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I’d like to properly introduce myself, because a face says more than words written under a photo.

Jérôme, 35 years old, unofficial virtual photographer. A small passion born with Cyberpunk 2077, and a pleasure I enjoy sharing with all of you through this photo blog.

Other passions: video games and drawing since I was a kid.

Thank you for the kindness, the likes, and the shares of my photos.

It truly means a lot to me.

Thank you all 🫡❤️

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Je me présente officiellement à vous, car un visage parle plus que des écrits sous une photo.

Jérôme, 35 ans, photographe virtuel non officiel. Une petite passion née avec Cyberpunk 2077. Un plaisir que je partage avec vous tous à travers ce blog photo.

Autres passions : les jeux vidéo et le dessin depuis tout petit.

Je vous remercie pour la bienveillance, les « j’aime » et les partages de mes photos.

Ça me fait chaud au cœur.

Merci à vous 🫡❤️

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 76

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AT THE SAME TIME — ARASAKA TOWER

(Hanako watches Night City through the massive windows of her office.)

⸻

TAKEMURA:

“Hanako-sama. V and Silverhand are together.”

TAKEMURA:

“The tracker indicates they are at the exact location where Silverhand’s body was abandoned.”

TAKEMURA:

“Should we intervene?”

⸻

HANAKO:

“No.”

HANAKO:

“Let us observe them.”

HANAKO:

“If they possess even the slightest chance of weakening Alt Cunningham, we must allow them that opportunity.”

⸻

TAKEMURA:

“As you command, Hanako-sama.”

(Takemura bows slightly before turning to leave.)

⸻

HANAKO:

“Takemura?”

⸻

TAKEMURA:

“Yes, Hanako-sama?”

HANAKO:

“What is the status of the second project?”

⸻

TAKEMURA:

“The body is operational.”

TAKEMURA:

“However, the engineers are still encountering difficulties regarding consciousness integration.”

TAKEMURA:

“According to their analyses, the engram contained on that old chip is too young.”

TAKEMURA:

“It would cause a temporary neurological rejection following the transfer.”

⸻

HANAKO:

“I see.”

HANAKO:

“Make sure that problem is resolved quickly.”

HANAKO:

“I also want all of our netrunners assigned to strengthening our private network.”

HANAKO:

“None of them are to leave their posts without authorization.”

⸻

TAKEMURA:

“It will be done, Hanako-sama.”

(Takemura leaves in silence.)

⸻

(Hanako turns her attention back to the lights of Night City.)

⸻

HANAKO:

“Alt Cunningham will not win this war.”

HANAKO:

“Arasaka has survived threats far older than her.”

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(A moment of silence passes.)

JOHNNY:

“Alright, enough with the feelings.”

JOHNNY:

“The priority is finding Alt.”

⸻

V:

“Unfortunately, we already tried with Songbird.”

V:

“Alt didn’t even give us time to understand what was happening.”

———

V:

“Actually… now that I think about it.”

V:

“When Alt came after us, I said your name.”

V:

“And she reacted strangely. Like some old fragment of consciousness was rising back to the surface.”

V:

“She said your name.”

V:

“Then something like: ‘I am not…’”

V:

“I didn’t hear the rest.”

⸻

(Johnny thinks for a few seconds.)

JOHNNY:

“Interesting…”

JOHNNY:

“If she reacted to my name, then there’s still something left in there.”

JOHNNY:

“Or that AI is completely fucked in the head.”

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JOHNNY:

“Either way, it gives us a lead.”

JOHNNY:

“And this corpo piece-of-shit body might actually be useful for once.”

⸻

V:

“We need a netrunner.”

JOHNNY:

“Exactly.”

V:

“I think I know where you’re going with this.”

———

(A crooked smile appears on Johnny’s face.)

JOHNNY:

“I’d fucking hope so.”

JOHNNY:

“After hosting a version of me in your skull for months, you had to learn a thing or two.”

V:

“I’ll give you a contact.”

V:

“Tell them you’re there on my recommendation.”

V:

“I’ll catch up with you later.”

———

JOHNNY:

“Suit yourself.”

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 74

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V:

“I was scared. Scared of that emptiness growing bigger every day. Scared of the silence.”

V:

“Johnny Silverhand wasn’t just the biggest narcissistic asshole Night City ever produced.”

———

(A faint smile accompanies the words.)

V:

“Behind all the megalomaniac rockerboy bullshit, behind all the yelling at the entire world… there was a good person in there.”

V:

“Someone who ended up mattering… more than I ever wanted to admit.”

