Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 325 The Return of V

"Buzz-"

The black Renfield Holy Sword painted with the Arasaka logo drove into the floating car garage and slowly parked at the designated location.

The hatch of the Holy Sword opened, and V, wearing a black and red Arasaka suit, walked out with Harry and another subordinate.

After stepping off the float vehicle, V couldn't help but take a breath of outside air.

Although the air in the building mixed with the smell of freshener didn't smell good, compared to the bumpy ride back, this familiar smell was already very relaxing.

"I have asked people to sort out all the necessary documents and have sent them to your mailbox." Harry on the side held a tablet, "Do you want to go to the office first, or..."

V gently rubbed his forehead and said, "Jenkins is still waiting for me. I want to see him first."

Harry also nodded: "I see. That's right. After all, if he suddenly transferred you back, there must be an emergency. Then I'll go and tidy up the office room."

V nodded slightly: "Go ahead."

Harry and another subordinate left first, while V took a rest in the garage, and then returned to the 33rd floor belonging to the Counterintelligence Department. With other employees in the hall looking either surprised or curious, they walked towards Jenkins' office. go.

V almost couldn't help but complain: Then can't you say it in emails and newsletters?
So she had to hand over the task of connecting with this place to Harry, and then got on the float car alone and headed for the Chambi Building.

Just...why are they singing?
V looked at the person who directed them again, and then...

Well, although she couldn't help but come up with this idea, she still knew that she was not dreaming, so it was even more strange.

Everyone bowed their heads in greeting to him, then walked to a corner of the room, knelt down on the cushions on the floor and rested.

V: "???"

Li You smiled at them and said: "You did a great job, ladies and gentlemen. Now, take a rest first."

She couldn't help but scream.

There are more question marks on V's forehead.

And until now, she doesn't know why Jenkins suddenly called her back...

Why did you suddenly ask me to go back?

There was no other reason. It was obviously Jenkins who called her back all the way, but just now he didn't tell her anything. He only asked her to go to the Kanbi Building on the Arasaka Beach, saying that someone wanted to see her.

When they were in the elevator, V was also curious. Those who could live in the penthouse suite were definitely not ordinary people. What's more, they could give such an order to Jenkins and prevent him from complaining. This made her even more curious about who was in the suite. Who, at the same time, is also curious about why such a person is looking for him.

Fortunately, she didn't wait too long. After a few minutes, with Li You waving his hand, the Arasaka employees stopped moving and returned to their standing posture.

Most of a day ago, V was still in Jakarta, working with other counterintelligence representatives from different company branches to deal with various attacks from opponents.

As a result, yesterday, before she had finished the task at hand, she suddenly received a transoceanic email from Jenkins, asking her to hand over the work immediately and then return to Night City in person.

When V saw the news, his mind didn't turn around immediately. He almost put this task on the to-do list, and then continued to do what he was doing.

But at this time, another man walked out of the bedroom partition on the other side of the suite. He looked at V and nodded slightly: "You are here, sit down first, he will solve it soon."

If there is any emergency, you should tell me now!
--five minutes later.

There was a soft sound, and the elevator door slowly opened in front of her. V was a little nervous instinctively, and took a gentle breath before walking out of the elevator.

V walked out of the office again with a confused look on his face, unable to hide the weird look on his face.

But Jenkins has already sent the application for personnel transfer to the Jakarta Arasaka team, and it has been reviewed and approved here.

What's the situation?
She couldn't be tricked for a while.

Although he was riding Jenkins' float car, even he obviously didn't have the dignity to park directly on the roof of the hotel like Saburo, so V also came out of the float car garage and went through the security check before taking the elevator. Go straight up to the penthouse suite. According to Jenkins, the person who wanted to see her was there.

V looked at his face, and then was surprised: "Are you... Mr. Yorinobu Arasaka?"

"——Li You???"

"Ding--"

Then, she saw five or six men and women wearing Arasaka uniforms standing in a neat queue in the living room of the penthouse suite, making various weird postures under the command of one person, and chanting neatly. Singing strange lines, it was like a Christmas choir.

Who am I, where am I, what do I see?
Could it be that I have been hallucinating because I have been too tired recently?

Lai Xuan nodded: "Sit down, Li You will explain to you later."

When did Arasaka Yorinobu come to Night City? Why is Li You so familiar with him again?

She knew a few of those people, and they were all potential and capable agents or officers from various departments. Unexpectedly, they were also gathered here.

V rubbed his temples, passed the scan, and walked into Jenkins' office.

