Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 130 Desire and Killing (44)

Abernathy's breathing trembled slightly.

At this point, Ganbi had already shut down the operation; this move was a mistake she couldn't recover from.

If everything proceeds smoothly, the board meeting of Arasaka Tower should be held within half an hour.

The news media should have already sensed something was wrong; one mess after another was about to unfold.

Azure is one of Arasaka's most important industries, and Azure in Night City is of paramount importance!
If such a violent incident were to occur at Konkai, the insurance payouts alone would be a huge sum, customer trust would need to be rebuilt, and accountability from Tokyo would be a certainty.

"屮!"

That guy's provocation made Abernathy even angrier.

She didn't understand why this guy would choose to continue provoking the mastermind behind it all. Did he have a lot of confidence in his own power?

嗏

Things have come to this point; whether we leave or stay, we'll both die.

At the very least, the problem can be solved once that security chief dies.

We need to do the whole thing!

After calming down, Abnersey murmured, "Have the special operations team draft a document, send the information about the terrorists in Mexico to Night City, and put together a report. Say... there are uncontrollable factors in the Azure Building, and our security chief—Rin—has been ordered to investigate the potential dangers."

Arasaka AI: "Your process is non-compliant. We suggest you continue reviewing it—"

"What a fucking idiot! I told you to notify someone!" The veins on Abernathy's forehead were bulging.

Arasaka AI: "Okay, authorization from Arasaka employee Rin is required. Your access level is high, granted."

Abernathy's reaction bought her time. She wasn't Jenkins; even if Michiko lost, she absolutely couldn't lose, absolutely couldn't!
……

Gambi AI: "Red alert activated. We regret to inform you that the Gambi Hotel has activated a full red alert. Please remain in your room and follow any instructions from our hotel staff."

Inside the passage—

Lin Yue's eyes gleamed with the light of the cracks he had learned from the Desolate Moon. Although these elite soldiers of the Desolate Slope were highly skilled in tactics, he still calmly used some cracks such as the failure of prosthetic bodies to help him get close. Such combat methods were undoubtedly extremely energy-saving.

As the desolate moon was activated, the killing intent in his heart surged.

【Cracking】

The Gum Pik Building has a wealth of network equipment. It's fine inside the room, but outside, there are always hackers lurking in the shadows and ready to attack.

The bullet shattered the camera!

The soldier's mask immediately flashed with the bright light of gunfire, and the bullets made a dull thud as they hit the carpet.

"above!"

Lin Yue stepped on the wall inside the passage and instantly changed direction!
Damn!

The soldiers were terrified and bewildered. How could that guy move so fast even while carrying another person?!
Lin Yue used a combination of "Desperate Measures" and "Rapid Advance" to make him appear like a blurry black shadow to the soldiers.

boom!
Lin Yue could hear the whistling of bullets, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.

After all, using a specialty is quite demanding on endurance, but all of this is still within an acceptable range.

If he were to face a heavily armed squad again, Lin Yue would need a suitable weapon; he couldn't clear out and break through with just the pistol in his hand.

close!

Lin Yue suddenly fired the pistol, and the bullet roared out of the barrel—

Wow!

The soldier's tactical helmet and half of his head were ripped off!

His knees buckled, and he swayed and knelt on the ground.

Da da da!
The bullet struck Lin Yue's shoulder, rendering his quick assault technique temporarily unusable due to recoil.

During this brief moment, Lin Yue even glanced at Emma's back. He knew very well that this woman would be completely finished if she were hit by a single bullet.

The fact that Arasaka's enemies dared to do such a thing in Konpei suggests they were prepared to leave no survivors.

Lin Yue had made up his mind. Even if Emma slowed him down today, he was determined to protect this woman.

Dogtown—this is Lin Yue's hope…

Because he never expected Arasaka to save him.

Lin Yue knew that Arasaka did not have an advantage in black wall technology. The old, immortal ruler of the empire was dreaming of immortality, which meant that Arasaka's focus was mainly on Relic.

If Lin Yue doesn't take the initiative and waits for Arasaka to reach out, his consciousness will probably end up being uploaded and stored on Arasaka's server outside Earth's orbit.

This shouldn't be the final ending.

Lin Yue fell into a trap for the first time in corporate infighting.

He never imagined that "Arasaka's corporate culture" would lead to him, as the security chief, being attacked on his own turf in the Konpaku Building, a situation that would make other companies laugh at him.

