2077: V really knows how awesome he is

“Johnny.” V rolled over and sat on the floor, leaning against the wall as well, saying weakly and painfully, “I’m about to die.”

"Don't give up yet, we have one last chance. Listen to me this time, let me handle this. Take a dose of triazine, find Rogue, fight Arasaka Tower, and I'll save you!"

V remained silent.

"Fine, you don't believe me? That's fine. Then call that wild girl Panan and have her and her wandering friends come and help you attack Arasaka Tower, but their lives will be on your tab."

V remained silent.

"Are you going to choose Li De? To be honest, I don't like that bitch Miles. I think she'll definitely try to sabotage you."

V remained silent.

"Damn it, V, you're not going to choose Hanako, are you? Arasaka isn't trustworthy, don't you understand such a simple truth?!"

V closed her eyes in thought, and Johnny didn't disturb her any longer.

Five minutes later, Johnny suddenly laughed.

"It's hard to decide which friend to send to their death, isn't it? Well, here's some good news: you have a buddy who's already dead and is more than happy to join you in a crazy suicide mission."

V opened her eyes, and her weak eyes regained their light.

What are your plans?

“Plan? Ha, Rogge might come up with a plan, but if I were you, I'd grab my best weapon and storm into Arasaka Tower through the main gate, fighting my way all the way to the lowest level of the palanquin.”

V hesitated for only a second before making his decision: "If I'm going to die, I hope I can dig my own grave while shooting myself, without taking anyone down with me."

Johnny laughed: "Haha, you've finally figured out the secret to becoming a legend. Grab your gear, let's go."

He reached out his hand, and V shook it. The two stood up and said in unison, "Let my broken body become a raging fire, and let us burn Arasaka Tower... to ashes!"

Chapter 143 W!

V was tormented by Relic to the point of despair. She didn't even know how she got to Arasaka Tower. She only felt a moment of dizziness, and then she arrived at her destination.

"Welcome to Arasaka Tower."

The AI's notification snapped V back to reality. Johnny reappeared on his retina, looking at the greenery in the hall with a sarcastic remark: "When did Arasaka start doing landscaping? Back then, they were as cold as a corpse that wouldn't budge no matter how much you fucked them. Oh well, whatever, V, cheer up, let's make 2023 repeat itself!"

V's body, nearing its limit, left her unable to respond, but she still had the strength to draw her katana, Byakko.

A security guard from Arasaka saw V approaching. V was about to chop off the guard's head with a single stroke when the guard's words stunned her.

"Chairman V, it's rare to see you come through the main entrance." The security guard seemed oblivious to the samurai sword in V's hand and said with a smile, "By the way, my son got into Arasaka Academy, all thanks to your advice on choosing a school. My wife and I will be grateful to you for the rest of our lives. Ah, am I talking too much? Sorry, I won't take up any more of your time. Which floor are you going to? I'll press the elevator button for you."

V froze, his hand, which was about to go on a killing spree, stopped.

In a hoarse voice, she asked, "You...know me?"

"correct."

"who am I?"

"You must be the famous V." The security guard replied with a worried look, "Chairman V, you don't look well. Are you working too hard? Should I help you contact medical personnel?"

V is indeed V, and this security guard really knows me, but what does Chairman V mean? When did I get such a nickname?

Johnny was also getting a little agitated. He looked around nervously and said, "I feel something's wrong, V!"

V also felt something was wrong, but what was even more wrong was her body.

She was on the verge of death and didn't care about anything else; all she wanted was to live.

“I need to go to the shrine.” V said to the security guard.

"A palanquin?" The security guard was taken aback.

"Is that not allowed?" V gripped the knife tightly; if the security guard turned hostile, she would not hesitate to strike.

But the security guard smiled innocently and said, "Of course you can, but you need a special access key to go to the shrine, which is kept by the captain."

"Where is the captain? I'll go get the key myself!" V was getting increasingly impatient.

