The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

As soon as Falco, the driver, finished speaking, the modified armored vehicle started its engine and left the vicinity of the club at the fastest speed.

What they didn't know was that this whole scene was captured by an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft flying high in the sky.

At the same time, people lying in ambush around the club, including those on the nearby rooftops, were also watching their every move.

The common point is that they all have the Arasaka symbol on them.

……

荒坂

In the combat meeting room, a glaring red dot was clearly visible on the large screen in the center of the room that was displaying the map of Night City.

A group of people composed of the joint forces of Arasaka Counterintelligence Department and the Special Operations Group are constantly operating something on the screen in front of them.

"The target was detected to have entered an abandoned apartment in the North Industrial Area of ​​Watson District, just as expected."

"The other party has a network hacker. Next, in order to avoid being discovered, the signal will be cut off, and robots will be sent to watch the sewers and other places... What about the data kept by Tanaka?"

"Yes, Lord BloodRiot has already sent someone to clear it out ahead of time and replace it with a virus file."

"What about military technology?"

“There are no signs of large-scale mobilization.”

"Keep staring at them."

As intelligence came in one after another, Abernathy, the director of the special operations team, was directing the situation on the scene in an orderly manner.

No one cared about Tanaka's life or death. His fate was already sealed when BloodRiot's plan was passed by Saburo Arasaka.

It would be the same even if he was a high-ranking executive of Arasaka—but now it should be said that he was a former high-ranking executive.

In a corner of the room, Sasha was sitting there like a transparent person, doing nothing.

——She is a guarantee here.

The build driver, which had been fully inserted into the bottle, was firmly fixed on her waist.

"Report, a car appeared near the target location... The two people who caused chaos in the club earlier are on it. It is presumed that they are the target's companions."

"Companions? Pull out their information."

Following Abernathy's order, a staff member from the Counterintelligence Department briefly explained the information of the two people.

"?"

After seeing the familiar figure on the screen, Sasha, who was originally feeling a little sleepy due to boredom, was stunned for a moment.

"Main? Pyrrha?"

What on earth are you doing!?

After being stunned for a few seconds, he twisted his stiff neck and whispered to the staff beside him to bring up the footage of the modified car that had just been taken.

Looking closely, although the changes are indeed quite large, and because it is dark, the picture is not very good.

But the paint on the car door is exactly the same as when she was still here... Damn!

I was wondering why the previous methods of preventing detection seemed so familiar, it turns out it was you guys!

After realizing this, Sasha almost felt like he was living in Bengbu.

Crack——!

The bottle of coffee in his hand for refreshing was directly squeezed into a ball.

The sound made by the deformation of aluminum cans attracted a lot of people's attention.

Abernathy gave this a questioning look.

“…Excuse me, I’ll go wash my hands.”

Without explaining the reason, Sasha suppressed the shock in his heart, gritted his teeth and walked out of the meeting room with his head down.

——Why would those idiots take this one when there are so many other commissions to choose from?!

This is a dead end in the truest sense!

Having said that, considering their past friendship, she couldn't just do nothing... Even though it wouldn't have much effect, at least she could try.

Otherwise these idiots will really be dead!

"Hello, Lucy? Please call K for me..."

She could think of only one person who could save those idiots at this time.

Chapter 352: Warning from an Old Friend

“Ahhh! It hurts so much, you’re too harsh, Boss.”

Sitting on the sofa, Pi La made a face and complained to Maine.

There were medicines for treating external injuries on the table in front of him, and there was an obvious swelling on his left cheek.

In order to buy time for David upstairs and attract other people's attention.

The two of them simply had a fight in the club...and needless to say the result.

Even though Main had made up his mind, Pila, a technical expert and as thin as a stick, naturally could not be his opponent.

Even basic defense breaking is impossible.

On the contrary, it was Main, the tank, who punched down, and the fragile Pila almost opened her mouth and closed her eyes.

"I'm sorry Pyrrha, but for Shinji's sake, I can't hold back too much."

"Hiss! Really, if I had known this job would happen, I would have asked David to come over."

At least he has experience in this area.

He wiped the wound with alcohol, but then grimaced in pain.

Meanwhile, her good sister Rebecca was gloating, laughing so hard on the sofa and even clapping with her feet.

"Rebecca, what's the data like now?"

