The villain knight doesn't want to be a hero

"...What can I do? If I could run, I would have run away."

The words were extremely helpless.

After Saburo Arasaka died suddenly on the spot, she and Jack did not immediately escape from Night City.

——It’s not that I don’t want to, but I can’t.

Although his family knew about their own affairs, Yori Xuan himself was the one who killed Saburo from the beginning. Therefore, neither he nor Lin Qiao were very interested in finding the so-called murderer from the beginning...

But it’s different for others!

And as the saying goes, it is a complete show, and all kinds of blockades and bounties can be said to be in decline.

Under such circumstances, it is not even remotely difficult to get out of the city.

Even a person with a completely innocent experience would be suspected of murdering Saburo Arasaka - let alone mercenaries like them.

That is the focus of investigation.

Not to mention that the two of them had actually been to Kanbi Building.

Last but not least, Jack's mother and lover Misty are both in Night City, and there is no way they can take a trip on the fly.

Therefore, a more reliable way is to find a place to hide first, wait until the limelight has passed, and then take the whole family to find an opportunity to leave.

Facts also proved that what they did was indeed correct.

Because the two people at the top who can call the shots are not very caring, and although Arasaka is the leader of Night City, other companies are not willing to join forces.

——You know that the lockdown has affected everyone’s business, right?

In short, due to various reasons, within a few days, Arasaka's blockade of Night City dropped a lot.

But, every time things take a turn for the better, something bad will pop up.

For example, a certain person spent a lot of money to get information and booked a Delamain taxi "Excellence" package for two people. As a result, not only did he make a mess afterwards, but he was also raped by someone else - Dex. Te Deshawn.

Jack and V escaped the Arasaka search, but they failed to escape the fat black man.

After all, whether it was to get rid of this matter or to regain health for the high bounty offered by Arasaka, there were sufficient reasons for him to take action.

Because it was a sudden attack, and the fear these days had consumed Jack and V a lot of energy, this put the two of them in an extremely unfavorable situation.

Although they managed to escape from the siege in the end, the two of them regarded it as a fugitive fund in the future, but Relic's safe box was damaged.

Under the simple conditions, V could only choose to insert it into the human body and preserve it - compared to Jack who was already dying when he was sent to the hospital, she could only do this job.

Then when he was looking for Dexter to seek revenge, he happened to run into Takemura who had followed the clues but was hunted down and killed by the Arasaka Special Service Team.

Similar situations made the two immediately form a temporary alliance.

——In general, after going around in a big circle, things seem to be back to what they are destined to be.

"Speaking of which, how is Jack doing now?"

"He was shot several times and is lying there with Lao Wei. He probably won't wake up for a while...but he can still save his life."

But at this time, being alive is the greatest good news.

v sighed, now she finally understood what it means to be worth a thousand dollars. She already knew it.

If she hadn't accepted this crappy deal out of greed from the beginning, or quit halfway, then Jack wouldn't have been seriously injured and on the verge of death, and she wouldn't have been quarreling with another person in her head.

Thinking of this, her heart became more and more sad.

"Lao Wei gave me a simple examination before, but after the examination, his hands were shaking, and the man named Johnny Silverhand in my mind...k, tell me, what the hell am I doing? What happened?"

Recalling the unprecedented panic that Lao Wei had shown before, the other party even shouted directly for him to come over to find Lin Qiao without wasting a second.

v has a very bad feeling.

Nausea, dizziness, and even the hallucinations and emotions that appear out of nowhere—all of these must be related to the chip he stole.

"To put it simply, if you don't do anything, it won't take long for Relic to turn you into someone else, the person you quarreled with before...and this process will be very painful. "

"Wait! You mean I'm going to turn into Johnny Silverhand?"

"Almost, but to be precise, he is Johnny Silverhand, who is biologically female, mentally male, and likes women."

【...】

So Johnny also lived in Bengbu.

Chapter 388 Lin Qiao: This is the doctor’s order

"Judging from the parameters I adjusted before, the chip you inserted is engraved with Johnny Silverhand's mark... If you don't understand, just think of it as something similar to a soul."

"In short, while covering your original consciousness, this imprint will modify your genes little by little, making it easier for the new consciousness to take over the body..."

I explained the working principle of relic to v, and the latter's face became increasingly pale.

"Are you kidding?"

"What do you think? Or do you think you can laugh?"

“…”

Staring at Lin Qiao, who was acting rather dull but serious.

v really hopes that the next second he will just say "Yes, I'm lying to you" as he did before, something so annoying that it won't cost his life.

But after a while, the other party didn't say that...

So is it true?

It was like a bomb went off in my brain.

Johnny's voice came to his ears again, but V had no intention of quarreling with him.

Pretending to be calm, he looked down at his hands, which were obviously shaking, and then touched the nerve socket on the back of his neck: "K...can you take out that chip?"

