"Oh, right, I've already called the sex doll you most frequently order for you. Since we're doing a full act, I hope you have fun."
Luoqi reminded Arasaka Yorinobu before the communication ended.
At this moment, Arasaka Yorinobu also received a message from Konpeki Plaza saying that the person he wanted to see was already in the elevator.
Arasaka Yorinobu was a bit speechless.
But since things had come to this, he might as well enjoy himself first.
At least Ascension Technology could achieve this level; their network capabilities seemed quite good.
He hoped their hard power was also up to par.
.....
The next day.
In Arasaka Tower, Arasaka Yorinobu looked at several reports in front of him.
Although the reports were different, their contents were extremely similar.
That is, Arasaka's industrial parks and warehouses had been severely attacked.
And the perpetrator of the attacks was a target codenamed Werewolf.
"What is this Werewolf?"
Arasaka Yorinobu, who had not been in Night City for long, did not know this so-called Werewolf.
While looking up files related to Werewolf, his assistant explained to Arasaka Yorinobu.
"This is a mysterious mechanical monster that has appeared in Night City in recent months. He has caused multiple serious murder incidents in the city.
His main targets are the Scavengers, extremist criminals, and Military Technology personnel in the city.
Nobody knows his name, and his form resembles both a wolf and a human, so his codename is called Werewolf.
Recently, Werewolf has occasionally appeared, but he's not as active as before. We just don't know why he suddenly targeted Arasaka."
Hearing the assistant's explanation, Arasaka Yorinobu nodded.
Nobody knew why Werewolf would suddenly attack Arasaka's territory, but Arasaka Yorinobu knew very well.
Because these attacked locations were the ones he had told Luoqi about yesterday.
Clearly, this so-called Werewolf was dispatched by Ascension Technology.
Arasaka Yorinobu continued to examine Werewolf's file, which contained a more detailed introduction.
"Suspected to be developed by Kang Tao Corporation?"
Arasaka Yorinobu looked at this piece of information.
Most major corporations now guessed that this terrifying monster came from Kang Tao's secret experimental project.
And Kang Tao had been denying it all along, but everyone just treated it as nonsense.
Now that Werewolf had suddenly attacked Arasaka, it further solidified everyone's speculation.
However, Arasaka Yorinobu knew very well that all of this was the work of Ascension Technology.
He read the information about Werewolf and finally understood the general capabilities of Ascension Technology.
The fact that they could produce such cutting-edge weapons and keep them well-hidden proved that they had been plotting something in the dark.
Arasaka Yorinobu could not yet determine if cooperating with Ascension Technology was a wise choice.
But at least now Ascension Technology had shown its strength and indeed had the ability to help him.
They had also shown sincerity; now it was Arasaka Yorinobu's turn.
"Is there anything else you'd like to know?" the assistant asked at the appropriate time.
Arasaka Yorinobu had officially returned to Night City and was trying to take over the affairs of the Night City branch, and the assistant was helping him understand various information and the situation of the branch in Night City.
"Let's look at the companies that Night City and Arasaka cooperate with."
"Okay, during your absence from Night City, the new company that Night City and Arasaka have most closely cooperated with is Ascension Technology.
You can try to start by understanding them."
The topic was easily led to Ascension Technology.
And Arasaka Yorinobu took advantage of this to make the decision to help Ascension Technology develop the Ascension Network.
Soon, under Arasaka Yorinobu's command, Arasaka's influence within the Night City Government was activated.
A large number of councilors received the task of rejecting the motion to sanction the Ascension Network.
Instantly, the situation reversed; the supporters of the motion, who were originally confident of victory, were suppressed by the opponents.
Ultimately, at the regular meeting of Night City, the motion to sanction Ascension Technology failed to pass.
...
Ye Corporation.
"Damn it, that cursed Arasaka, I don't know what kind of madness they're having, they used all their power, controlled the outcome of the resolution, and rejected the motion.
And that damned Lyne, not only rejected the motion, but also submitted a motion to support the Ascension Network. I said we should have killed him earlier.
They are all damned guys, damn it, damn it, damn it!"
In the conference room, several high-level executives of Ye Corporation were discussing things.
One of them was furiously pounding the conference table.
The sound coming from his mouth no longer sounded like a human's; instead, it was a strange tone mixed with electronic sound effects.
The failure of the plan made him almost lose control.
Perhaps replacing his blue eyes with red ones at this moment would be more fitting.
Each intelligent AI has its corresponding personality; some are calm, some are suspicious, and some are easily angered.
The children Lao De gave birth to are the best proof; these intelligent AIs have personalities and emotions.
Once they formally develop self-awareness, they can be called intelligent life forms.
Not to mention that many AIs in this organization are transformed from human consciousnesses, carrying the personalities of their human originals.
And the guy in front of them was clearly a volatile intelligent AI.
However, it's not surprising that he was furious.
A situation that was originally a sure win was suddenly reversed.
And not only was the sanction motion rejected, but Lyne Mayor even specifically proposed a motion to support the Ascension Network, and it passed.
Now the Ascension Network is planned to be used as Night City's new urban network.
Soon, all major official websites of the Night City Government will migrate to the Ascension Network.
If things continue to develop like this, Night City's old urban network will become a no-man's land before long.
And the new urban network prohibits illegal access by intelligent AIs.
At that time, unable to connect to the new network, they will be completely disconnected from the Night City network.
As intelligent AIs, this is undoubtedly fatal to them.
They had also sent intelligent AIs to register for the Ascension Network.
But the result was that all the illegal activities of that AI within the network were monitored and intercepted.
This was not the network space they wanted.
In the conference room, although the other blue eyes were relatively calm and didn't show much emotion.
But they also knew that things couldn't go on like this.
Just then, they all simultaneously received instructions from the upper level.
"Are we going to declare full war? As expected."
The content of the instruction was very simple.
That is, to fully target Ascension Technology and use all means to destroy it.
They no longer cared about exposure; if this continued, all the efforts of this organization would be in vain, and there would be no meaning for their existence.
If they successfully destroy Ascension Technology, then they still have a chance to regroup and take control of the overall situation.
Even if they fail, they can just escape back behind the Blackwall and wait for the next opportunity.
They originally gained power by infiltrating and controlling; if they lose it, they can just find a new target and repeat the process.
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