Cambi Mansion.

Penthouse Premium Suite.

Arasaka stands in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the entire city.

He had just woken up, wearing a dark gold nightgown and a glass of red wine in his hand, savoring it slowly.

On the big bed behind him, under the messy bedding and pillowcase, there was a bewitching beauty sleeping soundly, with white arms and long legs on the edge of the bed, as if she was still asleep because of overwork.

The suite is large in size, with floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides of the luxurious flat floor.

Giant screens separate the living room from the bedroom, electronic devices and smart homes are displayed around it, and there is even a chameleon lizard that clings motionless on a dead branch.

This suite was built by the Kambi Mansion specifically for the Arasaka family, and is usually largely vacant, and is only available for use when the Arasaka family members need it.

It's just that Saburo Arasaka and Hanako have never stayed in the Night City Kambi Mansion, and Hanako has her own manor, so only Yoshinoshi Arasaka lives in this suite.

He usually stays in this room when he comes to Night City, where he enjoys his pleasures.

Arasaka Lai Xuanyi's eyes turned, and he connected to an encrypted call, and a mysterious voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Lai Xuan, the action has begun, get your people ready."

Lai Xuan's expression was solemn, and he replied seriously: "Arasaka Tower will hold a board meeting today, as long as the action is successful, it is impossible for her to sit in that position again." ”

The mysterious voice continued: "Actually, you could have been tougher, the more frequent our people move, the more likely they are to make mistakes, her side has become alert, the reinforcements sent to the stronghold have increased, and it is said that multiple departments have joined the investigation into the attack. ”

"She's been running the Night City Arasaka Tower for years, and there are some things that don't have to be done too much, all I want is to take away from that damn guy what doesn't belong to him." Lai Xuan's tone was a little angry.

He has always hated only one person, and he has not implicated anyone else, and if he wants to save the whole world from his father Arasaka Saburo, he can only remove all obstacles step by step.

For Michiko Arasaka, who is in charge of Night City, he chose a softer way, otherwise the next time the team that attacked the Arasaka stronghold appeared would be in Michiko Arasaka's villa.

Lai Xuan doesn't want to become a cruel and tyrannical guy like his father Saburo Arasaka, and he will never do anything that kills his siblings.

"Reinforcements are a regular operation of the company, and the heads of those departments are basically seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and they will not really put in the effort to investigate this matter, and there is actually only one person I am worried about."

The mysterious voice asked, "Are you talking about Tang Yu of the Counterintelligence Department?" ”

Before Arasaka Yoshinobu arrived in Night City, they had already figured out a lot of information in advance, and they focused on Tang Yu.

"Yes, Tang Yu was in the Arasaka Manor in Kyoto, got his private meeting alone, and took a private mission back to the Night City Arasaka Tower."

"He designed to take out the Voodoo gang in Taiping Prefecture and tried to steal the subnet Poseidon, but was intercepted by Adam's hammer."

"However, things are not as simple as they seem, I suspect that Tang Yu still has other back-hands, and the matter of the matrix space of the Ye's company may have nothing to do with him."

"The Counterintelligence Department was involved in this matter, but there was no intelligence to show that there was a big move, judging from that manor banquet, I feel that this person is not loyal to Arasaka, but I am not sure of his position."

The mysterious voice was silent for a moment, and explained: "He does have some means to climb to the top in such a short period of time, but no matter how he says it, he is just an ordinary person, if he guesses some internal factors, forget it, if he dares to stop us, it can only make him shut up forever." ”

Arasaka Lai Xuan has no objection, he is not a person all the way, so naturally there is no need to take care of anything.

The mysterious voice asked again, "Have you ever connected with Ling over there?" They should be interested in what we have on our hands. ”

Arasaka Lai Xuan showed disdain on his face and said coldly: "These companies are not reliable at all, I have contacted the people who monitor the network to see if they are willing to cooperate." ”

"When we take the Night City Arasaka Tower, the follow-up matters should also be put on the agenda, we must obtain the technology to destroy the soul killer in order to stop his ridiculous plans and ambitions at the root."

"Let's hope everything goes well." The other end of the phone hung up.

