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[GT]V? Recon is behind us. We are ready to prepare the action.

[GT]Of course.

[GT]I love it.

[GT]What?

[GT]Mhm ...

Ah, it's V.

Let's start with an overview of our intel. The more you pay attention here, the easier it'll be in the field.

Nighthawks?

Kurt Krausser... bit younger, looks like. Guess that royal asshole look of his is nothin' new.

So they were extracted and, what, Krausser loved it so much here he came back?

Honestly it's wild – that one man managed to build an army inside NC.

[Turn on screen]

Our primary target is Kurt Krausser. He means to breach the core of a compromised NUS satellite.

Your task is to eliminate Krausser while posing as the aforementioned netrunners. We will apprehend them before they reach the transaction site.

What do we know about the netrunners?

What kind of data's on this thing exactly?

The passcodes can be changed, of course, but you can recreate the encryption algorithm based on previous passcode sets. Changing them is only a temporary solution.

[GT]They're twins. They are called Les Enfantes Terribles. They used to work for the ESC, satellite engineers.

[GT]We'll do this by taking over their car. V, this is your job. You locate the car, hide in the trunk.

[GT]Our team is waiting there. You'll get behavioral chips and clothes to match the style of the original.

[GT]Let's talk about the meeting with Krausser.

[GT]What's your role?

[GT]Krausser hired you to hack the core. We know how he operates - he will definitely keep one person with him.

[GT]Night City again. This time it will go better than before.

[GT]I think it's all clear ...

[GT]What if they find poison in our possession?

[GT]How do we get out of there?

[GT]Not everything is as we just told ourselves.

[GT]Songbird is lost. She wants to help NUSA, but is not helping herself. It is our duty to save her.

[GT]This is kidnapping.

[GT]May you know what you are doing.

[GT]May you know what you are doing. If anything goes wrong, she'll cook us all.

[GT]I see that I am the last to know about everything.

[GT]It is a rescue for someone who needs it badly.

[GT]This is what happens when you do in secrets. And when is your first time.

[GT]How are we gonna get away?

[GT]I can see what you are doing. You're trying to get around Myers, and there's no guarantee you will succeed.

[GT]You've got everything worked out, huh?

[GT]Evacuation according to plan, through the garage. Except you'll have to kill Kurt's men along the way.

[GT]One last thing. Tech to stop netrunners' car.

[GT]Hugo Severin.

Wouldn't even that be difficult? Or, like, impossible?

[GT]I will prepare an escape route for you. Once you've served the client, you have to get out of there quickly.

[GT]I was a similar "Trojan horse" once, even the purpose was similar. And in my experience - when someone is one of the best netrunners in the world, it's hard to approach him with such a number.

[GT][get up]

[GT][lean over the table]

Oh God...

Funny. Very fucking funny.

A stolen identity. An international arms deal. All the same ingredients.

Looks like I stumbled into a party.

Heh. Yeah, it'll do that to ya... Where were you before?

That's a still from the Unification War. Night City, Operation Rainy Night – he was the commanding officer.

Know a lot about 'im.

The man he is today, this situation we're in now... all the fruit of our poor decisions.

It's built around a small corps of elite Militech commandos who came to Night City for an op under Krausser's command. Only a dozen strong.

Goons with prototype iron that "fell off the truck". Nova.

Colombia's prolly a different animal than Night City though, huh?

What was your mission there? Other than being super duper top secret, I mean.

Depends how you look at it. Corporations rule here – there, the cartels. It's still the ones on top that decide who gets shafted at the bottom.

Who fucked it up?

And? What happened?

Couldn't've been better than a stint in NC.

It's warmer, for one. And so are the people. They're genuine – they don't look the other way.

Had our sights trained on a guy who sold tanks to the Colombian president.

No comment.

What went wrong?

That's one way to put it.

Alex.

Where'd it go wrong?

Right…

Depends on who ya ask, apparently...

The agent didn't know that a... certain analyst happened to miss-- Well, that is...

They crossed paths in the doorway, the doberman sniffed the agent's leg. Then... she patted the dog on the head, called him a "good boy". Later, when she pulled up a seat at Hernandez's table...

What did you do?

[GT]Mistakes happen.

What did you do?

What anyone with bound hands and a sack on their head would do when they hear a collapsible baton snap into place.

Mhh... But Hernandez and his men never will be again. We took that from them.

I mean, fuck... I know his favorite color and I don't know that?!

All four of 'em.

You meet with Krausser, transfer the cash, he gives the signal. Before you know it, your new tanks are dropping out of orbit, ready for pickup in international waters.

