Chapter 124 Bystanders

[Mr. Li Ang, I accept your induction assignment. ]

After thinking for a moment, Batmos immediately set his sights on the transcendental AI "Duchess" in the Russian network region.

The Duchess's personality is very much like that of a naive little girl. She likes crowded places and sometimes even goes to other online areas.

Judging from the character weaknesses revealed by the Duchess, it would definitely be much easier for Batmos to find the access point to this transcendental AI than to find Europa.

After all, even Batmos, the god of hackers, only had the chance to meet Europa, a nearly omniscient and omnipotent transcendental AI, once.

During that extremely accidental meeting, the conversation between the two did not exceed three sentences, and Bartmos knew very little about Europa.

After weighing all the pros and cons, the Duchess, the Transcendental AI in the Russian Cyber ​​Zone, is easier to catch than other Transcendental AIs.

Soon, after Leon reached a cooperation agreement with Batmos, Miriam finally got her own cooperation plan.

What she wants most is nothing more than the valuable data and information from those roaming AIs. As for controlling the minds of the company's employees, the more the better.

If it is not possible to control the minds of employees on a large scale, it is also possible to control only the key members of the company.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the means of controlling employees' thoughts must be clean and efficient, and symptoms like those of Congressman Jefferson must not occur.

"Ms. Miriam, I have no intention of asking about the body possession transaction you reached with the wandering AI, but if you need this service, our LA company can provide you with the best convenience."

Before Miriam could feel happy for two seconds, Leon's next words made her happy mood heavy again.

"However, the number of places for surgery to help wandering AI return to the human body is very limited. At present, I can only open the quota for you to 10 people. Each person will need million euros for the surgery."

"So I hope you can choose the right person carefully and don't regret it halfway."

"Of course, if you think this quote is too expensive, you can ask Mr. Blue Eyes to do it for you, or go to Arasaka Company, but I guess Arasaka's quote will be about the same."

The reason why Li Ang dared to make such an expensive offer was mainly because he accurately hit the pain point of Ye's Company. Mr. Blue Eyes' AI brainwashing technology was not up to standard and the sequelae were too serious.

Arasaka's soul-killer technology can also achieve a similar function to possession, but their offer is not much cheaper than the one proposed by Leon.

All in all, the only drawback of LA’s service might be that it’s expensive, but as long as they can achieve perfect mind control, it’s worth it for Miriam!
After thinking it over, Miriam Knight nodded and agreed to the offer made by Leon: "Okay, Mr. Leon, I will arrange the candidate as soon as possible."

"Then it will all depend on your LA company!"

Miriam still felt that the deal was worth it as she spent 10 million euros to get absolutely loyal core executives of the company, as well as top-secret internal information of other companies.

V, who hadn't said a word the entire time as Leon and Miriam officially reached a partnership and the two sides shook hands to express their stance, felt very confused and complicated at the moment.

This kind of interest-based transactions that wantonly manipulate human souls are like the Yama King in hell, feasting on the human flesh and blood on the plate.

As a bystander, I can do nothing!
'Johnny, what do you think about the outcome of this incident? 'V has become accustomed to asking Johnny Silverhand for his opinion on some events. Sometimes it is quite uncomfortable to face things that you can't do anything about alone.

[Ha! What else can I see? This world is so fucked up. It's better to lock the souls of Ye's employees in the matrix than to let Miriam, that bitch, do whatever she wants.]

Johnny Silverhand's virtual figure flashed between Leon and Miriam. Wearing black sunglasses and with a defiant look on his face, he snorted and said:

[Look at the increasingly haggard face of Congressman Jefferson. I am really afraid that he will die on the way to work one day. Afterwards, the forensic doctor examined his brain and found only a bunch of inexplicable AI data. ]

[Then write a report saying: The patient died of sudden death, and then it's gone. Miriam, the bitch, will continue to persecute the employees. ]

Johnny Silverhand, who had already seen through the dirty face of the company, said in a calm but helpless tone:

[V, I tried to challenge the order system established by the company, but I failed in the end. Everything I did was just an insignificant tickle to the company.]

[Arasaka Tower is destroyed. A taller and bigger Arasaka Tower can be rebuilt in less than three months. The only thing I can do now is to watch LA compete with these companies silently.]

[After all, you can see that at least in Watson, the LA company treats its employees as human beings. To change all this, it is not enough to rely on personal strength alone. ]

【…】

Just when V wanted to say something more to Johnny, the cooperation between Leon, Ye's Company and Batmos was officially completed. Now that things had been discussed, it was time for everyone to withdraw.

For example, when Ye's company wants to use AI to control the thoughts of its employees, Li Ang really has no way to interfere in other people's internal affairs. The only thing he can do is to choose a better life script for these employees who enter the matrix.

After LA Company has developed perfect cloning technology, we can then ask the human souls that entered the matrix whether they want to come out and be reborn as human beings.

However, Leon dared to bet that more than 80% of those who entered the matrix would continue to stay in the matrix. After all, it was really painful to be born as a human being in this cyber world.

Rather than continue to work like a slave for others, maybe it would be better to work in the matrix and make contributions to the servers.

"V, it seems that you have not been idle during the time I was away from the company. You actually got involved in this matter."

"You're quite good at choosing your work."

As Li Ang left the conference hall of Ye's company's headquarters, he jokingly said to V who was following closely behind him.

After hearing what Li Ang said, V felt a little embarrassed. He originally just wanted to make some money, but he didn't expect that he would be involved in such a company scandal.

If he had known that things would be so complicated and troublesome, V might as well just do some random work dealing with gang members. The commissioned tasks would at most be just a few small tasks.

How could it be as uncomfortable as it is now!
"Mr. Leon, what will happen to Congressman Jefferson next? Will he also be arranged into the matrix?" V, who couldn't hold back his curiosity, asked Leon.

To be honest, during the time that V had been interacting with Congressman Jefferson, he felt that this congressman was actually a pretty good person. It was a pity that good people often didn't get rewarded in Night City.

(End of this chapter)