2077: V really knows how awesome he is

River Ward was a man who couldn't tolerate any wrongdoing, and upon hearing this, he immediately perked up and pressed, "Who is the buyer?"

V: "Me."

The NCPD director hung up the phone immediately.

River Ward's eyes can't tolerate a grain of sand, but they can tolerate a meteorite.

He's not stupid enough to concern himself with the CEO's affairs!

River Ward applauded his high emotional intelligence. He looked up and saw Alex leaning against the bedroom door, asking, "Is there anything urgent? Should we call the police?"

"No need, it's nothing important."

"Oh, come inside with me then. You still owe me two [times] this week."

River Ward's face immediately turned green.

Alex said with a half-smile, "What, you can't handle it anymore?"

"Of course not, I just... need to rest for a while."

"Okay, I'll rest for a bit. Come on, get into bed and rest, I'll help you... rest!"

The battle between the current NCPD director and the retired female agent is fierce, while V's side is quiet and deserted.

The reason she had dinner at Judy's house was because the coordinates of the old factory Gary gave her were right behind Judy's apartment building.

The abandoned oil storage tanks resembled aged mountain giants, and the messy stockpiles looked like the ancient ruins of a fallen dynasty.

V carried the Rakshasa on his back and walked in while muttering to himself.

"The opportunity to make close contact with the third race is coming. This is one small step for V, but one giant leap for mankind."

She rolled over and hid behind a pile of construction debris, muttering to herself with interest, "Will it be necromancers, lizardmen, or werewolves? I hope it's unicorns. Before I was six, I always believed they would fly down from Nibiru and wipe out all the humans on Earth with their rainbow lasers of love."

"It's a pity that time flies by. Even if a unicorn were to fly down now, I would rather believe it was a visitor from another world that came through a wormhole than believe it was an alien."

V glanced at his watch; there were still 32 minutes until the "rendezvous time" Gary had mentioned.

"I hope Gary isn't lying to me, otherwise I'll definitely make him refund my money."

V closed his eyes to rest, waiting for the ending to arrive.

At 11:11, the roar of a vehicle's engine broke the silence of the night.

Two Sky Hera EC-D I360s slowly drove into the old factory, their huge skull patterns clearly indicating the identities of these people.

“The Vortex Gang?” V scoffed. “These guys are more resilient than cockroaches.”

Six people got out of the car, but only three of them had obvious Vortex Gang characteristics. Judging from their attire, two of the other three were Cleaners and one was from the Animal Gang.

V was slightly surprised, not understanding how such a hodgepodge lineup came about.

These gangs are fine on their own, but it's illogical for them to gather together without exchanging fire.

V noticed that their eyes were all glowing blue, and immediately made a guess.

These people, like Gary, have probably been brainwashed by the "Life is Short" program. They can move around freely normally, but once the program is activated, they become puppets whose buttons are pressed, acting according to a pre-programmed sequence.

V was considering this possibility when another vehicle engine sounded.

A Chevrolet Emperor 720 drove up. This wasn't a gang car; it was a vehicle commonly used by corporate employees.

Sure enough, a man and a woman got out of the car, both dressed in sharp suits. A quick scan revealed that the man was Russian, from Petrochemical, and the woman was American, from Military Technology.

Good heavens, following the gang unity, the Russians and Americans have also united.

V felt this scene was even more terrifying than aliens landing on Earth.

At this point, both groups of people arrived and started the program to proceed to the next stage.

The female military officer spoke first, asking, "What did the Wolf Father say to the Moon Mother when she descended to Earth?"

A thug from the Vortex Gang replied, "I protect the realm of humanity and shadow, but today, it will be our children, the father-killers, who protect them."

The female soldier nodded: "In his moment of despair, he got lost in the forest."

The thugs from the Vortex Gang nodded in agreement: "Lilith kept the Tenth Holy Ring hidden from the ancestors' eyes."

Then the two of them said together: "Under the cover of night, ghosts, curse the day!"

V: ?

What's going on here? Is this some kind of secret code?

Just as she expected, after saying all that, the gang members all pulled out their personal data cables and connected them to the only member of the Animal Gang. After a brief twitch, the Animal Gang member popped a chip out of his neural slot and handed it to the female military tech expert.

Alright, the target has appeared.

V doesn't care what Wolf Father and Lilith want to do; she's just here to get the real data of the Centaur Alpha constellation to create a new Africa.

Staying true to his original intentions, V immediately stepped out of the junkyard where he was hiding and said frankly, "Hand over the chip and you can leave. Don't try to resist, you're all surrounded by me!"

