"Looks like you had a special night!"
With this first sentence, Johnny immediately made Xie Yuan's blood surge: It's not because of you that this night is so special!
But Xie Yuan still held back his anger.
Because showing anger is just an extra reward for saboteurs - what Johnny wants to see most is because of his behavior, Arasaka and Metal Gear bite the dog's mouth, and finally look furious, that's all.
He was neither a revolutionary nor a thinker, not even a poet. He was just a rock kid eager for extra attention in the spotlight.
The losses caused by his previous so-called resistance to large companies were not even as much as a fraction of a small battle between Junke and Arasaka.
Even this time... humph... After calculation, it is still unknown whether ordinary people lost more or Arasaka Company lost more!
"It feels good, right, Johnny?" Xie Yuan looked at his brother calmly, "Both buildings collapsed by you alone. According to preliminary statistics, 50,000 civilians died in the first moment of the explosion. It has been two to three hours now. , the death toll has risen sharply to 80,000... This is not the end yet.
Do you feel particularly good about being a butcher who only dares to attack ordinary people, killing nearly 100,000 people in the blink of an eye? ! "
"Huh?!" Xie Yuan patted Johnny's handsome face and looked at him, "Killing one is a crime, killing ten thousand is a hero. Congratulations! Brother, you have successfully become a hero. !”
"Hey! At least I've given you, these evil big companies, a headache! As for the price...it must be borne, and..."
Johnny opened his swollen face, looked at Rogge and Thompson behind him, and said words that made them frown: "If you really care about the lives of those who died, they were also involved with me, why don't you criticize them? Get rid of them?!"
Xie Yuan turned to look at Rogge and Thompson, then looked back at Johnny and sneered: "They say you are a bastard, but you are really a bastard. At least they were worried about you."
"However, you misunderstood what I meant," Xie Yuan corrected, "I actually have no critical thoughts about you bombing Arasaka Tower. You are just a tool to do this. If you really want to care about it, you must first care about the whole thing. The man behind the incident - military technology."
"That's right!" Johnny finally showed a smile, and then it turned into a contemptuous smile, "Then why are you still here? Why don't you go find trouble with the military department?!"
"Can't look for it!" Xie Yuan shook his head, "Military science has been cleared and all executives will soon become part of the newly formed government. To cause trouble for them is to make enemies of the Bald Eagle political circle. I don't have the time to do this. "
"Haha, why don't you have enough time, dare not go to the military department, and don't want to criticize your own son? Ruifan, tell me..." Johnny said with contempt in his eyes, "When did you learn to be so hypocritical?!"
"When you are a businessman, two or even multiple faces are always indispensable." Xie Yuan regained his composure again, "And in this society, after all, it is more about one's deeds but not one's heart than one's heart but not deeds."
"This is why I hate you!" Johnny suddenly gritted his teeth, "You are so hypocritical, so hypocritical, and you often like to say some incomprehensible car talk - I hate people like you the most - - Especially the wealthy man who hates you for sitting on such a huge amount of wealth and land - because ghouls like you only know how to exploit other people's property and feed your own villains who deserve a nuclear bomb! All this is what you deserve Got it!"
Xie Yuan just looked at Johnny deeply, and such an anti-intellectual expression made his eyes reveal a trace of sadness: "I should really force you to study, after you finish college...at least this It will make the songs you write better, instead of having no useful content except emotion and melody!
You don’t know me at all, you don’t even know my career, and more importantly, you don’t even know what earth-shattering thing I did yesterday! "
"Really?! But my songs are listened to by many people. You have to face this fact!"
Johnny, who heard the first half of Xie Yuan's criticism, was not ashamed, but rather proud of it. Then he squinted his eyes and asked disdainfully: "Then besides the earth-shattering incident of my building being blown up, what other things have you done?" What deserves my attention?!”
Xie Yuan was choked by the last sentence and was at a loss. One thing Xie Yuan did not deny was that it might be because the entire music environment in this world is so bad that there is a situation where there are no tigers in the mountains and monkeys dominate. scene.
In Xie Yuan's opinion, Johnny Silverhand, who is both a terrible singer and a terrible person, has the status of a limo in the metaworld here - Xie Yuan has not even tried the idea of making charts to buy traffic exposure.
But Johnny Silver Hand’s appeal is so strong!
Now even Saburo Arasaka couldn't stand it anymore. Ruifan was considered a wise man, so why did he end up with such an anti-intellectual younger brother? "The Metal Gear led by Ruifan Jun has carried out technical cooperation with the Xia government, and a press conference was held yesterday. will become the third entity to establish a permanent pioneer land on Mars.
But in terms of the completeness of the base, Tonghua Palace is the first base city to have completed all infrastructure construction and can be socialized.
In other words, because of Rui Fanjun, humans have gained the ability to live on Mars for a long time for the first time.
