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Chapter 798 Shock

When everyone was shocked by what the Arasaka Group had done, the news of Night City spread throughout the world as quickly as possible, surprising everyone - indeed, the Arasaka Group tried to implant everyone into It's surprising that everyone turned into a cybermaniac who obeyed orders, but in fact, with Arasaka's urine, no one was surprised at all that it would do such a thing.

 At best, it’s like “Oh my God, Arasaka actually intends to do this.”

  After all, the Arasaka Group has always been notorious, and everyone believed it when it said it would blow up the earth.

 However, one man ruled Night City and declared that he would confiscate all company assets - this directly shocked other places.

 Soon, the situation changed rapidly.

Religious organizations in various places responded quickly - yes, even if humans enter the universe, this thing that appeared in the primitive era will still not become extinct.

Soon, a group of religious figures with titles such as "bishop" or "priest" appeared on the media screen, lashing out at corporate greed and sin. In fact, this has become a commonplace topic. Many religious institutions have been accusing companies of promoting nihilistic hedonism and holding them responsible for the world's moral decay.

Of course, the company has no interest in such trivial accusations. After all, they have made the money, and being scolded by a few psychotic religious fanatics will not change anything. Besides, in this era, as long as you have money, you can install very powerful prosthetics, which can turn an ordinary person with no physical strength into a top master in an instant. So you don't have to worry about what harm those religious lunatics can do to you.

 But things are different now.

 Because an angel appeared.

 That’s right, angel!

Everything D did was broadcast live at the time. After that, the whole process went viral on the Internet. A girl with unparalleled beauty, as well as pure and flawless white wings, and even bullets and gunpowder could not hurt her. The powerful force that caused the slightest harm made many religious believers cry bitterly. They believed that this was the dawn of divine arrival. The great **** finally could not stand the depravity of his people and planned to bring order to the chaos!

 For a time, many people gathered in front of the company and began to protest, and the company also panicked.

 After the Fourth Corporate War, the power of corporations has begun to be restricted in some large countries, but they can still do whatever they want in most places. Even in some places, companies and local governments are entangled.

Taking Night City as an example, Arasaka Group is undoubtedly the world’s number one corporate boss. Why can military technology compete with it in Night City? The reason is very simple. Because there is a close relationship between military technology and the new US government, it dares to confront Arasaka in Night City. After all, his hometown is right next to him. If it gets anxious, it would be easy to just pull out a team and kill you. Not impossible.

 So this is why in Night City, Arasaka and Military Technology are openly fighting each other. Even if other companies hate Arasaka, they can only make small stumbling blocks secretly because they are beyond their reach.

 But ultimately, even so, in most countries companies still hold a strong position vis-à-vis the state. Many times, it is the government that needs to work with companies, not the other way around. For companies, buying off politicians so that they can promote policies that benefit them is also a very cost-effective investment.

This is why they have been bragging about democracy and freedom, because only in this way can leaders be voted out, and once voting is needed, there is room for capital to intervene and play. They control the media, intelligence, and everything. In the hands of the company, they can easily eliminate those they don't like and then promote those they like.

But now, they are anxious.

 They are really anxious!

  If one person does this, then the company has 10,000 ways to discredit them, such as dictatorship, tyrant, despotism, etc., and describe the other person as a heinous villain, so that they can avoid other people from having similar thoughts.

However, the enemy who appeared in front of them this time was not a human being, but an angel!

 So the problem arises.

They accuse each other of being authoritarian. The believers say that God created our world and everything, and it is natural for God to rule us, and we are willing to go through fire and water for God's will without hesitation!

 So the capitalists suddenly became anxious.

This is a double-edged sword, and now it is starting to work against them. After all, politicians come to power through elections, so when the people at the bottom are unanimously opposed to something, even if they have a lot of money in their pockets, they will not dare to promote policies that are beneficial to the company. After all, it is certain that this will It can definitely cause unimaginable disasters.

