at her, Lucy always felt inexplicably irritated.

But at this moment, Lin Qiao came over.

[How is it? Do you feel anxious that you can't do anything? ]

【…No.】

[Hahaha, you may say one thing and mean another, but it doesn't matter. Just shout out "I can't do anything" and you will immediately be able to unlock the large password and become Hepa... cough! ]

Listening to Lin Qiao's strange laughter of gloating in her mind, the girl gave him an elbow.

Boom!

A slight muffled sound was heard on the heavy breastplate.

Turning her head to look at someone who was moving in an exaggerated manner and seemed to be seriously injured, Lucy couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, and the latter immediately returned to normal.

[Well, anyway, you don't need to envy her. After all, she got beaten up by me a lot.]

[And you both excel in different areas. If I had to say, one of you is a brain type, and the other is a pure physical type.]

[Just like Manin, if you let him shoot head-on, that's fine, but if you use network cracking, even if it's just the lowest level firewall, you can trap him to death.]

[I'll take care of the battle, and you'll take care of the rest. The purpose of a partner is to complement each other's abilities, isn't it?]

In fact, if the original build project had been for Lucy, he might not have been able to continue the performance halfway through.

——To some extent, this is also the reason why he chose Kigen in the first place. After all, people who are too smart may not necessarily follow his routine.

Compared to the stubborn Miss Geng, this kid is really too smart... His shortcoming is that he likes to get stuck in a rut sometimes.

——It seems that the news that she was leaving was a big blow to her.

only……

"I haven't said anything yet, okay...?"

Facing Lin Qiao's chattering, Lucy looked somewhat helpless.

"Are you an old grandfather who likes to preach?"

"Oh, yes, yes, I'm old, so I can't help but talk too much, okay?"

But when I think about it carefully, adding up the time I have spent in several worlds... it seems like I have already reached thirty years old without realizing it.

However, apart from the fact that during the Chinese New Year every year, not only do I not receive red envelopes but I have to give red envelopes to others, which makes me feel a little bit unhappy, there is nothing else.

His eyes swept over the full bottle that had absorbed the ingredients after Lucy defeated the Slugger.

——A gorilla’s head is carved on the brown bottle.

"This is a rare opportunity, so I'll give you another good thing to satisfy your determination to become a reckless hacker with a strength of 20."

Under Lucy's puzzled gaze, Lin Qiao chuckled, took out a bottle full of diamonds and handed it to her.

"Gorilla... Diamond..."

He pondered for a moment and compared the gorilla bottle and the diamond bottle in his hand.

——A combination of elegance and violence.

That’s probably the first impression.

Although I don’t know the specific effect, since it was given by Lin Qiao, I think it should be a combination with powerful effects.

However, before she could figure out the reason, Lin Qiao pulled her away.

"Let's go, there's plenty of time to look at the full bottle later. It's almost noon now, and I don't plan on staying here any longer."

Chapter 337 Advanced Petri Dish (Arasaka Academy)

Taking Lucy and teleporting out of Arasaka's underground facility, Lin Qiao came to a deserted place and cancelled BloodRiot's transformation state.

There is no need to worry about the nearby surveillance, after all, they have Lucy, a cyber hacker, on their side.

Although the hacker prosthetic components in her body were removed when she was transformed by Lin Qiao, and she is not in a transformed state now, this does not mean that she cannot use hacker abilities.

On Lucy's waist, there was a mechanical structure about the size of a waist-mounted amplifier.

But compared with the former, the appearance of this structure seems a bit fancy.

And in the slot in the center, the hacker bottle was firmly inserted there.

A data cable passed through the inside of the coat and connected to the hacker information mask on her face that looked like sunglasses.

——ICE (Ice Wall) virus.

Initially, Lin Qiao wanted to create a gadget similar to Cross-Z Dragon, which could transform using only a full bottle, so that Lucy could use the properties of the Hacker Bottle to the fullest.

But after two actual combat exercises with her, he simply gave up the idea.

While the Hacking Bottle's characteristics and abilities are very useful in this era, its enhancements are simply too extreme.

It is no exaggeration to say that after the transformation, he becomes a big squishy creature with only special abilities.

Even a slightly enhanced Puncher with no sense of pain can be knocked out of his transformation with just two punches if he performs well.

The attack is low and the health is thin, and it can only work on specific targets, so the tolerance rate in battle is quite low.

It wouldn't be a big deal if the world this time was a PVE-friendly mode...but the problem is that the world this time is a PVP one.

Even if Lin Qiao was unwilling to imagine it, she had to admit the possibility that another time traveler would find Lucy and threaten her.

...and this possibility is not small.

Therefore, the existence of the ICE virus is very embarrassing.

Fortunately, Lin Qiao did not give up on the toy she had made. After slightly modifying it, she returned it to Lucy.

In addition to its original transformation ability, the current ICE virus can also use weakened hacking ability when inserted into the hacking bottle but not transformed.

But even so, it is almost first-class in Night City.

He also gave Sasha a similar item, but it didn't have the ability to transform.

It makes up for their lack of abilities after losing the hacker prosthetic components.

Hustle and bustle

bustling

This is the most impressive feeling of the Civic Center.

The huge red and blue goldfish projections swimming in the company square have become the symbol of this place.

The wide road is like a blood vessel, with all kinds of luxury sports cars and other ordinary cars whizzing past.

In the Central Park surrounded by corporate buildings, you can see monks meditating on the lawn and preaching Buddhism to others.

There was also a yoga instructor leading a group of people to exercise their hands and feet, with some soft music playing beside them.

Lin Qiao and Lucy strolled leisurely on the streets of the municipal center. Compared with when he came with empty hands, he now had a suitcase in his hands.

——That's military-grade Sianwestan.

A slightly cool, damp breeze blew by, ruffling Lucy's long white hair.

California, where Night City is located, has a typical Mediterranean climate.

The hot and rainy summer has finally passed, and now the weather is relatively comfortable.

Having said that, with Lucy wearing a high-cut tights, black knee-high socks, and a very good appearance and a figure that has been developing better in recent years, many people still looked at this place with eager eyes...

But this gaze did not last long and disappeared again.

"It's really troublesome."

Lin Qiao shook his head. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he used his ability to manipulate emotions like a bootlicker and forced the people around him to enter the sage mode.

A tempting smell of food wafted from the roadside.

In order to cater to employees at all levels and allow them to quickly return to their workstations and continue working after eating, the food here is quite complicated.

From cheap synthetic noodles to original cuts of beef in high-end restaurants, everything is available.

Of course, the common feature of the stores here is cleanliness... at least they appear tidy on the surface.

After all, the upper-class capitalists can't stand seeing the entrance of their company being dirty and smelly, with cockroaches crawling on the ground and a bunch of homeless people rummaging through the trash cans.

If that's the case, how can we gentlemen discuss business calmly?

Lin Qiao and Lucy walked into a dessert shop. Although it was not very large, it was indeed a high-end one. At least it could be guaranteed that the ingredients used were not some weird synthetic substances.

And looking at the bright side, a smaller place can mean more people inside, and it can make it look more popular... so let's just take it that way.

Well, the main reason is that the rent near the Civic Center is too expensive.

"But eating dessert in the middle of the day, I really don't understand your idea."

Lucy supported her head with one hand with a bored expression, while the fingers of her other hand pressed the fork to cut the cake in front of her into small pieces.

I picked up one piece and put it in my mouth...it tasted okay.

But it still feels a bit strange to eat it as a meal.

Then he picked up another piece and put it in front of Lin Qiaozui.