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Chapter 322 The King of the Afterlife
Not long after, in the private room of the next life.

A woman wearing yellow clothes, looking a little old, with some prosthetic decorations on her face and chest, came to the door of the private room.

The moment she appeared, Andre quickly nodded to her and smiled.

"Rogge, I've brought this important man here."

"I'll remember you, Andre. If you need any help, you can try to contact me once."

Roger said to Andre without any emotion, and Andre nodded quickly again.

"Okay, okay, there's a lot of time to come. I'll leave the private room to you."

"Well, let's go."

Rogge waved to Andre, and Andre immediately turned around and walked out of the private room.

At the same time, Roger came to Donton, stood beside the table with his hands on his hips and asked.

"any drinks?"

"Just whiskey."

"no problem."

After Roger responded, someone immediately brought her wine and a glass. Looking at the person who came, Roger raised his hand and grabbed the bottle.

"Leave the bottle to us too. You can go down."

After instructing his men, Roger turned to Donton and asked.

"Is this private room convenient? If you find it inconvenient, there are more private rooms in the back."

"Stop it, I'm not fucking here to have sex with you, why would I have to be so private?"

Donton smiled and waved to Roger. His words made Roger pause slightly, and an even more puzzled look appeared in his eyes.

After hesitating for a while, Roger finally nodded and put the cup in front of Donton.

As he sat down next to Donton, Roger crossed his legs and poured wine for Donton while asking.

“I thought you would be more like someone from the company, but you are closer to Arasaka Yorinobu.

People in the company don't use such vulgar words as you, except for the rebellious rich second generation, so how about toasting to a free life as the first glass of wine?"

Having said that, Roger picked up the wine glass and looked at Donton provocatively.

Facing Rogge's gaze, Donton grinned and then drank the drink in one gulp.

Putting down his wine glass, Donton said to Roger.

"Don't you think it's troublesome to test it here and there?
What rebellious rich second generation, what free life, you don't think I'm another Arasaka Yorinobu who ran away from home, do you? "

"if not?"

In response to Donton's question, Roger drank the wine in the glass, then continued speaking while pouring wine for Donton.

“I’ve only seen a few people like you who are completely original, not to mention you don’t even have a biochip.

You should know that few people are qualified to refuse a biochip, and it is even rarer to find someone as healthy as you without a biochip."

Having said that, Roger turned his head and glanced at Donton.

After a circle, she shook her head with emotion and continued.

“And even the face hasn’t been touched, the original face is still so handsome, wow.

Bloodline is indeed a good thing, and so is wealth. But even so, do you still want to make a living on your own, and you come to my shop?

I even suspect that the reason you found me is probably because I am the only one who is qualified to occasionally appear in the mouths of other people in your family, right?"

After he finished speaking, Roger sneered, then picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Listening to Rogge's laughter, of course Donton understood. This damn Rogge had already defined himself!

In her eyes, she has become another mysterious heir to a top company who ran away from home after Arasaka Yorinobu.

Considering that I don't even have a biochip or a card slot, this guess actually makes sense...

Thinking of this, Donton smiled and took a sip of wine, then raised his hand and put his arm around Roger's shoulders.

Just as he was about to say something, Roger shrugged his shoulders and dodged Donton's hand.

While holding Downton's wrist, Roger looked at Downton with amusement.

"I'm old enough to be your grandmother, young man, and if you need anything else, I can pick a few for you."

"But they are not the queens of the afterlife, haha~"

Donton responded.

Hearing this, Rogge frowned, then reached behind his waist and grabbed it.

Click!

The sound of a gun being loaded was heard suddenly, and the muzzle of a pistol was pressed against Donton's chin.

Putting the muzzle of the gun against Donton's chin, Roger sighed and said at the same time.

“The name of this gun is Pride, so, young man, I don’t want you to die from Pride.

I have encountered a lot of trouble in my life. Although I don’t like trouble, I have also gotten used to not being afraid of trouble.

