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At this moment, there was already a panic outside the Kanbi Building. The NCPD surrounded the entire continent, and not far away, the reporter responsible for transferring the report also faced the camera with an anxious look on his face.

"Just now, we received a tip that an attack occurred in the Kanaki Building. Although the specific circumstances are not yet clear, there is news that the penthouse suite where Arasaka Yorinobu, the eldest son of the Arasaka Group, was attacked, and the NCPD has now broken into the Cyanotic Building. Bi Building, but the situation inside is still unknown..."

"boom!!"

However, before the reporter could finish her words, suddenly, a violent sound came from the Cangbi Building behind her, and all the glass and walls on the first floor burst. The reporter turned around and saw hundreds of people in police uniforms. The NCPD policeman flew out of the building and fell heavily to the ground.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding police and reporters were shocked. At the same time, under the illumination of searchlights, a figure in robes walked out of the gate of Kanbi Building. Of course, the shining brilliance of the searchlights shone on On that figure, her whole body was covered by a white robe, and her face could not be seen at all. Not only that, but what is even more concerning is the garbage-like corpse that the white-robed man is holding in his hands.

That is……?

Before anyone could react, the girl in white robe raised her hands, and everyone saw the three corpses in her hands suddenly flying up, then drawing an arc and being planted on the flagpole in front of the gate of the Chambi Building. The reporters also hurriedly moved their cameras and looked at the corpses. After seeing the faces clearly, they were shocked.

 “Is that...Arasaka Yorinobu?”

 “And Saburo Arasaka?”

 “Adam’s Hammer?!”

The reporters are all informants. Saburo Arasaka and Yorinobu Arasaka are both big figures in the corporate world. Of course they know each other, and Adam Hammer is a legend in Night City. However, now, their bodies are inserted like this. On the flagpole, it's like being on a piece of bacon waiting to be dried.

what happened? What exactly is going on?

“NCPD, put down your weapons and surrender immediately!”

The reporters were stunned, and the NCPD police officer in front also raised his weapon and hid behind the car, aiming at the girl in white robe. The pale searchlight fell from the sky and shone on the girl, making her shadow grow long. Seen from a distance, the girl's shadow is like an unknown monster hanging over the Kanbi Building, even shaking constantly.

However, facing the NCPD's warning, the girl in white robe turned a deaf ear. She just raised her head and looked at everyone. Then, he spoke.

 “Arasaka Saburo is dead.”

 The girl's voice was not loud. Logically speaking, in this noisy scene, her voice was no different from a whisper. But it appeared in everyone's ears, as if whispering directly deep in their hearts.

 “Arasaka Yorinobu is dead.”

 “Adam hammered his death.”

　　　…………”

Facing the girl's words, there was a dead silence. Everyone's eyes widened, not knowing what to say. Instinct tells them that such a ridiculous thing is absolutely impossible to happen. Because Saburo Arasaka is the chairman of the Arasaka Group, the world's largest enterprise, and the emperor of this world, but their reason tells them that the withered old man's body that is stuck on the flagpole and swaying in the wind is Saburo Arasaka.

 This Turkish emperor who once ruled almost the entire world has now become a corpse.

 “Open, fire!”

There was a loud sound of gunfire, hundreds of firearms fired at the same time, and the roaring sound of gunfire enveloped everything. Smoke filled the air and debris scattered in all directions. It took five minutes before the continuous gunfire stopped. However, when the smoke dissipated, everyone was surprised to see that figure still standing steadily at the main entrance of the Kanbi Building, and even the robe on her body was not broken at all.

 “This…what on earth is…”

People looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to respond at all. The other party had no intention of fighting back, but their attacks had no effect at all?

Just when everyone was confused, the girl reached out her hand, grabbed the robe on her body, and then threw it away.

 The next moment, everyone’s eyes widened in surprise.

Under the illumination of the searchlight, I saw that the girl in front of me was wearing a crimson armor, her long platinum hair exuded a halo-like brilliance, and her soft face had an unimaginable beauty, clean, soft, and luxurious. It is not beauty in some instinctive sense, but an idealized human form. People in this world have different definitions of beauty and ugliness, but no one will not be moved by her beauty when they see her. It is not purely out of aesthetic considerations, but comes from the instinctive heart, human beings' desire and praise for their most perfect goals.

 The white wings appeared from behind the girl, raised high and spread out, exuding holy brilliance. Under her gaze, people felt inexplicably ashamed and ashamed. They lowered their heads in a panic and covered their prosthetic bodies, as if they were an extremely ugly existence.

At this moment, D fully demonstrated the power of the original body from the Blood Angels, the same power as the Emperor and the same power as Sanguinius. That kind of indescribable shock and brilliance, just standing there, you will instinctively recognize her existence, understand her existence, and confirm her existence.

