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Chapter 322 "Interview" with Yori Xuan

Li You really lives in Bengbu.

No, Yori Nobu, you, the son of the Emperor of Night City and the nominal prince of the Arasaka Empire, why are you not doing business all day long and are busy saving time to save people?

Are you a well-known artist in Night City?
Even if I know that you actually want to rebel against me and my company, but... Adam Hammer, what the hell does the Voodoo Gang have to do with you, you want me to kill someone?
He endured it again and again, but finally couldn't hold it back anymore, and said with a dark face: "... Unless you can give me a convincing reason this time, don't even think about it."

On the communication side, Yori Xuan's expression was also very strange, as if he wanted to say something but was choked.

He paused and then said: "Well... to be honest, I never thought before that you could really beat the Voodoo Gang to the point of collapse."

"As for the reason you want, let's meet and talk about it."

Li You raised his eyebrows, and instead of asking a stupid question like whether Lai Xuan was spying on him, he said, "You want to interview me? Seriously?"

Yori Xuan nodded without hesitation this time: "Yes, I will arrange the specific meeting immediately. Before that, I hope you can at least guarantee Bridget's life... and the integrity of their server host."

Li You said thoughtfully: "Okay."

Li You was complaining in his heart. Unexpectedly, Brother Baiyuan was more ruthless. After looking at him, he said:
"Hello, sweetheart~ Are you Li You? The door-to-door service you ordered has arrived~"

Sasha: I was scared to death. I thought Li You liked men...

Why do you stand out so much?
It was also at this time that Yori Xuan realized that the number of Li You and his "Night Demons" had actually expanded to hundreds.

Just wait for me!
He glanced at Brother Baiyuan and said, "Since you are the messenger, let's come in."

Li You had already noticed the disbelief in the eyes of his companions, so he understood that if the suspicion was not cleared, he would die socially on the spot.

Arasaka Yorinobu, fuck you! ?

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Li You seemed to have a normal expression, but in fact, cold sweat broke out from his back.

Brother Baiyuan almost peeed out of fright. He immediately squatted on the ground, held his head in his hands, and shouted: "Wait, wait, wait, don't shoot! I was just talking, just kidding! I'm here to deliver a letter, deliver a letter of!!"

Li You was waiting here with Sasha, David and Mann, while the others were busy handling their own tasks - basically stabilizing the situation here.

Li You pulled the trigger without hesitation, and the powerful bullet flew over Brother Baiyuan's head, taking his red gentleman's hat with it.

Then, a man wearing a vest, shorts, a red gentleman's hat, and colorful makeup on his face got out of the car.

This specific condition actually revealed a lot of information. Yori Xuan himself knew that such negotiations were very passive, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Why is a sex doll here?

So his expression did not change, he pulled out the gun with his backhand and pointed it at Brother Baiyuan:
"I don't remember calling for any service. Who sent you?"

I don’t have a hundred dollars to give you...

It's no wonder that he was not well-informed. After all, before today, even people around Li You like David and Sasha thought that the scale of "Night Demon" was no more than a hundred at most.

They would go out and wait because Yori Xuan said he would be there soon, but...

Until tonight, the night demons have become a blockbuster.

Considering his position, this is indeed much safer.

So Brother Baiyuan followed them into the chapel. A prosthetic night devil dragged him a stool for him to sit on, and then surrounded him in the middle with several night devils.

Lai Xuan knew that he had to hurry up.

So the question is, what are you here for?

CNMD Arasaka Yorinobu actually plotted against me!

Well, he actually realized what was going on. In the main game line, Hanako Arasaka also demonstrated how to meet V with the help of a sex doll's body through remote synchronization. There is no reason why Yorinobu can't do it.

"boom--!!!"

Li You: "..."

Sasha, David and Mann beside him looked at him at the same time, their eyes instantly became extremely strange, and everyone had different expressions.

Lai Xuan: "..."

As for sister Stella, Sasha and Lucy had just cooperated to log into the Voodoo Gang's sub-network "Poseidon" and liberated all the frozen victims. But it was probably still a while before they woke up, so Sasha still followed Li You.

Li You was stunned on the spot!

In fact, Lai Xuan was also helpless. He had noticed that Li You planned to attack the Voodoo Gang, but Li You started too quickly. Lai Xuan was still thinking, "No matter how good he is, he can't rely on just a few people to defeat him." Let’s destroy the Voodoo Gang." As a result, intelligence was received that the base of the Voodoo Gang had been captured.

At present, the news that the Voodoo Gang's lair has been kidnapped has not spread, but Lai Xuan has already obtained the information, which is enough to prove that he is very concerned about the matter here, and his intelligence methods are also very good.

But the problem is...who the hell did you find? !

Yes, this big brother with a unique look in front of him is a sex doll who has been doing business on the street all year round. Because his appearance looks like Brother Baiyuan back then, Li You is quite impressed by him.

