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Chapter 279 Confrontation

(Alas, brothers, please forgive me. Today is another 4000-word chapter, and it’s another familiar check-in. To be honest, the author hasn’t had a good rest for nearly a month.

With all the things going on at home and at work, it's a mess. I fell asleep while typing yesterday and didn't wake up until my phone hit my face.

Please forgive me. I haven't been in a good mood these days. If there are any typos, please @ me and I will correct them immediately.)

Arasaka Yorinobu pulled out the tubes and cables on his body. Old man Saburo was gone, and no one could threaten his position at this time. It was time for him to take control of the Arasaka ship.

"Michiko, Arasaka is in danger now. I need you to cooperate with me and save Arasaka from collapse."

Michiko Arasaka opened her mouth wide, "Uncle, Arasaka's condition isn't as serious as you say, right?"

"The New America has evil ambitions and has always been longing to regain lost territory. Although Lucius Lane appears to be honest, he is actually a two-faced villain. Sooner or later, he will betray us."

Arasaka Yorinobu had been in a coma for a long time, so it was impossible for him to know about Lucius Lane's support for military technology from other people.

In fact, after Arasaka Yorinobu came to Night City, he conducted a simple analysis of the various forces in Night City.

Unlike the well-known Arasaka Yorinobu, he is not a loser who returned to Arasaka after being defeated, but a wolf who chose to lie dormant.

Since Night City is far away from Tokyo, people here cannot possibly know what happened in that land, and it is even more impossible for them to understand the methods and charm of Arasaka Yorinobu.

As for the fact that Lucius Lane would rebel against Arasaka, Arasaka Yorinobu could tell from Lucius Lane's campaign promotion of Mewtwo.

At that time, Lucius Ryan's campaign for Mewtwo was not as obvious as it is now. Only the sharpest eyes can hear what Lucius Ryan means from his words.

Arasaka Yorinobu felt that he had made the right decision to come to Night City. This complex environment could help him complete his plan.

"..."

"Michiko, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you talking?"

Arasaka Yorinobu saw that Arasaka Michiko was hesitant to speak, frowned and asked.

Michiko Arasaka didn't expect that her uncle, who only knew about Lucius Lane from the TV news before he fell into a coma, could so accurately judge that Lucius would turn against her.

She could not imagine that her father had used various means to firmly grasp the power of Arasaka heir from her uncle.

Putting all these aside, Michiko Arasaka told Lucius everything that happened during the days when Yorimoto was in a coma.

"Lucius Lane has made it clear that he has turned against us. Last time when we were filming the Mewtwo promotional video, the people behind the scenes were no longer ours, but Lucas Harford."

"Is that the CEO of Military Technology?" Arasaka Yorinobu was shocked. He didn't expect that Military Technology would use such a big move to build momentum for Lucius Lane.

Although Arasaka Yorinobu appeared serious on the surface, he was actually very happy in his heart. He now had one more reason to declare war on military technology.

"Since Military Technology is going to use force, we will accompany them to the end."

"But..." Michiko wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lai Xuan.

"No buts! Do as I say!" Lai Xuan realized that his tone towards Arasaka Michiko was a little too harsh.

He softened his tone and said, "Michiko, I'm sorry to scare you. But this matter concerns the survival of Arasaka. Believe it or not, with military technology, there will soon be another war that will sweep across the Americas."

"This..." Although Arasaka Michiko has some pro-American tendencies, she is not a fool. Of course, she can see the ambition of military technology. This is related to the survival of the family, and she cannot ignore her family.

"Michiko, if you can't make up your mind, then inform the staff of Arasaka Tower that I'm awake."

"Ok."

After receiving Michiko's affirmative answer, Lai Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, he has to think about how to deal with this upcoming crisis and opportunity.

After lying down for so long, even though someone took care of him every day, Arasaka Yoriaki's hair was still a mess. When he rubbed it, it became even messier.

Because he had too little information, Arasaka Yorinobu had no better ideas in his mind at the moment.

Judging from the posture of military technology, by making friends with Lucius, they intend to take over Night City without bloodshed.

No, no, no, Arasaka Yorinobu shook his head.

Lucius Lane does not have the power to make Night City the property of the New America. Not to mention the people of Night City, even the surrounding autonomous states would not allow Lucius Lane to do so.

