At this moment, outside the Cambi Building, there was already a panic. The NCPD surrounded the entire continent, and not far away, the reporter in charge of the transfer broadcast also faced the camera with an eager face and a serious expression.

"Just now, we received a tip-off that there was an attack in the Kambi Building, although the specific situation is not clear, but there is news that the top floor suite where the eldest son of the Arasaka Group, Arasaka Yorixuan, is located, has been attacked, and the NCPD has broken into the Kambi Building, but the situation inside is still unknown........."

"Bang !!"

However, before the reporter finished speaking, suddenly, there was a violent sound from the Cambi Building behind her, and all the glass and walls on the first floor were bursting, and the reporter turned his head, and then saw hundreds of NCPD police officers wearing police uniforms flying out of the building directly and falling heavily to the ground.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding police and reporters were all taken aback, and at the same time, under the light of the searchlight, a figure in a robe walked out of the gate of the Cambi Building, of course, the shining light of the searchlight shone on the figure, her whole body was covered with white robes, and her face was completely unclear. Not only that, but what makes people even more concerned is the corpse that this white robe is carrying in his hand, like garbage.

Is that.........?

Before everyone could react, they saw the white-robed girl raise her hands, and everyone saw the three corpses in her hands suddenly fly up, and then crossed an arc and inserted them on the flagpole in front of the gate of the Cambi Building. The reporters also hurriedly shifted the camera and looked at the corpses, and after seeing the faces clearly, they were suddenly surprised.

"That's ............... Arasaka Yori-no? ”

"And Saburo Arasaka?"

"Adam Hammer ?!!"

The reporters are all informants, Saburo Arasaka and Yoritomu Arasaka are both big names in the business world, of course they don't know each other, and Adam Hammer is a legend of Night City, but now, their bodies are just planted on the flagpole, like a bacon waiting to be dried.

What's going on? What the hell is going on?

"NCPD, immediately lay down your arms and surrender!"

The reporters were dumbfounded, and the NCPD police officer in front also raised their weapons, hid behind the car and aimed at the white-robed girl. A pale searchlight fell from the sky and shone on the girl's body, pulling her shadow to the elder. From a distance, the girl's shadow was like a nameless monster shrouded in the blue mansion, and it even shook incessantly.

However, in the face of NCPD's warning, the white-robed girl turned a deaf ear, she just raised her head and looked at everyone. Then, he spoke.

"Saburo Arasaka is dead."

The girl's voice was not loud, and logically speaking, in this noisy scene, her voice was no different from a soft voice. But it appeared in everyone's ears, as if whispering directly in their hearts.

"Arasaka Yoritomu is dead."

"Adam is dead."

“………………………”

In the face of the girl's words, there was a dead silence below, and everyone's eyes widened, not knowing what to say. Instinct told them that such a ridiculous thing would never happen. Because Arasaka Saburo is the chairman of the world's largest company, the Arasaka Group, and the emperor of this world, but reason tells them that the body of the shriveled old man who was planted on the flagpole and swayed in the wind was Arasaka Saburo.

This earth emperor, who once ruled almost the entire world, has now become a corpse.

"Fire, fire!!"

Hundreds of guns fired at the same time, and the roaring sound of gunfire enveloped everything. The smoke filled the air, the debris scattered, and it took a full five minutes for the continuous gunfire to stop. However, when the smoke cleared, everyone was surprised to see that the figure was still standing firmly at the main entrance of the Cambi Building, and even the robe on her body was not broken in the slightest.

"It's ............ What the hell is this .........?"

People looked at each other suspiciously, completely unsure of how to respond, the other party had no intention of fighting back, but their attacks had no effect at all?

Just when everyone was puzzled, the girl stretched out her hand, grabbed the robe on her body, and then shook it off.

The next moment, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

I saw that under the illumination of the searchlight, the girl in front of her was wearing a crimson battle armor, her long white and golden hair exuded a radiance like a halo, and her soft face had an unimaginable beauty, clean, soft, and luxurious. It is not out of some instinctive sense of beauty, but an idealized human form, the definition of beauty and ugliness in this world is different, but no one will not be moved by its beauty when they see her, it is not purely for aesthetic considerations, but from the instinctive heart, human desire and praise for their most perfect goal.

White wings appeared from behind the maiden, raised high and spread, radiating a holy radiance. Under her gaze, people felt inexplicably ashamed and ashamed, and they lowered their heads in a bit of panic, covering their prosthetic bodies, as if it was an extremely ugly existence.

At this moment, D completely showed the power of the original body from the Holy Blood Angel, the same power as the Emperor, and the same power as St. Giles. That indescribable shock and brilliance, just standing there, you will instinctively recognize her existence, understand her existence, and confirm her existence.

