Cyberpunk: Legendary Life - Chapter 243

c238 deal with devil

“We meet again.”

The blue figure of Saburo Arasaka stood in the laboratory, looking down with an arrogant expression, and sighed in a hoarse voice.

Hanako Arasaka, who was standing aside, quietly raised his eyes to observe the changes in Tang Yu’s demeanor, wondering how he would react to Lord Saburo uploading his soul mark.

To her secret surprise, Tang Yu’s eyes were calm and unruffled, as if he had expected all this, even more calmly than the last time he saw Lord Saburo in Kyoto.

Hanako was a little unsure whether Tang Yu was pretending to be calm. His father’s sense of majesty and oppression had already penetrated deeply into Arasaka Company and even the entire world. Even the leader of a country had to bow down and call him Saburo-sama respectfully when he saw him.

She has never seen anyone who can remain so indifferent and calm when meeting her father, Mr. Saburo.

Tang Yu is still a member of Arasaka Company, and he still has such confidence and courage to face Saburo Arasaka directly, which shows that his trump card is extraordinary.

Perhaps the mysterious power is far from his only trump card, or even the strongest.

Her intuition told her that her brother Arasaka Yorinobu was not on the same level as Tang Yu at all, including the Iron Lotus Brotherhood, which had always been against the company, and even the top executives of Military Technology, may not be able to compare with Tang Yu’s weight in the heart of her father.

Today’s conversation will have an extremely important impact on the world situation. Facing a supernatural entity that is so powerful that it is almost beyond control, cooperation may be the best choice for both parties.

Hua Zi suppressed the worries in his heart and turned around to stand on the other side, leaving the conversation space to the two main figures.

Tang Yu smiled calmly and said: “I just didn’t expect to meet in this way. After all, your old shell can’t stand up to 2077.”

Saburo Arasaka put his hands behind his back, and every move he made was no different from being alive. The posture and cold arrogance of the superior were fully displayed, but when he heard Tang Yu’s ‘joke’, his tone softened slightly.

“With better luck, I might be able to survive, but it’s just not convenient for me to go out.”

He continued in a deep voice: “Your performance in the company square surprised the whole world. Although you betrayed Arasaka Company, I still left you a way out.”

Tang Yu knew that he massacred Arasaka employees and blatantly disobeyed the company’s instructions. He would definitely be fired on the spot and then cleaned up.

It’s just that at that time, all the armed forces of Arasaka combined could not defeat him. Otherwise, the scene where they met now would be that he was soaked in the experimental fluid tank and Saburo Arasaka stood outside.

Tang Yu does not believe that the personnel strength in a Night City Arasaka Tower is the entire strength of Arasaka Company. Arasaka has not used destructive weapons that can wipe out everything.

Arasaka’s secret bases are built in deserts, deep seas, near space, outer space, and even the moon, where strategic weapons reserves are stored.

Expanding the war was not his goal, so he left some room in the company square, otherwise it would be more than enough to overthrow the entire Night City.

Tang Yu replied in a deep voice: “The word betrayal may not be appropriate. I have never considered myself loyal to Arasaka or anyone. The position in the company is not the same as belief. I just take money to do things, and the same goes for everyone else.”

“Eating the emperor’s salary means being loyal to the emperor. This is something that anyone who enters the Arasaka Company must understand, without any exception.” Arasaka Saburo’s voice was hoarse and powerful, and he emphasized again: “You are indeed capable, courageous, and measured. , but relying on your talents and being arrogant is not the way to protect yourself. There are many geniuses in the world, but just like birds, they need to find a suitable feather forest as a shelter.”

Arasaka Hanako stood aside and listened to the back-and-forth conversation between the two, and couldn’t help shrinking her pupils. This was the first time in her life that she had seen her father treat outsiders with such patient persuasion, even in the face of her own son, Saburo-sama. He has never shown such a posture.

At that time, his elder brother Yori Nobu had a secret conversation with Saburo Arasaka in the study. The two had different opinions. Yori Nobu simply did not agree with his father’s ideas and fled the manor.

Saburo Arasaka was extremely indifferent to this and had no intention of persuading Yorinobu. Even his eyes were cold.

Hua Zi now listens to what his father means. As long as Tang Yu is willing to return to Arasaka Company, the past rights and wrongs can no longer be investigated, and there is even the possibility of further reuse.

Tolerance is a good quality, but Hua Zi knows very well that this does not exist in Saburo Arasaka. Anyone who disobeys him should not live in this world.

Her eyes became more and more solemn, and she looked at Tang Yu steadily. He still showed no excitement or joy at all, and still looked indifferent. He only listened to what he said to Saburo Arasaka.

“If you observe carefully, you should know that I did everything right in Arasaka. To be honest, I didn’t expect to leave Arasaka so early. It’s just that some people and things pushed you to that point. Not making a choice.”

Tang Yu has never regarded Saburo Arasaka as his superior, not to mention that now he has little relationship with Arasaka. Naturally, he will not act based on Saburo’s face. This time he is mainly here to talk about nuclear bombs.

Saburo Arasaka didn’t say much else, and said bluntly: “Since you mentioned running errands, let’s talk about the matter in the company square. Yori Xuan has three Relic biochips in his hand, one is in the Arasaka Tower R&D Department, and the other is in your In his hand, another one fell into the hands of the flowing AI.”

“As I have always emphasized, Westerners will never learn a lesson. Yorinobu is determined to cooperate with them and hand over the precious crystallization of Arasaka to others. The source of the trouble must be solved before the water is overturned.”

