In Night City, I was picked up by a female V

"Today is Arnold's memorial service, so you know why you are not allowed to move around."

V looked at Bai Rui and said helplessly, even though Bai Rui was already moving around.

what?

Bai Rui almost thought he had heard it wrong.

Arnold, oh my go, Arnold!

Bai Rui finally realized what had happened.

This Jack is holding a memorial service for Arnold.

Bai Rui felt as if his brain couldn't work for a moment.

But this...but isn’t this Arnold just a machine?

Although he knew that V and Jack had always treated Arnold as a real person, Bai Rui still felt absurd.

This Arnold is controlled by her, so this rounding up is just to hold a memorial service for her.

What do you mean? I'm attending my own memorial service.

Bai Rui opened his mouth, speechless.

She seemed to have achieved something remarkable without even realizing it.

Looking at V who had his zipper pulled up to his collar, barely hiding the kiss mark, Bai Rui also knew why this V was so covered up.

Just kidding, going to a memorial service with a hickey on your face.

What the hell are these? It's just like Houttuynia cordata and hamburgers, they are things from two different worlds. If they are combined, the world will collapse.

So, looking at V's resentful eyes, Bai Rui smiled embarrassedly.

If it was Arnold's memorial service, she could say she didn't care.

Well, Arnold wouldn't have any objections, she could guarantee that.

Bai Rui nodded, feeling that the world had revealed a new and wonderful corner to her.

"...V, Bai Rui."

It was not until they spoke that they noticed Mrs. Wells leaning against the door of the store smoking a cigarette. They didn't know whether she had just come out or had been standing there for a while.

"Hi, Mrs. Wells."

As the elder sister, V greeted Mrs. Wells politely.

"Mrs. Wells!"

Bai Rui also reacted and shouted.

"Hmm..." Mrs. Wells nodded.

"Thank you both for taking the time out today to come and see Jack. He has been talking about this for the past two days. One of your companions died during that mission. Please express your condolences."

"Yes, Mrs. Wells."

V nodded. Jack had told her everything and wanted to hold a farewell ceremony for Arnold.

"The past was much better than now. There were funerals, and relatives would remember and say goodbye. But now, everything has changed so quickly. After the body is burned, it is put in a small box and sent to a storage wall that is not even a cemetery."

"Funerals are for the living, so that those who care about the deceased can mourn and start a new life."

Mrs. Wilson recalled those days of going westward with ceremony and dignity. This should have been a heavy and depressing moment, but Bai Rui couldn't get into it.

There's nothing we can do about it. It's Jack's fault for wanting to hold a funeral for a robot.

Bai Rui said that his merits were dropping like crazy, but he just couldn't hold it in.

Please, what is this hell scroll? Can someone take her away?

Arnold, Arnold, although I also want to be sad for you, but I am the one who played you.

Jack usually doesn't live in the store now. He has a repair garage in the alley behind the Wild Wolf Bar. He lives there now, and he plans to hold the memorial service there this time.

V and the other person entered the garage. The sundries in the middle of the repair room had been deliberately cleared out, and Jack's car was also parked in the open parking lot. Now there was a spirit platform made of a wooden box in the middle.

There were some plastic flowers and electronic candles placed around the altar, and in the middle was a photo of three people. It was none other than the photo taken by Jack when he, V, and Arnold were outside the Next Life Bar and were about to head to the Blue Bi Building in high spirits.

Looking at all this, Bai Rui just felt so upset that he didn't know what to say.

Please, someone save the child.

Looking at Arnold's face, whom he hadn't seen for a while, Bai Rui felt his hands and feet go numb.

I really want to mention even a little bit of sadness, but, she Bai Rui is Arnold.

Just like the secret that Maria is Radagon, no one knows the fact that Bai Rui is Arnold, which has led to the current situation.

There are not many people in Night City who are familiar with Arnold, and Jack only invited a few people, besides Bai Rui, V and Old Wei.

These few people are the only ones that Arnold's machine has socialized with.

Bai Rui still remembers it clearly.

Seeing that everyone was present, Jack, who was wearing a suit and seemed silent, stood up and spoke to the photo on the round table in the middle.

Seeing Jack's action, the three people including Lao Wei and V stood in a circle around the stage, waiting for Jack to speak.

"Today, we gather here to remember our brother, Arnold."

Staring at the photo on the round table, Jack's face was filled with sorrow. The fat on his face was pulled down a little by the sad expression, revealing wrinkles.

Jack really missed Arnold, his good brother who had been through thick and thin with him.

"Arnold, he is a good brother, good at fighting, and loyal. We have committed many murders and cannot go to heaven, but brother, even if we go to hell, we must leave a place for you."

Jack said this in a heavy voice, and carefully took out a pair of sunglasses with broken lenses that were about to fall apart from his pocket, and carefully placed them on the round table, in front of the photo.

These were Arnold's sunglasses. Bai Rui recognized them at a glance. She even got them from Lizzie's Bar. But she didn't expect that Jack would collect Arnold's broken sunglasses in such an emergency in the Ganbi Building.

Bai Rui himself had forgotten when he fell off his sunglasses.

