Cyberpunk 2077: The Movie (2023) Movie Script
V, you there?
Yeah, Im here.
You all right?
We had a leak. My boss called, dragged me in because we had to intervene.
But no way youre fucked, right?
Jackie, if you work in Arasaka counterintel, youre always fucked.
Take this.
A datashard?
Use it. And make sure Abernathy wont be a problem anymore.
Whatll happen if I refuse?
This isnt a request, V.
Need your help, Jack. Got some biz.
You in some trouble?
Not yet. Just need a soul I can trust for now.
Meet me at Lizzies. Be there in an hour.
Welcome to Lizzies.
This aint no delicate situation, hermana. Its a hitjob, plain an simple.
You know how Arasaka operates
Today, they got you to zero somebody.
Tomorrow, theyll get somebody else to zero you.
Jenkins assigned you a task today. Youll share all the details with us.
Gah, fuck
How you feelin? Pretty sharp dive, huh?
In two minutes, any company cybernetics in your possession will cease functioning.
I think you fellas mighta forgotten just how far from home you are.
We have what we came for. Itll do for now.
Thatd be that, Jack. Just lost control of my life.
Id say you got it back.
V...! V!
Your new life it starts now.
I think I mighta bagged us a sweet-ass J-O-B.
Go on
Maybe its not as big as that, but Just that its fronted by a little known someone named Dexter DeShawn.
Only the top fixer in Night-fuckin-City!
Hey, V.
Dr. Vektor will see you now.
Got a job from Dex DeShawn - hittin the major leagues. Need tech that can perform.
The Dexter DeShawn? Heheh, well, that is something.
Im ready. Carve away.
Lay that major league arm of yours right here.
Go on, kid.
Show em what youre made of.
And once you hit the big leagues, dont forget where you came from.
Listen close. Scannin a serious job, now.
Whats the job?
Theres this prototype tech - a biochip, to be precise.
Guessin it belongs to a corp?
Arasaka.
NCs Arasakas turf, nobody fucks with them here.
What can I say, Miss V - high risk, high reward.
You work this out? Got a plan?
Two things, Firsts a conundrum with the Maelstrom boys.
Seconds a rendezvous. Client who brought us the jobs anxious. She wants to parley with one o the team.
Womans names Evelyn Parker.
Your target - I trust you know what it is.
Relic. Secure Your Soul trinket.
The chip is tucked away inside Konpeki Plaza, the hotel.
The rooms occupied by Yorinobu Arasaka.
Got somethin for you. Should help you plan. Braindance from Konpeki Plaza.
Hey, Judy.
What do you think? Will it do?
Still pretty raw but yeah, oughta do.
How bout it, V? Raw braindance.
Manual details a special temp-controlled container.
Relic needs to be kept real cool.
Yorinobus got the case here, guaranteed.
We got it. Good work.
Whats the issue needs resolving with Maelstrom?
Psychogang, doin its thing two weeks back, jumped a Militech convoy.
And I need me that bit o high-grade military tech.
Cause if we dont get that bot, we dont get no Saka chip.
You want the Flathead? I better see some eddies.
Youll pay twice because I say youll pay twice!
I love this town. The city of endless opportunity.
Well talk about the rest at The Afterlife.
Afterlife, here we come, baby!
The heart o Night City!
Thats it right there - beating. Hear it?
See that old lady there?
Thats Rogue - best fixer in all o Night City.
So you know the target. Yorinobu Arasaka. The emperors son and heir apparent.
How bout we go over the plan? Whatcha got for us, Dex?
A Delamainll drop your asses at the front door of Konpeki Plaza.
Youll stroll right in thanks to your false identities.
Then, with Bugs help, youll breach the hotels subnet
Mine and the Flatheads help.
All clear to me.
Perfect.
Welcome on board this Delamain service. With Delamain, you leave your problems at the door.
This is how you wanna cruise into the major leagues
Wouldnt get overly excited.
Youkoso. Greetings and welcome to Konpeki Plaza.
Pretty snazzy. Too bad we aint stayin the night.
Now you fire up the Flathead and find the shaft entrance.
Dwellers inside.
Just as planned.
Still weird the hotels only got one runner.
Neutralize him.
Penthouse security is neutralized.
Perfecto. Lets start the show.
Not bad bein heir to the Arasaka empire.
Guys! Focus! The safe!
We got winged visitors Bug?
Dunno who. But staffs abuzz, all two hundred on their feet, cant keep still.
Shit. Yorinobus penthouse bound!
Fuck him! Open the safe!
Done!
Preem!
