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

Chapter 179 I will expel all AI without exception!
The atmosphere between Roger and Johnny Silverhand was uncomfortably silent. Lu Mingfei listened from the side, but didn't really pay attention.

In short, it's a cliché story of 'being full of passion when young, but becoming timid and hesitant when old and burdened by responsibilities'.

After Johnny Silverhand was confirmed dead during the Arasaka Tower raid, Rogge and several other survivors were targeted by Arasaka.

Rogue betrayed his comrades by revealing the address to Arasaka in exchange for his own safety.

Lu Mingfei still remembered that Roger had told him, 'She has a grudge against Adam Hammer.'

Looking back now, it may not only refer to Johnny Silverhand, but also to Rogue being forced to betray his comrades under the pressure of Adam's hammer.

When Johnny Silverhand learned of this, his first reaction was to remain silent, and his second reaction was to remain silent as well. This man, who had been extremely irritable since his resurrection, was quiet for a while.

After a while, the two talked about the past, avoiding the previous topic, as if nothing had happened.

It was a long time before I left the Rebirth Bar.

"I can help you find where your body is buried."

Lu Mingfei said to Johnny, who was living inside Jack's body, "I'm pretty good at hacking, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

"You handle the matter of the Samurai Band yourself. I'll just act as your bodyguard."

"After we finish these things, we will—"

"Wait a minute before that."

He stopped mid-sentence, and 'Jack,' whose entire demeanor changed drastically, found a bench by the roadside, sat down, and covered his head with his hands.

"It feels so weird to live in the same body as someone else. This guy's body is so big and heavy, I'm not used to it."

"Also, stop with the 'you you you' and call me Johnny."

Johnny's way of speaking has undergone subtle changes since he was born.

"Before I get to take care of my business, there's something I'd like to see."

Lu Mingfei: "What?"

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Johnny let out a long sigh of relief.

“This city.”

A chaotic mix of neon lights.

Persistent acid rain and industrial waste gas.

A network of crisscrossing exhaust pipes.

A dazzling and intoxicating nightlife scene, with cyborgs of all shapes and sizes.

A yakitori stall without real meat, but with a stunning holographic projection.

And that towering black tower in the center of the city.

Although Lu Mingfei is not exactly a kind and gentle person, he seems to never refuse any request from others.

He wasn't familiar with Johnny Silverhand; their relationship was limited to "a violent terrorist who possessed someone else's brother's body" and "a fanatical rock music fan who didn't even know he was a fan."

However, when Lu Mingfei saw Johnny's silent demeanor as he came out of the Rebirth Bar, he felt a mix of emotions.

Johnny Silverhand is a genius. He acts like a scoundrel, but when you see him looking down, you can't help but feel angry and want to cheer him up. He has an icy charm.

But if the others were induced by dragon pheromones, then Lu Mingfei's attitude towards Johnny Silverhand might simply be limited to his 'personality'.

It has nothing to do with whether it's right or wrong; it's just that this oppressive world might indeed need a soul that disregards logic, reason, and common sense, and simply roars and shouts.

So when Johnny Silverhand said, 'I want to go see Night City,' Lu Mingfei didn't refuse.

But for some unknown reason, perhaps to save trouble, or perhaps for some reason that even Lu Mingfei himself was unsure of, the route that Lu Mingfei took with Johnny was the same route that he had taken with Arasaka Yorinobu.

The exact same route.

Despite being wanted criminals, neither Lu Mingfei nor Johnny felt any tension during the process.

Let's go, let's go, until we reach [Charter Street]. This is the place where Lu Mingfei brought Arasaka Yoriyuki. It's the only place in the city where you can overlook the entire city and see the boundary between the company and the factory.

Standing on this line is like being caught between two whirlpools at the same time.

But this vortex will only make people drown, fall, and eventually close their eyes.

Johnny Silverhand hadn't spoken all day, and he still hadn't, but was it just an illusion?

When he stood on the roof of the treasure that Lu Mingfei had found, he gazed into the distance and suddenly fell silent. Gone was the anger that had burned everything and had nowhere to be vented, just as Arasaka Yoriyuki had shed his arrogant and domineering playboy persona.

The two of them looked into the distance with almost identical expressions and gazes.

Lu Mingfei:
Lu Mingfei didn't understand what they were thinking at that moment. He was a little curious, but he didn't want to admit it.

He suddenly remembered what Zero had told him.

Do you want to be human?

That statement seemed nonsensical at the time, but in reality, Zero probably already knew Lu Mingfei's identity back then, right?

Zero and Lu Mingze know each other, and Lu Mingze existed in the past, having been an 'experimental subject' imprisoned by Herzog.

So, Zero should also know that Lu Mingfei is just a dead infant who has obtained Lu Mingze's power and authority.

He was never some dragon king with a grand backstory; he was just a brat who happened to gain power, a pathetic kid. But now, he doesn't even seem like a human anymore; he's a 'living dead' who has gone from death to rebirth.

Although Lu Mingfei didn't care about his background, he had always been indifferent.

just
Someone like me wouldn't likely show an expression like Johnny Silverhand or Arasaka Yorinobu. It's just that I have this level of sentimentality.

These two people are completely different in terms of identity, status, and stance, but after the parade in Night City ended, they showed the same expression.

Although it was only their first meeting, the silent gazes made Lu Mingfei deeply impressed by the two of them.

then
"Alright, stop fucking looking."

Johnny Silver Hand jerked his head back.

“I understand the situation. I will work with you from now on—it’s not enough to defeat Arasaka right now.”

Lu Mingfei did not refute, even though he was very powerful.

after all
Outside the wall, the Frog Prince.

At the Glamour Building, I faced countless replicas.

With the relic combat awareness of elite employees and the fully armed mechanical prosthetics developed by Arasaka, each of them is above the legendary standard in terms of strength.

In this era, humans are inherently weak, while the creations distorted by technology possess a power akin to a cataclysmic collapse.

This is not surprising, after all, even a king can wholesale three generations of offspring.

What about in this world?
What about a world that exists decades after the world of dragons, where humans defeated the dragons and plundered their resources to develop into what it is today?
The fragments of the King of Earth and Mountains are merely materials for cybernetic bodies; what level will the mass-produced armed forces ultimately reach?

Back then, he and David stormed the deserted Arasaka Tower and slaughtered everyone from top to bottom, but even then, Arasaka's army never officially appeared.

The cybernetic body Kong killed a military testing force using military technology.

What Lu Mingfei killed was the Arasaka Tower, where no Arasaka member was located.

Now they are facing a "company" that is about to wage war against individuals.

That day, David's desperate roar and rebellion against the world may seem laughable in the face of the true darkness.

But even so.
Silver Hand turned to look at Lu Mingfei.

"We need intelligence."

"The military forces within Arasaka Tower."

"And the technology that separated me from this little brother named Jack—Ultraman, the god of the internet you all talk about, my girlfriend, only she can help us."

That is
"We are going to the world outside the wall."

(End of this chapter)