It seems that Saburo Arasaka already knows that a relic biochip has fallen into Ultra’s hands. Although the last step of activating the function has not yet been completed, the risk continues to expand as AI explores more about the chip’s technology.

Saburo Arasaka, who has uploaded his soul mark, is still extremely vigilant about AI until he completely completes the resurrection of the corpse.

There is a shrine built in the Arasaka Tower in Night City, which is the most coveted treasure among AIs. Once it is breached and invaded, it is tantamount to personally delivering a nuclear bomb to the enemy.

Tang Yu said frankly: “Even if you destroy Night City, you cannot destroy the AI ​​that exists on the old Internet. They can still penetrate into the human material world through other channels. This extreme approach is tantamount to deceiving others.”

Saburo Arasaka was silent for a while and murmured: “I need a suggestion to stay in this city, not a meaningless reason.”

Tang Yu simply made it clear: “Let’s make a deal about this, and leave the Flow AI to me. Now that all major companies in Night City have access to the matrix space, and will start running services soon, Flow AI will inevitably disintegrate the black wall.” Waiting for an opportunity to invade.”

AI has entered the office systems of major companies and even sneaked into human brain prostheses. It can obtain more information resources that cannot be obtained on the old network, learn more methods that can be used, and continuously strengthen its own strength.

Coupled with the relic biochip they already have in their hands, sooner or later they will be able to discover a way to truly cover human consciousness.

Saburo Arasaka asked in a deep voice: “Is your condition just to get control of the nuclear bomb?”

He did not believe that Tang Yu would be threatened by a nuclear bomb, and was willing to become a wall against the invasion of roving AI.

The crises facing Night City go far beyond this one, including corporate gaming, grassroots resistance, war threats, federal rule, etc. If anything is not handled well, it will detonate this city that is as chaotic as a powder keg.

Tang Yu said straightforwardly: “I need the latest version of the soul killer program to upload the soul mark while preserving the current life consciousness.”

He recalled that when he helped Arasaka Yorinobu in the uprising, he was so hostile to the rogue AI that he never thought of working on the latest version of Soul Killer’s program.

Thinking about it now, this technology has really reached the pinnacle of the world, and can be said to be equivalent to an electronic clone.

Tang Yu also knows very well that this soul imprint is more of a data copy of consciousness and cannot truly be equivalent to the original consciousness.

Moreover, Ultra’s experience told him that the data personality had been wandering around for a long time, and it was completely different from his previous personality.

Just like Saburo Arasaka in front of him, both his demeanor and way of thinking are very close to his original self.

If it cannot be covered into the human body, after a while, it will become even weirder due to the lack of emotional logic.

But Tang Yu now needs this technology to resist AI invasion and achieve deeper control and protection of Night City.

In order to reassure Saburo Arasaka, he continued to add: “I can control the soul mark only to resist AI invasion and limit it to Night City.”

Saburo Arasaka had no expression on his face. After thinking for a moment, he said, “This is a win-win deal.”

In his opinion, Tang Yu, as an original person with mysterious powers, is the purest human steadfast person, and he is perfect as the gatekeeper of the human fortress.

Even if humans all over the world are willing to upload their personality consciousness and join the soul AI army, Tang Yu will never be that person.

Arasaka Saburo decisively gave the order: “Hanako, hand over the Arasaka Tower nuclear safe room password and program chip to him. You and Yorinobu prepare to return.”

After hearing his father’s instructions, Hanako Arasaka bowed and accepted the order, exited the laboratory to get something.

Saburo Arasaka sighed: “You are unique and have more superhuman wisdom. Yori Nobu’s mistake is that he should not seek the power to destroy the company in the company. His incompetence makes his idealism look stupid.”

“The reason we dislike him is not because of his disobedience, but because of his ignorance and cowardice.” Saburo Arasaka continued: “People are afraid of Arasaka, not because of fear, but because of greed. Maybe one day, the City of Night will decay from this I don’t want to see new forces born out of the company’s system.”

Tang Yu understood the subtext of Saburo Arasaka. If he really planned to gain momentum in Night City, he would have to face the difficulty of Arasaka, which would also drag Night City into the quagmire of war.

It is never feasible to use inter-company games to destroy companies. The human heart is not a machine that can execute all orders without emotion.

In the entire Arasaka Company, the only person who truly dares to destroy the evil old world is Yori Nobu.

The fifth corporate war that he and Yorinobu started together was ultimately defeated due to problems on the company’s internal front, allowing Arasaka Hanako to get help from Saburo’s power.

Who to rely on, who to strengthen, who to overthrow, this is the answer that Yorinobu has never been able to find. The Brotherhood of Iron Flower can’t do it, the Steel Dragon can’t do it, and Arasaka can’t do it either.

Think about this.

Tang Yu can only fight for a chance of survival for Lai Xuan in the end. Lai Xuan does not need this bad world, but this bad world needs Lai Xuan.

He took the initiative and said: “In fact, the relic biochip technology has been successfully developed. The last key conditions required are death, sex, and blood relationship.”

Saburo Arasaka clenched his hands tightly behind his back and murmured in a very solemn tone: “Have you completed the activation?”

Tang Yu looked indifferent and said calmly: “Thanks to you, Rogge and Yin Hand can still spend six months of romance together. The souls of loving people will always be attracted to each other, what do you think? ”

Finished.

Arasaka Hanako walked in with the chip, bowed to Saburo and said: “Father, the things are ready.”

Tang Yu picked up the chip and turned away, leaving Hanako Arasaka alone to face Saburo.

Saburo Arasaka stared at her for a long time, his hoarse voice trembling slightly.

“Go home, Hua Zi.”

None tonight!