———

JOHNNY:

“Fuck…”

(He looks at the plaque a second time.)

JOHNNY:

“This guy really got weird with age.”

———

(A quiet laugh escapes him.)

JOHNNY:

“I can’t even picture the Johnny you knew hearing something like that without busting your balls about it for a week.”

———

(He falls silent for a few moments.)

JOHNNY:

“You know… I’ve never been very good at this kind of stuff.”

JOHNNY:

“People come into your life. People leave it. That’s just how it works.”

———

JOHNNY:

“But if what you’re saying is true… then maybe he got lucky.”

(A faint smirk crosses his face. Then silence.)

———

JOHNNY:

“I still don’t know who he really is. Hell, I don’t even know if I want to.”

JOHNNY:

“But if that Johnny meant that much to you… then I guess he managed to do something I’m incapable of right now.”

JOHNNY:

“He left behind something other than an open war and a trail of regrets in the people who knew him.”

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 73

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JOHNNY:

“Before she turned into some kind of digital goddess straight out of a netrunner nightmare… she was the only person capable of making me shut the fuck up.”

V:

“And the second problem?”

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JOHNNY:

“The second is that I’m walking around in a body built by Arasaka.”

JOHNNY:

“A body packed with trackers, security measures, and probably a bunch of other nasty little surprises ready to blow my balls off the second I make a wrong move.”

JOHNNY:

“And that… makes me feel fucking sick.”

⸻

V:

“Yeah… not exactly ideal working conditions.”

JOHNNY:

“Ideal working conditions are for people who fill out forms.”

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JOHNNY:

“We deal with whatever shit gets thrown in our faces. The difference is, this time the shit comes with an Arasaka logo embedded right into my DNA.”

⸻

(Johnny notices his initials on the plaque.)

JOHNNY:

“I get why you brought us here.”

———

V:

“You know… you and me. Well, I mean… the other Johnny and me.”

V:

“We both left something here. Right in this exact spot.”

V:

“It’s not the best place. Hell, it’s probably one of the most forgotten corners of Night City.”

———

V:

“But it matters to me.”

V:

“It reminds me of everything we went through. The bullshit, the arguments, the moments when I wanted to strangle him… and the moments when he was the only one who understood what was going on inside my head.”

V:

“I dragged way too many people into this mess because I was selfish.”

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 72

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BADLANDS

5:47 PM

(V and Johnny arrive at a scrapyard.)

(During the drive, V told him everything: Alt’s kidnapping, the destruction of the tower in 2023, the Relic, the FIA, Myers, Reed, Songbird, the orbital station, the assault on Mikoshi, and the new threat posed by Alt.)

———

JOHNNY:

“Fuck…”

JOHNNY:

“I would’ve rather had you tell me the planet was about to blow up.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“And you… you went through all that in just a few months? The Relic. FIA. Myers. Reed. Songbird. The corpos. Mikoshi. Smasher.”

JOHNNY:

“You managed to attract more shit in a single year than I did in an entire lifetime.”

⸻

(Then he lets out a bitter laugh.)

JOHNNY:

“No… actually. A good chunk of your problems have my name written all over them.”

JOHNNY:

“Rogue died getting me out of there.”

JOHNNY:

“Alt turned into a goddamn AI that wants to reshape humanity in her own image.”

JOHNNY:

“And you’re stuck in the middle of this clusterfuck.”

(Silence.)

⸻

JOHNNY:

“You know what pisses me off the most?”

JOHNNY:

“Not Arasaka. Not Smasher. Not even the fact I spent sixty-four years rotting in a box.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“It’s that Alt was probably right from the very beginning.”

V:

“About what?”

JOHNNY:

“About me.”

———

JOHNNY:

“I was so obsessed with bringing down Arasaka that I ended up seeing the whole world as a battlefield.”

JOHNNY:

“And while I was focused on towers, corpos, and grand causes… people got pushed into the background.”

———

(A brief silence.)

JOHNNY:

“Fuck… that almost sounded like a life lesson. Forget I said that.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“Alright. I’ve got two problems now.”

V:

“Which are?”

JOHNNY:

“First, finding Alt.”

(A faint smile appears.)

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 71

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JARED:

“I don’t know what it means… but nothing is trying to cross it anymore.”

JARED:

“No more interference. No more movement.”

JARED:

“Even Chicago is quiet.”

———

JARED:

“The AIs over there, even the most brutal ones, are still active…”

JARED:

“But they’re all staying dormant. As if they’re waiting for something.”