These people are really something else!

Lin Yue's expression grew even colder. After eliminating the soldier with a headshot, he quickly turned around—

He then kicked another soldier hard in the stomach, sending him flying backwards as he crashed into the other soldier!
Wow!
Lin Yue twirled his pistol in his hand, aiming it directly at the assault soldier who hadn't yet turned his gun around.

屮!
The soldiers were terrified!

Lin Yue raised his hand!

The rifle butt slammed into the soldier's face.

The soldier's helmet and skull immediately caved in at an exaggerated angle—a mixture of debris and blood splattered onto Emma's back!
The woman felt the warmth on her back and her body trembled slightly.

Lin Yue's stamina has now recovered.

The two soldiers who had just been kicked away and knocked down by him were dizzy and almost breathless.

They struggled desperately to get up, but a dark figure suddenly appeared in front of them with a gust of wind.

Those scarlet eyes had already delivered the verdict of death!
Lin Yue surveyed the passageway and fired two shots into the heads of the two men with his pistol!
The gun, now empty of bullets, was left between the two corpses, as blood began to spread—the gun seemed to merge with the crimson-to-black liquid…

Lin Yue walked forward with steady steps.

The current situation is too passive; he can only move forward by finding a place where Ganbi can pass.

With the fall of the Ganbizi website, the gates, cameras, CCTV, and security devices are all under someone else's control.

The elevator is definitely unusable, and the emergency exits may also be out of service.

If there were explosion-proof gates blocking the way, Lin Yue would not be able to achieve his goal of evacuation. He walked while avoiding the brightly lit network equipment inside his prosthetic eye. This was one of the various functions of the legendary prosthetic eye, the Oracle. At this moment, the dimly lit azure hall was filled only with the dark red light of the alarm.

"Are you okay?"

Emma shook her head slightly when she heard Rin's question, making a muffled sound through her nose.

Lin Yue looked at the slightly dim passageway, where a red boundary light shone. He deliberately calculated the route to avoid the large floor-to-ceiling windows.

Judging from this situation, drones have probably already been deployed.

Who on earth dared to do this?

Lin Yue knew that Abernathy, that bitch, was definitely involved in the attack, but what about the counterintelligence department? What about the board's attitude? And who were the idiots on the board who stood up for Abernathy?

Having worked at Arasaka Tower for so long, as the security supervisor, Lin Yue was well aware of the sensitivity of the place called Konpaku. Few madmen in Arasaka would be willing to take action here.

Lai Xuan doesn't count.

Because apart from the empire's leaders, virtually no one could withstand the closure of the Night City Azure Tower's operations.

For Lai Xuan, this was his own property—if he lost it, he lost it. But apart from him, no one in Night City dared to say such a thing. If you were to ask who had the guts to do this and could cover the consequences, it would be a trusted confidant of the Arasaka family.

Hanako Arakawa?

Lin Yue shook his head.

But his suspicions about someone began to rise sharply.

Is it... Michiko Arakasaka?
After a moment's thought, he was certain that this woman was the only one in Night City who would dare to do such a thing.

Hua Zi was too far away to help, so he had to keep an eye on his brother in Japan for his father. Lai Xuan would never betray him... As for Saburo, he was simply not at a level he could reach.

There are plenty of other board members in Night City who would dare to kill him, but only Michiko has the guts to make a move in Azure.

After all, Arasaka's surname was her get-out-of-jail-free card.

Because of her upbringing in the new America, Michiko Arasaka's political stance is completely skewed—technocrats are deeply intertwined with this woman, and these bookworms who have lost their minds actually hope to share technology and work together with the new America to find a way out.

What a dove! You know, when war breaks out, the first to die are the white doves in the sky.

call…

Lin Yue squeezed out two words, "Idiot."

Emma paused for a moment. Just now...did the gentleman swear?
Lin Yue felt that his mind was sharper, and he could see things much more clearly.

He didn't know why Michiko wanted to get rid of him, but he knew that if she let him out, he would take revenge and also help Lai Xuan get rid of this wavering faction!

As for Abernathy… Lin Yue practically put him on the death list.

She can sit in the office chair of the Special Operations Department, so why can't I?

Lin Yue, who was already exhausted from being dragged along by Dogtown, was actually planning to deal with this guy later.

