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

If Johnny Silverhand himself were standing in front of them swearing, it would certainly be very intimidating. But with such an adorable contrast, he's even so cute that you'd want to pet him first.

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Johnny's robot screen displayed a huge question mark, which immediately turned into a huge, bold exclamation mark and roared angrily: "Still laughing? This woman, if I weren't a robot, I would have taken care of you right now!"

"Uh, so this is what they call a legendary figure?" David gave a wry smile. He had originally hoped to pay homage to his predecessor, but in the end, his illusions were completely shattered.

"That's just the kind of person Johnny Silverhand is. You'll get used to it."

Old Vince, once a legendary figure in Night City, was not surprised at all. He did not have the special filter of those young people. "However, Johnny's feat of carrying a nuclear bomb into the Aragaka Tower is indeed unique, and no one has been able to replicate it to this day."

After being flattered, Johnny's anger subsided slightly: "That's right, that's it! Now you know how powerful I am!"

“But in the end, it’s all for naught,” Jack grumbled. “The Arasaka Tower has been rebuilt, the Arasaka Corporation is still at the top, and the legendary figures of the past are now in the hands of simple robots, haha!”

"I told you, don't fucking mention this damn robot to me again! Damn it, the only weapon this crappy robot has is... a f***ing simple spear!"

Johnny was about to lose it. "What kind of junk is this? It's a makeshift spear made from a broom handle and a sword hilt and blade? Are you guys fucking out of your minds?!"

"Just a little clever idea."

To one side, Roger, smoking a cigarette, exhaled and smiled slightly. "How does it feel to be your little revenge for abandoning me as your girlfriend, Johnny?"

"Your heart is even smaller than it was when you were a virgin." Johnny was truly ruthless with everyone, but it was hard to tell whether this was an insult or a compliment.

Rogue, the proprietress of the most famous bar in Night City, the Bar of Afterlife. This Bar of Afterlife was the legendary bar that V and Jack could only dream of visiting before they met Seven.

It's easy to imagine how influential this proprietress is.

Of course, no matter how big Roger's status is now, she is now ranked below V and Jack, and even David and Old V.

Like Johnny, Roger was already an adult in 202 and had a romantic relationship with Johnny.

But Johnny was both a deserter and a rock musician, so it's no surprise that he'd had more women he'd dated and slept with than stray dogs on the street.

In 202, Johnny stormed Arasaka Tower not for Rogue, nor for any of his own ideals, but for another girlfriend, Ultra, whom he loved far more than Rogue.

At the time, his girlfriend, Otto, was one of the world's most powerful hackers, perhaps even more powerful, who created a black technology called "Soul Killer" all by herself.

Saburo Arasaka took a liking to this technology, so he sent people to kidnap Ultraman and steal the technology in the process.

To save face and rescue his girlfriend, Johnny decided to get revenge and launched a nuclear attack on Arasaka Tower.

Of course, the result was regrettable. Although the nuclear bomb explosion was successful, it had a very limited impact on the Arasaka Group. Instead, he himself was captured by Arasaka and became the first experimental and successful product of the Relic chip.

As for his girlfriend, Ultra, she abandoned her physical body and underwent mechanical ascension, entering the network world as the strongest AI, lingering outside the Black Wall.

The so-called "black wall" can be simply understood as a network firewall built by all of humanity.

Once, a great war between humans led to the accidental birth of a large number of powerful AIs. If those AIs were to roam the human network world, then all of humanity, which is already inseparable from electronic devices, would perish.

That's why we collaborated to create the strongest global firewall, keeping all those terrifying AIs that arise naturally outside.

In conclusion, although the Arasaka Group suffered some losses, it ultimately won big. Johnny's resistance did not bring about a good result.

In reality, nothing has changed.

Rogue, who had partnered with Rogge to attack Arasaka Tower, then ignored the whole affair and started a new bar, which he built into a legendary establishment over several decades.