[GT]I'll take care of the transport and make sure we leave without any problems.

[GT]Uh ...

[GT]Better it works.

Our person of interest was Luis Hernandez, a heavyweight in the arms trade. We wanted to plant one of our own in his organization.

The agent was on her way to meet with Hernandez when she saw one of his girlfriends – bikini model type – walking his doberman. He liked to spend big money on cheap luxury. Kind of his M.O.

[GT]Sit down. There is one more thing.

[GT]Meaning?

[Sit on the couch] What's with the party?

[Eat pizza]

[GT]I have a tracheotomy implant. It looks like a breathing aid after surgery.

[GT]Oh no, I don't like what that tone sounds like.

[GT]Like secrets. And trouble.

[db_db]V drinks punk cyberbeer.

[GT]Do you have such equipment?

[GT]Relax. You can do it.

[GT]Then they saw that the dark side was paying much better. His name is Hugo and her name is Giselle. Hugo and Giselle Severin.

[GT]Giselle?

[GT]Giselle?

[GT]He meditates, goes to Shaolin Monastery every year, to be away from people. Avoids stimulants.

[GT]And he really, really likes expensive and fast cars.

[GT]This darker part of the duo. It was she who first made contact with the underground.

[GT]Sounds dangerous.

[GT]V ... Are you alone?

[GT]Where are we going to meet?

[GT]You can talk to me whenever you want. And no one will hear us.

[GT]I want this to resemble a normal meeting. I can't just come there, but we can sit like people and look each other in the eye.

[GT]Sometimes you have to feel that you are still human. As much as you can.

[db_db]Alex calls in, she was monitoring.

[db_db]Can't gain access from here.

[db_db]Fluff

[db_db]Alex says she's sending V location data on a number of tracking stations. Accessing two more should be enough.

[db_db]Fluff

[db_db]V confirms that she got the locations, better get moving.

[db_db]V says that encryption is better than they thought. She can't get access they need from here.

C'mon, we'll talk up there.

True. There's something I haven't told you. Maybe you should've known it from the start... Maybe not.

[GT]There is something I haven't told you. Maybe you should have known right from the start ... Or maybe not.

Said something was eatin' away at ya. What'd you mean by that?

You know that feeling when you try to remember the address of a place you lived half your life but it's just... blank?

[GT]What is my guarantee that this is true?

How do I know this isn't some elaborate con? Be nice to have some kinda guarantee.

I can't give you any. But I have to trust you too. You're free to help me dupe Kurt and Reed, or you can sell me out. Neither of gets a guarantee. It's a fair deal.

Reed's layin' a trap at the stadium. He and Alex are working on an ICEbreaker to paralyze you.

Fuck, Reed… How's it always wind up like this with us...

Thanks, V... For trusting me.

What would you do?

Johnny, this isn't some BD or movie.

What I'd do? No clue.

Believe him too, honestly. It's Myers I don't trust – the slippery cunt.

How do you know this place?

Yes?

Locals like to come here after work. They fire up the grill, crack open some beers and talk about nothin' in particular.

[Stand]

What's this about?

What if I lied? What if I brought Reed with me?

[GT]What if I deceived you like that? And he came with Reed?

Could be a trick.

[GT]I could deceive you.

Something different than usual. This time I'd like to have a one-on-one, just you and me.

I'm not sure what, but... It's eating away at me, from the inside out. A year, a month... I don't know what time I have left. It could be a day.

I'd like to hear about it. New York, I mean.

I'm sitting out on the fire escape, smokin' a joint. Down on the street I can see a party getting started.

They were celebrating somethin'?

Something happened to me after I... Once I found myself on the other side of the Blackwall.

And sometimes... I lose control. Or... it's like I'm giving it to someone else? But it's horrible. Like back then, with the tank.

I need to get away. From Kurt, from the NUSA, from Reed... from everything.

Then I run. I have a contact who's willing to smuggle me far, far outside Night City.

And in case it doesn't go without saying, this conversation never happened.

Explains the lack of popcorn... Mmm, yeah – double butter with Pop-turds.

More and more, it feels like someone is standing behind my back. But there's never anyone there.

You have an update?

Gonna take a wild guess an' assume you got a plan.

Don't betray my trust.

Maybe we really are alike, you an' me.

[GT]Maybe we are really alike.

Always have an exit strategy. Three steps ahead, one foot out the door.

[GT]Sit down - we'll talk.

[GT]First, let's establish the facts.