Arasaka Yoshinobu heard movement behind him, so he closed his gaze.

At this time, two white hands hooked his shoulders from behind, and his tone was extremely gentle.

"Did you sleep well? Wake up so early, I'll go make you some breakfast. ”

Lai Xuan smiled slightly and transferred a huge tip to the red-striped woman behind him.

Just as she was about to serve the big customer in front of her again, she received a message that someone was visiting.

"No need, there's something going on now, you can go back first." Arasaka Yoshinobu rejected the woman's initiative and got up and walked towards the living room.

The woman didn't care when she got the money, and changed her clothes behind the screen with a smile on her face.

After she got dressed and threw a flying kiss to Arasaka Laixuan, she stepped on her small heels and walked to the elevator.

The elevator door opened automatically, and the woman was stunned.

I saw a tall black mechanical warrior standing in front of him, his cold-blooded red prosthetic eyes flashing red, scanning her unceremoniously.

The woman stood still and didn't dare to move, so she could only wait for the other party to get out of the elevator and pass her.

"It's just a piece of rotten meat that has been toyed with."

When the woman heard what the other party said, her heart trembled, she didn't dare to stop any longer, and hurriedly stepped into the elevator and left.

Arasaka Yoshinobu saw Adam's hammer coming, and bluntly commanded.

"You go to this spot on the outskirts of the city and keep an eye on it later, and make sure it's clean after the raid is over."

On the outskirts of the city, it is a stronghold of Arasaka traffic.

V and Jack, dressed in Arasaka Company security uniforms, follow the team to be scanned at the colony's gate.

After confirming that everything was correct, they entered the base without any problems.

This Arasaka Company's armed team is stationed at the base as a reinforcement force to assist in strengthening the security of the base.

After the team dispersed, Jack and V converged and found a high ground to exchange information while pretending to be a lookout.

Jack is heavily armed, with a bulletproof vest and cassette full of ammo and a heavy machine gun behind him.

"I don't know when the other party will attack, you can have a few more eyes, don't worry, Don't worry, I will cover you, just let me come if you have something."

V was dressed like Jack, with a standard security outfit and weapons, the only difference being that she had a long knife behind her shoulder, hidden in a black scabbard.

"Then you underestimate me too much, I can't tell who will kill more later, there are more than thirty people in this stronghold, I'm afraid it's not so easy to solve it."

The Arasaka soldiers stationed in the stronghold are all strictly trained, although they are not as good as the Arasaka Tower Special Service Team and the elite squad, but their military literacy is definitely not low.

Jack shrugged helplessly: "Who knows, maybe the other party has some way to surprise the attack, so you have to take it easy." ”

In order to avoid being detected by the attacking forces, they suspended communication with Tang Yu.

According to the pre-plan, Tang Yu was already squatting at the point, waiting for the opportunity to act.

According to Tang Yu's previous inference, this attack is very likely to be stuck at a critical point in time.

Today's board meeting will presumably bring up this matter to many board members and take the opportunity to ask for a challenge to military science and technology.

If Michiko can't make up her mind and wants to continue to force this matter, then this larger-scale stronghold attack will become the final key blow.

At that time.

Komichiko is difficult to distinguish, and not only will she be held accountable by the Kyoto headquarters, but she will also be labeled as weak to the outside world and unfavorable to the outside world.

However, it is not advisable to attack military science and technology, because not all of the attacks were carried out by military science and technology, and Arasaka's rash attack may provoke even greater contradictions and conflicts.

Military technology is not a soft persimmon, and it is not false in the face of Arasaka.

If Michiko wants to get out of this dilemma, there is only one way, and that is to catch the real murderer.

And Tang Yu's plan is like this, as long as the real perpetrator is caught and it is proved that someone is stirring up conflicts between the two companies, these problems will naturally be solved.

Komichiko can not only give a deal to Saburo Arasaka, but also be able to hold the board of directors.

It's just that this time the situation is more complicated, according to Tang Yu's analysis, this well-trained raid team is very likely to be Lai Xuan's people.

If the evidence is found in their memory memory chips after successfully catching them, then it will be difficult for Lai Xuan.