 No words needed, no affirmation needed, she was there, and any human knew who she was and why she was here.

Some devout people have knelt down, clasped their hands, muttering to themselves in disbelief, closing their eyes tightly, leaving tears of shame. They believe that this is the coming of retribution. The sins in this city have become so deep that even God cannot bear to look directly at them. So what will happen next?

 Will this city, along with its people, be destroyed by God’s wrath like Sodom?

Even the NCPD was the same. Some police officers even threw away the weapons in their hands, as if it were a hot fire stick. They wiped their hands on their uniforms uneasily, and then lowered their heads. Whether that was out of shame or guilt, no one knows.

 “This world has been entangled with too many evils, so I came here.”

 The girl walked down slowly, her voice was still light, but it still echoed in everyone's ears.

"I will change everything, starting from this city. The sins and greed of capitalists have distorted the direction of human progress. They wantonly control everything in this world, and foolishly believe that the power of money is omnipotent. And now, I I will show up here and tell them that this is a completely wrong idea. Their foolish idea will not succeed, and now...this city will be ruled by me."

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　————!

 Hearing D's words, everyone was in an uproar. They whispered to each other in surprise, not expecting such an ending at all. The other party's meaning is very obvious, it can be said that it cannot be more clear.

 She is going to become the ruler of this city?

 “You can’t do this!”

 Suddenly, someone shouted.

 “We are free, this city is free, no matter who you are, you can’t...!”

 However, his words ended there.

  D just raised his head and glanced at him. The next moment, everyone - whether they were on the scene, watching remotely through live video, or even knew nothing about it, everyone felt an unparalleled fear suddenly appeared, which seemed to even their city , their bodies, their souls and even their spirits will be destroyed in general fear.

 At the same time, something even more unimaginable happened—everything around him began to stop.

 Cars stopped running, streetcars stopped on the tracks, everyone stopped moving. It was not a mental shock like the previous experience of witnessing an unimaginable existence, but it came from a physical level.

Their prosthetic bodies were stagnant, as if all functions were locked, and their bodies became robot-like existences, as if they had completely lost their power and could only stand there blankly.

"free?"

　　D showed a touch of contemptuous ridicule.

“When you connect your mind to electronics, digitize your memory, and abandon your original body, you have lost your freedom. And now, you have only one choice.”

As she spoke, D raised her hands, and everyone's eyes were like puppets on strings, following her movements blankly.

 “Survival or destruction, choose for yourself.”

 Subsequently, the girl's voice sounded from their ears again.

 How long does it take to conquer Night City?

  D answered this question with his own personal experience.

one night.

　　When the sun emerged from the other side of the horizon again, she was already sitting on the highest floor of Arasaka Tower, looking at the city in front of her that seemed to have not changed at all - but in fact, this city had completely changed.

  D asked Lumière to lock all systems, including prosthetics, neural devices, ICE, weapons, vehicles, everything was locked. It can only be opened with her permission, and last night, D got the first power to be loyal to her.

 NCPD and the Mobile Terrorist Team. On the one hand, they succumb to awe and fear of themselves, but on the other hand, they have no choice.

 If they are unwilling to surrender, then they will become an out-of-control robot, unable to move or do anything, and then die alive.

 They didn’t know how this was done, but D had already shown the power to control their life and death at the drop of a hat, so they had no choice but to obey.

 But this was just the beginning. Next, D Connection issued several commands.

First of all, all company assets in Night City are frozen, Arasaka assets are completely taken over by Night City, and all company private armed forces are disbanded. They will be reorganized and either join the NCPD or become the official army of Night City. As part of , any corporate armed force is banned and all private armed equipment is recycled by Night City.

This decision naturally made those company representatives furious, but it was of no use. Whether they were in the comfortable boxes of nightclubs or in the warmth and comfort of their own homes, their bodies had been completely imprisoned, and all equipment and functions had been disabled. They were locked up, so they could only watch the orders being executed one after another.

 However, this is only the beginning.

 Next, a purge of all senior company officials in Night City began.

In Night City, most senior company officials have dirty butts and have done a lot of evil things. Of course, in the past, the NCPD worked in cahoots with these guys, and even if what they did was disgusting, the NCPD could just cover it up.

 But it’s different now.

Those case files were taken out again, sorted out, and cleared. All the initiators were caught and then hanged from street lamps.

The most active ones in enforcing this order are naturally the NCPD police officers. The reason why they joined the NCPD is to protect the security of the city. In fact, many times they can only watch the criminals triumphantly leave in front of them. , but nothing can be done.

But things are different now. They can rush directly into the homes of those arrogant bastards, drag their immobile bodies out and stuff them into police cars, and then take them to the square and hang them from the street lights!

 The whole process went very smoothly without any resistance. Because only those with D's permission can act, others can only act like puppets, motionless. So no matter what bodyguards or helpers those executives have, they are of no use - what's even more ironic is that those bodyguards and helpers are naturally implanted with a large number of prosthetics, so they are even more unable to move.

