2077: V really knows how awesome he is

The nanobots began to multiply again, and blue patterns kept appearing on the dam, as if countless giant hands were erasing despair and firmly grasping the shattered future.

People cheered, but quickly stopped.

Because the isomer is falling from the sky.

Its engine had completely stopped, and it crashed into Laguna Bay in free fall with a thud.

The water was splashed up to a height of 100 meters, and the news cameras faithfully captured the scene, bringing everyone to a standstill.

Mach 12 already exceeds the limits of the human body, could it be...?

No problem at all!

While everyone was still feeling uneasy, the isomer had already soared into the sky from the lake.

It floats in mid-air, overlooking the entire city of night. Its high-temperature outer shell evaporates moisture like wings, and sunlight shines on its high-tech coating, reflecting a sacred glow.

This scene is incredible!

People cheered again, and some even couldn't help but prostrate themselves in worship.

Night City has won.

Under V's leadership, we will reclaim the future once again!

A week later.

The restoration work on the Badlands Dam is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the blue stripes are known by the public as the "Blue Miracle."

Because the new nanorobots act as an adhesive by hardening their protein shells, a behavior tantamount to suicide, people lit candles in a corner of the dam as a memorial to thank these little guys for their selfless act.

At the factory in Watson District, Jack is leading the workers to repair the isomer. V has been too reckless, causing serious damage to this valuable individual combat armor. The most basic repair costs alone are as high as 4 million.

The cleanup work in the eastern part of Coronado Farm is nearing completion. The damaged wreckage has been removed, new houses have been rebuilt, and with the arrival of heavy machinery, the devastated land has been leveled again, and new homes are being built on the ruins once more—this is how humanity has always moved forward step by step.

The Adcado, a nomadic tribe that originally roamed the Badlands, were the main force in transporting various building materials. Under normal circumstances, the nomads would not provoke Night City, but if Night City was injured, they would not hesitate to take advantage of the situation. However, Adcado's young leader, Parnan Palmer, took a firm stance to stop this tradition and instead went to Night City alone to see V, ultimately securing the deal for the entire tribe.

“V, we won’t let you down. Adcardo is the best driver. With us transporting the goods, you can fucking relax!” Panan said excitedly. Her voice was slightly hoarse, which made her even more sexy. Although her skin was a bit rough, her features were very three-dimensional. She was the kind of wild beauty that grew on you the more you looked at her.

In his past life, V was quite attracted to Panan's body, but unfortunately, Panan wasn't into lesbian relationships. The two of them blew up a train together to steal the magic lizard, and eventually became good friends. If Jack was V's male best friend, then Panan was V's female best friend.

When a female friend asked to come to his door, V naturally wouldn't refuse.

She offered Adcado a very generous price, which made Panan so happy that he almost kowtowed to her on the spot.

V had no doubt that even if she were to take advantage of Panan now, Panan would not hesitate to take off his pants and stick his butt out.

This girl doesn't trust the company. The reason she's willing to cooperate with the company is probably because something's happened to her.

V stared at Panan's departing figure, thinking this, while Sasha, standing beside her, pinched her waist in dissatisfaction.

"Big butts are beautiful, right?"

"Of course, Panan's ass, the soul of Night City!"

puff.

Sasha laughed out loud: "It seems you really like voluptuous women. I'm so sorry I'm too slender. How about I call Panan back? She seems to be short of money, so she probably won't refuse you."

"Never mind, I never take advantage of others in their time of need."

Sasha rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay her any attention.

V looked at Roger, who was smoking to the side: "This is a hospital room."

Roger nodded and took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket: "Want one too?"

"I don't smoke, just pour me a drink."

So the two of them sat in the hospital room, one smoking and the other drinking.

Because of her previous reckless behavior, V's body has suffered a lot of damage. To explain it all in detail would require calling in doctors from all departments of the hospital. To put it simply, she now trembles all over when she walks and needs long-term rest. She relies entirely on a wheelchair for daily activities. Basically, she tries to stay still as much as possible and rest whenever she can.

Incidentally, David, who lives next door to V, is also in a wheelchair, and Lucy is taking care of him.

“I didn’t expect you to bring Panan along.” V looked at Roger.

“That girl helped me with a few deliveries, so we know each other, but we’re not that close,” Roger said casually.

"You're not even that familiar with each other, yet you're acting as a matchmaker?"

“My son’s father was once the leader of Adcado, so we have some connection.”

"Holy crap?" V exclaimed in surprise, "I thought your son was Johnny's!"

Roger choked on his smoke, coughing and patting his chest as he said, "I'll have Johnny's baby? I fucking nausea just thinking about it!"

"You're disgusting, yet you still slept with Johnny, even though you were using Saburo Arasaka's body."

"It's precisely because I'm using Saburo Arasaka's body that I'm sleeping with Johnny. He used to be the boss of Arasaka, you know. It was hard to accept at first, but after getting used to it, it's actually pretty damn fun. Anyway, it's free to sleep with me, why wouldn't I?"

V was both amused and exasperated: "Johnny even told me in private that he'd won you over, turns out he's just a..."

"Human-shaped masturbator".

V felt sorry for Johnny, but gave Roger a thumbs up.

Johnny Silverhand is a controversial figure. Some say he's a megalomaniac, others say he's a revolutionary, but one thing is unsurprisingly agreed upon: Johnny Silverhand is a complete scumbag.

"Let's get down to business." Roger stubbed out his cigarette and pulled a chip from his pocket: "I've found out what you asked me to investigate. All the people who tampered with the dam are on this chip."

V didn't look at the chip because there was no need: "Kill them all."

"Kill them all?" Roger paused for a moment. "There are quite a few officials inside, and some of them hold high positions."

