The son-in-law of Mr. Hachishaku

Chapter 226: The Crowd (6000 words long chapter)
The image of Li Ang massacred the NCPD was completely recorded by the camera, and was displayed to the world with the live broadcast signal.

At first people didn't believe it and thought it was a Mewtwo film that had been shot in advance.

Some Mewtwo editors and directors even analyzed which shots were real and which were holographic technology.

Some people yelled and cursed, thinking that the Dog Town incident was a scam and a show from beginning to end.

Some people were elated. Although the video was fake, it was exciting. Killing the NCPD was something that many people could not even dream of doing.

But then people discovered that the patrol policemen they usually saw occasionally disappeared, street crimes went unchecked, gang wars intensified, and chaos and disorder became the main theme of the city beneath their feet.

Immediately afterwards, NCPD's stock price plummeted, government departments collectively lost their voice, and companies urgently recalled employees from various regions as if they were facing a major enemy.

On the ground are wanton gang members, and in the sky are an endless stream of corporate floats.

Only then did people realize that the NCPD was probably gone.

The most ironic thing is that when it was alive, everyone complained about it and avoided it like a snake or scorpion, but after its death, it was missed by many people.

And Li Ang's demon-like figure is also deeply imprinted in the minds of countless people.

There are admirers, haters, and those who want to replace him, but no matter what kind of people they are, they are very secretive about Li Ang's name.

It seems that as long as he mentions this name, he will spy on it, which will lead to horrific natural disasters.

Therefore, among the residents of Night City, Li Ang was completely equated with the disaster.

He became a messenger sent by God, a demon crawling out of hell, intending to use the doomsday fire in his hands to purify this dirty world.

Some people had a sudden idea to print out the image of Li Ang transforming into a dragon and make it into a flag and hang it in front of the door. The robbers and gang members actually avoided it and did not dare to provoke it.

After learning about it, other people followed suit, and for a time dragon flags were flying in every household.

Those who didn’t know better thought that Night City had turned into a dragon’s lair.

The upper class people are much more sober. They scorn the rumors of gods and demons, but are deeply afraid of Li Ang's strength.

Various companies hold secret meetings at the same time.

The topics discussed are also the same.

Can Li Ang be used by them? If not, how can they kill him.

Some people have proposed using tactical nuclear bombs, electronic viruses, and even rogue AI outside the black wall. In short, any weapons that may pose a threat to Leon.

At this time, someone asked: "What if he didn't die?"

The adults fell silent.

Yes, if you are not dead, who will bear the fury of the final counterattack?

Li Ang is unknown to the entire world. No one knows whether the power he is currently showing is all he has. You can't use a mythology book as a reference model, right?

"Why don't we wait and see what Arasaka Corporation and Military Technology have to say?"

As soon as these words came out, the adults suddenly became enlightened.

yes!When the sky falls, there are tall men who can hold it up. As the world's 'bipolar', Arasaka and Junke should shoulder this responsibility. If they say they will do it, they will do it. If they say they are afraid, then they will cooperate with them.

In order to continue to harvest wealth, don’t be shabby!
At the same time, the president's office of Arasaka Building.

Yorinobu Arasaka lit a cigar and glanced across the faces of dozens of board members.

"I said, Ang Jun has been fired by me, and it's useless for you to look for me."

Shintaro Takayama, who made a special trip from Tokyo, said hurriedly: "In any case, he was once a member of the company. I think we should make good use of this relationship."

"What's more, Miss Hua Zi is still with him."

Shintaro did not say the word kidnapping, leaving a fig leaf for the company, but everyone knew the actual situation very well.

"With such a capable talent as Li Angjun, the company must firmly grasp it and never take advantage of others. If Mr. Lai Xuan can invite him back, I am willing to step down and give him the position of director of the security department. "

Shintaro Takayama talks about being high-sounding, but he actually does it out of necessity.

