Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 196 Danger Smell and Corporate Control

After watching Emma get out of the car so confidently, V felt a little uneasy.

I can't quite put my finger on it. It could be pressure from the company, or it could be because Emma doesn't seem afraid of anything at all.

I knew from the start that this woman who was trying to appear weak was no good...

Forget it.

Even now, V still doesn't understand what this new middleman in Dogtown is thinking.
Would the company allow her to sit in this position without doing any work?

This obviously doesn't work.

Therefore, rules are rules, and Arasaka has no intention of creating a new "Hansen".

While Rin's relentless work ethic was largely driven by the neural matrix she no longer had the chance to use, it was in fact that this desperate approach to work earned Arasaka the opportunity to now eat at the table in Dogtown.

Furthermore, there were only three companies at this table: Hansen, Arasaka, and the others.

The potential profits under such a structure are unimaginable. Rin's smartest move was that, before stirring up the stagnant waters of Dogtown, he, true to his corporate dog nature, placed orders with several weapons dealers at EBM Petrochemical Stadium.

When the business was handed over to V, she almost instantly understood the operation that Rin wanted to perform.

Those arms dealers thought they could get orders at prices higher than the market rate, but little did they know that the company never protects the interests of its customers. Arasaka doesn't even need to consider moral issues when playing this game of going back on his word.

After the integration, Emma established herself in Dogtown, and V was busy handling the cleanup work afterward.

As long as you follow the established route, everything will be fine.

But the problem lies with Emma!
Not only were the goods Arasaka brought in seized, but the new middleman, under the surveillance of the agents infiltrated by Arasaka, repeatedly attempted to assassinate Hansen…

All the high-ranking members of Arasaka were terrified, because this woman was becoming increasingly insane. If it weren't for Arasaka cleaning up her messes, it would be difficult to control what would happen once the local tyrant of Dogtown got angry.

"Where's the money?"

V's words were concise and to the point.

Perhaps because Tai Ping Chau is close to the sea, the wind on the streets at night was quite strong.

The woman in front of him wore a red dress that was being blown by the side wind, one side showing her graceful curves and the other side showing her skirt billowing like fire. V admitted that if this face hadn't been carefully modified by the prosthetic doctor, it would have been very similar to the look of a typical female TV star from around 45.

Emma brushed a strand of hair that had fallen to one side, a cigarette between her fingers, seemingly scrutinizing V, which made V feel even worse.

Hostility, confusion, curiosity, and a forced sense of confidence...

V still remembers the first time he saw this woman. In the private room, she looked like a lily about to wither—pale lips, haggard eyes, and seductive words.

She knew this woman was no ordinary person.

“The money… is of course being kept by Mr. Rin. Why would you ask such a question, Ms. V?”

The animal gang's security guard walked up to Emma, ​​and she crushed the cigarette butt in the animal gang member's palm.

"You go first, I can drive."

The most cost-effective animal bodyguard in Night City hesitated. If something happened to Emma, ​​Angie would definitely twist his head off and use it as a football...

“The company won’t leave anyone alive if it’s going to turn on us. Go back and tell Angie that if she doesn’t see me, everything in Dogtown is under her control—tell her to think carefully. Who made her the leader of the Dogtown Animal Gang? I believe she will make a smart choice.”

Emma watched the security guards leave, her red lips slightly upturned.

If V can make the Animal Gang members leave, it proves that Arasaka doesn't want to cause too much trouble and is there to discuss things.

Of course, the head of the counterintelligence department of Arakawa didn't think Emma was calling for reinforcements at all, because the company was going to stop her, and she wasn't coming alone.

In her view, this act of asking for help was somewhat pathetic.

So V spoke.

"Be honest and transparent about your business, distribute the money according to the established requirements, and return all the goods that haven't left yet—and also, put away that damned desire for revenge. Hansen wants to paint the word 'murderer' all over Arasaka's forehead. What are you thinking?"

V still didn't want to make things too ugly, after all, the initial operations of Dogville relied on Emma...

It's unclear what Rin was thinking, but she gave this woman a great deal of autonomy in decision-making. Most of the Dogtown gangs obeyed her orders. In addition, there was a large group of mercenaries who came to Dogtown from the city to handle the dirty work.

Once all this was over, Emma even managed to snatch a piece of meat from Hansen's mouth, despite him being in the wrong.

A legitimate smuggling channel, the kind that leads to the international market.

So, here's the trouble.

