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But then he thought again, there seemed to be no need for the other party to lie.

He frowned and asked tentatively: "Where did your relic come from?"

Lidya Su did not answer immediately.

Instead, think about it.

Regardless of whether Herman is worthy or not, and whether he can find a way to free Johnny Silverhand, he is destined to be placed under house arrest by Rogge.

He has seen the faces of Su Xiao and others with his own eyes. No matter which angle he looks at, it is absolutely impossible to let him go free.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao did not hide anything and answered truthfully: "I got it from Arasaka Yorinobu."

"Arasaka Yorinobu? Arasaka Yorinobu? Arasaka Yorinobu?"

Herman repeated it several times, and then as if he had thought of something, his expression suddenly became shocked: "At that time in the Kanbi Building... was it you? Was it you?!"

"Absolutely." Su Xiao knew that even if he stressed, it would be meaningless without Emerick, Crispin and Panan, and Herman wouldn't believe it anyway.

He simply didn't explain much.

Herman's expression changed.

Obviously, he did not expect that the fierce man who had penetrated the Kanbi Building was actually standing in front of him.

No wonder he was able to fish himself out from a transport convoy heavily armed with military technology.

"You just said, how do you know about the personality consciousness on the Relic?" Herman's expression became even more shocked: "Isn't that Relic plugged into your nerve slot now?"

"Who do you think I am, V Zhentian?" Su Xiao rolled her eyes at Herman, "Of course not, but we used other... uh, methods to verify this."

Herman frowned: "Other way? What way?"

"Okay, since you insist on asking," Su Xiao suddenly turned her head and shouted to the empty space on one side, "Johnny, what should I do?"

You're on. "

Herman turned his head with confusion and looked at the deserted space.

Then something happened that confused him.

A small spider-shaped robot appeared in that clearing.

"Johnny? You named a robot?"

It's not like Herman has never seen someone give a robot a code name.

But Herman had never seen the person who named the robot.

And, why Johnny?

For a moment, Herman didn't think about Johnny Silverhand.

On the one hand, it is because it has been more than 50 years since Johnny Silverhand died. Although the old fans of the Band often commemorate him, Herman is not an old fan of the Band. How could he remember?

On the other hand, there are at least hundreds, if not 1 people named Johnny in Night City.

This name is as common as "Look, the boy in front of you is called Xiaoshuai, and the girl is called Xiaomei".

"Hello, you Arasaka bastard in a suit, pretending to give orders, it's really disgusting."

He was scolded for no reason, and Herman felt both baffled and aggrieved.

It’s not that there will be no artificial intelligence in 2077. The most famous taxi company in the city, Delama Taxi’s boss, driver, customer service, maintenance worker and other professional positions are all performed by artificial intelligence.

And floating vehicles are generally equipped with corresponding artificial intelligence.

It's just that the level of these artificial intelligences is very low, and they all have a particularly obvious mechanical sound when speaking.

Completely different from the little robot in front of me.

Therefore, Herman did not think that the little robot was artificial intelligence, but thought that Su Xiao was controlling the little robot and scolding him in a roundabout way.

Seeing Herman's aggrieved expression, Su Xiao knew that the other party had misunderstood her.

He spread his hands.

"Don't look at me. This is not controlled by me. To tell you the truth, what's inside this robot is Johnny Silverhand's consciousness. As for why, it's because I inserted Arasaka's latest invention - Relic into the plug of this robot. Inside the tank.”

Herman was as surprised as Su Xiao expected: "Johnny Silverhand? Conscious body? This is absolutely impossible!"

Johnny on the side sneered mercilessly: "Do you still need me to perform "Intubation" for you before you believe it, you bastard? Don't be shameless, that's about it."

"Intubation" is the famous song of Samurai Band, and many fans of Samurai Band believe that "Intubation" is the best song of Samurai Band so far.

Although Herman had never actually met Johnny, his bad mouth was very similar to the appearance of Johnny Silverhand in the Silverhand video he had seen online.

More importantly, he didn't think it was necessary for Su Xiao to deliberately control a small robot and imitate Johnny Silverhand to humiliate himself.

We are all adults, there is no need to play such childish pranks.

Suddenly, Herman seemed to suddenly think of something: "You just said that relic was inserted into this robot, so it turned into a silver hand? Then where did you get that relic you mentioned? Coming?"

Lidya Su was speechless for a while.

"Didn't I just tell you? You don't look like you are 60 years old yet, but you are already suffering from Alzheimer's disease?"

