The villain knight doesn't want to be a hero

No, before taking into account what I said before, it should be said that it is unexpectedly generous.

At least after debuting for so long, neither Man Yin nor Jack and V have seen such an awesome Party A.

——But then he frowned.

"But in this case, can't you just let Arasaka's own people come in?"

v raised a very constructive question.

The high reward means that the risk of this mission is also high... Compared to mercenaries like them, the people in the Arasaka underground are much easier to use.

And it's cheap too.

"Well, how should I put it? This can be regarded as an insurance. If your mission fails, Arasaka will not directly break up with biotechnology."

Spoken out without any cover-up.

The clues Lin Qiao currently has point to biotechnology being related to another time traveler - this is why he found Man Yin and V.

But as he said, some things are better to be safe after all.

Now Yori Xuan is working hard to compete with military technology.

Although sooner or later, biotechnology and other companies will have to be attacked, and Arasaka will eventually pull all the companies together to finish, but after all, they still have to avoid letting the other parties enter the market early.

So basic covering up is still required...unless it's an emergency.

"Okay, buddy, I've taken this order."

The first to express his stance was Jack.

Whether it was the generous reward or Lin Qiao's kindness in saving him from dying with a doctor's bottle, he had no reason not to accept it.

With his agreement, the others nodded silently after being silent for a while.

"I won't talk about the one named Joanne. As for information, what are you looking for? The dark history of biotechnology? Or research information?"

"Well, I don't know."

“…”

Are you serious?

While the corners of other people's mouths twitched, Lin Qiao spread her hands.

Seeing his irresponsible look, Rebecca, who had the hottest temper, raised her eyebrows and gave him a slap in the face.

"You don't know anything, how can you ask us to find it!?"

"Don't make trouble...it's just because I don't know what biotechnology has, that's why I asked you to look for it."

He lightly caught Rebecca's elbow, pulled her off balance, and then quickly stretched out his arms to clamp her waist and arms.

Extremely restless and noisy.

I have to say that her small lolita figure really saves a lot of effort...

Otherwise, they are obviously about the same age, but you can see that Lucy is not fixed.

"Anyway, that's about it. Considering the special nature of this commission, the weapons and ammunition will also be provided by Arasaka."

After all, the enemy may be a vampire, and weapons made of precious metals such as silver bullets may not be available in the outside world.

"Okay, do you have any other requirements besides that?"

"Hey, since you said that, David, it would be a little unreasonable for me not to mention it."

“…”

Why the hell are you talking so much?

So at this moment, David received resentful looks from everyone in the room.

Especially when he saw Man Yin's imminent slap, he seemed to be transported back to the past - a time when he was always talking.

And at the same time that David's face felt a little phantom pain, Lin Qiao, as Party A, also put forward extremely torturous conditions at the right time.

"The conditions are very simple. All the actions I mentioned above must be completed within one day."

"Wait! One day? Did you wake up!?"

For such a big move, not to mention a day, not even a month is too much!

"But it's a pity that you only have one day, not even one day."

"Of course, there are no other restrictions other than that, and Arasaka's counterintelligence team will help you with the most time-consuming investigation and data collection."

"As for Joanne...if the situation does not allow to bring her back alive, then the parts below the neck will be discarded, but the corresponding brain must be kept intact and as fresh as possible."

Thanks to the influence of the original development of Relic and its prototype "Soul Killer", Arasaka has the technology to read memories directly from the human brain.

But the disadvantage is that it will be a little troublesome to read the memories of dead people...but that's all.

"if it is like this....."

It doesn't seem impossible.

Mann pinched his chin and stopped the investigation process, which almost saved more than 90.00% of the time in the mission.

As for the rest, it's nothing more than dividing the troops into two groups.

Well, the number of people present is enough for this.

"But I still have to remind you that for such a hasty action, even with the help of Arasaka, it is almost impossible for us to act secretly with just a few of us."

"Whatever, I only ask for speed in this commission, the rest doesn't matter, even if you use violent means to force a breakthrough, it doesn't matter if the alarm bells sound in the end."

Lin Qiao waved his hand, obviously he also knew that with Man Yin's strength, it would be impossible to complete it secretly.

Oh, maybe a living King of Hell can do it, but she won't be able to clone herself.

"NCPD and the Terrorist Mobile Team will act like blind and deaf people and won't get in the way."

"As for the internal security of biotechnology...if nothing else happens, the day you take action should be the moment when their internal defenses are at their weakest."

In other words, at that time, their attention could no longer take care of a small regional director and internal information.

.....