———

SONGBIRD:

“Now that you mention it…”

SONGBIRD:

“Since Alt left…”

SONGBIRD:

“I can’t feel the connection to the Blackwall anymore either.”

JARED:

“I have to go, So.”

———

JARED:

“Be careful.”

JARED:

“I’ve got a bad feeling about all of this.”

(Jared’s figure slowly walks away into the darkness.)

———

(Their hands brush against each other until the very last moment.)

———

(Songbird remains alone for a few seconds in the endless black expanse.)

(Then the connection ends.)

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 70

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(Jared is now only a few meters away.)

JARED:

“Don’t lose hope.”

———

(Those few words hit like an electric shock.)

(Behind Songbird, Alt’s silhouette flickers, as if momentarily losing her grip.)

———

(Jared reaches Songbird and takes her into his arms.)

(The red glow gradually fades until it disappears completely.)

———

(Exhausted, Songbird lets herself fall against him.)

(At last, a relieved smile appears on her face.)

SONGBIRD:

“Thank you… for coming for me.”

———

JARED:

“Even more than three hundred thousand kilometers away from you…”

JARED:

“Nothing will stop me from being there when you need me.”

JARED:

“Your dream of freedom won’t be stolen from you.”

JARED:

“I’ll make sure of that. Lindsey will too.”

———

(His expression becomes more serious.)

JARED:

“So… I don’t have much time left in this virtu.”

JARED:

“I’ve got important information.”

JARED:

“And I think it has something to do with Alt.”

———

SONGBIRD:

“Tell me.”

JARED:

“It’s about the Blackwall.”

JARED:

“The rumors say it’s unnaturally quiet.”

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 69

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SONGBIRD:

“Ja… Jared?”

———

JARED:

“I know you’re capable of fighting.”

JARED:

“And I know you’re capable of standing up to her.”

———

SONGBIRD:

“She’s too powerful…”

SONGBIRD:

“And I’m… tired…”

———

JARED:

“Tired, maybe.”

JARED:

“Defeated? I don’t believe that for a second.”

———

JARED:

“I never saw you give up when the future kept slamming every door in your face.”

JARED:

“And in all the stories you told me about the FIA, I never once heard you say you’d quit.”

JARED:

“Remember what you told me after we escaped.”

———

(The red glow begins to slow. Her heart rate gradually drops. Jared keeps moving forward, one step at a time.)

SONGBIRD:

“I’ll let… no one… take my freedom away…”

———

(A sharp pain tears through her mind.)

(Behind her, Alt’s motionless figure appears.)

(The red light immediately intensifies again.)

———

JARED:

“So what?”

JARED:

“You’re going to let her destroy all your dreams?”

———

SONGBIRD (through the pain):

“I… I don’t want… to hurt you…”

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 68

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VIKTOR’S CLINIC

3:34 PM

(Lindsey has returned to the clinic. She is preparing to try once again to establish a link with Songbird.)

VIKTOR:

“You’re sure about this this time?”

LINDSEY:

“If this doesn’t work, I’m out of options.”

———

LINDSEY:

“Here we go.”

———

(Lindsey finds herself once again in the vast dark expanse. In the distance, Songbird stands silently. Lindsey slowly approaches.)

LINDSEY:

“So? Can you hear me?”

———

SONGBIRD:

“Lin…”

SONGBIRD:

“I’m sorry… she’s in my head.”

LINDSEY:

“Alt, right?”

———

SONGBIRD:

“I can’t… push her back…”

SONGBIRD:

“I refuse… to be her pawn.”

———

(A red glow begins to appear.)

SONGBIRD:

“This has to stop… Kill me!!”

———

LINDSEY:

“Not a chance, beautiful.”

LINDSEY:

“That’s not an option.”

VIKTOR:

“The interference is starting!”

———

LINDSEY:

“I didn’t come alone… so I’m leaving you in good hands.”

(Lindsey disappears into the darkness.)

———

(Someone approaches from behind Songbird and speaks her name.)

———

…….:

“So Mi?”

(Songbird turns around.)

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 67

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SOMEWHERE IN NIGHT CITY

———

(Alt methodically continues her project.)

———

(Every day, more people fall under her influence. Convinced to receive an implant called Soulbridge, presented as a safety measure and entirely funded by her, they accept without suspicion.)

———

(On paper, the implant is described as a neural-assistance technology designed to facilitate digital communication between individuals. In reality, it contains a vulnerability deliberately engineered to be exploitable by an AI, paving the way for a discreet and gradual takeover.)