"Qiwei is hacking in now, but the situation doesn't seem optimistic. The old woman's temperature is so high that she's almost cooked."

"Yeah……"

Man Yin groaned.

But after all, it is Arasaka's firewall, so it is natural that it has a high level of protection and is not so easy to break through.

…But why do I have a bad feeling?

Is it because of the driver who let Tanaka run away?

Or is there something else that is ignored?

Just as he was still wondering where the uneasiness came from, a call suddenly came in.

[…Manin, did you hear that? ]

[This voice... who are you? ]

The voice was strange yet familiar, and Man Yin was unable to react for a moment.

[It's me, Sasha. Long time no see.]

"Sa-Sasha? Is that you!?"

When the person on the other side introduced himself, Man Yin couldn't help but shout out.

"Huh? Who did you say that was?"

"Hey, is this true? Sasha?"

After hearing his shout, Rebecca and Pyrrha beside them couldn't help but widen their eyes, obviously shocked as well.

This is much more unexpected than a sudden call from a classmate who you haven't contacted for several years after graduation.

I guess it’s either getting married or borrowing money.

In fact, ever since the biotechnology incident, after the other party was introduced to Arasaka by Lin Qiao, they have no longer been in contact.

After all, everyone knows that in that situation, it would not be good for anyone to keep in touch with each other.

Not to mention that Mr. K later openly withdrew from the company, which made it even more difficult for them to get any news about Sasha.

Honestly, let’s not talk about whether the relationship will fade after not contacting each other for such a long time, but now at this critical moment, the other party suddenly contacted me…

It's really hard not to overthink them.

[Long time no see... But why are you calling me so late? Is there something wrong? ]

[Tanaka is in your hands now. ]

[Eh? No, what are you talking about...]

After a brief shock, Man Yin subconsciously chose to pretend not to know.

however--

[Stop playing dumb, Manin. Your information and that of others are already on the big screen of Arasaka. Now the entire Arasaka Counterintelligence Department and Special Operations Group are watching you.]

Is this true or false?

With a chill in her heart, Man Yin immediately looked out the window...

But under the cover of night, he did not notice anyone.

[Don't look anymore. You can't see anyone in that direction.]

【! 】

Even though there are still many doubts, since Sasha in Arasaka would call to warn them and even accurately reveal their coordinates and his previous actions, this means that all their actions are under Arasaka's surveillance.

——Even including the act of kidnapping Tanaka.

"It's not good. It's really not good!"

Although they don't understand why Arasaka would watch their top executives being kidnapped, there is no doubt that their current situation is extremely bad.

[…So, you are a lobbyist for Arasaka? ]

After thinking about it, Man Yin felt that this was the only possibility.

[No, on the contrary, I am here to save you. ]

[Save us? I don’t quite understand what you mean…]

[Don't you understand? Tanaka has been abandoned by Arasaka. Now he is just a bait! Specially used to lure you idiots! ]

Sasha on the other end of the line said anxiously.

Although she has reported the situation to Lin Qiao, the entire operation will not stop.

Abernathy wouldn't allow it, and Lin Qiao wouldn't allow it either - although the latter was an acquaintance of Maine and the others, they were not that familiar with each other.

Perhaps the cyborg doctor K can give them some convenience, but "Lin Qiao" cannot.

However, she couldn't expect to stop the entire operation with just a few words from her.

The only room for her to maneuver in this matter is to persuade Maine and the others as much as possible and cooperate with Arasaka as much as possible... At least in this way, she can save her life afterwards.

After all, Arasaka's main target is not them.

[Anyway, I'll make it short. If you don't want to die, listen carefully! ]

Ignoring Manin who wanted to ask more questions, Sasha interrupted him in a deep voice.

She doesn't have much time left.

[Listen! Get your hacker out of Tanaka's mind right away. There's nothing in there except a virus. If you delay any longer, she'll be dead!]

[Also, don't try to escape or resist. If you do that, you will die.]

[The only thing you can do now is to pretend that everything is going on as normal, and then tell the client behind you that it is impossible to crack Tanaka's protection, and give up the commission and let him come to pick up the people! ]

[You can find any excuse you want. If nothing works, just say that you didn't like the hacker and beat her up, or that the Arasaka search team showed up! ]

[Finally, remember! Arasaka's target is not you. As long as you don't get in the way, Arasaka won't bother with you! ]

After explaining everything clearly, Sasha hung up the phone.