Arasaka wanted to shoot this crazy woman, but the problem was that without her, Arasaka wouldn't even be able to get a bowl of soup in Dogtown. Plus, if she wanted to get in touch with those companies in Night City... Arasaka would be doing all the work for someone else!
"What am I thinking?"

Emma pointed to her chest, crossed her arms, and said, "Guess?"

V felt more frustrated than ever before. "Rin just lay down and you're already trying to start your own business. Oh my god... I wasn't wrong about you. You'll be much more pitiful in your next life."

This statement has no effect whatsoever given the prior status, wealth, and connections in Night City.

But Emma's expression changed, and her smile gradually faded.

"I did it all for Rin!"

V leaned against the car, making no move to touch her gun. She wasn't afraid of this woman making any tricks; she could easily take down ten Emmas.

But with a woman's intuition, she always felt that Emma's attitude was strange.

Could it be that she simply doesn't trust anyone other than Rin?

She narrowed her beautiful eyes and sneered, "Is that so... Sorry, I really didn't see that at all... You almost beat up the company representative of Arakawa, and you're telling me you did this for Rin? Do you think Arakawa would approve of your actions?"

It's not V's fault.

The company's long-standing environment of self-interest has instilled in this outstanding agent a mindset of considering human nature from the perspective of self-interest.

Emma chuckled softly; she understood the woman's stance.

"Miss V, here's a choice: either execute me here and replace me with a more obedient person to clean up the mess in Dogtown, or let me see Rin, alive and well. How about that... easy, right?"

Having said all that, if V still can't figure out a single clue, he might as well quit being the minister.

"What is your relationship?"

The only sound on the streets of Tai Ping Chau was the wind.

Emma took a step, the delicate strappy heels beneath her red dress clicking crisply. "That depends on what kind of relationship you want to hear about. Informant? Collaborator? Lover?"

V crossed his arms and watched as flames, symbolizing chaos, ignited in the distant slums of Taipingzhou, seemingly unconcerned about the woman's approach.

Actually, her mind was buzzing.

"If these answers aren't satisfactory, there are more—"

She leaned close to the woman in the company's ear.

“Master-servant relationship also counts.”

V sensed Emma's faint breathing and a fragrance that was completely out of place with her own style, and half of her face tensed up for a moment. She leaned against the car and subtly moved a step away from Emma.

No wonder I always feel a bit uneasy whenever I see this woman.

Emma looked at the elegant woman with great interest. "The company's selection process has always been discerning. No wonder he was thinking of you the whole time he was holding me in the arms of Ganbi."

V's eyelids twitched.

Emma's reminder brought back memories of the absurd thing she did when she grabbed Rin's tie at Arasaka Tower.

V kept a straight face, giving a look that said, "What you're talking about has nothing to do with me." "So?"

"I'm not very familiar with him."

Emma chuckled softly, but didn't expose her.

"In short, I'm here for this person. You can call me a bastard or whatever, I don't care—but I won't give a damn about anyone else coming to Dogtown except him, especially Arasaka."

V hummed in agreement and casually said, "It seems your relationship is indeed quite special. Congratulations on your early rise to power."

Emma: "You've misunderstood. I'm just an appendage. Who he loves and what he wants are none of my business. I can only do what I can to satisfy him—hmm...it seems you're not good at being a lover. Want me to teach you?"

V's hands, hidden under his elbows, were already clenched tightly.

She had a premonition of danger since her past life, but she never expected that the middleman in Dogtown had gone to all this trouble just for this guy!
Oh shit…

Rin, that damn bastard—he's a complete idiot!
V, with a calm gaze, cursed more than once at Rin, who was still lying down.

However, losing face is not V's style.

She needs to get Emma to accept her proposal, or at least smooth things over for Arasaka.

"It's your business if you want to be a sex doll, but I have to consider Arasaka's situation. So, have you thought it through?"

Looking at V's increasingly cold face, Emma seemed to understand two things.

First, this V seems to really care about Rin's affairs. Second... the lady in front of me is a loyal supporter of the company.

So she lit a cigarette and decided to lay her cards on the table.

“Rin’s hacker is right, all companies like yours are like this. I’ve made myself clear, Rin, stand up and walk right up to me. In Dogtown, Arasaka can do whatever he wants—but judging from your evasive behavior, I have a pretty good idea of ​​what it will be like.”

"Let me guess, did Arasaka abandon him after he was crippled? After all, you guys love doing this kind of thing... So, if Rin isn't properly treated by you, I'll keep seeking revenge on Hansen..."

"That's my answer. Are you satisfied, Ms. V?"

