"I'm waiting for your answer, Kuroiwa-kun."
"Yes! I'm very sorry, Master Saburo. I am responsible for the failure of this operation. Please punish me."
On the top floor of Tokyo Arasaka Tower in the world of Cyberpunk 2077, Saburo Arasaka, who has ruled the Arasaka Empire for more than a hundred years, shook his head slightly. His deep voice full of majesty made the middle-aged man in black samurai uniform in front of him immediately bow and salute, recognizing him. In the world of District 9, the enemy is underestimated and careless.
Waving his hand to let the other party not be so nervous, Saburo turned sideways and looked at his subordinate who had a faint cold sweat on his forehead. He coughed lightly and said: "Kuroiwa-kun, you have assisted me for many years. If I really want to punish you, I won't I will choose to meet you at the dojo.”
Seeing Kuroiwa groaning in silence, he stopped talking. Saburo looked down through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the top floor at the prosperous city under his feet, which was brightly lit to the point of dazzling. He remembered a night like this more than ten years ago, when Kuroiwa was just a department manager. Tomohiko took the initiative to reveal his identity as a time traveler when reporting to him, which shocked him.
After learning that Heiyan had the ability to travel through time and space, the two of them had a very happy conversation. Although he knew that the former's loyalty to Arasaka was not as reliable as it seemed, Saburo did not mind having more capable careerists among his men.
With his extraordinary ability, Tomohiko Kuroiwa, who had been an office worker for half his life in his previous life, was quickly reused by Saburo and was fully responsible for the development of Arasaka Company in the other world and the training of secret troops.
Unfortunately, the first world that Kuroiwa found for Arasaka was extremely desolate. Not only was the population extremely small, but even the planned resources for development had been exploited by the countries that had long since perished in that world. If it weren't for the vast land that was still somewhat valuable, Saburo had wanted to withdraw his huge investment in Black Rock more than once and concentrate on the company's business in the cyber world.
However, things seemed to have turned around a month ago, because Kuroiwa finally accumulated enough promotion points by selling Arasaka products in the Bankai Market, and gained the ability to set foot in the new world again.
And this time he did not disappoint Saburo. After investigation by Kuroiwa's ninja troops who specialized in infiltration work, the new world was ten thousand times better than the previous barren place.
Not only does it have a large population and resources, but what makes Saburo even more excited is that the indigenous technology of the new world is not developed compared to 2077, and can even be said to be backward. As long as it can defeat the opponents competing with Black Rock for promotion spots, Arasaka Company can slowly map out the new world and subtly turn the world of District 9 into the second Cyberpunk 2077.
However, in the recent operation against the shrimp people, Kuroiwa's ninja troops, which consumed a lot of the company's resources, actually fought a 50-50 split with a group of enemies who were significantly weaker than Arasaka.
Although it is true that the battle damage is better than the appearance, it is also true that the ninja troops did not complete their mission. What's more, every Arasaka ninja is equipped with valuable military-grade prosthetics, and there are many powerful technical weapons and smart weapons. It is really inappropriate to be beaten like this.
But now that the matter is over, Saburo Arasaka is no longer prepared to hold Tomohiko Kuroiwa accountable. After all, in his opinion, this is just a small fight. Regardless of whether the opponent is weaker or stronger than Arasaka this time, Kuroiwa's ability is indispensable to the company.
So Saburo walked slowly to Heiyan and sat down on the ground, asking him how he planned to plan his next move - for this old man whose biological age was over 150 years old and who did not have any implants or prosthetics installed in his body, Being able to walk freely underground is already the pinnacle of Arasaka's biotechnology.
Even the outside world is not optimistic about Saburo, the terrifying dictator who single-handedly developed Arasaka Corporation to the point of overriding the state machinery, and how long he has left in his life. But as long as he is alive, Arasaka Company will still be the thousand-year empire that will never fall in the minds of countless people.
"The hacker force's Internet penetration into the new world was completed three days ago, and the intelligence collection work against MNU and District 9 was very successful. Thanks to your foresight in hacking technology, we not only obtained a large amount of data about the shrimp people , and also built a solid data fortress in the Internet of the new world."
