Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

"No, this, this must be because the prosthetic body is saturated. Yes, it's not my fault. Please, give me a chance, I promise—"

boom!

"The obstructive waste has been disposed of. Deputy Manager, it's your turn to report on your performance."

"Yes, yes, sir..."

The deputy manager was trembling with fear. He witnessed his former boss, who had once been a powerful figure in the company, being hacked into by electronic means. His head was burned out and smoking, and he was even shot.

The truly powerful figures don't have that much patience. On a normal day, the so-called middle and upper management of the company can enjoy countless privileges, but if the performance drops in a way that others cannot tolerate, they are less valuable and have no human rights than a beggar in Night City.

The deputy manager didn't dare to waste even half a second, using the chip and implant to forcefully suppress any slips of the tongue that might occur due to fear, and proceeded to speak at a rapid pace.

"Sir, it's like this, it all stems from a special event that happened two months ago."

As he spoke, the deputy manager quickly pulled up V and Jack's files, presented all the relevant information to the important person, and sent it over.

"This person's name is V. He comes from a nomadic family called Barker. He left the nomadic family more than three months ago and took a job. The person who assigned the job is this guy named Jack Wells. He is a native of Night City, born in the Haywood district. He was a member of the Valentino gang, but later went solo."

"Jack Wells took a job assisting in transporting the thieving company Lizard, met V, and the two of them sneaked into Night City while being chased by checkpoint police, and teamed up to do it."

"Two months ago, Jack Wells took on another job, robbing some unknown product that did not belong to the company from a group of cleaners. The Vortex Gang got involved, and Jack Wells and V escaped from the Vortex Gang."

"Afterwards, the two of them claimed that they were unable to find the target item requested by the client because of the interference of the Vortex Gang."

"The next day, Jack Wells and V changed everything. They removed their prosthetics and restored the body parts they had lost due to the prosthetic implants, presumably by transplanting human organs from other people."

"Through investigation and speculation, we have identified a cyborg doctor named Victor Victor. He is a highly skilled cyborg doctor with a vast inventory of various items. He has committed numerous crimes in Night City and was already a notorious figure before retiring from crime to become a cyborg doctor."

Of course, what the deputy manager didn't dare say was that his investigation revealed that some mid- and lower-level people in the Arasaka Group, military technology, including some in Kangtao and other forces, had also sought out Victor Viktor to install prosthetic bodies or cure diseases.

This is a topic that absolutely cannot be touched.

Although no one below would dare to disobey their superiors, if the superiors ordered them to kill Victor Viktor, no one would dare to refuse the order and would carry it out 200% without ever letting Victor Viktor go.

However, this does not prevent people from remembering Victor Viktor's good deeds even after he is killed.

Night City is indeed a terrible city, but as long as it doesn't come at the cost of personal danger, there's bound to be a small group of people with a conscience. Can you guarantee that Victor Viktor's clients don't include any of those with a conscience?

Those people certainly wouldn't dare send someone to assassinate the big shots, but they could definitely vent their anger on him, a mere middle-level manager. So even if he had nine lives, he wouldn't dare reveal this part.

Not only that, he also had to do his best to help save this prosthetic doctor.

“Victor Viktor’s prosthetic surgery skills are widely recognized. Some of his implant cases are so advanced that even the company’s prosthetic surgeons say they are impossible. Moreover, he is not related to Jack Wells or V by blood.”

The deputy manager was on tenterhooks, hoping that the big shot would consider Victor's abilities and not implicate this well-connected prosthetic doctor, or better yet, on a whim, simply recruit Victor into the company.

Otherwise, he really couldn't bear the blame for killing Old Wei.

Even if he wanted to protect someone, he only dared to say so much. If he said anything more, the big shot might think he was trying to tell him what to do, lose patience, and shoot him dead.

"After the natural organs were implanted, Jack Wells and V completely changed their approach. They started shouting the slogan that natural humans were better than implanted prosthetic bodies and exercised in public throughout Night City. Every morning at six o'clock, they would start running around the entire Night City. Now, all the poor people in the city know them."

"According to various sources, it can be verified that neither of them secretly installed prosthetic bodies, nor did they use drugs or other technologies like the Animal Gang. They relied purely on natural and outdated fitness training."

