Arasaka investigated everyone around Luoqi, inside and out.
Lucy naturally couldn't escape either, and her identity was easily discovered by Arasaka.
This was Arasaka's last bargaining chip.
Looking at Lucy's once-young face on the screen, an unnamed anger quietly rose in Luoqi's heart.
Arasaka actually chose to use Lucy to threaten him.
Although Luoqi had long guessed that something like this might happen, when Arasaka pointed to Lucy's file and revealed her identity, his heart still tightened.
Suppressing the anger and strange emotions in his heart, Luoqi made himself appear normal.
If he showed excessive concern at this moment, it would only give Arasaka an opportunity to raise the price.
"The formula delivery time is advanced to two and a half years, the revenue split for Power Excitement Agent will be 70-30, and you will drop all charges against Lucy and clear her defection record. This is my final bottom line."
Luoqi said calmly.
The Arasaka people nodded with satisfaction upon seeing Luoqi compromise again.
Although Lucy was once Arasaka's property, Arasaka wasn't overly concerned about this runaway hacker and had long stopped bothering to track her down. Otherwise, Lucy wouldn't have been able to live so freely in Night City.
As for discovering the hacker's whereabouts this time, it was an unexpected bonus.
For Arasaka, it was naturally a gain to exchange a hacker of not much value for a share of profits in their cooperation.
And Luoqi, using a portion of the profits to gain the ability for Lucy to no longer be pursued by Arasaka and live freely in this world, naturally wasn't a loss for him either.
It can be said that both Luoqi and Arasaka achieved the results they wanted.
The overall discussion of the meeting was complete; what remained was the negotiation of specific details.
Finally, with the approval of the Arasaka board members, the cooperation was officially finalized.
...
Below Arasaka Tower.
Jack and the others breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Luoqi walk out safely.
"L, how did it go? Did you settle things with those Arasaka guys?"
"It went relatively smoothly. The cooperation with them is settled. Arasaka is considered one of us now."
Luoqi responded to Jack's question.
Meanwhile, hearing Luoqi's words, Lucy felt a strange sensation arise in her heart.
Although she understood Luoqi's helplessness in having to cooperate with Arasaka, she was still very afraid of Arasaka.
Now that Luoqi was so close to Arasaka, she worried if Arasaka would one day discover her identity. Not only would she be in danger, but it would also cause trouble for Luoqi.
Just as Lucy's thoughts were wandering, Luoqi suddenly called out to her.
"Lucy."
"Hmm?" Lucy snapped back to attention.
"During the negotiation with Arasaka just now, they mentioned your identity, but don't worry, I've handled it.
I had Arasaka clear your record. They won't pursue you anymore. You're free, no longer an Arasaka defector.
Remember what I told you before? That I'd make you no longer fear Arasaka. The method might be a bit different from what we expected, but at least it's sort of achieved." Luoqi said to Lucy with a smile.
Although this was just an agreement between Luoqi and Arasaka, Lucy hadn't truly escaped Arasaka in the full sense. But as long as he and Arasaka didn't fall out, Lucy wouldn't have to worry about danger from Arasaka.
And when Luoqi needed to break ties with Arasaka, he would definitely ensure he had developed to a point where Arasaka could no longer threaten him.
Lucy was stunned at this moment. She hadn't expected the nightmare that had plagued her for so many years to be resolved like this.
She didn't know what price Luoqi had paid for her freedom, but this was the first time she felt so relaxed.
She could live here like a normal person, without worrying about Arasaka showing up at her door one day.
Just as Lucy didn't know how to express her feelings, her hand was waved by someone.
Turning to look, it was Rebecca, smiling and giving her a thumbs-up,
"Congratulations, Lucy."
Lucy turned to look at Jack and Luoqi, finding that they were also looking at her with smiles.
In an instant, the emotions she had been brewing vanished. Wiping away a few tears of emotion from the corners of her eyes, she also smiled.
This was something to be happy about; she should be smiling.
"Thank you."
"Haha, it's nothing. Let's go home."
"Mm."
...
The cooperation with Arasaka has been finalized, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
First is the company registration and site selection.
With Arasaka's support, the registration process became extremely fast and simple, completing all procedures in no time.
The remaining task is the company's site selection. Although Luoqi didn't really want to make it so formal, as the company was just a vehicle for releasing his products, it needed to at least look the part. Furthermore, large-scale production of products also required factories.
After consideration, Luoqi finally chose to set up the company in a small office building in the Municipal Center, and the first factory was opened in the Chengbei Industrial Zone in Watson District.
The main focus was on affordability. His current funds aren't abundant, preventing him from spending lavishly.
The subsequent setup of product production lines and media advertising costs are major expenses. These are the most crucial factors related to him making his first fortune.
Two days later...
Inside the office building.
At this time, the company's renovation was complete, and the sign for Ascension Technology had been put up at the entrance.
And Luoqi was looking at the system interface, thinking.
Ascension Technology had begun to gradually take shape. A normal company naturally required a lot of personnel to maintain operations.
Although Luoqi had Lucy and Lao Wei to help him, it still wasn't enough. He needed more trustworthy people.
But it was obvious that he had no other trustworthy people, not to mention the possibility of betrayal from employees hired through normal recruitment.
As for Arasaka, his partner, they would probably also try every means to plant spies in his company to steal his intelligence.
Luoqi needed a method that could ensure his employees wouldn't betray him, or at least, even if they did betray him, Luoqi could respond immediately.
Normally, this would be very difficult to achieve. Even Arasaka and Military Technology couldn't completely monitor their employees and guarantee they wouldn't betray the company.
So Luoqi shifted his gaze to the system. Since conventional methods couldn't achieve it, he would use a cheat.
[Source Code: Lisandra - Surveillance AI (Absolute Loyalty Version)]
[Source code AI program from the Project universe. Primarily used for surveillance as a security robot, but after a long period of self-evolution, it became an AI life form with self-awareness.
Born from surveillance AI, the source code Lisandra has extremely strong control over networks, can easily complete various hacking and defense tasks, and is also highly skilled at monitoring and managing company networks.
(The source code obtained from this module is absolutely loyal to the host)]
[Price Adjustment: -10%]
[Module Price: 900,000 Euro]
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