After agreeing on some general matters with Mann, David, V and others, Lin Qiao left the "afterlife".

Unlike others who went directly to Arasaka Tower to prepare for the upcoming action.

He drove all the way around to Heywood's small clinic...or rather, the former clinic.

The door of the clinic was closed, and it was already empty inside. Most of the things that should be taken away have been packed away...probably.

Lucy walked out with two large suitcases.

"Have you finished packing? Why is there an extra box?"

"That's about right. When I was packing it up, I felt that there were quite a lot of things that could be taken away, so I asked someone to send one over."

The heavy-looking metal box was easily placed in the trunk.

Regarding the matter of cleaning up their former residence, the two of them had a tacit understanding and chose to do it themselves instead of asking someone from Arasaka to do it for them.

"What? Are you starting to miss the past now?"

In the back seat, "Johnny" in a thermos made a loud sound, causing some kind of echo in the car.

only.....

"Although I really want to have the emotion of 'missing', unfortunately, I really can't feel anything."

He glanced back at a thermos cup with a smile on his face.

"Speaking of which, how was your discussion with Rogge? Are you back together? Are you going to renew your relationship?"

"Fuck you, I've become this virtuous, why don't you change your hair!"

"Really? But don't forget, I know every component of your body very clearly."

Half-squinting, he glanced at the thermos cup shell wrapped around the big steel cannon - there were slight but obvious signs of being disassembled and reassembled.

"Johnny, Johnny, I always thought you were just a bit of a fool and couldn't control your lower body, but I really didn't expect..."

"What are you talking about? How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air!?"

"Innocent? Do you have it?"

“…”

Use the remote control to force the volume of someone trying to quibble to keep warm to silent.

Lin Qiao took one last look at the former small clinic and then drove away.

Both of them were silent along the way.

And shortly after he and Lucy left, thick smoke came out of the house, and there was even a violent explosion.

It wasn't until a while later that the city fire brigade rushed over and started putting out the fire.

It is probably impossible to find something valuable in it afterwards.

Chapter 395 The War Begins

Soon, it was the night when the Mars colonization rocket was launched in the news.

[....The next flight is Arasaka Company's Kaguya 128, targeting Mars, with time remaining until launch....]

In the rocket launch base on the outskirts of Night City, the radio was broadcasting rocket launch information in an orderly manner.

But other than that, there was a deathly silence inside.

There were many bullet holes on the walls and floor of the corridor, and there were still blood stains that had not yet dried and turned black around the area. The amount of bleeding was just enough, and it could almost be considered a fatal amount.

But the strange thing is that there are no bodies around.

Judging from the bloody footprints and other strip-shaped drag marks on the ground, these corpses were even moving on their own after death.

The blood trail dragged all the way to the rocket launch tower hundreds of meters away.

Under the night sky, the space shuttle with the huge "Arasaka" logo written on it was standing there quietly.

But around it was a mess.

The ground was covered with mud-like flesh and blood, including those from rocket base staff, Arasaka's own soldiers, and some from unknown people wearing black tights—artificial vampires from biotechnology.

Looking down from a high altitude, it looks like dense blood spots.

The dismantled remains of aerial vehicles and drones were also scattered on the ground.

Militech (military technology)

Although most of the metal plate has melted, the remaining half can still be easily recognized as a symbol of military technology.

At the top of the rocket launch tower, Lin Qiao was sitting there leisurely.

Holding a smoke rifle in one hand, he used destructive light bullets enhanced by spiritual power to kill ghouls and military technology remnants in the distance at will.

Holding the phone in his other hand, he was chatting with Lucy across from him in a relaxed tone.

"——It's okay on my side. The vampires sent by the biotechnology side have also been dealt with, but even the people under my command are almost dead or turned into ghouls."

"Do you need to send some more people over?"

"No, it's not necessary. Although there are a lot more guys than I expected at the beginning, but overall it goes smoothly."

And if there are too many people, it will only get in the way.

If it wasn't for showing off to the other side, he wouldn't even want to take anyone with him.

Now that the goal has been achieved, it is the optimal solution to only retain him as the combat force as now.

"Speaking of which, what's going on over there? Military technology seems to have intervened."

"You asked a little late. I've already caught their director of operations... I guess his name is Meredith Stout, right?"

In other words, military technology has also been penetrated?

——But it’s natural.

A few hours ago, shortly after WNS News broke the news.

Unsurprisingly, as soon as the sun set, Biotechnology sent out almost all artificial vampires to attack the rocket launch base in Night City, trying to prevent the rocket launch and keep Ciri on the earth.