The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

Besides, becoming a vampire is much more reliable than relic.

After all, the latter can only be said to be a super AI with its own memory and personality.

Not to mention that with the technology to create vampires, the losses caused by the internal strife can be completely compensated by other aspects.

And she can indeed seize this opportunity as the other party said and become the controller of Arasaka forever.

Power, life span...

The most attractive material in the world is in front of her.

"What about you? What can you get for paying so much?"

This is the crux of the problem.

Arasaka Hanako didn't believe that the vampire in front of her paid so much and took out the confidential technology in biotechnology for trading, and just wanted to enjoy a good show of fratricide.

If there is payment, there must be gains.

Marshall grinned at this.

"I do not deny that there are other purposes for this, but that has nothing to do with you."

"Strictly speaking, you can understand it as a personal grudge between me and some people."

Since the power plant outside Night City was bombed by a nuclear bomb last time, Marshall knew that his opponent had a deeper grasp on Arasaka than he expected.

Although he was not inferior to the opponent with the blessing of tens of thousands of resurrection coins and the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, it was always a good choice to weaken the opponent's power.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, he decided to split Arasaka-and the target of his choice was Arasaka Hanako.

As for handing over the technology of artificial vampires, whether the biotechnology side would have any opinions...that was none of his business.

Anyway, as long as he took the ancient blood, he could pat his butt and leave this world to wander around, who would care about the ideas of the local natives?

"Then, give your choice, Miss Hanako."

Stretching out a hand, he invited Arasaka Hanako who was still thinking about something.

After a brief silence, the latter nodded and agreed.

At least she had no reason to refuse.

Not to mention the conditions set by Marshall, she needed to consider the consequences of refusing him just because he could enter and leave her residence at will.

But in any case, Marshall's goal had been achieved.

That's why he smiled particularly happily, revealing two long and sharp canine teeth at the corners of his grinning mouth.

"Very good, then let's..."

Beep beep beep --

At this moment, Marshall's cell phone rang.

Like Lin Qiao, as a vampire with strong regenerative ability, he also could not implant any prosthesis.

The caller was Joanne from the biotechnology department.

"What's the matter?"

The words revealed a sense of dissatisfaction because he was interrupted in the middle of speaking.

"We found the girl you want."

Just one sentence made all Marshall's dissatisfaction disappear.

His eyes emitted a strange red light because of excessive excitement.

"Where is she?"

"Turn on the TV and switch to WNS News."

"?"

What does this matter?

Marshall didn't react for a moment.

It's just like the relationship between News 54 and military technology.

WNS News is one of the media channels under Arasaka.

Arasaka Hanako, who was sitting on the side, didn't say anything, but silently used her hacking ability to turn on the TV in the room, and then switched to WNS News.

[… Arasaka's permanent Mars colonization plan will be launched today. According to Arasaka's president, Mr. Arasaka Yorinobu, this will be a long-term plan that will benefit the entire human race. ]

[And Ciri Fiona Iren Riannon, hereinafter referred to as Miss Ciri, Mr. Yorinobu's newly recognized adopted daughter, will become the actual and only executor of this plan. ]

[At 21:30 local time, Miss Ciri will leave our world forever and embark on her own journey alone. ]

[Let's bless this beautiful lady together in front of the screen. 】

As the host thanked him, the TV quickly switched to a photo of Ciri - and it was the same outfit he wore when he first came to this world.

He was dressed like a medieval swordswoman, but his smile was particularly bright... as if he was laughing at someone in front of the screen.

Then it was as if no one saw it.

WNS News and other TV channels that had reached a cooperation agreement with Arasaka also began to replay the news...

Crack!

The next second, the goblet in Marshall's hand was crushed.

The glass fragments fell to the ground, but Marshall's mentality was also shattered into slag.

Just like an angry lion, his expression was ferocious and terrifying, and he exuded a heart-pounding murderous intent.

——Ciri ran away!

The host's words "leaving the world" instantly made Marshall lose all his grace.

He knew that this was a trap set by the other party for him, and he also knew that the news spread was a bait...

But he had to step on it!

"Immediately arrange a flight back to Night City for me, the fastest one!!!"

Chapter 393 On the Mutuality of Stealing Homes

Moving forward a little in time——

"Next Life"

The place of Rogge, the most famous middleman in Night City, has many big deals negotiated here, and also many legends have come out of this place.

