The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

This was also part of the deal she made with Marshall.

Otherwise, with their base in Europe and not a military-industrial enterprise's biotechnology, it would be impossible for them to get a supersonic fighter jet that would allow Marshall to rush all the way back to Night City from Tokyo.

After arriving in Night City, relying on the subtle blood connection she had after becoming a vampire, her first target was her good brother, Arasaka Yorinobu.

Ta...ta...ta...

The heels made a sound when they hit the ground.

Walking slowly in the corridor of Arasaka Tower.

The ten golden fingers that were replaced with prosthetic fingers many years ago have disappeared, replaced by bloody fingers that resemble blood.

Several dazed Arasaka agents gathered around Arasaka Hanako...including the world-famous Adam Hammer.

With a kind of idiotic smile on their faces, the guards who were originally guarding here pulled the trigger and slaughtered all those who tried to stop the Arasaka Princess from moving forward.

They have been controlled by Huazi's charm.

After being transformed into a vampire by Marshall's First Embrace, and a natural, orthodox vampire, Arasaka Hanako has indeed departed from the realm of human beings...

But one thing she had to admit was that as a pampered young lady, she was not good at such rough and barbaric things as fighting.

Even because of her relatively weak willpower, she was unable to expand her Dead River membership in large numbers in a short period of time - otherwise she would directly lose herself.

Until now, the members she had recruited into the Dead River were only her loyal bodyguard Oda Santaifu, Takemura Goro who she had saved but was bent on revenge, and a few maids who didn't dare to resist.

Although she had considered Adam Hammer, there was a huge risk in terms of willpower... and she couldn't find a place to start.

Relying on the special abilities of a vampire, she quickly arrived at a certain floor of Arasaka Tower.

A heavy metal door blocked the way.

"Stay outside. I don't want anyone to disturb my meeting with my brother."

He casually gave orders to the Arasaka agents and Adam Hammer who were being controlled by those people.

This thickened alloy door made of special alloy cannot be opened actively through the control program, even Adam Hammer's shoulder-fired missile cannot blast it open.

——But it has no effect on her as a vampire.

The moment his body touched the metal door, it turned into a puff of black smoke and passed through.

Although she is not good at fighting, Arasaka Hanako is extremely talented in vampire abilities, such as mist and body deformation.

Bang bang bang!

As soon as he passed through the heavy metal door, he was faced with a volley of silver bullets.

however--

Just as the silver bullet was about to hit Arasaka Hanako, two thermal mantis knives emerged from behind her.

In other words, it was not just the two mantis swords that appeared, but also Oda Santao who served as her bodyguard - he was voluntarily absorbed by Arasaka Hanako.

Ding Ding Ding!

The quickly swung mantis knife easily split the incoming silver bullet into two halves.

Glancing at the silver bullet fragments that fell on the ground, a trace of disgust flashed in Arasaka Hanako's eyes.

Ten bloody fingers extended several meters in an instant, changing their postures in the air like water snakes... and then suddenly lashed towards Lai Xuan.

The pistol that was spewing flames just now turned into parts all over the ground in the blink of an eye, and Lai Xuan himself was directly knocked away.

Boom!

His body collided with the wall behind him with a dull sound, and Lai Xuan looked painful.

Looking at her brother who was in a state of great distress, Arasaka Hanako did not rush to finish him off, but instead retracted Bloody Finger and Oda.

"Long time no see, my dear brother. It seems that you are in much better health than I thought."

"Hua Zi..."

Lai Xuan endured the pain in his body and got up from the ground.

Looking at his sister who had used body deformation to look much younger than before, he felt heartbroken.

"Why...why did you get involved? And why did you become that...monster?"

Time seemed to have flowed backwards, and the traces left by the years on Arasaka Hanako's face had disappeared.

At this moment, she seemed to have returned to her teens and twenties, the age when she bloomed like a flower.

But compared to Lai Xuan's memory, the innocent girl who was doted on by Arasaka Saburo to the point of being almost imprisoned, Arasaka Hanako at this moment was as cold as ice.

The sharp canine teeth, pale skin, and red eyes, and those red eyes, undoubtedly proved the worst outcome.

But in the face of Yoshinobu's grief, Arasaka Hanako didn't care.

"Monster? You're wrong, brother. At this moment, I have surpassed humans."

He brushed his fingers lightly across his face.

She no longer feels like a woman in her 40s or 50s, even after taking anti-aging drugs, as time goes by.

Instead, the skin is smooth and without a single wrinkle.

"An ageless face, an immortal lifespan... How ridiculous! My father gave up the Soul Killer, but everything he wanted was realized in me."

It could even be said to be so easy that it was like being delivered to her doorstep - when Arasaka Saburo gave up on the development of relic, it really scared her.

But now everything is different.

"And you said you didn't want me to get involved, but brother, wasn't it you who killed our father that started all this?"

Unlike Arasaka Yorinobu and the long-dead Arasaka Kei, as a woman she had no right to inherit Arasaka from the beginning.

The top leaders of Arasaka would not accept being led by a woman.

Therefore, everything she has comes from the authority of Saburo Arasaka.

And when the latter dies, although he can increase his bargaining chips by taking advantage of the temporary chaos, he can't avoid the fate of becoming a mascot... or even worse.

