The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

In order to keep quiet and avoid bad influences, Lin Qiao could only wrap the body of his big steel cannon with a layer of thermos cup shell as a last resort.

But let’s get back to the topic.

In response to Man Yin's question, Lin Qiao put down the Nebula Coffee in her hand and gave her own answer.

"Would you be happy if I said it was because of trust?"

"…I think I should use an affirmative sentence at this time…"

Dolio sighed, but accepted the statement.

After all, when it comes to hiring people to do work, ability and trust are more important than quantity.

“Excuse me, what is the goal?”

"Does this count as consent?"

"No, just listen first and then decide - if it doesn't work, forget it."

"It's not impossible... Well, internal information about biotechnology and the regional research and development director, Joanne Koch."

"..."

Biotechnology…Regional R&D Director…

That's a really tough nut to crack!

Everyone present, especially Man Yin and his group, felt their claws go numb for a moment.

The biggest lesson that Tanaka's incident taught them was to stay away from things related to the company - especially when the middlemen were hiding something.

Lin Qiao shouldn't be as stingy as that bastard Faraday in giving information...

But he is so despicable for forcing people to do this!

Chapter 394 The Final Moment is Coming

"By the way, your operation this time will have the full support of the Arasaka Counterintelligence Department, and you can call on Arasaka's special forces and firepower strikes when necessary."

"Just contact Sasha for the details later. You two are familiar with each other, and she will work with you."

In fact, it was she herself who volunteered to be the person in charge of this operation.

When she heard about the plan to target biotechnology, she couldn't wait to kill Joanne Koch with one punch.

I can finally take revenge for the fact that Biotech concealed the side effects of painkillers, which eventually killed my mother. I have endured it for so long.

"Also, five million euros after the deal is done - don't think it's too little, I mean per person."

Oh, this condition is still possible...

No, considering what I said before, it should be said that it is unexpectedly generous.

At least after debuting for so long, neither Manin and his team, nor Jack and V, have ever seen such a powerful client.

——But then he frowned.

"But if that's the case, can't you just send Arasaka's own people up there?"

v raised a very constructive question.

A high reward means that the risk of this mission is also high... Compared to these mercenaries, the people in the Arasaka underground are much more useful.

And it's cheap too.

"Well, how should I put it? This is also a kind of insurance. In case your mission fails, Arasaka won't have to directly break off relations with Biotech."

It was said without any concealment.

The clues that Lin Qiao currently has all point to the connection between biotechnology and another time traveler - this is also the reason why he has asked Maine and V to come and help him.

But as he said, some things are better to be safe.

Now Lai Xuan is working hard to develop military technology.

Although it will be sooner or later that they will have to take action against biotechnology and other companies, and eventually Arasaka will be destroyed along with all the companies, they still have to avoid letting the other party enter the market early.

So basic covering up is still necessary...unless the situation is urgent.

"Okay buddy, I'll take this order."

Jack was the first to speak out.

Whether it was the generous reward or the favor of Lin Qiao who saved him from death with the doctor's bottle, he had no reason to refuse.

Following his agreement, the others nodded silently after a moment of silence.

"I won't talk about the one named Joanne. What are you looking for? The dark history of biotechnology? Or research materials?"

“Well, I don’t know.”

"..."

Are you serious?

As the corners of others' mouths twitched, Lin Qiao spread out his hands.

Seeing his irresponsible look, Rebecca, who had the hottest temper, raised her eyebrows and gave him an elbow.

"How are you going to ask us to find out if we don't know anything?!"

"Stop joking... I'm asking you to look for it because I don't know what's in the biotechnology department."

He easily caught Rebecca's elbow, pulled her to make her lose balance, and then quickly stretched out his arms to clamp her waist and arms.

Extremely restless and noisy.

I have to say, her little loli body that doesn't grow up really saves a lot of energy...

Otherwise, even though they are about the same age, it’s hard to pin down Lucy.

"Anyway, that's about it. Considering the special nature of this commission, weapons and ammunition will also be provided by Arasaka."

After all, the enemy might be a vampire, and weapons like silver bullets made of precious metals may not be available in the outside world.

"Okay, do you have any other requests besides this?"

"Oh~ Since you said so, David, it would be a bit unkind of me not to mention it."

"..."

Why the hell are you talking so much?