“Then let’s go through legal procedures. Collect evidence, file a public prosecution, and let the court make a ruling. The law will give them a fair trial.” V shrugged: “Do you think that will work? Do you think the law will be effective against them? Of course not, because the law was written by them while they were taking a dump in court. They have been above the law from the very beginning. The only things that can punish them are bullets of various types and chainsaw swords.”

Rogge did not object: "I'm just worried that too many officials disappearing will affect the subsequent urban restoration work."

"Two-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged officials are plentiful. Besides, in actual work, even a roadside contractor is more professional than an official. These guys can't do anything but give orders blindly. Without their interference, the repair work will only go more smoothly."

Roger still didn't object: "Fine, you're the boss, you decide."

"how long?"

"Three days."

"Row."

That's how it was settled. Assassination is certainly not just, but what good is justice if the perpetrators have to pay the price?

"By the way, is Panan short of money?"

“There wasn’t a shortage originally, but Adcado’s former boss got liver cancer and needs a liver transplant.”

Roger left, and Sasha was busy with her own work, typing away on the holographic keyboard. V didn't want to disturb her.

Out of boredom, she greeted Sasha and steered her wheelchair to the next ward, intending to chat with David for a while.

Upon entering, David and Lucy were not seen, but their voices could be heard coming from the bathroom.

David: "No, could you help me up?"

Lucy: "No, that's disgusting."

"Disgusting? You didn't say that in bed before."

"Nonsense, you didn't pee on my hand before."

"I didn't even find it disgusting that you peed all over my hand."

Can men and women be treated the same?

"Is it different?"

"When I wet the bed as a child, my brother scolded me; when I wet the bed as an adult, my brother praised me. Isn't that the same thing?"

"No, I really couldn't hold it in anymore... Holy crap, I peed all over my legs!"

V: ...

She steered her wheelchair expressionlessly and silently left the ward.

The young couple is having quite a lot of fun!

However, after hearing what they said, V also felt the urge to go to the toilet.

Back in his hospital room, V was taken aback because Michiko Arasaka had arrived.

Michiko Arasaka has been visiting me every day for the past few days, and the whole hospital has gotten used to it.

"Ms. Michiko."

"V, how are you feeling today?"

"Very good, thank you for your concern."

The two exchanged dry diplomatic pleasantries, and as is customary, Michiko Arakasaka would leave after sitting for ten minutes.

Normally, V would definitely chat with him for a bit, but not today, because he has to go to the bathroom.

“Hey, help me to the toilet,” V whispered to Sasha.

"I'm busy." Sasha didn't even look up. "Let Michiko help you."

"what?"

"What do you mean 'oh'? They're all women anyway, what does it matter?"

It's precisely because they're all women that I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself!

But since the understanding Michiko had already come over, refusing her now would only make it seem like she was trying to cover it up.

V had no choice but to bite the bullet and let Michiko push her to the bathroom.

"Get in and out quickly, don't cause any unnecessary trouble, understand?"

V gave a serious, quiet instruction, and Michiko nodded.

Then I spent 40 minutes in the toilet.

When V came out, he had a cold sweat on his forehead, and Michiko wiped his mouth with a tissue.

She was worried about how to explain things to Sasha, but Sasha wasn't there. Instead, Joanne Koch was waiting for her while looking at medical records.

Seeing V emerge, Joanne Koch closed the medical record: "Let's go, it's time for today's full-body checkup."

Half an hour later, Joanne Koch's angry roar came from the examination room.

"V, you son of a bitch, do you even know what self-cultivation means?!"

Chapter 88 Don't Lose Yourself

V was scolded by Joanne Koch for a full half hour before being released after promising not to do it again.

She fled the examination room as if escaping, thinking it was all Michiko's fault and that she would give her a piece of her mind when she got back. But when she returned to the ward, she found that Michiko had already slipped away.

Damn it, that bitch!

V was so angry she wanted to bite her, and decided that she would punish her properly once she recovered!

After a while, Sasha returned and brought her some news.

"The head of internet surveillance just committed suicide by shooting himself."

Sasha left the ward precisely to deal with this matter.

Everything unfolded exactly as planned by V. Night Corporation's "Life is Short" program shocked the world. V proved that he had not colluded with the roving AI, and at the same time proved that Jefferson Peralez was the one who had been involved with the roving AI.

Internet surveillance fired the wrong shot and targeted the wrong person, so naturally, it has to pay the price.

As a result, the leader who had been advocating for "restoring the former dignity of internet surveillance" voluntarily resigned.

Normally, things wouldn't escalate to this point.

But V had already reached a consensus with the major companies, so once V had dealt with Jefferson Perales and obtained irrefutable evidence, the companies began to collectively exert pressure. While V was causing chaos in Night City's disaster relief efforts, his cyber surveillance team was being harassed and ostracized by the major companies for various reasons, practically being humiliated.

If that were all, it would be fine, but conflicts have also broken out within the internet monitoring department.

The emerging moderates and the old-fashioned ruthless faction have long been at odds, with the former head of the internet surveillance bureau being a leading figure of the ruthless faction. As the saying goes, "If you don't seize an opportunity presented by heaven, you will suffer the consequences," and seeing the time was ripe, the moderates were anything but moderate. They took direct action, trapping all the leaders of the ruthless faction in cyberspace and demanding that they open their core management circle and support moderate members to enter the leadership.

The ruthless faction, however, suddenly became anything but. They not only spoke politely but also played the emotional card, spouting platitudes like "all internet regulators are one family" and "anything needs to be discussed in person," emphasizing that violence would damage relationships. Unfortunately, the moderate faction didn't believe a word of it.

Seeing that the other party was not buying it, the ruthless faction finally became ruthless, but not towards their enemies, but towards their own people.