"David… and Lucy…"
News in Night City spreads incredibly fast. Due to insufficient combat power, our V had no choice but to let David head to Arasaka Tower alone.
She never expected this outcome—David assassinating Saburo Arasaka? She wouldn't believe that reason. Arasaka must have pulled some strings behind the scenes.
From her understanding of Arasaka Tech, it's standard PR tactics. The so-called legend is just a 'story' to conceal the truth, tossed out to grab attention and distract the masses from what they shouldn't notice.
Her experience as Corpo V in counter-intelligence let her grasp it all quickly, but—why do I know Arasaka Tech so well?
Déjà vu, intense déjà vu, not the first time. After learning of David's death, V's powerful will briefly broke through Sin/Punishment.
Then she received crucial intelligence transmitted from Lucy.
The more calculating one is, the easier it is to fall into unforeseen traps. The Lord's Virtual-to-Real Conversion Jutsu blanketing the city intensified its hold on Saburo Arasaka, weakening its effect on V.
Coincidentally, the mental surge from David's death news pierced Sin/Punishment's influence, and then—
'Intelligence from Lucy (extremely important).'
After touching the Word Spirit Space, Lucy obtained intel on the Lord's technique. She chose the simplest method: transmitting via team comms.
'Virtual-to-Real Conversion Jutsu, a city-wide technique by the hidden powerhouse Lord.'
Only these three clues for now. Though Merc V's memories dominate, her intellect is the strongest attribute.
V quickly encoded it. The script kiddie kicked into gear—a new 'puppet' stored the intel, buried deep in the database.
The puppet's function was simple: pull database records on Virtual-to-Real Conversion Jutsu. V aimed to counter Lord's brainwashing this way, auto-activating periodically.
Soon, all related memories were overwritten. V's eyes glazed for a moment, then refocused on the news—nearly everyone discussing David.
"David… Lucy…"
V knew David wouldn't do such a thing. No blood feud with Saburo Arasaka, no such ambition.
A hundred million eddies reward would've left him grateful to tears. The obvious answer: Saburo Arasaka struck first.
Lucy's bounty was too suspicious; she had no clue what Saburo wanted.
After minutes of thought, V decided: head to Arasaka Tower, uncover what happened.
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"Immortality, eternal life, and… ninja power!"
"Starting from Night City, let's purge the so-called ninja organizations. Those ninjas are just rats in the shadows; once exposed to light (megacorps), they croak!"
Atop Arasaka Tower, Saburo Arasaka proclaimed his bold ambitions. At his feet lay unconscious Lucy; he wasn't too harsh on her.
A frog in the well like Lucy couldn't grasp Arasaka's greatness, but he was confident he could persuade her bit by bit. Any method would do, as long as she cooperated.
With his words, the elevator dinged open. Formations of Yakuza clones and Cyber Biochemical Ninja · Experimental Model squads marched out.
Uniformity beyond ordinary humans: every step, every breath perfectly synced, paired with top-tier cyberware—they embodied invincibility.
Each Cyber Biochemical Ninja · Experimental Model brimmed with cyberware.
They were essentially Adam Smasher clones; theoretically, each cost as much as the original.
Massive cyberware replacing flesh, over 95% chrome content—they were true 'machines.'
After dissecting David's Sandevistan, Saburo Arasaka finally obtained the power he craved. This batch of Cyber Biochemical Ninja · Experimental Models could annihilate any ninja organization!
"Takemura, lead the team to wipe out Soukaiya. Drive them out of Night City!"
"Hai!"
Takemura bowed slightly in acknowledgment, then turned to the clones.
"All units, deploy!"
The Yakuza clones boarded the elevator in perfect order and departed again. Their role: fill out the ranks, minimally block Night City civilians.
The true firepower was the Cyber Biochemical Ninja · Experimental Models! Saburo Arasaka eyed the dozens before him; even with his fortune, it stung—the resources consumed were immense.
But it was all worth it!
Meeting Saburo Arasaka's expectations, Takemura gripped the cursed blade 'Beppin' and leaped from the 100+ floor Arasaka Tower!
The Adam Smasher-like Cyber Biochemical Ninja · Experimental Models followed instantly, soaring mid-air—their bulky frames surprisingly agile.
Their sole flaw: lifespan not three years, but an extreme three months!
'Mufoofoofoo~'
Vaguely, Saburo Arasaka heard eerie laughter, but no one remained around, and his ninja intuition gave no warning.
Hallucination? He hoisted the unconscious Lucy and dragged her back into Arasaka Tower.
The jutsu blanketing Night City shifted subtly, silently influencing everyone.
In a Pacifica basement—Soukaiya headquarters—golden-masked, massively built Laomoto Khan devoured sushi handed by geisha below.
Super luxury giant sushi—one too much for a normal person; he downed three in one go!
"I sense it. The stench of war."
Laomoto Khan eyed the ceiling—Arasaka Tower's direction.
"Couldn't hold back after all, Saburo Arasaka?"
Since arriving in Night City, Laomoto Khan had foreseen this. One mountain can't hold two tigers; one had to fall.
Soukaiya hadn't idled all these years: secretly controlling vast Night City turf, like JK dominating half the black superdream industry.
If warring, go all out. As ninjas, mortals were irrelevant.
This war might cause massive losses, Night City's worst calamity ever—but ignore it!
"Saburo Arasaka, show me your confidence, your strength, your spirit…"
"Then, turn all Night City into Soukaiya territory!"
"All hands, battle begins!"
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