Chapter 81: Reverse Pope (Available Tomorrow)

Tomorrow is the first final exam for Arasaka Adult Education – and of course, if you don't pass, you can still continue to take classes.

However, every time he takes more classes, Arasaka will return less money.

There are a total of four opportunities to complete the exam, and the content of the exam is the technical license assessment.

To get to Lao Wei's shop, you have to pass by Misty's psychic house - there are more people outside Misty's psychic house at this time.

A homeless man, to be exact.

The homeless man was dressed in a black cotton coat with a hand-sewn robe made of black leather. A bit like a priest?

Well, strictly speaking, priests don't make robes out of leather, but Lille just thinks the style is quite similar.

This homeless man looks a little familiar, huh?

The homeless man had brought a moldy mattress from nowhere, and seemed to be planning to occupy a corner of the street to make a nest.

This is the most common home for homeless people in Night City.

Seeing Lille staring at him, he suddenly became vigilant.

"What do you want to do?"

"I'm just going to see where the homeless people came from to get around my friend's shop, don't think about using your brains."

Lille turned on the scanner, only to find that there was something wrong with the man's scan --

The data of the implanted prosthetic list is a little flickering, and it looks like it is faked, and it is a real-time fake, which is extremely difficult to crack.

"I'm not one of those bums, I'm here to spread the truth - this is your friend's shop?"

The homeless man pointed to Misty's psychic object, and Lille nodded.

He continued: "It's a great place to calm your mind here--"

At this, he paused for a moment and said mysteriously, "Did you know that our world has been taken over by the lizardmen!" ”

Lille froze - isn't that what Gary, the nervous prophet in the game, would say?!

The man was said to have been implanted with a prosthetic body of unknown origin, and has since become a master of conspiracy theories.

Every time V in the game passes by Misty's psychic house, he can see this guy talking and saying something that people don't understand.

Like now.

Lille said with a smirk, "Do you still want to say that these lizardmen have cold blue eyes?" Are they all lackeys of the Centaur Alpha Necromancer? ”

Gary was stunned for a moment, and was even more surprised: "You know it too! You've found the truth too! ”

"Well, if I were a widow, I'd honestly get a job - and besides, don't say anything about wanderers being werewolves and howling under the moon.

If you're killed by a wanderer, you'll have to find someone to collect your body. ”

"You really know! But you simply don't understand the seriousness of these things! ”

Lille shook his head: "There's something wrong with your implant that can pick up intermittent covert communication frequencies that will give you the illusion of having a prosthetic doctor fix it." ”

"No!" Gary suddenly exclaimed, "I will not give up the pursuit of the truth!" ”

"Whatever you want, but don't die in front of my friend's shop."

Lille shrugged --

There have been speculations about Gary in and out of the game, but the most likely scenario is what Lille said.

He was given some kind of strange prosthetic body by the prosthetic doctor, resulting in the ability to receive communications at hidden frequencies.

Then, Gary processed the scattered information he received and scared himself, which became a conspiracy theory.

No longer entangled with Gary, Lille walked into Misty's psychic house.

Misty asked curiously, "Lille, aren't you going to party with them?" Jack says that V has chartered the room at the Wolf Bar. ”

"I'm not in good health, I can't drink, and besides, they can't be sober, I have to stay sober."

After saying that, Lille asked curiously, "Where did you learn tarot divination?" Do I need an implant? ”

"Of course not." Misty picked up the cards on the table and shuffled them, "This thing has a long history, and the people who invented it didn't have implants. ”

"That's rightβ€”we're going to the afterlife nightclub tomorrow, do we want to stop counting a hexagram?"

"Yes, but you can't be superstitious, it's not good all the time."

"Anyway, the last time the ticket was quite smart, if you don't say it, I really want to draw two cards every time I go out."

"If the tarot cards are accurate every time, then everyone just sits on the couch and thinks about making money, and then draws cards all day long."

Misty said as she cut the cards into three piles.

"Let's make it simple this time - when I knock this crystal ball, you'll draw a card."

"Clear your mind, relax, feel the connection between you and the universe..."

Misty's tone gradually became ethereal, guiding Lille to relax, and then gently tapped the crystal ball with the stick on the table.

Clang--

The melodious and crisp sound seemed to hit the soul, and in a relaxed state, Lille's thoughts were interrupted by the voice.

[Removed the thought withdrawal caused by implanting a prosthesis.] 】

The same hint can basically prove that there is some degree of connection between tarot divination and implants.

Some kind of very hidden, maybe even coincidental, connection?

β€œ... Is there anything special about knocking on this? ”

Lille drew one from the pile in the middle, and Misty pressed it with one finger and paddled it in front of her.

"It's a ritual to let people empty their minds and draw cards without thinking about anything.

The occult is all about the first sense, and the more empty the mind, the better - let's see your cards. ”

Card: Pope, Tablet: Inverted.

"This card... It means wrong information, malicious persuasion, biased information from the outside world, and evil popes trying to deceive and take advantage of you. ”

"Sounds like... Not a good sign. ”

"Yes." Misty hesitated for a moment, then added, "But this is just a divination, and it doesn't mean that it will be like this in the future." ”

Lille shrugged: "Of course, I understand this truth, like you said, if the divination is 100% accurate, then everyone should draw a card before doing anything." ”

"If you know what I mean, be careful, Lille, Night City is full of lies and deception."

"I'll be careful - if I fall for it, those two guys will probably lose their pants.

Then let's do it first, I have to buy something from Lao Wei, take care. ”

Reverse the Pope... The moral is vague - but it's also quite accurate.

Which mercenary hasn't been deceived in the next life?

Lille made it all the way to Lao Wei's clinic - just as Lao Wei was going to close his stall and rest.

"Lille? Come here so late, in a hurry? ”

"Sort of, tomorrow I'm going to take the first licensing exam, the A-level license for prosthetics doctors and technologists.

I wanted to have a pair of tools, one for loading and unloading prosthetics, and the other for modifying equipment and wiring.

It's like the kind you have in your hand. ”

"Tomorrow? That's really urgent.,Sit down.,I'll find you some stock that can still be used--

How have you been doing? ”

Lil lay on the operating table: "It's good, and I've got hundreds of thousands--I'll tell you secretly, V now has more than 800,000 on him." ”

Lao Wei showed a look of surprise.

After this V and Jack followed Lille, how did they feel that they were getting rich every day.

β€œ... I used to think that V and Jack were big workers, but that's a bit out of my mind..."

"Well, but I don't have much money anymore, Old Wei..."

Lao Wei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "So you want to say this, and you want to be taught a lesson by V?" ”

"Eh--Lao Wei, think about it, I'm the smartest one in the team, V can make so much money, I'm sure I can make more, no matter how bad..."

"I'm asking her for money - okay, are you sure about the exam?"

"That's a must, once and for all."

Lao Wei's head nodded slightly, and his mouth curled: "Then if I say this to you, I can't let you miss tomorrow's exam."

Don't steal my business in the future. ”

"Hey, I just put it in the exam, how could I rob your business."