V originally thought that Lai Xuan should be more careful around him, but when he saw Li You's familiar smile, he couldn't help but said: "Rather than saying hello, do you want to explain to me what is going on?"

In order to deal with these attacks, even though V and other colleagues are elites and have no shortage of manpower, they are still busy all day long.

So V got on the plane with two of his subordinates with a confused look on his face, crossed the Pacific Ocean and returned to Night City. Then he got off the plane and seamlessly got on the float car prepared in advance, and returned to Arasaka Tower in a hurry. .

It was only after she calmed down that she realized: Huh?

Yes, the person conducting the chorus was none other than Li You. Although he was wearing a robe of light today, holding a book of light in his hand, and looked strange, V still recognized him at a glance.

As she had expected, anti-corporate people and various terrorists would not let go of such a big occasion as a company summit, so attacks occurred one after another with all kinds of strange methods.

She was puzzled, and in the end she could only stand aside quietly instead of sitting down, but waited for Li You to direct the others to finish dancing.

Li You then turned to look at V, smiled at her and said, "Long time no see."

Li You's smile continued: "The causes and consequences are very complicated and I can't explain them clearly at the moment, but to make a long story short, that's..."

"You're getting promoted."

V: "???"

……

After a while, Li You, Lai Xuan and V were sitting on the sofa. Li You selectively explained the situation to V.

He didn't tell everything, and he didn't even mention the ultimate goals of himself and Yorinobu.

It's not that she doesn't trust V, but that the current V is still an Arasaka employee. Although she has changed compared to this period in the original game, she suddenly told her that the organization has decided that you will be the vanguard leader to resist Saburo Arasaka. I guess she will have to be confused.

So Li You only told her what was on the surface, and the reason he claimed within the company was that Arasaka Yorinobu planned to transfer people from the company to form a special operations team to stand by under him.

Although this decision is a bit sudden, Arasaka Yorinobu is not someone who will reason with you in the company. And the number of people he transferred were not many, and they were all middle-level employees, so no one raised any objections to him.

But in fact, these people are just a cover-up, and Yori Xuan's main purpose is to transfer V to himself.

After all, he already knew V's important role in the original world line.

V was naturally puzzled because there were too many things that Li You didn't explain, but in front of Lai Xuan, it was difficult for her to get to the bottom of it.

Li You saw her doubts and smiled at her: "Don't worry, I will explain everything to you slowly, but it will take some time."

"Anyway, now, just listen to my arrangements and follow me."

V: "..."

The Riddler gets out of Night City!

And it was clearly said that I wanted to be promoted, so why did I become your subordinate?

Although she was dissatisfied, this was already a decision.

Long before Yori Xuan decided to transfer V back, Li You asked for her "command power" without hesitation.

Yori Xuan had no problem with this. Although V was important, he knew better that Li You was far more important than her at the moment.

And V looked at Li You and Lai Xuan's flirting, and understood that there was probably some insider trading between them, so he didn't think he could ask casually, so he didn't say anything more.

Seeing that she basically accepted the status quo, Li You asked her to go to the garage and wait for a while before he chatted with Lai Xuan for a few words.

Therefore, V stood up and left, still full of confusion.

Who can explain the situation to me?

——After she left, Li You and Lai Xuan talked about her again.

"...Then, I will leave her to you. You must make her strength reach the legendary level as soon as possible." Yori Xuan said.

"Well, leave it to me." Li You nodded, "She is already extremely talented. Now that you have an excuse to form a team, you can provide her with the top-notch prosthetic body in an honest way. The only thing that needs to be solved is actual combat. Proficient."

Yori Xuan also agreed, and then said: "When everything is ready on our side...I will return to Tokyo."

Li You's expression became serious: "Okay."

The two agreed on this, and Yorinobu looked at the Arasaka employees on the other side of the room. "What about them? What will you do next?"

These employees were actually summoned to cover up for V. Of course, with so many people coming, it must not be wasted, not to mention that there must be an explanation to the outside world, so Yori Xuan handed these people over to Li You .

Li You, on the other hand, made a small attempt on them.

——Try to use the Light Scripture to influence their thinking.

[Bible of Light: An ancient scripture of unknown origin, which can exert an influence on people's hearts by transcribing different teachings. However, transcribing the teachings requires certain conditions to be met, and its original content has been erased. 】

This thick ancient book was acquired in Biochemistry IV, but because Li You was not interested in faith, he never took it out to study it carefully.

