Start in Night City

Now there are several homeless people surrounding him.

One of the homeless men picked up the freezer and ran away, as if he had found a treasure.

But another homeless man pushed him hard.

Push him to the ground.

Want to snatch away

Freezer.

The homeless man from before put the freezer box under his body with all his strength and protected it tightly.

Let the other homeless people punch and kick him.

"Bang! Bang bang bang -"

Gunfire suddenly rang out.

All the tramp's movements were frozen.

Turning his head with horror on his face, he saw Takemura Goro with an angry face.

Seeing that they were still frozen in place, Takemura Goro slowly aimed his gun at them.

"roll!"

All the homeless people were frightened and fled in panic.

Even the homeless man who first tried his best to protect the freezer did not dare to run away with the freezer again.

Soon, the homeless people disappeared without a trace.

Goro Takemura ignored the homeless people who escaped.

He put away his weapon.

He took three steps and then stepped forward in a hurry.

No regard for the filth of the garbage dump.

One foot is deep and the other is shallow, stepping on the garbage pile.

Take the freezer out.

Then he noticed the bullet holes on the surface of the box.

And the information displayed on the display - chip integrity: zero percent.

This made Goro Takemura's heart sink.

It seems that Lidya Su did not lie to him.

If the box is damaged and the integrity of the chip inside drops to zero, the data inside will also be cleared.

Then there is really no need for them to keep it.

But Takemura Goro slowly opened the box with the last trace of luck in mind.

Then……

This thought of luck was gone.

The cruel reality was like pouring cold water on him in the coldest month of winter.

Let him freeze in place.

The inside of the freezer was empty.

relic has long since disappeared.

Zhucun felt that his mind was blank.

The master I served died in the Cyanbi Building.

Even relic is missing now.

"No! This is impossible!"

As if going crazy, he threw himself into the garbage pile and started rummaging through it regardless of the stench and dirt.

Goro Takemura rummaged through the garbage for several minutes.

He dug out any leftovers.

He even got himself dirty.

But the only thing I can't see is the relic that I never forget.

In the end, he seemed to be down, sitting among a pile of garbage, not knowing what he was thinking.

It's like I've aged ten years all of a sudden.

His miserable appearance was unbearable to look at.

But Su Xiao didn't mean to play tricks on him, and it was also difficult to say.

He can't tell the other party Relic's true whereabouts now.

Otherwise, Su Xiao was really afraid that Goro Takemura, a stubborn and loyal dog, would forcefully pull out the relic from the slot of the small flat head.

Who knows if Johnny Tachikma Silverhand will still be alive by then.

Don’t forget, Johnny Silverhand is Arasaka’s mortal enemy.

If it hadn't been for him and Morgan Blackhand's Bushido No. 2 and Bushido No. 1 nuclear bombs, Arasaka would not have been driven out of Night City and lost decades of time.

As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

It is not impossible for a human brain to create a dog brain.

Anyway, Su Xiao couldn't think of a picture of Goro Takemura and Johnny Silverhand having fun together.

"How long are you going to sit there? We don't have time to spend with you. Should we leave first and give you some private space?"

Hearing V's voice, Goro Takemura seemed to have finally come to his senses and stood up staggeringly from the garbage pile.

"No need, I'll go with you."

As soon as he got close.

V and Jack covered their noses.

Lidya Su also frowned.

"Don't get in the car yet. You smell terrible. You'd better go wash up first."

…

Wait for Goro Takemura to go to a nearby inn and take a good shower.

Rinse all the smell off your body.

Su Xiao bought him a new suit, trousers, leather shoes, white shirt and tie.

Let Goro Takemura replace them all.

Only then did he get in the car.

Goro Takemura, who returned to the car, gradually calmed down after taking a good bath.

He glanced at the calm Lidya Su.

I started to wonder about another possibility.

He suspected that Su Xiao had thrown that freezer here intentionally.

Even the bullet holes on the box, he suspected were directed and acted by Su Xiao.

The purpose is naturally to hope that I will no longer pursue Relic.

Takemura Goro didn't know if his guess was correct.

However, he had learned to be smart (in fact, more accurately, he should have understood the situation), so he did not ask out his doubts, but hid them in his heart.

This is the result of his careful consideration and repeated thinking.

He now feels that this relic is not the most important.

Although that biochip is one of Arasaka's important research projects, it is also a valuable asset.

But the most important thing now is to maintain good cooperation with Lidya Su.

In Night City, a place far away from home, he has no relatives or friends.

The prosthetic body on his body was remotely shut down, and even his bank account was canceled.

Not frozen.

It’s a direct account cancellation!

He can't even spare a euro now.

Takemura's ability to become Saburo Arasaka's valet depends on more than just force.

And the mind.

It is impossible to commit seppuku.

It is impossible to commit seppuku in this life.

The only way is to be useful first.

Then find a way to restore your identity and status.

And to do this, even if he didn't want to, he had to cooperate with Su Xiao and others.

in the car.

V asked a question that had been on his mind for a long time.

"You were Saburo's guard, and later you swore allegiance to Arasaka Yoshinobu, but why did you also become Arasaka's target?"

"I wanted to find out the real murderer of Lord Saburo, but I didn't expect to be targeted by Yorinobu. However, this also made me more certain that it was Lord Saburo who was killed by Yorinobu."

Jack asked strangely: "Why are you so loyal to Saburo? Has he given you a lot of benefits?"

Jack could understand the kind of loyalty that goes through life and death for a brother.

But he really couldn't imagine why Takemura Goro worked so hard for the company.

Now that Arasaka Yorinobu has become the new head of the Arasaka family, shouldn't it be enough for Takemura Goro to continue to be Yorinobu's dog?

Anyway, working for Saburo is still a job, but working for Yorinobu is not a job?

Even Arasaka Yorinobu has given up, so why is Goro Takemura still trying to compete?

It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is.

Goro Takemura curled his lips and looked a little arrogant.

"Thieves like you who are at the bottom of society will never understand the loyalty of a samurai."

"Once upon a time, I was just like you. I spent the first half of my life in a smelly ditch."

"But it was Master Saburo who extended a helping hand to me and pulled me out of the slums."

"Let me receive the best education and implant the most advanced prosthetics in me."

"I, Goro Takemura, will remember this kindness of knowing me for the rest of my life."

Lidya Su, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said.

"Have you ever wondered why you were born in a ghetto?"

"Is it possible that what Saburo gave you was what Arasaka took away before you were born?"

Takemura Goro's eyes suddenly changed, like a beast that preys on people: "What do you mean?"

"You are grateful to Saburo for taking you out of the slums and giving you an education and a prosthetic body, but you have never thought about it. If there was no Arasaka created by your master in this world, people like you could have done it. You don’t have to live in a slum.”

Goro Takemura seemed to have been touched by a reverse scale and roared crazily: "Impossible! This is absolutely not possible!"

In the car after that, no one spoke anymore.

Goro Takemura kept turning his head and looking out the window.

His expression was calm, and I didn't know what he was thinking.