Morning.
Luoqi sat up from the bed, pinched Rebecca's little face beside him, and woke her up.
Two days had passed since the night Luoqi was taken by Arasaka.
Today was the day V informed him to go to Arasaka Tower for the cooperation meeting.
In these two days, Luoqi and the others lived relatively peacefully.
The commotion caused in front of the clinic that night was not small, and the corporations in Night City also learned about Arasaka and Military Technology's attitude towards Ascension Technology.
With these two giants openly entering the fray, no other companies chose to join the fun.
Therefore, Luoqi was able to live a rather comfortable two days.
Luoqi got up, washed and tidied himself, then called Jack.
"Hey, Jack, it's almost time, we should get ready to go."
"No problem, I'll wait for you below Arasaka Tower."
After informing Jack, Luoqi and Rebecca went downstairs, got into the delorean, picked up Lucy, and headed to Arasaka Tower.
Originally, Luoqi wanted to go alone, but when Jack and Rebecca learned that Luoqi was going to Arasaka Tower again, they both expressed their desire to go with him.
Even Lucy, who was very afraid of Arasaka, asked to wait below Arasaka Tower for Luoqi to return.
Although Luoqi knew they had good intentions, he still refused Jack and Rebecca's request to accompany him into Arasaka Tower.
Arasaka Tower was too dangerous, and if something unexpected happened, they would only hinder Luoqi's actions.
Helpless, the two could only compromise, choosing to wait below Arasaka Tower for Luoqi to return, just like Lucy, which could barely be considered having someone to look out for him.
Below Arasaka Tower, Luoqi met Jack who was waiting for them.
"Hey, Mr. L, remember to inform us immediately if anything happens," Jack said, looking at Luoqi who was preparing to enter Arasaka Tower.
Rebecca on the side also echoed, "Exactly, don't be like that night again. If something happens, tell me, I'll protect you."
Rebecca produced a pink and green heavy shotgun from her left hand and brandished it in front of Luoqi.
At this time, Rebecca was wearing black fingerless gloves on her left hand, which were storage gloves Luoqi had modified and made for Rebecca using the storage ring.
And Rebecca had used it to fill up with various heavy firepower weapons; it could be said that Rebecca was now a mobile armory.
"You must come back safely," Lucy also said at this moment.
"Don't worry, I'm going to discuss cooperation, not to blow up Arasaka Tower. They won't do anything to me."
Luoqi looked at the three of them, his heart warm, and after telling them to rest assured, he turned and walked into Arasaka Tower.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Above Arasaka Tower.
Inside a conference room.
A video was being played on the huge display screen on the wall.
The footage was from a person's first-person perspective; he seemed to be carrying out an action, surrounded by many fully armed combat personnel like him who were encircling a vehicle.
At this moment, an explosion suddenly came from the other side of the encirclement.
Turning his head to look, a person was standing on the corpses of his teammates, laughing wildly.
Or rather, it wasn't a person, but a humanoid monster.
That monster began to slaughter them; no one could resist him. His teammates fell one after another, and he didn't even get a clear look at the person's shadow.
Soon, it was his turn.
The screen went black, the video ended, and then another video from a different perspective began to play.
This time, it was no longer from the victim's perspective, but from a third-person view, overlooking the monster's massacre of this army.
The scenes in these two videos were naturally the battle that took place in front of Luoqi's clinic that night.
Within the cyberware installed in the Military Technology troops, there was a built-in braindance recording module.
And that night, Arasaka confiscated all the scattered cyberware, naturally obtaining the braindance recordings from that time.
These video clips were extracted from the braindances recorded at that time.
"Adam Smasher, what do you think of this guy?"
A man in a sharp suit was sitting at the head of the conference table. He tapped the table lightly and looked at a metal monster on the sofa by the wall, asking.
"Heh, a little interesting. Looks like he has an unknown model of Sandevistan installed."
Adam Smasher gave a simple evaluation.
"How confident are you in dealing with him? Looking at the braindance, he seems to have mentioned you."
"Just a meat worm with some strength and speed. I can't even remember how many guys like him I've sent to the grave, and they were still muttering my name until they died."
Adam Smasher's expression was unmoved, completely unconcerned about the strength Luoqi displayed.
He could easily wipe out an ordinary Military Technology armed force as well.
This level was not enough to attract his attention.
"As long as you're confident," the suit man nodded.
At this moment, a woman dressed as a secretary walked into the conference room, came to the suit man's side, and leaned in to speak to him.
"Director, Mr. L has arrived. Shall we arrange to start the meeting?"
"Let him in," the suit man nodded, turning off the video that was playing.
He was the ultimate decision-maker for this meeting, one of the board members of Arasaka's permanent Night City branch.
Although not the most core member, he could still be considered a true high-level executive of Arasaka.
The matter of Ascension Technology wasn't so big as to alarm the Arasaka family members to handle it.
But it wasn't small either; the finalization of the cooperation certainly required the nod of a board member, so this meeting fell to him.
Soon, several people entered the conference room led by the secretary.
Besides Luoqi, several others also came to attend this meeting.
One was the deputy head of Arasaka's Logistics and Support Department; their department conducted the testing and evaluation of the serum. He was one of the people at Arasaka who currently knew the most about the serum, so it was natural for him to preside over the meeting.
At the same time, people from Arasaka's Finance Department and Marketing Department also came to attend this meeting.
The feasibility of Luoqi's cooperation plan needed to be evaluated comprehensively by these people. As for the Arasaka director, he was just making the final decision.
As soon as he entered the conference room, Luoqi noticed Adam Smasher sitting on the sofa on the side.
At this moment, Adam Smasher also turned his head to look at Luoqi.
Their eyes met. This was the first time Luoqi had directly faced Adam Smasher since coming to Night City.
Adam Smasher's presence here was naturally to protect the board members. At this time, he had not yet become Arasaka Yorinobu's personal bodyguard.
Given the combat power Luoqi displayed in front of the clinic, ordinary security could not completely guarantee the safety of the meeting, and with the participation of a board member, Adam Smasher was naturally arranged to come.
"Control your movements, otherwise I'll tear you into pieces."
Looking at Luoqi, Adam Smasher warned him expressionlessly.
Facing Adam Smasher's warning, Luoqi showed no fear, nor did he respond, and simply sat down in his seat.
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