The three of them greeted each other.
Valentania: "You guys are really something. You were partying downstairs while I was working overtime yesterday."
Jingxuan and Jackie grinned at her, showing no signs of remorse.
Valentania rubbed her forehead.
Jackie pointed to the bloodstains on his body: "These are medals, souvenirs given to me by Arasaka soldiers."
Jingxuan: "There was so much commotion, didn't you know about it last night?"
Valentania: "Please, how could I not know? The entire Arasaka Tower was locked down then. After you told me, I helped you guys with video replacements. Otherwise, would you be able to swagger out and play today?"
Jackie: "I didn't know you also knew a bit about hacking, Valentania."
Valentania rolled her eyes: "How can you do counter-intelligence without knowing a bit about hacking? I helped you clean up your mess, so you owe me. Arasaka won't trace it back to you."
The three of them chose a booth in a corner. At the closest bar, a beautiful Caucasian woman in a silver sequined tight-fitting dress was staring intently at Jingxuan.
Valentania noticed and started teasing:
"Our little sister Jingxuan doesn't just attract men, but women too~"
She laughed as she spoke, lifting her chin and pointing in their direction.
The slow-witted Jackie looked excited: "Oh? Oh? She's indeed good-looking."
Valentania laughed even harder: "Hey, she's coming over."
The woman in the tight dress swayed over, smiling alluringly, her voice seductive:
"Hello~ Miss A, my name is Valentania." Her slender hand was already extended. Jingxuan instinctively reached out to shake it, out of politeness.
Jackie whistled, and Valentania stood with her arms crossed, grinning, looking like she was enjoying the show.
Of course, Jingxuan wouldn't ask how the other party knew her name. In this era, anyone with even a little social connection could buy scanning permissions from the NCPD, and Jingxuan and Valentania both had them.
Jingxuan also scanned the woman: Valentania-Lachmann.
Jingxuan thought to herself, the surname Ratchanon, she felt like she had seen it in a magazine before.
Looking more closely, this girl was fresh and clean, and her cleanliness felt out of place.
Dog Brother, as usual, got up close and personal, with a big 'lust' written all over his face:
"Xuan'er, do you feel like this girl is a bit different? I'll tell you, the source of her incongruity is that she's too clean, almost without implants."
With Dog Brother's hint, indeed, on her face, exposed shoulders, arms, thighs, and calves.
No implants could be seen on these parts, which seemed particularly strange in the current year 2077.
"Hello, Miss Ratchanon."
As soon as Jingxuan finished greeting, the woman leaned close to Jingxuan's side and whispered:
"Was Arasaka Tower fun?"
Jingxuan's expression instantly froze. The woman then pulled her, standing up and leaving the seat.
Valentania and Jackie next to them didn't notice anything unusual. Of course, they still thought Jingxuan was being hit on and were in a gossipy mood.
They just watched Jingxuan being led away by this strange woman.
Dog Brother: "How about it, Jingxuan? Don't know how to deal with it, do you? Want me to take over? I'll handle it."
Jingxuan's head was indeed buzzing. Being aggressively flirted with by a woman like this was a first. She didn't answer Dog Brother but directly granted permission. How could Dog Brother miss such an opportunity?
Changing his tone, he stopped and pulled the woman:
"Miss Ratchanon, where are you taking me?"
The woman smiled alluringly: "Taking you where you want to go~ If you want to know why I knew about your Arasaka escapade, then come with me."
Whenever Dog Brother inhabited Jingxuan's body, there was always a strong sense of roguishness. He curled the corner of his mouth and stepped forward, wrapping his arm around the woman's slender waist.
The other party was startled at first but immediately showed an expression of enjoyment.
Jingxuan was frantically complaining in her subconscious, but Dog Brother ignored her.
The two, embracing, arrived at a long, narrow corridor inside Lizzie's. The corridor was already filled with couples.
Dog Brother was face-to-face with the woman, he finally did it... all along, Dog Brother had only been a virtual projection face-to-face...
"Tell me, Miss Ratchanon, how did you know I was at Arasaka Tower last night?"
Due to their closeness, the woman's breathing became slightly hurried:
"Oh, you're so annoying, calling me Ratchanon is too formal. Call me Valentania~"
Dog Brother might be lustful, but he naturally had the necessary alertness and wouldn't let his hormonal reactions take over.
He leaned back, creating some distance:
"Alright, Valentania-chan, stop playing coy. Tell me, or I'm going back."
Valentania's eyebrows raised slightly, her charm full in the dim light of the corridor:
"I'm sorry, Miss A, we only offer medical services."
Dog Brother and Jingxuan were both greatly surprised. How, how did this line sound like they had just heard it?
Then Valentania's expression changed, becoming serious and formal:
"I'm sorry, Miss A, we only offer medical services."
After her tone changed, Dog Brother looked at her high nose bridge, crimson lips, and delicate chin, and his voice suddenly rose:
"Holy crap, you're the one who saved me at Arasaka Tower? The female medic from the Trauma Team?"
Valentania returned to her alluring demeanor and winked at him: "Mm-hmm~"
Dog Brother: "So, was this a coincidence, or did you deliberately..."
Valentania lightly sealed Dog Brother's lips with her index finger:
"A sec, cret."
Dog Brother caught sight of two men walking aggressively towards them in his peripheral vision. The corridor was narrow, so he simply used the excuse of making way for others to press his entire body against Valentania. She let out a small gasp, which should have been a very romantic development.
But it was abruptly interrupted.
The one leading them, clearly a Nisshoku Island man, forcefully shoved Dog Brother. Dog Brother hadn't expected such a thing to happen and was unprepared to resist, losing his balance and looking a bit awkward.
The Nisshoku Island man, dressed in a black and red suit that looked very similar in style to Valentania's, was cursing loudly with a heavy Nisshoku Island accent:
"Bastard! Disgusting low-class commoner, don't you dare block the way!"
Dog Brother instantly flew into a rage: "Hey! Two Arasaka dogs, you hit someone, and you're just going to walk away like that?"
The two men turned around, looking both angry and amused: "Hey, hey! Did you see that? This low-class trash actually thinks he's something, you little b*tch..."
Before the last word could be uttered, his two rows of teeth were shattered by a punch from Jingxuan's gorilla arm cyberware!
Of course, such a skilled straight punch was undoubtedly Dog Brother's technique.
Valentania behind him looked pleasantly surprised, showing no fear at all.
The corridor was so small that the 2-on-1 advantage vanished. In such an environment, unless it was a pincer attack, it would be a one-on-one situation.
The two Nisshoku Island men indeed had impressive implants, but their combat skills were like elementary schoolers compared to Dog Brother, and they were thoroughly beaten.
Within a few seconds, both men were lying on the ground, bleeding from their mouths and noses.
Dog Brother took Valentania's hand and stepped over the two Arasaka Corporation dogs:
"I'm sorry, Xiao Ya, the atmosphere was ruined by these two dogs. Let's exchange numbers first. I have something to do tonight~"