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

My forehead was wet and beads of sweat dripped onto my hands.

"Bai Rui, what is this?"

It was V's words that brought Bai Rui back to his senses.

"No, it's okay."

Bai Rui put the "EMP Shock" into his pocket tremblingly and went upstairs with shaking legs.

......

A wave of waves has risen again.

When Bai Rui and V walked into the room, V was shocked by the scene inside.

Just a few minutes later, the previously mysterious and cool Arasaka Yorinobu now had a black eye and a bleeding nose, and his low-key and luxurious suit vest was even more dusty, as if it had rolled in dust.

He doesn't look like a company boss at all, but more like a debtor who was severely punished by a black online loan collector.

Naoko, who arrived first, was anxiously helping Lai Xuan up from the ground. When she saw Bai Rui and V rushing in, she immediately took out her gun and pointed it at the two of them, her eyes full of anger.

"No, wait a minute."

Although he was grimacing in pain, Lai Xuan still reached out his hand to stop Naoko.

Naoko could only glare at Shiraishi in exasperation before putting her gun down and concentrating on helping Lai Xuan up.

Lai Xuan struggled to stand up with the help, took a few deep breaths, and took out a silk scarf from his pocket to wipe the blood from his nose.

"Naoko, please go out. I want to talk to Bai Rui for a while."

Naoko glanced at Lai Xuan with a frosty face, then stared at Bai Rui and the other man, and finally let go of her supporting hand and walked out.

"You go out with me."

As she passed by V, Naoko said this coldly.

"Go ahead and wait for me outside the door."

Bai Rui now only wants to know what happened between Lai Xuan and Jiaoni.

It seemed like Jiaoni had beaten Lai Xuan up badly.

But why didn't Lai Xuan get angry?

too weird.

The door is closed.

Lai Xuan and Bai Rui were the only people left in the room, and one could hear Lai Xuan's heavy breathing.

"Damn it, Silver Hand is really ruthless."

Looking at the crimson spread on the scarf, Lai Xuan laughed at himself.

He pulled over a tattered chair and sat down, looking up and gasping for breath for a few times, then Lai Xuan lowered his head again.

"Sit down, Bai Rui."

Pointing to another chair, Lai Xuan blocked his nose with the scarf again.

"I've been wanting to meet you for a long time."

Bai Rui sat down. Lai Xuan was silent for a while, and his eyes gradually became eager as he looked at Bai Rui.

"When your investigation report was placed on my desk, I couldn't believe that one person could accomplish so many miracles."

"I admire you and your abilities."

In the quiet room, Bai Rui listened to Lai Xuan's story.

Chapter 300 roared and pounced on Johnny Silver Arm!

When it came time to meet Johnny Silverhand, Arasaka Yorinobu felt mixed emotions.

Just hearing this name reminded him of his cowardly self in the past.

then.

After graduating from the University of Tokyo at the age of 21, on the night of celebrating his coming of age, his father called him to the bedroom of his private residence and told him the true face of Arasaka Corporation.

Father's Vision.

It’s a terrifying future.

The huge Arasaka Enterprise is just a tool for him to realize his vision.

Saburo Arasaka's true vision.

It is to revive the evil Japanese Empire that was dismembered during World War II.

The only difference is that in the future, it will be Saburo Arasaka who will sit on the throne of the emperor of this evil empire that rules the world.

After learning of this plan, Lai Xuan no longer had any interest in his coming-of-age party and quietly left the villa in the late night.

Determined to use his own strength to crush his father's evil conspiracy.

But the power of reality almost crushed him.

On the dark streets of the Tokyo metropolitan area, he formed a gang called "Steel Dragon".

Looting and destroying Arasaka's industries.

Relying on the intelligence advantage of Prince Arasaka, they were successful many times in the early stages.

But after Arasaka Corporation reacted, a large number of Rai no Nobuyuki's friends and supporters in the company were brutally purged.

However, the Japanese government that Lai Xuan relied on was too weak to dare to come forward.

He was close to despair.

Until Johnny Silverhand detonated the "Bushido" nuclear bomb at Arasaka Tower in Night City, razing Arasaka Tower and killing half a million people.

Arasaka Yorinobu's brother, Arasaka Kei, also died in the catastrophe.

The cost of five hundred thousand people is too heavy no matter what.