So, can we have a good chat next?
No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, no matter what your background is.

Since you chose to find me first, you must have some purpose that you want to achieve through me.

So, tell me your purpose, and the way you are used to communicating with me..."

"Hmmmm~"

Just as Rogge said this, Donton moved his right hand slightly.

A moment later, Pride came directly into Downton's hands!
This time, Roger really couldn't believe it. She stared at her empty hands in a daze.

After all, she is one of the few living legends in Night City, and an old legend who has fought with that bastard Adam Hammer more than once.

There was no way she had forgotten to hold on to her gun; she was alive only because she never let her guard down.

But how did his gun end up in the hands of this original big shot?

As she thought about it, Roger swallowed hard, and her eyes began to glow red.

After a glance, Rogge was sure that she had seen even Downton's bones, and did not see any trace of Downton installing and using Sian Westin!
Without Sian Westin's neural acceleration effect, how could he be so fast?

Could it be that he really is some kind of latest experiment of Kang Tao?

Roger quickly asked Donton.

"Is your last name Xu or Ling?"

"what?"

Hearing such a question, Donton curled his lips.

"Why do I have to have these two last names?
My name is Downton, Downton from Downton Abbey, nice to meet you, the queen of the afterlife, Roger!"

After he finished speaking, Donton picked up Pride with a smile.

He turned the gun around and pointed it at his own eyes, then turned sideways, deliberately letting Rogge see the distance between the gun muzzle and his eyes.

Keeping this posture, Donton continued to smile at Roger and said.

“Tsk tsk, the Queen of the Afterlife, what a beautiful name.

Moreover, the name "Laisheng" sounds pleasant even when used in a company.

Raisei Group, haha, doesn’t this sound much better than the damn Arasaka Group?
I like this name, so I'm sorry.

Let's make a bet, if your gun can't kill me, then give me the afterlife.

I hope my legend can start from becoming the king of the afterlife, Rogge, are you willing to satisfy me? "After the voice fell, Donton nodded slightly to the shocked Rogge, and then his finger pulled the trigger arrogantly.

Opposite Donton, Roger was stunned. It was the first time she met such a crazy guy!

What the fuck is the King of the Afterlife? He’s trying to steal my position in my own territory right in front of me. This is already crazy!

Seeing that Downton was getting even crazier and was about to pull the trigger, Roger didn't know what to say.

She was seen trying to grab the gun quickly, speaking rapidly.

"You'd better not be stupid. My gun has been modified many times. Its power is comparable to that of an armor-piercing machine gun. You..."

boom! ! !
Before Roger could finish his words, Donton had already pulled the trigger.

A moment later, Rogge quickly recorded the scene in front of him.

In her vision, which was slowed down many times, the bullet rushed out of the arrogant gun muzzle and hit Donton's pupil heavily.

but……

clang!
After a loud bang, the arrogant bullet flew away and fell onto the ceiling of the private room.

At the same time, in Rogge's nervous system.

Rogge saw very clearly that the bullet hit Downton's lens heavily, and Downton's lens also deformed for a moment in response.

But it was just a deformation. As Donton's eyeballs slightly sunken, the bullet was immediately bounced out.

That's right, it was a rebound rather than a sliding bullet, which meant that Downton's eyeball was really harder than his bullet made of special alloy. It was so hard that when his bullet hit it, it was like using an egg to hit a stone!

At the same time, outside the private room, people who were paying close attention to the room immediately rushed over and surrounded the room.

Some people even rushed into the private room holding various types of guns and aimed at Donton immediately.

But after they aimed, they did not see the conflict they imagined, but only saw Downton committing suicide.

So the leading guy stood there in a daze and asked Rogge in a low voice.

"Rogge, what's going on!"

"There's no situation. Damn it, get out!"

Rogge yelled at the security guard to leave, then immediately rushed towards Downton and snatched back his pistol.