However, today's "Next Life" is particularly deserted.

Except for one table, the others left because the bar closed early.

"Ah~ The 'Silver Hand' here tastes the best!"

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Man Yin sighed with great comfort.

"I don't think there is any difference. On the contrary, the charge here is much more expensive..."

David, who also ordered a glass of "Silver Hand", expressed a different opinion.

But before he finished speaking, Man Yin put his big hand around his neck and interrupted him.

"David, as a man, you have to understand that sometimes the atmosphere is an important seasoning. Once the atmosphere is not right, even the best wine is like swill."

"...Is it so exaggerated?"

Holding the back of the once green boy, who is now a little famous cyberpunk, Man Yin put on the posture of a senior and began to teach.

Compared with the steel mountain that was over-modified by the prosthesis before, his body size is only slightly stronger than that of a normal person.

On the contrary, David has changed from a skinny little monkey to a modified strong man - the body size of the two is now equal.

In fact, it is no wonder that he would have such a reaction.

Since he was forced to leave after getting involved in Tanaka's affairs, Man Yin and his friends have not been to this place for some time.

Although due to various reasons, with the official authorized weapon store of Arasaka, plus the connections of Man Yin and his friends in the underworld, they earn as much as before.

But after coming to this place again, there is always a feeling of facing the sunset and reminiscing about youth.

"——That's true, he really doesn't understand the word "romance"... Sometimes it's really a headache."

At this time, another mature woman sitting next to David nodded.

Xiao Yao, a hacker under Okada Wakako - but that was the past.

Now he has jumped to David's side and is also David's... lover.

To describe it in Pira's words, this guy belongs to the category of pure boy.

He has no resistance to bad women like big sisters - and is naturally easy to become the target of the other party.

"But then again, what I really didn't expect was that a black doctor who sold near-expired products on the roadside was actually the actual controller of Arasaka... Damn, has this world gone crazy!?"

Sitting cross-legged over there, Rebecca directly frowned like a kitten, like a Chihuahua baring its teeth at people.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, so she simply poked someone's back hard...

And her words also made the people present silent.

Except for Xiao Yao, who was a newcomer and didn't know Lin Qiao at all, who was a little confused and at a loss, everyone else's face showed a tangled look.

Including V and Jack, several people's attention was also focused on someone who was pretending to be innocent over there.

-Don't trust anyone, otherwise if you are betrayed, it's your own fault.

This is common sense in Night City...but this is still a bit too outrageous at the moment.

In short, this feeling is quite complicated...

Well, although it is undeniable that there are some complaints about this, but that's all.

It is true that Lin Qiao hid a lot of things from them, but if the other party had not helped them, the few people present would have been dead more than ten times, either kidnapping Arasaka executives or stealing the belongings of Arasaka Prince Yoshinobu.

Not to mention Manin's cyberpsychosis, Jack's near-death injuries, and V's relic...

So I want to beat him up, but I can't really hate him.

—— Anyway, this is the situation.

By the way, V and Jack asked Lao Wei afterwards to see if this doctor was the mastermind behind military technology or other companies...

As a result, Lao Wei glared back with a look that said "Do you two have a serious illness?"

"So you gathered us all here, not just to apologize or absorb us into Arasaka?"

Rebecca curled her lips in dissatisfaction.

The former is basically impossible with Lin Qiao's personality.

The latter...

Although he still hates the company, if he asks seriously, it is not impossible to consider it.

——Everyone is scolding the company dog, but everyone wants to be a company dog... not to mention the kind with people above them.

But the above is just talk.

"Well, I won't talk about polite words. To be frank, I am here to issue commissions to you... everyone."

Commissions?

Manin, Dolio and David looked at each other and could see each other's confusion.

"I'm not saying that if you want, you should have a lot of people to take orders in the name of Arasaka in a few minutes, right?"

"And me, Dolio and Pira have retired for a while, and our skills are much worse than before."

Not to mention that for the sake of confidentiality, "Next Life" was closed... It was really unnecessary.

After all, as a place for issuing various commissions, "Next Life" has been able to exist for so many years and is so famous, so its confidentiality can naturally be trusted.

Although they didn't know that closing "Next Life" was actually Roger's own idea.

If you can find the Queen of Night City without being discovered or driven out, you will find her chatting with a large thermos in her room.

- Because a rock kid is too annoying and the new robot is not well made.