Fuck, too late! Yorinobus about to walk in - find cover!
You fuckin kiddin?!
Is that Adam Smasher?!
Bodyguard?
Worse. Night City legend.
Are they here yet?
They approach from the landing pad.
Fuck are they talking about?
Bug, who we got incoming?
Nuh-uh, no fucking way!
Saburo Arasaka?!
The emperor?
Oh, shit
Fuuuck me
I wish to put the hotel on lockdown.
Saburo Arasaka has been murdered.
Code red initiated.
Oh my god, were so fucked!
Bug, need you to get us out of here. Now!
I been made! Aaaarrghhh!
Bug!
Fuckin major leagues! Happy now, Jackie?!
Biochip integrity at ninety-four percent.
One of yous gotta slot the Relic into your neural port!
Dont feel any different.
Once youre back, well take out the Relic and run a full brain scan and sweep.
But you two need to get the fuck out of there first!
You've gotta hold tight Jackie you hear me?!
Youll see Misty, your mom everyone you love.
The biochip
Hold on to it. For me.
Mr. DeShawn awaits you in room number two-oh-four.
See ya in the major leagues, Jack.
You got any notion of the shit you pulled me into?!
You offed the fuckin emperor!
Anyone with so much as a pinky toe dipped in this mess is as good as dead!
Youre the one who got us into this mess!
Cant risk it, V.
Member our first convo?
Seems Ive chosen the quiet life, after all.
No blaze o glory for me.
Tonight, Im here to say goodbye to all of you.
Dont do this. You can still change your mind.
See ya in the next life, friend.
Youre late.
Get in. Fore I change my mind.
Johnny, remember the plan?
Get the payload on the elevator, arm it, let gravity do its thing.
Explosion rocks the foundation, tower crumbles - chaos, screaming, roll credits.
Johnny, payload.
Bushido II - bombs name was what?
The Demolitron - were good to blow.
Not done yet. Still need to feed this to their subnet.
I fucking knew it!
This was never about corporate colonialism - this was about
your groupie output, wasnt it?!
Door lock breached. Arasaka sons-a-bitches incoming.
Closing in on the access point.
Slot in.
Holy cybercow, were on TV! Take a look.
We turn now to Arasaka Tower, its evacuation ongoing after an unidentified terrorist organization
released a manifesto threatening violence.
Shit! Thats Adam Smasher!
Johnny, run!
Told ya, Johnny boy.
Told you Id end you someday.
Hot damn - done and gone.
My husband died in that tower.
But there are fates worse than death
And you? Whore you?
Now, listen, dawg. I have done exactly what you asked,
so less you an me figure this
You hear me? I need your help!
Hold on!
Traitor!
We both could use medical attention.
Do you know a ripperdoc whom you can trust?
Viktor will fix us up.
Lets get her inside!
How is she?
Slower on the mend than you, but lookin better every day.
How ya feelin?
Dunno, Vik earsre ringin. And Im seein shit
These hallucinations - describe em to me?
I plant a bomb in Arasaka Tower.
It was too real, even for a lucid dream.
You werent dreaming, V. Those were memories.
Theres a personality construct on that shard. Dreams you had were from his past.
Me and who, Vik?
Johnny Silverhand. A terrorist - real talk o the town back in my day.
Anyway, thats not whats important right now
What is, then ?
The biochip its basically a bomb, fuse lit already.
You dont have much time left, much life. A few weeks tops.
Silverhands construct is overwriting your consciousness - gradually taking over
your body until one day youll just be gone.
What the hell do I do?
I wish I knew, kid.
Cmon, V, lets get you home.
Here, got some meds for you.
Omega blockers - taken regularly, theyll keep things from progressing too quickly.
Pseudoendotrizines from me. Effectll be opposite.
Itll speed things up, free the demon, so to speak.
The fuck I need pills for?
Oughta just stick a gun in my mouth, pull the trigger.
Well, that way youd kill two souls. Is that what you want?
Gotta lie down
Gotta get out of here, understand?
And Ill kill anyone who gets in my way. You included.
Whered you even come from?
Howre we even talking?
How the fuck should I know?
The fuck kinda joytoy are you sposed to be?
Fuckin ghost off!
Who you work for? Start talkin!
Fuck!
Fuck!
Fucking chip
I can feel it our minds touching
Im like mold on fruit creepin into you
nothing I can do about it.
You hear me?!
Id puke if I fuckin could!
Its just a copy of the engram - Im out there somewhere,
gotta be
Ugh. Fuck me
Takemura here.
We must meet. Come to Toms Diner.
Why would I do that?
