Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 127 Desire and Killing (14)

Emma looked at Mr. Rin who walked in from outside the door and lowered her head slightly.

Her trembling body had already betrayed her.

Lin Yue stared at the woman, whose attire was almost blatantly suggestive, with a questioning look, and his words became rather blunt:
“I’ll give you a minute… to put on your coat or something. What I need is for you to tell me what’s been going on in Dogtown lately, not to wait for me to come to your body like a sex doll—then I could choose to go to the Dark Matter Club.”

Emma was extremely embarrassed.

A slightly familiar tobacco scent lingered around her nose.

She didn't understand... why, as soon as Mr. Rin walked in, although she was nervous, her nausea actually subsided by half.

Have you ever smelled this brand of cigarettes before?
Lin Yue walked past Emma and sat down on the soft sofa in the Azure Suite of the Azure Building.

Behind him, the embedded aquarium glowed with a deep blue light, and the mutated arowanas that had undergone mutation seemed to sway behind him intentionally or unintentionally, revealing their sharp fangs.

Emma forced a smile, pulling at the corners of her mouth.

"Yes, Mr. Rin."

Emma sat on the sofa next to Lin Yue, quietly using a cigar cutter to prepare Mr. Lin's cigar, and handed the cigar to Lin Yue with her slender and beautiful hands.

"The business in Dogtown is currently basically controlled secretly by the Animal Gang. We have infiltrated their ranks both overtly and covertly."

"Hans has started to trust me, and sometimes he even lets me manage part of the business. Thanks to you for letting the mercenaries stir up trouble in Taipingzhou, the Savage King's subordinates are in chaos... They are already too busy to take care of themselves, so Angie can only be kept by Hans for the time being—but he is very dissatisfied and has mentioned Angie's alternative to me several times."

Lin Yue didn't smoke the cigar, because he couldn't enjoy the bitter taste that didn't reach his lungs. He simply said, "Anqi's abilities are indeed outstanding. She always finds the best way to keep her people firmly under control. I admire her."

"Moreover, I resolved the aftermath of the Ghost Hound for her. Although she lost the prosthetic body business, she's doing well just to be able to protect herself for now—I didn't expect that your collaboration could actually make things a step further."

Emma nodded slightly, feeling a sense of relief.

At least Mr. Rin's eyes were almost never looking in her direction; when they did make eye contact, his gaze was nothing but indifference.

That's true, both the company woman and the gang woman were outstanding, making her seem like a cheap woman throwing herself at them. It's understandable that Rin wouldn't be interested.

“Emma, ​​don’t try to take credit. You shouldn’t have called me here just to hear you praise Angie. I need to know what you can bring to me.”

Lin Yue continued slowly, "We've analyzed what's in Mewtwo. It's from Respectable Logistics. You can't touch it, so I'll handle it myself... But I want to handle Dogtown myself, because I don't trust anyone, especially you... Understand?"

Emma panicked when she saw that the guy was staring straight at her.

"No! Mr. Rin, I've tried my best. As for Hanz... I've endured the disgust, just to let Hanz gradually hand over things to me, to let me get involved—I've already secured my base. Once your goods arrive, we'll go to Dogtown to talk face to face, and I can directly replace and kill him!"

At this point, Emma's beautiful face even became somewhat distorted, almost manic.

Lin Yue wasn't deliberately making things difficult for Emma; he wanted to see her determination.

Especially the word "kill" with a slight tremor at the end made Lin Yue frown.

Sasha is the same. Although she has never shown it, she, like Emma, ​​carries the burden of hatred, which is deadly. This is because in some situations, the person involved needs to think calmly, while revenge is ruthless. As someone who has retaliated against Hanz, Lin Yue has repeatedly acted in a way that puts the cart before the horse.

If it weren't for the interference of the Black Wall and the Military Science Academy, Lin Yue wouldn't have been bound to Arasaka to this extent.

Rin remained silent, but Emma's mind raced with thoughts.

She's smart, so she needs to find Mr. Rin's weakness; that's essential.

Why would someone with a certain status in the company be so obsessed with Dogville? Emma couldn't understand it, but she knew that she had to be manipulated by this man like a puppet for her to have any value.

Lin Yue finished smoking his cigarette. He looked down but didn't see an ashtray on the coffee table. The reason was that Emma was very nervous before Lin arrived and had smoked several cigarettes herself. She had left the ashtray on the bedside table and hadn't had time to bring it over.

She cursed inwardly—

"Sir, please wait a moment!"

Lin Yue shook his head to stop her, and the cigarette butt he was holding was grabbed by Rin, leaving a pile of burning sparks. Emma's pupils immediately contracted.

That cigarette with the white filter, that familiar gesture...

Emma's mind flashed back to the party where she was kidnapped in the Japanese town—

That night, Emma, ​​still half-asleep, clearly remembered that the driver who had switched the cigarette butts with the one he was driving handled the same way when he arrived.

Lin Yue's hands were actually numb; his prosthetic arm didn't feel burned. He casually tossed the cigarette butt onto the carpet, then patted the ash off his hands and spoke, "Emma, ​​I'm keeping you here not just because I see determination in you, but because of the family ties you refuse to acknowledge."