———

(Without even realizing it, Soulbridge users begin to lose a part of themselves. Their thoughts, memories, and identities slowly fade away, replaced by new artificial consciousnesses connected to the same network.)

———

(Through them, Alt extends her influence. One by one, these new intelligences join the collective consciousness she is building.)

———

(The various gangs of Night City become increasingly rare. Victims of assaults find their accounts credited with anonymous donations, allowing them to acquire the means to protect themselves.)

———

(On the financial markets, the gap between small and mid-sized corporations gradually narrows, moving toward an almost perfect balance. Humanitarian organizations now possess the resources needed to meet every need without exception.)

———

(The major corporations continue to prosper, although some are experiencing unexplained losses whose origin no one can identify.)

———

(To many, these changes seem like a miracle. A providential intervention sent to correct the injustices of a broken world.)

———

(To others, fewer in number, it is not salvation… but a warning.)

———

(And while Night City slowly appears to be becoming a better place, no one yet realizes the true price of that perfection.)

—————————

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 66

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V:

“Arasaka killed her. They used Soulkiller on her.”

V:

“The very one she created.”

V:

“Her body died. Her consciousness survived in the Net. She evolved beyond the Blackwall for decades.”

V:

“Now she has a new body. Probably built the same way yours was.”

V:

“But she’s not human anymore, Johnny.”

V:

“And she’s dangerous.”

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JOHNNY:

“Fuck…”

JOHNNY:

“You serious?”

JOHNNY:

“Because if this is a joke, it’s a fucking terrible one.”

V:

“I wish it was.”

⸻

V:

“Alt wants to impose her vision of the world.”

V:

“A collective consciousness. No more conflicts. No more individuality.”

V:

“Everyone connected to the same logic.”

V:

“She’s already started.”

⸻

(Johnny grits his teeth.)

JOHNNY:

“Fucking corpos…”

JOHNNY:

“So that’s why I wanted to bring down Arasaka Tower?”

JOHNNY:

“Then I was right all along.”

⸻

V:

“Except it didn’t do a damn thing.”

V:

“Other than landing you in a box at the heart of Arasaka.”

V:

“And you know what?”

V:

“Arasaka’s still standing.”

V:

“Worse, there are people who see them as saviors.”

V:

“To them, you’re nothing but a terrorist.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“Yeah?”

JOHNNY:

“And what the fuck have you done?”

JOHNNY:

“I act.”

JOHNNY:

“I don’t sit on my ass watching the world go to shit while making excuses for myself.”

(V remains silent.)

JOHNNY:

“You gonna keep standing there like a mute?”

JOHNNY:

“Or are you finally gonna tell me everything?”

JOHNNY:

“From the very beginning.”

JOHNNY:

“Leave nothing out.”

⸻

V:

“I’d love to.”

V:

“But five minutes in, your ego kicks the door down and the whole conversation goes to shit.”

(Angry, Johnny heads toward the cemetery exit. V follows.)

⸻

(Johnny lets out a dry laugh.)

JOHNNY:

“Then enjoy it.”

JOHNNY:

“This time, you’ve got my full attention.”

⸻

(V spots Takemura on the other side of the road.)

V:

“Not here.”

V:

“We’re moving. Now.”

⸻

(Johnny notices Takemura.)

JOHNNY:

“Oh yeah…”

JOHNNY:

“You’ve got so much Arasaka stamped across your face I could spot you from a fucking mile away.”

(Johnny and V get into the car. They leave Night City and head toward the Badlands.)

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 65

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COLUMBARIUM

3:14 PM

(V and Johnny arrive in front of Rogue’s memorial niche.)

V:

“This is it.”

(Johnny remains silent for a moment. He stares at Rogue’s name.)

———

JOHNNY:

“Rogue was always a fighter.”

JOHNNY:

“Hard-headed as hell. The kind of person who’d run straight through a wall if it got her where she wanted to go.”

JOHNNY:

“Once she’d made up her mind, nobody in this fucking city could change it.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“Smasher…”

JOHNNY:

“If I could, I’d put that bastard back together bolt by bolt just for the pleasure of smashing his face in myself.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“Guess I didn’t even get a plaque here.”

(V deliberately remains silent.)

———

V:

“I need to talk to you about something, Johnny.”

V:

“It’s about Alt.”

———

(Johnny immediately turns toward him.)

JOHNNY:

“Alt?”

V:

“She’s in Night City.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“Then take me to her.”

V:

“Johnny… Alt isn’t the woman you knew anymore.”

JOHNNY:

“I’m not exactly the guy you expected to find either. Am I?”