He casually took out Pride and fired a shot at the wine table in front of him. After watching the metal wine table being directly pierced by Pride's bullet, Rogge took a deep breath.

"Who are you!"

She was holding a gun and asked Donton in disbelief.

In response to Rogge's question, Donton stood up with a smile, then took off his clothes and threw them aside.

Shirtless, Donton opened his arms to Roger and spoke softly.

"As you can see, Roger, I am the king of the afterlife!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at the group of mercenaries who had originally planned to obey Rogge's orders and leave, but now turned back in surprise after hearing his declaration as the King of the Afterlife, and smiled.

"Of course, you can also imagine me as someone else, such as a middle school boy who ran away from home, or even an alien from Centaur.

In short, I like the name Afterlife, and I like this bar and this haunted city even more.

At the same time, I don’t really like the Arasaka Group.

Therefore, I will use my life name to completely destroy Arasaka's rule over Night City, and make other companies, including military technology, kneel before me!"

Having said that, Donton walked out of the private room with his bare chest.

In the center of everyone's attention, he walked to the bar, found a booth and sat down.

While snatching the wine glass in front of a woman, he held the glass and spoke loudly to everyone who looked at him.

“Hey guys, nice to meet you, I’m Donton, the future king of the afterlife!

I envy each and every one of you so much because you are witnessing the beginning of a legend!
Because my existence is destined to be a great legend!

Since today is my first day of debut, killing everyone is really boring, so let's try a different way of playing.

I will sit here and not move, and you can attack me with bullets, grenades, electric shocks, fire, or biological weapons. Use them on me.

I allow you to attack me as much as you want today. This is a bet between me and every one of you.

If I win, please kneel before me and call me king.

When you lose, your good luck will come.

Look, new top companies are rising. I will lead the name of my next life and you bunch of low-class street bastards to the highest place in the entire Night City!

Our enemies are the Arasaka Group, military technology, Zeta, Kantō, Giruji, the Knight Group, and even the New American government!
I will lead you to kill every corporate dog you are eager to kill.

I will lead you to light up the Arasaka Tower and make Night City our Night City!

As for now, men, won't you shoot?

Come on, haha, try to kill me and spread my legend all over this city, you losers!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Donton drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then smashed the glass heavily to the ground.

At the moment when the sound of wine glass breaking was heard, gunshots rang out suddenly.

Although most people in the afterlife are Roger's collaborators, Roger is just a middleman and it is impossible for her to control everyone.

Along with the gunshots, curses gradually came from all around.

"I've never seen such a crazy idiot!"

"Where did the cyber-psychopath come from? Are you fucking high?"

"Go to hell, idiot, stop wasting time here!"

"Go to hell with the king of the next life. If you want to be the king of the next life, why don't you go and lick that bitch clean!"

Amidst the chaotic cursing, bullets from at least fifteen guns were fired at Downton.

Hearing the gunshots, many of the remaining people who had not fired could not help but look forward to the scene of Downton's body being shattered.

but……

As they watched, Donton sneered and said to the bartender who hid behind the bar.

“Throw a bottle of wine over here and give me a good buzz.

With so few bullets and crappy firepower, I almost fell asleep, haha!"

Amidst the laughter, Donton knocked on the bar with disdain.

At the same time, countless bullets hit Donton's body, and then bounced around, causing three or four people to be inexplicably hit by the ricochets and fall down wailing.

Ding ding ding ding! ! !

Accompanied by the sound of countless metal hitting metal, the gunfire around gradually stopped.

Some people in the crowd around them have already started swallowing their saliva.

at this time……

Whoosh!
A small black ball flew through the air and landed in Donton's hands.

"Damn it, who the hell dared to throw a grenade in my store!!!"

Roger, who was hurriedly chasing after Downton, cursed loudly and looked at Downton nervously.

next moment……

boom!
The grenade exploded completely.

(End of this chapter)