No words, no affirmations, she's there, and any human knows who she is and why she's here.

Some of the devout people had already knelt down, their hands folded, muttering in disbelief, their eyes closed, leaving tears of shame. They thought that this was the coming of retribution, and that the sin of the city was so deep that even God could not bear to look at it, so what would happen next?

Will this city, along with its people, be destroyed in the wrath of God like Sodom?

Even the NCPD, some of the officers even threw away their weapons as if they were hot burning sticks, rubbing their hands on their uniforms and then bowing their heads, whether it was out of shame or guilt, no one knows.

"The world has been entangled in too much sin, that's why I'm here."

The girl walked down slowly, her voice still light, but it also echoed in everyone's ears.

"I'm going to change all that, starting with this city, where the sins and greed of the capitalists have distorted the direction of humanity, who control everything in this world and who foolishly think that the power of money is omnipotent, and now, I am going to be here and tell them that this is a completely wrong idea. Their stupid ideas will not succeed, and now ......... This city will be ruled by me. ”

“———————！”

Hearing D's words, everyone was in an uproar, and they exchanged heads in surprise, completely unexpecting such an ending. The meaning of the other party is very obvious, and it can be said that it could not be clearer.

She's going to be the ruler of the city?

"You can't do that!"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

"We are free, this city is free, no matter who you are, you can't ..................!"

However, his words ended there.

D just looked up and glanced at him. In the next moment, everyone——— whether they were on the spot, or remotely following through the live video, or even unaware of it, all felt an unparalleled fear suddenly appear, as if even their city, their body, their soul, and even their spirit would be destroyed.

At the same time, something even more unimaginable happened——— everything around began to come to a standstill.

The cars stopped running, the trams stopped on the tracks, and everyone stopped moving. It wasn't the mental shock of witnessing an unimaginable existence before, but it came from the physical plane.

Their prosthetic bodies were stagnant, as if all functions were locked, and their bodies became robot-like beings, as if they had completely lost their motivation and could only stand in place.

"Freedom?"

D gave a scornful mockery.

"When you connect your spirit with electronics, digitize your memories, and give up your original body, you have lost your freedom. And now, you have only one choice. ”

As she spoke, D raised her hands, and everyone's eyes looked up at her blankly like marionettes.

"To survive or to perish, the choice is yours."

Then, the girl's voice rang in their ears again.

How long does it take to conquer Night City?

D answers this question with his own personal experience.

One night.

When the sun emerged from the other side of the horizon again, she was already sitting on the top floor of the Arasaka Tower, looking at the city in front of her that didn't seem to have changed in any way——— but in fact, the city had completely changed.

D has Lumiel lock up all systems, including prosthetics, neural devices, ICEs, weapons, vehicles, everything. It can only be opened with her permission, and last night, D was the first to be loyal to her.

NCPD and Terrorist Task Force.

On the one hand, they succumb to their awe and fear of themselves, and on the other hand, they have no choice.

If they are not willing to surrender, then they will become a robot that is out of control, unable to move, unable to do anything, and then just die alive.

They don't know how to do it, but D has shown that he can control their life and death at the slightest turn, so they have to obey.

But this was just the beginning, and then D-Connect issued several commands.

First of all, all the assets of the companies in Night City will be frozen, and the assets of Arasaka will be completely owned by Night City, and at the same time, the private armed forces of all companies will be disbanded, and they will either join the NCPD or become part of the official army of Night City, any corporate armed forces will be banned, and all private armed equipment will be recovered by Night City.

Naturally, this decision angered the representatives of the company, but it was of no avail, whether they were in the comfort of a nightclub or in the warmth and comfort of their own homes, their bodies were completely imprisoned, all equipment and functions were locked, so they could only watch as orders were carried out.

However, this is just the beginning.

Next, the purge of all the high-ranking officials of the company in Night City began.

In Night City, most of the company's top officials don't have clean butts, and they've done a lot of bad things. Of course, in the past, the NCPD was in cahoots with these guys, and even if what they did was disgusting, the NCPD was able to cover up the past.

But now it's different.

The case files were taken out again, organized, cleared, and all the perpetrators were caught and hanged on the streetlights.

The most active in carrying out this order is naturally the NCPD officers, who joined the NCPD to protect the security of the city, but in fact, many times they can only watch the criminals leave in front of them triumphantly, but they can't do anything.

But now it's different, they can rush directly into the homes of those bragging bastards, drag their immobile bodies out and stuff them into police cars, and then take them to the square and hang themselves on street lamps!!

