(for those who don't know in Chinese novels "sour" is often used as jealousy)
"Jack, I talked to Dexter."
V dialed Jack's video call.
"Hehe, the fat guy must have given me a fat job, right?" Jack in the video still looked so silly.
"I guess so, but this idea is a bit tricky. Call Bai Rui, we need to talk." This mission involves Arasaka, military technology, and Maelstrom. It's a big deal, and V is going to find her colleagues to make a plan together. "Also, a mercenary named Arnold will meet with us. He is a helper sent by Dexter."
"Then let's meet in the open space under the bridge. It's quiet there." Jack was not familiar with Little Chinatown, so it took him a while to come up with a location. "But Bai Rui seems to have left early. You have to contact her yourself."
"Okay, I'll find a way."
V hung up the phone.
Where did Bai Rui go?
Looking at the bustling streets, V sighed.
It really makes her worry.
The other side.
Bai Rui had separated from Victor and the others because she received a call, or to be exact, it was Arnold who received the call.
"Hey, Terminator, remember the job I told you about last time?"
It was Dexter Deshawn who called. He called Arnold as soon as V left.
Arnold and Dexter DeShawn have some connection. Arnold was active in the Watson area and knew Regina Jones, a famous middleman in the Watson area. Jones introduced Arnold to DeShawn who needed a capable person.
Arnold therefore took over two orders from Deshawn, helping to deal with some biotechnology mercenaries and the like. When it came to dealing with the matter of the bald man, Deshawn also found Arnold and wanted his help.
After all, they have to deal with the new boss of Maelstrom, and DeShawn doesn't want V and the others to fall to Maelstrom before they get to the point.
Of course, we have to help.
Originally, Bai Rui wanted to manipulate Arnold to help, and now she can get a commission for free, so she is naturally very happy.
As soon as I hung up the phone with DeShawn, V called.
"Hi, Bai Rui, where are you?" As soon as Bai Rui took out her holographic glasses, V's beautiful face came into view.
"I'm opening the impartment. Do you want to come?" Bai Rui said unhappily. She had not forgotten how V took advantage of her in the morning.
"Haha, add me in." But V didn't buy it. She just climbed up the ladder without letting Bai Rui get the upper hand. "Okay, enough joking. For business matters, let's meet in the open space under the overpass."
"Okay." After saying that, Bai Rui hung up the phone.
Sighing, Bai Rui stared at the street scene outside the window in a daze.
It finally began.
According to the original plot, V will get the crew cut without any danger, and then sneak into the Konpeki Plaza to steal the relic chip from Arasaka Yorinobu.
Like that unexpected twist in any story, things went awry.
Just when V and her friends successfully stole the relic chip, Arasaka Yorinobu's father, Saburo Arasaka, suddenly came to Konpeki Plaza and questioned his son.
Then Arasaka Yorinobu, the filial son, strangled his father to death in anger.
The building was urgently blocked off, and the unfortunate V and her gang were believed to be the murderers of Saburo and were brutally surrounded.
T-BUG was made into a roasted brain, Jack was seriously injured and died, and only V barely escaped the pursuit.
But in the end, V, who had finally escaped, was used by DeShawn to calm the situation down and was shot dead.
After that, she woke up in a familiar garbage dump, and V and Johnny Silverhand who had awakened in the relic chip were mixed in V's body.
Bai Rui didn't intend to let this happen again.
Logically speaking, with her current abilities, she could make V and Jack become legends of Night City without them having to participate in this mission.
But Bai Rui deeply understood one thing, that the tragedy of Night City was caused by the giant companies that had absolute power. As long as the company's monopoly existed, she and V would not have any bright future.
We avoided Arasaka this time, but what about next time? Military technology? Zeta Corporation? Or biotechnology?
The bad things done by these companies are no less than those done by Arasaka. As long as Bai Rui and the others are still in this world, it is impossible to avoid them.
If you really want to seek a better future, you must completely defeat these companies and let Night City be reborn in the flames of destruction.
This is Bai Rui's real "big plan".
She wants to eliminate all corporate giants, create her ideal world, and establish heaven on earth in this world.
Therefore, she will not avoid this mission. On the contrary, she will try to find a way to seize Johnny Silverhand's relic chip during this mission. This chip will be of great use to her and will definitely make her the overlord of Night City.
While she was thinking, Arnold had already driven to the open space under the overpass.
This was originally a floodgate, but without water, it became an empty lot overgrown with weeds.
Here, V and Jack were already waiting next to V's car.
"What car is this?"
Seeing the unknown car approaching, V and Jack became alert until Bai Rui got out of the car.
"Hi, both of you, good afternoon." Bai Rui saluted with two fingers, looking naughty. Obviously, she was in a good mood because of the good harvest today. "Did Dexter arrange a helper for you? I brought him to you."
"This is..." Jack looked at Arnold who got out of the driver's seat, his eyes suddenly widened. "Damn, V, isn't this the mysterious man who helped us in the alley last time?"
"Really?" V leaned against the car with her hands folded, frowning as she watched the two people approaching, and carefully looked at Arnold who was walking towards them.
"Terminator, Arnold."
Arnold stretched out his big hand towards V.
Saying the nickname first and then the real name, this kind of self-introduction is really too pretentious. Bai Rui has wanted to do this for a long time.
"V." V looked at Arnold without saying anything and introduced herself coldly.
But Jack shook his hand enthusiastically.
"Jack Welles, maybe you've heard of me." Jack shook his arms vigorously, his expression eager. "I didn't expect that the helper introduced by Dexter was you, buddy. It's such a coincidence. We haven't said thank you for the last time."
"You have a nice body. Which gym did you come from?"
There is a saying that moderate fitness attracts the opposite sex, while excessive fitness attracts the same sex. Only the same sex can understand how much effort you have put into sculpting your body. Look, Jack was visibly envious of Arnold's strong body.
"Bai Rui, don't you want to tell me the situation?"
But compared to the outgoing Jack, V had a frown on her face, especially when she saw Bai Rui and Arnold were both dressed in black, she felt even more upset.
"Hey, this guy I know, I heard he wants to cooperate with us, so I brought him here."
"Bai Rui..." V wanted to ask again, but thinking about the many people around her, she suppressed her anger and decided to go back and ask Bai Rui alone.
"Well, I heard that you have some skills and can help us deal with Maelstrom, but remember, things may not get to the worst. We are the ones responsible for negotiations. Do as I say when the time comes. Do you understand?"
V was in a bad mood, and her words were full of sarcasm and very harsh. If Arnold was a real person, he might really argue with her, but Arnold was just a machine, and under Bai Rui's control, he maintained the greatest restraint, which was silence.
Although Bai Rui didn't know why V was so angry.
Bai Rui walked over to V and leaned against her. Before she could say anything, V hugged her tightly, causing her to roll her eyes.
What happened to V?
Bai Rui, who was pulled into V's arms, looked up in confusion and looked at V's profile.
kinda short chapter.