Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 536 Killing!
In an instant, the world fell silent…

Water droplets above the city seemed to freeze in mid-air, while a cascading fire, encircled by a collapsing floating vehicle, swooped down from above. Behind the fire, the frosted surface of a killing machine's prosthetic body reflected a hazy light.

The soldiers were screaming, all pointing their guns in terror at the man the woman was looking up at.

Their eyes met, and V slowly closed his eyes, awaiting the falling attack that would be enough to break through the encirclement of the new American army...

As the drawn-out, altered sound continued, the hovercar landed precisely in the formation gathered on the right. The methanol fuel squeezed out from the debris spread and burned rapidly in the slowly moving scene. Caught off guard, the soldiers, covered in the pungent fuel, frantically threw themselves to the ground in an attempt to extinguish the fire.

In just a few seconds, chaos erupted at the scene!

call out--

Boom!
With his extremely heavy prosthetic body, Lin Yue crashed to the ground like a humanoid steel mech. The moment his foot touched the floor, spiderweb-like cracks spread like lightning from the soles of his feet. The asphalt road, subjected to immense pressure, began to buckle in sections. The enemy closest to him had already been thrown into the air.

Wow! ! !

Gravel, asphalt fragments, and a frenzied atmosphere instantly swept through the entire street. Even some military vehicles that were too close to where Lin Yue fell had their tires off the ground and were emitting a series of alarms!
The soldiers whose formation was disrupted were completely unprepared for the power of such a high fall. On the contrary, only the woman with black hair steadily held Rebecca, whose head was hanging down, in her arms, and looked at her extremely indifferent eyes under the neon lights and data lights with one hand in front of her forehead.

"enemy!"

"Back off—damn it!"

Soldiers who were too close were not simply thrown into the air; the impact caused internal organs to be strained and bones to break, and they howled on the ground. The well-trained company soldiers, while watching the direction where the smoke and dust engulfed the woman, reached out and pulled their comrades backward.

Soon, all the city riot control weapons carried by these company soldiers were on display.

The heavy exoskeleton soldiers, like the minor boss of Dogtown, provided significant support. While covering their comrades and pulling them back to aid their companions, their arms flashed with transparent shields, forming a wall of black steel to block the impact—

At the same time, the fear in their eyes disappeared somewhat with the appearance of these shields, and they only looked warily at the red and black data that appeared in the eyes of the psychic.

The impact comes and goes quickly.

The blaring alarm seemed to urge the smoke and dust to dissipate, and the soldiers and those holding guns between shields simultaneously raised their fingers and gripped their weapons tightly, as if only in this way could they gain a sense of security.

"God, what the hell is this...?"

"Is that... is that a person?"

Soldiers on high alert blocked both ends of the street. The order to defend it to the death had been given. The hovercraft, which had just lost its allies, had learned its lesson and was now circling in the air at a higher angle, using its high-powered probe to watch the figure gradually becoming clearer in the smoke and dust below.

"Attention all departments, the Omega target is moving. Please open fire in unison as instructed."

"Support code 002 is ready!"

rustling…

"Choose military technology, and your family's security will be worry-free."

"San Diego Synthetic Meat, White House Quality, Trustworthy..."

The holographic virtual singer above was still leaning over, flashing a smile more robotic than a robot's, "Kiryuuji, your partner of light."

The world fell eerily quiet, save for the chilly morning breeze. People stared at a pair of gleaming red and blue eyes, and a woman with black hair stood silently beside her.

When the man walked up to her, she gently showed him Rebecca, whom she had rescued, from her arms. He only glanced at her briefly, the coldness on his face disappearing, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips as he looked at V.

"Thank you, are you alright?"

The woman shook her head slightly.

The man seemed to want to reach out and tuck her hair, which was being gently lifted by the wind, behind her back, but he let go.

This is not a suitable time.

"Thanks to you, I've finally made an appearance among the new American soldiers in the federal state."

V's tone had a slightly strange quality to it.

Lin Yue said helplessly, "The technology behind the facade isn't so easy to break through, at least not for now—it's those Arasakas who have discovered you, right?"

V nodded down his chin.

Lin Yue looked knowingly at the dark soldiers blocking both ends like a city wall. The gentleness in his eyes vanished abruptly, replaced by an indifference as if looking at inanimate objects.

"Is this... an agreement to borrow that thing?"

V stared with some unease at the red and black data that filled his prosthetic eye, which looked like the end of the world under the neon lights.

