The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

"Well, that's what you said, but from your look, you don't seem to accept it."

"Are you trying to keep me here?"

"Obviously, after all, it's not easy to meet a genius hacker girl like you... and I think we're a little bit compatible."

To be honest, Lucy now looks a bit like him when he just traveled through time.

Looking around, she can't find anyone she can trust, and she has to worry about her own safety.

It feels like she saw her past self-this feeling.

But the difference is that she can keep getting stronger and eventually change her fate, while she is still a mortal with flesh and blood.

"Why...?"

"Didn't I just say it? Well, if I have to say it, it's because I personally like white hair..."

"That's not the case! Don't you know Arasaka is chasing me!?"

All kinds of suppressed emotions were instantly ignited, and Lucy couldn't help shouting.

That's Arasaka!

The world's number one super company, with influence all over the world... No, even the space outside the earth has become the range covered by its tentacles.

Standing beside her is equivalent to being an enemy of Arasaka in a sense.

Even if you are not facing Arasaka's full-scale pursuit, just the tip of the iceberg revealed by her is scary enough.

It would be fine if you didn't know before, but now you have guessed her connection with Arasaka, but you still make this choice. Is your brain broken?

"That's really scary."

Lin Qiao smiled and patted her head: "But unfortunately, I haven't felt fear for a long time, so this kind of thing can't scare me."

Let alone fear, there is no emotion, only cold reason in the mind... and the remaining humanity.

"How about making a promise?"

"Promise?"

"Yes, the secret exchange operation doesn't work, so in order to keep Miss Hacker, I can only use plan B."

Lin Qiao pretended to be troubled and continued.

"Since everyone has their own secrets, let's just not ask each other, and don't tell each other about ourselves. Just treat everything abnormal as normal... But we still need to ask others for help when we encounter difficulties."

"In this process, as an adult, I will suffer a little loss to help you completely get rid of Arasaka's pursuit. Then, if everything goes well, I will leave you a sum of pocket money in a few years to ensure that you will not have to worry about food and clothing in the future."

"How do you think about this?"

The car drove into the town and slowly stopped. With a sound, the locked door opened.

Lin Qiao raised his right fist in the air. When Lucy looked at him, she found that his face was always calm and gentle.

Is it to leave here, or believe the man in front of him who is talking in his sleep?

The crossroads of life is in front of Lucy...

"You don't have to worry about me, there's no need to provoke Arasaka for this... I'm not worth it for you to do this, right?"

There was some trembling in her words, as if she was longing for something, but also as if she wanted to stay away from something.

"You can't say that, the result is nothing more than losing and winning, plus a tie... Oh!"

Lin Qiao looked like she realized it after a while, and said in surprise: "Look, in this way, the probability of not losing is already two-thirds, and it's not as bad as you said, right?"

"You're talking nonsense! You're just quibbling!"

It seemed that the dazzling sunlight behind Lin Qiao made her eyes a little uncomfortable, and she turned her head to the side unconsciously.

Some kind of crystal liquid was secreted, but it seemed like an illusion, and was quickly wiped away by the girl.

"So what is the hacker lady's answer?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Drive!"

Ten fingers clenched into a pink fist and bumped fists with Lin Qiao.

The choice was already very clear.

"Then let's happily burn Arasaka Tower to ashes together, Aibou (partner)~"

Said in a very happy tone.

"But I forgot to say before, if it doesn't go well, you can only lose everything and die honestly."

"It's too late to say this!"

"Yes, yes."

Before the sheriff of the town came to question him, the car's engine restarted.

Destination, Night City.

Chapter 297: Night City with Simple Folk Customs

Night City is not a peaceful place.

It may be a bit too much to describe it as a golden exterior, but rotten inside... After all, even on the surface, it looks like a place with all the evil.

Although there are basically few peaceful places in this world for various reasons, Night City is definitely a unique and chaotic one.

It has been said before that the northern half of California, where this city is located, supports an independent free state, while the southern half supports the new United States. For this reason, the two sides, who dislike each other, deliberately built a wall to separate each other.

And Night City is right next to this wall.

To put it more bluntly, it is a buffer zone built on the border when war breaks out.

There are more than a dozen companies in it that are responsible for selling arms.

No one should think that this group of death merchants who are afraid of chaos in the world and wish everyone could have a set of weapons produced by themselves would come here to do their part for the safety of citizens' lives as the advertisement says?

Forget it, who would believe this nonsense? Lin Qiao could laugh at him for two and a half years.

And among all the companies, Arasaka and Military Technology, the mortal enemies who want to eat their flesh alive, are naturally included.

It is better to say that these two are the heavyweight players.