Unexpectedly, Abernathy took the initiative and confronted him first. Coupled with the incident of the stolen weapons, Lin Yue also suspected this man.

Then don't blame him for being a subservient security supervisor!

Lin Yue walked into the emergency exit, then stopped. "It's blocked."

Emma remained calm; as long as Rin didn't panic, she wouldn't lose her composure.

She nodded. "Yes, it seems the enemy is deliberately pushing you upstairs... Wherever there's a path downstairs, the hackers will launch a high-density, rapid attack, but they'll barely touch the upper floors."

Emma thought Rin's speed was absolutely top-notch.

Her firewall was only at a standard level, and many times the progress bar for cracking it was more than halfway through, and she was even prepared for the possibility of being hacked.

However, Rin always manages to destroy the network equipment at the right moment, causing the upload to fail immediately.

After listening to Emma's words and combining them with his own judgment, Lin Yue quickly saw through the intentions of Arasaka and his group: they took the risk of taking over the Konbiko Network just to force him to engage in a cyber attack against them!
They were confident that the steel plate door and defenses of the cyber hacking room were impenetrable to Lin Yue.

That leaves only one option: use deep-sea diving to eliminate these hackers—and then remove permissions from all network devices.

If my prediction is correct, those guys probably thoughtfully reserved a hacking room for themselves to keep him occupied on the cyber battlefield.

Even a fool would know that someone in Night City must have obtained information about the state.

After all, he had experienced the Black Wall firsthand, so in their eyes he should be a hacker.

However… the more they wanted to do something themselves, the less Lin Yue would do it.

Can't be broken through?

Then give it a try!

Before meeting Sasha, he didn't know much about the internet. Now he's increasingly afraid of what happened when he rashly infiltrated the vicinity of the Black Wall. Ignorance is bliss, but now he's learned how to use his strengths... which is not to dive too deep rashly.

At that moment, Emma, ​​who was in her arms, wondered: What will this man do?

She looked down at Rin's muscular chest and the dark prosthetic hand pressed against her thigh; not having a weapon was a huge problem.

Lin Yue seemed to see Emma's doubts. "Using someone else's gun, the probability of the weapon malfunctioning is too high."

She was curious why Rin didn't seem to think betrayal was something to be angry about.

Imagine being stabbed in the back by your company like that; she couldn't be as calm as Rin...

"So what are you going to do? They seem really keen for you to move up."

Lin Yue glanced at the map; the weapons exhibition hall was right there. He replied calmly, "Nothing much—"

"Take your sword and charge!"

……

The squad lying in ambush outside the weapons exhibition hall communicated with each other about the target's signals. They noticed that the target had been lingering in the security passage on the floor below for quite some time. The team leader breathed a sigh of relief: "Well done, hacker! That guy is coming up."

The chaotic footsteps in the passageway, coupled with the terrifying roars from the next floor, showed no sign of retreat from the elite soldiers raised by Arasaka.

"Did you bring EMP (Electronic Pulse)?! Mech, report your location!"

The soldier held a square box in his hands, and the light spot of the target in his prosthetic eye moved rapidly above the Azure Sky Building. The speed was... too fast.

What model of Sinweistein has such a short cooling time?!
They dared not imagine that things had come to this point, and they had no choice but to grit their teeth and follow orders to hold the passage and block the target.

Fortunately, the enemy target was not moving downwards, which reassured everyone somewhat.

The hackers didn't mess up; but if they did, the company wouldn't let them off the hook.

Thinking of this, the squad leader urgently issued an order in the channel:
“If the target company is uncertified S.A.S., EMP will be useful.”

"This guy's other prosthetic bodies all have anti-EMP capabilities. Slow him down! Get the cybersecurity experts moving, damn it!"

Everyone took cover, gripping their guns tightly.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were hunting a humanoid killing machine.

The automatic doors to the emergency exit opened—

All the gun barrels swung towards the passageway, and the sounds of clicking and activating smart guns rang out one after another.

The team leader was breathing rapidly and his expression was stiff. Where was he?

"Attention alert!"

Huff... huff...

Everyone was on edge!

Sudden!--

A beeping sound came from the camera on the lamppost inside the distant Grimm Tower. It's hard for people to resist the subconscious, so everyone turned their attention in that direction.

The camera head was spinning rapidly, and the team leader shouted:
"be cheated!"

A cold, prosthetic hand gripped his neck, and the man stared at him silently, as if frozen in time.