[GT]You and me, alone. Just as you wanted.

[GT]End of secrets.

[GT]Of course.

[GT]Of course.

[GT]We both know I can't afford a but. Otherwise I wouldn't be here.

[GT]You're bringing me in to rescue the flight crew. You know about the shoot-down before it happens, and you're flying it yourself, but you don't tell me.

[GT]What are you playing for, So Mi?

[GT]Why do you need me in all this? You could just speak to your old friends.

[GT]Same as you. In all of this, you are missing one piece of the puzzle.

[GT]You don't trust Reed?

[GT]It's the first time you're honest with me.

[GT]You don't trust Reed? He saved your life once, he can do it again.

[GT]That girl died then, V. All you see is the consequence of that day.

[GT]My house was burnt down when I had to replace the warm Brooklyn brick for cold Washington fluorescent lights.

[GT]This is the first time you are honest with me, I feel.

[GT]This is your plan?

[GT]Exactly - Kurt Krausser. Why is he in all this?

[GT]You're making good allies. There is no guarantee that Krausser will help you.

[GT]Night City is just a transfer point during your escape. Was that the plan from the very beginning?

[GT]I did not expect old friends from the FIA in it.

[GT]Besides, you look into my eyes. This supposedly builds trust.

[GT]Can I count on you too, V?

[GT]I'll get you out of this stadium. And then from Night City.

[GT]Yes, Accelerated Trust Building.

[GT]Someone recently told me that when you have no choice, such accelerated confidence building has to be enough.

[GT]We will check if it works.

[GT]You make one mistake that changes your whole life. After that, there is no turning back.

[GT]You just have to decide if you can say the same about me.

[GT]The question is - where in this web of lies is the truth?

[GT]Are you dying ...?

[GT]Can you reverse it?

[GT]You know much more about me than I thought.

[GT]Technology. The same one I promised you. I have written a demon that will be able to reverse the changes. But for this I need your help.

[GT]Of course I trust you.

[GT]It's probably clear that I want to survive too.

[GT]I want to survive too.

[GT]It tastes different then, huh?

[GT]The diplomat's reply. A bit real and a bit comfortable.

[GT]What is this place?

[db_db]V tells Somi to cut to the chase

[db_db]I've got the car codes.

[db_db]V says she has the decryption key for the car rental tracking network.

[db_db]Talk to you later.

[db_db][Send codes] Sending it now.

[db_db]Reed says they are almost ready. One last thing is for V to be able to "dress for the occasion".

[db_db]Reed says they'll be in touch.

[db_db]I'm going to meet her now.

[db_db]V tells Reed that Songbird already made contact and wants to talk.

[db_db]V says he will contact Reed as soon as she knows something.

[db_db]She already made contact.

[db_db]Reed asks what's the news.

[db_db]Reed asks what's the situation.

[db_db]Reed acknowledges. Good.

[db_db]Reed tells V to contact him as soon as she has those decryption codes.

[GT]Observation tells you you're there.

[GT]This one. By the way, nice cart.

[GT][open the trunk]

[GT]Now we are waiting ...

[GT]Fuck me .... But I have a hangover.

[GT]One has to live, Hugo. Lives. This is what work is for, it is for life.

[GT][hack the car]

[GT]What ... What is it?

[GT]Hugo, the scanner.

[GT]V! They tracked you!

[GT]You got it.

[GT]Great. Just in case, check that everything works.

[GT]I am ready.

[GT]It's okay, but give me a second ...

[GT]And that's it.

[GT]Hmm. Not bad.

[GT]Report. What's going on there ?!

[GT]Quick, V. On schedule.

[GT]Get ready for service.

[GT]What do you think about this Kurt?

[GT]That's true. I like.

[GT]Be careful. He seems like someone who can leave his ego at the door when he walks into the room. He doesn't make mistakes.

[GT]Do you want to tell him about it?

[GT]Do you want to tax this La Croix?

[GT]That's what I like about him.

[GT]I really like him. For one night. Maybe two.

[GT]You will be approaching the stadium soon.

[GT]Whore!

[GT]Correct ... Just be careful.

[GT]Good night.

[GT]Especially since we have work today.

[GT]V, you're running out of time ...

[GT]I don't know what you are waiting for, but you don't have time anymore. To work!V!

[db_db]Farida says that she doesn't accept clients right now.

[db_db]Farida recognizes V and tells her to come in.

[db_db]I'm V

[db_db]V tells the password provided by Alex.

[db_db]V says Alex sent her.