Because I am the one who saved your life.
If you intend to live, you must reenter the ring. The bell has already tolled.
Whats it you actually want from me?
To begin, you must tell me where to find Evelyn Parker.
She and Yorinobu Arasaka had intimate relations
Been thinkin I oughta have a word with her myself.
She promised to help me get rid of the chip.
Why do you believe she could help you remove the chip?
Evelyn was knowledgeable about the Relic, had a large chunk of classified info.
Yorinobu Arasaka must answer for this crime of patricide.
I have allies prepared to bring Yorinobu to his knees.
The only thing I need is proof.
And you think theyll trust the word of a merc?
With a bit of luck, Ill track down Evelyn.
The Parker woman will not help you.
Were I you, I would think about a plan B.
Anders Hellman - he invented the Relic. If I wanna get rid of it,
hes my man.
Hellman defected from the company.
He was the one to alert Saburo-san to Yorinobus schemes.
He knew both of them well and could be an important witness.
For several days, I collected information.
All leads point to one place - the club called the Afterlife.
I was quickly dismissed by the Queen of Fixers there. Rogue.
Do what you want, look for Parker, Hellman, whoever.
I must see some friends, call in some favors.
Zapper-dumples and filth. In some ways, Night City never changes.
Arasaka still a despotic machine and the worlds on a collision course with chaos.
But hey, at least Rogues still alive.
You know, you got some nerve. First youre out to kill me, now you wanna be my pal?
Make like nothing happened?
You know you dont gotta speak out loud to talk to me?
What do you want!?
Ive processed some shit, changed my mind. Dont want you dead anymore.
Go fuck yourself, dickwipe!
Hey, wasnt easy for me, either. You woke up in a landfill,
I woke up in your head.
Wrestling with your thoughts, memories. Think were even.
And Ive taken a step back, looked at things Think we might be able to help each other.
We could start with Rogue. Her and I go back to the stone age.
Dont need convincin. Seen your memories. Gross.
Roguell dance to any tune I play her. Just get us to the Afterlife.
There is no us.
Have you seen Evelyn?
Need to find out who she was working for.
All right Evelyns a doll. Used to work at Clouds.
Clouds? Whats that?
Its a dollhouse.
Sounds vaguely familiar That where they tailor-code things to your fetishes and whatnot?
Clients subconscious is the script - doll stars in it.
No memory of it after, though, luckily.
Thank Christ for that.
Way I see it, only thing waitin for you here is getting off or getting offed.
Place your bets.
Welcome to Clouds.
Where we know what youre looking for.
Hi, Im Skye. And you must be Valerie?
Welp, looks like thisll be interesting
So, V, youre dying.
Howd you know Im dying?
Deep inside you fear this, cower before it.
Instead of a dream, youre living a nightmare.
Youre afraid of being erased, as if you never existed.
If you gotta kill, kill. If you gotta burn it all to the ground, then let it burn.
What happened? I do something wrong?
Evelyn Parker. What do you know about her?
Im no threat. But she could be in trouble.
Heard a customer did a number on her. But thats all I know.
Whered it happen?
Her booth.
Blood - fresh, not too much. Put it to a wound rather than a kill.
Whats this?
What do you think? Cyberpsychosis?
Sounds crazy, but she couldve been remotely hacked.
Weird
Need to get in touch with Evelyn Parker. Its important.
Just didnt show up for work. Wasnt picking up, either,
so I asked Woodman what was up.
Told me she left.
Looking for a girl named Evelyn Parker.
She ain't here.
Got an order from up high to recycle her.
You killed her?
No. But I did find a ripperdoc who was willin to take a look.
The ripper - name and address.
Goes by Fingers. Clinics in some god-forsaken alley up on Jig-Jig Street.
Doc Fingers on Jig-Jig Street. Sounds like a coeds wet dream.
Think Fingerss got her? Think well find her there?
V, if I could see that far I wouldnt be a fucking ghost on a chip
in a corpses head right now.
Gah, fuck!
Ugh, the hells that?
Its all goin too slow.
Gonna decomish before we learn how to rip the chip out.
Wanted me dead, said so yourself.
Made it pretty clear since that I changed my mind.
Want you to live now.
See, me and Arasaka, we got a half-century-old score needs settling,
and I plan to do it.
Thats what I need you for.
Never been recruited into a terrorist cell before.
Feel kinda honored, actually.
Listen, I know things, where we can save your life, who can help us do that.
Youll get rid of the chip, Ill smash Saka - win-win, kid.
Soulkillers what we need and Mikoshis how we grab it.