So at this moment David received resentful looks from everyone in the audience.

Especially when he saw Man Yin's eager slap, he seemed to be back in the past - the time when he often slapped others in the face.

At the same time that David felt some phantom pain on his face, Lin Qiao, as the party A, also put forward extremely torturous conditions at the right time.

"The conditions are simple. All the actions I mentioned above must be completed within one day."

"Wait! A day? Are you awake!?"

For such a large-scale operation, let alone one day, even a month would not be too much!

"But unfortunately, you only have one day, or even no more."

"Of course, there are no other restrictions. And the longest-term investigation and data collection will be handled by Arasaka's counterintelligence team."

"As for Joanne...if the situation does not allow her to be brought back alive, then the parts below the neck will be discarded, but the brain must be kept intact and as fresh as possible."

Thanks to the influence of the development of relic and its prototype "Soul Killer", Arasaka has the technology to read memories directly from the human brain.

However, the disadvantage is that it is a bit troublesome to read the memory of a dead person...but that's all.

"if it is like this……"

It doesn't seem to be impossible.

Maine pinched his chin. Eliminating the reconnaissance process would save more than 90 percent of the mission time.

As for the rest, it is nothing more than splitting the troops into two groups.

Well, this is enough considering the number of people present.

"But I still have to remind you that with such a hasty operation, even with the assistance of Arasaka, it is almost impossible for us to act secretly with only a few of us."

"Whatever. This time, I only ask for speed. Other things don't matter. Even if I have to use violence to break through and set off alarm bells, it doesn't matter."

Lin Qiao waved his hand. It was obvious that he also knew that with Man Yin and the others' strength, it would be impossible to accomplish the task secretly.

Oh, maybe some living devil could do it, but unfortunately she can’t split herself.

"The NCPD and the Terrorist Squad will be blind and deaf and won't get in the way."

"As for the internal security of Biotech...if nothing unexpected happens, the day you take action should be the day when their internal defenses are at their weakest."

In other words, at that time, their attention was no longer enough to take care of a small regional director and internal information.

……

After agreeing on the general matters with Main, David, V and others, Lin Qiao left the "afterlife".

Unlike others who went directly to Arasaka Tower to prepare for the upcoming action.

He drove all the way to Heywood's small clinic...or rather, its former clinic.

The door of the clinic was closed, and the inside was empty. Everything that needed to be taken away had almost been packed up... probably.

Lucy came out with two large suitcases.

"Have you finished packing? By the way, why is there another box?"

"That's about it. When I was packing, I felt that there were still a lot of things I could take away, so I asked someone to send another one over."

He easily put the heavy-looking metal box into the trunk.

When it came to cleaning up their former residence, the two of them tacitly chose to do it themselves instead of asking Arasaka to do it for them.

"What? Are you missing the past now?"

In the back seat, "Johnny" in the thermos made a loud sound, causing a kind of echo in the car.

only……

"Although I really want to feel the emotion of 'nostalgia', unfortunately, I really can't feel anything."

He turned around with a smile and glanced at a thermos cup.

"By the way, how did your talk with Roger go? Did you rekindle your old relationship? Did you continue your old relationship?"

"Fuck you, I've become like this, what's the point of continuing my career?"

"Really? But don't forget, I know every part of your body very well."

He squinted his eyes at the outer shell of the thermos cup wrapped around the big steel cannon - there were subtle but obvious signs of having been disassembled and reassembled.

"Johnny, Johnny, I always thought you were just a bit of a jerk and couldn't control your lower body, but I really didn't expect that..."

"What are you talking about? How can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?!"

"Innocent? Do you have it?"

"..."

Use the remote control to force the volume of a device that is trying to quibble to keep warm to mute.

Lin Qiao took one last look at the small clinic where she used to live and then drove away.

The two were silent along the way.

Shortly after he and Lucy left, thick smoke billowed out from inside and there were even loud explosions.

It was not until a long time later that the city fire brigade arrived slowly and began to put out the fire.

It is probably impossible to find something valuable from it afterwards.

Chapter 395 The War Begins

Soon, it was the night of the Mars colonization rocket launch in the news.

[…The next flight is Arasaka's Kaguya 128, with the target being Mars. Time left for launch…]

At the rocket launch base on the outskirts of Night City, the radio was broadcasting the rocket launch information in an orderly manner.