[db_db]Farida tells that she didn't expect to have common friends with V.

[db_db]I'm ready

[db_db]Already-met fluff

[db_db]Fluff if V already met Farida.

[db_db][Sit down]

[db_db]Ask about the mask

[db_db]Johnny comments on the situation with Reed and Songbird

[db_db]What do you think?

[db_db]Reed cares about Songbird

[db_db]V says that she has no idea what to do with this mess.

[db_db]V says that she sides with Reed.

[db_db]V says that Songbird deserves to be free from FIA and the president.

[db_db][Don't install ICE Breaker]

[db_db]V installs the ICE breaker.

[db_db][Get up]

[db_db]Farida says V makes a terrible spy.

[db_db]Asks V if she's ready.

[db_db]Farida responds.

[db_db]How did you end up with FIA

[db_db]V asks about working with FIA, Alex and Reed.

[db_db]Farida proceeds with applying the anesthetics.

[db_db]Johnny comments on it.

[db_db]Some post-op fluff.

[db_db]Farida responds.

[db_db]Johnny tells that he could understand both sides and wouldn't wish to be in shoes of either of those.

[db_db]Well, they'll their have hands full with each other. Want to ditch them all?

[db_db]Johnny says that Songbird is a rebel at heart. Doesn't mean he trusts her completely.

[db_db]Florida responds.

[db_db]Farida makes some occasional comments while installing the cyberware.

[db_db]Farida says V's almost set. The last thing is a special ICE breaker Reed requested.

[db_db]Two spies that are betraying each other

[db_db]Thanks

[GT]Ride!

[GT]Whore...!

[GT]What the fuck?

[GT]You fucking killed them.

[GT]Time for the next stage. We split up.

[GT]V, another personality chip.

[GT]Unrecognizable. Terrifying.

[GT]Oh no?

[db_db](Alex remoprhs her face from Theo to original, then morphs back)

[GT]Come on.

[GT]Move up.

[GT]There is nothing to wait for.

[GT]We have to go.

[GT]Unrecognizable. Terrifying.

[GT]Unrecognizable.

[GT]They didn't know anything.

[GT]They didn't play your spy game. They were innocent people.

[GT]Interesting definition of professional criminals.

[GT]Change your clothes and let's go with it.

[db_db]I'll drive.

[GT]Here we are. The lion's den.

[db_db]Alex says they arrived. Let's park here.

[GT]We start service.

[GT]We start service.

[GT]Mhm.

[GT]Good luck, Alex.

[GT]Let's do it.

[GT]Good luck, Alex.

[GT]This area is guarded.

[GT]A second ...

[GT]This area is guarded.

[GT]Wait, I'll check.

[GT]Keep pressing the button.

[GT]Well. They are not fucking around.

[GT]Before we get there ... We should do a little run.

[GT]What he is afraid of, what he wants and what is his greatest secret.

[GT]So what, Hugo? What do you think about all this Krausser?

[GT]He's ... a bandit.

[GT]He's a bandit ... One that's out of control.

[GT]One more thing - people like Krausser don't make millions if there is more to them than what you see at first glance.

[GT]Yeah, who?

[GT]Remember, your name is Giselle Severin.

[GT]Giselle? What do you think of Krausser?

[GT]The fucker knows what he's doing.

[GT]And on top of that, he pays really well. We have him stomping on.

[GT]Metaphors, show-offs and, of course, a good dose of ego.

[GT]It is large enough not to be removed from Night City. Neither the locals nor the New States will.

[GT]We drive according to the order. Speak soon.

[GT]My voice ... Nice.

[GT]Okay, let's go with this.

[GT]It's weird at first. You're gonna get used to it.

[GT]Give yourself a moment and let's go. The customer is waiting.

[GT]It's time for us.

[GT]That's enough. Let's go.

[GT]Ready?

[GT]Are you nervous?

[GT]Are you nervous before the action?

[GT]But...? Because I hear there's some "but" in there.

[GT]Hmm, are you ready?

[GT]And it's good that you step into the role. You already speak like him.

[GT]Okay, you're stepping into the role.

[GT]Myers, Militech ... to the authorities of Night City.

[GT]I'll sell you my way to empathize with someone else. Ask yourself three questions.

[GT]It's convenient for the locals, and NUSA has no balls to declare Night City war over one guy and a couple of ruined buildings.

[GT]Plus, she has really big balls. And that's not necessarily a metaphor.

[GT]Hugo. And good luck.

[db_db]Ok, car ID checks out. Drive in.