Looking at the woman gazing at the night sky so close to him, V didn't even need to lift a finger; a swift solution would kill her on the spot.

However, these are turbulent times, and the pressure from above is immense. If it were V, who usually handles cases in the counterintelligence department, Emma wouldn't have had the chance to say so much.

In other words.

V felt he should have shot that ostentatious woman before she got out of the car, to avoid hearing so much unpleasant news—

There was silence for a while.

"The company won't give up on him. Never mind... you wouldn't understand even if I told you."

She wanted to say that Arasaka was still saving Rin, but she couldn't explain a whole bunch of internet and technical terms.

But Emma hasn't been idle these past two months.

She spared no effort in finding Rin, especially since Rin's team had also sent her a message.

Emma murmured, “How could I not understand? That thing called the Neural Matrix is ​​what he wants most. The night before Dogville, I promised him I would help him find it—but now? It seems that it can no longer be of any use to him.”

V's eyes showed suspicion.

Emma ignored her and continued, "Don't ask me how I know. I'm not the only one in the company who doesn't believe me."

V said calmly, "So, for Rin's sake, you tried to use Dogtown to blackmail the company into saving Rin, and even wanted the Neural Matrix to be used on him—is that right? Well, let me tell you, that thing is useless to him now."

Emma listened quietly.

"Do you really think you're the only one worrying about the mess that bastard left behind?"

“Rin expressed his desire to leave the company to me a long time ago. This trip was entirely aimed at cutting ties in Dogtown… Now, the loose ends left behind by the operation, his team members, the company's investigation, and the internal forces that want to get rid of him as soon as possible—”

"I handled all of this."

"By the way... that hacker also accessed the Blackwall. Only by removing her cybernetic body will the NeuroMatrix Corporation let her go."

V's tone grew colder and his patience with Emma dwindled.

"Dogtown's middleman... It's not that the company doesn't want to replace you, they just haven't found a suitable replacement yet. Do you really think that animal gang will behave themselves?"

"Didn't you ever think she would end up with Arasaka?"

V may have sensed an opportunity to resolve the matter peacefully.

"These are that guy's vital signs and treatment records, with pictures. Take a look for yourself."

Seeing the separate chip that V handed her, Emma inserted it into the brain-computer interface without any hesitation.

V's eye twitched; he felt this woman was somewhat unreasonable.

Is she really not afraid of death?

Emma's eyes shone as she saw a man lying among a pile of instruments, his upper body with a quarter of his shoulder prosthetics removed, and the erroneous data... each one like a steel needle piercing her heart.

V: "Arasaka's best technical experts, medical experts, and Ms. Hanako, the head of cybersecurity, were overseeing the entire process. We repaired most of his damage, even his brain. His cortex is still active, but he just won't wake up. The data that wore down his body can't be found in the brain-computer interface at all—"

Emma's eyes were filled with a mixture of anxiety and confusion. "What do you mean?"

"He's better, but he hasn't woken up."

V stared blankly at Emma. "Miss Hua said his soul has been taken into cyberspace. Don't you understand?"

“No one wanted to let him down, Ms. Emma Watson.”

The wind snatched half of the slender cigarette that Emma was holding between her fingers.

Her hands trembled. "Give it back to me."

V frowned. "What?"

Emma seemed to have suddenly gone mad, staring at V with a sinister look, "Give him to me!"

V turned his head away. "Only Arasaka can give his body the best care. We've been searching for his discrete neural projection data online... The probability is low, but there's always hope."

Emma: "You...you just want him to never have a moment's peace! Even after all this, you still want to contribute to your Arasaka, is that it?"

Draw a gun?

V didn't even glance at the silver-white pistol.

How did Rin manage to put this woman, whose mental state is so unstable, in the position of middleman in Dogtown?

V: "That's just your imagination. If you don't trust the company, there's nothing we can do."

As she spoke, a glint appeared in her eyes. "Then I can only tell you that you can't do whatever you want with this."

It only takes a very short time.

Emma's brain-computer interface then displayed an error.

Her legs buckled, her gun fell to the ground, and Emma sat down on the cold floor. Emma calmly opened her arms and laughed, "Come on, if I die, will Dogtown descend into chaos first, or will you help the new people up first?"

V practically spat out his words through gritted teeth, "You really think you wouldn't dare touch me?"

Emma's madness kicked in, and she stared at V with a mocking look.

Emma's obsessive and distorted face was reflected in the V-shaped high heels. Emma looked up at this tall woman who could be described as cold and tough, waiting fearlessly for the outcome she was about to face.