After Hanako Arasaka was kidnapped, the hawks led by Yorinobu Arasaka launched a general purge of other factions within the company. As the second-in-command of the Pheasant faction, Shintaro's position as director was already in jeopardy. Yorinobu might one day find a reason to quit. Exiled and distributed.

Especially after what happened with Li Ang, those hawkish directors looked at the directors of other factions with their eyes shining, and they wanted to eat them alive.

After all, who in the company doesn't know that Li Ang is Lai Xuan's confidant and a hawk among his own people.

With such a terrifying existence by his side, I feel more at ease than others when I sleep at night.

Shintaro Takayama is the same generation as Saburo Arasaka, and is almost an old fox who grew up with Arasaka Company. He did not want to become a source of nourishment for the young radicals, so he chose to find another way.

"Li Angjun seems to be less than 30 years old this year, right? He's not married either."

"Miss Hanako may be a little older, but she is also relatively simple emotionally."

"I think"

After hearing these words, the other directors had extremely strange expressions, and they were scolding Shintaro Takayama for being shameless in order to protect his position.

Hanako Arasaka was born in 1999 and is 78 years old this year, while Li Ang is only 23.

You call this a little older?
However, they can understand that if Li Ang can really join the Arasaka family, the Pheasant Faction will be equivalent to having a strong foreign aid. Even if Li Ang does not help each other, it can also act as a buffer between the Eagle Faction and the Pheasant Faction. At least it would make Pheasant Pie's death less miserable.

But if Li Ang chooses to help Lai Xuan, then things will be interesting.

And Shintaro Takayama had a panoramic view of the reactions of everyone present and could guess their thoughts.

Bringing in a wife?The pattern is small, it is a marriage.

In Shintaro's vision, after Li Ang marries Hanako Arasaka, he will take over the leadership of the Pheasant Faction and share the world with Yorinobu Arasaka. Who can give such a generous offer?

Unless Yori Xuan is willing to give up his position as president.

Thinking of this, a little pride flashed in Shintaro Takayama's cloudy eyes.

How can we run a good company with a bunch of bugs like you?In the end, it’s not up to us old guys!
However, the next second, a red-hot cigar hit Shintaro Takayama directly in the face.

"Baga!" Shintaro screamed loudly, covering his face.

But when he saw that it was Arasaka Yorinobu who threw it, he immediately bowed and apologized: "I'm extremely sorry, Yorinobu-sama, I just..."

"Shut up!" Arasaka Yorinobu slapped the table and stood up, then slapped him hard.

He grabbed Shintaro Takayama by the collar and asked, "Are you planning to use my sister to please others?"

Shintaro Takayama felt extremely humiliated, but he did not dare to turn his back and smiled flatteringly:

"How can you call someone else? That is your brother-in-law, the future son-in-law of the Arasaka family, Mr. Yorinobu!"

Arasaka Yorinobu thought for a moment, his expression incomprehensible.

Don't say it, really don't say it.

Although the old guy in front of me is a bit shameless, the proposal of marriage is really interesting.

Arasaka Yorinobu has actually been thinking about how to win over Li Ang, tie him to his chariot, and sacrifice a sister in exchange for an invincible general. It doesn't seem like a loss.

I just don’t know if Li Ang is willing or not.
"This matter will be put aside for now. I will ask Hua Zi and Ang Jun for their opinions."

Arasaka Yorinobu let go of Shintaro and returned to the position of president.

"Contact the Night City Council and the mayor and tell them that Arasaka Corporation is willing to take on the responsibility of protecting the city on their behalf until the NCPD is rebuilt."

A hawkish director immediately replied: "Yes, I will make arrangements now."

There are many companies in Night City. Although Arasaka Company is the most powerful, it is far from being able to cover the sky with one hand. But if it gets the right to defend the city, it is uncertain.

It is estimated that it won’t be long before Night City will change its surname to Arasaka.

Thinking about it this way, Li Ang is really a blessed general!
The hawkish directors left happily.

At this time, Shintaro Takayama said again: "Sir Yori Nobu, I think we should send a representative to contact Li Angjun as soon as possible to inform the board of directors of the decision. By the way, we should visit Miss Hanako to see if she needs anything."

