V's loyalty to Arasaka was merely to climb to a higher position and enjoy better treatment; he wasn't foolish enough to truly identify with Arasaka.
Even if Luoqi's people had truly infiltrated Arasaka, he saw no need to expose the spies.
After all, Luoqi had helped him many times. It could be said that Luoqi contributed significantly to V reaching his current position.
From helping him handle Jenkins's commission to the Soldier Serum incident which brought him sufficient merit.
V was not someone who would forget his origins or betray his brothers.
Although he hadn't spent much time with Luoqi, he still considered Luoqi a friend and treated him as one of his own.
He even thought about working at Ascension Technology, had he not already made achievements in Arasaka's Counterintelligence.
After all, his good brother Jack was there, and working under Luoqi was definitely more comfortable than dealing with the disgusting capitalists at Arasaka.
Facing V's inquiry, Luoqi handed him a data chip.
V, who took the chip, suppressed his curiosity, glanced at Luoqi, and without much hesitation, plugged the chip in.
The content of the chip was naturally the Cyberpunk experimental data that Arasaka had lost.
"This..."
The moment he saw the data, V suddenly understood.
It turned out that the data loss at that time was not the work of Military Technology, but rather this seemingly insignificant Arasaka partner company, Ascension Technology.
But how they did it, that was what shocked V the most.
"Surprised, aren't you?"
Seeing V's shocked expression, Luoqi smiled and continued.
"V, Ascension Technology is not as simple as you imagine. I believe the data in front of you is the best proof.
Of course, Ascension Technology hasn't reached Arasaka's level yet, but one day in the future, all of this will be realized.
You are Jack's brother and my friend, which is why I'm showing you this openly.
And with this data, I believe you can advance further in Arasaka."
"Then what are the conditions?"
V understood what Luoqi meant; he was giving this data to himself.
With this data, V could indeed advance further in Arasaka.
Kate had messed this up, and Arasaka believed the data had been tampered with by Military Technology.
With a little manipulation, V could get the credit for recovering the data from Military Technology.
But in the world of adults, there are no unprovoked gifts. The value of this data was self-evident, and Luoqi must have his demands.
"V, don't overcomplicate things. This data isn't of much significance to Ascension Technology; consider it an investment in you.
I do need your help, but not right now.
The relationship between Ascension Technology and Arasaka isn't just about one or two spy operations; I need you to climb to a higher position as quickly as possible.
That way, you can provide help to Ascension Technology at a critical moment."
Although the current V seemed to have reached a height that ordinary people could never achieve in a lifetime.
But looking at Arasaka as a whole, the voice V could raise was too small, and the things he could access were too few to provide significant help to Ascension Technology.
"Alright, I understand. Thanks, brother."
Seeing Luoqi say this, V accepted the data chip without being overly sentimental.
Although he owed another favor, this data was indeed very helpful to V.
"You're welcome."
Watching V accept the chip, Luoqi took out a bottle of fine wine from the cabinet nearby and poured V a glass.
"Come on, opportunities to meet are rare. To friendship!"
"To friendship!"
Their glasses clinked. After taking a sip of the strong liquor, Luoqi suddenly spoke again.
"Oh, right, V."
"Hmm?"
"Jack talked to me about you, saying you joined Arasaka, constantly striving, wanting to climb to the top.
I know you're on a good track for promotion in Arasaka right now, and you probably don't want to give that up.
But what I want to say is, if one day you get tired of all this, see through Arasaka, and understand that at the very top of Arasaka will always be Arasaka Saburo and the Arasaka family...
Ascension Technology will open its doors to you. Perhaps here, you can find a different ideal for yourself and strive with us."
"I'll remember that..."
....
Luoqi and V's conversation was quite pleasant.
After that, V conveyed Luoqi's ideas to the Arasaka high-ups.
After much back and forth, Arasaka finally agreed to Luoqi's terms.
They paid Ascension Technology a large sum in monopoly compensation fees.
After all, the monopoly on the serum was too important to Arasaka.
Arasaka without the Soldier Serum was one of the most powerful corporations in the world, but Arasaka with a monopoly on the Soldier Serum had a chance to turn 'one of' into 'the only'.
So, faced with the exorbitant compensation Luoqi demanded, Arasaka could only reluctantly accept.
And Luoqi was very satisfied with this outcome, because even if he sold the basic Soldier Serum externally, the profits would accumulate slowly.
What Luoqi lacked most was time.
The huge sum obtained from Arasaka now was equivalent to exchanging long-term profits for a large amount of money.
Perhaps this would be considered short-sighted in an ordinary company.
But it was different for Ascension Technology.
For Ascension Technology, the faster the money was in hand, the better.
This way, Luoqi could immediately exchange for more modular items, expand the company's scale, and achieve compound growth.
...
The war that erupted over the Cyberpunk incident was not small.
However, as it did not occur within Night City itself, but in the uninhabited Badlands.
Therefore, it did not cause too much sensation.
The impact and spread of the incident were limited to within the major corporations.
Night City's news media, not having received instructions from the two companies, also did not report on this.
Instead, their attention was focused on another event - the latest press conference held by Night City's emerging corporation, Ascension Technology.
Ascension Technology was no longer an entity that needed to piggyback on Arasaka's popularity to gain attention.
After Ascension Technology announced that it would hold a new round of press conferences, it quickly attracted the attention of various media outlets in Night City.
"News 54 reporting.
Just today, Night City's highly anticipated tech and pharmaceutical corporation, Ascension Technology, held a new round of press conferences.
Mr. L, the current Chairman of Ascension Technology, attended the press conference and brought a major announcement to Night City.
At the press conference, Mr. L elaborated extensively on Ascension Technology's future development direction.
It is expected that in the future, Ascension Technology will develop into a strong tech enterprise in multiple fields.
In addition to the familiar pharmaceutical field, intelligent robots, aerospace, new energy, and many other areas are all part of Ascension Technology's plans.
And the multi-functional mobile robot physical prototype showcased at the press conference is a significant attempt by Ascension Technology to venture into the field of intelligent robots...
(The following is omitted as a bunch of nonsense)"
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