Tang Yu didn't tell V and Jack about these calculations for the time being, they only needed to drag the attacker.

Jack and V communicate on the high ground for a while, and then receive a notice of a change of guard, so the two of them find their respective positions and guard them with guns.

As the minutes ticked by, Jack stood a little bored, yawned, and raised his hand slightly to move his shoulders.

Suddenly.

A thin and silent bullet slashed through the air, directly penetrating a Arasaka security officer at the height of the stronghold, and the whole person immediately fell straight down.

Jack instantly became smart, immediately concentrated on it, found cover and pulled the gun safe, looked around vigilantly, and then reminded with a voice V.

"Girl, there is an enemy attack, be careful."

As soon as the words fell.

The four security guards standing guard at the height of the stronghold lost their strength and fell to the ground with a dull sound.

The entire stronghold was instantly lit up with a red alert, indicating that an enemy was coming.

The intelligent heavy weapon was immediately activated, and infrared scanned around for traces of the enemy, but nothing was found.

There are many security guards at the access control checkpoint of the stronghold, holding their breath, slowing their pace, nervously holding machine guns, turning on the scan and looking around, trying to defend themselves while pulling out the enemies hiding in the shadows.

But before they could react, there seemed to be a transparent humanoid in the air rapidly approaching, and a katana with a scorching red light suddenly appeared and slashed directly.

A Arasaka warrior subconsciously raised his gun to block, but he was still slashed by a thermal katana, and even the person with the gun was split in two, breaking into two pieces and rolling to the ground, and there was a clattering sound at the break.

The people of Arasaka were terrified, and they raised their machine guns and fired wildly at the invisible target.

"Stealth, the other party has optical stealth!"

Even if they saw through the other party's methods, it was still to no avail, and many security fighters were stabbed in two pieces in the chaos, and their lives were quickly ended.

Jack, who was hiding in the stronghold, saw this horrific scene, those people at the door were killed by an elusive thermal katana, and the death was tragic.

At the same time as relaying the V message, Jack picked up two EMP bombs from front of him with one hand, activated them and threw them on the spot, trying to block the opponent's entry into the stronghold.

Bang! Zizizi.

The electronic pulse sparks exploded, and the fast-moving figure of the transparent person was blocked, and a figure was wound around the arc, revealing a certain part of the body from time to time.

Ninja?

Jack peeked for a while, and found that the other party was dressed in a very cherry blossom style, and his whole body was tightly wrapped, leaving only a pair of eye slits.

As the fighters at the gate of the stronghold were killed, the attacking party launched a charge, and eight men suddenly shot out from several directions, shooting wildly towards the stronghold.

The forts and heavy gun mounts erected in the stronghold were destroyed by the opponent one after another, and they were completely powerless to fight back.

The Arasaka warriors can only hold smart weapons and hide behind cover to shoot back at each other.

But these people are very well prosthetic, and the armor under the skin is not afraid of bullets that are tracked around the bend.

The transparent man got rid of the electromagnetic pulse, and then exited the door of the stronghold and entered the stealth state again.

Jack didn't dare to be careless, and immediately seized the time to find V, and after the convergence, he passed on the situation here to Tang Yu.

After confirming that Tang Yu had received the information, Jack scolded quietly: "Horse riders, I didn't expect these people to really have a hand, why are they here to rob this small stronghold when they have the money to pretend to be such a precious battle implant." ”

V, too, realized the seriousness of the problem, and the gun was no longer able to deal with the transparent man, so he could only pull out the long knife that was on his back shoulder.

A bright steel katana that glistens in the sun.

Jack was a little glared by the flash of the knife, and asked curiously, "This knife looks sharp." ”

V clenched the long knife with both hands, tried the feel and replied: "Tang sent it, it was called 'Jue', and you will know if you try it later." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed a strange movement, and a transparent figure attacked the stronghold again, and the thermal katana instantly slashed the two of them.

The entire stronghold was in chaos, and the remaining dozen or so security personnel were unable to organize an effective counterattack.