But now, because he wanted to speed up the development of the world of 2077, he took out those props that had been gathering dust for a long time, but in fact had very powerful effects, and tried them one by one, and finally selected this book.

Li You has figured out the so-called specific conditions, that is, divine power is required to activate the scriptures, and at the same time, divine power is needed to assist in transcribing the content. This is obviously not a problem for him.

But how to use it specifically requires careful study.

So he tried it with these employees who were called together.

He transcribed different contents in the scriptures and preached them to these people to observe their reactions and effects, and finally came to a conclusion.

The Light Scriptures can indeed have a powerful influence on people's hearts, but there is also a prerequisite, that is, the content that the doctrine requires them to abide by cannot conflict too much with their own cognition, otherwise the effect will be greatly reduced.

Secondly, although the influence of the scriptures is very effective, it does not last long, so currently it is necessary to conduct group activities every once in a while to strengthen the effect.

The choir that V saw just now was what Li You was doing.

By the way, in this ceremony, the light robe is of no use. Li You wears it purely for the atmosphere.

At this time, these people were waiting quietly in the corner of the room. Facing Lai Xuan's question, Li You rubbed his chin and said:
"This ritual can indeed have an impact on them, but as you can see, it doesn't last long, so it won't have much effect."

The reason why Li You chose the Guangming Canon was because of its ability to influence people's hearts invisibly.

The first step to help Yorinobu is naturally to let him gain a foothold within Arasaka and monopolize power.

Although Arasaka Company is strong, it is not yet the largest economic entity in the world, and it does not have the ability to fight against all giant companies on its own. If Arasaka cannot be controlled, any attempt to change the world will be empty talk.

And since we mentioned controlling Arasaka, we have to consider the new tower ending of the Shadows of the Past DLC.

As mentioned before, in the ending of the tower, Hanako Arasaka and Takemura tried to raid Arasaka Tower without V and pull Yori Nobu off, but they failed to pass the level of Adam Hammer who was guarding the gate. Hanako was killed in the incident, and Zhucun fled to the streets on this crime.

Li You commented on this: Hua Zi, if V Zhentian asks you to wait any longer, this is what will happen if you don’t wait.

Okay, no kidding, in this ending, although Yoshinobu relied on the combat power of the heavy hammer to fight back at the last moment, his plan was not too successful.

His subsequent series of operations dealt a heavy blow to Arasaka, but the good times did not last long. Just when V finally woke up after undergoing surgery, and on the eve of his return to Night City, Yorinobu was finally noticed by the group at the Tokyo headquarters that something was wrong, or The board members, who said they had finally had enough, banded together and asked him to step down as CEO. From then on, Yorinobu had nothing to do with Arasaka's power.

In that ending, although Yorinobu severely damaged Arasaka, it was only Arasaka. Night City has not become better without Arasaka. Military Technology and other large companies have quickly seized its ecological niche, and the streets of Night City have become even more chaotic than before.

This is not to say anything good about Arasaka, but for a very simple reason. No matter how bad the order is, it is still order...

And Li You, who knew this outcome, naturally wanted to prevent Lai Xuan from being kicked out of the CEO position by the board of directors before he could show his talents.

So how can we help Yori Nobu secure this position?

He planned to use the simplest and crudest method: brainwashing.

Li You: We need to give the Arasaka board of directors some strength.

——Just rely on "faith".

In fact, for those deep-rooted Arasaka people, the name Arasaka is their belief. Therefore, Li You can easily influence their thoughts with the help of the Guangming Scripture.

It doesn't need to have too much influence. He just changed the allegiance of these people from Arasaka Company and Arasaka Saburo to Arasaka Yorinobu.

Basically this is the process:
Li You: Arasaka Company is a family business. Arasaka Yorinobu is the biological son of Saburo Arasaka. Arasaka Yorinobu represents the future of the Arasaka family, so your allegiance to Arasaka Yorinobu is equal to your allegiance to Arasaka Company (continue to read again).

Everyone: Yes! Allegiance to Arasaka Yorinobu!
Not to mention anything else, after transcribing the teachings and rereading it for several rounds, Li You himself almost didn’t recognize the word "Arasaka"...

But the effect is really good, the only problem is that the duration is too short, it doesn't work like this.

So Li You is also thinking about how to maintain the brainwashing effect for a long time.

Um? Why not use Harlan virus?
Although the method used by the Harlan virus to transform the Night Demon is convenient, the transformation of the body is too obvious. If it were used on employees of Arasaka Company, the secret would be exposed in minutes - ordinary employees are equipped with special prosthetics to detect physical conditions, let alone those big bosses who sit on the board of directors, so it won't work.