"In order to express the company's sincerity, I am willing to go to Dog Town myself!"

Arasaka Yorinobu looked at him meaningfully and said, "Okay."

"Hi!" Shintaro Takayama couldn't wait to bow and leave the office.

Afterwards, Arasaka Yorinobu wanted to end the meeting.

But Michiko Arasaka, who had not spoken during the whole process, spoke at this time: "I have no objection to establishing a friendly relationship with this Li Ang, but we must be prepared for both. We cannot completely relax our guard just because he was once a member of the company. "

In fact, what the leader of the Jiu Faction said was right. We can't blindly please Li Ang just because he is strong, but we must also have countermeasures.

What the other directors are confused about is why the always moderate Jiupai wants to take the lead in this matter?
Others can't figure it out, but Arasaka Yorinobu knows it very well.

Because his niece is a rare pro-American in the company, her nationality is even the new American nationality, and Michiko has a very good personal relationship with the new American president.

In addition, Michiko Arasaka had already abandoned the surname Arasaka and adopted the surname of her new American husband.

Combining this information, it is not difficult to guess her thoughts.

Arasaka Yorinobu smiled at his niece: "What Michiko said makes sense, then I will leave it to you to take charge of this matter."

The other directors immediately showed expressions of gloating upon hearing this.

Whoever proposes it will solve it. Anyway, they don't dare to stroke Li Ang's tiger beard now. A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist. If someone wants to be the leader, let her go.

When Michiko Arasaka saw everyone reacting like this, she realized that she was anxious, so she opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

"Then let's leave the meeting like this for today!" Arasaka Yorinobu made the final decision and ended the meeting.

Washington, DC, white house.

Different from the more harmonious atmosphere of Arasaka Company, Military Technology is in a state of distress.

Important figures from New America and Military Science gathered together, and the discussion was still about Li Ang. Smoke filled the conference room, and everyone's expressions were gloomy.

"Let's talk about it. Whether it's a fight or a negotiation, there must be a charter. Everyone is waiting outside."

said Lucas Harford, current president of Military Technologies.

A man wearing a military uniform and holding a general on his shoulders was the first to say: "Fight! We must fight! Although the new United States is a small country, not everyone can provoke it!"

"I propose to directly drop tactical nuclear bombs, one or two until he dies!" The politician in a suit had a different opinion: "Do you want to drag New America and Arasaka into a war? Dog Town is in Night City. !”

The man in military uniform snorted coldly and said no more.

He is just expressing his attitude on behalf of the military. He has no control over the specific final result.

After listening to the two people's opinions, Lucas turned his attention to the company's senior executives.

"What's your opinion?"

Seeing that no one was speaking, the vice president could only bite the bullet and said: "Based on what we know so far, if too few troops are invested, it is easy to follow the footsteps of the NCPD, but if too many troops are gathered, it is easy to cause conflict between Arasaka Company and the Night City Government. I’m not satisfied, so my opinion is to wait and see.”

After hearing this, everyone thought, isn't what you said just nonsense?

Lucas' expression showed no emotion or anger: "Where is the Cybersecurity Department?"

Someone immediately replied: "Song Zhaomei, the agent next to Miles, has rebelled. The neural matrix left behind by the Little Beidou Project is in Han Sen's hands. Moreover, we have searched the entire cyberspace and cannot find Li Ang's network interface."

Lucas paused for a few seconds and said, "In other words, we can't attack him through the network level?"

The man nodded guiltily: "Yes, Mr. President."

"Okay, I get it." After carefully weighing it, Lucas said to everyone: "Contact News 54 and other major media to issue a public statement. Military Technology and the federal government cannot tolerate the despicable behavior of the Dog Town rebels and their leaders. We strongly condemn their anti-social behavior and demand that they release all hostages, including President Miles, as soon as possible."

The official responsible for recording subconsciously raised his head, his face full of doubts.

And then, gone?