[GT]Okay, let's go with this.

[GT]Let's go

[db_db]We don't have time for this, get back on the road.

[db_db]This is not the way to the stadium...

[db_db]Drive to the stadium, Kurt is waiting.

[db_db]Watch it!

[db_db]That will leave a mark...

[db_db]We need this car in one piece.

[db_db]You are a fucking psychopath...

[db_db]Damn it Giselle!

[db_db]What the hell are you doing?

[GT]I'm here. I bet you.

[GT]And Giselle, I know I don't need to say this, but don't get out of the role.

[db_db]BG scene while we escort the core #1

[GT]It's good to see you.

[GT]Let's go further.

[GT]Lizzy Wizzy concert, and at the tables the commandant of the NCDP, the candidate for the mayor of Night City and the Tyger Claws accountant.

[GT]Quadra, made in 67.

[GT]I was looking for a classic Quadra Turbo-R from the year 55.

[GT]I collect various cars.

[GT]Anyway, you probably know more about it than what I could explain.

[GT]I understand it very well, although we spend on other things.

[GT]Well, there's vodka. Help yourselves.

[GT]Fuck, I better not put it. Symbolically.

[GT]The Americans don't really like you.

[GT]But old friends in the New States don't really like you, do they?

[GT][have a drink]

[GT]I never say no to good vodka.

[GT][hand the drink to Alex] For you.

[GT]Really? You spent two years in that prison. Under a changed name.

[GT]There is agreement.

[GT]Relax. We don't get offended so easily.

[GT]Oh it got ...

[GT][hand the drink to Alex] For you.

[GT][get up] We're doing it.

[GT]It's good to see you.

[GT]Come on.

[GT]Say hello to him too.

[GT]Of course I do. Say hello to him for me too.

[GT]Give my regards to Rabin too.

[GT]Anyway, you probably know more about it than I do, what I will explain to you.

[GT]So ... We both got it wrong.

[GT]Seven years. And before that, I was actually going to put the NUSA flag here.

[GT]We talked about stylist Lizzy Wizzy.

[GT]Maybe I don't remember.

[GT]Never mind.

[GT]Great.

[GT]Your sister says a lot more than you do.

[GT]I'm sorry, you came to the wrong address.

[GT]We can contact you.

[GT]There is one "but".

[GT]There is one big "but". They sentenced me to death.

[GT]Yes, I and Le Syndicat know each other very well.

[GT]Come with me.

[GT]Sometimes it pisses me off terribly. Not you?

[GT]You got it well.

[GT]I mean, since the operation in Night City?

[GT]The entire stadium is manned by our people. We also have a continuous scan from drones.

[GT]Leave your weapons here.

[GT]Core prepared. We can start.

[GT]Krausser already here?

[GT]So this is your Stadium.

[GT]Lead.

[db_db]Bella roleplay #2

[db_db]V plays the role of Bella in front of Kruger. #2

[GT]The area is closed. Keep going.

[GT][put the gun down]

[GT]Rayfield Aerondight. Second-hand, of course, and not for the amount from the salon.

[GT]It is not easy to find out about me.

[GT]It is not easy to find out.

[GT]Mhmmm.

[GT]Stylist Lizzy Wizzy.

[GT]A designer who dresses Arif Irqbal.

[GT]Definitely? I hate the dick. I would remember.

[GT]It's consent.

[GT]It will cost more.

[GT]It will cost. And that's a lot more than two hundred.

[GT]You will be under surveillance today. Kurt got a tip that some FIA cats were hunting him.

[GT]Okay, it should all be ready soon, but I still have to thank you.

[GT]It is probably not effective anymore. My people tracked the guy who was robbing me. You were right, the leads led to the Voodoo Boys.

[GT]You have the wrong man.

[GT]Do you know where it is? Yes physically?

[GT]He's defended himself with a few gangs, but nothing would be a problem. We wouldn't have found him without you.

[GT]We checked it again for you. And it turned out to be a false lead.

[GT]We're settled, Kurt.

[GT]You think a man named La Croix is guilty. It's not him - someone is setting him up.

[GT]We don't know. And we are unlikely to find out. It was the work of someone from the top.

[GT]Okay, it should all be ready soon, but I still have to thank you.

[GT]It is probably not effective anymore. My people tracked the visitor. You were right, the leads led to the Voodoo Boys.

[GT]It's not La Croix that is robbing you.

[GT]How much did you lose with that motherfucker?

[GT]I think it went from half a million. But he will answer for it now, thanks to your help.

[GT]We should somehow account for it.