Therefore, Metal Gear has just signed an agreement with NASA and the European Bureau to jointly improve the colonies they established and undertake some management and maintenance services. "
"Hey! I thought you had done something big! So just because you built a town on Mars, you can get away with it?!" Johnny sneered indifferently, "Things on Earth haven't been done well, you What’s the point of building a small town on Mars?!”
No one could answer the question now, and Arasaka could only turn her head helplessly. The waitress next to her also stared at Johnny with wide eyes and disbelief. She had never seen such a shameless person!
Guys like Rogge and Thompson, who are highly educated and well aware of the meaning behind it, have to cover their faces and pretend not to know Johnny.
Is it trivial to build a permanently inhabited town on Mars? !
Now any stock related to Mars colonization has gone crazy! People from all over the world even strongly demanded that the quota of 10,000 Mars residents in the first phase should not be reserved exclusively for Xia Kingdom - this has triggered heated discussions around the world.
You must know that at this time, the network has been destroyed by viruses and is about to be shut down!
"You're right! It's nothing unusual to build a small town on Mars," Xie Yuan finally put down his hands covering his face, and his tone returned to calmness again, "Earth didn't even understand it, but it went to run Mars like crazy. This is just my face.”
"So when you like to sing in concerts about being anti-big companies and anti-capital that erodes everything, I really hope you can put down the microphone, don't put your dick in so many kittens, don't take so many drugs and alcohol , do more practical things.
For example, pick up a pen and paper, examine the inequality of wealth and poverty around the world, make a more profound summary of thoughts, and call for another ideological GM in the world, or even violent GM - I am even willing to provide Any help. "
"But I'm disappointed, you're not that kind of person." Xie Yuan's eyes suddenly darkened.
But the waitress next to her saw Saburo Arasaka, who was leaning sideways, with his face facing her, gently covering his twitching lips, and his eyes even hinted that she shouldn't say anything - as if she was desperately trying to hold back. …laugh?
"Of course I'm not that kind of person!" Johnny responded matter-of-factly, "I just want everyone to be free! But this society is not free and is full of oppression!"
"I think you were right about the last sentence, but you were wrong about the first part. You even exceeded my worst plans for you - I originally thought that at most you would become a person who didn't have the guts to trigger an ideological revolution, but had the guts to make money through it."
"But I didn't expect," Xie Yuan walked around Johnny's back and patted his shoulders, "Aside from exposing unfairness anytime and anywhere, you can't do any effective countermeasures. You only know how to sell anxiety - what's more, you don't use any means. Just know how to use bombs!
And besides Arasaka, the first target of Tama to use bombs was me! "
"Finally!" Johnny relaxed at this moment, "You just said you were angry because I blew up your building! Why are you talking about so much and nothing?!"
"You don't care at all about hurting your brother, hurting tens of thousands of civilians around a building - some are even your fellow Morobei people?!"
But Johnny just didn't care: "If their blood can be used to expose you, the evil corporate devil, and make your evil organization collapse - then they will deserve their death."
Besides, they all turned to you back then and were all your criminal thugs. They can be considered as repaying their original sin! "
"You know our old lady is here, right?!"
"..." Johnny was silent for a while, but remained determined, "I will be sorry, but this is a necessary sacrifice to defeat you."
"Hmph! Okay." Xie Yuan took a few steps back, looking very lonely.
To Johnny, it was as if he had lost his soul.
But slowly, a smile suddenly appeared on Xie Yuan's face, and he even grinned heartily: "Hahahaha! Oh, I didn't expect that you have extreme liberal thoughts and Jacobinism. You are worthy of being my buddy."
"But it's a pity that you can only accept a flawed ending." Xie Yuan looked at Johnny with regretful eyes, "Although it is a bit wicked, until now, except for the bomb on Arasaka Tower that was indeed detonated, Metal Gear The bomb in the building was discovered in advance and deactivated."
"What?!" Johnny looked at Roger and Thompson beside him. After getting the exact answer, he was also furious, "Fuck! It seems that I have to die with regrets."
He could see that Ruifan no longer planned to keep him alive.
"So Mr. Arasaka, after this incident, you really should upgrade your security system."
Xie Yuan turned to Saburo Arasaka and gave a sincere suggestion, then turned back to look at Johnny and pressed the Soul Killer start button: "Fake Squid, Johnny!"
"Fake Squid, Ruifan - ahhhhhh!!!" He almost didn't have time to finish his last words, Johnny's face suddenly became extremely rosy, then his eyes widened with anger, and he screamed in pain...
Eventually, it was all over and Johnny was frozen in that moment.
Roger and Thompson both turned their heads, not wanting to see Johnny's miserable death - they both wanted River to show mercy, but Johnny was too ungrateful.