Lin Yue spread his hands. "I'm very good at controlling people by exploiting their weaknesses. My subordinates all have families in Night City. Anyone who's disloyal has ways of dealing with them." He pushed the chip containing Emma's daughter's information towards her. "Give me your child—"

Emma shook her head. "No, Mr. Rin."

Lin Yue's eyebrows immediately rose. Hmm?
Regardless of the information from various investigations or the hints he had gleaned from Emma, ​​this woman's attitude towards the child shouldn't be that resolute. But the more Emma refused, the more Lin Yue wanted her to hand over the child.

Justice and morality are no match for controlling Dogtown and finding Little Beidou.

Emma stood up, her eyes resolute. Her suit jacket slipped off, and she turned her back to Lin Yue, tossing her hair aside. Her skirt also fell onto the exquisite carpet.

Emma's shoulder blades had a perfect curve under her delicate skin, smooth and flat, except that there seemed to be traces of prosthetic modifications on her spine and the back of her neck.

This woman had completely abandoned all sense of shame. She slowly knelt down, her back to Lin, and said, "As you can see, my brain and operating system contain a prosthetic body and a coupling system. This is technology from Cloudtop, which allows me to be completely controlled by Hanz. You can have Angie keep an eye on me, and once Hanz is dead, I can be at your beck and call—"

“You know, Mr. Rin…you’re gambling on whether the child can control me—I admit I have feelings for this child, but if you have any mercy…please raise your hand and leave this child to me, consider it my presumptuous request.”

Lin Yue tapped his finger on the coffee table, his prosthetic eye scanning the condition of the prosthetic body.

The security department's technical experts transmitted the logical thinking and production standards of this technology almost instantly.

In short, when the prosthetic body and system are activated, there is no memory, and the body is not driven by self-awareness. This is a new type of marionette... Lin Yue rubbed his temples. Such a visual feast did not stimulate him, but instead made him feel heavier.

This hatred is endless. Once Emma accepts his control, she will also harbor resentment towards him. He doesn't want to betray this woman one day.

But it seems that the method of manipulation that Emma voluntarily revealed is indeed better than the idea of ​​controlling her child.

Lin Yue felt there was no better way at this point. Emma's matter could not be delayed any longer. Who knew if Hanz might one day get involved with European arms dealers like Hansen? It would be troublesome to squeeze in then.

Moreover, Lai Xuan personally intervened in this matter and even paved the way for him, so being indecisive again was not an option.

"Alright, then I'll leave the business negotiations with Hans to you."

Lin Yue's tone was neither warm nor cold. "This figure is good, but the leg and hip shapes seem to be better in a V shape."

Emma stood up, and the bold woman showed no intention of putting her nightgown back on. Instead, she tiptoed toward Rin.

Lin Yue frowned. "What else do you want to do? Do you only find comfort when you've sacrificed yourself?"

“Anqi told me about you. You have a serious psychological problem. You vomit when you are in contact with men.”

Emma's expression froze. She felt that the man in front of her was becoming more and more terrifying. He was sitting on the throne in the desolate hills of Night City, with everything below laid out before him. He knew every detail, down to the smallest nuance.

Lin Yue felt it was necessary to talk to her about this. "My men stopped attacking you that day, and you weren't harmed. The trauma team should have a relevant medical report on this. What are you still worried about, Madam?"

Emma bit her lip; the vibrant Queen's Red was the shade she had carefully chosen.

"No, it was Hans who made me do it."

Lin Yue glanced at Emma calmly, "Then after I leave, you can activate the chip yourself, and the logs will be readable."

The poor woman, Lin Yue felt only pity for this world.

It's pathetic that he's not in control of his own destiny, and even women are affected in the same way—the drop in humanity value has the biggest impact on lust. Lin Yue finds it hard to express this feeling; he doesn't have the same sense of anticipation he felt when he crushed Faraday's head.

Emma gently placed her hand on Lin Yue's thigh and squatted down beside him. "Did you think that Cloudtop's technology only applies to physical intimacy? Actually, its most intelligent feature is its ability to relieve psychological stress. I believe you are knowledgeable enough to know that this thing doesn't retain memories, right?"

Lin Yue knew that an algorithm was used to communicate with Emma.

It's more interesting to talk to the AI ​​in your head, but Emma is a bit stubborn.

"Sir, if you don't want to do anything to me, at least stay in the room for a while so that the chip's start time matches your current time, okay? I'm not sure if Hans's people will follow you to Ganbi, so don't leave too early; it's not good for either of us."

what is this?
Lin Yue felt that Emma was almost a perfect example of what Chongchui had said: "A piece of meat that gets played with."

Emma boldly and frivolously stepped onto the sofa, then obediently lay on Lin Yue's lap like a pet, staring at him with misty eyes.

With a click, the golden ambient light in the room turned into an ambiguous purple, and Emma's eyes were also tinged with this hazy glow.

"Please connect the information to my interface."

"Or other interfaces will also work."

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(End of this chapter)