"What are they saying?! Damn it, can't they get any closer?!"

Inside the hovercar, one of the vehicles responsible for battlefield command attempted to read the audio information between the two. At the same time, the characteristics on Lin Yue's body were being frantically compared with the data in New America. The screen showed countless pieces of data flashing by, while here was the full image of Lin Yue after he crashed to the ground, captured by a high-precision camera.

Slightly kneeling on the ground, his cybernetic body reminded the commander of a name—a name synonymous with extreme cybernetic enhancement.

"A lark?"

now.

While answering V's question, Lin Yue was also observing the number of enemies and all the equipment on site. A dense array of data surged into his eyes, and Lin Yue's brain-computer interface quietly began to overclock.

"Yes, in order to get in touch with her (Rebecca)."

"As you know, the most powerful weapon and the fastest strike in the network can be delivered most quickly through it (the black wall)."

"I will not let this grudge go unavenged."

These sounds were finally picked up by the intelligence analysis equipment of the new United States and are now being played back to the ears of every soldier on the scene without delay.

While they were all focused on the guy on the big screen, a strange red and black data flashed across the secondary screen that was constantly performing database comparisons, but no one noticed it.

V remained silent.

Instead, he silently watched this super lone wolf who was no longer within the realm of lone wolves or humans. His mind might have already become the supreme hacker in the cyber network!

"What are you planning to do..."

Came a woman's voice.

"To avoid you 'showing your face,' it would be best to kill them all."

The man's calm words resonated like a bell in everyone's ears, and no one laughed. After that almost inhuman performance, it was uncertain whether they would kill them all... but the closer the soldiers were to that unknown person, the sooner they would die.

"Is this guy joking?"

The commander clenched his fist tightly on the command platform.

However, what was truly astonishing was not that statement. The man continued, "Wait a moment, it will be very soon. I came here to borrow a large area of ​​electrical equipment."

The woman, as if she genuinely believed this guy could quickly slaughter this army of nearly a thousand, obediently retreated to a short distance away.

"Are the results out yet?!"

The commander roared.

The creature then began to walk, its footsteps clearly audible in the quiet world.

The shield wall directly in front of him suddenly loosened, and the soldiers behind the shields all looked at each other in horror.

However this is not enough.

What Lin Yue wanted was—

A slap that Miles and the top military technology executives will remember for a long time!
"Miles".

"A politician of extreme hypocrisy, a fraudster who orchestrated his own fall from grace in the land of freedom, a..."

The man's cheerful voice paused, "A lowly maggot."

This…

Insulting the president in this setting left the soldiers of New America momentarily distracted after receiving these bewildering messages. However, the shouts from the supervising officer in his earpiece immediately brought everyone's attention back to their weapons.

"Take over to the White House."

The on-site commander knew that the results of the information comparison were unimportant; what mattered was… Miles was the source of this whole affair, and he could only report the truth. In a brightly lit office in Washington, surrounded by busy politicians in suits, a weary woman silently watched this scene unfold in a federal state, her hands clasped to her lips behind an emblem emblazoned with a bald eagle and a symbol of a growing, powerful new America.

"Is there any more support?"

Miles acted as if he hadn't heard the insults.

"The heavy ACPA is ready to go at any time. There are plenty of landing spots around him, but the woman is hiding under the building, so the projection may not be accurate."

The subordinate reported, but hesitated and said, "So many people should be enough."

Miles shook his head.

She seemed to be haunted by some nightmare, "Not enough, not enough..."

Suddenly, her voice shrill, slamming against the table, screamed, "I said it's fucking not enough!!!"

The busy office fell silent instantly. People paused for only a second or two before burying themselves in their work again.

"Yes Yes!"

The subordinates hurriedly sought more support to reach the enemy's location.

"Miles, I have a lot to say to you."

The young man in the scene strolled leisurely, seemingly oblivious to everything around him...

New America isn't the only company paying attention to this.

Contau's intelligence agency was spying on every move at the scene. The woman who almost caused Rebecca's downfall had ironically benefited, creating chaos and salvaging the situation, and now that guy was brazenly firing at the new US president—

Xu Rujun felt a lingering fear.

"Where does that girl's importance come from?"

She was murmuring.

"Someone risked their life to get you out of Dogtown, but you turned around and tried to take Arasaka's technology for yourself."

"The new US president, the loyal dog of military technology, Miles... does wagging your tail really feel that good to you?"

