Chapter 60 Return to the World
"Congratulations, Otto. You have returned to the safe reality from the brink of death. It must not be easy to go through the gates of hell."

The moment he saw Leon's face, Otto subconsciously jumped off the operating table, put on a defensive posture, and looked at him warily: "Are you a human or an AI?"

In cyberspace, the shock that the AI ​​Red Queen brought to Ultra was so outrageous that Ultra still believed that he was in a virtual data world.

"Leon, is she crazy?"

Lucy quietly pulled the corner of Leon's clothes and whispered in his ear. She suspected that Ultra had lost a data packet of consciousness, which caused him to be unable to distinguish between the false and the real.

Li Ang shook his head. The AI ​​Red and White Queen was still reliable. If there was really any data omission, they would definitely report it to him as soon as possible.

"The one you met before was our company's AI weapon system. Its main functions are currently destruction and eavesdropping. It was it that performed your consciousness-cutting surgery."

Li Ang patiently explained to Ott Cunningham: "The one who sutured you just now was our LA company's network defense system. It has a gentle personality and is good at data processing and saving lives."

"And standing before you now is the CEO of LA Company, Li Ang."

After she finished speaking, Ott looked around at the surrounding environment. When she saw the members of Mann's team and the haggard Morgan Blackhand, she believed that she had returned to reality.

At that moment, Otto Cunningham almost cried out loud. She was forced by Arasaka Corporation to work in cyberspace for more than a month and was almost completely lost in it.

When hackers are deeply immersed in the digital world constructed by codes and data for a long time, they cannot distinguish what is real and what is fake.

Humans are creatures that are easily assimilated. Even in cyberspace, after a long period of time, they can easily be assimilated by the overwhelming data and information and gradually lose their perception of reality.

It's like when people see beautiful scenery, they may mistakenly think they are in reality, but the actual situation may be that they are dreaming or wearing a super dream device.

"Where is Johnny Silverhand? Did he escape from Arasaka Tower with Morgan Blackhand, Roger and the others?"

Otto came back to his senses and asked while covering his aching forehead.

In the laboratory of Arasaka Tower, she saw Johnny, Morgan and others. Although Johnny was indeed a complete scumbag, Ultra still loved him deeply.

Even though he had escaped death, Ott Cunningham was still concerned about Johnny's safety.

"That bastard Johnny is such a fucking asshole. I had a fight with him and he left me on the side of the road. And then I just happened to run into the Tiger Claw gang."

Ultra recalled the experience of being kidnapped by Jotaro and others, and immediately felt resentful towards Johnny, but considering that Johnny risked his life to save her, she mercifully forgave him.

Facing Ott's question, everyone in Mann's team and Morgan Blackhand fell silent, staring at each other and unable to speak.

Obviously, no one wants to say that Johnny Silverhand died at the hands of Arasaka Corporation.

Seeing Morgan, Mann and others looking at each other in bewilderment, Ott suddenly realized that Johnny might not have escaped. She opened her eyes wide and her nose suddenly felt sore.

"Johnny was captured by the Arasaka Company's troops. Arasaka Saburo announced that Johnny was shot dead on the spot, but I guess that old man Saburo will most likely use Johnny to conduct soul-killer experiments."

In the end, it was Leon who took the initiative to tell Otto Cunningham the truth. Otto would know about this sooner or later, so there was no need for him to hide it from him. "Otto, your Soul Killer has changed the world. More than half of Militech's executives were killed or injured because of it. The war between Arasaka and Militech has been temporarily stopped."

"The president of New America, Elizabeth Kress, is also in danger due to the attack of the Soul Killer. Several states have already declared independence and are no longer under NUSA's control."

"Arasaka Tower was almost destroyed by the high-powered bomb placed by Johnny, Morgan and others. It will take at least half a year to rebuild it."

"..."

Hearing these explosive messages, Otto felt like a bolt from the blue. If she had known that the AI ​​soul killer would bring such a disaster to all this, she should not have written this source of disaster!

"Can we...can we rescue Johnny again?"

Ott Cunningham held back the tears in his red eyes and looked up at Leon in front of him.

At this point, it seems that the only person who can help her is Li Ang!
"If we form another team of mercenaries to break into Arasaka Corporation to rescue him, it's simply unrealistic because we don't even know which laboratory Johnny is being held in."

Li Ang shook his head and explained the current situation to Otto, "Right now, Arasaka's security alert level is at the highest level. A head-on confrontation will only further intensify the conflict."

"What about paying to redeem him? There won't be much use for Arasaka Company to have a rock singer!" Otto continued to ask anxiously.

But after saying this, even she herself felt it was too ridiculous.

How could Arasaka Saburo let off a gang thug who ran to Arasaka Tower to cause trouble so easily?

What's more, it's a ransom payment, and the Arasaka Corporation is not a street gang, so they don't need her tiny profit at all.

Leon handed Ott a pistol. It was the Mallorian kinetic revolver that he had given to Johnny. Unfortunately, the owner of the gun was no longer alive, and there was still a slight smell of blood on it.

"Using conventional violence and exchange of interests will not save Johnny. I have a strong feeling that Johnny must be still alive in some way, but his body may have died."

Leon looked at the Mallorian pistol that Ott was holding carefully. He had someone extract a DNA sample from Johnny Silverhand to be used as material for future body reconstruction.

If Johnny's consciousness data could be preserved, Leon would still have time to exchange the cloning biotechnology from Zhutian Technology to help Johnny achieve rebirth.

"Ms. Ott, please accept my condolences."

At this time, Morgan Blackhand stood up and said, "Mr. Leon and Johnny have paid too much for you, and many of them even lost their lives for this."

"If you really want their souls to rest in peace, you should use your hacking skills to create a better world for mankind."

"Instead of letting Saburo Arasaka and his gang of damn scum abuse the AI ​​Soul Killer to kill people everywhere, I believe Johnny doesn't want to see this happen!"

Morgan Blackhand's words resonated with everyone in Mann's team. They had all more or less come into contact with Arasaka's mercenary missions, and they knew that those devils were indeed inhumane.

(End of this chapter)