Arasaka Yorinobu's answer was very heartless, but it was also within Luoqi's expectations.
Without saying anything more, Luoqi parted ways with Rebecca and Arasaka Yorinobu, preparing to head towards Mikoshi.
They arrived at the elevator leading downstairs.
At this moment, the elevator was slowly ascending from below.
As the elevator doors opened, the elevator was filled with a large number of fully armed Arasaka soldiers.
Different from the black guards patrolling in the jungle, these soldiers' equipment was mainly white, making it easy to distinguish factions.
These people were undoubtedly soldiers under the Green Pheasant Faction, and their counterattack had already begun.
Rushing out of the elevator doors, these soldiers attempted to regain control of the atrium.
But what awaited them was a torrent of firepower from Ascension Technology.
In an instant, blood flowed like a river inside the elevator, and these elite troops sent up failed to complete their mission.
Ignoring the blood flowing on the ground and the tragic corpses in the elevator, Luoqi led Rebecca into the elevator.
The elevator here could not go directly to Mikoshi, so Luoqi first pressed the button for the Arasaka Hacker Operations Center.
The elevator quickly descended to the corresponding floor. Stepping out of the elevator doors, there were many soldiers guarding the area, but they were all from the hostile force.
This place was very close to the Mikoshi interface, and Mikoshi was one of the facilities Arasaka Saburo valued most, so he naturally held firm control over it.
All floors near the Mikoshi interface were firmly controlled by the loyalist forces cultivated by Arasaka Saburo, and even Arasaka Yorinobu couldn't change this.
Otherwise, Arasaka Yorinobu wouldn't have been unaware that Saburo's imprint had been copied into Mikoshi.
The soldiers stationed here discovered the two uninvited guests immediately.
But just as they were about to raise their guns to shoot, a massive force from all directions instantly froze them.
A streak of neon color appeared in the space, and Lucy stepped out of a spatial teleportation.
"Leave this place to me, you just go to Mikoshi."
Lucy used telekinesis to lift all the surrounding soldiers, then powerful pressure bent and crushed their bodies.
This was the Arasaka Tower's network control center; the Arasaka Tower's network host was located here.
As long as she connected to the host, Lisandra could control the entire Arasaka Tower's network in an instant.
And by then, a large amount of information and intelligence would be collected.
The vast amount of information contained within Arasaka Tower, representing Ascension Technology's Counterintelligence, Lucy naturally wouldn't miss.
Luoqi nodded towards Lucy.
"Go for it, Lucy," Rebecca also said from the side.
Lucy also nodded lightly in response, then used telekinesis to support her body and flew into the crowd, starting a massacre.
These security personnel shot at Lucy in the air, but she easily blocked them with a telekinetic shield, followed by familiar actions.
Either crushed or thrown away, the security personnel died in bizarre ways, but Lucy's elegance remained unchanged.
Seeing this, Luoqi knew that Lucy had no difficulty handling these scenes, so he took Rebecca and continued forward.
Walking to another elevator in the depths, Luoqi pressed the button leading to Mikoshi.
The elevator descended, and upon exiting, they encountered a large number of security soldiers again.
But this time, before they could react, their heads were burned off, and accompanied by sparks erupting from the back of their heads, they collapsed powerlessly onto the ground.
Clearly, Lucy had successfully connected to the Arasaka Tower's host in this short time, helping Lisandra seize control of the network.
"I have successfully seized control of the entire building's network. The path ahead is clear."
Lisandra's voice came through.
Subsequently, all hostile soldiers within the entire Arasaka Tower seemed to have fallen into hell.
Lisandra, suspended overhead, began to control their life and death.
In an instant, these soldiers died before they even had time to be killed by Ascension Technology's robot forces.
Looking at the corpses of numerous soldiers along the way, Luoqi didn't seem surprised.
After all, Otto was able to achieve this level after connecting to the host back then, let alone Lisandra.
Following the route, Luoqi quickly arrived at the location of the Mikoshi interface.
This was a device emitting a red light, and it was the only place in Night City that could connect to Mikoshi.
Mikoshi, as one of Arasaka's most important data fortresses, had its main server placed on an Arasaka satellite in Earth orbit and was not connected to any netspace.
To access Mikoshi, one could only rely on the Mikoshi interfaces in various Arasaka bases.
And these interfaces were hidden in the deepest parts and heavily guarded.
Therefore, for so many years, countless hackers and AIs had endless curiosity about Mikoshi but could never access even a bit of it.
But at this moment, the Mikoshi interface was right before Luoqi's eyes.
Without hesitation, Luoqi connected to Mikoshi.
....
On the other side.
Just before Luoqi connected to Mikoshi.
Tokyo, Arasaka Headquarters.
At a deeply hidden Mikoshi interface underground, the blue phantom of Arasaka Saburo was manifesting.
"Arasaka Yorinobu, that ungrateful wretch, I knew he would do something like this. Slaughtering the board of directors, allying with Ascension Technology, and even putting Hua Zi under house arrest, truly audacious."
There was no extra expression in Arasaka Saburo's projection; he spoke these words calmly, but it was clear that there was still anger in his heart.
"Immediately dispatch forces to Night City to capture Arasaka Yorinobu, but do not harm him. I still need his body."
Below Arasaka Saburo's phantom were his loyalists.
Arasaka Saburo could enter the situation himself and let Arasaka Yorinobu kill him; he naturally couldn't rely solely on Hua Zi.
His real trump card was these loyalist forces he had cultivated.
These forces, which belonged to no faction and were only loyal to Arasaka Saburo, were his true trump card for controlling the situation.
Although Arasaka Saburo was within Mikoshi, he was very clear about the situation outside, thanks to the intelligence sent by these loyalists.
And Arasaka Yorinobu's actions in Night City were also known to him one by one.
Now that Arasaka Yorinobu had shown his fangs and the ambitious people in the corporation had surfaced, it was time for Arasaka Saburo to make his move.
"Hai!" Several loyalists quickly nodded in response.
At this moment, these loyalists suddenly received some news, and their expressions became strange.
Just as they were about to report to Arasaka Saburo, Arasaka Saburo's projection suddenly disappeared.
....
The perspective returns to within Mikoshi.
At the same time as Luoqi connected to Mikoshi, Lisandra also connected to Mikoshi smoothly through the interface.
Within the Mikoshi space, this was a huge network fortress, and the place where Luoqi was currently located was a courtyard filled with Japanese style.
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