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Chapter 177: Lucy: I will lead the charge

The members of Mann's team nearby expressed their confusion as to why Ron suddenly opened his hands and then said something nonsense. What exactly did it mean? Although the tarot cards floating in Ron's palm were very interesting and exquisite, and gave people the feeling that they were more than just virtual projections. But in the end, they were just a few tarot cards. Why...

Why did V standing next to him suddenly stand there in a daze?

And looking at the ending in the tarot cards, the Vs' expressions were also different.

They didn't see the process. Because Ron was not a true prophet. Fate was the most mysterious path of the World Tree. Any attempt to peek into fate would come at a huge price. Even in mythology, a god like Odin, who only foresaw the coming of Ragnarok, had to sacrifice an eye and fall on the branches of the World Tree, leaving it to the cold wind, even to the spears and endless hunger.

Ron can avoid most of the costs by working backwards from the known ending, but any attempt to reveal fate represents a challenge to the law of causality of the World Tree itself.

Therefore, the future shown by Ron is just the future chosen by the vast majority of V after the plot ends.

In these futures, street kid V saw himself giving his body to a guy who appeared out of nowhere, then destroyed Arasaka Tower and became the king of the city, but he was dying.

Wanderer V saw himself fighting alongside Panam, defeating Arasaka after paying a huge price, and finally joining the Wandering Tribe and fleeing away with his dying body.

The company employee V saw himself choosing to compromise with Arasaka, and his consciousness was uploaded to the Arasaka Tower, gaining eternal life from another level.

These endings are often brief, or even just a few words, and they don't even know why they did it. But without exception, they can feel strong emotions in them.

These surging emotions made it impossible for them to truly calm down. Even the guy named Johnny Silverhand, whom they seemed to have heard of somewhere, seemed familiar to them.

After seeing V and the others see their own ending, Ron unlocked the permissions of the other tarot cards and allowed them to watch freely.

During the process, Ron also said calmly: "The world is big. This is a cyberpunk world. I think there should be a lot of speeches and cultural works related to parallel universes. These endings are all possible for you, and in the endless world, your future will also be diverse. The ones I show you now are just a few of the more mainstream ones."

Hearing this, V, a company employee at the side, couldn't help but say, "Your idea is too crude. No matter how you think about it, it feels like a lie. The parallel universe and the future of destiny... It's too fake. No one would believe it even if it's Mewtwo!"

"Whether it's a lie or not, you have your own guess in your mind." Ron seemed very calm. Predictions do require a price, even if it is a prediction that Ron got by inferring the result.

Ron knew it himself and it might not matter if he said it verbally. But it was another matter for the person concerned to see it directly and even feel it. Moreover, when Ron reversed his fate, he also felt why the three Vs appeared in this world at the same time, and the mutual entanglement between their fates. The condensed cause and effect would not be easy for anyone to bear.

Fortunately, we have the lesson of Gu Yi.

Ancient One has a large number of mages to help pay the price from the dimensional demons, and those who can't pay simply refuse to pay. Ron thinks he has no ability to go against the law of cause and effect of the World Tree itself, but Ron works for the World Tree after all, and they are all inside the system, so they should take care of it a little bit... What's more, Ron is not refusing to pay.

Ron Park doesn't keep idle people.

Maybe a few more Wild Hunts exploded and died, their bodies were gone, their souls were annihilated. But it didn't matter, they were already guilty of serious crimes, and Ron himself was not a good guy.

But the consumption is still a bit high, and I have to find a way to expand the park staff...

Thinking of this, Ron also felt a little emotional.

Master Ron has always been kind-hearted, and the reason he did this this time was because he couldn't bear to see the Wild Hunt suffer.

Although part of the reason was that Mr. Freeze's research on the renewable production of frost had made encouraging progress recently, the main reason was that Ron couldn't bear to see the Wild Hunt continue to suffer.

What's more, it is easy to find ordinary employees, but it is not so easy to find park employees who can be used without any psychological burden.

"Although I advocate rationality most of the time, you should know that in a place like Night City, without sufficient power, no matter how rational you are, it is useless. In the face of desperation, it is the instinctive savagery that is more trustworthy. Rationality is the standard of great men, but becoming a great man has never required rationality, but a combination of strong instinct and personality."

Looking at the people in front of him, Ron said calmly:
"And to be honest, the fate of this world had already been rewritten when Armstrong and I arrived. The future you see is just the result of countless identical coincidences and decisions in the original fate. If you really want to count, these futures, at least in this world, will never happen anyway."

After a moment of silence, Company V said:

"If that's the case, there's no need for me to trust you. If the future of this world has changed, it's better to go through everything under the protection of a big company than to take risks alone."

After a pause, Company V also said: "No matter what, I believe that the World Tree Company has extraordinary potential. But I'm sorry, I don't understand the World Tree. So, I still choose to stay under the big tree of Arasaka. At least, there will be many people to share the risk with me."

"What about you guys?" Ron was not angry about this, but just looked at the other two Vs on the side.

After a moment of silence, Street Boy V scratched his head and said, "I suddenly know so much information. To be honest, my mind is confused. Besides, I'm just a street boy, and the company sister went to a good school, so I'd better follow the company sister and wait and see for a while."

Hearing this, Ron looked at Wanderer V. And Wanderer V simply said, "I'll join."

"Ok?"