"But the results were...unbelievable."

At this point, the deputy manager cautiously pulled up two videos.

The first instance occurred near Arasaka Academy, where Jack Wells and V each single-handedly defeated Katsuo Tanaka, who possessed advanced implants, with a single spin.

The second video is a running video.

In the video, the number of people was no longer just Jack Wells and V, nor was it just the addition of David Martinez, but several more people were suddenly added.

“Mann, Pila, Rebecca, Dorio, Kivi, Falco, they were all once members of a cyberpunk mercenary squad, led by Mann.”

The deputy manager then explained the background and consequences:

"According to the information, although V had no connection with Jack Wells and the Martinez family and were complete strangers to them, about two weeks ago, Jack Wells and V saw the Martinez family in a car accident on their way home from exercising and suddenly rescued David Martinez and Gloria Martinez without compensation."

“They took Gloria, who was seriously injured in the car accident, to Victor Victor’s clinic. From that day on, the two of them changed again. They went from being focused on exercising to meddling in other people’s business and rescuing people wherever they saw them.”

"Before the car accident, Gloria stole a military-grade cybernetic body called Sianwistan and negotiated to sell it to Mann to pay for her son's school fees. She had received the money, but she fell into a coma due to the car accident and lost contact with him, so she did not send the Sianwistan to Mann."

"In order to obtain Sianwistan, Mann went to Victor Viktor's clinic, where he was defeated by V due to his attitude."

There is no video of this, after all, it is the clinic of that legendary prosthetic doctor, and it is impossible for other people's prosthetic devices to be recorded or monitored there.

However, despite the lack of video footage, the clinic was filled with patients and other prosthetic doctors who had been called in to help, so the incident couldn't be kept secret and spread like wildfire immediately afterward.

"—"

The important man stopped tapping his fingers casually on the armrest of his chair, froze for a moment, then looked at the assistant manager, raising an eyebrow. "You mean, he defeated Mann, who was still using a prosthetic body at the time, all by himself?"

What is this concept?

Although Mann's implants were nothing to the big shots, and he couldn't even defeat the Terrorist Mobile Squad by himself, he was still a mercenary leader with some reputation.

While Mann's other implants were not as good as Sianwistan, they weren't far behind, otherwise he wouldn't have thought of asking Gloria to buy Sianwistan.

This kind of person is definitely not someone that ignorant middle-class young master like Tanaka Katsuo could possibly scam.

Could someone like that be defeated by a purely natural person?

But the deputy manager was clearly not lying, because the video comparison proved everything.

In the video, the day after Mann went to the clinic, he joined the ranks of natural people exercising. His prosthetic body had obviously been forcibly removed, and he had also been forcibly transplanted with natural organs to restore himself to a completely natural person.

Not just him, but all his teammates were like that.

Especially since he was running while cursing and had a grumpy face, it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with V and Jack.

Dissatisfied, yet obediently following orders—what else could it be but a defeat?

"After the incidents involving Katsuo Tanaka and Mann, their ranks of natural persons suddenly grew, with more people joining every day."

"Although other cyborgs also wanted to cause trouble, some couldn't do so due to various coincidences, and some were defeated after going. Sometimes it was V who took action, and sometimes it was Jack, but the two of them won every time."

"After hearing about these things, many members of the animal gang from Taiping Island came to cause trouble, but the result was the same—they were all defeated without exception..."

“Recently, V and Jack even made a trip to Pacific Island to oust the top brass of the Animal Gang and take their place, thus taking control of the entire gang. I suspect they will make more moves after that.”

The difference between Animal Gang and V lies in the fact that while the former advocates physical combat and the human body, it does not reject drug use and the use of high-tech chips, but rather regards these as treasures.

Because of the drugs they take, they understand even better that without taking them, how can they possibly become stronger? All those rumors about V and Jack are definitely false, utterly false.

So they went there to expose the fakes.

To everyone's surprise, instead of exposing the fraud, they were defeated by the other side.

What else is there to say? Just change the leader!

The animal gang was originally divided into several smaller gangs based on their regions, just like a herd of beasts. Each gang was led by the largest and strongest member. They also resolved their differences through duels until one side defeated the other.

