Cyberpunk: I didn't cheat.

A tattered exoskeleton crashed into the room.

"Damn, your glass is pretty sturdy!"

Vito had just been punching the glass repeatedly with the limited amount of jet fuel, just to place the high-temperature meltdown bomb for punishment detonation.

Rintaro was shocked by Vito's method of attack, and he quickly activated his prosthetic body to fight back.

boom!

A large-caliber bullet, fired as punishment, severed Rintaro's neck.

"I came here looking for someone, but when I saw you, I knew I hadn't come to the wrong person."

Rintaro sometimes imagines his own death. In his imagination, he dies a glorious death as a hero of Arasaka. But the sad reality is that this loyal Arasaka is shot dead like a street thug.

Vito swaggered out of Rintaro's office, dragging his tattered exoskeleton armor.

The smart submachine guns carried by the security guards at Arasaka Tower were really inadequate in terms of firepower, and it was quite absurd that the elevators at Arasaka Tower were still functioning normally after such a major incident as the attack on Arasaka Tower.

He fought his way to the top of the Ara-saka Tower.

"Stop him! Stop him! Hacker! Hack his armor!"

"Unable to be hacked. This exoskeleton is entirely kinetic armor and has no intelligent components!"

"Holy crap! He took down Adam's hammer!"

Vito successfully reached the top of the Arasaka Tower, where he took a box from the back of his exoskeleton armor and arranged it on the tower's summit.

"So, you're a fan of Silver Hand too?"

"Holy crap, he's not dead yet? That scared the crap out of me!"

Adam's hammer head emitted a jumble of electronic sounds.

"I will not die. I will find you again and tear you to pieces!"

"Alright, alright, it's the Soul Imprint working again, isn't it? Then I wish you success and look forward to our next meeting."

Vito put on a single-soldier jetpack.

Then place Adam's hammer's metal head on the ground.

Vito slowly took a few steps back, then took a deep breath.

Call ~

Vito began his run-up and then kicked Adam on the head, sending Adam's head hurtling straight into the prepared boxes like a football.

Boom! Snap!

The box was activated, releasing fireworks.

"Wuhu, this penalty kick deserves a spot in Night City's Top Ten of the Day!"

Vito jumped off the Arasaka Tower amidst the flashes of fireworks.

Fireworks exploded in the air, first revealing a square head, then words.

Good morning, Night City!

Boom! Snap!

[Good morning, loser Arakazaka]

Boom! Snap!

[Good morning, Waste Company]

Chapter 123 How Should I Say Goodbye to You

The wrecked Emperor 620 sped out of the city center under Falco's control. In Falco's view, Vito had bought them time, and he could not let down everything Vito had done.

Rebecca yelled and screamed, her gorilla arms gripping the Malorian Overture as she tried to jump out of the car.

"That damn bastard! He's clearly the blockhead and he's messing with me! Big Beard, stop the car!"

Stubborn Rebecca wanted to help Vito, but Lucy hugged Rebecca while opening the car door to let David, whose body was being compressed by the prosthetic body, in.

"Lucy! Let me go! Vito! He's Vito!"

Rebecca shouted loudly. The moment she was rescued felt incredibly long, as if time had stood still. In that instant, she seemed to see Vito's face through the mask.

"Vito!?"

Lucy's eyes widened. Just then, another explosion came from the direction of the company square, followed by silence.

Everyone fell silent, pessimistic about the outcome in the face of Adam's Hammer.

The emotions of the survivors were all released at once, although this is the fate of cyberpunk, they did not learn to accept the death of their companions with a smile.

Rebecca stopped struggling; she lowered her head and stared blankly at the Malorian Overture in her hands.

The anti-gravity device on the prosthetic body began to malfunction, and David could barely support the weight of the prosthetic body. He looked at the roof of the car.

"Vito, promise."

beep!

[Go to this location, don't take the main road. I'll have Jack bring Gloria to meet you.]

"It's Vito!"

David shouted.

"Vito?"

“Vito sent a message, he’s alright! Falco, go to this location.”

Falco glanced at the location and then jerked the steering wheel.

"The 'Wanderers' territory'? We shouldn't be able to find you here in Arasaka!"

When they arrived, Jack and Gloria had just arrived at the location, an abandoned rail station in the Badlands.

"Gloria! They're here!"

Gloria rushed to the Emperor 620, which had not yet come to a complete stop. The door opened, and David's eyes began to gleam again.

"Lucy! Insert the chip into David's body!"