……
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Arakasaka Tower, a temporary basement.

Perhaps even employees who have worked at Arasaka Tower for many years are unaware that such a place exists.

That is the dwelling place of "souls" that can only be reached by a mysterious elevator inside the Arasaka Tower.

From beginning to end, only a very few people knew the real name of these underground facilities, which consisted of large servers and a long corridor in the middle that resembled a "divine bridge"—

shrine.

Hanako Arasaka sat outside the large glass window; today was the most important moment for the transformation of Shinkoku data.

When Soul Killer digitized Rin, it incorporated a large-scale AI that used deep learning to study Rin's behavioral characteristics. Through iterative evolution, it has begun to exhibit obvious digital soul characteristics.

Only a very small number of people knew that Hua Zi had personally visited the Night City headquarters, and these people were not anyone from the Night City Arasaka Tower.

Only on a certain trajectory of fate, [this woman named Hanako will use this facility, right under the noses of major corporations, to resurrect the long-buried evil dragon in a data-driven way], and with the help of mercenaries V, Oda, and Goro Takemura who only want to survive, she will be able to take back Arasaka Tower from her brother.

This is why even Michiko Arakasaka, the president of North America's Arakasaka Country, was surprised when Saburo's holographic projection appeared on the table.

Because everyone thought that Soul Killer had disappeared with the smoke of the Fourth Corporate War.

“This is a miracle, Miss Hua Zi.”

The experts present were all trusted confidants of the father, transferred from Honshu, Japan, but there was one more person who shouldn't have been there.

Kazuya Nitta, the newly appointed Vice President of the National Government.

As someone with a technical background, he found it difficult to describe what kind of landscape this was, but he could also see that this godlike place was the foundation for humanity to continue its life and achieve immortality.

That word of praise came out unintentionally.

“Father was right about you, Nitta-san.”

Hanako Arasaka always dressed conservatively, and her makeup had a distinctly Japanese antique feel. At this moment, she was sitting quietly behind the huge transparent glass, watching the man being carried in by the technical experts who were completely wrapped in sterile suits.

"However, based on my prediction, today's result may not be very good—after all, we are still figuring things out."

Hua Zi was unwilling to say more.

All she needs to know is that this guy isn't opposed to the technology currently being developed.

Nitta leaned closer to the glass, his eyes filled with an unusual light.

"How clever, Miss Hanako... If this AI cannot replace Rin's soul, then should we open the path to the shrine and lure that entity closer to the shrine again to track Rin's location in reverse?"

"Is it worth it for the blood-stained knife wielded by Lai Xuan?"

Nitta might not understand the tricks of those fighting in Arasaka, but he understood the technical aspects.

Spending such a huge amount of money just to rescue weapons that clearly have a bias towards one side... that's just not in our best interest.

Hua Zi glanced at the thoughtful doves behind him and smiled, "Any technology requires a certain amount of experience. This is just an attempt—don't be too nervous. Besides, Father promised my brother to treat this excellent Arasaka employee, so there's no question of taking sides."

“Rin is powerful and important. Arasaka needs such a weapon to defend himself. Helping him is not putting the cart before the horse.”

Accumulated experience?

Why try it?
Nitta Kazuya knew that there were some questions he shouldn't ask.

As for Hua Zi, his purpose in coming to Night City was also quite clear:
She needs to faithfully record the process of whether the digital soul can be transferred back into the body, and obtain enough data; at the same time, she also needs to try to detain the woman who was once taken away by the military technology team.

Decades of growth have given Otto Cunningham the means to attack Kamikoshi. She is only afraid of ICE, which Arasaka tailored specifically for her. But ICE is dead. As long as someone brings her into Kamikoshi, Arasaka's decades of accumulation will be wiped out.

Ultraman can only be destroyed, or imprisoned again by Arasaka...

This seemingly unassuming woman always kept in mind the project her father had entrusted to her.

Relic may one day in the future realize the scenario of a soul being resurrected through a physical body.

Just as she once told V, Hua Zi did not think that cold numbers were not souls. On the contrary, as long as they met all the characteristics she had in mind, they were resurrected.

However, this technology is still lacking a lot of data. The sample core in Honshu has been written with the digital soul data of a Kongbu member who once led hostile forces to destroy Night City's Arasaka Tower. It is just waiting for a perfect recipient to collect the data. This data collection process is completed unnoticed with the help of the Black Wall.

Once the data is complete, the ultimate goal can be achieved.

But this wasn't the only reason why Hanako was willing to help Rin on behalf of her brother.