V saw the opportunity to pick up a puddle of blood on the ground with the tip of his knife, and then threw it in the general direction where the transparent man was.

She looked over and saw a drop of blood dripping slowly to the ground as if it were in mid-air.

The whole action looks like a knife swinging in the air, out of order.

V realized that the opponent's stealth equipment was not only bulletproof but also waterproof, so he had to seize the opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the blood droplets before they completely fell to the ground.

One by one, the people in the stronghold fell, and Jack could only shoot instinctively, but the opponent was moving too fast to react at all.

Suddenly.

Noticing the drop of blood hurtling in Jack's direction, V immediately turned on Sylvestan and stepped forward to slash down with her sword.

Electrifying and flint.

A thermal katana appeared in front of Jack out of thin air, slashing at his head.

Jack's expression was horrified, but he didn't have time to resist, only to see another bright and dangling long knife slash out at the same time, slashing into a transparent void.

Just as the thermal katana was about to land on Jack's head, there was a sound of flesh being sliced open, and two halves of humanoid flesh slid away.

The long knife in V's hand had already been cut off, and the transparent human form had revealed its true body, turning into two halves and being slashed to the ground.

When Jack saw this amazing scene, he was stunned and speechless for a long time.

V was surprised that the knife turned out to be transparent, but he didn't expect this knife to be so sharp, and even the opponent's subcutaneous armor was easily cut.

The whole process of splitting down is not hindered in the slightest, and can only be described in two words.

Silky.

She raised the long knife in her hand again and checked it repeatedly, and the stainless steel blade did not curl the blade in the slightest, not even a drop of blood stained, and it was almost broken.

With this baby, V knows how to play in an instant.

She looked back at Jack, who was stunned, and said bluntly, "I'll take care of the rest." ”

After speaking.

V directly activated the maximum power of the 'Raptor', and a quick dodge rushed out of the stronghold, as fast as a gust of wind, leaving only Jack who was stunned in place.

Until V was gone, Jack hurriedly ran out of the stronghold with a machine gun to check the situation outside.

I saw that the opponent's eight fire points, one after another, extinguished, no one could survive a knife combination, and they were all cut into two pieces by V.

"Ma Ma Lai Laidi, can this still belong to the category of human beings?"

After finishing the attacker, V flashed back to the same place, except for a few breaths of air and tiredness, there was no other abnormality.

Jack's voice trembled and asked, "Chica, are you in good shape, do you feel hot or hallucinating, want to vomit or something?" ”

V was a little strange to ask, stretched out the back of his hand and touched his forehead, just solved the battle at high speed, a little sweaty and a little hot, but not so hot as his head, so he explained calmly.

"No, it's normal, it's just more tiring than boxing."

Jack: "."

"This is really seeing the living Hades in broad daylight, I knew you had this ability, let's panic, ahaha, ahahaha." Jack put away his gun and smiled a little hard when he saw the corpses around him.

V put away the long knife and was about to check the attacker's situation, and not far away, Tang Yu drove over in a vehicle.

The battle had subsided, and he probably guessed that V had ended the battle early.

When Jack saw Tang Yu coming, as if he had found a savior, he hurriedly stepped forward with a wry smile and praised V's good means.

On the way over, Tang Yu used the 'weak electronic control energy' to destroy all the memory storage data in the attacker's brain.

V also came to Tang Yu, a little proud, and showed off: "How about it, this mission didn't disappoint you, remember that the gratuity is full." ”

Tang Yu asked, "Well, the honorarium should be full, do you want this knife?" ”

V's smile froze instantly, and he said: "Come on, dare to love and buy and sell, keep accounts, don't be afraid of this if you owe too much." ”

Tang Yu got up and walked into the inside of the stronghold, saw the ninja corpse that had been cut in half, and stepped forward to examine it carefully.

Just by this makeup, you can judge that they are definitely not people with military technology.

Tang Yu collected the relevant evidence and prepared to leave the scene and return to the Arasaka Tower.

The three walked out of the colony.

Suddenly, I found that not far away, an Arasaka armed floating car approached, and slowly landed after being in the air.