Seeing Jack's sad expression, Bai Rui felt really uncomfortable.

She felt so bad, she seemed to say that Arnold was actually a machine, so everyone should not be sad.

But looking at Jack's expression, Bai Rui was speechless.

I felt that if I told him, I would be so sorry for the feelings Jack had given me.

Maybe, in a way, Jack was not wrong.

A person, alive and well in front of him, talking, moving, and finally dying, this whole process is just like a real person.

Therefore, Bai Rui still felt that he should let this secret rot in his heart and let Arnold truly exist in this world.

However, among the four people present, there was one person who knew Arnold's origins.

That is the cyborg doctor Victor, who even participated in Arnold's manufacturing process.

So, Bai Rui was not the only one who felt something was wrong at the scene. The two of them looked at each other and noticed the absurdity in each other's eyes.

Seeing Jack stepping back, Dr. Victor shrugged at Bai Rui and had to step forward.

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"...Well, Arnold, he is a strong man, he knows his goal and he fights for it."

Victor, who was invited by Jack, stood in front of the altar, forcibly suppressed the sense of absurdity in his heart, and finished reading his eulogy.

Although he didn't know why Bai Rui didn't confess Arnold's true identity to Jack and V, Victor still decided to keep the secret for Bai Rui, and managed to hold on with the help of decades of energy-cultivation skills.

Victor placed a plastic flower on the altar and slowly stepped back.

"Arnold...you are a good person, I will remember you."

Next, V came forward. As one who was also kept in the dark, V's eyes were filled with sadness as he missed this good brother who had been through life and death with them.

After staring at the photo for a while, V's blue eyes were filled with sadness as he stepped back in silence.

After that, Bai Rui was the only one left.

Looking at the now extremely embarrassing photo of three people, Bai Rui stepped forward.

It's no wonder she was so nervous. She still remembers the scene of taking the photo, but she didn't expect to see this photo in such an embarrassing situation.

"Uh-huh....."

Bai Rui cleared his throat and reminded himself that he must hold on, he must hold on, otherwise it would cast a shadow on Jack's future life.

"Ah, Arnold, you, uh, lived a great life and died a glorious death. We, we will all miss you."

Bai Rui stammered before he finished mourning for his own body and hurriedly stepped back.

Phew, it’s finally over.

This kind of thing only happens once, if it happens a few more times she will go crazy. Looking at Jack and V's actions and influenced by this atmosphere, she almost thought that Arnold was a real person.

"Okay, I think that's it."

Seeing that everyone had finished speaking, Jack rubbed his forehead tiredly and looked at the spirit platform and breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe it is of no use to the deceased, but after all, a funeral is prepared for the living. It is enough to allow a few friends who knew Arnold to express their grief.

After all, this brother who they had just met was indeed quite mysterious.

"Jack, my condolences, but that's all we can do."

Bai Rui tiptoed and patted Jack's shoulder to express his relief.

Well, she believed that Arnold was touched by Jack's feelings, she was very sure.

"Yeah, that's it."

Jack wiped his face with both hands, cheered himself up, looked at Bai Rui with his usual honest smile.

"The dead are dead, but those of us who are alive still have to make a living in Night City. We have to eat every day we live, right?"

Although the logic was strange, Bai Rui felt relieved to see Jack smile again.

Arnold’s small memorial service ended just like that.

Since entering modern society, all the sacredness and authority have been destroyed by human beings themselves, and all the nonsense about souls and the dead has also been disintegrated. Jack has already paid a lot to have such a small memorial service.

Only after he said goodbye to Jack and the others and walked out of the alley did Bai Rui feel relieved and come out of the heavy atmosphere just now.

Human beings are truly amazing. Even though they were commemorating a robot without a soul or will, when everyone spontaneously expressed a heavy heart, the atmosphere was very contagious, as if there really was something sacred above their heads.

Perhaps this is why religion can still survive in this cyber world where reverence is non-existent.

Ultimately, this is the power of the human heart itself.

However, not long after sitting in V's car, Bai Rui started to behave strangely.

Because there seemed to be new circumstances in her other body, and the person who caused the problem was a familiar face.

"...Hello, Kikyo, is that so? I...want to see you, right here in my apartment, Evelyn is here too, we, we have something to tell you."

That’s right, the call was from Judy, and she called Kikyo. Bai Rui didn’t know why Judy suddenly called Kikyo. Logically, shouldn’t she call herself, the boss?

However, since it's Judy, it's necessary to go.

So, a little later, Kikyo's motorcycle stopped downstairs of Judy's apartment.

Judy's apartment is on the riverside in the Kabuki district. In the game, she controls V here every day and has gotten used to it.

Ah, what, why did you come? Of course it’s because I want Judy to be by my side every time I wake up.

It’s a pity that more features were not developed in the game at that time.

Bai Rui will regret this for the rest of his life.

Not to mention Bai Rui's wild thoughts, at least Kikyo went up the stairs and arrived at the door of Judy's room.

dong dong dong.

Little sister, open the door, the bad uncle has found you.

Thinking of these terrifying words, Kikyo knocked on the door.