The impact of the last Metal War has not completely subsided in those free states. Night City is the bridgehead and backbone of the Free State Alliance. Even if there is a war, it must dispel Lucius Lane's idea.

Let's not talk about these for now. As for Lucius Lane himself, he would not be so stupid as to completely embrace military technology. He would just play the game of both sides and get benefits from both sides.

Arasaka Yorinobu carefully investigated all the information about Lucius Lane.

I discovered that Lucius Lane's life was just like the protagonist in the novel. While he had abilities, he also had some luck.

When Lucius was in the most dangerous time, Arasaka jumped out as a deus ex machina. Now Arasaka's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and military technology has extended an olive branch to them.

If we look at the issue beyond the Arasaka incident, we can see that Lucius's shift towards military technology was entirely Arasaka's own fault.

Not to mention Arasaka's greed over the years, Lucius Lane could tolerate all of this. Arasaka actually wanted to take over the entire North City Industrial Zone during Lucius's important election period.

Taking over the North City Industrial Zone was a bit excessive, but under normal circumstances, Lucius would have just endured it.

But Arasaka asked Lucius to drive away the residents in the north of the city. What is that place? That is Lucius Ryan's important voting base, that is his lifeblood!

How do you think Lucius Lane would offend his own constituents?

Seeing Arasaka gaining momentum, Lucius Lane had the idea of driving the tiger to devour the wolf, and it happened that Military Technology extended an olive branch. It was like a turtle and a mung bean, and they were attracted to each other.

Arasaka Yorinobu felt that he needed to find an ally. He wanted Arasaka to perish, but he didn't want military technology to dominate. It would be great if he had an ally who could help him share the pressure.

"Ok?"

Hearing the alarm in his ears, Ling Luxian jumped up and looked around, then he realized that it was Arasaka Yorinobu who woke up.

On the Kanbi Building, Ling Luxian shot a special bullet coated with nanorobots at Arasaka Yorinobu's heart.

Before the trauma team arrived, the nanobots helped Arasaka Yorinobu by plugging the wound in his heart to prevent him from dying.

The warhead is indeed an ordinary warhead to ensure that the trauma team will not discover nanorobots that do not belong to their trauma team during the treatment process.

In the era of 2077, medical treatment has been fully developed, and nanorobots at this time can repair all injuries except persistent nerve damage.

It can be said that 90% of deaths in this world are due to lack of money or not being able to survive until rescue arrives.

With Ling Luxian's nanorobots around, even if Arasaka Yoriyuki got shot a few more times, it would be hard for him to die. But torturing people like this is too inhumane.

After knowing that Arasaka Yorinobu had awakened, Ling Luxian temporarily blocked Johnny Silverhand to prevent him from causing any trouble after learning his identity.

As soon as this bastard saw the people in the company, he lost his mind and instinctively felt that there were no good people working in the company.

Although Johnny Silverhand's perception is different from reality, to be honest, there are really few good people among the company dogs.

Since the conditions for stereotyped behavior can be met, it means that there is a certain truth. In order to prevent Johnny Silverhand from turning from a good friend to his enemy, Ling Luxian temporarily turned off his perception function.

The nanorobots that remained in Arasaka Yorinobu's body were not completely eliminated. They continued to replicate themselves by constantly absorbing the iron in Arasaka Yorinobu's body.

Maybe this is also the reason why Arasaka Yorinobu has been in a coma for so long, because of iron deficiency!

After Arasaka Yorinobu no longer needed to repair the damage, these nanorobots directly occupied his brain so that Ling Luxian could contact Arasaka Yorinobu at any time.

Even if the negotiations fail, he can directly erase Arasaka Yorinobu's consciousness and make him a puppet of Ling Luxian.

Ling Luxian himself has great respect for Arasaka Yorinobu, and would not do this unless under special circumstances.

Now, it's time to talk to Arasaka Yorinobu.

"Finally awake, Arasaka Yorinobu."

Arasaka Yorinobu was a little surprised when he heard the voice in his ears.

No, it doesn't seem to be the sound in my ears. There is no one where I live, and I haven't called anyone.

This sound seemed to come from his mind, which was really strange. Arasaka Yorinobu thought he had been lying down for too long and was hallucinating.

Ling Luxian was also wondering why Arasaka Yorinobu didn't say anything, so he told him again.

