The villain knight doesn't want to be a hero

At this moment, Marshall's cell phone rang.

Like Lin Qiao, as a vampire with a strong regenerative ability, he is also unable to implant any prosthetic body.

It's Joanne from Biotech.

"what's up?"

There was a hint of displeasure at being interrupted mid-sentence.

"We found the girl you wanted."

With just one sentence, all Marshall's dissatisfaction disappeared.

His eyes glowed with a strange red light due to excessive excitement.

"where is she?"

"You turn on the TV and switch to WNS News."

"?"

Does it matter?

Marshall didn't react for a moment.

Just like the relationship between News 54 and military technology.

WNS News is one of the media channels under Arasaka.

Hanako Arasaka, who was sitting aside, 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 Corporation’s permanent Mars colonization plan will be launched today. According to Mr. Yorinobu Arasaka, President of Arasaka, this will be a long-term plan that is beneficial to mankind as a whole. 】

[And Cilia Fiona Ellen Rhiannon, hereinafter referred to as Miss Ciri, Mr. Yori Xuan's newly adopted daughter-in-law will be the actual and only executor of this plan. 】

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

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

As the host thanked him, the TV quickly switched to a picture of Shirley - and it was still the way he was dressed when he first came into this world.

She was dressed like a medieval swordswoman, but her smile was particularly bright... as if she was mocking someone in front of the screen.

Then it was as if someone didn't see it.

WNS News and other TV channels that have reached cooperation agreements with Arasaka have also begun rebroadcasting this news....

Click!

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

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

Just like a furious lion, his expression is ferocious and terrifying, and his body exudes a heart-stopping killing intent.

——Ciri escaped!

The words "leave the world" in the host's mouth instantly caused Marshall to 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 itself a bait...

But he had to step on it!

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

Chapter 393 On the Mutuality of House Stealing

Pushing the time forward a little bit——

"Afterlife"

Rogge, the most famous middleman in Night City, has many big deals negotiated here, and there are also a lot of legends coming out of this place.

But today's "afterlife" is particularly deserted.

Except for one table that still had customers, the others had left because the bar had closed early.

"Ah~ As expected, the 'Silver Hand' here has the most authentic taste!"

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Mann let out an extremely comfortable sigh.

"I don't feel there is any difference, but the charges here are much more expensive..."

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

But before he could finish speaking, Manin put his big hands around his neck and interrupted his words.

"David, as a man, you have to understand that sometimes the atmosphere is a very important condiment. Once the atmosphere is not right, no matter how good the wine is, it will be like swill."

"....Is it that exaggerated?"

Holding the back of the once young boy who was now a well-known cyberpunk, Mann put on the airs of a senior and began to teach.

Compared to Steel Hill, who had been over-transformed by prosthetics before, his body size at this time was only slightly stronger than that of a normal person.

On the contrary, David has changed from the original little skinny monkey to a modified strong man - the two of them are now about the same size.

In fact, it's no wonder he had this reaction.

Since the last time they got involved in Tanaka's affairs and were finally forced to lay off, Man Yin and the others haven't been to this place for some time.

Although due to various reasons, there is an officially authorized weapons store here in Arasaka, and because of the relationship between Mann and the others on the road, their income is no less than before.

But after coming to this place again, I still feel like facing the sunset and remembering my youth.

"——That's true. He really doesn't understand the word 'romantic'...it's really a headache sometimes."

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

Xiaoyou, the hacker under Wakako Okada - but that's the original.

Now he has switched jobs to David, and he is also David's...lover.

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

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

"But having said that, what I really didn't expect was that a certain black doctor selling near-expired futures on the roadside was actually the actual controller of Arasaka... Damn it, has this world gone crazy!?"

Sitting there cross-legged, Rebecca straightened up her face like a kitten, like a Chihuahua showing its teeth at others.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became and she simply stabbed someone in the back of the spine...

And what she said also made everyone present become somewhat silent.

Except for Xiaoyao, who was a newcomer and was not familiar with Lin Qiao at all, and was a little confused and at a loss, everyone else had tangled looks on their faces.

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

——Don’t trust anyone, otherwise it will be your own fault if you are betrayed.

This is common sense in Night City...but this one is still a little too outrageous right now.

All in all, this feeling is quite complicated...

Well, there are admittedly some complaints about this, but that’s about it.

It is true that Lin Qiao hid a lot of things from them, but if there was no other party to take advantage of them, these people present would have died more than ten times if they had either kidnapped Arasaka senior officials or stolen the belongings of Arasaka Prince Yorinobu.

Not to mention Mann's cyberpsychosis, Jack's near-death injury, and V's Relic...

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

——That’s the case anyway.

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

As a result, Lao Wei stared back with a look that said, "Are you two seriously ill?"

"So you gathered us all here just to apologize or to recruit us into Arasaka, right?"

Rebecca curled her lips in displeasure.

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

the latter.....

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

——Everyone is scolding the company dog, but they all want to be the company dog...let alone one with someone on top.

But the above is just talk.

"Well, I won't talk about being polite. To put it bluntly, I'm here to issue a commission for you...everyone."

Delegate?

Main, Dolio, and David looked at each other, and they could all see that they were confused.

"I'm not telling you that if you want to place an order under Arasaka's name, there should be quite a few people picking it up in minutes, right?"

"Besides, I, Dorio, and Pyrrha have been retreating for a while, and our skills are much worse than before."

Not to mention that for the sake of confidentiality, "Afterlife" has been closed... It is really unnecessary.

After all, as a release venue for various commissions, "Afterlife" has existed for so many years and is still so famous, so its confidentiality can naturally be trusted.

Although they didn't know that closing "the next life" was actually Rogge's own intention.

If you can find the Queen of Night City without being discovered or kicked out, you will find that she is chatting with a large thermos cup in her room at this time.

——Because a certain rock kid is too annoying and the new robot isn't done right.

In order to be clean and avoid bad influences, Lin Qiao could only wrap a thermos cup shell on the body of his big steel cannon, which was regarded as the last fig leaf.

But let’s get down to business.

In response to Mann's question, Lin Qiao put down the Nebula Coffee in her hand and gave her own answer.

"If I say it's because of trust, will you be happy?"

"...You should use affirmative sentences at this time..."

Dorio sighed, but accepted the statement.

After all, when it comes to finding people to do work, ability and trust are more important than quantity.

"Ask me, what is the goal?"

"Is this an agreement?"

"No, just listen first and then decide - if it doesn't work forget it."

"It's not impossible...well, internal information from biotechnology, and regional R&D director Joanne Kochi."

“…”

Biotechnology....Regional R&D Director....

Then this is really tough!

Everyone present, especially Man Yin and his group, felt numb for a moment.

The biggest lesson that Tanaka's incident taught them was to stay away from things related to the company - especially when the middlemen were still hiding it.

Lin Qiao shouldn't have to search for information like that bastard Faraday...

But he is so disdainful of forcing people!

Chapter 394 The last moment is coming

"By the way, your operation this time will receive full support from the Arasaka Counter-Intelligence Department, and you can call in Arasaka's special service forces and firepower when necessary."

"Just contact Sasha for the details. You happen to be familiar with her, and she will also act with you."

In fact, she took the initiative to be the person in charge of this operation.

After hearing that she was going to attack biotechnology, she couldn't wait to punch Joanne Koch to death.

Biotechnology concealed the side effects of painkillers and eventually killed his mother. After enduring it for so long, he can finally avenge it.

"Also, 500 million euros after everything is done - don't be too little, I'm talking about each person."

Oh, this condition is not bad...