Chapter 85: Zip! The Relic chip has failed!
Seeing that V refused to give in, DeShawn shrugged his shoulders and pretended to be calm and made a phone call to Maman, the boss of the Voodoo Gang.

Just recently, Ott Cunningham sent a request to Maman to save V's life, and Maman conveyed this request to Deshawn, but Deshawn later received a call from Arasaka.

During this phone call, the Arasaka people told DeShawn that he must kill V, otherwise the Arasaka agents would dig out DeShawn's intestines and hang them on his doorstep.

The mastermind behind the call was none other than Arasaka Yoshinobu. After the incident, he quickly used the power of the company to find the middleman Deshawn through the process of elimination.

One is the LA company that asked him to spare V's life, and the other is the Arasaka company that asked him to wipe out the company completely. After a little thought, DeShawn decided to listen to the powerful Arasaka.

There is no way around it. Arasaka Corporation is the real number one company in Night City. As for Leon’s LA company, it has to stand aside. Whoever is the most powerful has the final say here!
"I found V. He's fine now."

DeShawn said it nonchalantly. His calm expression made him look like he could handle it all, which made the overwhelmed V relax a little.

"Mr. Leon wants to see him? Oh, how is that possible?"

When V heard Li Ang's name in the call, he immediately became alert. He thought of the Chinese man who created the law of "equivalent exchange" in Little Chinatown.

'Why would Leon want to see me? Could it be that he already knew about Jack and I stealing the Relic chip?' V's thoughts were in a mess.

"Okay, I see."

As soon as he finished speaking, DeShawn hung up the phone, and his artificial eye changed from blue to normal pupil color, which meant that his call with Maman was over.

"What's going on? You just mentioned the name Li Ang. Is he our boss behind the scenes?" V frowned and asked.

Considering that the relationship between LA Company and Arasaka is not good, and there have even been minor frictions, V couldn't help but suspect that this mission for him and Jack was assigned by Leon.

"No, I don't know what happened. Anyway, LA company is sending people to look for you. As to whether they want to skin you alive and sell you to Arasaka, or whether they are interested in your life, no one knows."

DeShawn shook his head. To be honest, he was a little confused about who to hand V over to. No matter which choice he made, he would offend the other company.

"Forget it... I can't stay in Night City anymore after what's happened! I can't be a rich man with a Cuban cigar estate, but I can be a small tobacco boss."

DeShawn thought for a moment and decided to hand V over to the people from Arasaka Corporation. As for the mercenary team from LA Company, he didn't believe that Leon would send people to Cuba to hunt him down!

"V, listen, we have to leave this place now. You have to leave with me, because no matter whether it's LA or Arasaka, you will not end up well wherever you go."

Hearing DeShawn's loyal words, V nodded slightly moved. It seemed that this middleman still had some conscience and didn't intend to abandon him alone.

"Okay! I can go with you!" V finally let down his guard against DeShawn.

"Good boy, go to the bathroom and wipe your face clean. You won't be able to pass the Night City border in this disheveled state." DeShawn reminded him considerately.

These words also made V feel warm in his heart.

"Thank you. I'll be right there."

V dragged his tired and heavy body and staggered to the bathroom. The moment he opened the mirror, V found that DeShawn behind him had raised a gun at him.

"Deshawn! What do you want to do!?"

V's pupils were dilated with shock. He quickly turned to look at Deshawn, only to see that Deshawn and his men had pointed their guns at him. "I'm sorry, V... You have to die today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a high-speed spinning bullet unexpectedly penetrated V's brain. V immediately lost consciousness and fell heavily to the ground.

Zizzi...!
At the moment of being shot, V felt a faint electric current hissing in his brain, followed by endless darkness and nothingness. His life seemed to end at this moment.

[Zizi! The Relic chip has failed! ]

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boom!
Mann held the shotgun in his hand, pointed it at the CIA agent's head and pulled the trigger, blowing the man's brain into pieces. This was the last person he executed.

Reed and Alex on the side were so frightened that their lips turned pale. They witnessed the CIA agents and the elite team members of the Meta Group being pulled in front of Mann one by one and shot dead.

Alex's stomach couldn't stop reflux. This was her fourth time vomiting. The undigested food in her stomach had long been vomited out by her.

"Mr. Reed, Ms. Alex, it seems that you are also afraid of death. I thought that all the agents of the CIA were devils who killed people without blinking an eye."

In the damp corner of the alley, Leon, dressed in a black suit, slowly walked up to Li De under the protection of Morgan Blackhand, Lucy and others.

The dim light from the broken neon lights fell on half of Leon's face, while the other side of his face was completely swallowed up by the thick darkness.

"From now on, the information and data you left in the Joint Intelligence Agency will be cancelled. New America will award you the Medal of Patriotism and provide pensions to your relatives and friends, because in the eyes of President Miles, you are already dead."

Although Leon's tone sounded chilling to death to Li De and Alex, from his words, Li De knew that he would not die for the time being.

"If you want to know something from me, just ask directly. Just don't kill Alex and give her a chance to live."

Since joining the CIA, Reed has dedicated his life to New America. He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that his partner will die because of him.

Seeing Li De hanging his head, as if ready to be killed, Li Ang knew that death alone could not threaten this man.

"The reason I'm still letting you live is because I want you to work for LA Company from now on. Your President Miles wants you to die, but I can let you live."

Li Ang knew very well that there was no way LA Company would accept these two CIA agents openly, so they could only be used as hidden chess pieces until they were needed.

Li De, a professional agent of the Joint Intelligence Bureau, has very good fighting skills, is good at lurking, and has first-class ability to do things.

His only shortcoming is that he is too loyal, and only knows how to be loyal to the America that no longer exists in his heart. Even if he is used as a doormat by Miles, he still has no regrets.

Therefore, Li De can be called a chosen worker.

Alex is a hacker agent of the CIA. She has a relatively high level of technical skills and only wants to retire and enjoy a normal life. However, the pressure of long-term missions makes her hate and feel helpless towards the CIA.

A female agent longing for freedom.

(End of this chapter)