"How could I trouble you to go get it yourself? I'll have him bring it over right away." The security guard said, then made a phone call. The security captain then jogged over and presented V with the access key in both hands.

"What the hell is going on?" Johnny shouted in bewilderment, "V, I feel like you're the one who owns Arasaka Tower!"

"Whatever happens, I have to survive!"

V took the key chip and started the elevator. As they descended, the elevator doors opened with a ding, and the palanquin appeared before V and Johnny.

The so-called Divine Carriage is actually a large server room. V immediately found the huge cylindrical Divine Carriage host, pulled out his personal data cable and plugged it into the network access point on it.

She expected to enter cyberspace immediately, but strangely nothing happened.

“Contact Ultraman V,” Johnny reminded him.

V immediately dialed Ultra's network number, but no one answered.

"Damn it!" V slammed his fist on the Kamikoshi mainframe in anger. "Why isn't Ultraman responding? We finally made it to Kamikoshi, but it's like an empty shell! What the hell is going on?!"

"Because you are right, the shrine is just an empty shell. It stopped working 57 years ago."

A familiar female voice sounded behind V. She immediately turned around and saw a face that looked exactly like hers. The only difference was that the other person had a small band-aid on their forehead.

V shivered. An android that looked exactly like him—was this also part of Arasaka's conspiracy?

The uncanny valley effect washed over him, and without a word, V activated Sinwistan, wielding the katana White Tiger, and leaped towards the imposter.

But the sharp blade stopped a few centimeters in front of the opponent. There was no obstruction or energy barrier. The blade was simply "fixed" in mid-air. And V's body suffered the same fate as the blade.

She couldn't move. With Sianweistein activated, she should have had unparalleled speed, but she was frozen in place. It felt as if the woman in front of her really controlled time.

"What the hell are you?!" V asked through gritted teeth.

The imposter grinned and raised his hand, delivering a heavy chop to V's neck.

"Go take a nap, little one."

V felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck and lost consciousness.

When she woke up again, she was in a pure white room.

The room contained a bed, a table, a comfortable temperature, good lighting, and a sink in the corner with a mirror on it.

V sat up, and whether it was just her imagination or not, she suddenly felt less uncomfortable.

"Where is this?" V asked.

“I don’t know.” Johnny appeared on my retina: “You’re in a coma, so I can no longer get any information from the outside world.”

V recalled: "I think I saw a woman who looked exactly like me. Was it just my imagination?"

“I saw it too, but we share the same sensory system, so I can’t be sure if it was just my imagination.” Johnny warned, “I have a bad feeling, V. Be alert. Whether that woman is real or not, you’ve already been captured by Arasaka.”

V nodded, looked around the room, and finally came to the sink.

She looked at herself in the mirror, and she looked back at herself.

She frowned slightly because she always felt that the person in the mirror seemed to have a consciousness and was observing her.

V turned her head, and her reflection in the mirror also turned her head.

She grinned, and her reflection in the mirror also grinned.

She raised her right hand, and her reflection in the mirror raised her left hand.

She suddenly stepped away from the front of the mirror and then stepped back, and the mirror perfectly replicated her every move.

V nodded; it seemed to be just an ordinary mirror.

She turned and walked away, but then suddenly turned back. Her reflection in the mirror also turned back suddenly, without the slightest difference.

V was completely relieved. She filled a glass with water from the sink and took a sip.

The woman in the mirror also filled a glass with water from the sink and took a sip.

Then V spat out the water again.

V in the mirror had already drunk the water: "..."

"There really is something fishy!" V roared, smashing the mirror with his fist. Behind it was a huge room with many machines, a group of scientists working hard on them, and a woman who looked exactly like him was also there!

Considering the opponent's bizarre abilities, V decided to run away without hesitation.

With a leaping somersault, she jumped through the mirror-sized gap into the enormous room, then activated Sionstein and kicked open the door as she sped out. The alarm blared due to the violent destruction, and V, not daring to linger, began a frantic escape down the stairs.

