Cyber ​​psychosis is my girlfriend

The Japanese government, the Asuka faction, the royalist party...

Luo Qi kept imagining what they looked like in his head, but soon realized that it was just futile.

Because he really doesn't know much about that distant country thousands of kilometers away.

Enterprises from various countries have profoundly affected Night City, or almost everything in this city is related to, or even composed of, companies.

In such a place, it is difficult to gain a clear understanding of the world beyond these companies.

A city is a relatively closed environment, and when the city is surrounded by uninhabited bad land and the sea where many routes cannot be used, the situation will be further aggravated.

Yes, even in the information age of 2077.

"Oh! I remember!"

Luo Qi tried hard to find the memory of this aspect in his brain, and then suddenly slapped his thigh hard.

"In the fourth corporate war in 2023, the Japanese government put pressure on Arasaka to stop."

2023 years.

This is a year that changed the world.

It is not the era that determines the advent of the fourth corporate war, but the fourth corporate war that has changed this era.

After the Fourth Corporate War, in order to establish relative order in the federal government, President Elizabeth Kress imposed military control on the member states of NUSA and nationalized the domestic arms manufacturing giant MILITECH.

Having been dealing with their own internal problems, most European countries and Japan did not pay attention to developments in North America.

Of course it also includes China.

Apart from the economy and the international situation, this country in the far east has not been affected much by the Fourth Corporate War, but is busy dealing with some of its own..."internal affairs".

It was not until the 21s that the company represented by Kangtao began to make its own voice internationally, "If you don't make a sound, you will be a blockbuster", and in the following decades, it continued to use special Way to shock the world's attention.

Of course that's another topic.

In addition to the United States and military technology, the biological and chemical weapons used in the war destroyed the farmland, leaving behind horrible crop viruses, and permanently changed the production method. Biotechnology and Petrochemical ushered in new opportunities at that time.

The human virus released destroyed many metropolises, such as Busan in South Korea, without even a chance for them to "walk". The city quickly disappeared from the map.

There is also Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, which was razed to the ground in the armed conflict between Arasaka and military technology. The Explorer launched by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to Jupiter was directly abandoned in outer space, and the European Space Agency ( The O'Neill Space Station under the ESA also rioted and established its own country.

From the end of 2021 to the end of 2023, in just two years, the world has ushered in a major reshuffle that is enough to leave a strong mark in the history books.

Johnny Silverhand was the Arasaka Tower that was blown up at that time.

For Night City, this may be shocking news, but for the whole world, it is nothing more than sprinkling water.

Obviously, at that time, the Japanese multinational capital giant headed by Arasaka, and the Asuka faction of traditional Japanese capital, had already had a considerable degree of disagreement.

But 50 years later, Asuka still hasn't expanded its influence to Night City.

"This city is like a piece of cake. It's not just as simple as being divided." Regina gestured with her hand, "The companies stacked this cake higher and higher, and then built it into a fortress. In this city , unscrupulously enjoy the pleasure brought by capital monopoly and plunder.”

"Anyone who tries to get a hand in will become their enemy."

After she finished speaking, the room became silent.

There are many people who are deceived in this era, and there are also many people who can open their eyes and see the world clearly.

But when the center of sight is moved from the life in front of me to the real appearance of the world in which I live.

The topic will always become extra heavy.

It's like fighting against the whole world.

"Cut, so what."

At this time, Max spoke.

It was still the familiar tone of disdain.

"Give in to the company? Or choose to join if you can't beat them? Join them and do things that work for tigers?"

There was firmness in his voice.

Not impassioned, not ups and downs, very calm.

As if just stating a simple fact.

"Sooner or later, I will dig up all the shit they did."

Luo Qi looked at him and suddenly laughed.

Yes, resistance is useless, so why not resist?

When a country is invaded by foreign enemies, it cannot be defeated no matter how hard it is, so should it bow its head and become a vassal?

Most people are not great figures like Mr. Marx, and they have no way to explain their resistance in different ways, let alone have the ability to formulate an ideological program to fundamentally destroy these evil capitals.

But that doesn't stop them from rebelling, does it?

"Suddenly I feel like you're a little like Johnny Silverhand."

He looked at the unsmiling expression on Max's face, and the sense of familiarity in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Carrying a nuclear bomb to blow up Arasaka Tower, and using scandals to attack capital.

They are all simple and rude solutions to the symptoms, not the root cause.

On the surface, it seems that these companies have indeed suffered losses, but in fact they are far from being injured, and they are completely unable to stop the wheels of the times from continuing to move forward, no matter the direction of progress is right or wrong.

But this "meaningless" resistance is itself an integral part of this world.

Max's words were silly and stunned, like a stunned young man who has just come out to see the world and is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf.

But these words really aroused everyone's fighting spirit.