[GT]If you think you're being robbed by a man they call La Croix, it's not him.

[GT]If not him, who?

[GT]Hmm ... That's good. Thank you.

[GT]If we wanted to, with the equipment from here, we could declare war on a small country.

[GT]Explain to me what exactly is your operation?

[GT]And this one is a true story.

[GT]Here is a refreshed model, this year. They won't show it for two months.

[GT]Also available in red for an extra charge.

[GT]Take your time. I just need a few minutes to connect to their system.

[db_db]He's going to the server room now and he will start to work on re-directing satellite uplink dish.

[GT]We all know Greyson well. And this music. Heard about this transaction.

[GT]War is an expensive hobby, Colonel.

[GT]Before coming to Night City, I left some stories behind in the Balkans. Then Siberia, the Soviet Union ...

[GT]Murphy. Code three hundred and thirteen. I think we have guests.

[GT]Definitely.

[db_db]There are way to many pleasures of life to count.

[GT]There is agreement.

[GT]I never say no to good vodka.

[GT]Definitely.

[GT]Murphy. We have visitors other than we thought.

[db_db]V says jokingly that he's old fashioned. He enjoys chess.

[db_db]V says there are too many pleasures in life to pick a favourite.

[db_db]Alex says that Theo like to try new things, rarely sticks to habbits.

[GT]What a coincidence.

[GT]Reuben, Rabin, it makes no difference. I don't know any of them, I just wanted to be nice.

[GT]Oh yeah, yeah ... Fashion is not my topic. But it can be done. I'll need another week.

[GT]My dear, we're doing business right now.

[GT]And you want to take a risk anyway?

[GT]So Mi deals with the core. You met her in Szafir. She said it would take a while to activate.

[GT]We haven't met before. I'm Murphy.

[GT]There is ... Waiting.

[GT]I do not recall.

[GT]Wh ... what?

[GT]The situation is under control. But he had everyone checked. With no exception.

[GT]Exactly. Once EBM Petrochem, today a place where you make your best deal.

[GT]You leave the weapons here.

[GT]Make yourself comfortable. We still need some time to get everything ready.

[GT]Diplomat. Pissed off, but still a diplomat.

[GT]A very thoughtful man.

[GT]What is your activity about?

[GT]Where. We have extensive contacts in the East. Sarajevo, Belgrade, Kosovo, Saint Petersburg.

[GT]Actually, yes, only in wholesale.

[GT]You come to us and choose: tanks, helicopters, submarines ...

[GT]They all sold out, but we did.

[GT]We are in no rush.

[GT]We will wait.

[GT]Murphy said shit hit the fan. The services are interested in our meeting.

[GT]We are in no rush.

[GT]A rhetorical figure, my love. My brother doesn't drink. I have a hangover.

[GT]Always.

[GT]It's a coincidence.

[GT]Always. With a hangover, your body thinks it is dying. And he does everything to save himself. He is vigilant.

[GT]Murphy fucking exaggerated a lot.

[GT]Don't get tense. I exaggerated a little on purpose. Such a rhetorical figure, you understand.

[GT]Not? And apparently you do so much business with the Russians.

[GT]I know you don't believe me.

[GT]I don't believe it myself when I say that.

[GT]The hard case of someone who likes vodka too much.

[GT]Of course.

[GT]I'm teasing.

[GT]We checked you before the meeting. I'm just teasing now.

[GT]Real fucking cute. Really.

[GT]May it not be the FIA.

[GT]Friend?

[GT]I don't like to talk about it. Especially with someone I barely know.

[GT]They call him Reuben. He asked to say hello to you. He's sitting under strict security, C block. He said you'd know him for sure.

[GT]It is not easy to find out about me.

[GT]I was there under a different name.

[GT]And it was wiped out of the databases.

[GT]Trouble is too much said. Many people are interested in me. And I'm always careful.

[GT]I believe. I heard that you are a man who is rarely in a hurry.

[GT]Of course.

[GT]It doesn't really matter.

[GT]I didn't say anything like that.

[GT]I already thought I was fucking misheard.

[GT]You are a criminal. We too. Let us not pretend that it is about who has offended the mother of whom.

[GT]Watch out for words.

[GT]I like people with a reasonable attitude. And the job is secured.

[GT]Of course.

[GT]What is this friend who remembers me years later?

[GT]Definitely.

[GT]The FIA is still interested in you.

[GT]As you can see, old friends are still interested in you. That's why the FIA sniffs around us.