Gloria handed a box to Lucy, who then connected the data cable to David and began scanning him.

Gloria's tears kept falling, but her hands remained steady, each movement swift and precise.

Just then, a van pulled up at the abandoned vehicle station, and Falco drew his gun to warn the newcomer.

The car hadn't stopped, but the sound had already arrived.

"Jack, is the circuit connected?"

With a hum, the station lights came on.

"Alright! V, where's Old V?"

Old Vie jumped out of the car and, together with Vincent, carried simple surgical instruments and some replacement prosthetics that might be needed.

"I'm here, Jack. Go help out with the patient once you're all set!"

David was carried into the station. Gloria noted down David's examination information and sent it to Old Man David. She changed into sterile clothes and cleaned the temporary operating room.

"Put the child here, Mrs. Martinez. Could you please help me out, V? We'll probably need a lot of synthetic blood plasma here. To prepare for any emergencies, you'll need to get us some more synthetic blood plasma."

Vincent nodded.

"Leave it to me!"

Vincent checked the magazines he had chosen as he walked; the worst kind of place was full of clueless bandits.

Outside the temporary operating room, the remaining four people silently gazed in the direction of Night City.

"Has that guy come out yet?"

Rebecca frowned, Falco looked grave, and Lucy remained silent, her fingertips trembling slightly.

Jack clutched the golden-haired woman tightly in his arms, staring in the direction of Night City, suppressing his urgent urge to go to the Aragaka Tower.

"Trust Vito!"

Jack's words seemed to be both an answer to the other three and a way of comforting himself.

Just then, they saw fireworks exploding in the sky above Night City.

"This...this is made with Vito sauce, isn't it?"

……

The sudden death of Rintaro, the head of the security department, plunged the entire Arasaka Security Department into brief chaos.

But the well-trained corporate dogs quickly recovered and launched a city-wide manhunt.

Valerie was watching the fireworks outside through the camera.

At that moment, her belief that Arasaka was powerful and invincible began to waver. Vito's fireworks seemed to open a crack in her mind, and the wind kept blowing the crack wider and wider.

Meanwhile, a voice carried on the wind said that the company was really nothing special.

Wow!

The doors to the counterintelligence department opened, and agents from the security department, armed with guns, filed in.

"V, shut down the prosthetic body and relinquish company authorization. You are suspected of betraying company secrets, leading to..."

Valerie interrupted the security personnel with a cold laugh.

"So eager to come and dump the blame?"

The security department also brought along several people in charge of the prosthetic body project. The security department is carrying out self-rescue in accordance with Rintaro's last wishes.

"V, you are fully responsible for the Cybernetic Kong Project and the Arasaka Tower attack!"

After saying that, the security personnel tried to step forward and restrain Valerie.

"If I take full responsibility? Then you should all commit suicide as an atonement!"

After saying that, Valerie invoked the internal oversight authority of the counterintelligence department.

All of the security department's violations over the past few months were displayed on a large screen, and violations by middle-level security personnel were also marked with signs that suggested they might be leaking company secrets.

"You! You dare to steal company information!"

"Shut up! You idiot! The security department doesn't store data on the company network, but instead sets up a subnet on its own. And you dare to hide this from the counterintelligence department? Are you trying to defect from Arasaka?!"

The security personnel were immediately thrown into a panic when this serious accusation was leveled against them.

At this time, the virus [Serves You Right] that Valerie had set up was activated again, and the prosthetic bodies of Agent Arasaka, who went out to hunt down Square Head and David's team, encountered some problems, both big and small.

Emergency calls came in like snowflakes.

"Our agents have been infected with the cyber virus, what's wrong with your counterintelligence department...?"

"Your unauthorized subnet was attacked by a virus, and now you're dragging the counterintelligence department into it?"

At this moment, Jenkins came out and confirmed that Rintaro had been killed by the attackers, his head severed from his body, and there was no possibility of recovery.

With his subordinates possessing damaging information about the security department and now launching a counter-offensive while things are going smoothly, Jenkins has no reason not to join in.

"I have reported all the company losses caused by your violations to Tokyo. His Excellency Yoriyuki Arasaka will be making time to come to Night City. You incompetent and detrimental company parasites should just wait for the company to deal with you! Don't you dare try to bite me in the intelligence department!"

Jenkins then ordered his men to clear out the security personnel, leaving only the person in charge of the prosthetic body.

“We should perhaps talk about who should really be held responsible for such a huge loss to the company.”

……

Dogtown, checkpoint.

"Welcome to Dogtown, Mr. Vito Musso."