Lisandra brought Luoqi to the space where Arasaka Saburo was located.
The moment Lisandra connected to the Mikoshi, the entire Mikoshi was already under her control and sealed off, with all its interfaces shielded.
Arasaka Saburo naturally could no longer connect to the outside world and was forcibly trapped within the Mikoshi.
Saburo, who had just been giving orders to his subordinates, was a bit confused by the situation, but he quickly discovered Luoqi inside the Mikoshi.
Sensing the arrival of an uninvited guest, Arasaka Saburo's blue figure appeared within the Mikoshi.
"Why are you here? I know you, Ascension Technology's L."
"Why am I here? Don't you understand yet? How to connect to the Mikoshi, I think you should know better than me," Luoqi said calmly.
Luoqi's words made Arasaka Saburo silent, because everything Luoqi said was the truth.
To connect to the Mikoshi, you must find the corresponding interface.
His appearance here proved that they had found and breached the Mikoshi interface in Night City.
But what puzzled Arasaka Saburo was why they knew about the Mikoshi and that his consciousness was stored within it.
One must know that the news of Arasaka Saburo not being completely dead was only known by his loyal followers and Arasaka Hanako.
Now that Hua Zi was under house arrest and the board was massacred before she could expose this, theoretically, Arasaka Yorinobu's side should not have known any of this.
It's a pity that this Arasaka Saburo consciousness entity did not experience the scene where Yorinobu personally choked him to death, otherwise, he would have known that Arasaka Yorinobu had actually known this all along.
But since things had come to this, Arasaka Saburo was not someone who would dwell on too many issues.
"I am indeed very surprised that you could find and control the Mikoshi. Ascension Technology, is it? I've seen your data and know everything about you.
An unknown nobody in Night City, a second-rate mercenary who started in an underground clinic, yet I didn't expect you to reach this point.
I admire you greatly; you possess the same ambition and capability as I did back then, and there's no need for you to cooperate with a waste like Arasaka Yorinobu.
I can offer you better terms. As long as we cooperate and eliminate Arasaka Yorinobu, I can make Ascension Technology the number one corporation beneath Arasaka."
Arasaka Saburo saw that Ascension Technology was not simple.
Even before Arasaka Saburo arrived in Night City, he had conducted a detailed study and calculation of Arasaka Yorinobu's forces.
As a ruthless man who had ruled the Arasaka empire for a hundred years, he would not put himself in the unknown.
Therefore, he had already calculated everything Arasaka Yorinobu could do. According to his original calculations, Arasaka Yorinobu should never have been able to reach this point, directly finding the Mikoshi.
However, the appearance of Ascension Technology broke all of this, forcing Arasaka Saburo to make changes and temporarily attempt to win over Luoqi.
As long as Luoqi defected on the spot, Arasaka Yorinobu's plan would naturally collapse. As for dealing with Yorinobu later, Arasaka Saburo, who had successfully occupied a body and lived a second life, had plenty of ways to slowly deal with Ascension Technology.
But what he didn't expect was that the condition of becoming the number one corporation beneath Arasaka, which was a fatal temptation in anyone's eyes, was utterly worthless in Luoqi's eyes.
One must know that the ultimate goal of the cooperation between Ascension Technology and Arasaka Yorinobu was to make Ascension Technology the strongest ruling corporation in the world.
Compared to that, Luoqi even found Arasaka Saburo's words somewhat laughable.
"Arasaka Saburo, don't you think what you're saying is ridiculous?
Never mind, it doesn't hurt to tell you. My cooperation terms with Yorinobu are that after taking down the Arasaka corporation, Ascension Technology will be unconditionally built into the strongest company in the world. Any company, including Arasaka, will eventually be stepped on by Ascension Technology."
Now that the Mikoshi was under control, Arasaka Saburo couldn't stir up any bigger waves. Luoqi didn't mind telling him the truth, letting him die with a clear understanding.
"How dare Arasaka Yorinobu! He's just giving away the entire Arasaka. My great Arasaka empire, reduced to the point where a small company can interfere."
But no matter how angry he was, it couldn't change anything.
"Oh, and not only that, Arasaka Yorinobu also told me to remember to crush you and torment you to death after seeing you," Luoqi said, killing the spirit and then smiling.
For someone like Arasaka Saburo, no matter how much he was tormented or cursed, it wouldn't feel wrong; on the contrary, it would be doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.
The sins Arasaka Saburo committed since ruling Arasaka also determined his fate.
Hearing Luoqi's words, Arasaka Saburo could no longer remain calm.
"Good, very good, Arasaka Yorinobu and Ascension Technology, do you think everything is under your control? Do you think occupying Arasaka Tower in Night City can destroy Arasaka?
You simply don't know the true power of Arasaka. My orders have already been given; prepare to welcome war. You will realize how naive and ridiculous you are."
Arasaka Saburo spoke harshly, but his broken state became the funniest joke in Luoqi's eyes.
"That sounds very impressive. I'm really looking forward to seeing what methods you can produce.
However, none of this has anything to do with you anymore. Go watch how your Arasaka empire is destroyed in the soul prison I've prepared for you. As for your resurrection plan, it no longer exists."
At Luoqi's signal, Lisandra imprisoned Arasaka Saburo's consciousness imprint, extracted it from the Mikoshi, and locked it in the soul prison prepared by atlas.
There, Arasaka Saburo would be immersed in endless torment.
He would experience the thirst and hunger felt by the farmers whose water sources and land he took, the pain of being covered in wounds felt by the people who were dragged into war because of him, and the despair of waiting powerlessly to die in the dirtiest and ugliest alleys of Night City, soaked in rotten, foul-smelling water.
Innumerable people he had exploited and harmed would turn into the most terrifying vengeful spirits, constantly whispering in his ear, tearing at his soul, and accusing him of his crimes.
This was the show Luoqi had meticulously prepared for Arasaka Saburo.
For someone with such heinous crimes, simply crushing him would be too easy.
The sins he had committed over the past century could not be absolved by death.
Luoqi would lock him up and torment him over and over again, letting his soul collapse and perish in endless torture.
And during this process, he would personally watch the Arasaka Group he had built with his own hands be destroyed.
One must know that although Arasaka Saburo's consciousness entity could survive in cyberspace, it was not an AI. It was a copy of a human consciousness, which could be treated as a soul.
These tortures and sensory experiences could also be fully received and felt by Arasaka Saburo's consciousness entity.
Luoqi believed he would enjoy this experience.
Only in this way could he provide an explanation to those who were exploited and harmed by Arasaka Saburo.
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