Lucas ignored him and turned to the military and said: "Assemble the troops to the Southern California border and wait for the president's next order."

The military representatives were also a little confused. The president had been arrested. Where could he come up with the next order?
Lucas looked at the senior executives of Military Science and Technology again: "Secretly send someone to Dog Town to see what they want."

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that they were going to negotiate, so that would be fine.

Isn’t that how Dog Town came about in the first place?

But Lucas hadn't finished his words yet: "Contact the Night City government and Night Style Company and tell them that Military Technology and the federal government will fully respect their opinions."

Everyone's eyes lit up instantly.

NCPD is a dog kept by a night-style company. If his own dog is slaughtered, of course the owner has to come forward.

In the new United States, the president is just being arrested, so there is no need to be so anxious.

After arranging these, Lucas asked the vice president to dissolve the meeting and stayed alone in the conference room to think.

After the death of Saburo Arasaka, there were many internal conflicts within the Arasaka Company.

But how good can military technology be? There are no shortage of power struggles and factional struggles.

Lucas also wanted to clench his fists, punch Dog Town hard, and wipe it off the map along with Leon, but the problem was, it wasn't that simple.

Compared with the gloom and gloom of various companies, Dog Town is now a completely different scene.

Vigorous, everything is in full swing, there is laughter and laughter everywhere, and people gather together to celebrate this unexpected victory.

The Sapphire Club held a grand banquet.

All the participants, including Han Sen, looked at Li Ang, and the admiration in their eyes almost leaked out.

They knew Li Ang was awesome, but they didn't expect him to be so awesome.

The hostages were also forcibly brought to the banquet, but their joys and sorrows were not the same. Most of them looked sad and sad, and looked at Li Ang with shock and fear.

V was also in a bad mood because she overslept.

By the time she woke up from her hangover, the battle was already over, and she could only understand what happened through video footage.

"Oh oh oh, I will never drink again."

Li Ang heard her thoughts, so he raised the champagne glass in his hand: "To celebrate your quitting drinking, cheers?"

"Die!" V bit him viciously on the arm, but didn't even leave a tooth mark. Instead, he covered his face: "My tooth hurts so much!"

Upon seeing this, Han Sen and others wisely left the box, leaving space for the two of them.

Li Ang touched Ms. V's head to express comfort, and then asked: "I guess a lot of people have called you, right?"

V was surprised: "How do you know!"

Then she lowered her head and looked at her toes, and said with some embarrassment: "Most of them are here to build relationships, and there are a few who are asking for mercy."

"Jack also called, he used to be a member of the Valentino Gang, and Heywood's middleman priest, he used to be a priest of the Valentino Gang, so..."

Li Ang continued following the girl's wishes: "So they want me to release Valentino's hostage?"

V nodded shamefully: "They said they are willing to pay to redeem the person, and the price is whatever you want."

This sentence is actually very difficult to say. Now she is Li Ang's person, but she is helping an outsider to plead for mercy. Even if the other party is her good brother Jack, she feels like she is cheating.

"Okay." Li Ang put his arm around the girl's waist.

"Ah!" V looked up in surprise: "Why? No, I mean, won't this ruin your plan?"

Li Ang said bluntly: "I don't have any plans. Besides, it's hard for you to speak once. I can't refuse."

"So you're doing it for me?" V felt a little sweet in his heart.

A man who is extremely powerful and can almost be called a true god in the world is willing to put his heart into consideration for others. Who can withstand this?

Li Ang said simply: "Of course."

V suddenly felt very hot and raised his hands to both sides of his face to fan himself.

It's over, it's over, Valerie, you're going to fall in love!

Li Ang put down the wine glass and added: "The main reason is that the Valentino gang didn't catch any big fish, they were just small shrimps. It's useless to keep them. Just treat them as a wedding gift I prepared for Jack."

The pink bubbles around V burst instantly, and he said with a low expression: "So that's it."

Seeing this, Li Ang couldn't help but laugh and said: "You're just kidding, if it wasn't for you, who else could it be for? Jack still owes me his life. It's a beautiful idea to give him a wedding gift!"