[GT]They have a fondness for me. We are united by common battles for the independence of NUSA.

[GT]I am still fighting for the welfare and independence of NUSA, only in my own way.

[GT]Six months ago, she called me, asking me to arrange a few matters that she did not want to sign herself for.

[GT]No. I hear she's had some sort of trouble with planes lately.

[GT]Oh yes, you asked me in the Sapphire to contact a certain fashion personality ... Remind me who.

[GT]That sounds like a good deal.

[GT]It sounds like something you can make good money from.

[GT]You can, but I will not hide that it is also a lot of work.

[GT]Sounds nice. We listen to it.

[GT]An honest case.

[GT]Murphy! We seem to have visitors.

[GT]To work.

[GT]If so, then he probably trusts you a lot.

[GT]It's funny. Let me guess what else you know about me and what you think about me.

[GT]Let me guess what else you heard.

[GT]I'm saving energy.

[GT]People are afraid of muscles, weapons and a broad back in the East. They can't see what's underneath.

[GT]I heard. So why do you get rid of your memories and store them in databanks?

[GT]In which? Eurodollar? Authorities? Or maybe just in Christ? No, rather not. Waste of time.

[GT]Such a cliche: netrunner-ascetic. A technologically modified monk who treats his body like a temple.

[GT]You probably think I train kung fu. And I know the blow of a vibrating fist.

[GT]This is not what you expect from a place called the Combat Zone. No, Hugo?

[GT]Why did you stay in Night City? You're not from here.

[GT]By the way, have you been here before?

[GT]One doesn't work without the other. To make billions of eurodollars from the arms trade, you have to pay millions of people

[GT]So you can call the Stadium part of Operation Night City.

[GT]Yours?

[GT]Principles.

[GT]Forgive. I must have been wrong.

[GT]It's not American, I know, but here I agree with my friends from the East.

[GT]Feds are still sniffing around you.

y later call a terrorist attack.

[GT]We thought everything was done.

[GT]Shall we have a small toast? For the successful end to today's deal.

[GT]You don't have to worry about the job. But your health, Colonel.

[GT][have a drink] Well said.

[GT]First work, then pleasure.

[GT]Your choice, little brother.

[GT]To you health!

[GT]Touché, Colonel.

[GT]What do you need then?

[GT]You have to set up communication channels, the supply chain, local authorities, transit routes. I already have the infrastructure.

[GT]I see. Forgive me for asking.

[GT]In four, I can contact you.

[GT]Mhm. Although I've heard that maybe you don't necessarily like each other.

[GT]I see...

[GT]I do not wear. Hugo?

[db_db]On the topic of Baron, Murphy asks Kurt of permition to leave and prepare a raid to... pay him a visit.

[GT]While you were waiting, I did some initial diagnostics.

[GT][take a seat]

[GT]Reed and Alex will be fine somehow. Without access to us, they'll probably just use an escape route. And then we'll be far

[GT]I have everything prepared for us too. I checked the plans for the building. I know which way to run.

[GT][insert personal link] Let's begin.

[GT]At the thousandth of the decimal point. It must be enough.

[GT]The neural network responds. Tries to react in real time.

[GT]Not him nor the FIA.

[GT]Look at Alex. Wait for Kurt to fall.

[GT]Customer served.

[GT]OK.

[db_db]She just says: "Thank you, V." And then the EMP goes off.

[GT]What...

[GT]Kurt !!!

[db_db]Last thing we get to hear and see is Alex's feed cutting abruptly. Then gunshots.

[db_db]Last thing we get to hear and see is Alex's feed cutting abruptly. Then gunshots.

[GT]Probably not.

[db_db][One of the devices near V blows a bit. V is thrown back a little on the chair (close enough so the cable V is connected through stays on)]

[db_db][The room around them starts to fall down, walls crumble, SOLDIERS disintegrate. V’s mind starts to go mad. Visions from SONGBIRDs past start to show up.]

[db_db]World is being destroyed before V. Ultimately everything is covered in darkness. Long silence.

[GT]Kurt created a laboratory here especially for the occasion.

[GT]The last straight.

[GT]There is not. We're in this together.

[GT]I pretend I know what I'm doing ...

[GT]We go in.

[GT]If I really had a netrunner to help, it would be easier ...

[GT]Fuck ... It's not that simple.

[GT]Of course. And what's next?

[GT]Everything's all right?

[GT]It is hard?

[GT]Thanks, that's nice.

[GT]I ... Fuck me.

[GT][get up]

[GT]V! What happened in there ?!