Therefore, it would be very simple for V to rule the entire animal gang; he could simply send one small group of animals to challenge them one by one.

That concludes the matter at this point.

The deputy manager doesn't need to explain the underlying logic further, because the important person has a brain and can think for themselves.

Because V and Jack have built such a huge reputation in the past two months, proving with facts that it is possible to be so powerful without cybernetic bodies, there will always be people who are attracted to them.

Aside from those who already advocate for a purely natural approach, some who were originally considering buying prosthetic bodies might hesitate and perhaps join V's team to try training themselves. If successful, they could save a significant amount of money.

After all, prosthetic bodies are not cheap at all. If you can fight against a prosthetic body person after two or three months of training, then it is definitely worth it. The cost of buying a basic prosthetic body is not just two or three months. If you rely solely on your salary and do not take on side jobs, it would take at least a year and a half to save up.

Although these people may not stick with it, they may only try it for two or three weeks before giving up and going back to buy a prosthetic body.

Whether or not they will go back to buy prosthetic bodies is a matter for later; they certainly won't buy them now. Therefore, it's inevitable that the company's profits from prosthetic bodies will experience negative growth this month.

"interesting……"

The important figure pondered for a moment.

In the past two months, due to the intense competition between major companies, these big shots have been focusing their attention on other large companies. Unexpectedly, such an interesting person has emerged.

Yes, it's really interesting.

The real executives of these large companies all know that the human body does indeed have some untapped potential. For example, Saburo Arasaka is over 100 years old, and his son, Yoriyuki Arasaka, is 81 years old, yet they still look like they are in their twenties or thirties.

Although this involves countless technologies, if humanity itself has no potential, no amount of technology could extend lifespan by such a large margin.

However, cases like V and Jack's have never appeared in any major companies.

Although none of the companies have said it publicly, every major company has actually conducted numerous experiments in private, comparing natural humans to cyborgs. But as it turns out, it was simply impossible.

But now, a special case has emerged?

Sure enough, sure enough, haha, it's more effective to use the world's lowest of the low as unintentional experimental subjects than to work behind closed doors in a laboratory.

"Ha, ha, ha ha!"

The important man laughed.

At this point, the company's temporary negative profit growth in prosthetics is no big deal and is completely unimportant.

Now there's only one important thing: grab V, grab Jack, grab those two.

These two individuals definitely possess a secret that could advance existing technology, allowing them, the true leaders of these companies, to no longer live day to day.

Saburo Arasaka is now 157 years old and has begun to anxiously search for more ways to achieve immortality. According to predictions, no matter how advanced technology becomes, unless consciousness ascends to the network world, no matter how much technology is used, it will be impossible to live past two hundred years old.

But now, one hundred and fifty years old, two hundred years old?

That's nothing.

Once the secrets of V and Jack are cracked, not to mention living to be two hundred years old, it's not impossible to live to be a thousand years old!

Moreover, one can live a more comfortable and leisurely life for a thousand years, instead of just watching one's subordinates create bloody scenes for oneself. That's not enjoyable enough; one's threshold has long been reached, and one feels utterly bored.

At that time, they will not only be able to live for a thousand years, but they will also be able to personally use their fists to tear open other people's backs and crush other people's heads like crushing an apple.

The thrill of that experience is incomparable to simply ordering subordinates to kill.

"Very good, very good. I will vote for you in the meeting and promote you to manager... As for now, you keep V and Jack's affair a secret, keep everyone in check, and tell them that anyone who dares to touch V and Jack will be in for a world of trouble!"

Upon hearing this, the deputy manager trembled with excitement, never expecting such a good thing to happen to him. He nodded and bowed repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes!"

The screen flickered black, and the link was cut off.

Of course, important figures cannot appear in front of the deputy manager in person; this is done via remote video communication.

Now that the communication was over, the deputy manager could no longer see the important figure. He staggered into a chair in the conference room with a sigh of relief, his back covered in cold sweat. Then he burst into laughter, relieved to have survived the ordeal.

My mind was filled with only one thought: I'm rich now!

The joy I felt was indescribable.