Chapter 96 Tiger and Vulture

The handover ceremony, which was proceeding normally, was unexpectedly interrupted. The eight people were clearly stunned for a moment, and then suddenly returned to normal as if they had just woken up from a dream.

"Damn, where am I?"

"Why am I here?"

"V, V President?!"

It seemed they were indeed being controlled. V thought things could end peacefully, but unexpectedly, the eyes of the eight people suddenly lit up with blue light at the same time. The male Pedro petrified and said in a dull voice, "Change the order: eliminate all witnesses."

As soon as she finished speaking, there were several whooshing sounds, and the female military-grade technology instantly appeared in front of V's face. With a small leap, she launched a mantis knife from her arms and stabbed it towards V's neck.

Damn, it's S.A.S ...

V quickly ducked, and the sharp mantis knife sliced ​​through a strand of hair in a flash. Then another slash came, but V had already pulled out the Golden Madwoman and fired three shots in quick succession, hitting the mantis knife blade squarely. The female soldier used her technologically advanced arm to deflect the shots, and the attack was thwarted.

In that brief pause, V had already taken three steps back to create distance. The female military tech wanted to activate Sianwistan to pursue, but V's eyes flashed blue, and he threw a [Movement Impediment] spell. The female military tech's prosthetic legs exploded with a whoosh, leaving her frozen in place, unable to move.

"Da da da!"

A fierce gunfire erupted, and the other six men opened fire.

Bullets of all types whistled through the night, and V quickly slid behind construction debris to take cover.

call!

These six guys are pretty good marksmen.

V was enjoying the battle when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Wait a minute, six people?

Shouldn't it be seven?

The next second, the only member of the animal gang smashed through the pile of waste with his burly body, and like a humanoid monster, swung the baseball bat in his hand and smashed it down on V's head.

With a loud bang, construction debris scattered and flew everywhere, raising a cloud of dust.

The female soldier had already removed the [Movement Impediment] using technology. She teleported forward with a whoosh, her right arm flashing out a mantis blade, and leaped high into the dust.

"Qiang!"

The clanging of metal pierced the night, and the violent impact shook the dust.

All the people saw was the animal gang member covered in blood being trampled under V's feet. His baseball bat was already in V's hand. The female military's full-force attack using technology was blocked by the baseball bat. The sharp blade had already cut into the rounded shaft of the bat, just a few centimeters away from severing it completely.

But those few centimeters are an insurmountable limit.

V curled his lips and twisted his wrist. With a crisp bang, the mantis knife snapped in two. Just as the female military tech user was about to swing her other arm, V had already emptied the golden madwoman's magazine into her stomach.

"Ugh!" The female soldier clutched her stomach and knelt down. Even though she had quite good subcutaneous armor, several bullets still managed to penetrate her defenses and shatter her internal organs because of the close proximity.

V had told Sasha that pistols are melee weapons, and their full power can only be unleashed at close range. He hoped the female soldier had access to health insurance. Kind-hearted V knew they were all brainwashed by the "Life is Short" program and were victims, so he didn't intend to kill them all. However, when the other six opened fire again, V was so frightened that he quickly pulled the female soldier up and used her technology to shield himself.

With a few soft "plop" sounds, the female soldier shook her device and spat out blood, seemingly unharmed.

V apologized repeatedly, then used technology to elevate the female soldier, covering himself more completely while skillfully reloading the golden madwoman's ammunition with one hand.

Just then, the animal gang members who had been lying on the ground suddenly shouted and got up, launching a despicable sneak attack on V.

In the nick of time, V could only throw the female military technology in his hand. The animal gang member waved his fan-like hand, and the female military technology flew out of the air like a mosquito being swatted away, spinning and crashing into an old factory building with a loud bang.

The animal gang member roared, revealing his ferocity: "I'm going to rip your spine out of your body!"

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a bullet struck him squarely in the forehead, sending sparks flying with a bang.

The animal gang member tilted his head back as if struck by a heavy hammer, and staggered a step.

Before he could regain his composure, another bullet struck him squarely in the forehead, causing him to groan and see stars.

Then came the third shot, the fourth shot... No matter how the animal gang members shook or dodged, the small pistol bullets would accurately hit his forehead, never missing a shot.

That's right, V had already changed the magazine. She kept firing without even looking at the members of the animal gang, relying solely on her peripheral vision and intuition to achieve perfect accuracy.

What is she looking at?

Looking at the other six people.

To be precise, it wasn't her watching, but Yinglong who was watching.