Tang Yu saw that the safety level of this floating car belonged to the members of the Arasaka family, and it was neither exclusive to Saburo Arasaka stored in the warehouse, nor exclusive to Michiko Komiko, so this armed floating car could only belong to Arasaka Yoixuan.

The floating car door opened wide, and it was not Arasaka Yoshinobu who came out, but a tall black mechanical figure with red prosthetic eyes scanning the three of them.

When V saw that it was Adam's hammer, his expression was immediately serious, and his iron fist couldn't help but clench fiercely.

Adam Hammer looked around and walked straight towards the three of them, saying with a blank face.

"The scene of flesh and blood, I didn't expect it to be a step too late."

Then, Adam Heavy Hammer looked at V and Jack behind Tang Yu, and there was a killing intent in his flat voice.

"But they're not from Arasaka."

Tang Yu replied indifferently: "They are informants arranged by the Counterintelligence Department to assist in the investigation of the attack, which is not within the scope of your duties. ”

"Working in Arasaka, you have to know where you are, Adam Hammer."

Adam Hammer laughed twice and put away his hostility.

"It's interesting."

"With two bugs."

With that, he walked towards the stronghold with heavy mechanical steps.

"!"

'Who is the worm who said he stepped on the horse?' ’

V couldn't wait to draw a knife and kill Adam with a hammer on the spot, and every pore was angry when he saw his arrogant appearance.

Tang Yu said in a deep voice: "Get in the car first." ”

The three of them got back into the car and sped away.

In the carriage.

V sat alone in the back row, staring coldly out of the window and never spoke.

Jack sat in the co-pilot and asked with some palpitations: "That person is Adam's hammer just now, my mother, there is only half a brain left in the whole body prosthetic transformation, and with such a big cannon barrel on his back, this is simply a war machine." ”

Tang Yu explained: "He should have been arranged by someone, but it was a little late. ”

Jack noticed V's puffing appearance and asked a little strangely, "Hey, V, what's wrong, you haven't looked good since you saw Adam Hammer just now, he's a living legend, a legend who fought with Johnny Silver Hand and Morgan Black Hand." ”

V snorted coldly twice: "Don't mention this stubble, let's order a glass of wine name for him in the 'next life' as soon as possible, a cup of black skin that does not slip away, soaked in two red strawberries, and it goes well with him." ”

Jack smiled.

Tang Yu explained for V: "When I was in Taipingzhou, Adam fell from the air with a heavy hammer and accidentally stepped on one of her hands, and the beam was broken. ”

V said angrily: "Okay, okay, it's not like some people who rely on their high status and status, even Adam's hammer doesn't dare to open the crime, it's very majestic." ”

Tang Yu shook his head helplessly.

With V's current strength, if he wants to go head-to-head with Adam Hammer, the gap in hard power is still a bit big.

That guy is full of prosthetic body and condenses the most advanced efforts of Arasaka, and it is more than enough to really provoke an army.

Although V is talented, in terms of implant equipment, it is still a few notches behind Adam's hammer.

Not to mention thermal weapons, in terms of basic operating systems, Adam's hammer can be fully matched, and all of them are high-end goods.

Others may have had to hit many shots and slash Adam with a hammer, while he may have killed someone with just one shot.

Tang Yu didn't want to turn his face with Lai Xuan, there was no need to worry about this kind of killing machine maniac for the time being.

He now has to rush back to Arasaka Tower and hand over the evidence in his hand to Michiko Arasaka.

Since the attackers were all dead and the memory stores in his mind had been burned, there was no evidence to point to Arasaka.

That's all Tang Yu can do, as for the result of the Arasaka family's continued infighting, he really can't control it.

Arasaka Yoritomu is bent on turning himself into a bomb, destroying Saburo Arasaka's plan for immortality, seizing power and starting the fifth corporate war, so that the world can be reborn from the ashes of war.

Tang Yu once agreed with this idea, but reality told him that if he wanted to achieve this goal, he had to be ready to sacrifice everything.

And in the longer term, Arasaka may fall, but there will still be companies such as Honsaka and Sakurasaka.

Welcome to a whole new world.

None of them are ready.

Not tonight.

(End of chapter)