Chapter 262

Even if there is damage, the damaged metal body is being repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This also made Arasaka's senior executives more determined to get it.

But this matter is obviously not that easy——

Although they were caught off guard, after recovering, a large number of attackers immediately engaged the newly arrived Arasaka army.

It's okay if you're fighting from a distance.

But once it turns into a mid- to close-range battle, it will be difficult to maintain the advantage on the human side.

The various unreasonable abilities of the Slammer really made Arasaka's soldiers miserable.

Having said that, anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the continuous heavy firepower output, it is only a matter of time before Arasaka wins.

——But there is a saying: Whatever you are afraid of will come to you.

Just when Arasaka's commandos were about to head straight for the black box in the crater, a few bullets suddenly knocked them down.

A black car appeared next to the black box one step ahead.

After appearing, the person above immediately got out of the car and directly took away the black box on the ground with a tool similar to a large clamp.

Then he walked away without looking back.

But before disappearing, the logo on the black car body was extremely dazzling among the Arasaka senior executives.

——"Militech"

"CNMD! Military technology!"

He was about to succeed, but at the last moment he was picked off by his old rival.

In the conference room of Arasaka Tower, the blood pressure of a group of people rose instantly!

However, even if they wanted to send people to chase them, there was no one available at the scene as their overall combat power was held back by the attackers.

The only thing I can get my hands on is a few drones...

It's okay to hit someone, but it's hard to say take a taxi.

"Then send them out too! If you can't beat it, smash it!"

Looking at the black car that kicked up a puff of smoke from the rear, their eyes were bloodshot and veins popped out on their foreheads.

Even if it is because of the effect of controlling their emotions with a dog-licking attitude, this is also their true feelings at the moment.

——This is also the result Lin Qiao wants.

The plan went smoothly.

Chapter 323 There will always be a winner

The thrilling chase... didn't happen.

After all, the heavily armed troops sent out were completely held back by the attackers, and even if they wanted to send out new commandos, the time it would take would be enough for the military technology people to run to a safe location.

At this point, many of Arasaka's senior executives wanted to curse.

——They are obviously stealing boxes, why don’t you stop those bastards from Military Technology?

There are many people bullying us in Arasaka, right?

In short, even though all the drones were dispatched, they were shot down as expected.

And when an observation drone subsequently became unresponsive, the hearts of Arasaka's senior executives also hit rock bottom.

Things took a turn for the worst——

They couldn't imagine what kind of things military technology would do if it mastered the power of that box... Although they would do such a thing in other situations.

But unfortunately, it is not them who have the initiative now.

It shouldn't be like this! Military technology, you come here to steal things from other people’s homes, you bastard! Give me the box back!

He let out a roar like that of a Kalekarian star.

But that was when Arasaka planned to take advantage of the fact that military technology had not yet grasped the secrets of the box, and took the first step to snatch the things back.

The black box that they had been thinking about automatically returned to Arasaka's arms half an hour later.

It’s not a plot about spiritual beings choosing their masters, which even if you think about it, there’s something wrong with it.

To be precise, he was sent back.

"Sasha Yakovleva, 22 years old, is a mercenary and cyber hacker by profession. She is also the culprit who caused the explosion in the biotechnology office building a few days ago and leaked a large number of confidential documents to News 54..."

Also in the conference room of Arasaka Tower.

A member of the Counterintelligence Department was introducing information about Sasha to senior executives.

Including its attack on biotechnology and the process and reasons for leaking data files to News 54... But the people sitting here don't care about this.

On the contrary, I can write down some biotech secrets, maybe they can be used in the future.

"Is she the one who sent the black box back?"

"Yes, as for the reason, it is because News 54 concealed the side effects of biotechnology products."

"News 54? Oh, you really deserve it, military technology."

Regarding this, everyone present could not help but laugh.

After all, the relationship between News 54 and military technology is well known.

——It’s okay now, retribution has come.

According to Sasha's own description, she was planning to escape Night City at that time, but by chance, she happened to run into a military-tech car...

As a result, I couldn't hold it back.

Getting angry, he directly used his hacking ability to kill everyone inside.

"But what happened to her body? Why are there no traces of prosthetic transformation?"