What's more, the government and companies are never of the same mind. If given the opportunity, they will naturally want to seize the assets and power of these companies - no qualified politician will allow this kind of capital thing to ride on his head. Shit and pee on.

The company also knew this very well, so they suddenly panicked.

Videos and news about the Kanbi Building are everywhere, and they can't stop it at all, not to mention the Arasaka Group's soul chip, which makes it even worse. For a time, almost all governments began to hold meetings to discuss how to limit the power of companies and prevent things like the Arasaka Group from happening - after all, most of these implants and prosthetics are manufactured by companies, and even politicians do not want to be controlled by others. Become a puppet, right?

As for the Arasaka Group, it was directly divided among various countries. After all, you have already done the thing of controlling such a big villain like human beings. If you need witnesses, witnesses, and physical evidence, isn’t it logical to deal with you?

Of course, the reason why governments dare to do this is because the chairman of the Arasaka Group is dead, and the heir is also dead. Even Saburo Arasaka's daughter Hanako Arasaka was found to have had her brain exploded by ICE overclocking that night, and died in her own home. In the apartment. For a time, the Arasaka Group was leaderless and in chaos. The following will either fight for power or gain money, or run away with money. What was once a world giant has now come to an end.

 The City of Night is naturally the core of all this. In particular, the videos of the corpses of senior company officials hanging from street lamps made many people feel chilly. Of course, not everyone has doubts about this, thinking that it is too cruel and not civilized enough - but they don't care about you at all. Who will listen to the whine of a defeated dog?

In the next few days, many reporters from all over the world will go to Night City to see what the city is currently like.

 In their opinion, such a city must be currently experiencing constant strife and wars.

 However, the facts exceeded these reporters’ expectations.

　　When they came to Night City, what they saw was a clean, tidy, and vibrant city. There is not even a piece of paper on the streets of the city. Most people are working hard. As for street robberies and shootings, they have completely disappeared.

When interviewed by reporters, most of the residents of Night City were full of praise for this. Although the gun surrender order in Night City did make them very dissatisfied, the security of the entire Night City was much better as a result. After those senior NCPD officers who colluded with senior company officials were arrested or executed, the remaining police officers began to work hard to do their jobs. It can be said that except for those unlucky ones who were hanged from the street lamps, everyone else seemed to be doing well.

Of course, the attitude of those company executives was completely different. When interviewed by reporters, they denounced D as a tyrant and believed that she had trampled on the concept of freedom and democracy. They also said that Night City had lost the glory of the Free City. It has become a dictator's back garden. Such a city cannot meet their business needs. They will leave the city and withdraw from business completely to prevent the tyrant from plundering their hard-earned property...

Experts from various countries have also commented on this, and most of these experts believe that Night City may not be able to sustain it for long if it continues like this. In their view, the reason why Night City can prosper is because companies do business here. But now, Night City's unfriendly attitude towards companies will make them suffer a lot. Even if Night City has confiscated a large amount of company assets, no other company will dare to do business with Night City.

In this case, Night City’s own resources are insufficient, so there is only a dead end.

“I have to say that although the buttocks of these experts are crooked, they are not wrong.”

Looking at the expert comments on TV, D chuckled. Of course she understood the problems with Night City. The prosperity of Night City is indeed based on free and open economic policies. This is actually a bit similar to the Cayman Islands. It is just a small island, but it accommodates all the well-known Fortune 500 companies in the world. It is the fourth largest financial center in the world. Is it because of its good geographical location? Of course it’s because it can avoid taxes and launder money!

Just like Swiss banks, why do rich people deposit their money in Swiss banks? Isn’t it because Swiss banks are independent and keep customer information completely confidential?

 Once this advantage is lost, these places will be doomed.

The same is true for Night City. In the past, companies were willing to do business here because this is a world of capital. They can do whatever they want here, and even conduct some inhumane experiments - experiments like Arasaka's soul chip. In Night City But there are quite a few, because this is an independent city-state and is not bound by any national laws, so if you do illegal things in other places, you can do them in Night City.