"My condolences, Mr. Rifan." Finally, Saburo Arasaka came over and greeted him expressionlessly, "Your mother still needs your care. I will make an announcement to the public. Johnny's death was ours, Arasaka's."
"I want to take away his body... Can I call two people over?" Xie Yuan asked quietly, looking at Johnny's dead eyes.
"Of course!" Saburo Arasaka said.
So Xie Yuan raised his cell phone and dialed a number: "Iron Man, send two white MECs equipped with medical modules to my coordinates, and bring a stasis capsule with them."
"Oh, got it, MEC will be here right away" Iron Man's voice was brisk.
After a while, a huge footsteps suddenly came "rumbling" from far to near. Xie Yuan turned his head and looked at the direction of the sound, and a huge mechanical structure suddenly broke in.
"President, we noticed that someone broke into this place..."
Except for the fleshy head, this giant cyberman whose eyes, mouth and chin were replaced by cyber accessories, and the other black mechanical accessories walked in and shouted a warning to Arasaka.
Then he saw Rogge and Thompson who were on guard...
"Intruder!!!" With a "buzz" sound, this huge synthetic mechanical structure immediately attacked the two people.
"Stop!" Saburo Arasaka's voice finally stopped the guy who was about to release the laser.
"But, boss, they are-"
"They are the entourage brought by Mr. Ruifan, and Mr. Ruifan is my distinguished guest, so they are also my guests."
Saburo Arasaka waved his hand to stop the aggressive behavior of the mechanical structure, and then went to Xie Yuan's side, "This is Ruifan Linde, the founder and chairman of Metal Gear Group, the true identity of John Ironface, he Come visit me and discuss some business cooperation with me. Don't be so rude."
Then he apologized to Xie Yuan: "Mr. Ruifan, I'm sorry for causing you unnecessary shock. This is Adam Hammer, a senior agent of the Arasaka Group's security department."
"Are you Adam Hammer?" Xie Yuanrao looked at the giant cyborg in front of him with interest, "The famous Arasaka mercenary? Wow, you are indeed as famous as Morgan Blackhand from Military Science on the market now. A top role, truly extraordinary.”
"River Linde?! Johnny Silverhand's brother?!"
Adam Heavy Hammer showed a contemptuous smile: "Who knew that the famous John Ironface would have such a stupid brother, and even with such a high status, he could not save his life."
"Shut up! You metal doll without a trace of flesh!" Rogge stood up and scolded, "We are here as guests, not to endure your ridicule. Please keep your mouth clean, otherwise we may be torn into pieces." Piece, don’t blame me for not reminding you!”
"You bitch - ah -"
Adam's Hammer was waiting for an opportunity to strike. When he turned around, a huge force suddenly made him fly into the air. Then when he landed on the ground, he became a "crackling" piece.
Rogge couldn't help but look at the parts, and said speechlessly to the head rolling on the ground with a confused look on his face: "I told you..."
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Xie Yuan stood with his foot on the knee of his other leg and patted the invisible dust on it, "I'm sorry for breaking your puppet."
"How could it be?" Arasaka showed an amiable smile, "I have to say, he should thank you for not killing him, but if the depression is not clear yet, I will fight it for him, you can continue. Kick."
"Forget it, for the sake of you being here, I'm embarrassed to do this," Xie Yuan waved his hand, "We still have our own things to do, so we won't bother you too much."
"makes sense."
Saburo Arasaka nodded, then stretched out his hands and clapped three times, "Pah! Pah! Pah!" A group of thin and hunched figures suddenly emerged from the darkness.
"Take him to the maintenance department to arrange repairs." Saburo Arasaka pointed to the "parts" scattered on the ground and pointed downwards. "Two white MEC robots with metal gears will arrive later carrying... stasis capsules. Front desk, don’t stop them, bring them directly to me.”
"Hi!" The group of figures bowed in unison, and then immediately began to get busy.
After a while, after the group of figures left, the ground was as clean as if nothing had happened.
"Ninja Army?" Xie Yuan asked.
"Hahaha, Ruifan-kun, our Arasaka family was not a prominent family in the beginning, how could we raise such a carrier as the Ninja Army?"
Arasaka laughed and corrected Xie Yuan: "They are just a team of ordinary waiters."
Xie Yuan thought to himself that with this silent speed, he couldn't be an ordinary waiter, right?
However, his face still showed a look of realization: "Oh, that's it, I've seen it, I've seen it!"
…
Thirty minutes later, Xie Yuan and his team got on the helicopter, and two MEC robots carried the stasis capsule containing Johnny's body onto the cabin.
Having just seen the stasis chamber and the MEC robot that was repairing Johnny's body, he was immediately shocked and wanted to purchase stasis technology and the corresponding technology for medical robots.
Neither Xie Yuan fully agreed - but they did not reject it firmly. They just asked Saburo Arasaka to talk to Stike II later - Xie Yuan gave him full power.
