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

Chapter 177 A Rat Crossing the Street L

Chapter 177 A Rat Crossing the Street L
Johnny Silver Hand.

One of the most famous figures in the Night City legends—he is not the smartest, the strongest, or even the most emotionally intelligent among the legends.

But he is the most famous.

If we were to discuss what makes Johnny Silverhand so exceptional, aside from his musical talent, it would be his innate 'leadership charisma'.

It was an atmosphere that defied description; women would go crazy pursuing this punk boy, and men would fight tooth and nail over his concerts.

If it were Lu Mingfei, he would explain this phenomenon from a physiological perspective, because Johnny Silverhand estimated that as a hybrid, his pheromones were different from others, and his dragon blood was exceptionally pure.

—Let me make it clear first, pure bloodline does not necessarily mean 'strong'. Among hybrids, there are different development paths such as 'combat specialization', 'researcher specialization', and 'leader specialization'.

For example, Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang are clearly combat-oriented, while Caesar is closer to an all-rounder, but he is particularly outstanding at the level of 'leader'.

Of course, Caesar's leadership never influenced Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei's good relationship with him was purely due to their shared life-or-death bond. As for Johnny Silverhand—Lu Mingfei's 'idol' mentioned long ago—his ability to be so devoted to him was simply because of...
Lu Mingfei likes rock music.

Supermetal, so cool.

He even went back to antique shops to find some Johnny Silverhand records, bought the audiobooks, and played them during missions—he was that fanatical.

The suppressed rage, rebellion, and resistance, this uncompromising spirit, this hysterical madness, infected Lu Mingfei during his mercenary days, making him fantasize countless times about what kind of amazing person could create such music.

What kind of person?
"OK, you guys have no idea how despicable this guy is!"

In a corner of the family restaurant, Jack, V, and Lu Mingfei, disguised as adults, sat down together.

Having just woken up and desperately needing energy, Jack waved his arms at the two people in front of him.

The three of them lowered their voices, twirling the spaghetti bolognese noodles in front of them with their forks, their cheeks bulging, and then discussed someone who was 'not here'.

Half a day has passed since Johnny Silverhand forcibly took over Jack's body and started spewing filth.

Jack awakens, regains control of his main personality, and the first thing he does is drag the others out to eat, and then complain about Johnny Silverhand, that jerk.

Although it wasn't appropriate for them to come out given their status as wanted criminals, considering that Night City was now like Gotham City with criminals running rampant, and that the Joker would also go out for cheeseburgers, Lu Mingfei decided to disguise himself and come out.

For about half an hour, Jack had been complaining about Johnny Silverhand.

"That bastard, he didn't even say hello! He just pushed me to the ground! And he keeps saying 'your mom, your mom'! Damn it! What did my mom do to him! I hate it when people talk about my mom like that!"

"He's a violent maniac! A madman! I remember him too! Terribly stupid! Who would just unplug the neural slot connector?! Wouldn't that be dangerous?!"

"Why did you shoot and threaten the teammate who saved you? Why did you give the middle finger to the audience?!"

"Their relationships are a horrible mess, they're always having sex! Seventy percent of my memory is of them having sex! At first I was embarrassed to watch! But later it was impossible not to watch! Damn it, damn it, this guy doesn't even care!"

"He's standing right next to me now!"

Jack suddenly pointed to the side next to him.

"He's still cursing! He's still cursing! He doesn't even repeat himself in Tibetan! Why is he so violent! Damn it!"

Jack once held legends in awe, but now? As the saying goes, the best way to turn two people into enemies is to get them married. Marriage means living together, which exposes their true nature, and their true natures end up hurting each other.

Jack and Johnny are currently in a phase of tormenting each other—and that's only because Jack is good-natured; anyone else would have been driven crazy long ago.

"alright."

Lu Mingfei waved his hand to mediate. Although he was also somewhat disillusioned and had repeated to himself countless times that people are people and songs are songs, he couldn't help but hum along when he thought that Johnny Silverhand might be able to give him a live concert.

"In short, let's first list the requirements Johnny Silverhand has given us."

V interrupts the conversation and lists the items.

"Find Roger and have Johnny Silverhand talk to him."

"Find the former members of the Samurai Band."

"Find the location of your physical body."

After saying this, the woman naturally suggested, "From this perspective, the primary task should indeed be to find Roger, as she has more information as an intermediary."

"Um." "."

But actually, V also had some ulterior motives of her own.

[I don't go through middlemen because I don't trust them—they're just hyenas chasing after profits. They'll betray me at any moment if Arasaka promises them even a little something.]

Everything so far has made V, this intelligent woman, feel uneasy.

All of Arasaka Yorinobu's actions contained subtle contradictions.

Why hire Lu Mingfei as a bodyguard? Judging from his various arrangements, killing Sanlang was part of the plan, so all of this was to make Lu Mingfei take the blame.

Was making Lu Mingfei take the blame so that he could safely become Emperor Arasaka?
But, that's not right.

If V were Lai Xuan, she would never choose to "step on Lu Mingfei to rise to power." At the very least, she would falsely accuse Lu Mingfei of being a brand promoted by military technology, and then use "military technology and Lu Mingfei" to rise to power.

Only in this way can one solidify their family's position.

Moreover, besides this incident, why did Lai Hsuan put a clotting agent in the box containing Relic?
[You haven't even shown your face yet, don't die so easily.]

The stated reason given by Yoriyuki Arasaka was that he wanted V and Jack to be labeled as 'murderers' to clear himself of suspicion.

However, he later shifted all the blame to Lu Mingfei in the media, saying and doing the exact opposite.

There was no motive, and even less evidence.

However, V is skilled at finding clues, and if Lu Mingfei weren't in this city, she would undoubtedly be the best mercenary.

(Although there is no conclusion, the reality is that all of Arasaka Yorinobu's actions so far have had a clear 'direction' and have meaning.)
Lai Xuan's evaluation of the middleman also provides some kind of information.

'Rogge is also considered a profit-driven person.'

'And Arasaka Yorinobu knew about this.'

The keywords Rogge, Lai Xuan, and Arakawa Takeru, when strung together, only remind V of the past 'Arakawa Tower bombing incident'.

After that incident, the legends died one by one.

Only Rogge remained.

If my guess is correct.
He contacted the person through his own private channels.

The group finally met Roger at the Rebirth Bar.

The room was closed, dark, and quiet.

The queen of the next life leaned against the cushions, still sitting there with a rather domineering air.

"Long time no see, L."

Until Mingfei brought Jack to their door—

"I'm surprised you even dared to come looking for me."