Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 839, Section 49: KK's Laughter
Hua Zi's voice was soft, yet it was like a pebble thrown into stagnant water, creating clear ripples in the silent conference room.

“Let him come and arrest me himself—this usurper.”

This statement represents her reaffirmation of her past emotions and is the first choice she made after gaining her freedom, reflecting her newfound self-awareness.

She chose reality, she chose her living brother, not her father based on data; she was going to personally put an end to the rebellion she had chosen.

However, this surrender became the spark that ignited the final fuse.

"—Absolutely absurd!!"

Saburo Arasaka's projection erupted with an unprecedented, distorted shriek.

His image flickered and trembled violently, the pixels were torn apart and reassembled wildly, and the originally majestic face became ferocious and terrifying due to extreme anger and betrayal. No longer could one see any realism, only the most primitive madness of digital collapse.

"Traitor! Traitor! My two incompetent offspring!!" His voice was no longer a synthesized, authoritative tone, but a piercing roar mixed with electrical static:
“I created all of this! I built an immortal empire! I am the only path that Arasaka could have, and you—you dare to join forces to defile its sanctity! You dare to question my will!”

His image suddenly shifted to the side, where sat Akechi, who had been silent as if trying to minimize his presence. Saburo's projection extended a finger, which stretched and deformed due to distortion, pointing directly at Akechi.

"Michikata!!" Saburo's shrill scream pierced the entire hall. "Execute the final order! The 'Gyokusai' agreement! Now! Immediately!!"

The frenzied voice of Number Saburo was just as frenzied as when he wanted to commit suicide during the war because of the country's surrender, and this obsession far exceeded that of the past.

"Since you have betrayed the glory of Arakasa, since you have chosen to embrace this filthy resistance!" Saburo's voice was filled with a destructive fanaticism, just like that fanatical nation of the past.

The madness of the past finds its place in the old and never-say-die Saburo Arasaka, and is unleashed in his madness.

"I will take everything with me when I leave. I will make this tower, along with all the traitors and scum inside, perish with me. The will of Arakasa cannot be desecrated! Even if it is destroyed, it is not your place to alter it. Hanako, you chose to betray, so I will replace you with a smarter and more useful Hanako. Everything will start anew!"

"Smash Yourself in the Face of Death" Agreement!
This word was like an icicle, instantly piercing through the composure maintained by all the higher-ups, and their faces turned pale instantly.

The high-ranking officials present may not know exactly what the "Gyokusai-tsuai" agreement mentioned by Digital Saburo refers to, but they are all familiar with history.

Throughout history, the phrase "jade shattering" has been associated with the most extreme forms of madness.

Whether it's the Kamikaze Special Forces or the "One Hundred Million Deaths," both represent the ultimate madness of immortality and indestructibility, and it's the agreement that made Saburo Arasaka utter the phrase "deaths" and name it that.
Whatever it is, it is enough to destroy everything.

"You mean, we're going to activate a miniature nuclear bomb?"

Faced with the command from Number Saburo, which carried the deepest obsession of the deceased Saburo, and listening to that hysterical voice, Akechi remained unusually calm. He even had time to let Number Saburo confirm again:
"You mean you really want to activate a miniature nuclear bomb and destroy everything here?"

His speech unconsciously switched to Chinese, and he replaced "you" with "you" (in Chinese), but in the current tense situation, few people noticed this.

Those present only heard that word.

That word that cast a shadow over Arasaka.

Miniature nuclear bomb?!
Could this be what they mean by "jade shattering"?

Everyone's expression changed drastically. At this distance, once the miniature nuclear bomb was activated, they would have no chance of survival. They would turn to dust along with the higher-ups of Arasaka Tower and be scattered throughout Night City!
"Stop him!" "Guards, act quickly—stop him!"

The executives around the conference table had been pushed to their limits by the successive waves of terror. When they screamed, their faces were contorted like wrinkled persimmons, filled with panic and despair.

But their orders were far less swift than the response from Digital Saburo.

Akechi's instructions, like a secondary confirmation in a program, did not arouse any suspicion from Digital Saburo. On the contrary, in his deepest logical understanding, such a process was 'correct,' so when Akechi's words, which seemed to be switching languages ​​only for verification, entered, he did not hesitate at all.

"Detonate the nuclear bomb."

Digital Saburo's voice was so calm it was almost mechanical.

"Cleanse everything."

"Cleanse everything?"

Mingzhi slowly stood up and picked up the metal box in his hand.

'Oh no! It's going to explode!'

A sudden panic flashed through Oda Santayu's mind. He was a guard, and he could disregard the life and death of anyone else—but the safety of Arasaka Hanako was the bottom line he could never breach.

Originally, if Miss Hua Zi had been determined to die, he would have followed her; but now that she has chosen to live and take responsibility for her mistakes, he absolutely cannot allow that devastating ending to become a reality!

Because he was Oda Santayu—the most outstanding graduate in the history of the Hokkaido Training Camp, and also Arasaka Hanako's only personal bodyguard!
Just as he activated the Sianwistan, about to lunge forward to stop him—

He abruptly activated the S.A.S ...

That person was someone he had never anticipated or even imagined.

That was wise.

The absolute speed that his opponent displayed in the distorted time domain gave Oda Santao a strange sense of familiarity—as if he had experienced the same suppression at some point in time. However, his memory was crystal clear: no one had ever been able to surpass him in this way after activating Sianweistein.

Until the person turned their head and smiled gently at him.

The next second, the facial disguise vanished abruptly along with the ejected chip.

A face he never expected appeared clearly.

It was a face he recognized.

Rather, it was the sense of familiarity that made Oda Santayu sometimes dream of the other's battle records in his sleep, and he would be inexplicably startled awake from his sleep by the expression on that face.

An existence he had never 'personally' fought, yet was as familiar as a nemesis.

The moment that face clearly appeared, Oda Santao instinctively released Sianwistan.

When he saw that face, he knew it was all over.

Time, which had been slowed down, returned to its original pace.

And the person who appeared before everyone, having abandoned the disguise of Mingzhi's face, was smiling.

That's something everyone in the world knows, something everyone is familiar with.
The smile that belongs to KK.

(End of this chapter)