Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 729, Section 143: Analysis and the Truth-Handling Personnel
Faced with Jack's request to share video footage, Li De did not hesitate and immediately pulled up the combat data recorded by his prosthetic eye.

In fact, he had planned to explain the details of the outstanding Agent Arasaka to his temporary comrades after reporting the intelligence that the president needed to know first—after all, they would likely encounter this dangerous opponent again in the upcoming operations.

The data stream condensed into a holographic projection in the air, completely reproducing the life-and-death struggle between Li De and the young man.

As the holographic image played, Li De began to analyze the mysterious Commander Arasaka for the members of the KK Squad, who were cooperating for the first time.

In the footage, the swift, ghostly figure faced Li De, the blade flashing in deadly arcs. Every swing was perfectly captured by the military-grade recorder, every frame revealing deadly precision.

“His swordsmanship is quite superb,” Li De paused the screen, pointed to the young man’s sword-wielding posture, and brought up a diagram analyzing the movement trajectory of bones and muscles. “Look at this starting stance, it’s a typical variation of the ancient Japanese style ‘Shinkage-ryu,’ but it incorporates the power generation methods of modern tactical combat.”

Li De waved his hand, and the projection immediately broke down the flow of coordinated muscle movements in various parts of the body. "Moreover, it gave me a strange sense of familiarity. I once studied the combat data of the Arasaka 'Hundred-Man Group' ninjas, and this person's movement style is exactly the same as theirs."

His finger swept across the projection, bringing up a set of comparative data, displaying side-by-side combat videos of the hundred-person team members from recorded historical missions:

"The unique rhythm formed by muscle memory is perfectly matched even when sheathing the sword. Oh, 'Zanshin' is a concept in Japanese martial arts, which roughly means that even after the attack is over, one maintains a constant state of alertness, that is, one always maintains the corresponding response action."

Li De continued, explaining, "I suspect he's likely a member of the top 100; otherwise, it's hard to explain why he could display such strength without an advanced combat cybernetic device."

Li De pulled up another encrypted document, showing training records of traditional Arasaka ninjas collected by military technology spies. The footage showed dozens of black-clad warriors undergoing anti-jamming training in the snowy mountains of Hokkaido: "A considerable number of members in the 100-man team deliberately avoid installing electronic prosthetics to ensure they can still fight in an EMP environment. Their training intensity..."

He zoomed in on a ninja's combat footage, saying, "They can reach physical limits that are difficult for ordinary people to achieve. With the addition of appropriate drugs and injections, even without cybernetic implants, they pose a considerable deadly threat. From this perspective, the one we encountered is either a retired elite member of the 100-man squad, or..."

Li De paused for a moment, then pulled up the most recent personnel transfer documents from Arasaka. "These are the elite members who are still in active service. Last year, six members of the 100-man team were secretly transferred to the Special Operations Department. All their files were encrypted, and even our Joint Intelligence Bureau couldn't get the relevant intelligence."

"The 100 Ninjas"

As they stared at the young man in the video footage, the members of the KK team had slightly complicated expressions. However, Li De, who simply took their reactions as evidence of the threat and strength of the 100-man ninja group, didn't pay much attention. He switched the projection to a key moment in the battle, where the scene of the young man deflecting bullets at an astonishing speed was magnified frame by frame.

Li De activated the tactical analysis mode, and the parameter matrix unfolded around the figure: "Pay attention here." He pointed to the subtle movements of the other's arm, "I suspect he has some kind of special combat assistance chip implanted. The neural reflex enhancement value shows that some of his movements are obviously uncoordinated, as if that is not his fighting style."

"This style."

V stared at the style that seemed strangely familiar to him, narrowed his eyes slightly, but said nothing more.

"Does this person look familiar? It seems you've had some contact with them."

Li De glanced at V and said, "This fighting style reminds me of Oda Santao, the bodyguard of Arakawa Hanako."

The projector immediately displayed a comparative analysis of two battle videos, with the newly displayed video being of Oda Santayu dealing with the assassin.

"Of course, many of the 100 people received similar training systems. But look at this side step turn, Oda's habitual movement is a 15-degree turn, while our opponent's is a perfect 12-degree standard value."

The video continued playing, and Li De opened the biomechanical analysis module to carefully observe every detail: "But I think that the auxiliary chip alone cannot explain his full strength."

He pulled up the energy consumption curve. "In such a short time of four seconds, he clearly did not reflect the enhanced prosthetic body, but launched a continuous and relentless attack on me. This does not conform to the characteristics of a simple chip-assisted device."

On the muscle movement analysis diagram, the contraction pattern of muscle fibers showed an unusually coordinated waveform. "This person's basic qualities are already extremely outstanding. The chip may only play an auxiliary role. Judging from his movements, his arm should have undergone precise joint modifications." Markers of possible prosthetics appeared on the simulated anatomical diagram, "but they are all enhancement devices that will not affect natural functions. They are mainly distributed in the wrist joint and finger bones, and will not affect the arm even in electromagnetic interference."

At this moment, the image freezes on the instant before the samurai sword blocks the bullet.

"At that moment, he was attacking me while deflecting the bullet with his knife, so I didn't record it. But then I saw his injuries, which I can use to make an analysis."

Li De activated the trauma analysis program, zooming in on the other person's hand: "Look here, after blocking the bullet, his arm trembled noticeably, and the web of his hand split open and bled. If it were a fully prosthetic arm, this kind of physiological reaction would not occur at all."

He glanced at Jack, his gaze lingering on Jack's arm meaningfully: "If your arm is like Jack's, which has been trained and enhanced, muscle tremors would be even less likely. According to the impact calculations, the instantaneous load he endured exceeded the limits of his physical body, yet he relied solely on his biological muscle tissue to cushion the impact."

Li De turned off the projector and then produced a complete threat assessment report: "In summary, we are facing a perfect assassin who has been trained by Arasaka's top training system and retains the advantages of his original body. He may be more dangerous than an enemy with full cybernetic modifications - because he has no weaknesses in terms of the inability to use cybernetic bodies and cannot be invaded by conventional viruses."

He looked at the members of the KK team: "Next time we encounter him, I suggest using methods like Sianwistan to quickly finish him off before he can react, or..."

"Pour bullets at him with rifles or machine guns, making it impossible for him to block every single one. Even if he could block them, his arm wouldn't be able to withstand it, right?"

Oliver's words made Reed nod: "Although he is very threatening, I don't think he should be a difficult opponent for you."

His words were clearly intended to flatter the members of the KK team.

The group exchanged glances, and each saw the other's understanding in their eyes.

"That's not certain."

Oliver turned around, but seemed to lack confidence: "We might still crash, who knows?"

"Based on my judgment, that's unlikely."

Li De said with certainty, "His skills are definitely not as good as yours."

"You trust us that much? Well, it seems we can't let you down."

Oliver muttered to himself, but his mind was elsewhere.

"Karl's disguised face is quite handsome. Why do I keep having this feeling that he's involved in some strange thing again? Wasn't he working at Arasaka Tower? How did he end up out here?"

The members of KK Squad, while learning the true identity of Commander Arasaka, were still puzzled as to why he had been assigned here.

Of course, no one intended to discuss this matter.

Like Karl on the other side, the members of the KK team had no intention of revealing any information to those present.

(End of this chapter)