Rin's unique nature led to an unknown AI, detached from the Black Wall, coexisting with him for a long time and completely mimicking his personality. The Soul Killer downloaded that portion of data to the maximum extent possible, but this data was highly mixed, with Orion's influence accounting for over 60%...

But this is just an attempt.

Rin is currently unable to speak or resist; she is the perfect experimental subject.

Furthermore, this self-iteration, and whether a fragmented soul can be properly infused, is also one of the key focuses of the research.

Hua Zi stood up.

“Nitta-san, what you have witnessed today will be proof of your loyalty to Arasaka—Michiko has been asking you to restrain your technology and cooperate with New America, but you have seen... that Dogtown facility, I don’t need to say more about its appalling nature.”

“So…” Hua Zi’s eyes, as she turned her head to the side, held a cold and murderous look, “you must pledge allegiance to the Arasaka family.”

Nitta lowered his head silently, "Ms. Hanako."

Hua Zi was very satisfied with this person's performance.

“Father doesn’t favor you, but I do… Even if there’s only a one in ten thousand chance that this Rin will wake up, he’ll most likely become someone who expands the market or is highly valued in Arasaka Tower; but we have to control him and make him understand that my brother is not a good choice.”

Nitta Kazuya nodded.

"It's simple. Establish a one-way link with the Kamikoshi and use the ICE to block it. If he insists on betraying Lord Arasaka and listening to Yoriyuki, and making enemies of the company everywhere, we can ignite this fuse."

"His loss of connection with the Black Wall may not be a bad thing for us, as we already have the attack technology for the Black Wall."

Hua Zi thought this method was worth considering.

"Although the woman named V is trying to cover it up, the girl under Rin's command also shows signs of being modified by the Black Wall. Let's just take control of her as well... but that would be very dangerous. If Rin's hacking skills are good enough, we'd be handing over the key to the Divine Vehicle to him."

Nitta sneered, "No one but Bartmore can do this. Arasaka's hacker team only needs to stop him. Once the fuse of the Divine Carriage is activated, he will have to pay the price."

Bartmores.

This is a name that Hua Zi hasn't heard in a long time.

Immediately afterwards, the new head of the Arasaka Tower took the opportunity of the preliminary preparations inside to report something: "Ms. Hanako, the secret gene screening project you requested last time has made progress."

It was a simulation of brain cell survival time under the coercion of a special network product technology (synthetic neuron replication gene), and this data was secretly collected from every new employee at Arasaka Tower.

"No suitable receptors were found in any of the branches, and they were all rejected after screening by Herman."

Hua Zi frowned.

"not a single one?"

Nitta also felt that such a large sample size shouldn't have yielded such results, "except for the executives... you know."

Executives know a lot of things, and if the data includes executives, then everything will become uncontrollable.

“There is someone in Night City who fits the bill, but she already has a role in decision-making. The one Lai Xuan offered... is that woman named V.”

V？

Hua Zi waved his hand, "Don't try to take advantage of the employees who work hard for Arakawa—that's fine. As for Herman, you can listen to him or not. He's close to my brother... There are some things that can't be done, so there's no need to report them. Just wait for further instructions."

While the two were talking, all the preparations were completed.

Hanako murmured, "Nitta-san, let's see how far the AI ​​that coexists with Rin due to luck has progressed."

As Hua Zi input his biological information, the entire palanquin suddenly went dark.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched as the server's corridor began to flicker with ghostly images.

Beneath the pale blue holographic projection, a tall, imposing man slowly walked to the very front of the sacred bridge…

"who are you?"

He seemed to be looking down at Hua Zi, who was at the front, and his tone was somewhat puzzled, as if he had just woken up.

"Nitta Kazuya... what's wrong with me?"

The AI's hybrid output clearly had some issues; it seemed to freeze for a moment, then reloaded and repeated the same words.

Hanako said to Nitta Kazuya, "It's definitely worse than we imagined."

Immediately afterwards, the woman, who didn't even consider whether Rin would experience physical rejection, took a step back and said, "Infuse it, pay attention to the data—remember to open the Sacred Disk after failure, track the Ultra data, and lock onto Rin's neural projection the moment it's detected."

As the server roared, Rin, who was lying in the coolant of the sacred vessel, received the first round of so-called "resurrection" infusion.

Unbeknownst to them, this body already had an extremely large owner, like a hard drive that was already full, yet Hua Zi was still stuffing junk files into it.

[Progress 1%...]