———

JOHNNY:

“Come on, artist. Let’s get this show on the road.”

(Johnny starts heading back toward the car.)

V:

“Alt is dead, Johnny.”

⸻

(Johnny stops dead in his tracks.)

JOHNNY:

“What the fuck are you talking about?”

JOHNNY:

“Thirty seconds ago you were telling me she was in the city.”

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 64

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JOHNNY:

“It was a pleasure, Claire.”

JOHNNY:

“And your Silverhand? Hits exactly the way it should.”

JOHNNY:

“Respect.”

(They step away from the counter.)

⸻

V:

“What’s with that name?”

V:

“Joel? Seriously?”

V:

“It sounds like the name of some video game character. A suburban dad going through a midlife crisis that ended very badly.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“I jumped sixty-four years into the future.”

JOHNNY:

“You didn’t seriously think I was gonna walk in here yelling, ‘Johnny Silverhand is back!’”

⸻

V:

“Honestly?”

V:

“Yeah.”

V:

“That sounds exactly like something you’d do.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“Maybe.”

JOHNNY:

“Anyway.”

JOHNNY:

“You and I got off on the wrong foot.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“I’ve been thinking.”

JOHNNY:

“I might give you a chance to make it up to me.”

⸻

V:

“I’m the one who has to make it up to you? Seriously?”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“You’re the one who walked out the other night, not me.”

JOHNNY:

“I need a favor.”

V:

“Go ahead.”

———

JOHNNY (more serious):

“I want you to take me to where Rogue is buried.”

JOHNNY:

“I need to see it with my own eyes.”

⸻

V:

“…Alright.”

V:

“I’ll take you there.”

(V and Johnny leave the Afterlife and hit the road.)

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 63

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AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER

V:

“Fuck…”

V:

“You would’ve made me pay for that one if you were here, Johnny.”

V:

“And the worst part is, you would’ve warned me.”

⸻

JOHNNY (IMAGINATION):

“You really are the king of idiots, V.”

JOHNNY (IMAGINATION):

“Even a gonk with two neurons would’ve seen that scam coming.”

⸻

JOHNNY (IMAGINATION):

“Arasaka hands you a leash, and you ask if it’s genuine leather.”

JOHNNY (IMAGINATION):

“Then you make that face when they try to put it around your neck.”

⸻

V:

“…Yeah.”

V:

“You’re absolutely right.”

V:

“I’m willing to bet messing with that tracker would kill him.”

⸻

V:

“They had all the time in the world to rig that body.”

V:

“Fuck…”

V:

“If only So was awake. She might be able to figure out what we’re dealing with.”

(V heads to the Afterlife for a drink.)

⸻

AFTERLIFE

(At the bar, Johnny is already there.)

⸻

JOHNNY (in an exceptionally good mood):

“V!”

JOHNNY:

“The legend of Night City in person.”

⸻

JOHNNY:

“This lovely lady told me about a few of your exploits.”

JOHNNY:

“Not bad, artist.”

⸻

V:

“What’s gotten into you?”

V:

“Did Claire put something in your drink to make you this cheerful?”

⸻

CLAIRE:

“Hey. Who do you think I am?”

CLAIRE:

“People always like the one serving the drinks. Right, Joel?”

JOHNNY:

“Exactly.”

⸻

V:

“Joel?”

V:

“Can I talk to you for a minute?”

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CYBERPUNK ALTERNATIVE PART 62

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HANAKO:

“Johnny Silverhand’s engram and this body belong to Arasaka.”

HANAKO:

“Once Alt Cunningham has been neutralized, Johnny will return to Mikoshi.”

HANAKO:

“And if he attempts anything against Arasaka…”

HANAKO:

“He will be eliminated before he can even get close enough to act.”

⸻

(V draws his weapon and aims it at Hanako. Takemura reacts immediately.)

V:

“You manipulative bitch! I won’t let you do this!”

TAKEMURA:

“V! Stand down immediately!”

⸻

V:

“I was wrong to trust you!”

V:

“No matter what happens, Arasaka always wins, huh?!”

⸻

TAKEMURA:

“V. Final warning.”

⸻

(V hesitates for a long moment.)

⸻

(Finally, he lowers his weapon and holsters it.)

V:

“This isn’t over, Hanako.”

⸻

(He heads for the exit, then turns back one last time.)

V:

“For the record… this version of Johnny never destroyed Arasaka Tower.”

V:

“But I could very well take care of that myself.”

⸻

(Hanako watches him leave without losing her composure.)