That’s why these companies come to Night City to invest and start businesses.

 Now that Night City does not allow them to do whatever they want, these companies will naturally stop their losses and run away.

 After all, they have all seen the fate of the Arasaka Group. If they don't run away, they are afraid that it will be their turn next.

 But D doesn't care about this trivial matter, the reason is very simple.

On the one hand, although the company has left, Night City has not been kept away from it. On the contrary, for many religious believers, with their appearance, Night City seems to have become some kind of religious holy place. . The fact is that according to recent data, many religious believers are trying to make pilgrimages to Night City these days - but currently Night City does not plan to welcome a large number of foreigners and is in a semi-closed state.

 As for the other aspect, it’s even simpler.

The company can just run away. Isn’t it possible that I can’t generate new business?

 At this moment, the communication sound rang in D’s ear.

“Sir, the appointed reporter has arrived.”

 “Let her in.”

"yes."

D turned around and sat on the chair again. Then he saw the door open, and then a female reporter walked in. Behind her, there was a photographer.

The moment they saw D in front of them, both of them stopped walking, and an expression of disbelief and confusion appeared on their faces. Of course D knows what's going on - after all, his 99 points of charm are real... well, how should I put it, this **** charm has nowhere to be placed.

 “Please sit down.”

D looked at the two of them and snapped his fingers. At this moment, they seemed to have recovered from some kind of trance, and they hurriedly sat on the chairs obediently like primary school students - this was of course also the charm of D, as if Duanmu Huai himself had the aura of fear. Like this large-scale halo, D also has a similar "temptation aura". Anyone who sees D within a certain range will pass a round of will test. If the will test fails, they will enter the charm state, and the charm state is almost permanent. Cannot be eliminated.

Of course, the main thing in the game is that the initial favorability is high, it is easy to attract NPCs to release hidden tasks, and the rewards obtained are more generous.

But in reality...

“Hello, I am Sandora, a reporter from News 54...”

Shandora looked at the girl in front of her, extremely nervous. Although there were no fully armed security guards here, and the other party seemed very gentle, just looking at the girl in front of her, Shandora felt ashamed of herself, as if she was with this holy person. Compared with the incomparable, perfect existence, I am like a tainted defective product. Even if she doesn't say anything, just standing here is enough to bring out the ugliness and flaws in everything else.

 “Don’t be so nervous, Miss Sandora.”

D chuckled lightly and looked at the female reporter in front of him.

“Just call me D. So, can the interview begin?”

"certainly……"

D's voice was like a clear spring, soothing Shandora's trembling and uneasy heart. She took a deep breath, and then she came back to her senses, looked at D again, and regained her composure.

"So………"

After calming down, Sandora also resumed her duties as a reporter and asked D many questions, such as Night City's future plans and assumptions, and what kind of reforms D planned to carry out within Night City. issue concerned.

Faced with these questions, D also answered them one by one. Until the interview was about to end, Sandora stared at D and asked the last question.

“Did you know that Miles, the new president of the United States, has publicly requested that Night City be re-incorporated into the new United States?”

 “Have heard something.”

D nodded, of course she understood what this matter meant. After the last war, due to the intervention of the Arasaka Group, the war between the New America and the Free State stopped, and the two sides reached nominal unity, and the night The city became an independent city-state because of Arasaka.

Now, with Arasaka finished and Night City falling into its own hands, the New United States obviously wants to take back Night City and completely unify all of North America.

“So, what do you think of President Miles’ request?”

 “Opinion?”

 Hearing Sandora's question, D smiled slightly.

"The mere New America is not worthy of my concern. Night City is my city, and this will not change. If Miles is stupid enough to want to occupy this city, then I will let her understand... this matter The consequences are something the new America cannot afford."

 (End of this chapter)