David: Let me just say, Master cannot be this kind of person.

Brother Baiyuan broke into cold sweat again: "This... there is no need to be so enthusiastic..."

It was the same last time, and it was the same this time. The bargaining chips he valued were already in Li You's hands, and the negotiations had just begun... and Lai Xuan didn't want to take risks.

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He then put away his gun, and the eyes of Sasha and others beside him finally returned to normal.

And with the speed at which news spreads in Night City, Li You and the "Night Demon"'s record will be known to everyone in an hour or two at most.

So at the chapel, Li You only waited for a few minutes before he saw an old Galena G240 slowly approaching on the road in the distance and stopped on the roadside.

"Ouch, sweetheart~" Brother Baiyuan covered his mouth and laughed, "You're showing off now, put your big gun away quickly, now is not the time to taste it..."

Li You didn't bother to say more to him and interrupted directly: "Hurry up and get down to business. Aren't you here to deliver a message?"

"Okay, okay." Brother Baiyuan wiped his sweat, "Wait for me, we'll start right away."

He paused, then lowered his head slightly. When he raised it again, his eyes had already lit up with a rare orange-red light.

"Is this... a remote stand-in program?"

Sasha on the side reacted the fastest, "This is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes."

David also understood: "That's it... no wonder it's a sex doll delivering the message. I've only seen it in textbooks."

"Brother Baiyuan" moved his neck, then glanced at the people around him, and looked at each one carefully, before finally setting his sights on Li You.

"Li You, the newly promoted quasi-legendary mercenary, finally met."

"Brother Baiyuan" - let's call him Lai Xuan. Lai Xuan showed an infectious smile and nodded to Li You.

"I have to say that I have actually wanted to talk to you face to face for a long time. Unfortunately, conditions do not allow it, so I can only meet you like this. It is really rude."

Li You said nothing.

He has never seen Arasaka Yorinobu in this world with his own eyes, but David and Lucy have met him once.

But even in an indirect "face-to-face" meeting, Li You discovered that Lai Xuan's almost full charm was really worth it.

It is obvious that the body of the street sex doll Bai Yuange is used, which is exactly the same as before, but his demeanor and expression make people unable to associate this person at this moment with the word sex doll.

But of course, Li You would not be affected by him. He only said: "Mr. Arasaka Yorinobu, it's a pity that we couldn't meet him in person. Is there a time limit for your state? We'd better keep the story short."

Yori Xuan nodded, then looked at the Night Demons around him, as well as Sasha David and others, and said: "If you don't mind, I hope only the people you trust most and have the courage to know the top of the company will be kept here. Confidential Man.”

After hearing this, Li You also glanced at David and the others. In terms of trust, at least the three of them, Li You, believed in them. But when it came to whether they wanted to know the company's core secrets, Li You would not make the decision for them, so he also said:
"You are all my most trusted companions, but the company's core secrets may be very involved and will inevitably be accompanied by risks, so you can decide for yourself whether you want to listen or not."

The three Davids looked at each other and decided to stay.

David: "I will follow Master."

Mann: "We should support each other with our comrades. This is my style."

Sasha stood beside Li You without saying anything.

Lai Xuan understood after reading it: "Okay, it seems that everyone is mentally prepared."

"Everything starts with the ambition of my father, Saburo Arasaka. As of this year, he has lived for more than 150 years, but he is still not satisfied. What he wants is to rule the Arasaka Empire forever. For Therefore, he developed..."

When he talked about Saburo Arasaka, Li You's expression changed slightly, and he interrupted directly:

"and many more!"

As expected, Lai Xuan stopped talking and just looked at Li You. After a moment, Li You waved his hand: "David, Sasha, Mann, you go to the basement first."

David and the three of them were stunned: "But..."

"Listen to me and go." Li You insisted.

Seeing that Li You was so serious, the three of them went to the underground base without arguing. Li You waved his hand again, and the night demons immediately dispersed to every corner of the chapel, on full alert.

Only then did Li You look at Lai Xuan: "Are you crazy? What are you going to say?"

Yori Xuan continued to stare at him for a while and then said: "You are very keen. But this is just a common conspiracy theory circulated among the people. Why make such a fuss? Or...what do you know?"

Li You snorted, pulled up a stool and sat down in front of Lai Xuan. He stopped beating around the bush and said, "Relic chip, the core product of the 'Guard Your Soul' project, version 1.0 can only make the dead An advanced electronic pet, but 2.0... can package and copy a person's thoughts and consciousness into an imprint, and store it in a chip. Once a suitable body is found, the chip can be implanted to give the owner of the imprint a new life. "

"Is this the true purpose of Saburo Arasaka?"

Lai Xuan narrowed his eyes: "You actually know these things... I am becoming more and more curious about your background. You must not be a grassroots mercenary, right?"