V can no longer tell whether the words of the man in front of him are true or false, but it is still very happy for him to say: "You are so kind!"

After saying that, he kissed Li Ang hard on the cheek, then buried his head in his neck and smiled foolishly.

Li Ang's expression remained unchanged, enjoying the girl's touch.

This is called pulling!
"Who else has contacted you besides Jack?"

V thought for a while and replied: "The rest are not familiar to me, they are all irrelevant people. Oh, by the way, Evelin called me a lot, but I didn't receive it, and she stopped calling me after that. "

Li Ang had almost forgotten about this sex doll, but Judy still remembered it.

"Lily, please help me make a trip to find Judy and Lao Wei and ask them if they are willing to leave Night City and develop somewhere else."

Although Lily is a disgusting nickname, V quite liked it and said with a smile: "Okay, but shouldn't you invite others to visit in person? This will show sincerity."

Li Ang joked: "If you don't look at my current status, they won't be able to bear it."

"Okay, okay, you are superior, and I, a subordinate, will do the errands for you." V said this, but in his heart he actually agreed with what he said.

Today is different from the past, times have changed!

"Then I'll go now and try to be back before dinner."

"Okay, by the way, call Han Sen and Zhao Mei."

"No problem." V gestured OK and left the box.

After a while, Han Sen and Song Zhaomei walked in one after another: "Sir, are you looking for us?"

"Sit down." Li Ang looked at the group of hostages with low eyebrows outside the box: "Tell me about the current situation."

Han Sen motioned to ladies first.

Song Zhaomei refilled Li Ang's wine glass before saying: "In the past few hours, the Dog Town internal network has been attacked nearly [-] times from all over the world. However, with the cooperation of the neural matrix and the Cassel brothers and sisters, there is no big problem."

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Ang greeted with concern: "You haven't slept a wink since yesterday, have you? Do you want to take a rest first?"

Song Zhaomei looked into the man's eyes and said seriously: "I have no problem."

Li Ang had no choice but to take out a bottle of energy potion and let her drink it.

Then, Han Sen began to report the situation on his side: "Currently, several companies have shown a willingness to negotiate and want to reach friendly cooperation with Dog Town. Arasaka and Military Technology also sent representatives, but the specific purpose is unclear. And one of them is in a big way, and the other is secretly. In addition, Yeshi company said that it wants to meet you in private. "

Song Zhaomei, who had regained her energy at this time, asked in confusion: "Those companies gave up so quickly? I thought we were going to fight for a few more games."

Han Sen said with profound meaning: "War is a continuation of politics. Fighting is not the purpose, but the result."

Song Zhaomei still didn't understand, but Li Ang was awesome!

Li Ang said: "I'm here to see people from Arasaka, Junke, and Ye's families, and I'll leave them to you privately. Hanz's intelligence network is good, use it, and pay more attention to outside trends. What's the attitude of those big shots now?"

"Understood, sir." Han Sen responded first, and then replied: "What other attitude can there be, pretending to be a grandson, especially the old boy Jerry Ford, he is so scared to death."

"Also, Hanako Arasaka and Miles both said they want to talk to you."

Song Zhaomei interjected: "I gave them a chance to talk before, but they were unwilling. Now huh."

Li Ang said: "Let's talk about it after meeting with the representatives of the three companies."

"Speaking of which, I obviously won the battle and thought it would be easier, but in the end I became busier and busier."

Song and Han laughed, and the box was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

After laughing, Han Sen said sternly: "As I said before, fighting is not the purpose, getting what sir wants is the purpose. In fact, you don't need to come forward at all, just let me solve it."

Li Ang replied in a casual tone: "One is his old club, and the other is the cornerstone of Night City. You must save some face for them. But the military technology of your old club is left to you."

Han Sen promised: "You can trust me and I will entertain them well!"

The three of them were chatting animatedly, but V suddenly left and returned.

"Dangdang, look who I met on the way!"

(End of this chapter)