 A large number of assets belonging to these executives and politicians were confiscated, houses were seized, and politicians, corporate executives, those involved in murders and various other evil deeds were punished as they deserved.

At the same time, a gun ban was issued!

 That's right, D ordered everyone to unconditionally hand over all the guns they own, whether they are intelligence, power, or technology. In short, all guns should be confiscated. Except for the NCPD and the official Night City military, no one is allowed to hide guns for any reason!

This order naturally aroused resentment among many people, but they had no choice because these guns were also locked and they could not use them at all. In their hands, these firearms were no different than fire sticks.

But unfortunately, D doesn’t care what they think.

 Next, D carried out several plans for Night City, including recycling a large number of uninhabited residences in Night City and rebuilding them into apartment buildings. There are also some dilapidated residences that will be demolished for reconstruction, and she is recruiting a large number of people to maintain the cleanliness of Night City - to be honest, D is really fed up with the almost full garbage bags placed in the apartment corridors And the disgusting smell of corruption, and the random graffiti on the walls.

All of this requires a lot of manpower. Fortunately, there are indeed many unemployed homeless people in Night City who have lost their jobs. As long as they are willing, they can apply for these reconstruction and cleaning jobs. They will receive food and wages. There is a small room for shelter. Although it is not big, it can at least prevent them from wandering on the street.

Of course, in addition to this, there is another rather big trouble in Night City.

That’s the gang.

 And D is now negotiating with these gangs.

 “I have killed all the scavengers and the Whirlpool Gang.”

 Looking at the holographic projection in front of him, D said calmly.

"My request is simple. The gang is the biggest unstable factor in Night City and must be disbanded. The Animal Gang can do construction work. The same goes for Valentino, the Sixth Street Gang and the Voodoo Gang. You can do it. Others, serious work. I know that many of you in the gang had to join it because of the pressure of life, so I will give you a chance now to get away from those illegal and criminal activities and do what normal humans should do. Things to do. Instead of fighting every day to seize territory or loan sharking."

“Just because of your words, you want us to disband?”

 The leader of the Six Street Gang opposite was obviously not interested in this.

 “Just kidding, I will never accept————”

However, before he could finish his words, D snapped his fingers. The next moment, with a scream, the man fell down with smoke coming from his head.

 “Then go die and find someone who will accept it.”

　　…"...Are you really going to be so desperate? D."

 Wakako sighed.

“You don’t really think that relying on this, you can rule Night City. The power of the company is beyond your imagination, and Arasaka can easily completely destroy everything here.”

 “Arasaka is not worth mentioning.”

D said calmly.

“Perhaps you haven’t watched today’s morning news yet? Let’s take a look together.”

As he spoke, D turned on the TV news. Soon, he saw a nervous host appearing on the news channel.

"Good morning, dear viewers, here is a piece of breaking news for you. At the Munich Information Security Conference held last night, a piece of sensational news was revealed - a source revealed that Arasaka Company, in the name of manufacturing soul chips, secretly Conducting artificial creation and control experiments of cyberpsychosis, they control other people's bodies and minds by implanting backdoors in chips and prosthetics, turning them into puppets under their control. All organizations expressed shock at the news , the stock price of Arasaka fell by 15 percentage points as soon as the stock market opened today. Governments of various countries have issued orders to seize all Arasaka assets in the country and conduct strict inspections. At the same time, the United Nations is considering a new bill to control..."

　　　…………”

　　Everyone was stunned when they saw this news. In fact, if the changes in Night City last night were not too shocking, I am afraid they would be as shocked by this news as everyone else now.

“Wait, is this how you control us?”

"Of course not. Arasaka's skills are simply incomparable to mine. And you can see that, as I said, when you give up your body, you have already given up your freedom and become someone else's. Slave. So don’t talk to me about freedom and power here - it will only make people laugh when a slave talks like this."

　　　…………”

 Hearing D’s taunt, everyone was speechless for a moment. As D said, they are basically a group of slaves, but they think they have freedom. But in fact, the company already controls everything about them, even their bodies.

"But this is not enough."

 Wakako frowned.

"You should understand, D, Night City is sandwiched between the New United States and the Free State. The reason why we can maintain our independence is because of the existence of Arasaka. Without the existence of Arasaka and other companies, Night City will inevitably be annexed. . I’m afraid that now, the army of the new United States is already on its way to Night City.”

 “You don’t need to worry about that.”

Facing Wakako’s words, D just raised his eyebrows.

"No one can shake my rule over Night City, not the United States or the New America. Now, I just want you to give an answer - survival? Or destruction?"

　　　…………”

 Everyone looked at each other, then lowered their heads.

 The answer is self-evident.

 (End of this chapter)