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

That's why he was so surprised.

The flashes of lightning were so blinding that one could not open their eyes. The hissing sound of electricity, like the chirping of a thousand birds, rang in Mike's ears, almost tearing through his eardrums.

In a very short blink of an eye, Mike saw a figure wrapped in dense and dynamic electric arcs, landing on a gray scavenger SUV like Thor.

The blurry movements made it hard to see clearly, and one could only vaguely catch a flash of white knife shadow.

The next moment, the figure flashed to another car, and the vehicle that was still moving exploded silently. The vehicle and the scavenger inside who were still shooting collapsed like building blocks, and immediately broke into pieces and fell on the dark road. Mike could even see the neat and smooth cuts between the flesh and blood.

That's how it was, one car after another, like some kind of rule-based attack. Every time the blurry figure with lightning flashed past a car, the car would explode into pieces. No wonder Anthony heard less and less sound of gunfire.

"Shit! Shit! What the hell is that!!!"

"Something is attacking us!!!"

It was not until there was only one SUV left that the scavenger in the car realized belatedly that his companions had disappeared. His scalp suddenly went numb and a strong sense of fear ran up his spine.

"Fuck, where is it!!!"

"Come out!!!"

The terrified scavengers were shooting everywhere around the vehicle. This was no longer a fight; they had lost their minds out of fear.

What they didn't know was that the enemy who destroyed several of their cars was right on the roof of their car.

"Mike? Mike? Don't you want to live? Put your head back!" Anthony, who was driving, didn't know what happened just now. He only saw the old man Mike sticking his head out, as if he was afraid that the bullets couldn't find him. He was so angry that he cursed loudly.

But Mike didn't have time to pay attention to Anthony, the drunkard. He was fully focused at this moment, more focused than when he was surviving on the battlefield, because he finally saw clearly the guy who killed almost all the scavengers in one or two seconds.

He saw that Mike's eyes were bulging, stretching out all the wrinkles on his sandy orange-like eye sockets.

Flashing electric light, scarlet warrior armor, and unknown patterns painted on the breastplate, this is what Mike saw.

This guy, fully armed and looking like a medieval Japanese samurai, was standing on the roof of the car. The samurai sword he held high was entangled with the dancing arcs of electricity, and its original appearance could not be seen clearly in the dazzling sunlight.

"Is the enemy dead?"

"nailed it?"

The impotent rage in the SUV finally ended. There was a crisp sound of empty gunshots, and the scavengers' sweaty fingers released their triggers.

Unlike their companions who were not torn into pieces for no reason as they had imagined, all they had was the humming sound of the engine and the guardrails constantly moving back and forth outside.

They're fine.

When this thought just arose in their minds, suddenly, there was a sound of metal cutting, which made their hair stand on end and they gripped their guns tightly.

The scavengers had no idea what was going on, but Mike saw it clearly.

The samurai, holding the sword in reverse, faced the driver's seat and stabbed the sharp sword directly into the roof of the car.

Before the street cleaner who was driving the car could react, the sharp blade pierced through the top of his skull and went straight into his torso. There was no hindrance at all, as easy as inserting tofu.

The scavengers in the carriage were still searching for possible enemies along the road and did not notice that their driver died in an instant.

It was not until the knife was pulled back, the driver's head was oozing yellow and white substances, his body fell on the steering wheel and he honked the horn that the scavengers woke up from their dream.

"Damn, damn, the enemy is in the car!!!"

The four or five street cleaners in the small vehicle were in a panic, and they raised their guns with reloaded magazines and shot at the roof of the vehicle.

The roar of gunpowder ignited again, and the roof of the car was torn into countless holes by the dense rain of bullets. The sunlight penetrated through these dense holes, but not a drop of enemy blood was lost.

The scavengers were still surprised, but Mike nervously grasped the window sill. He saw that the warrior fell into the car the moment he opened fire!

Before Anthony could ask him to take a look, the car behind him suddenly shook and blood spurted out of the window along with screams.

Then, a pair of bloodied caged hands grasped the roof, and a familiar figure flipped back onto the roof of the SUV.

It was still a fully armed warrior armor, but it was covered with broken human organs and sticky blood.

"No..." Mike said in disbelief. In a trance, he saw the warrior looking back at him. The look in the warrior's eyes revealed between the gaps in his mask was like the severe cold that had accumulated under the ice for tens of millions of years. The moment people saw it, they would feel an immense chill in their hearts, a fear that their lives would be taken away.

Mike opened his mouth to say something, but there was a sudden flash of lightning, and the warrior's figure disappeared from the damaged SUV.