Although everyone knew the outcome might be very bad, they all instinctively held their breath.

Nitta Kazuya stared intently at the creature submerged in the liquid, his gaze unfathomable.

The anticipated failure came quickly.

The progress wasn't even 10% complete, and the entire palanquin was already a blood red.

[Authentication failed, internal storage error of the sacred vehicle, deletion command initiated, code Rin001 cannot be recovered]

Hua Zi let out a breath.

That's enough. At least we got a lot of valuable data.

"Open the Divine Vehicle Path, notify the Arasaka hacker team, keep a close eye on that entity, and pinpoint Rin's location."

The moment Rin connected to the network, the path to the sacred vehicle opened once more!

Hua Zi pressed his hands firmly on the control panel, staring at the various running data of the Divine Carriage. Last time the internet surveillance came too quickly, this time he would make Ultraman pay the price no matter what!

"What exactly is that entity?"

Nitta Kazuya was also having some doubts.

But seeing everyone's extremely serious expressions, I could only wait silently.

Time ticked by, and many hackers in Arasaka Tower were lurking on the network, waiting for a large AI capable of instantly killing many people to fall into this pre-laid trap.

However, the sacred palanquin, which has always been a strong attraction for Ultraman, failed to attract any guests this time.

Just by looking at Hua Zi's increasingly gloomy face, you could tell that he hadn't gained anything today.

Everyone thought they were about to face a life-or-death online battle, but they were unaware that Ultraman and Lin Yue had already made a pact online.

This is probably what it means to try to fill a basket with water but end up with nothing.

When the time the shrine was open exceeded the safety limit, in order to avoid scrutiny from internet censors, Hua Zi had no choice but to announce the closure of the shrine.

Everyone was busy finishing up, but Rin, who was soaking in the coolant, was left unattended for a long time.

"After securing the backdoor, take Rin back with you."

Hua Zi sat back in his chair, seemingly accepting the bitter fruit of greater disappointment than the greatest hope.

“Nitta-san, don’t worry about me, I’ll be returning to Kyoto tonight… My brother’s people, Arasaka may not be able to save them.”

Nitta was very satisfied with the result.

At least there's one less potential threat to his position in the management team—isn't that good news? Besides, that girl is also a weapon within the Black Wall; without Rin blocking her way, she might become a research subject in his project.

It's a wonderful thing to think about.

Lai Xuantai wanted to expand Arasaka's influence, but ultimately his efforts were thwarted by the uncontrollable situation.

Hua Zi waved his hand, and after Nitta Kazuya left, the researchers lifted Rin out of the coolant and placed her on a stretcher.

One of the researchers was squatting on the ground opening the cover of the Shenqiao Bridge to finish the final touches, while the other three were inspecting the equipment.

He held Rin's arm and scanned the biometric QR code on the inside of her arm to record data. After all, few lab technicians dared to directly connect to her brain-computer interface. Then he looked up, intending to use the device to examine various data points in Rin's brain—

A pair of dark, calm eyes stared at him.

The researchers were stunned, staring at the man's face, which was pale and stiff beneath the bio-mask.

He mechanically reached out his hand to try to determine if this was the behavior of opening his eyes in a vegetative state, because in medicine, patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative state may open or close their eyes one day, and some may even blink normally, but they just don't move.

But as he moved his hand, the man's brows furrowed slowly, and the experimenter sat down on the ground with a thud, the recording tablet falling onto the smooth floor of the Shinkyo Bridge with a loud thud.

Everyone slowly backed away...

At this moment, Hua Zi in the observation room also noticed that something was wrong.

She quickly stood up and saw the guy slowly getting up on the stretcher at the sacred bridge—

"When?"

Rin, with an expressionless face, looked around and finally fixed her gaze on Hua Zi outside the glass, whose skin was too pale due to her makeup.

……

……

　[This woman named Hanako will use this facility, right under the noses of major corporations, to resurrect the long-buried evil dragon in a digital form]: In the 2077 Devil's Ending, Hanako alone completed the digital imprint transfer of Saburo under the Arasaka Tower in Night City, temporarily suppressed the Arasaka Tower forces by force, seized power from Rai-nobu, and used Relic to insert into her brother's brain to complete Saburo's resurrection.

　　【Synthetic Neuron Replication Gene】: A professional term in the Relic 2.0 prototype specification within the main storyline of the game 2077. It roughly means artificial neuron genes, which are gene sequences that possess the digital soul of the Relic entity.

　　[Anders Herman]: Chief Bioengineer of Arakasaka.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)