Arasaka Yorinobu was sitting up, having confirmed that he was not hallucinating, but that the other party had used some superb means to make the information appear directly in his brain.

The cleverness of this technique lies in the fact that no clues can be found. Telephone communications can be found as long as someone is interested. This is why so many secret agents use old-fashioned wired phones.

This is getting off topic. After hearing the voice in his head, Arasaka Yorinobu suddenly felt that things were not that simple.

"Who are you?" Arasaka Yorinobu asked cautiously.

"You can call me Shafrin, or whatever you want."

Arasaka Yorinobu snorted, "Okay Shafulin, I guess you are in the same camp as the group that raided the Blue Sky Building last time?

Or, the Morgan Black Hand that appeared last time was you?"

Ling Luxian didn't expect that Arasaka Yoshinobu was so smart. How could he be deceived by Evelyn, a sex doll?

"Yes, it's me. I have a deal, are you interested in hearing about it?"

"Humph, you are such a coward, I have no intention of cooperating with a coward like you."

"Don't be so hasty to refuse. It's not too late to make a conclusion after listening." Ling Luxian expected Arasaka Yorinobu to say this, "What if my cooperation means destroying Arasaka?"

Arasaka Yorinobu was shocked. The other party even knew his plan. Could it be that he was exposed? Otherwise, it was impossible for someone to say that he wanted to destroy Arasaka together with him in front of him, the "current" head of Arasaka.

If the other person is not aware of his own plans and talks to him about this, he is just an idiot.

However, could a person with such great ability be a fool? Obviously not.

But he still pretended to be calm and said: "You are dreaming! I am the heir of the Arasaka family. How can I cooperate with you and destroy my own family?"

"It seems there is nothing to talk about. What a pity..." Ling Luxian deliberately dragged out the tone, "The iron dragon of the past has become a worm of Arasaka now. Master Kenjiro Hanaka has taught a cowardly disciple."

"Stop provoking me." Arasaka Yorinobu's tone turned cold. Ling Luxian had touched his sore spot.

Kenjiro Hanaka, the boss and master of the Tetsurenga Dojo, was forced to accept Arasaka's commission after failing to withstand Arasaka's pressure.

Later, he discovered that his students were all children of prominent families. One of them was the second son of the leader of the Arasaka family, Arasaka Yorinobu.

Kenjiro Hanaka is not only Arasaka Yorinobu's martial arts coach, but also his mentor in rebelling against the corporate world. In Arasaka Yorinobu's eyes, he is probably more respected than his own father.

Unfortunately, he taught Arasaka Yorinobu some things that he shouldn't have taught, and was eventually discovered by Arasaka, ending up with his death.

On that day, Arasaka Yorinobu and his four friends witnessed their mentor die in his own apartment with eight bullet wounds in the back.

But in the news report, it was a ridiculous suicide.

Well, committing suicide by shooting himself eight times makes sense.

After that, Arasaka Yorinobu and his four friends established the Iron Lotus Brotherhood, which specifically targeted those chaebols.

The plans against the top chaebols were successful many times, which made the chaebols with Arasaka at the core suspicious. There must be a traitor among them.

It should be noted that the boss of Tetsurenga is not Arasaka Yorinobu, but Habai Kenji.

So in order to dispel the suspicions of the zaibatsu, Arasaka Yorinobu created the Steel Dragon himself.

The story that follows is very familiar. After Saburo Arasaka's iron fist fell, Arasaka Yorinobu was forced to return to his family and live a life where he had to be fed three meals a day.

Not to mention, even if he was under house arrest, the eldest master of the Arasaka family was completely different from others and lived a life like a god.

Their plan failed. Even if Steel Dragon and Iron Lotus could defeat Arasaka a hundred or even a thousand times, as long as Arasaka's iron fist fell once, they would be finished.

But then Arasaka Yorinobu discovered that the invincible Arasaka had actually fallen, it was a company war.

At this time, he had new ideas about Arasaka Yorinobu, and from then on Arasaka Yorinobu hid in the Arasaka family, concealing his sharp fangs and claws in secret.

Until now, when Saburo Arasaka just died and Arasaka Yorinobu was about to ascend to heaven, Ling Luxian poured cold water on him and directly pointed out his failure.

"Again, I never talk to people who hide their heads and show their tails."