The whole process was very smooth and there was no resistance. Because only those who have D's permission can move, and the others can only be like puppets, motionless. So no matter what bodyguards those executives have, any helpers are useless——— and what is even more ironic is that those bodyguards and helpers are naturally implanted with a large number of prostheses, so they are even more unable to act.

A large number of assets belonging to these executives and politicians were confiscated, houses were seized, politicians, corporate executives, those who were involved in murder and all sorts of other misdeeds were duly punished.

At the same time, there was also a ———gun ban!

That's right, D ordered everyone to unconditionally hand over all guns in their possession, whether it was intelligence or power, or technology, in short, all of them. No one is allowed to possess guns for any reason, except for the NCPD and the official Night City military!

Naturally, this order also caused a lot of disgust, but they had no choice, because the guns were also locked up, and they could not use them at all. These guns are in their hands, and now they are no different from a burning stick.

But alas, D doesn't care what they think.

Next, D made several plans for Night City, including reclaiming a large number of uninhabited homes in Night City and converting them into apartment buildings. Some dilapidated homes will be destroyed to make it easier to rebuild, and she's recruiting a lot of people to keep Night City clean——— and let's be honest, D is fed up with the almost clogged garbage bags and the disgusting smell of rot and graffiti on the walls.

All of this requires a lot of people to do, and luckily there are a lot of homeless people in Night City who have lost their jobs, and if they want to, they can apply for these reconstruction and cleaning jobs, they will be fed, paid and a small room to live in, which may not be large, but at least prevent them from wandering the streets.

Of course, on top of that, there's a pretty big hassle in Night City.

That's the gangsters.

And D is now negotiating with these gangsters.

"I've killed the scavengers and the Vortex Gang."

Looking at the holographic projection in front of him, D said lightly.

"My request is simple, the gangsters are the biggest destabilizing factor in Night City and must be disbanded. The Animals can do construction work, and Valentino and Six Street and Voodoo can do other serious work. I know that many of you in your gang are forced to join because of life, so I now give you a chance to get rid of those illegal and criminal activities and obediently do what normal humans should do. Instead of fighting every day for things like turf grabs or usury. ”

"Just by your words, you want us to disband?"

The leader of the Six Street Gang on the opposite side was obviously not impressed by this.

"Just kidding, I'm definitely not going to take —————"

However, before he could finish his words, D snapped his fingers, and the next moment, with a scream, the man fell down with his head in smoke.

"Then you go and die, and find someone who is willing to accept it."

“…………… Do you really want to do that much? D。 ”

Kazuko sighed.

"You don't really think that you can rule Night City with this. The power of the company is unimaginable, and Arasaka can easily destroy everything here. ”

"Arasaka isn't worth mentioning."

D said lightly.

"Maybe you haven't watched today's morning news? So let's take a look. ”

As he spoke, D turned on the TV news, and soon saw a nervous-looking host appear on the news channel.

"Good morning, viewers, I would like to play you a breaking news piece of news that revealed a sensational piece of news at the Munich Information Security Conference held last night——— a source revealed that the Arasaka Company was secretly conducting artificial manufacturing and control experiments of cyber psychosis in the name of creating soul chips, and they controlled the bodies and minds of other people by implanting backdoors on chips and prosthetics, so that they could transform them into puppets under their control. All organizations were shocked by the news, and Arasaka's share price fell 15 percent at the start of the stock market today, and governments have issued orders to seize all Arasaka assets in the country and keep them under scrutiny, while the United Nations is considering a new bill to control ........."

“…………………”

Everyone was stunned when they saw this news, in fact, if it wasn't for the shocking change in Night City last night, I'm afraid they would be just as shocked by this news as everyone else.

"Wait, that's what you're using to control us?"

"Of course not, Arasaka's skills can't be compared to mine, and as you can see, as I said, when you give up your body, you have already given up your freedom and become a slave to others. So don't talk to me about freedom here, power ——— slaves to say such things will only make people feel ridiculous. ”

“………………………”

Hearing D's taunt, everyone was speechless for a while. As D says, they are simply a bunch of slaves, they just think they have freedom. But in fact, the company has taken control of everything about them, even their bodies.

"But that's not enough."

Kazuko frowned.

"You should understand, D, Night City is sandwiched between the New America and the Free State, and the reason why we were able to maintain our independence was because of Arasaka's existence. Without the presence of Arasaka and the rest of the company, Night City would have been swallowed up. I'm afraid that by now, the army of the new United States is already on its way to Night City. ”

"You don't need to worry about that."

Faced with talking to Ukako, D just raised his eyebrows.

"No one can shake my rule over Night City, neither the United States nor the New America, and now, I just want you to give an answer————— survival? Or destruction? ”

“………………………”

Everyone looked at each other, then lowered their heads.

The answer is already self-evident.

(End of chapter)