Then, under the publicity of capital spending a lot of money, all kinds of people, those who have committed crimes, wanted criminals from other countries, or simply attracted by the fraudulent name of Dream City, also flocked here.

Anyway, Night City doesn't care so much.

In this case, the only thing that can be guaranteed for its internal security is that there is no guarantee.

Also, don't count on the police.

Since the NCPD of Night City was privately contracted, except for a few who still have some sense of responsibility, the others are either busy issuing tickets on the streets or simply teaming up with local gangs.

If you really have to deal with something, you should first think about whether the tools you have are strong enough, or check your account balance to see if you can ask a middleman to hire a more reliable mercenary.

Even if you are asked to simply appear in court to identify a gang member, it is best to refuse... After all, protecting witnesses is also a considerable expense.

In short, the security in Night City is almost non-existent.

As for this point, Lin Qiao can now personally experience the friendly greetings of Night City.

"I am really impressed by you guys who cut kidneys."

Lin Qiao rubbed his temple.

As the innkeeper knelt and begged for mercy, he stepped on his head.

Outside the hotel, dark clouds covered the night sky.

But due to the serious pollution, the stars can no longer be seen here, and even the moon is covered by clouds.

This is Santo Domingo, one of the oldest districts in Night City.

The towering industrial park buildings around it are in sharp contrast with the dilapidated and low-rise residential houses.

After successfully leaving the genius hacker white-haired girl, the two hurried and finally entered Night City before the sun set the next day.

Having said that, where to spend the night has become a big problem.

Westbrook is good, and it is also the rich area of ​​Night City. It is convenient for shopping and consumption... but the price is too damn expensive!

Here is an additional mention. Although the security in Night City is chaotic and gangs are rampant, under the operation of multiple capitals, housing prices are still high, even far higher than other areas.

In short, considering the principle of proximity, Lin Qiao and Lucy simply went to the nearest Santo Domingo on the main road after passing the customs and found a hotel..... Not to mention that Taipingzhou is closer, that place is not for living at all.

The hotel is a bit shabby, and the white sheets inside are slightly yellowed, but fortunately the sanitary environment is pretty good, there is no strange odor or cockroaches.

And because there are relatively few people, even if the toilet is not soundproof, there is no need to worry about hearing the sound of the man and woman next door discussing the origin of life in the middle of the night.

At least it is a good place to stay temporarily.

For the white-haired girl who is still in the growth period and has been sleeping in the car for two consecutive days, the soft pillow seems to have magic.

After taking a hot bath, she fell asleep in a few minutes lying on the bed.

And things have developed normally so far.

But in the middle of the night, several people with strong Eastern European accents and mosaic masks on their faces quietly touched the door.

Scavengers, or simply called kidney cutters.

Their business is to strip people of their prosthetics and organs and then sell them on the black market. A living person will be completely dismantled and stripped naked before they can even use them for half a day.

As for the remaining offal that cannot be identified, they are either wholesaled and sent to the underground meat factories of certain gangs, or burned, or thrown into the sea if that doesn't work.

In a sense, scavengers are the quality inspectors of Night City.

Those idiots who come here to pursue their dreams will be eaten up immediately, and as for the rest...

they will be left to the city.

Unfortunately, they messed with the wrong person today.

Before they could come in and pick up the goods with the magnetic card they got from the boss as usual,

in the blink of an eye, a tentacle pierced through the door and they were all shot in the head like a string of candied haws.

The innkeeper, who hadn't realized that he had hit a wall today and was planning to use the dividends given by the scavenger to go to the big bird for fun, was also caught on the spot.

The double-barreled shotgun hidden under the front desk, used as a precaution, was dismantled by Lin Qiao's bare hands before he could use it.

"Let me go! I was also forced by those bastards... Ugh!"

He tried his best to pretend to be innocent and tried to show that he was also a victim.

Unfortunately, Lin Qiao didn't give him this opportunity - he ended him with a little force on his feet.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

At the same time, the scavenger who was responsible for driving away outside the hotel also screamed.

The prosthesis on his body burst into electric sparks, and then he fell to the side with blood in his mouth and nose.

The passers-by who came out to wander around immediately left without looking back after noticing the movement here.

If someone did an autopsy on him, they would find that this guy's brain was already 70% mature... But this was not done by Lin Qiao.

Electromagnetic short circuit

One of the common attack methods used by network hackers.

"....Huh...Is this the Night City you mentioned?"

Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Lucy yawned and walked down from upstairs.

She still had the Lexington pistol in her hand.

When she just woke up, she was really scared to see the bodies of several scavengers lying at the door.

"I encountered this kind of thing on the first day of entering the city...I regret coming with you a little bit."

Looking at the corpse of the innkeeper, she couldn't help but complain.

Lin Qiao scratched his head. Is this child a little too mature?