Mike sat back in his seat in a trance. He still found it hard to accept what had just happened.

It sounds long, but it actually happens quickly. The whole process just now took less than ten seconds. In such a short period of ten seconds, several cars and more than twenty fully armed scavengers were dealt with.

"Where are the enemies? Did they escape?" Anthony, who was driving nervously, did not hear the gunshots behind him. He subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror, only to find that all the scavengers chasing them had disappeared. He was suddenly speechless.

"Escape? No, they were all killed." Mike stared blankly at the road ahead, shaking his head and muttering. Although Anthony wanted to ask again, Mike's dazed look made it impossible for him to answer.

When the two finally arrived at the beach and were about to throw the large metal box in the car into the sea, they realized something was wrong.

The metal roller shutter was dotted with bullet holes. Fortunately, the vehicle was bulletproof, otherwise the two of them would have been torn to pieces by the rain of bullets.

But this was not what surprised them. What surprised them was that the metal rolling door seemed to have been opened roughly, and there was a twisted dent on the handle at the bottom.

The two looked at each other in surprise, speechless for a moment.

On this side, Bai Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, everything went according to plan.

What was that just now? What else could it be? It was another fighting machine that she had spent a lot of money to build, a good opponent that she had specially reserved for the heavy hammer.

When thinking of the heavy hammer, Bai Rui thought of this mission and everything that happened in the game.

"V, come here." Bai Rui leaned on the windowsill and said to V.

"What's wrong?" V, who had just changed back into her casual clothes, responded with a smile. She still liked this sportswear that was convenient for exercise. Kicking the top of her sneakers, V walked to Bai Rui.

"V, I have something to give you." After a moment's silence, Bai Rui lifted up V's hair and said, his eyes full of seriousness.

"Well, what's wrong?" Seeing his girlfriend looking so serious, V smiled, leaned on the windowsill and held Bai Rui's hand that was touching her cheek.

Looking at his girlfriend and godsister, V's brows were filled with tenderness.

But Bai Rui shook his head and said nothing. He walked to the sofa, opened the black canvas bag, and took something out of it.

This was specially prepared for V.

Chapter 53 Star Age

"'Star' [Legend/Immortality]

All performance has been optimized to its best, which is the result of the hard work of some people.”

This is the second immortal weapon created by Bai Rui. The first one is of course her own pistol, "Vitamin B", which she spent almost all of her savings to transform when she was in the Wanderer Tribe.

Like "Vitamin B", "Star" is also a modified version of the Prelude revolver, with a dark blue paint job and scattered white dots, it looks like looking at the universe in the night sky, deep and peaceful.

The gun has a slender body and a blue and white hard plastic handle, giving the whole gun a cold industrial aesthetic.

"'Vitamin B' [Legend/Immortality]

It's powerful, and it's for the guy who doesn't fire a second shot. The reason for firing is written on the gun."

"Vitamin B" is also a weapon with immortal entries, but Bai Rui doesn't know why only these two guns are immortal weapons among her creations. She has tried to make other firearms, and even though they have reached the [Legendary] level with the accumulation of high-quality materials, they just don't have immortal entries.

It seems that this thing has nothing to do with the power of the weapon.

Bai Rui speculated that the reason why [Immortal] level weapons are immortal may be due to the emotions they carry rather than the guns themselves.

The creations produced by steel machine tools cannot withstand the test of time. Buried under the ruins, they are just pieces of scrap metal.

But human emotions are eternal. Even if the carrier of emotions dies now, someone else will pick them up again sooner or later.

Just like Johnny Silverhand's rebellious spirit.

Never give up the fight.

Johnny Silverhand declared war on big corporations and eventually fell, but the spirit of resistance against corporations never disappeared. David Martinez, V in the Sun Ending... many awakened people who still have names or not have left their names are always fighting, and one after another they are thrown into a desperate war.

This spirit itself is immortal.

Such miracles are everywhere even in the most absurd and depraved Night City.

The legendary story of the "Lizzie" bar is one of them.

Elizabeth Borden, nicknamed Lizzie, was once the owner of a strip bar. Because the girls in the bar were brutally murdered by the Tiger Claws, Lizzie personally killed three attackers with an axe to avenge the dead girls. Although Lizzie herself soon died in the revenge of the Tiger Claws, her bar was reduced to ruins.

But her spirit sparked a service worker uprising, which dealt a heavy blow to the Tiger Claws and established Elizabeth Burton as a symbol of resistance to gang brutality.

In order to commemorate her, Lizzie's ideological successors rebuilt her place, named it "Lizzie's Bar", and formed a gang to bring together those who are threatened and oppressed, especially sex workers and sexual minorities.