OK, so, this Mikoshi - what is it, exactly?
If youre jacked in, cruisin the Net, Arasaka can use Soulkiller, an AI, to trap,
fry and pack away your psyche, your mind and your soul.
Thats how you became a construct.
Exactly. Now, Mikoshis the place Soulkiller operates out of,
where it stores its victims engrams.
How you plan to smash Arasaka this time? Got another nuke tucked away?
This time bombs named Alt Cunningham.
Im sposed to know who that is?
Not yet. But you will once we find what we need.
Manage to learn anything?
Evelyns not at Clouds anymore.
Behavioral chip was damaged. Parently they carted her off to a ripperdoc goes by Fingers.
Oh, shit
Know where to find this Fingers character?
Yeah, runs a dinky chop-shop off Jig-Jig Street.
Fuck, V, guys all kinds of bad news.
Wont lie - place has a wicked vibe.
So, this more up your alley than Clouds?
Hey, least here you know what yourre getting.
What are you even doing here Judy?
Same thing as you - looking for Evelyn.
Hello? What can I do for you?
Looking for a girl named Evelyn Parker.
Poor girl Tried to help her, I did.
But as you can see, this isnt exactly a state-of-the-art facility
Enough of this BULLSHIT! Whatd you do to her, you freak?!
When I realized I wouldnt be able to help her, I called my fixer.
Two guys came and picked her up the same day.
Could very well be on her way to becoming the next underground braindance darling!
You pawned her off like she was some fucking inanimate mannequin.
Judys right. People like you make this city a living hell, day in, day out.
And here we are.
Lets find her! Hang in there Eve.
All right. Goin in.
Take them out quickly.
Evelyn! You hear me?
Lets get her somewhere safe.
We goin in?
Shes sleeping.
Her eyesre closed and shes not shaking anymore.
Ill be the first to admit, this does not look good
Evelyn, I really need your help. Its important.
If I dont do anything, and do it soon, Ill die.
Ill show you the virtu I found.
OK, show me.
Cant see her face.
Whoever she is, shes got serious netrunning skills.
All of them are from Pacifica.
Haitian Creole? It is the Voodoo Boys
OK, Judy. Were good.
All right, disconnecting.
Whats this have to do with Johnny Silverhand? He died like forever ago.
Can you give me a minute? Need to go over some stuff. In my head.
Course.
These people - what could they want from Alt?
One way or another, everything leads back to that netrunner.
Thought you said nothing could help us?
Ugh, just find us that juju wirehead, OK?
V, whats shakin?
Need to make contact with the Voodoo Boys chief, if you can swing it.
Hmm Now, thatd be Maman Brigitte.
Maman Brigitte
Looks like Im goin on a field trip to Pacifica.
Well, good luck. Hope you wont need it.
Welcome to Pacifica.
Listen, can you help me or not?
Yes, of course. But not here. We will go to de crypt
where you must give us access to de chip.
Then after you.
We take you into de cyberspace. No better place for you to interact with de construct.
Wanna know what you need Silverhand for first.
We wish to contact Alt Cunningham.
Alt de only one can give us safe passage past de Blackwall.
Where are we?
This is our BBS. Data fortress.
Bridge to de deep Net.
We enhanced your link to Silverhands neural network for a short time.
To grab de fragment.
We must find de data on Alt.
So did it work?
Yes. We extract de necessary fragment of Silverhands engram.
We are ready now to make contact with Alt.
First, we must dive deeper.
Beyond, dere are no borders.
Goodness, gracious, me
A damn shame thats that.
Always gotta shit all over it, dont you?
Where you goin?
Got somewhere to be.
Silverhand! Hey!
Alt ?
Good noise choom!
Lets get out of here.
Join usss for a drop, Ssshilver-rocker?
Nother time, choombas.
But what if there wont be another time?
Go! Run!
Johnny!
Fuck off! Lemme alone!
Let go of me!
Cmon, rise and shine.
Wheres Alt?
Wheres who?
Woman who was with me.
Ask your savior.
Said his name was Thompson.
Arasaka wants her. Abduction was a standard intercorp extraction, nothin more.
OK, so whatre they after?
Soulkiller, an AI - sound familiar at all?
Course. Urban legend with the shittiest name ever.
Its no legend. Soulkillers real. And your choombas at Arasaka
just hired the runner who wrote it.
So whatll it be? Comin with?
Where to?
Arasaka Tower. To grab Alt right back.
Swing by the Atlantis on the way. Got some chooms there.
You seen Rogue?
Shes upstairs.
Need your help.
I got a job. Thats it. Urgent, but i got the euro.