Herman remembered that Su Xiao did say just now that the chip was taken from Yorinobu Arasaka.

"Yorinobu, Arasaka Yorinobu," a sneer appeared on Herman's face, "I knew for a long time that his plan would be useless, but I never thought it would turn out like this. Arasaka's high-tech products actually fell into the hands of mercenaries hands."

This time it was Lidya Su's turn to feel strange.

"Arasaka Yorinobu's plan? What is his plan?"

Herman was honest, and he didn't hide anything.

"What other plan could it be to resurrect Silver Hand?"

Lidya Su and Johnny looked at each other and couldn't help but take a breath: "What did you say? Resurrect Silver Hand?"

"There's no need to show such an exaggerated expression, right? Don't you know that Arasaka Yorinobu is actually a fan of Johnny Silverhand? OK, you may not know, but Yorinobu really admires Silverhand."

Yorinobu worships Silver Hand?

Lidya Su wanted to say what kind of April Fool's Day joke this was.

But today is neither April Fools' Day nor is this a joke.

Because Arasaka Yorinobu's various behaviors that go against his own class are enough to confirm what Herman said.

"Johnny? Johnny!"

Su Xiao called several times before calling back Johnny's soul who didn't know what he was thinking.

"Express your thoughts. The former crown prince of Arasaka is now your new head. What do you think? I want to hear your thoughts."

"Fuck you, uncle, I have a bullshit idea!" Johnny rolled his eyes angrily.

He felt that his heart was in chaos and his mood was complicated.

It was Arasaka who killed his girlfriend and himself;

It was Arasaka who worshiped him and strangled Saburo to death.

I am destined to have trouble with Arasaka in this life, right?

"Okay, no more kidding, you!" Su Xiao turned to look at Herman, "I want you to get Johnny Silverhand out of this little robot."

However, Herman's answer was not what Su Xiao wanted to hear: "It's not that simple.

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Su Xiao frowned.

"You made Relic, and you told me it's not that simple? What do you mean? You want to raise the price on the ground? Then I suggest you take a good look at the situation you are facing now."

"If what you said is true, then the relic you got from Arasaka Yorinobu is the latest experimental version."

"Aren't you the technical director of Relic?"

"Maybe you don't know that there are several teams developing Relic, and even the general person in charge does not know all the projects thoroughly."

"So that's it. It seems that the old turtle in Arasaka doesn't trust you that much. No wonder you want to defect."

This sentence seemed to poke Herman's trachea, and his expression became obviously unnatural.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore, what's the difference between this latest experimental version and the one you know? Is it just that the memory engram is different? Or is it self-aware? Or is it aggressive?"

Herman said sternly: "The uniqueness of this chip does not lie in Johnny Silverhand's imprint. The previous version of the chip could only produce biological interactions with the imprints pre-stored in it..."

Su Xiao knows what Herman said.

He'd seen it on TV before, more than once.

For Relic, there are some people...including the last liberator, the president of the Eliyahu Church, the nightmare of Arasaka's public relations department, Father Colfer.

He sneered at Arasaka's so-called "guarding your soul". In his opinion, this was just another set of lies concocted by Arasaka Company, driven by greed and lust for power.

Father Colfer believes that this relic is just a set of algorithms that have no feelings or thoughts. It just speaks in the voice of the deceased. It is not truly "copying human thoughts to a separate chip" at all.

"Well, that's the original version you mentioned, so what's the difference with the latest experimental model?"

"The biggest difference is that it can install and activate the imprint in the new body."

"Wait a moment, install and activate the imprint? Isn't that the cyberpunk version of body seizing?"

Herman's rhetoric may sound mysterious and quite bluffing.

But for Su Xiao, who has read too many online novels, this cannot scare him.

Install and activate blotting?Huh, it's really quite impressive.

Isn't this thing just "seizing the body"?

Herman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"Seize the body? Yes, I have read your Siris' fairy novels. Immortal cultivators with high magic power can occupy the bodies of monks who are weaker than themselves. Although different novels have different details in some details, it is almost the same. set up."

"Yes, you are right, it is to seize the body, but when I left... and defected to Arasaka, the whole project was still in the experimental stage."

Lidya Su sneered.

"Why does your latest version sound different from what is advertised on TV? Isn't the function of relic just to hear the voices of the deceased? Logically speaking, it should be just a complex chat robot at best. "

"Is this an experiment by Saburo Arasaka to achieve immortality? If it succeeds, he can continue to live with the help of other people's bodies?"