Even the worst soil can produce the most beautiful spiritual flowers, and Night City has proven this itself.

"...V, I want to give this to you." Bai Rui picked up the "star" that was almost as long as her forearm and handed it to V.

In her opinion, the "Star" ending in the original game is the best destination for V, who was born as a wanderer. After experiencing all the worst things, he still has his lover and relatives to accompany him.

Bai Rui chose this name as some kind of beautiful blessing.

"It's very beautiful, Bai Rui, I'm very grateful..." V took the "star", played with it carefully in his hand, with admiration in his eyes.

With its exquisite paint and the solid weight in the hand, V knew as soon as he picked it up how rare and exquisite this gun was.

"It's really nice. What's its name?" V turned his gaze back to Bai Rui.

"'Stars'," Bai Rui said with a shrug and lowered eyebrows.

"Xingxing, what a great name." Although she didn't know why this name was chosen, she liked it as long as Bai Rui gave it.

Staring carefully into Bai Rui's black eyes, V seemed to know why he was called this name.

There were tiny sparkles in Bai Rui's black eyes, so radiant and fascinating, just like the stars in the sky.

"It's a pity that I have to sneak into the Ganbi Building tomorrow and can't take the gun you gave me." V sighed and shook her head, saying regretfully that she quite liked the "star" that Bai Rui gave her.

Although she liked everything that Bai Rui gave her, she particularly liked this heavy revolver. On the one hand, she could vaguely feel that this gun seemed to have special significance, and she could feel Bai Rui's love for her from it.

Secondly, she comes from a family of wanderers, and every wanderer would like a revolver.

Cheap and durable, revolvers are the easiest firearms to obtain in the Badlands and are highly versatile.

Unlike those delicate automatic weapons that would jam if a little wind or sand got in, this revolver could be fixed by just pulling the trigger again even if a bullet was dud.

In a sense, the revolver is a symbol of these lawless wanderer families who wander on the fringes of modern society.

Putting down the gun first, V looked at Bai Rui who was lowering his head and not speaking. She knew that her girlfriend was not in a good mood.

"Hey, what's wrong, baby." There is only one way to solve sorrow, and that is a warm hug. V did just that. He hugged Bai Rui, stroked the back of Bai Rui's neck with his fingers, and gently comforted her.

"Are you worried about the mission? It's okay." V ​​guessed that Bai Rui was worried about the mission, so he comforted Bai Rui gently.

Indeed, they had never done such a big job before - stealing confidential items from the heir to a giant company was not something that could be compared to street racing and fighting with scavengers.

"However, the middleman Dexter has arranged this mission very carefully. Every step has been considered. Everything will be fine. I promise."

You can't guarantee anything.

Bai Rui wanted to roll his eyes when listening to V's solemn words.

If she hadn't been there, V would have been in trouble this time.

Yes, the plan was perfect, and even in the game V and the others successfully stole the relic and were ready to leave, but who knew that old guy Saburo Arasaka would suddenly come to his son to reminisce about the past, and as luck would have it, Arasaka Yorinobu's little universe exploded and killed his father.

The unlucky V and his gang were naturally regarded as agents who assassinated Saburo.

What does it mean to cause harm to innocent people? This is what it means to cause harm to innocent people.

But V and the others did not participate in this mission for the purpose of building the world, nor did they have any lofty ambitions. They simply needed money and wanted to make some.

In the game, we can see that V could barely pay the rent before participating in the Blue Green Building mission, and the property management threatened to kick her out of the building in a very polite manner.

But in real life, with Bai Rui's current industry, they don't have to participate in this mission at all. Bai Rui's money is enough for them to spend.

But when the nest is destroyed, no eggs can remain intact.

Living in Cao Dan's world, one either has to fight against the company for freedom, or sacrifice all dignity and work as a dog for the company. The former is doomed to death, while the latter lives like a beast.

Just like V in the devil's ending, in order to survive, he had to sign a contract to sell himself and become an asset of the company.

Those prominent figures in the company, Saburo Arasaka's bodyguard Goro Takemura, and Adam Hammer, look glorious, but in fact they are just dogs of the Arasaka family. Saburo Arasaka only needs a thought to destroy all their combat prostheses.

The naturally free soul of the wanderer cannot be tamed.

Therefore, Bai Rui couldn't give up the fight.

Even if it costs her own life, she is determined to create a better future.

Life shouldn't be so degenerate.

"It's okay, V, I'm here." Bai Rui spoke in a strong voice and hugged V fiercely. "As long as I'm here, everything will be fine!"