The Death Knell

As we all know, Little Devil and Little Stick like to steal Chinese culture, especially history, and Saburo Arasaka’s naming of his super server is no exception.

The first time the word shrine was recorded in writing was from "Ode to Shengde" by Lu Yun of the Jin Dynasty, which wrote: "Perhaps I hope that the shrine will descend to the temple, hunt for five clothes in thin clothes, wear jade chariots at the time, and patrol with words." Ziyi."

There is no need to appreciate classical Chinese texts. To put it simply, the shrine mentioned here is the emperor's chariot, a chariot drawn by many horses.

The sticks and devils of that era were probably still in a tribal system. Where could the emperor come from? I'm afraid you can't even understand how to raise a horse, right?

With the evolution of time, chariots were gradually eliminated by heavy cavalry and powerful crossbows as metallurgical technology matured, and they gradually withdrew from the stage of history. Emperors of the past dynasties also did not go out in chariots. .

So the vehicles gradually turned into "chariots", which are sedans or carts carried by human hands. They can just drive around the capital. How far do you want to go?

The word mikoshi also changed its meaning.

In ancient times, when an emperor died, it was not called death, but called "Futian", which means that he went to heaven and became a god. Therefore, the coffin used to place the emperor's body was called a shrine, which means that he went to heaven to become a god. car.

Therefore, in Su Ming's view, it actually makes sense to pull the coffin in the Nine Dragons. It can even be said that this is how it should be. As a human emperor born and raised in the Celestial Dynasty, he should sit in a coffin when he goes out.

Thinking of this, he paused his explanation to Shiri and raised his hand to tap his ear:

"Adjutant, prepare a car for me. It should look like a coffin. It doesn't need an engine. Grab nine dragons and pull it for me."

"???"

As soon as the projection appeared, the silver-haired girl who didn't know what was wrong with the Sheriff was stunned, but soon she rolled her eyes and understood that the Sheriff was having another illness.

This person always wants to do something that no one can understand from time to time, but what else can he do? Just do it, because the instructions are absolute.

"Okay Sheriff." The projection disappeared, as if it had escaped.

"What an inexplicable car? Whose car looks like a coffin? It's so ugly." Xili shook her head in disgust, but then grabbed Deathstroke's arm and shook it: "Let's continue talking about the shrine. , it’s deep right under the Arasaka Building, right, and Johnny’s mark has been squatting inside it these days?”

"What's the use of knowing so much? Are you planning to find an opportunity to brag to V?" Deathstroke's eyes became sharp, and he seemed to see through what was going on in Ciri's head.

"Hey!" The girl didn't refute, knowing that she couldn't hide it from Deathstroke.

"I really can't do anything to you. Well, it's still early anyway and I have nothing to do. I'll tell you something related to the shrine." Su Ming didn't mind. Anyway, he came here just to play. , come for inspiration, no need to be too serious.

Like in the past, the Justice League held serious meetings when encountering problems, but it was completely useless. Wasn't the solution all figured out by Batman in private?

Coming back to the topic of mikoshi, there is actually nothing to say. To the outside world, Johnny's life and death are unknown, but as his friends, several people know that he is dead.

Such as Spider Murphy, Rogue, and Shatan.

They evacuated Arasaka Tower before the nuclear bomb exploded, and later learned that Johnny had been captured by Hammer, so they launched a revenge operation.

The three men put on kimonos and raided Kei Arasaka's residence. After killing more than 80 security personnel, they drank a glass of sake with Kei Arasaka, the apparent leader of the Arasaka Group at the time, and then forced him to commit seppuku.

Arasaka Kei was also very happy. After all, the Arasaka Tower was bombed and the company war was about to be lost. He had no choice but to die to apologize, but he did not want to commit seppuku, but used the Soul Killer to commit suicide.

Spider Murphy got it from him and launched the soul killer program, killing him, or in other words, sending his mark into the god's shrine to keep Johnny company.

As for whether the two people turned enemies into friends in that cyberspace, and whether they had any common language, outsiders didn't know. Anyway, the mark of respect has never appeared since then.

When Saburo Arasaka learned about this, he was very sad. After all, the eternal life plan was still far away at that time. Jing was his recognized successor, but now he was imprisoned in the shrine.

After Ultra disappeared, the Soul Killer in Arasaka's hands was incomplete and could only be uploaded, not downloaded. Lao Deng began to think of ways to get his son out.

At this time, his second son Arasaka Yorinobu also knew about this, but his view was completely different from his father. He believed that immortality was too crazy, and that it was wrong for his father to kill someone for this.

Once those with power are immortal, the social classes will be solidified forever, and the demise of mankind will be close at hand.

So he began to prepare secretly, preparing to do something cruel to his father, which was the so-called betrayal plan.

But his plan was found out by Lao Deng, who came back to the front to take charge of the company. After all, he had been working on dark plans all his life, so he took advantage of it, pretended not to know, and continued to develop the download technology for imprints.

In 2077, the Arasaka Group launched a chip called 'Relic', which was developed by scientist Herman based on the soul killer's programming principles. It was sold to the market and advertised as being able to make people die. Relatives are with you in digital form.

In fact, the so-called immortality technology has been successfully researched, and the only final step left for true personality replication and transfer is the issue of rejection.

Because Arasaka does not have the technology to create artificial humans, this means that if the extracted mark wants to change its body, it is likely to be rejected by the new body. The only solution is to use the body of a relative.

So, Lao Deng made a plan. He fell in love with his second son, whom he hated, and planned to obtain his body. After all, this son was a waste in his opinion, so why not take out the body and let his father use it?

But he also knew that his second son would definitely object to this suggestion, so he set a trap.

He came to the shrine and first used an improved version of the Soul Killer to back up his own imprint. Then he took a prototype card of the legacy chip and downloaded Johnny's imprint into the chip. He deliberately let his son know about it and He mistakenly thought that the chip contained his imprint, Saburo Arasaka.

In this way, on the one hand, the annoying Johnny Silverhand can be used as the first guinea pig to verify whether Herman's technology is reliable; on the other hand, the second son can be lured to steal the chip and prepare for the aftermath. She came to the door to stimulate her son so that he could kill her, and then retreated behind the scenes to watch the development of the situation.

Facts have proved that his plan was successful. Arasaka Yorinobu really stole the legacy chip containing Johnny's mark, and is now living on the top floor of the Kanbi Building, preparing to sell this thing to Arasaka like Military Technology or Kang Tao The group's sworn enemies reveal this terrifying immortality plan.

At the same time, that bullshit black fat guy has also started recruiting people on the street. If Su Ming hadn't arrived, V and Jack might have gone to steal the chips tonight or tomorrow and met a tragic fate.