Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Doesn’t Want to Become a Night City Legend

Chapter 163 2077 Mercenaries Are Like This

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Silence, long silence.

Lu Mingfei stopped moving, and V was unable to provide any 'clue words' for the time being.

After all, this involves not only Lu Mingfei, but also not just the current Lu Mingfei team—but everyone in the David Martinez team that once embraced Lu Mingfei.

To avoid trouble, everyone, including Rebecca and Kivifalco, went to the wilderness.

Lu Mingfei could never forget that small team that had been so kind to him, and every single one of them.

Even though more than half a year had passed since they parted, their faces remained perfectly clear in my memory.

If possible, I would certainly like to bring them back.

We want them to be able to live freely in this era, without worrying about their safety.

Does Arasaka Yorinobu possess this ability?
You can doubt my integrity, but aren't you quite skilled at hacking protocols? Creating an automatically triggered puppet shouldn't be difficult, right?

If you've read the terms, I can implant your magic puppet.

It's so weird.

Why is this guy being so cooperative?

Lu Mingfei was genuinely tempted. It could be said that Lai Xuan's willingness to help would indeed make Lu Mingfei's plans much easier.

"I need to consider the time."

At the negotiating table, the person who speaks first is often at a disadvantage, but there's no way around it; the weight of the chips is different, and Lu Mingfei has no choice but to show weakness.

【Um. 】

Think it over carefully.

Arakasaka Yoriyuki, speaking in an arrogant and casual tone, also hung up the phone.

As soon as he hung up, Jack jumped up. "Damn! What's with this guy's arrogance! To put it bluntly, he's just using his Arasaka Prince status to show off! If you ask me, you can't trust what this company says!"

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Lu Mingfei didn't reply immediately. He paused for a moment before glancing at the window in the lower left corner of the screen. "I'll go back and think about it for a while. Lao Wei just sent me a text message. I'll go check on him."

“Victor! I’ll go too!” Jack raised an eyebrow. His sweetheart, Misty, ran a shop right above old Victor’s head.

"Okay, I'll go get the car."

Lu Mingfei walked out of the bar first, and behind him, Jack called for V to hurry up and follow.

"V, stop dragging your feet! There's no use in thinking so much!"

"Come on, if I don't want to, our team is doomed." V stood up, his lips twitching.

"So, what came to mind?"

"There's some truth to it, but I have no basis for it, so I won't tell you now."

"Old Wei! I'm here~"

Lu Mingfei walked down the stairs and shouted into the shop.

There was no response, so Lu Mingfei walked further inside.

Kala.
The operating room curtain was drawn, and a few figures could be vaguely seen.

Seeing this, Lu Mingfei sensibly stepped aside.

After a while, the curtain was drawn back.

"Okay, keep monitoring the situation, remember to have follow-up checkups, and take your medication regularly."

"Received~"

A seemingly honest member of the Mox gang stepped off the operating table and took the prosthetic coolant.

Only then did Victor turn around and begin adjusting the surgical components.

With his back to Lu Mingfei, Victor's gentle and familiar voice rang out, "What, you have time to come see this old man today?"

"Yeah, because it feels like you haven't been making any appearances lately, Lao Wei."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

The transmission device on Victor's arm twitched slightly. He insisted on not modifying his body too much with prosthetics; being older, he could only maintain stability with medication, resulting in needle marks all over his arm. Seeing Lu Mingfei approach, he didn't hide his joy and waved the prototype prosthetic in his hand.

A mantis knife; it looks to be of decent quality.

"Where did you get your goods from?"

Lu Mingfei casually found a chair, sat down, slid over, and asked Lao Wei,
"It's said to have leaked from the NCPD. Apparently, it was a prosthetic body that a member of the Violent Terrorist Mobile Unit had before officially joining the unit. This thing, along with other parts, drove her crazy. After joining the Violent Terrorist Mobile Unit, she replaced it. Although the degree of corrosion is very high, the quality is also top-notch."

"Old Wei, you have something like this?"

"What's the big deal? Every prosthetic doctor has one or two hidden gem prosthetics. Some of them are not only 'high-end' but can even be called 'legendary'. It's just that ordinary people can't install them, so they simply keep them in the warehouse as a protective charm."

For example, David's Sianwistan is something that ordinary people can't buy, but it's only 'ordinarily unavailable'. If you have a good enough relationship with certain prosthetic doctors, everyone will have something of the same level, or even rarer.

After all, doctors from long-established medical institutions have lived for decades, so it's normal for them to have some collections.

"So why are you showing me this?"

People in the underworld all know that Lu Mingfei hasn't had a prosthetic body installed in a long time.

"I'll let you see it for a bit, you'll probably watch it often in the future."

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Before Lu Mingfei could ask any questions, another person entered the operating room.

Hey, L.

"V?"

Lu Mingfei turned his head and saw the dashing blue-haired beauty.

"So that's how it is, this prosthetic body is yours?"

Okay, I should have realized it sooner. Only V could install this kind of 'unclear prosthetic body'.

He quickly realized what was happening and scanned V up and down.

It might seem impolite to stare at a girl, but considering that the object of his attention is V, Lu Mingfei doesn't feel embarrassed.

After all, most of this person's body was cybernetically enhanced, and the one in front of him was less a woman and more a Cybertronian with a female-leaning sex.

However, V's modifications fit her body shape well, so they don't look out of place. Even when she's only wearing a tank top, her fair skin still makes her look very charming.
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Lu Mingfei blushed slightly, looked away, coughed twice, said hello, and left the room.

"hehe."

Old Wei laughed from behind and winked at V.

"Look at this child, so innocent and lovely."

V didn't shy away from the question, "Yes."

"It's very cute."

When to make the move?

"Don't make a fuss, I have my own rhythm."

Lu Mingfei, who had originally planned to relax at Victor's place, left dejectedly. He passed by Jack, who was talking to Misty, but didn't want to interrupt, so he walked to the shop entrance.

喵.
As soon as he stepped out, a hairless cat came up to him and nudged Lu Mingfei's calf with its head.

"just."

Lu Mingfei squatted down and started petting the cat, while at the same time, he was thinking about what Arasaka Yorinobu would say.

Deleting all criminal records—that's just the surface. To put it bluntly, it means he'll be protecting David and his gang from now on. And if Arasaka Yoriyuki stole Relic and came to Night City, he definitely has his own plans.

The essence of Relic is 'soul copying/cutting'. It's impossible to directly steal all the core technologies, because the core technical points of this technology are basically stored in a dispersed manner, except for those that Autocanning can fully master, in order to avoid leakage.

Therefore, what Arasaka Yorinobu stole must have been only one or a few finished products.

So, the soul imprint in that relic
Who could it be?

This will greatly affect the safety of the mission.

Lu Mingfei did not trust the company.

(End of this chapter)