[GT]Mhm ...

[GT]Everyone down! Force the door!

[GT]You're gonna die, you fucker.

[GT]Come on fucking force that door!

[GT]Fuckin' come on!

[GT][say hello to Krausser]

[GT]What was that...?

[GT]An understatement ... It was ...

[GT]My head...

[GT]Like someone cranked all the dials and everything around me shattered.

[GT]As if I had fallen into a million pieces in one second and put them back together again.

[GT]She did go crazy.

[GT]Huh ...

[GT][get up]

[GT]What's happening?

[GT]What we agreed on!

[GT]What ... What about Krausser?

[GT]She's probably alive, which means she'll try to stop us. Come on, we don't have time.

[GT]A .. Alex?

[GT]The lift is out of order. Go through the shopping part. I'll meet you on the other side.

[GT]Attention, everyone! We have guests in the building.

[GT]Stop anyone you think you suspect. My people will check it out.

[GT]Down the corridor to the left. Be careful, you will go out into the open.

[GT]Come on, V! It's getting warm!

[GT][get in]

[GT]Okay ... Let's sum it up.

[db_db]Reed asks what the hell happend, what did Songbird do?

[GT]It almost worked.

[GT]That icebreaker... Almost got her.

[GT]Let's start with the NCPD radio. I am listening on their frequency. Fire it up.

[GT]Indeed, she wasn't hard to find.

[GT]Are we supposed to kill her?

[GT]So, what's now?

[GT]We'll phone later.

[GT]We'll phone later.

[GT]Of course.

[GT]Mrs president? I have news.

[GT]Whore...!

[GT]But you're right. We'll find her.

[GT]We were connected then. I felt it too. She... She almost went crazy because of it.

[GT]Do you think they can handle it?

[GT]What do we do if they catch her?

[GT]They will kill her.

[GT]Honestly? I do not know. About six to four I would.

[GT]Because if they catch her and not kill her, she'll get away from them. Sooner or later.

[GT]Max-Tac in place. Target locked.

[GT]Hold your fire. Something strange is happening.

[GT]Target taken over.

[GT]I have no leverage on the city authorities. You have to fix this, Reed. And remember, Reed, she doesn't have to come back alive.

[GT]We need entry to the Night City Police Department. Or someone to help us get her back from Max-Tacu prison.

[GT]Work. I'll let you know when I know something.

[db_db]Turns on radio

[db_db]Ok let's get back to the stadium I have a feeling we might see their convoy

[GT]The doors are closed.

[GT]Where are we going to meet?

[GT]Are you sure you'll survive this?

[GT]More ... Just a little more ...

[db_db]It's getting fucking cold

[GT][give Songbird hand]

[GT]So Mi ... Are you okay?

[db_db]Thanks V, my cab should be here any minute now

[GT]Where are we going to meet? And when?

[GT]You too.

[GT]I feel dizzy ... Connecting to Blackwall cost me a lot ...

[db_db]You go ahead, I need more time

[db_db]Trust me, I just need a bit of time

[db_db]Fine, suit yourself, i'm going down

[db_db]Are you just gonna stay up there?

[GT]Not yet, this is just the first step.

[GT]Fly...? This story begins and ends with the plane, huh?

[GT]Hope you have a plan for what to do next.

[GT]I have a taped man. He's gonna get me out of Night City. In a few days.

[GT]We wait.

[db_db]What the fuck?

[db_db]No I'm good, you go ahead just need to take it easy.

[db_db]Yeah, just give me a second

[db_db]It's getting fucking cold

[db_db]What do you guys think you are doing? this ain't no playground

[db_db]Just passing through, we'll be out your way in a minute

[db_db]You better make it fast

[db_db]Get ready, I'll open the gate.

[db_db]Fluff

[db_db]Fluff

[Kick]

[db_db]Reed won't let us go ...

[db_db]Fucking hell

[db_db]Do you have a plan?

[db_db]Let's get you out of here

[db_db]Hacking ability

[db_db]Yes but I can help out, you worry about getting us out.

[db_db]I'm fine, really. Let's get out of here.

[db_db]Alright done

[db_db]That was wild, but we're not out of the woods yet

[db_db]I'm really dizzy

[db_db]V, don't go there, we have a better chance through the sewers

[db_db]Bad move V

[db_db]I'm fine, really. Get your weapons and let's get out of here.

[db_db]V NO!

[db_db]Urgh ... V.. hold on...

[db_db]Alright here goes nothing

[db_db]A little help here V?

[db_db]Alright I'm following you