Li You was noncommittal: "Didn't my apprentice steal the data chip of the Relic project from Herman last time? After looking at that, I can make a rough guess." "But there was no mention of injecting the imprint into the body. What's going on here!" Lai Xuan is not easy to fool.

Li You said: "That's just a random guess I made by combining relic information with conspiracy theories from folklore. Is that okay?"

Hearing this answer, Yori Xuan couldn't help but keep silent. He looked at Li You again and said, "...you said before that you could cooperate with me. I didn't pay attention at the time, but after thinking about it, I realized, cooperate with me?"

"What business or project do I have in hand that a mercenary like you should take seriously and even offer to cooperate with me? In the eyes of the public, I am just a young man waiting to die!"

Li You was also startled, and then he realized that he had indeed preconceived ideas before and made the mistake of thinking about the problem from God's perspective.

Yori Xuan was obviously aware of this problem: "When you were talking to me, you were negotiating on the premise that 'I have a special purpose' from beginning to end. How can you be sure of this?"

Li You was silent for a moment.

"So, although I find it incredible, I can only assume... you may know some real secrets, right?" Lai Xuan looked at Li You with a penetrating gaze.

"...As expected, Arasaka Yorinobu." Li You breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "Well, I did make a mistake at the time, but I didn't expect you to notice it. So in other words, my assumption was actually exactly Is it realistic? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have noticed that something was wrong at the time, although judging from what you just said, you already admitted it.”

Lai Xuan: "..."

"You broke away from the family at a young age and formed Iron Lotus and Iron Dragon with several young masters to fight against giant corporations. But after the Fourth Corporate War, you returned to the Arasaka family and disappeared for decades... When he appeared again, he had become the leader of the 'Eagle' faction within Arasaka."

Li You looked at him and slowly told the story of the man named Lai Xuan.

"I believe many people have questions, that is, why did you give up your glory and wealth, break away from the family, and join the Wandering Tribe, and why did you suddenly return later?
"Some say you are greedy for power after all, some say you are just cowardly and fake rebellious, and some say you just go out to experience life and go home when you have had enough."

Having said this, Li You smiled first, and then turned serious:
"But in my opinion, this man named Yori Nobu has never given up on the goal he set when he first left the family. All the contradictory behaviors seen by the public are actually just him using different methods to Live up to your ideals.”

"You said... am I right?"

Yorinobu fell into a longer silence.

"...I never thought that someone outside the family would know about my past to this extent."

After a long while, he finally spoke and looked at Li You.

"Who are you?"

Li You smiled: "The person who helps you."

Lai Xuan didn't answer. He was indeed shocked by what Li You knew, but it didn't mean that he trusted Li You.

On the contrary, a mercenary with legendary combat power appeared out of nowhere and knew so much about him that he even offered to help him... In Yorinobu's view, this was more like a conspiracy.

One came from his own enemy and his father, Saburo Arasaka, who wanted to test his conspiracy.

Therefore, his attitude towards Li You has always been ambiguous.

But then he felt that something was wrong. If it were really his father, he wouldn't go to such trouble to set up such a game. This is not his style at all.

Could it be...that it was really God who gave him such a helper?
Or is this a trap set by another enemy for him?

But others don’t seem to have so many resources and such a large amount of effort...

In just a short moment, various speculations like this flashed through Yori Xuan's mind, and in the end he was left uncertain.

Although Li You didn't know what kind of brainstorming Lai Xuan was doing, he could guess that Lai Xuan was probably not sure whether to trust him or not.

He could understand this. After all, for Yorinobu, overthrowing Arasaka was something he had planned for decades and gambled his whole life to accomplish. He must not fall short due to betrayal at a critical moment.

Perhaps it is for this reason that he attaches great importance to Adam Hammer, a legendary killer who is loyal to him even though he is a cyberpsychopath.

So he said: "...Mr. Yori Xuan, I know that you may not be able to trust me so simply, especially for something like this."

"It is true that trust cannot be forced, but fortunately we still have time, so there is no need to rush. After all... Saburo's relic project is still far away from success, right?"

Hearing what he said, Yori Xuan felt that it was acceptable: "...That's it. I won't take a stand on what you said today. You don't have to think about using this record to threaten me, it's okay. use."

Li You smiled: "I understand, caution is a virtue."

"So, let's talk about what you came here to talk about today?"

Lai Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then he came back to his senses: To Hou, I was originally going to come over to ask Li You not to destroy the Voodoo Gang?

Sorry, I forgot about it in the excitement.

He coughed and said: "...That's what happened. The Voodoo Gang, mainly Bridget, I gave her a private commission to ask them to help. I spent a lot of money on that commission, so At least until she gets it done, I hope you can let them go."

