Harry Potter, the savior of Night City

"How can someone live without their head?!"

Rebecca also saw the monster's severed head, but the monster was still moving, which was baffling.

Harry raised the Mantis Knife again and slashed fiercely across the monster's Sianweinstein spine, severing it in half. The green light on the Sianweinstein flashed briefly before quickly fading. While dodging the monster's mechanical punches, Harry pried off a piece of its Sianweinstein spine, then sliced ​​it open with the Mantis Knife, creating a large gash in its back. He plunged his wand into the monster's flesh, shouting, "Petrify!"

The monster's body froze instantly, its limbs no longer moving. Harry took the opportunity to call to Rebecca, "Rebecca, jump!" He then jumped off the monster first, and Rebecca also jumped off the monster's calves and ran to Harry's side.

"Harry, how are you?"

Rebecca saw the blood flowing from Harry's mouth and nose and couldn't help but worry.

"It's alright, Sianwaystein was just overworked, he just needs some rest." Harry told Rebecca not to worry, then turned to her, "Are you alright? How are your brain-computer interface and prosthetic eye?"

"It's basically unusable. The prosthetic eye can only see things now; all other functions are broken. The brain-computer interface is almost useless too; it can't send information." Rebecca rubbed the back of her head; there were still some sparks behind her ears, but she should be fine now.

Just then, the petrification spell on the monster was lifted, but it stopped mechanically punching and walking. Due to inertia, its body was dragged down by its own backward-swung fist and fell heavily to the ground, where it died completely.

"What is this thing?" Rebecca walked up to the monster's body and poked it with the muzzle of her gun.

"This is our target," Harry said. "I scanned him as soon as he appeared, and he's our target, Jamie Wick."

"Huh?" Rebecca stared at the six-meter-tall humanoid monster on the ground, then recalled the appearance of the person in the mission description, and was completely dumbfounded. "He...no, I..."

"It must be the work of biotechnology." Harry pointed to the biotechnology markings on a pile of corpses in the room. "Let's go see if we can find any clues."

Rebecca nodded and followed Harry into the house. After searching through the messy room, they found three syringes and two chips. Rebecca handed the chips to Harry, saying, "My brain-computer interface can't read chips right now. Take a look."

Harry took the chip from Rebecca, inserted the first one behind his ear, and began reading it. It was Jamie Wick's.

Jamie Wick: You idiot, can't you see I'm busy?! Who the hell are you? Call me now!

？？？：I work in biotechnology.

Jamie Wick: Damn it, I don't care where you're from, get the hell out of here!

Jamie Wick, a member of the Valentino gang, 23 years old, intercepted the shipment to Father, the middleman in the Haywood area. Now you should be afraid of the priest's retaliation, am I right?

Jamie Wick: Damn it... who the hell are you? What do you want?!

? ? ?: Let's get straight to the point, Mr. Wick. The company has its eye on you. We can solve this problem for you, but you'll need to assist us with a small experiment. Don't worry, it's harmless. After it's done, we'll even give you a set of combat cybernetic bodies, including Sianwistan, Kichiro, etc.

Jamie Wick: Damn it, I...

? ? ?: Don't be so quick to refuse, Mr. Wick. I believe Sebastian has already put you on the commission list. You can check it out and then think about whether you want to agree.

Jamie Wick: ......

Jamie Wick: I'll send you the address.

[Unclear text: It's been a pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Wick.]

"As expected, this idiot was frantic after intercepting Dad's goods, like a lizard biting its own ass. As a result, he was targeted by biotechnology. Feeling he had no other choice, he agreed to the deal with biotechnology," Harry said to Rebecca. "Actually, if he had really intercepted it, returned it intact, apologized politely, and given some money, the priest would have let him live. But this guy even threatened Dad. What an idiot."

As Harry spoke, he inserted another chip behind his ear.

Biotechnology Researcher No. 6's Diary

The 23rd experiment failed, resulting in the failure of the super-soldier transformation and the physical collapse of the test subject.