Although fifty-three years have passed, thanks to technology, Roger doesn't look like an old woman now; he looks to be around forty years old.

Roger chuckled. "Likewise, but seeing you come back makes me a little nostalgic for the old days."

"Stay away from me, you old hag. I have absolutely no interest in you now." Johnny clicked his tongue, turning to look at V, who was clearly the one in charge here. "So? What are you planning to do by taking me away?"

"Judging from your expressions, you've even called Roger over, so you must know everything that happened back then. Then you should know that all my resistance is in vain."

"Look at this city, look at those corporate dogs standing tall. The world will only get worse, never better. Even if you wake me up from my coffin, it won't make a difference. If you want to rebel against these corporate dogs, don't have the cowardly idea that 'having a legendary figure like Johnny will solve everything.'"

Ugh, so narcissistic, he's a complete narcissist.

V and Jack exchanged a glance. "Bull Demon, I need your help."

"Pfft, ha, hahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Jack burst into laughter, laughing so hard he almost fell over. "You, you really are... haha, no, bro, you really think you're something special? It's not that we wanted to find you, it was your little fan, Arasaka Yoriyuki, who begged us to rescue you. Otherwise, you'd probably be on Arasaka Saburo's dinner table by now."

"Huh?" Johnny was stunned.

This isn't right. This isn't how a senior should act cool. Not only did he fail to show off today, but he also got completely destroyed.

The red is warm.

Johnny was immediately engulfed in high temperatures by the simple robot he was in. He could tell that Jack was telling the truth, because the reactions of everyone present, including Roger, said it all.

stretch.

The veteran wanted to put on a show, act arrogantly, and suppress the younger generation before stepping in to help fight against Arasaka again, but he ended up kicking a hornet's nest.

V, in a sinister and sarcastic tone, taunted, "Is this what seniority is? Wow, impressive!"

"Stop spouting your fucking nonsense!" Johnny forcefully turned the page. "So, do you have a hundred nuclear bombs or a thousand nuclear bombs? I don't believe that after my mess, those corporate dogs won't strengthen their control over nuclear weapons."

"Nuclear bombs? There really aren't any."

"So what the hell kind of trump cards do you guys have?"

"Let me see, not many, less than 100,000 gang members, some heavy weapons units that were bought, stolen and robbed, plus a few of us natural experts who have achieved considerable success in natural fitness."

Yes, some were bought, or rather, the majority were probably bought.

Don't question why anyone would sell; that's how capital works. A 300% profit can justify selling a noose that leads to execution. Besides, in the eyes of all the major powers, the Natural Faction is completely trapped, and no matter how many weapons they have, they are doomed.

Therefore, the sale of weapons within the permitted limits is still taking place.

"so much?"

Johnny was also taken aback when he heard this.

You can't help but be intimidated. This force is truly massive. Anyone who dares to say that this power can't stir up trouble must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.

With such a massive force, as long as the entire Arasaka Group doesn't mobilize all its military power, it can definitely live a very comfortable life.

"And what about your opponents?" Johnny asked instinctively. "It can't be that the entire Arasaka team is going to get serious, can it?"

"Oh, let me calculate it."

V counted on his fingers, listing the names one by one, "At the very least, there's the Arasaka Group, Comto, Military Technology, Dogtown, New America... There will definitely be more, all sorts of things, but it's alright, it just means we need to take down the whole world with the strength of a group."

"?"

Johnny has typed out more questions today than he has in his entire life.

No, buddy, if you're going to take on Arasaka one-on-one, then I can advise you to prioritize the bigger picture, break up your operations and run away to other places where Arasaka can't gain a significant foothold, wait for the right opportunity, and come back to steal their thunder when Arasaka is overwhelmed by other big companies.

But what about you now?

Why are you still running? There's nowhere for you to go in the whole world.

"Fine, I respect you as a man, a fucking tough guy, I admire you!" This was the first time the stubborn and hot-tempered Johnny had been so impressed. At least he had never dared to think of doing what V was doing.