"If you take too many steps, you will get caught. Rebelling against the company is not a matter of a day or two. It's done if you don't forget your original intention, brothers."

Luo Qi clapped his hands and smiled.

Everyone is not stupid, they are all aware of what it means for the Asuka faction whose main activities are in Japan and the east coast of North America to suddenly intervene in the affairs of Night City.

There will soon be a political struggle in the city, which may be quiet on the surface, but bloody political struggles behind the scenes.

Because the commission that Regina received was for Arasaka.

"You know that person, Lucky." Regina said, "Natsuko Aso, do you still have any memories?"

As soon as the name Aso Natsuko was said, she saw Luo Qi's eyebrows twitch.

Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

In a rather fringe department of Night City.

Her daughter ran out and messed around, and heard Arasaka's secrets that she shouldn't have heard, but was killed by Arasaka's people.

At first, Luo Qi thought that this entrustment was just a simple revenge, until the female politician who was still calm after her dead daughter offered him an olive branch.

It's not right.

Looking back now, this kind of wrongness was doubled.

She didn't reveal which side she was from, she just kept selling the mystery.

Now after Regina's reminder, Luo Qi suddenly realized.

Asuka Pie!

"They are planning to develop in Night City."

Luo Qi said this rather euphemistically.

It's more than just planning to develop. In Night City, which is half a barren land, the Asuka faction is lying to themselves if they say they don't have any special ideas.

He caught a whiff of something in the air.

Not only cold, but also jerky, as well as the heavy wind that is about to come.

"Are you sure you want to take this job?"

Luo Qi still remembers Roger's warning to him.

Don't get involved with companies and the government. Even if you do, it's best to only have a superficial transaction relationship.

"Selectively accept."

Regina is very confident about this, and has obviously made sufficient preparations.

"We only deal with Arasaka, and it's still the same old way, kidnapping, stealing, assassinating, destroying."

She didn't say the rest, and of course she didn't need to say——

In the part about political struggle, I just closed my eyes, as if I didn't see anything.

"We don't do it, and there are other intermediaries who will." Regina showed the smile of the old fox, "I have already inquired, this Bird Pie, the movement is not small, not just Roger and me, half of the intermediaries have received their mandate."

Such a blatant act.

There is only one explanation.

"Good guy, is this going to declare a full-scale war?"

Luo Qi frowned in surprise and asked.

"It's a little bit less to touch this kind of political thing." Regina gave a reminder first, and then said, "It may be just a sign, not a real war, but a signal to send a certain kind of action. .”

This kind of behavior is somewhat similar to driving a warship to wander in other countries' waters.

It's impossible to fight for real, it's just a show.

Luo Qi was startled at this moment.

At the beginning, Natsuko Aso spoke nicely, said he was a talent, and said he was a professional, but in the end he didn't regard him as one of his own at all.

If he foolishly accepted the solicitation, he would only become their pawn.

Once the superficial operation in Night City is over, he will be an abandoned child.

"Asuka faction's roots are in Japan, and even if they want to develop, they'll be colluding with NUSA on the east coast. Even if their leaders want to come to Night City for a head-on confrontation, Arasaka will definitely not sit idly by."

Regina explained.

"Then shall we continue?" Luo Qi frowned.

"Of course, why not?" Regina laughed again. "We're not stupid pawns."

"Although Asuka faction doesn't plan to develop directly in Night City, there will definitely be eyeliner."

"Helping Arasaka's enemies is tantamount to attacking Arasaka, why not do it?"

Luo Qi looked at Regina who was smiling very cunningly, and was stunned for a few seconds before shaking his head dumbfounded.

Attack Arasaka, sell information, and earn commissions.

Killing three birds with one stone, and the ones who overturned the car the first time something happened were definitely those Tie Hanhan who charged for the Asuka faction.

At that time, the entire underground world, not only mercenaries, but even some second- and third-rate middlemen will be shuffled once.

And what about the top-notch middlemen?

He will only smile faintly and watch the clouds rise and fall, earning a lot of money.

The middleman is indeed an old fox!

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"I knew that no matter how nice the words are, it's still the way of the middleman."

Luo Qi is very satisfied with Regina's arrangement-cooperating with a reliable middleman is always extra reassuring and steadfast, especially for someone like him who has been tricked by Dexter.

First-class intermediaries may not promise you much, but they are definitely the most reliable, because both themselves and their partners are known for the top reputation and quality.

But now it seems that Max is not very satisfied with Regina.

His decision to stay temporarily seemed more like a stopgap measure.

However, he is not completely repelled.

Familiar work rhythm and environment, reliable team and partners, have been able to accomplish some of the work of his own goals incidentally, which is a plus for Max.

But he dislikes those crooked ways of the middleman, and the days of intrigue and trickery every day.

A balance between the two aspects happened to make him in a dilemma.