Li You looked at him and understood something: "Private commission, right? And I guess she didn't even know she had taken such a job? She probably thought that they relied on their superb hacking skills to get you from Did you find some important inside information there?"

Lai Xuan still didn't answer, but there was an expression on his face, a tacit smile.

Li You thought it was indeed interesting. Could it be that in the game, the Voodoo Gang hired Evelyn Parker to steal chips, and was this also part of Yori Xuan's plan?

Is he... trying to completely muddy the waters?

Li You even speculated that maybe he had planned to use the Voodoo Gang to bring down Ott Cunningham, who was outside the black wall, to inflict real heavy damage to Arasaka.

If this is the case, then Yori Xuan's handiwork is bigger and more courageous than he imagined. Such a person is undoubtedly a worthy partner.

So he said on the spot:
"But, I refuse!"

Yori Xuan: "?"

The atmosphere is so bad that you are telling me to refuse?
Li You said with a smile: "Don't be impatient, just listen to me."

"The Voodoo Gang has already been wiped out by me, so it doesn't make much sense for me to save Bridget's life. This news will spread throughout Night City in no time.

"But in your plan, the Voodoo Gang is not irreplaceable, right? Just find another suitable scapegoat and let them take on the role of 'the mastermind behind the scenes'. This shouldn't be difficult."

Lai Xuan was speechless: "You think it's so easy to find a scapegoat with this ability... No, I can't understand what you are saying."

Li You did not complain about his behavior, which was basically a cover-up. Instead, he went on to say: "It's really not that easy to find. After all, we have to let them naturally discover opportunities on their own, and these people have to have this motive." and ability to complete the follow-up tasks.”

Lai Xuan's eyelids jumped again when he heard this.

What’s next! ?
Why do you seem to know everything?

Li You seemed unaware: "But the problem is not big. Although the Voodoo Gang is gone, new forces will soon take over their legacy. What Bridget has not finished can be left to the successors."

Lai Xuan was also stunned for a moment before he said, "You mean... your 'Night Demon'?"

"That's right." Li You raised the corner of his mouth, "My 'Night Demon''s methods are no worse than those of the Voodoo Gang."

Lai Xuan frowned: "No, you still don't understand something. The role of the Voodoo Gang is not to fight. Even if the 'Night Demon' is much stronger than the Voodoo Gang, you don't have the ability to touch the black... No, nothing."

Yori Xuan stopped again.

Li You didn't bother to beat around the bush and made it clear: "Don't worry, I plan to let Night Demon take over the entire legacy of the Voodoo Gang, including their subnet 'Poseidon' and BBS Data Fortress. It just takes a little time."

"Once the Night Stalkers have completely digested them, we can do what the Voodoo Gang can do."

Yori Xuan: "...You mean, your people can also pass through the black wall? Seriously?"

Li You made it clear again and again, and he finally didn't bother to cover it up anymore.

"Well, to be precise, I plan to persuade Bridget and the elite hackers of the Voodoo Gang who were captured alive to join us." Li You smiled, "Don't look at me like this, I'm very good at persuading others to abandon the dark side and join the bright side."

Yori Xuan: "...No, I can see that you are really good at this."

"Well, since you said so, I'm looking forward to your results. When the time comes, you can use this number to contact me."

He sent a secret communication account to Li You's mobile phone, and then said:

"Okay, let's end our meeting here. We'll contact you later..."

Li You nodded: "It won't be long."

"...See you next time." Yori Xuan glanced at him one last time, then the orange light in his eyes gradually faded, his head hung down, and he turned back into Brother Bai Yuan again.

"Oh... damn, are you finally done talking?" Brother Baiyuan pressed his forehead, "This is too uncomfortable, can't you be gentler..."

"Snapped--"

Li You snapped his fingers expressionlessly and greeted the night demons around him: "See you off."

"Hey, hey! Let me go, I can walk by myself... Uh-huh, uh-huh!"

Seeing the Night Demons pick up Brother Baiyuan and throw him out of the door, Li You shook his head and stopped paying attention to him, but began to think about today's conversation with Yori Xuan.

Originally, he decided to come over and destroy the Voodoo Gang just to save Sasha's sister, to make the "Night Stalker" famous, and to eliminate some harm to Night City. However, he didn't expect that he would actually destroy the "main plot" of this world. A big step forward?

This is really an unexpected development.

But it's just right.

With the tacit understanding with Yorinobu, he will have the ability to influence the direction of many major events in the future, which will undoubtedly be beneficial to his plans.

It seems that the progress of research on Night Demon needs to be accelerated. Should we capture a few more scientists and prosthetics doctors with bad records to work?

Just as Li You was thinking this, he saw Sasha running out of the basement with excitement on his face and shouting:

"Li You! Bill just sent a message, sister is awake!"

Li You was startled for a moment, and then smiled from the bottom of his heart: "That's great."

(End of this chapter)