"In other words, hackers have stabilized the network structure of the Internet and fortressed the data of important nodes. Unless Butmosus is resurrected in the new world, the collapse of the original network will never collapse again."
After hearing this, Saburo showed a satisfied smile, obviously quite proud of the elite hacker team he had spent great efforts to cultivate.
He didn't care at all how much the ninja troops lost, nor did he care whether a small skirmish was won or not. As one of the few people in the world who has lived from the beginning of the last century to the present, he has witnessed the disintegration of the United States, the rise of giant companies, and the collapse of the Internet. A "first network collapse" that spread across the world.
The Internet originally existed in his world. No matter it is a country, company or individual, they are inseparable from this invisible network that links the world. It is not only a means for ordinary people to make a living and entertainment, but also the best way to assist the ruling class in management. tool.
Lucky Buttmoss, a man destined to go down in history, revolutionized the Internet and the world fifty years ago.
In order to resist the company's increasingly in-depth control and oppression of the people at the bottom, Bartmos, as a legendary hacker among legendary hackers, released three of the deadliest virus programs in history created by himself, Devil, Cerberus and RABIDS, onto the Internet. .
Powerful virus programs instantly destroyed countless connected systems, corrupted and released a large number of out-of-control artificial intelligence, allowing them to wreak havoc and search for data on the human Internet. Tens of thousands of network hackers are using brain chips. Scorched brain and nerves.
The data fortresses carefully built by countries and companies were destroyed, and all data in them were either permanently lost, randomly destroyed by out-of-control artificial intelligence, or implanted with new virus programs. When governments and giant companies react, the networks of the old era are destined to exist only in people's memories.
If it weren't for the network monitoring organization that has assembled most of humanity's network elites and geniuses and spent several years creating a "black wall" that can prevent rogue AI from entering the local area network to cause damage, I am afraid that even Arasaka Corporation would not be able to fight against those who are like those in cyberspace. The malevolent artificial intelligence of a god.
Even so, the establishment of the blackwall and the temporary withdrawal of rogue AI do not mean the birth of a new Internet with a more complete system and more difficult to invade. What replaced it was a second-generation "Internet" composed of a large number of local area network combinations after humans fully learned their lessons.
The new "Internet" seems to be the same for netizens, but for hackers who once roamed in cyberspace, their world will always be fragmented, incomplete, and even unfree.
Therefore, after learning that the world of District 9 already had a complete global Internet, Saburo Arasaka's first instruction to Kuroiwa was to control the network and build a strong data fortress that could withstand the most terrifying virus programs and malicious AI, lest the new world The Internet is going the way of Cyberpunk 2077 for some reason.
Whoever controls the Internet has the power to define truth. This is not an empty statement in 2077. Arasaka had already lost once in the war against virus programs and rogue AI, and Saburo didn't want the company to lose again under his management.
“In addition to the Shrimp Man’s intelligence, they discovered that New World South Africa’s health minister was wooing government officials in exchange for support with the promise of a permanent solution to the District 9 problem.”
After straightening his formal samurai uniform, Kuroiwa Tomohiko stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for Saburo Arasaka. After seeing the other person take a brief sip, he put down the tea cup. Not daring to look at him, he quickly lowered his head and asked: "I think There is something fishy in this, it is very likely that the enemy is plotting it, but I don’t know what you think, Master Saburo?”
"The command of the ninja force is in your hands. I think you know better than me what to do."
After finishing his sentence, Saburo picked up the tea cup again, blew on the hot air floating on the lip of the cup and added: "I remember I told you, Kuroiwa-kun, you are ambitious and careful, but lack patience. Don't care about something at any time. To make up for the loss, as long as you do good things for Arasaka, you will get far more than you want."
"Yes! Master Saburo."
Tomohiko Kuroiwa was not an idiot who had no eyesight, so he stood up and bowed deeply to Saburo before silently leaving the dojo, opening a portal and stepping onto the high-dimensional passage to the world of District 9.
This time, he wanted to see with his own eyes who the soldiers who fought against the cyborg ninjas were with their flesh and blood bodies.
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