At this time, one of them noticed something strange about Sasha.

Sasha in the holographic projection... is so clean.

——The cleanliness mentioned here refers to the degree of transformation of the body.

Although network hackers are not like other mercenaries who fight head-on, they would like to be equipped with combat prosthetics all over their bodies.

But the demand for prosthetics is not low either.

Basic things like scanning prosthetic eyes, neural access points, and personal data lines for hands are still needed.

So no matter what, it is impossible for Sasha to have no trace of prosthetic implants on her body.

It is impossible to hack the Internet with thoughts, right?

"Yes, according to our speculation, this may be the result of her touching the black box."

The member of the counterintelligence department who made the report changed the picture displayed by the holographic projection.

It was a pile of perfectly removed prosthetics.

Combined with the previous information, it is not difficult to speculate that the moment Sasha touched the black box, the black box directly repaired her body after being transformed by the prosthetics.

"The black box has this ability? Doesn't it turn the person it touches into a metal monster?"

Fujioka Kaoru said quite "shocked".

There is no trace at all. In fact, someone took it apart by hand, and in the process, he also made the person involved act as a teaching aid, which left a psychological shadow on the white-haired loli.

"We are still experimenting on this, but for now, the black box has shown many abilities, and healing the body is just one of them."

"The most peculiar thing is that some kind of bottle-like object will appear in the slot on the black box."

"When the black box approaches the converted metal monster, these bottles will automatically absorb it."

The holographic projection then showed a scene of a blank bottle absorbing the slammer, which made everyone marvel.

This behavior of absorbing people as nutrients... is really worthy of being the creation of alien civilization.

Hurry up and get more.

"And the black box will also emit a special electromagnetic wave, which will completely disable the communication within a certain range-this is probably the reason why the NC-E01 base could not sound the alarm before."

"Electromagnetic waves?"

At this point, someone seemed to realize something.

"In other words, military technology may not have received information about the black box?"

"It's impossible to be sure, but we investigated the communication information of the people on the car and found no records of reporting to military technology, so this possibility is very high."

That's really great!

Arasaka's top brass couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although they had obtained the black box, they had only just started researching it. Not to mention using the power in it, they didn't even have a clue.

It would be great if they could make a fortune quietly.

Although they didn't know that the military technology people were actually arranged by Lin Qiao in advance, they just faked the scene a little.

It was just for this play... But it's better to hide the truth until the end.

At least from Fujioka Kaoru's perspective, when she saw a group of elderly people who were obviously in their sixties and seventies, but looked as young as less than thirty because of anti-aging drugs, and showed a smile comparable to that of a child, Lin Qiao was sincerely happy for them.

Well, let's just say that.

"By the way, how is the hacker now?"

"Yes, we temporarily arranged her in the reception room and arranged a team of soldiers to accompany her for 'protection'."

In fact, it was just surveillance.

"Then what are her requests? She would voluntarily hand this thing over to Arasaka. It's impossible that she has no desires, right?"

"About this point..."

The member of the counterintelligence department first glanced at the faces of the big guys around him, and then continued: "She has two demands, one of which is to obtain company immunity..."

"Impossible!"

Before he finished speaking, someone had already spoken out to reject it outright.

Chapter 324 Go find that adult quickly

"Give company immunity to a mercenary? What a joke? Those wild dogs are not worth the company's efforts at all."

The one who objected was Tanaka, the highest person in charge of Arasaka's product department in Night City.

His fat body was relatively conspicuous among the crowd.

And as he spoke, some people around him nodded in agreement.

Those present were not the first day in the company, and they also knew what company immunity meant.

To put it nicely, it is the company's protection of people outside the system.

To put it bluntly, it is the benefit that must be obtained even if it offends another company.

So the question is: Does Sasha have that value?

If the black box was still in her hands, then of course there would be some... but the black box had been handed over to Arasaka.

This means that even if Arasaka turned against her, it would not matter if she was beaten on the spot.

——Although they had already done so.

"That's true, and there is no need for us to offend Biotech." Another person agreed.

If it was a small or medium-sized company, it would be fine.

But offending a super company like Biotech for a mercenary who has lost his value is not worth it.

"And then? What's the other request?"