Chapter 246

Many years ago, Arasaka was sent from Tokyo headquarters to Night City as the executive director... He was also a distant relative of Lin Qiao and Lucy.

Although he is already over 50 years old this year, under the effect of anti-aging drugs in this world, he looks only about 20 years old.

He was a high-ranking person who could make Night City tremble with a stomp of his foot... But that was in the past.

As for now, he has a life of working during the day, falling asleep at night, and transferring money to Lucy's ATM machine from time to time.

And just as Lin Qiao said, as long as there is no accident, that is, the help of another unknown time traveler, this guy will never be able to get rid of his control in this life.

As he gradually evolves towards stage 2, his control over genetic factors is also increasing.

At least there will be no situation where two bodies are operated at the same time, but the movements are chaotic.

Having said that, Lin Qiao did not completely control his body.

After all, he still has to go to work after controlling it... Those broken facts of Arasaka are too troublesome.

Except for taking over the other person's body when necessary, the person cursing in the Arasaka Tower office is still the original "Fujioka Kaoru" personality.

To be honest, the executive director of Arasaka has not realized that there are two intruders in his home until now.

And this is also an unexpected result of Lin Qiao's new experiment...

-- Instantaneous amnesia

Many people should have such experiences, such as just planning to do something, but forgetting it the next second.

This is also what Lin Qiao did to Fujioka Kaoru in recent days.

Unlike deleting other people's memories for several hours or even days in the past.

The genetic factor possessed in Fujioka Kaoru will only delete his memory for a few seconds.

This means that as long as he has a doubt, Lin Qiao will delete all the related contents in his brain, so that he can continue to live a "normal" life.

-- Because he doesn't know what he thought in the last second.

In the eyes of outsiders, it's nothing more than being in a daze for two seconds.

At this time, Lin Qiao would quietly implant part of her thoughts into his brain, thereby interfering with his actions and making him think that she had always thought so.

Combined with the dog-licking stance that only targets him, it can be said that he is completely controlled.

"It is more successful than expected..."

This semi-control state can not only grasp the other party's actions at any time, but also reduce the energy required to control people.

But compared with the original plan, it is a little worse to directly transform the other party's thoughts from the root... I always feel that I can't find the trick.

"But forget it, this is enough."

It's almost time to move on to the next step... Having said that, how to go is still a problem.

Lin Qiao pinched her chin, various thoughts flashed through her mind, and then shook her head.

"What's wrong? It's rare to see you show this expression."

The sound of splashing water came from the other side of the swimming pool.

Lucy climbed up after swimming to the edge of the swimming pool with a swimming ring.

She picked up a glass of orange juice with both hands and walked to the silent Lin Qiao.

"No, I'm just a little confused about what to do next."

He took the orange juice handed over by Lucy, took a sip, put it aside, and picked up the homemade Nebula coffee instead.

"Can you tell me? Although I may not be able to help..." Although he said he was a partner, he seemed to be eating free rice these days.

"Don't say that, your hacking ability has helped a lot."

He stood up, sat with the other party, and wiped the other party's wet head with a towel.

"In short, I am a little hesitant about whether to be low-key or high-profile next... You can help me with reference, and I also want to hear other people's opinions."

"Yeah." Lucy nodded. "What do you mean by low-key?"

"It means maintaining the current situation and keeping all our activities in secret."

It sounds reasonable. At least Lucy herself is not used to showing up in public, so as not to arouse suspicion from others.

"So high-profile?"

"I want the whole Arasaka to be my dog."

"....."

Do you want to listen to what you are saying?

Lucy's eyes turned very subtle when she looked at Lin Qiao.

She probably wanted to throw him into the swimming pool and let him calm down... Then, she paid the price for her rude eyes.

Boom!

A crisp sound of head banging sounded, and it was a good start.

"It hurts!"

"It hurts, it's normal to look at someone with that kind of eyes and get beaten... Anyway, let's talk about this issue later."

At least he still needs to get familiar with the internal situation of Arasaka through Fujioka Kaoru.

Otherwise, it's too easy to overturn if he acts rashly.

"It's getting late, I'll take you to dinner first."

He stood up and pulled Lucy, who still had some resentment in her eyes, away.

Not long after the two left, the swimming ring in the middle of the swimming pool turned into a pool of blue slime and followed, and merged into Lin Qiao's body from the trouser legs.

Chapter 303 Rebecca asked a question mark

It is not difficult to eat well in Night City. No matter which district you are in, you can find restaurants and roadside stalls on the roadside. The prices are not expensive. Moreover, since Night City brings together people from all over the world, there are all kinds of tastes.

