The Death Knell

A person's consciousness and personality form a 'imprint'. When trapped in the shrine, he has no perception of the outside world, and it is like falling into an eternal sleep.

After all, without the body, there would be no sensory organs. Since there is no feeling, there is no way to understand the world. The so-called time and space do not exist subjectively, at least they are meaningless.

For Johnny Silverhand, his memory still remains in 2023, when he was pressed on an operating table and then wiped out by the Soul Killer.

In the darkness, a small bright spot appeared, a bit like a plankton in the dark deep sea. It had no ability to act independently and just drifted with the tide.

But at this moment, there seemed to be an invisible big hand stirring the sea water, and the bright spot moved faster and became more disordered, as if it were a small steel ball beating at high speed in the roulette wheel in the casino.

Its own light gradually became denser, as if something was about to break out of the wall.

And this is Johnny Silverhand's consciousness, or the personality imprint called consciousness. As for what it is, we don't care for the moment, but at this time, Johnny feels the wind, the temperature, the heartache and the fear.

He struggled, as if he was waking up from a nightmare. He used his willpower to open his eyes and let out his own roar, which was the words he did not say when he was dying.

"CNM Arasaka Saburo!"

The body also suddenly sat up from the floor, which is generally the movement of corpse fraud.

Then he saw another 'self', smoking a cigarette, looking at him with a smile, and beautiful words came out of his mouth:

"Congratulations, B. The operation was a fucking success. You are a girl now!"

"???"

Johnny Silverhand had just been 'resurrected' and hadn't yet understood the situation. When he heard this, he subconsciously touched his chest, which made the twin himself burst into laughter.

"I'm QNM!" Realizing that he had been tricked, but also realizing that his other self had no ill intentions, Johnny stood up slowly and dejectedly: "Who the hell are you? Where the hell are you?!"

As he spoke, he was still swaying in place like a weak willow supporting the wind. This is also a normal phenomenon. After all, this new body still needs a process of adaptation.

Originally, when a second-generation heritage chip was inserted into a body, whether it could be successfully imprinted all over the body depended on luck. During the process, it also needed to be cared for and supervised by a dedicated person, and a lot of various drugs were used to avoid rejection.

But these problems have been optimized by the adjutant, because electronic equipment is meaningless if it cannot achieve the plug-and-play effect.

"Roger, come and explain to him." Now that the real Johnny is back, Su Ming also gave up pretending, his body and clothes squirmed, and soon turned into yellow and black armor, and he revealed himself His face said: "It's too troublesome for me to say it, and you may not believe me, but you should believe it, Rogge, right?"

At this time, Rogge on the side was already in tears. Even after so many years of hardships, Johnny's true return undoubtedly broke through the defensive line of her psychological preparation.

She used to be a spirited girl, and Johnny was both her idol and her boyfriend. It goes without saying that she has feelings for this guy.

That would be to break into Arasaka Tower together, to the point where we can really risk our lives.

After being resurrected, Johnny had been staring at his other self. He really didn't notice anyone else. At this time, when he heard Deathstroke speaking, he noticed Rogge's shoulders twitching not far away. He was stunned for a moment. ,explain:

"Fake, Roger, why the hell have you become so tender?"

However, Rogge no longer looked like the middleman queen of Night City at all. She was just an ordinary little girl. Faced with this question, she did not answer. Instead, she ran towards Johnny like in an idol drama, and then jumped into his arms. , and then used the trick of entangling the roots of an old tree with his legs, wrapping them around his ex-boyfriend's waist, and then began to slap Johnny hard.

"Fake! Fake Squid! You fucking madman! Do you know how I have lived for so many years?"

If it was really an ordinary romantic drama, the male protagonist should grab the heroine's hand at this time, and then say some touching words affectionately, such as lines like "I miss you so much", and then the two of them will feel pain. Kiss and achieve historic reconciliation and harmony.

But Johnny Silverhand is not that kind of person, he is a lunatic. In response to Rogge's reaction, he ripped the woman off his body, threw it aside like trash, rubbed his face and started cursing:

"Are you fucking sick?! Damn it! Why are you so crazy with me? Bichi!"

V and Jack on the side looked at it and shook their heads. In fact, both of their minds were in confusion. The person they originally thought was Johnny was not Johnny, but now another Johnny appeared. Judging from Rogge's reaction, it seemed like this. That's the real Johnny, but Johnny doesn't seem to like Roger very much?

This tongue twister appeared in the minds of the two of them, burning the chips built into their brains.

Xili didn't care. She squatted down not far away like a melon-eater, holding a handful of melon seeds in her hand and started to eat them.

Rogge, who almost fell after being pushed away, wiped away her tears and smiled. She nodded towards the death knell and said:

"Yes, this is true. Johnny has always been this stupid."

"The inspection is over, right? Don't worry, I am a melon seller, but I can still sell you raw melon eggs?" Su Ming waved his hand, saying that he didn't mind her suspicion. After all, what is the soul in a person's body? Of course it needs to be tested, it is not something that can be identified with the naked eye: "I have done everything I promised you, don't forget what you promised me."

"I won't forget. I, Roger, keep my word." She rearranged her hair, reached for Johnny, and said, "Let's go over there and talk. I'll tell you what happened, and now It’s 2077.”

"2077. Falk!" Johnny thought about this information for a moment, then a curse word came out of his mouth, and his questions suddenly became more.

But just as Deathstroke expected, he believed in Rogge, so although he cursed and muttered endlessly, his body was very honest, and he was pulled by the woman to reminisce about the past.

Ciri continued to eavesdrop, and her ears could be seen moving.

"Okay, V, Jack, the show is over, it's time for you to leave."

Su Ming turned to the two people who were still confused, smiled and handed them some snacks and wine:

"Go and sell the loot, launder the money, and hurry up if you want to rent a house or buy something. Before dawn, you'd better prepare enough food for a month, find a sewer or somewhere to hide from the limelight, and watch the news tomorrow. .”

"Who are you?" Jack scratched his head. He picked up the big bag placed aside, which contained his trophies. He would not forget it even if the man didn't tell him: "You can become someone else, and you are also so good at beating your brain. He’s awesome, he’s definitely not a nobody, right?”

"Haha, actually, fame is of no use to me. You can just call me handsome. You don't want to get involved in the next thing. I will work with Johnny to take care of the Arasaka Company."

Deathstroke didn't intend to make a name for himself in this world. He just did what he wanted to do. Let's talk about it if he sees these two people again in the future.