But the sad thing is that when Lai Xuan got this information, the first emotion that came to his mind was surprise.

It seems that the Arasaka Corporation is about to decline from prosperity and is not far from complete collapse.

Arasaka Yorinobu actively encouraged the Japanese government to nationalize the Arasaka Group, and everything seemed to be moving in a good direction.

Until Saburo Arasaka himself showed up.

Saburo Arasaka stabilized the shaky company situation and got rid of the government's restrictions on Arasaka through various treaties.

The incompetent government officials once again betrayed Arasaka Yorinobu and succumbed to Saburo's tyranny.

With just a flick of Arasaka Saburo's finger, all the efforts made by Arasaka Yorinobu collapsed.

After this failure, Lai Xuan, feeling disheartened, learned from his mistakes.

Knowing that it is almost impossible to defeat such a giant company with influence all over the world from the outside, he turned to defeat Arasaka Corporation from the inside.

What happened next happened naturally.

Rai Xuan bowed his head and apologized to his father in exchange for the right to rejoin the Arasaka family.

As the only legitimate son of the Arasaka family after the death of Arasaka Kei, he will play the role of heir in the Arasaka family business.

Although no one would believe it, Saburo Arasaka would hand over his life's work to his second son who once betrayed him.

So when he met Johnny Silverhand, the man who had caused him to undergo such a change, he had mixed feelings.

Should we consider him as a terrorist who caused the deaths of half a million people?

Or see it as part of the same anti-corporate camp.

Lai Xuan didn't know.

So he took the method he used most often in the gang to confirm.

That was a punch to Johnny.

Not surprisingly, he was pinned to the ground and beaten severely by Johnny Silverhand.

But after being ridden by Jiaoni and being beaten by her little fists that felt as painful as if they were stabbed by a bayonet, Lai Xuan also figured out some things.

The real Johnny Silverhand is dead.

What was before him was nothing more than a replica of Johnny Silverhand's consciousness.

Through his understanding of the Relic plan, he learned many truths.

The so-called data immortality is nothing more than copying the human brain's consciousness and uploading it to the Internet.

This is just a disguised form of cloning.

People will not live forever, but there will be one more virtual consciousness in the world with the same memories.

The real Johnny Silverhand is long dead.

What was before him was nothing but the afterimage of an old dead soul.

He couldn't do such a thing as putting all the blame on a consciousness that had no choice at all.

As his thoughts gradually calmed down, the pain on Lai Xuan's face seemed to subside a little.

Let death take away the dead.

What he was more interested in now was Bai Rui in front of him.

Bai Rui.

A former member of the Buckel Rangers tribe.

Came to Night City more than half a year ago.

After that, he did many things.

Including but not limited to, sneaking into the Blue Bi Building, trying to steal the relic chip, resurrecting Johnny Silverhand, creating cheap bone conduction prostheses, advanced power armor, and the war with the Tiger Claw Gang.

Less than three minutes after he gave the order, he received a report on all of Bai Rui's actions in Night City.

The more he looked, the more amazed he became.

It is a waste of resources to let such people live on the streets.

Especially when the other person has such good character.

Those low-end bone conduction prostheses are sold to the poorest people in Night City, making their difficult lives a little better.

Lai Xuan's interest shifted away from Johnny the moment he started studying Bai Rui.

He needs such talents.

Extremely necessary.

Both her combat capability and scientific research skills.

Not to mention, by investigating and gaining feedback on Bai Rui's emotional relationships, he was able to try to get Bai Rui to also bring V, a new mercenary who recently emerged in Night City, to join his side.

This is what I need most right now.

He nominally manages Arasaka Corporation.

But the restrictions I face are too great.

Because of his historical problems, he doesn't have many confidants within the Arasaka Group.

There are many restrictions both overtly and covertly.

He needs a group of like-minded people who are willing to work for him and do things for him that he doesn't want others to know.

But before he could begin, he needed a test.

Confirm whether Bai Rui is worthy of his trust.

"Bai Rui, I would like to make a request to your hive."

Lai Xuan crossed his hands, and although his face was still bruised and swollen, the aura of a superior could not be ignored no matter what.

"A commission? Haha, you, the CEO of Arasaka, are asking for a commission from our little hive. I'm a bit flattered, right?"