Crossover in the Anime World

Night City is already the country of China, and the US imperialist parliament cannot interfere with this city. It is completely managed by the company.

Arasaka Corporation is a large international company that originated from an island country but is rooted in the United States. Its fields include space communications, network security, prosthetic transformation, education, medical care, etc.

In the war, Arasaka Company is a very powerful party and has the ability to launch war.

Night City, where Arasaka Company is located, is an advanced port city and one of the most important ports in the Pacific, with huge throughput.

In this psychedelic city, there is also the characteristic of failure of grassroots management that occurs in all cyberpunks. The grassroots level is full of criminals.

When the plane landed at the airport, the people from Section 9 were immediately divided into two groups. One group took a stealth smart chariot to hide, and the other group conducted the investigation in the open.

Dulan and Togusa are responsible for the secret investigation.

"Keep in touch." Motoko said, and she and her troops boarded the Arasaka company's welcome car and headed to the 'Arasaka Tower' in the city center. This is their headquarters and one of the landmark buildings in the city center.

It is a big city with bright lights, but it is also a breeding ground for darkness and crime.

"The latest safety guarantee, as long as you purchase a membership, once you are in danger, the trauma team will dispatch an armed ambulance to rescue you. Whether you are in a deserted wilderness, a nightclub with complex environment, or in busy and noisy traffic Hub. No matter where you are, we will monitor the safety of our insured customers in real time. Once we find that the customer needs rescue, we will arrive as soon as possible to provide the customer with the best rescue service. Buy 'Trauma Team' now. Members can also enjoy a 10% discount.”

The advertisements on the big screen are playing in a loop, which is about armed rescue. As long as you spend money, you can enjoy the best rescue services.

"You need to spend money first to get an ambulance?" Togusa felt that this was too exaggerated.

"Don't talk about ambulances. Firetrucks also have to spend money to buy membership first, and then they will come to save you when there is a fire. Otherwise, the firetruck will only cool down the neighbors who have purchased memberships, preventing the fire in your house from burning your neighbors, instead of saving you. "Home." Dulan said: "This is the American Empire, and money is everything."

"But..." Togusa said: "But we are all human beings, how can we be so realistic?"

In the island country, the parliament is still functioning, but Night City is completely autonomous, and the parliament has no ability to interfere. Night City is already a real company, a real cyberpunk.

Togusa also thought that the parliament would be at the top and the company at the bottom, and that the parliament would be responsible for some basic work, such as basic ambulances and fire trucks. But in Night City, everything has to be paid first. It is a true throwback to ancient Athens and the Renaissance, where money can truly solve all problems.

"Actually, it's all the same." Dulan said, "The same goes for island countries."

"Why is it the same? In the island country, even if you don't buy a membership, at least the ambulance will still take people to the hospital. Even if you don't have money and can't receive treatment, that's what happens later. It's not like Night City. You have to buy a membership first for an ambulance, not to mention the bills for follow-up treatment are completely different, okay?”

"I said the same thing. I'm not talking about whether you can take an ambulance. I'm talking about the operation of society. I ask you, do you know that a white horse is not a horse?"

"..." Tuogusa obviously had never heard of the famous masters of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

"Then do you know "Journey to the West"?"

"I know this."

"Let me ask you, there are two positions in heaven, Monkey King and Bima Wen. What do you want to do?"

"Um, does it matter?"

"What do you choose?" Duran asked.

"It must be the Monkey King," Togusa said.

"That's right, everyone wants to be the Monkey King, but someone has to be Bima Wen, right?"

"What does this have to do with Night City?"

Du Lan said: "The relationship is very important, that is, how to decide who will be the Monkey King and who will be Bi Mawen. It is naturally determined by blood at first, then it is enfeoffment, and then it is dynasty. In the beginning, the son of Monkey King was Qi The great sage of Heaven, Bima Wen’s son was Bima Wen and then enfeoffed and enfeoffed. It is further divided into capital enfeoffment and territorial enfeoffment. Those who are qualified to enfeoff will decide who will be Monkey King and Bima Wen based on the capital and land in their hands. The last step is dynasty, that is, Han Dynasty, through the selection of talents. A person’s virtue determines who will be the Monkey King and who will be Bi Mawen.”

Togusa still looked confused and asked, "So what does this have to do with Night City?"

"To put it simply, this is how to divide labor. How to let Bi Mawen do Bi Mawen with peace of mind, instead of rebelling." Dulan said: "This brings us back to the issue of white horses and non-horses. That's what I say. "Poor people are not human beings" and "refugees are not human beings", do you understand now?"

"I don't understand. Of course poor people are human beings, and refugees are human beings. Why are they not human beings? White horses are horses too."

"In terms of ductility, you are right, but in terms of connotation, you are wrong. The horse has strong ductility and weak connotation, while the white horse has weak ductility and strong connotation. Extensibility means to When everyone comes together, connotation is what distinguishes everyone Three, six, nine, etc. First use the ductility to frame you, and then use the connotation to define you, so that you can be Bi Mawen. People are strong in ductility and weak in connotation. Poor people and refugees are weak in ductility and strong in connotation. , this definition will allow them to do Bi Mawen.”

Dagusa needs to be digested.

"To put it simply, a society needs to be recognized by everyone, which requires scalability and everyone needs to enter this society. But it also requires division of labor, which requires connotation-based division of labor. The definition must be used to make Bimawen feel at ease as Bimawen. And scalability is usually universal, that is, universal values, such as justice, fairness, being born human, being born free, these beautiful slogans that everyone hopes for can attract people. The definition of connotation is varied, such as bloodline, land ownership, capital ownership, personal virtue, personal ability, etc., using these different attributes as the distinction criteria. In the island country, it is bloodline and land, and in Night City, it is bloodline and capital. They all belong to the feudal system." Duran said.

"..." Togusa's head was confused.

"To put it simply, some people want to be the Monkey King, and some people want to be the Horse Keeper. What determines this? Night City is all about money. Those with more money become the Monkey King, and those with less money become the Horse Keeper. So you can understand why ambulances and fire trucks also cost money, right? Because this is the rule of the game. If you don't do this, Night City won't be able to operate at all." "And the island country is about land. Those with more land become the Monkey King, and those with less land become the Horse Keeper. Because it's land, the landlord has to maintain the infrastructure on the land, so he will also bear some responsibilities."

"..." Togusa asked blankly, "Isn't it based on each person's 's ability? "

"It's okay to look at ability. In the street society, the strong prey on the weak, which depends on everyone's criminal ability. If you have strong ability, you can become a legend in Night City, until you hit the ceiling and die. "Duran said: "But society is like this. First, we gather everyone together through extensibility, and then divide the work for everyone through connotation, so that society can operate. So I said that Night City is the same as the island country, but the extensibility slogans for gathering everyone are different, and the connotation standards for dividing the work for everyone are different. So a white horse is not a horse, and a refugee is not a person. "

Togusa felt that this kind of thing was too cold. But this is the basic logic of social operation. The slogans of extensibility are all very nice, justice, equality, freedom, universal love, common prosperity...

But to operate, everyone still has to divide the work, and some people still have to be the Monkey King, and some people have to be the Horse Keeper. But what is the standard? Every civilization has its own standard.

Night City uses capital, and it has a long history. Ancient Athens and the Renaissance were like this. The Renaissance revived ancient Athens, and Night City revived the Renaissance.

There is nothing wrong with using money as a standard, but the problem is that the essence of money is actually bloodline. The only thing that cannot be inherited is personal ability. However, in the era of cyberpunk, personal ability can also be passed on with life span, and everything has returned to the era of bloodline.