She didn't want to die, let alone become another person.

This is no different than cutting off a duck's body bit by bit, then replacing it with a mouse, and finally pointing at the mouse and saying "This is a duck."

Lin Qiao glanced at Goro Takemura next to him calmly and shook his head.

"It's a pity v, I can only tell you that if the relic is removed by violent means, you will die now."

This was the adjustment that Yori Xuan asked Herman to make.

It was also a final safety measure to prevent Saburo Arasaka from taking over his body.

Once inserted, it is extremely difficult to remove.

Otherwise, it will cause irreversible damage to the body. Even if a relic chip is inserted again, there will only be a corpse in front of it.

Although it is not Saburo Arasaka who has been tricked now, but V.

"I've told you before, relic is Arasaka's technology, and only Arasaka knows how to take it out safely."

Speaking Japanese English with a strange accent, Goro Takemura leaned against the wall with his arms folded, looking as expected.

Having been with Saburo Arasaka for so many years, even though he is just a bodyguard, to put it bluntly, he knows much more than some Arasaka executives.

Although he didn't understand much about relic, he still knew a little bit about it.

"As long as you can testify and make Yori Xuan, the murderer of his father, plead guilty and punished, then the company can help you remove the chip and let you live."

"Understood, v? This is just an ordinary exchange. You and the company each get what they need."

Although he looked calm and said it was just a trivial matter like going to court to correct a gangster for peeing on the roadside, the two of them knew that it was completely impossible.

After all, even the law can be easily trampled by companies.

Evidence is really dispensable in front of the company.

Even if it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back, if it is pressed alone, it is just a light straw.

At most, it will only slightly change public opinion.

"Quiet Goro, I need to think about this again..."

[Think about it, can you trust anything that a company dog ​​says?Maybe this guy just wants to throw you away after using it. 】

He rubbed his temples, as if this could filter out Johnny Silverhand's thoughts.

Becoming an enemy of Arasaka...

This idea is just too scary.

Even if Takemura Goro said that he had some connections in the company and could find a way to contact him to overthrow Yorinobu, it would be the same.

However, Takemura was not anxious about V's ambiguous attitude.

"It's up to you. The relevant planning and deployment will take some time on my side."

"But I remind you, you don't have much time, so it's better to prepare early."

Without staying in the clinic longer, he left after urging Wanv to make a decision as soon as possible.

First of all, as he said he wanted to overthrow the powerful Yorinobu, he needed time to prepare.

Secondly...he shouldn't be the one who really should be anxious.

"K, help me. You have saved me so many times. Many times I was almost on the verge of death. You were able to save me. If you and Lao Wei both say that I can't be saved, then I don't care at all. Dare to think about what to do next..."

"Or at least tell me what to do and give me an idea. I feel like my thoughts are not my own now..."

The tone was full of helplessness and pain.

In the face of death, no one can remain calm, let alone V, an upright and youthful young man in his 20s.

The result now tells her that her happy life will end in the next few weeks before she even begins to enjoy it...

Now she was like a deer driven to the cliff by wolves.

No matter which way he chooses, forward or backward, the result seems not to be very good - although Johnny is an asshole, he is right in what he said. He follows the company, and in the end even after being sold, he has to happily count the money for the other party. .

Facing V's hopeful eyes, Lin Qiao didn't reply, but just tapped her fingers quickly on the keyboard a few times.

Feeling anxious, Lin Qiao handed her a printed medical record.

"V, I won't say anything unnecessary. Just take a look at it by yourself when you get back."

"I....."

"It's getting late, you should go back and rest first."

The clinic was subsequently closed.

.....

[I said, have you been played by that white-faced black doctor? 】

After returning home from the clinic in despair, V, who was already confused, became even more confused when he looked at the medical records in his hand.

But Johnny Silverhand in his head was still laughing.

"Disease name: Cyberpsychosis"

"Symptoms: Talking to himself and having a bad temper. It is presumed that the disease is in the final stage and there is no cure."

"Recommended medication: .45 caliber bullet."

"Doctor's advice: Please kill him on the spot or transfer him to the terrorist mobile unit (laughs)"

“…”

Holding the medical record in his hand, V felt that if it weren't for a certain star person who had a grudge against him, he wouldn't forget to add insult to injury at this time.

Or there is some hidden information...

But what can be hidden in these things?

"Speaking of which, the time here seems a bit wrong..."

After flipping through it for a while, she managed to find some inconsistencies in it - although she had to say that the entire medical record was a bit unusual.

Closer to home.

Someone lightly drew a dot with ink under the typed time in the lower left corner of the medical record, but it didn't match the time she left the clinic.

"The date is tomorrow at one o'clock in the morning... isn't that three hours later?"

Is it possible that I want to make an appointment with myself at that time?