With two crisp beeping sounds, Yinglong was locked on, and V pulled the trigger without hesitation, and Yinglong emitted a pleasant cry.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Bullets with small thrusters shot into the night sky, then flew towards the six people from all directions like swallows returning to their nests. The plasma bullets caused small explosions, causing the six people's prosthetic bodies to report errors one after another. V used the Golden Madwoman to shoot the foreheads of the Animal Gang members with one hand, and used Yinglong to suppress the other six people with the other hand. Although he was only one person with two guns, he fought with the momentum of a thousand troops and firmly gained the upper hand.

This is the true value of being the world's number one lone wolf. Even without using cybernetics or hacking techniques, V can carve out his own niche with his superb marksmanship using only ordinary firearms!

The animal gang member was shot over thirty times in the forehead and passed out. These guys all had heavy subcutaneous armor; they were incredibly resilient. But that's precisely why V was able to shoot him in the forehead without hesitation.

If anyone else had their head hit like that, it would have turned into a rotten watermelon by now, but the animal gang would just take a nap.

The other six were also blown apart by Yinglong's plasma bullets, losing arms and legs, because V targets the hands and feet.

These people have only been brainwashed in the end. V plans to send them to Joanne Koch to see if she can fix them.

Just as I was thinking this, the sound of the engine starting up rang out.

V looked up and saw that the man, Pei Zhuo, had only lost one arm and was now getting into a car, trying to escape with the chip.

If you're going to run away, at least leave the chip behind.

V's eyes lit up with blue light, and he was about to hack into the network to control the Chevrolet Emperor 720 when he was surprised to find that the car's onboard AI had a very thick ICE (Internal Security Module), which he couldn't crack in a short time.

V knows how powerful she is, yet she couldn't crack it in a second with her computing power. Has she somehow hacked into the Cyber ​​Jade Emperor?

Considering this is CN-07's layout, and CN-07 is under the command of Bartmouth, could this be Bartmouth's doing?

As he pondered, the Chevrolet Emperor 720 had already driven further and further away. Seeing that it was about to leave the old factory, V didn't delay any longer and took out the Rakshasa sniper rifle worth 20000 from his back.

With a series of pleasant clicking sounds, the Rakshasa's futuristic gun body opened and closed, and the five energy batteries on each side, totaling ten, completed their self-checks and were reinserted into the gun. Where the scope should have been was a touch screen, which lit up with a dark green light, displaying the "Tsunami Military Industry" logo and a startup advertisement. This wasn't absurd; it was a deliberate design.

As a technical sniper rifle, the Rakshasa's aiming system automatically connects to the user's prosthetic eye. The number of Rakshasa's ammunition and charging status are now projected onto V's retina. Under the 64x zoom of the top-of-the-line prosthetic eye "Oracle" of the Qilusi, even a speck of dust on the Chevrolet Emperor 720 is clearly visible to V.

She grabbed the unconscious animal gang member and threw him in front of her to use as a support. V chose to shoot from a kneeling position. She adjusted her breathing, steadied her hands, and with a breath, pulled the trigger.

boom!

The fully charged bullet shot out.

With a soft "whoosh," the first bullet hit the tire, and the second bullet struck the engine. The sturdy van exploded in flames, flying into the air and spinning three times before crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

"What a fine gun, it can read its owner's mind."

V nodded in satisfaction, put the Rakshasa back on his back, and went to the burning car.

The man, Petrified, crawled out of the car covered in blood; it seemed he hadn't been wearing a seatbelt. V didn't hold back, kicking the man in the chin to knock him unconscious, then took the small chip from his pocket.

V glanced at it and saw nothing special about it; it seemed to be just a storage chip that could be found anywhere in Night City.

Then V inserted the chip into his neural slot.

After she finished inserting it, she realized she had been a bit reckless and should have taken it back to disinfect it first. But since she had already inserted it, she decided to let it go this time and make sure to do it next time.

The chip was naturally encrypted, but it was just a simple encryption program. V didn't put in much effort and easily completed the decryption.

The document contains approximately 200 gigabytes of data, indeed real data on the Alpha Centauri constellation, including the mass and orbits of stars and planets, radiation levels, potential dangers, and the advantages and disadvantages of space colonization. The radiation levels are represented by a bright red number, which even a layman like V, with only a superficial understanding of astronomy, understands represents a danger far beyond human comprehension.

“New Africa has really dug a huge hole for the European Space Agency.” V sighed. “Well, this is a family matter between a father and his unfilial son. The only thing I, an outsider, can do is watch the show.”