But if you want to eat with confidence, that’s two things.

The meat these days is not necessarily real meat.

Mostly synthetic meat.

And the raw materials are mostly high-protein bugs and the like.

For example, in the southern suburbs of Night City, crickets or mealworms are raised in protein farms under the pseudo-biotechnology.

These bugs are ground into a paste in a machine, and then processed through various procedures to become the meat that most people come into contact with.

And of course, in order to make these fakes taste like real meat, they naturally contain various additives.

Compared with the era half a century ago, human hunger has not been eliminated in the past few decades...but technology and work have indeed made considerable progress.

Speaking of which, wanderers running around are a little better. From time to time, they can catch animals like possums from the wild to give themselves a meal.

Although there is no guarantee about the health of wild animals, such as whether they are adulterated with viruses or something, at least they are not bugs.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s no real meat.

Do you want dignitaries from all walks of life to eat bugs like mud-legged people? Do you think a shuttle can't kill you?

Generally speaking, normal meats such as pigs, cattle and sheep are still available, but the prices are ridiculously expensive. It’s okay to call them luxuries.

It is precisely because the prices are ridiculously expensive and completely out of touch with ordinary people that they are only available in certain high-end restaurants.

"ember"

A high-end restaurant only for dignitaries.

And thanks to Fujioka Kaoru, a big dog owner, this place has also become the daily dining place for Lin Qiao and Lucy, his "distant relatives".

——Lin Qiao really didn't want Lucy to eat those meats of unknown origin, made of insects as raw materials, and possibly mixed with human corpses.

With exquisite decoration, melodious classical music, and completely natural vegetables and meat, just one meal can cost an average person three or four months of their income.

Does it taste...ok?

Well, since evolving into a Blood Star person, Lin Qiao doesn't care much about the taste of food.

He values ​​quantity more than quality.

But at least Lucy was happy eating it.

——And this is also not the point.

In short, after walking out of this high-end restaurant, a more serious matter was placed in front of Lin Qiao.

"..."

Lin Qiao fell into silence looking at the changed car in front of her.

The car they drove out when they came out was one of the many sports cars in Kaoru Fujioka's garage.

——It’s not the Lake Lady’s Sword, after all, that thing is too high-profile.

In addition, Fujioka Kaoru himself is usually very precious. If he is suddenly handed over to an outsider, it may arouse unnecessary suspicion.

Having said that, it's just for a meal... Although this car seems to be very valuable now, it obviously doesn't look like the one I drove.

"Lucy, do you think it's possible? In fact, what we drove was an Autobot from the planet Cybertron, but because it was dissatisfied with the shape of its sports car, it changed its shape while we were eating. Woolen cloth?"

"....Are you serious?"

Lucy's eyes suddenly widened, but the questioning in her eyes did not make anyone restrained...

So now that it’s time, don’t take the topic in a weird direction!

"It looks like the car has been stolen. Is your brain squeezed by the door?"

The quiet mutterings were easily suppressed by the noise of people coming and going, directly stating the correct answer to the situation the two were facing.

.....It's just that it wasn't Lucy who said this.

Lin Qiao turned her head and looked behind her.

A girl with light-colored hair, a pair of ponytails, and a black loose coat, with "impatient" written all over her face...or maybe Loli is more appropriate.

She was standing against the wall and seemed to be eating gum, chewing it in her mouth.

"What are you looking at? You have an opinion, company dog!?"

I don't know whether he was bored with Lin Qiao's sight, or was annoyed because he recognized him as someone from the company, or maybe both.

There was an unbearable irritability in her tone.

It’s such a wonderful feeling to be disliked even when we first met...

Lin Qiao pinched her chin, not feeling unhappy at the other party's targeting.

"Have you seen our car? And by the way, I'm not from the company."

"Clam?"

Just like a bad boy in a Japanese drama, he pouted and made some kind of weird noise at the same time.

He carefully looked at the person in front of him.

Compared with most people in Night City who are bohemian and dress in all kinds of styles, Lin Qiao and Lucy's clothing can be said to be conservative.

Of course, more importantly, it’s expensive!

Rebecca curled her lips and said, "You are the only one who believes in ghosts..."

No matter how ignorant you are about the clothes produced by this high-end clothing store in Jinguji Temple, you can still tell that the fabrics used are much better than those sold at ordinary street stalls.

Anyone who can afford such clothes is either a powerful corporate dog or a legend of Night City...