Chapter 446: The Man Behind the Pot

If you don't want to bear the blame and the subsequent consequences, then finding a suitable scapegoat/backstabber is undoubtedly an excellent choice.

This is a very simple and easy to understand truth, almost everyone understands it, and Johnny is no exception.

Although the death of Arasaka Saburo was the hand of his son Lai Xuan, in order to be able to take over the Arasaka Company in the future, Lai Xuan must not carry this black cauldron, but to find a more suitable backstabber.

Not only that, but this back-stabbered man can't just choose one, and several conditions must be met to convince the public.

First, the back-bearer must be present; Second, the back-handed man must have a certain strength, and no matter how bad it is, he must be famous; Third, the backstabber can't be caught, let alone exposed...

To sum up, there are not many candidates who meet so many conditions, and the best way is to let people stay in the Kambi Mansion early before the fact, and then continue to play the role of a murderer.

Lin Mo also thought so, after all, in last night's [Simulation Experience], he also ignored this point, resulting in the fact that he couldn't find a suitable person to take the blame for a while.

And now back to reality, he brought Johnny's silver hand over tonight.

It would be a pity not to use such a perfect and suitable person to carry the pot.

"It's up to you, Johnny, you're going to be the murderer of Saburo Arasaka, and you have to carry this pot!" Lin Mo patted Johnny's shoulder, with a "teachable" expression, looking at Johnny's eyes full of expectations.

Johnny squatted back a few steps in disgust, so that Lin Mo's hand could be taken off his shoulder, and with Lin Mo's expectant eyes, he said in an extremely impatient tone:

"It's okay for you to let me take the blame, but you have to give me a reason!"

Although he was really surprised to hear that he was selected as the backstabber at first, after calming down, Johnny thought about it seriously and really couldn't find a better candidate than himself.

However, he soon realized that he was undoubtedly cheated by Lin Mo.

That night, Lin Mo said that he was going to take himself to watch a good show, but in fact, he must have secretly poked and poked him as an excellent "scapegoat" behind his back.

What a disgusting little ghost!

"Isn't there a lot of reasons?" Lin Mo stretched out his finger, nodded Johnny and pointed to Arasaka Saburo who was lying on the board:

"First of all, you have a grudge against Saburo Arasaka, and when you are this murderer, you don't have any burden in your heart; Secondly, for Lai Xuan, taking this responsibility will inevitably affect his plans, but for you, a bachelor, it will not have much impact; Third, killing the name of Saburo Arasaka is a hot potato for others, but for you, it is just right. ”

Johnny stood up, clasped his hands on his chest and thought silently for a while, then said:

"Your reason is very good, I really don't have any psychological burden to carry this cauldron."

Just when Lin Mo thought he was about to agree, Johnny changed his words:

"But I think these reasons are not your original intention, and your actual purpose has not been explained to me, so if you want Lao Tzu to be a big wrongdoer for no reason, no way!"

Lin Mo shook his head regretfully, spread his hands and said:

"You're really stubborn, is it necessary to get to the bottom of it?"

Johnny pointed at himself and said with a slight mockery:

"Do you think I'm a big fool? Dig a pit and wait for Lao Tzu to fall down, even if it's a special mouse catch, you have to drop a little bait! ”

"Okay." Lin Mo really had no choice, so he sighed helplessly, and said his thoughts as if admitting defeat:

"I said so many reasons, in fact, they are all secondary, my main purpose is actually to let you use this incident to make a name for yourself in Night City in a short period of time."

Lin Mo paused, pointed to the corpse of Saburo Arasaka and said:

"I'll describe it to you briefly in one sentence, that is-shocked, the reborn Johnny Silver Hand with the grudges of his previous life, returned in this life and successfully avenged Saburo Arasaka."

"With such a simple description, find a random newspaper, and then send out the photo, do you think you will make a sensation in Night City?"

Johnny was slightly stunned, and subconsciously looked at Saburo Arasaka's body, and couldn't help but recall when Lin Mo asked him to take a picture just now...

If he stood next to Saburo Arasaka's corpse and posed in a "victory" pose, then the news of Saburo Arasaka's death spread... Finally, not to mention the strange news headline, just this photo is enough to make a sensation in Night City... No, it's going to be a sensation all over the world!

Moreover, at that time, he will also be able to use this incident to officially announce to the world the "return of Johnny's Silver Hand".

At that time, even ordinary people who don't know about the deeds of the silver hand will be bombarded by various information channels of the news media, and they will directly or indirectly learn about the deeds he once did.

After all, those media companies that can go out of their way for the sake of ratings will never let go of any explosive hot spots.

For the sake of such a little rating, they can even make up nonsense and pick out all the color bottoms that Johnny Silver likes to wear!

Terrorists of yesteryear, murderers of today, Johnny Silverhands, uncompromising rock kids...

In just a few seconds, even if Lin Mo didn't continue to explain, Johnny Silver finally understood everything.

"Don't pestle there, you just say you can do it or not." Lin Mo snapped his fingers, waking Johnny out of his thoughts.

Johnny paced back and forth, lowered his head slightly and thought for a while, then continued to ask:

"If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight, killing Saburo Arasaka can indeed make me famous, but correspondingly, I also have to gnaw on the troubles that will follow, although I am not afraid of those troubles, but if it is Saburo's harpy dog, I can't beat him."

Happie dog, that is, Goro Takemura.

Lin Mo didn't even have to think about it to know who Johnny was alluding to.

However, he also admitted that with Johnny Ginju's fighting qualities, the probability of victory against Goro Kamitakemura was almost zero.

"The follow-up troubles are also very simple to deal with, now Lai Xuan is our person, as long as he can stabilize the Arasaka company, then the hunt from Arasaka is almost negligible, and the only people you need to pay attention to are those marginal people who are jealous of your reputation... As for Goro Takemura. ”

Lin Mo smiled maliciously, and the smile seemed a bit sinister to Johnny:

"Guess what, if you post a photo with Saburo Arasaka in the same frame, then another question that arises - who is the person who took the picture of you?"

"Of course, you can say that you took a selfie, but you can successfully murder Saburo Arasaka by one person, and even if you are Johnny Silverhand, who has returned from rebirth, people are not very credible in this matter."

"So you still want to pit that pit that pit the puppy?" Johnny Silver looked stunned:

"But didn't he choose to surrender to Lai Xuan?"

He never expected Lin Mo to even think about this step.

"There's no better candidate than him, you can't make me an accomplice." Lin Mo sighed:

"I can't stay by Arasaka Yorito's side all the time, there are other things to deal with, Goro Takemura is an unstable factor after all, we can't rule out the possibility that he is pretending to give in, maybe he is planning behind his back how to bring down Arasaka Yoshino, and tell the truth to the rest of the Arasaka company."

He will not forget that in the game, this loyal bodyguard tried everything to reveal the truth of "Lai Xuan's murder of his father".

For the sake of safety, it seems that this splash of dirty water still has to be poured on Goro Takemura's head.

"Do you really think this will work?" Johnny Silver frowned.

"If it doesn't work, it has to work, if it really gets to the point of no return, I won't mind taking it personally... Dead people can't speak. Lin Mo said flatly:

"Besides, as long as the matter of 'Goro Takemura is a traitor' is determined, Lai Xuan is qualified to stop the prosthetic equipment on his body, and at that time he is a waste man who can't use prosthetic equipment, and his combat effectiveness may not be as good as a Arasaka commando."

"Heh, it's irretrievable, you might as well dispose of him early, why wait until it's irretrievable." Johnny habitually sarcastic.

Lin Mo did not answer.