The series of loud noises stunned all the parties involved who were watching this turn of events.

That's a really vulgar insult.

After taking office, Miles accepted voters' votes with an attitude of independence from the company and complete autonomy. Now... this disguise has been completely exposed by a mysterious guy.

Miles was practically grinding his teeth to powder.

Even in her anger, she knew exactly who this man was—Saburo's assassin, the head of the rapidly rising company in Night City, and also the one who knew Miles's dirty secret about controlling the Lark to infiltrate the Black Wall and gain an advantage…

"Kill him!"

For the first time, Miles felt fear amidst his anger.

She couldn't understand how her scheming had lured out the person behind it all. Was she lucky or unlucky?
Everything makes sense now.

Miles thought this girl was a fringe individual who had broken free of the company's control, but he never imagined that someone was using her as a gamble...

If she is cured, will she—

Forget it.

Miles knew that the mortal enmity had been established, and there was no point in saying more now; only swords and guns could decide the outcome.

Just as Miles was afraid that the guy would say more, he suddenly stopped talking and stopped walking... He looked up at the hovercar that was no bigger than a fingernail.

At this moment, the database on the hovercar finally produced a possible result.

Lin Yue naturally wouldn't allow the data to leak out.

He wanted Miles to swallow his pride and bear it!

Without warning, the soldiers behind the two shields suddenly opened fire!

Lin Yue's S.A.S.A.S.S. instantly went into full-speed mode!

He had anticipated Miles's underhanded tactics, and decided to maximize the fear this battle would instill in her…

The dense barrage of bullets was like a torrential downpour across the street, and the illusory figures became the soldiers' sole targets.

But as the fighting went on, someone soon noticed something was wrong.

Everything on the street was shattered into tiny fragments, but that guy just stood there as if he hadn't done anything; only the edges of his body became slightly blurry...

That was because the speed completely exceeded the capture speed of the company soldiers' prosthetic eyes.

"Ceasefire!"

The clattering of spent bullet casings bouncing on the ground continued for three or four seconds after the ceasefire order...

But when the smoke cleared, the soldiers behind the shields instinctively took a few steps back...and let out a series of exclamations!

Unscathed? !
What kind of monster is this...?

However, Lin Yue's fear and pressure regarding these new American lackeys and the people behind them were not yet over.

When the prosthetic body drew a row of identical images, the soldiers, whose prosthetic eyes could not distinguish between the real and fake, were already showing signs of mutiny.

As those figures appeared, support from the airborne vehicles had already arrived.

The ground trembled as heavy ACPAs and drone mechs arrived one after another; these were the enemies Lin Yue had been waiting for.

The projected image of the shadow body caused a conflict between the mech's visual system and radar. Their fire control system could only issue commands to suspected targets, while the real Lin Yue was running wildly in the shadow, his target being the mech that the pilot had controlled and stabilized, waiting for the enemy to reveal a weakness.

"where?"

The data and screen were shaking wildly, and the mech pilot could only rely on his combat experience to identify them. When the light and shadows crashed into the mech with extremely realistic movements, the excessively frequent turns caused his body posture to become unbalanced!

Within seconds, Lin Yue had already stepped onto the mecha.

When the temporary command center compared all available data online within the hovercraft, two suspected images began to match the monster below…

Similarity: 80% 【凛】

[Suspected killer of Saburo Arasaka]

Similarity ratio of 70%: [Unknown]

[Suspected Night City cyber weapon]

The commander's expression changed drastically, and he immediately growled, "Climb!"

However, ACPA's misjudgment had already caused them to miss a golden opportunity. When Lin Yue shattered the mech's protective shield with a powerful punch and pulled the person inside out, the floating vehicle above had already been locked onto by a pair of eyes in the cyber network.

The aircraft scattered and fled, and the soldiers, witnessing the bloody scene, had already begun to consider retreating!
However, Lin Yue, carrying the pilot's corpse, stood on the mech that had stopped but not fallen, silently watching the chaotic city.

He slowly raised his hand, making only a slight grasp.

The city's power supply began to shut down along the lines furthest from the skyscraper, while the power load surged dramatically in the area around Lin Yue's building!
Meanwhile, servers in the building and nearby facilities began operating at near full capacity, and the electricity was being used for this purpose.

"call."

The man who had thrown the corpse aside let out a soft breath.

Those eyes silently watched over all enemies through the torrent of networks and data—

No one can escape!

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(End of this chapter)