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

"You're... the Stout from Militech?"

V squinted warily and recognized Stout's identity.

"Well, it's an honor that you still remember me."

Stout took a few steps forward with a cat-like gait, took out a cigarette holder from the pocket of his small suit, lit it, blew a puff of smoke, and then continued.

"Formally introduce yourself."

"Meredith Stout, current security chief of Militech."

"Heh, it looks like you've been doing pretty well since we last met."

"But, let's stop talking nonsense and tell me what you want from me."

"otherwise......"

V looked at the three mechas in front of her dangerously, and her meaning was clear enough without further explanation.

"Don't worry, this is just a friendly interaction."

Stott was calm and at ease, not worrying about V's danger.

"We came here this time to make a deal with you."

"As for the content, it's about your girlfriend, Bai Rui, the leader of the Hive Organization."

"..."

V's eyes narrowed into a thin line, staring at Stout with an extremely dangerous look, as if he was about to launch an attack in the next second.

Chapter 339: Breaking up? Just a trick by a young couple

Seeing V take a fighting stance, Stout just shook off the ash from his cigarette, looking calm.

"Don't rush to attack me."

"Aren't you just curious about your girlfriend's true identity?"

"Think about it yourself, do you really understand your girlfriend, even if you are together every day, lying in the same bed every night, caressing her beautiful face and making love..."

"enough!"

"If that's all you want to say, then prepare to die."

V rudely interrupted Stout and pointed his gun forward.

"Don't you like nonsense? Well, just read it yourself."

Stout raised his hand and threw something over. V took it and looked down. It was a data chip.

"Oh, you think I'm so stupid that I'll just stuff something I pick up into my head, right?"

Looking at the chip, V laughed out loud and looked at Stout as if he was a fool.

"Oh, is it so?"

"What if I say that the things inside are a side of you that your girlfriend doesn't want to show you? Think about it, Bai Rui. There's really nothing unusual about it. Why don't you feel the slightest bit of curiosity?"

"..."

V then remembered the mystery surrounding Bai Rui, the active metal, and the warning from the blue eyes.

The arm of the mecha popped open the interface and inserted the data chip. V was going to use an external system to check the chip. Even if there was a problem with the chip, it would not affect her.

The chip's data appeared before her.

She was confused at first.

Is this... Arnold?

However, as V looked down, he became more and more surprised and almost speechless.

"Huh, your girlfriend is really quick to react."

Stout's eyes flashed blue, as if he had noticed something.

"It's almost time. I just want to say V, we know a lot, more than you think. If you want to contact us, the chip has what you want. Goodbye."

Stout turned and left, and No. 1 picked her up again. The three machines took off at the same time in tacit coordination and flew into the sky.

"Hey...zizizi, hey, V, how are you doing!"

Bai Rui's voice came again on the communication line.

"..."

"It's okay, nothing."

"Huh, that's good. I thought it was the enemy who was causing trouble. That's strange. Why would the communication be interfered with..."

Bai Rui was still talking in the channel, but V no longer had the heart to listen.

She was shocked by the information in the chip and didn't know how to react.

in the information.

It was the information of their former partner, Arnold...including his true identity.

......

In the leisure bar of the Hive Base, V was sitting at the bar, drinking one glass after another.

Until a figure walked up to her.

"Captain V, you want to see me?"

When I turned around, it was Kikyo whom I had called through communication.

Platycodon.

An elite mercenary in the hive.

VComrades on the same front.

But now, V found himself unable to look at this female mercenary in the same light as before.

V finished the wine in the glass in silence, looked determined, and then spoke.

"Yes, I want to ask you about the arrangements for the base's defense measures..."

After chatting with Kikyo for a while using made-up excuses, V let Kikyo leave.

After she turned and walked a few steps away, V looked at her with a complicated look and stepped forward to pat Kikyo on the shoulder.

"Bai Rui."

"..."

After a pause of more than two seconds, Kikyo turned around and said with a smile.

"Captain V, you must be joking. You can mistake me for Bai Rui. Are you drunk?"

"Oh, it's okay. I just want to ask where Bai Rui is now?"

"Then I don't know. After all, I don't have a BOSS detector on me."

"That's fine, you can go now."

V watched Kikyo leave with a smile, but when he turned back the smile disappeared in an instant.

"..."

it is true.

That brief panic couldn't fool me.

What that Stott guy said was true.

V clenched his hands so tightly that they were shaking and he felt like he was going to bleed.

hateful......

What is going on here?

She could hardly tell what was true and what was false.

Why did Bai Rui hide it from her?

Hiding the truth about Arnold, Kikyo and Mitsuhide from her.

These three people are actually the bodies controlled by Bai Rui.

V poured the wine into the glass again and didn't care even if it spilled onto the bar.

She was deeply shocked.

And tried hard to persuade myself.

It's fine.

It's fine.

Bai Rui must have her reasons for hiding this from me.

It's not a big deal at all.

Even though I have a close relationship with her, she is also a person, and it is understandable that she has her own little secrets.

If it were just this, it wouldn't be enough to shake V.

What made her waver was the warning from the blue eyes.

Active metals will make Bai Rui no longer Bai Rui.

Then.

Is the Bai Rui that I'm facing now still the same one...

V could never forget the look in Bai Rui's eyes when he looked at him, as if he were a stranger, when his power was fully awakened.

What he is facing is still his own Bai Rui, or a Bai Rui influenced by AI.

Was all this done by Bai Rui, or was it done by the AI ​​hidden in her body that was always ready to destroy Bai Rui's personality?

V was in absolute entanglement and couldn't extricate himself.

"..."

Bai Rui was really frightened just now.

She thought her secret had been discovered.

However, after being frightened like this, Bai Rui began to think.

It seemed that the secret of his body had been kept hidden long enough.

Now that we're on Arasaka's ship, the situation isn't so urgent.

This secret can be told to V.

Bai Rui wanted to find a time to have a good talk with V about this matter.

Otherwise I'll keep this secret in my heart all day.

It feels like cheating.

......

"Hey, wait, wait a minute."

It was just normal intimacy, but Bai Rui couldn't handle it today.

How come V acted like she hadn't eaten today? She was so strong that her vest was almost torn.

"I need to tell you something."

Pushing V away, Bai Rui breathed evenly and spoke seriously.

Bai Rui still said it.

From the beginning to the end.

Including the birth of Arnold, and later Kikyo and Mitsuhide.

After confessing everything in a confused manner, Bai Rui waited for V's reaction.