But he was very curious: what exactly did V do to provoke such public outrage? It couldn't have been something like breaking the global firewall and letting all the terrible AIs infiltrate, could it?

That's impossible. Otherwise, the entire human world would already be filled with flying nuclear bombs and completely turned into a wasteland.

“It’s nothing,” V glanced around, looked at some advanced cybernetic bodies that hadn’t been cleared out of the room, and walked over.

With his fist clenched loosely, he showed no sign of speeding up or exerting any force. Then, with a crash, the most advanced prosthetic body in 2076 shattered instantly, leaving behind several prominent cracks that stretched for several meters in the nearby floor and walls.

"this?!"

Johnny loathed the broken, rudimentary robot's body. If it were still human, he would rub his eyes right now to see if he was seeing things.

"It's energy dissipation, energy dissipation with extremely high purity!"

Jack put his hands in his pockets, and then, with a quick snap, to cover it up, he pulled his hands out of his pockets faster than ever before, breaking the sound barrier.

"Look, this is called the Pulling Fist Technique. Hmph, don't understand, huh? You old-fashioned city bumpkin, backward, so outdated!"

One is a power-dissipating V, and the other is a pull-out punch Jack; their art styles are quite unique.

This is fucking illogical. What kind of technology is this?

Johnny wanted to reprimand him, but the facts were undeniable, leaving him speechless. These two techniques clearly demonstrated just how high V and Jack's natural physical abilities truly were.

If one's physical strength is outside the standard range, it's hard to say whether they can adapt to stress reduction.

But the Pull-Out Fist technique is something that will almost always result in a complete fracture, or even a comminuted fracture, after just one use. Yet Jack is still completely unharmed and full of energy.

"Now I know why those corporate bastards and even New America are all ganging up on you guys."

Johnny suddenly realized, "So it's not that I wanted to kill you, nor that you did anything big, it's just that the two of you are too valuable for research. If I were a tycoon, I would definitely dissect you to see if you are really aliens pretending to be humans."

"Then there's no hope. Just wait to die. Neither of you will even leave behind a corpse."

V and Jack didn't even blink at Johnny's words, showing no fear whatsoever.

All I replied with was an "Oh".

This attitude is also wrong.

Johnny probed, "Could it be that you have a trump card even more powerful than a nuclear bomb?"

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Jack curled his lip. “Anyway, I see absolutely no way to avoid losing. We’re just waiting to die, waiting to die.”

"And you're still doing this?"

V scoffed, "There's no other way. You'll die whether you're afraid or not, so why cower like a coward and tremble like that? That's too cowardly."

"If we lose this battle, we'll just die. Even if we die, we'll end up like a big shot like you, with no one left to remember us. But it doesn't matter. I never thought about being remembered for ages or becoming a great figure in history."

"There's no need for all that fancy stuff. I just can't stand this era, and I can't stand these high-and-mighty corporate dogs. I just feel that people shouldn't live such a muddled and aimless life."

"I'm definitely going to die this time, but before I die, I'll make sure I get my fill of killing. I'll at least take a few of those high-ranking company bastards to hell with me. They won't be able to capture me alive. They'll be left with nothing but scraps!"

V is still not some super philanthropist, and he doesn't think about equality for all.

However, under Lao Qi's constant high-pressure education, he felt that this cyberpunk era was indeed garbage.

If I were in power, I would first eliminate radiation, rebuild the land, cleanse the rivers and oceans, and clean up all sorts of pollution at any cost. I would remove technologically advanced food and dirty water from the table and let people eat natural food and drink normal water first.

And let's not make it so competitive. If it gets too competitive, in the end no one will benefit.

He still has ambitions.

But he knew even better that these ambitions were simply impossible to realize, because he would never be able to get past the next hurdle of being a corporate dog.

Fortunately, he had already prepared a backup plan.