"Where are you looking for me?"

The soldier was sent flying and crashed heavily onto the protruding steel frame of the hall. Starting from the waist, his body seemed to break in two, and he slid down helplessly.

"Enemy...attack...!"

As Lin Yue marched forward at full speed, the soldier's voice was muffled, as if he had been trapped in a time-stopped state.

With Emma on me, the speed was a bit slower, but...

Ok?
Phew~!

The distinctive start-up sound of the Sinweistein rang out!

Lin Yue frowned. A guy carrying a samurai sword had actually caught up with him!
Agent Arasaka

[Prosthetic Body: Schenwistan Type I]

[Charge in a powerful jump, break free...]

It seems the first squad was just having a good time; these guys really have some skill.

The agent opposite him had half his face covered by a tactical mask, and his knife was aimed straight at Lin Yue's arm, which was holding Emma!

Chi.

The agent seemed to hear a cold laugh from the other side—

Damn you!
The blade pierced the air and landed hard on Lin Yue's raised arm.

The agent felt the blade suddenly sink; the blade contained neurotoxins, and he would immediately feel how painful it was for the toxins to enter the prosthetic arm's circulatory system.

however.

Lin Yue's prosthetic skin was replaced with pain-resistant material. Because he had no weapons and his stamina had decreased, he chose to tough it out.

He dodged the bullets from the soldiers firing wildly behind the agent, leaving the agent dumbfounded.

Lin Yue remained expressionless, but inwardly he wished he could smash this annoying fly's head to pieces the next second!
Despite the prosthetic body, blood still gushed rapidly from the wound. Seeing that things were going badly, the agent abandoned his knife and used his gorilla arm to smash Lin Yue's face.

Bang!
The dull thud of artificial leather colliding with steel echoed, and the agent's previous method of quickly taking down the opponent failed.

The man turned his head back and stared at him coldly.

What the hell is this thing?
The agent's S.A.S. was still cooling down, and he looked grim as he tried to back away.

The moment Lin Yue activated his physical specialization [Vigorous Blood Qi], his [Immovable Rock] completely resisted the force that knocked him down.

The guy with a knife blade stuck in his arm suddenly reached out and pulled him in front of him, using the guy's body as a shield, bullets piercing the agent's back one by one!
Lin Yue suddenly flung the corpse away—along with the blade on his arm.

The clanging and banging sounds accompanied by intense firepower made this guy, who had been completely transformed by the Black Wall, seem like a wolf among sheep!

The Blood Pump gradually reduced the pain caused by the neurotoxin. After Lin Yue rushed into the formation, various screams and wails echoed throughout the hall.

In less than three minutes, more than half of the casualties had been killed or wounded.

Lin Yue pressed a head against the wall with his hand, and during the rapid assault, he slammed the guy's head against the wall, leaving a bloody mark. Half of the head had already been ground off.

"EMP!"

someone shouted.

Ding--

An invisible ripple emanated from a soldier at the center, causing all network devices within its range to malfunction. The cameras drooped helplessly, and some soldiers without anti-EMP protection were completely paralyzed by their own side.

Lin Yue paused for a moment.

A hint of doubt flickered in his bloodthirsty eyes. Didn't these people know he had anti-EMP?
"That idiot's Sinwidman is malfunctioning! Give him a shot!"

Lin Yue's expression was strange; it seemed that his abnormal reaction had caused the other side to make a wrong judgment.

So he didn't hesitate to turn around and rush forward!

Uh?
The soldier who had shouted the call was still frozen on his face with excitement, and the dark prosthetic hand clenched into a fist in his pupils.
puff!
Lin Yue smashed the guy's head with a single punch, and the fragments and warm liquid spread out in a fan shape!

……

Inside the weapons exhibition hall, Lin Yue casually tossed the corpse he was carrying aside.

Sticky liquid was dripping from the crevices in the gorilla's arm.

Emma leaned on Lin Yue's shoulder, resisting the intense nausea brought on by the rapid movement, her eyes fixed on the dark shadows lying on the ground behind her husband.

His eyes were filled with fear, a deep-seated dread.

Emma had been in one position for too long and wanted to move, but Rin's scarlet eyes turned to stare at her.

Emma felt like she was dealing with a stranger, and she was somewhat at a loss.

"you…"

"Don't move." Lin Yue's voice seemed to have two tones, and Emma thought she was hearing things.