The street boy and the company girl seemed a little surprised, because they had communicated quite happily in the past, and even said that they regretted not meeting each other earlier. But why did V, who came from outside the city, decide to do something different from them?
Feeling the puzzled gazes of the two people beside him, Wanderer V shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently:

"It's true that I share the same interests as you, but to be honest, I don't really understand what the so-called Night City is. I live in the wild and have never really set foot in the so-called civilization before. For me, the intuition born of freedom and wildness is even more reliable than thinking."

"It's weird to say this... but I choose to trust my instincts."

After saying this, Wanderer V came directly to Ron and said, "I don't know why you are telling me this, but you look stronger than them, so I believe you." After hearing Wanderer V's thoughts, Ron nodded with interest.

The three endings of Cyberpunk 2077 are not set randomly. Each beginning has its own ending. At least, V, a street kid and a company employee who grew up in Night City, never thought of running away.

For them, they would rather hide in Night City than leave here and embrace the so-called freedom.

In contrast, the wanderer V is an outsider from the beginning, so it doesn't matter whether he leaves or not, he just has to go back to his previous life.'

Compared with the other two, he left with a lover. From the perspective of life, I don't know how much better it is than the lonely and short-lived city king and the cyber immortal corporate dog.

"Although I don't know the girl named Panam yet, to be honest." Looking at the other two Vs, Wanderer V said:

"I am still very satisfied with my ending. But if possible, I would rather stay with the one I love forever... Well, when I have time, I must find a way to find that girl. She is just outside the city, so it shouldn't be difficult to find her."

After hearing the words of the wanderer, the street kid shrugged and said, "Okay, just follow me and the company sister. After all, Arasaka is a real big company, and we know everything about it. Even if I can't become famous, I can still make a living under a big tree. Even if the world changes, right?"

"Yes, we can definitely help each other. This is true now, and it will be true in the future, no matter where we are."

The company sister winked at the wanderer. The meaning was very clear, it doesn't matter even if you are from World Tree, we are all V, we help each other, it doesn't matter who is in which company.

Ron knew that the homeless V probably had similar ideas. If the street guy and the corporate girl couldn't make it anymore, he could help them as the World Tree. Anyway, they were all V.

However, Ron smiled and said, "The next person we are going to take down is Arasaka."

"..."

Hearing this, everyone was silent for a while, then Street Brother took a deep breath and said, "Then I will join the World Tree."

"Me too." Sister Corporate raised her hand and said, "Just pretend I didn't say anything before."

"I told you, betting on multiple parties won't work." Wanderer V also shook his head helplessly.

It was obvious that the three of them had already colluded to place multiple bets, and then secretly helped each other. No matter who won or lost in the end, at least they could save their lives.

Now, having lost the possibility of placing multiple bets, they naturally made rational and instinctive choices.

I'm not exaggerating. Even if many parties bet on it, the terrifying fighting power of Armstrong and Diana is obvious to all. Moreover, this man in front of him, who doesn't seem to have any cyborg parts, has easily demonstrated incomprehensible "space technology" and "fate".

Although it is a bit worrying to surrender to such a mysterious company that one has never heard of, the instinctive tendency becomes more obvious at such times.

Although the three Vs think differently due to their growing environment, they are ultimately familiar yet unfamiliar selves, and instinctively, they are highly similar.

In a sense, this is also the key reason why Ron is so interested in the three Vs.

One V might just be the powerful cybernetic V Zhentian. But three Vs with different ways of thinking but the same instincts, working closely together, can unleash a power that is more than just 1+1+1=3.

A small team, three members. They work closely together and can properly deal with the confrontation between large companies and big forces. They can tactfully use the interests of the gangs and the loyalty between the lower-level gangsters, and even make use of the unspoken rules of the apocalyptic wasteland where morality does not exist. They are the panacea of ​​the field department. Not to mention the field department, they are popular no matter where they are.
The three of them are the most familiar with themselves, but they all have abilities that they don't understand. Which leader doesn't like such a team?
On the side, after hesitating for a moment, the other members of Mann's team held back and did not speak, but Lucy, who had been silent the whole time, was the first to speak up.

"Excuse me……"

Lucy swallowed her saliva, and faced the gazes of everyone, especially Ron, and said nervously, fearfully but with a little expectation:
"Excuse me, what do you mean by declaring war on the Arasaka Group? ...I swear I'm not trying to gather intelligence, but this is very important to me."

Hearing this, the other members of Mann's team also nodded.

Ever since Ron mentioned last time that Lucy used to work for Arasaka, everyone had been confirming and asking about it.

There are many mercenaries working for big companies, and Adam Hammer is the most famous one. But if they are hiding their origins from giant companies but never say it, it makes people nervous - because there are more than one or two large mercenary teams that have been dismantled by spies from giant companies.

This also led to mutual distrust between giant companies and mercenary teams and street gangs. The middleman industry was also born in this special culture and atmosphere.

After being exposed, Lucy revealed her identity - an old web scavenger who was once adopted by Arasaka and used as a consumable.

After arriving in Night City, Lucy gained recognition from Qiwei through her hacking skills accumulated as a scavenger of old networks, and with Qiwei's recommendation, she interned in Mann's team as a trainee hacker.

But even so, the wanted notice for Lucy has never been cancelled. It is only because training orphans as old network scavengers violates public order and morality, and is likely to attract attacks from other giant companies, so it is not made public... In fact, other giant companies have also trained a lot. It's just that none of them have grown.

They are all big companies, which one is cleaner?

But even so, Lucy was still in a state of panic, thinking about going to the moon all day long. And now... going to attack Arasaka?
I will take the lead!

(End of this chapter)