Stike II is actually the transliteration of STC2.0, which makes it easier to call it later. Xie Yuan also handed over the entire enterprise to the baby version of STC Intelligence and Iron Man for management - so the new enterprise was called Gear 30K, STC2 .0 will serve as the legal person of Gear 30K, and Iron Man will serve as the CEO of the Metal Gear Division on Mars.
They are not hostile to each other anyway, so they can play whatever they want in the entire company, and Xie Yuan is completely liberated.
However, the atmosphere in the helicopter cabin at this time was very dull. After all, surrounding the lifelike Johnny in the stasis cabin, Roger and Thompson fell into sadness.
Xie Yuan was thinking about other things about going to other universes, so he didn't notice the atmosphere, and the robot? The intelligence of MEC robots still cannot understand such deep and complex emotions... so they all remain silent.
The atmosphere just became more and more sinking...
Until Rogge couldn't bear it anymore, he asked Xie Yuan, who looked calmly sad but was actually in a daze: "Ruifan, since Johnny is dead, do we need to hold a memorial service for him?"
"Hmm...huh?!" Xie Yuan just responded. Only then did he understand what Rogge was saying and looked at him in confusion, "Memorial meeting? Why?"
"He's dead! Ruifan," Rogge reminded emphatically, "Although he deserved his death...so I can't say anything, but as your biological brother, you cannot but give him a decent funeral."
"A decent funeral? If Night City knew that the culprit of this catastrophe was preparing to hold a funeral... Humph, do you think it would be more to commemorate or to cause trouble?"
Funeral arrangements for Johnny? Once this matter is leaked, it will trigger a huge storm of public opinion!
"Then let's have a small funeral... It's better to invite some people we know who won't be disgusted with him!" Rogge begged, and Thompson also showed an unbearable expression.
"No, what's the use of funerals and memorial services? Besides, there will be very few participants." Xie Yuan suddenly shuddered when he thought of Johnny's interpersonal relationships, "Those who are really willing to ignore past grudges, except for my mother-in-law, probably You, Thompson, Santiago—probably can’t let his crazy ex-girlfriends know, and besides, I don’t want to participate…”
"Ruifan!" Rogge stared at Xie Yuan. He didn't understand how the two brothers, who once had a harmonious relationship, have reached this point. Don't they even want to attend the funeral of their biological brother?
"My dear, my decision not to participate is not entirely due to personal grudges...well, although personal grudges make up the majority."
Xie Yuan asked Rogge and Thompson to sit down, and then answered: "The reason why I don't want to participate is very simple. If I hold a funeral for Johnny today, then I or my descendants will have to give Johnny a funeral decades later." Do—you really don’t need to have two funerals in your life, right?!”
"I...I...I'm a little confused. What do you mean two funerals?" Thompson couldn't catch up with Xie Yuan's thinking. He pointed to the stasis chamber at his feet, "Isn't he dead? His heartbeat and brain waves are all gone. there is none left."
"Theoretically, he is dead," Xie Yuan confirmed Thompson's opinion, "but the state of his death is not immutable. Otherwise, why would I want to keep his body? A coffin is much cheaper than a stasis capsule."
"Wait a minute!" Rogge remembered a key piece of information at this moment and looked at Xie Yuan with surprise, "If I remember correctly, that thing seems to be...a soul killer device, right? ? It seems to be a thing used to freeze consciousness, so you scorched his brain...but his consciousness is still alive?!"
"Yep, his consciousness is locked in Arasaka's CPU."
After telling the truth with a smile, Xie Yuan regained his desolate look: "I really want to shoot him in the head, but I'm still here, so I can't kill him openly.
She is old, and I don’t want her to see the end of her two sons killing each other in her later years, but Johnny did make a mistake. Anyway, similar crimes against humanity require at least hundreds of years in prison... I It’s not surprising to use a more cyber-oriented approach. "
"But...but it doesn't need to be locked in Saburo Arasaka's central processor, right?" Thompson somewhat disagreed with this method of disposal.
"There is an advantage to keeping him there - Saburo Arasaka hates Johnny and will not give him preferential treatment, but he will save Johnny's consciousness for the sake of me rescuing him and getting over the trough in advance instead of completely destroying him - and this That’s what I thought too.”
Xie Yuan looked at the stasis capsule under his feet and kicked it angrily: "But he shouldn't refuse a mother to visit her little son, and when she leaves, Johnny will be completely alone - I want to let He wakes up again in a few decades or even a hundred years, and then look at how ridiculous his madness and unruly behavior are today!"
Rogge and Thompson then leaned against the bulkhead and breathed a long sigh of relief, although it still did not prevent them from looking at Xie Yuan with complicated eyes.
But the sad atmosphere in the cabin finally disappeared.
(End of chapter)