"The alarm is off." V, with a band-aid on his forehead, waved his hand, and the scene fell silent: "Report the target location."

"She has reached the 14th floor and is expected to arrive at the lobby on the 1st floor in 21 seconds. Should we stop her?"

“It’s alright, let her run. I want to see where she can run to,” Band-Aid V said. “Have David keep an eye on her.”

"Yes."

V made her way unimpeded to the first-floor lobby, burst through the doors of Arasaka Tower, and rushed into the street. The bizarre and absurd scenes she had witnessed earlier had left her mind in a state of chaos, like a stressed-out deer, only able to alleviate her unease by running.

"No." David, wearing the ninth-generation cybernetic suit, secretly followed from the sky. Seeing this, he couldn't help but complain, "Someone actually uses the S.A.S ...

That's right, starting V-Start is as simple as eating and drinking for S.A.R., there's no such thing as prosthetic body overload.

She moved with the speed of a ghost, and judging by the distance she covered and the time she took, she had even reached one-third of the speed of sound. But as she arrived at the company square and saw the seven-story transportation network, the constantly moving family-owned air-floating vehicles, and the electronic banner on the adjacent building that read "2157 Summer Sale is now open, 35% OFF everything," she finally stopped, feeling completely lost.

V spun around in the circular plaza, looking around at the high-tech scene far beyond 2077, which was like a giant kaleidoscope. It made her breathless and her thoughts confused. She kept panting and trying to understand everything in front of her, but all she got was shock and confusion.

With a soft hiss, David landed gently in the hundred-ton cybernetic body. Countless special vehicles arrived one after another, and dozens of heavily armed soldiers began to set up a defensive line and surround the square.

V didn't resist because she didn't know whether she should or shouldn't. Then, Band-Aid V got out of the car, walked step by step to her, and asked, "Are you calm now?"

V's chest heaved as he asked, "Where the hell am I?"

"Night City."

"This isn't Night City at all!"

"This is indeed Night City, but not your Night City," Band-Aid V smiled. "Welcome, V of 2077, welcome to 2157."

V was taken aback. Just as he was about to say something, he trembled and knelt down in pain.

—Relic fault detected—

"Damn it!" V's head was throbbing with pain.

"You know what, you're about to die." Band-Aid V reached out her hand.

"Don't touch me!" V tried to resist, but was easily subdued by the band-aid.

"Your current physical condition is only good for hitting Adam Hammer. You'd better just submit to me."

"You fucking..."

"I can heal you."

"what?!"

V froze, and in that moment of hesitation, Band-Aid V delivered another chop to the back of her neck, causing her to faint with her eyes rolling back in her head.

He picked up his other self in a princess carry, and Band-Aid V looked strange.

It felt like masturbating in public—a little shameful, but also a little exciting.

But this V from 2077 is the only one who has actually traveled through time. As long as we can find the secret of time within her, let the shame be shameful.

Thinking this, V pinched the butt of another V and ordered the group: "Guinea pig acquired, back to base."

V woke up from her coma again, feeling a bit of pain in her buttocks (V had pinched them until they were bruised). She returned to that pure white room once more, and unlike last time, the woman who looked exactly like her was there too.

Seeing that she was awake, Band-Aid V gave her a friendly smile, but V shuddered and instinctively covered the back of her neck.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." Band-Aid V said, pulling out a personal data cable from his wrist and trying to insert it into V's neural slot, but V turned his head to dodge it.

Band-Aid V said helplessly, "Where do you get such a strong sense of vigilance?"

V replied with an unfriendly expression, "Because I was knocked unconscious twice in a row."

But as she finished speaking, V's chop struck the back of her neck again, making her shudder.

Fortunately, this time the hand chop was just raised high and gently brought down; it wasn't a real chop.

Band-Aid V shrugs: "This is the third time now."

V was furious but helpless, and could only let V insert the personal data cable into her nerve socket.

"How did you do that? I was on guard the whole time, but you seemed to have hit me suddenly." V ​​made conversation.