Lin Yue felt that those guys were more active; he almost killed Emma along with them just now.

He smashed the glass display case with his elbow, revealing a samurai sword bathed in soft white light.

Lin Yue's expression froze as he scanned the weapon's information through his prosthetic eye.

【Jinzhongwan】?
If I remember correctly—[Oda] uses this sword… Looking at the serial number on the blade, Lin Yue realized that this sword might not be unique, after all, the description of this sword seems to be: the purest form of a samurai sword, with only an incomparably sharp blade.

As for the other guns, Lin Yue couldn't use them. Weapons were prohibited in the Gumbi Building, and the guns in the exhibition hall were mostly empty magazines... they were all scrap metal.

Lin Yue weighed the blade in his hand, his prosthetic eye flashing.

A phone call came in.

Just as he was talking to the person on the other end, a strange noise came from the floor above.

Lin Yue and Emma looked up.

With a tremor in the air, two pitch-black steel assemblies suddenly descended from the broken concrete bricks of the floor slab, one on the left and one on the right!
The surrounding heatwave distorted, and Lin Yue and Emma's hair was whipped up by the vibrations in the air!

So it's [Arasaka Mecha]...

Lin Yue turned his head, and two machine guns with a caliber of 20mm or more instantly locked onto him!
"It's your turn."

Emma seemed to hear Rin muttering to himself, and she felt that Mr. Rin was communicating with something that did not exist.

Yu Guangzhong's scarlet eyes were mixed with a light like black mist.

[Electromagnetic Short Circuit] and [Black Wall Protocol] are being stacked and uploaded!
Lin Yue's figure also retreated rapidly. The bullet pierced through Emma's flowing hair, distorting the air and causing the wildly flying strands of hair to curl up and create a round hole—

Upload complete

Drip!

Suddenly, a red light stream appeared on the machine, instantly enveloping its entire body and emitting a strange, piercing sound!
In such a short time, Lin Yue could only solve the problem for one of the machines using the existing RAM.

The data on these mech weaknesses is 50% within the Oracle's Eye.

Furthermore, the mech's resistance to electronic interference, combustion, and other conditions was also collected as data and began to be displayed inside the prosthetic eye.

Boom boom boom!
The sound of the machine gun was not as crisp as the sound of a gunshot; instead, it was somewhat deep.

Lin Yue's [Unpredictable] talent makes this defense amazing, but heavy firepower machinery with a typical movement system simply cannot lock onto it!
He flashed in front of the mech in just a few moments—

Ding!
Then, with a backhand slash, he struck the wiring pipe on the left side of the machine gun, sending sparks flying!

The mecha raised its mechanical leg, powerful enough to overturn a car, and kicked towards Lin Yue at an extremely fast speed.

At that moment, Emma, ​​who was in her arms, felt her body suddenly become light. When she opened her eyes, she found herself flying in mid-air!
After tossing the woman high into the air, Lin Yue turned the blade to a forehand position.

Swish!
Lin Yue leaped swiftly in a perfect arc to the front of the mecha, and a burst of electricity exploded instantly around the mecha!

Electric currents coursed through his body, and images of his prosthetic body overload and his prosthetic eye flashing wildly appeared in an instant!
But this did not stop Lin Yue's actions. The blade immediately touched the protective shield outside the mecha's central module and then suddenly plunged in!
scoff!

The electric current made Lin Yue's hair stand on end as if blown by the wind. He grinned maliciously as he plunged the blade completely into the mecha's core module!
"I thought there was a living person inside driving it!"

Lin Yue found it a bit boring and quickly stepped back. Emma landed precisely on his outstretched arm, and the sudden weight relieved part of her weight.

Bang!
Lin Yue stood quietly.

The two mechs swayed, bursting with flames, and had lost control.

Emma's body slammed into Lin Yue's hard prosthetic body, the pain almost choking her, but she desperately covered her mouth, not daring to make a sound and disturb him.

She didn't know whether Rin was a human or a monster.

She felt completely unfamiliar with the place.

boom--

The mech stopped and then a minor explosion occurred!

The heatwave dissipated.

All that remained was Lin Yue's back, almost completely enveloped in orange-red flames, his shadow flickering in the reflected light on the floor...

……

　【EMP】: Refers to an electron pulse. Electron pulses are generated by nuclear explosions and non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse bombs (high-power microwave bombs).

　　
　
(End of this chapter)