The forty-eighth experiment, this time using the body of a ten-year-old child, failed to achieve super soldier transformation. The side effects of super soldier transformation were partially offset by the development required by the experimental subject's body, but the experimental subject's body was weak and exploded, resulting in failure.

In the seventy-fifth experiment, two fifteen-year-old children were sewn together to attempt another modification. The sewing went smoothly, but the subjects showed strong resistance. Four times the usual dose of sedative was injected, and the modification began. The modification was successful, but at the end, an extremely strong rejection reaction suddenly broke out, and the subjects died. The experiment failed.

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The 359th experiment involved equipping the test subject with military-grade cybernetic implants and integrating the brainstem of 11 individuals with them. The experiment was a success. The implantation rate reached 50%, physical functions increased by 500%, and the duration of cybernetic output reached 200%. Super-soldier transformation was successful. Thus, we can mass-produce Adam Hammer... No, no, no, how could this be? The test subject's nervous system is malfunctioning, the sedatives are ineffective, the inhibitors are ineffective... No, no, no, the test subject is undergoing cyberpsychotic psychosis! Damn, this monster turning into a cyberpsychotic will cause a major disaster! Notify the company, the experiment is successful! Have them come and pick up the test subject! Quickly! ...Don't come any closer! Stop!!...

"Those biotech bastards." Harry spat. "These guys have experimented on children and pregnant women for their experiments. Wick is their most successful product. They installed eleven brainstem shunts in his brain to put stress on the human body during their experiments. As a result, Wick became a cyberpsychotic and killed them. It's like he got what he deserved."

"The corporate dogs have never changed." Rebecca curled her lip in disgust. "They'd kill anything for their money and status, they don't care about anything, they're a bunch of scum."

Harry nodded in agreement. "Anyway, let's go. They might have notified biotechnology. It wouldn't be good if the company dogs came looking for us."

"it is good."

The two put away their weapons and immediately ran outside, intending to escape before the biotech people arrived. But at that moment, Harry suddenly felt his vision go black, his legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground. Rebecca saw this and immediately ran over to help Harry up.

"Harry, how are you? Can you still walk?"

Harry paused for a moment and said, "I'm fine. The adrenaline rush has worn off. I'll be weak for a bit, but it's nothing serious." As he spoke, blood started flowing from his nose and mouth again.

"You say you're fine? Let me help you. There's a prosthetic doctor here you can trust." Rebecca put one of Harry's arms around her neck and dragged him outside.

"Victor, go find him..." Harry's voice was weak, not at all like a side effect.

"Damn it, hang in there!" Rebecca yelled at Harry. "Call Mann, on speakerphone, quick!"

"Okay..." Harry perked up and dialed Mann's number.

[Connected]

"Harry, mission accomplished?" Mann's voice came from beside Harry. "Then I'll give it to the priest..."

"Damn it, Mann, Harry's dying! Come help!" Rebecca interrupted Mann, shouting.

"Huh? Okay, I'll be there soon."

[Call ended]

Rebecca helped Harry up and dragged him to the street corner. Passersby saw them and walked around them. Rebecca helped Harry to a chair, then stood up and waited anxiously for Mann.

Soon, a Chevrolet car pulled up to the side of the road. Mann got out of the car and immediately saw the anxious Rebecca.

"Rebecca, what happened? How could Harry be like this?!" Mann hoisted Harry up in his arms and pushed Rebecca towards the car with his other hand.

"Let's go see Dr. Victor first. He's a prosthetic doctor that Harry trusts. We'll talk when we get there."

Mann placed the unconscious Harry in the front, then sat with Rebecca in the modified back of the vehicle. He closed the door and said to Falco, who was in the driver's seat, "Falco, um, Dr. Victor, do you know the way?"

"I know, I've taken clients there before." Falco nodded, then started the car and sped towards Old Vie's clinic.

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"The head was cut off, but the internal memory chip is still intact and can be used to extract data."

"Okay, notify NCPD to seal off the scene. Let's take this big corpse back."

"Okay, we can have the intelligence department help us crack it, find this guy who can kill super soldiers, and use him for experiments. The results should be better, and maybe we can figure out how to develop this thing."

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