After all, his good brother Yoshinobu never thought of letting Arasaka continue.

"…I want to give you freedom…freedom from being bound by Saburo…"

"And then? Abandon everything brought by Arasaka and live a life like those poor people at the bottom of society?"

What's the point?

She could not understand Lai Xuan's ideals, either in the past or now.

Why would he risk everything as the second heir of Arasaka for a bunch of lowly peasants?

does it worth?

It is obvious that if they are given a little profit, they will happily sell out their own group; if they are given an official position, they will do their best to make things difficult for the poor people who were like themselves before... even if it has no practical effect.

——Is such a person really worth everything you give?

Seeing that Lai Xuan wanted to say something else, she simply shook her head and interrupted him.

"Brother, please stop talking about your ideas. I admit that they may sound good, but I'm tired of hearing them over the past few decades."

"Arasaka will become great again in my hands."

In the past, she didn't tell the other party these things because of their mutual relatives, and also because she was needed to act as a lubricant between Lai Xuan and Saburo to consolidate her position.

But now that things have come to this, there is no need to hide my true thoughts anymore.

Chapter 400: Sacrifice for Justice

"But as my brother, you are still my family, we will always be together... and I hope you won't make things difficult for me."

Make Arasaka Yorinobu a member of his own dead river.

In Arasaka Hanako's opinion, this might be her last act of kindness.

And from a rational point of view, she also needs Yoshinobu to be the official manager of Arasaka.

Otherwise, those senior directors would not accept her, a woman, to lead them from the bottom of their hearts - after Sanlang's death, the situation of one company dominating the company has become a thing of the past.

To a certain extent, the representatives of the three factions within Arasaka also symbolize their respective personalities, destinies, and attitudes towards the fear of Saburo Arasaka.

There is no need to say much about the hawkish faction represented by Lai Xuan. Facing the strong winds, he has both the courage to conquer the sky and the ability to spread his wings and sail far away.

Although Arasaka Michiko's doves are the weakest and cannot face the storm directly, if they get the opportunity, they may be able to soar into the sky one day.

Only the green pheasant represented by Arasaka Hanako can't fly high or far. Facing the strong wind of Arasaka Saburo, she can only tremble and succumb to the other party's authority.

She wagged her tail and tried to use the wind to fly into the sky. She understood better than anyone how terrible this wind of fear was, but when the wind stopped, she became more anxious than anyone else.

——This is not a story about a princess turning evil into a dragon, it's just the grief of a blood-sucking worm when it sees its host die.

Ten bloody fingers slowly extended and stretched towards Arasaka Yorinobu who was sitting on the ground.

"Hua Zi..."

Looking at the unfamiliar sister in front of him, his clenched fists were shaking, but not because of fear.

Even though he was already in his forties, Lai Xuan, this grown man, still had his eyes wet with tears.

She called out the other person's name, but the hard-hearted Hanako Arasaka was not moved by it.

The bloody fingers transformed into a mouthpart like a lamprey. The opening and closing of the mouthpart and the tiny fangs inside were chilling to look at.

They... or rather, Arasaka Hanako can't wait any longer...

boom! boom! boom!

Just as those greedy tentacles were about to drink the blood, several finger-thick purple destructive beams suddenly shot out from the side.

He directly broke Arasaka Hanako's bloody finger and also made two holes in her body.

"Ahhhh!"

Even though vampires are not sensitive to normal pain, Arasaka Hanako, who has been pampered since childhood, has obviously never been treated like this.

He immediately hugged his body and screamed... Although if it were an ordinary person, he would have died by now.

A palm-sized silver crocodile-shaped robot appeared in the room out of nowhere.

"Damn it! Is this some Japanese soap opera from the last century? If you really want to die, you should do it the quickest way possible!"

"This isn't a bed. Do you really want to be sucked alive by this Japanese woman?"

Johnny Silverhand's angry shouts came from inside the crocodile robot.

Then, as if he was still not satisfied.

It flew over to Lai Xuan and slapped him in the face with part of its tail.

And at this moment, Oda's figure emerged from the still screaming Huazi... like a deformed conjoined twin.

"Fuck! That's fucking disgusting!"

The crocodile robot opened its mouth wide and continuously spewed out small destructive fire bombs, temporarily suppressing Oda who ran out to protect his master.

"Forget it, this is not the time to talk about this... Leave this to me. You are an old man with old arms and legs, so you should stay away."

It’s not that Johnny can’t understand Lai Xuan’s feelings at the moment.

But as he said, now is not the right time to think about romance; the most important thing is to save his life.

Lai Xuan’s life.

The one who can change the world is never the rock kid who blows up the Arasaka Tower with a nuclear bomb in anger.

But he is a revolutionary with a solid foundation and is willing to risk everything.

If Arasaka Yorinobu wants to overthrow the existing corporate colonialism, he must not die here.

——This is not the place for him to fall!

"No...I'm not leaving."

With his fists clenched, Lai Xuan stood up from the ground and gritted his teeth to reject Johnny's kindness.

“Escape will not solve any problem - I have understood this since I was a child.”

"Then you'll die here too!"

"So I'm hoping you can help me, Johnny."