It also has to have a mental impact.

Of course, Li You also considered the technological brainwashing method of Ye's Company, but from the game, that method is actually more unstable. What's more, Ye's Company is secretive and not easy to deal with, so in the end he did not start with them.

Li You finally said to Lai Xuan: "I will find a way as soon as possible to maintain their state. Before that, let's observe it first."

Yori Xuan also understood that this matter could not be rushed, so he just said: "Okay. If you need any support from the company, please tell me at any time."

Li You smiled: "As long as your people can speed up the research progress, it will be enough."

Hearing this, Yori Xuan also looked thoughtful: "Yes, I can't wait to see the army of the cybernetic night demons."

The two looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Li You immediately packed up his things and stood up: "Then I'll leave first, V is still waiting for me. I will take her to the Night Demon's lair to have a look, and then slowly tell her the plan."

Lai Xuan naturally had no objection, but he mentioned another thing: "By the way, do you really not consider what I said last time? The best way for a man to control a woman is to make her unable to live without him..."

Li You twitched the corner of his mouth and turned around to leave without even talking to Lai Xuan: "See you next time!"

Looking at Li You's back as he quickly left, Lai Xuan shook his head slightly.

But looking at the several Arasaka real estate buildings vaguely visible outside the window, as well as the military technology and other company buildings further away, he couldn't help but feel a little distracted, recalling what he had talked to Li You before.

At that time, after following Li You to see his trump card, the Night Demon's Lair, Yori Xuan had already decided to fully cooperate with him.

With such a powerful ability, it will not be a problem to occupy and destroy Arasaka!
As a result, Li You shook his head when faced with the cooperation conditions he proposed.

Li You: "I think we should expand the scope of the game and not just limit it to Arasaka."

At that time, he told Lai Xuan the details of the ending of the tower and concluded:
"Without Arasaka, there are still a lot of giant companies such as Military Technology, Kangtai, Pezo Chemical, and Zeta Technology. It is meaningless just to drag Arasaka into the water. The situation of companies dominating the world will not change."

At that time, Yori Xuan couldn't help but said: "Of course I know about this kind of thing, but even if I can completely control Arasaka, the most I can do is drag down military technology and hurt both of them. Other giant companies really can't touch it."

Li You also recognized this, so he said: "It is true that it is unrealistic to set the goal too high, but at least we can't just think about Arasaka."

"Let's take it step by step. The first step is to completely control Arasaka."

Then, Li You took out the Light Canon and told Yori Xuan his detailed plan, first Arasaka, then Military Technology, and finally other giant companies.

After some in-depth discussion, Yori Xuan also understood Li You's intentions and final plan. While he was surprised by his plan, he couldn't help but think that if it really went smoothly, there might be a glimmer of hope for success.

So he agreed with Li You and decided to use all resources to cooperate with him and advance their plan.

For example, giving Li You the technical personnel he had secretly accumulated over the years and who were completely under his control, and asked them to invest in the project of transforming the Night Demon into a body.

One of their goals is to mass-produce Night Demons that can withstand implantation into Dragon Knight-level prosthetics.

Currently, research is progressing steadily in the secret research institute prepared by Yorinobu himself.

Yori Xuan came to his senses, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank slowly.

"I hope it really goes well."

——On the other side, V finally waited for Li You in the garage.

"Hey, have you been waiting for a long time?" Li You walked out of the elevator and waved to her.

"...I didn't wait too long, but I really need you to give me an explanation as soon as possible." V looked at him with squinting eyes.

Li You smiled and said, "Okay. Come on, follow me to a place, and we'll talk as we walk."

He took out his cell phone and pressed the summon vehicle, and the Herrera gangster immediately came out of the corner of the garage and stopped in front of the two of them.

V raised his eyebrows and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Gangster? It seems to be a customized model?"

She stepped forward to observe and fumble the sports car carefully, then looked at Li You and asked, "Are you rich?"

Li You said: "You just came back, haven't had time to read the news or reports, right? We have time, you can read the briefings and the like."

He said, opening the car door: "Come up, I'll take you to see something."

V couldn't help but hold his forehead: "I spent the whole day on transportation... I really don't want to take a car anymore."

Li You looked at her and suddenly realized something: "Why don't you drive it?"

V immediately got into the driver's seat: "What are you waiting for? Tell me where you are going!"

Li was amused, but he didn't complain: "Go to Shiji Mountain first!"

(End of this chapter)