Pays double your standard rate.
Triple it. And you come with us now.
Deal.
That it is.
Shit, Johnny! Didnt notice you had a fuckin tail?!
Mr. Silverhand.
Youre coming with us.
Sure, lemme just finish this.
All right, so who we gotta pull outta Arasaka?
Alt Cunningham.
This gets better by the minute. How you wanna play this?
Either of you gonks got a plan?
Set up right under Arasakas windows and crank it loud. Blast the panes out.
Itll be a gig to remember.
Were too late.
I would advise you not to disturb her.
Whatd you do to Alt?
I put her to work on the project of a lifetime.
Alt? Cmon, dont do this.
Johnny...
Never even told me half that about Alt.
That you were a couple, that she wrote Soulkiller, that shes dead?
Alt fled. Into the Net.
Whend you find out?
When she made contact, a little later.
Whatd she say?
That she was a captive in the Arasaka subnet.
So what did you do?
Got my hands on two thermonuclear charges.
Then headed back to Arasaka Tower.
Voodoo Boys think they know where she is - beyond the Blackwall.
Too much for our little pro?
Few have gone through to de other side.
And none have yet returned.
How do I get to the other side?
Alt?
Johnny.
You cannot remain here.
Alt? Whats goin on?
We will talk here.
Came through the Blackwall to meet me
That mean were good, thingsre chill between us?
I have recognized your engram code, but I do not know why you are here.
Alt, this is V - you need to save her life.
I cannot help you.
Cant? Or wont?
Cant. To attempt to do so, I would need access to more advanced technology.
Fine So how about Mikoshi? That advanced enough for ya?
If I could gain access to Mikoshi, it would cease to exist.
What can you do for me, exactly?
With the Soulkiller resident inside Mikoshi, I will create a construct of you,
then disentangle your neural network from Johnnys.
I shall then inject your engram back into your mortal form.
Well crack a window, slip you into Mikoshi.
So, we agreed?
Yes, we are agreed.
Voodoo Boys - what about them?
They shall let you pass unharmed. Those were our terms.
Look. Hey, look. See that?
Fuck those cunts
Whatever you gotta say - say it.
Thought you were just unlucky at first.
But I kept watchin and finally realized what your problem is.
Always been a corpocog, a replaceable part.
Once Saka booted you out, stripped you of perks,
best you could hope for was to be a scav exterminator.
Sure seem to know a lot about my past.
Well, seen flashes of your past, just like youve seen flashes of mine.
Pisses me off that our memories blend, dont have my own anymore.
Chips the worst thing to ever fuckin happen to me.
Mean to say I havent earned the top spot yet?
An arrogant assholes no small problem, but it aint my biggest. Dyin is.
Death by becoming someone else You didnt do anything to deserve that fate.
You afraid of death?
Im afraid of wasted opportunities.
Your goals to bury Arasaka, demolish it. Mines to stay above ground. Seem pretty clearly defined, both.
Actually align pretty nicely, too.
You need Mikoshi to save your life - that done, I can burn it to the ground.
OK, Ill tell ya why I wanna destroy Arasaka, but Ill only tell ya once.
I saw corps strip farmers of water and eventually of land.
Saw them transform Night City into a machine fueled by peoples crushed spirits,
broken dreams and emptied pockets.
Corpsve long controlled our lives, taken lots and now theyre after our souls!
V, Ive declared war not cause capitalisms a thorn in my side or outta nostalgia for an America gone by.
This wars a peoples war against a system thats spiralled outta our control.
Its a war against the fuckin forces of entropy, understand?!
Do whatever it takes to stop em, defeat em, gut em.
If I gotta kill, Ill kill. If I need your body, Ill fuckin take it!
You still dont see it. But you will one day.
Hey, Judy, whats up?
V can you come over, stat?
Something happen?
Yeah. Just come.
I was only gone an hour
Evie was lying in bed, like always, when I went out.
And I got back to augh
Fuck
If id just known Idve
Dont blame yourself, couldnt watch her twenty-four seven.
Gotta do somethin with her.
Dont want any trouble - Im callin the badges.
No, she was not pronounced dead by Trauma Team. If shedve had coverage, we wouldnt be talkin.
An fuck you! If you dont wanna move your asses,
why dont I come down the precinct and trash it into bits?
Fine! I dont give a fuck what you write me up for!
Fuck, Evie
I let her down. I thought if I gave some space or time shed get back on her feet
Sure you dont need anything?
No, but sweet of you to ask.
Know what? Lets just not say anything for a minute, K?
For several days, I collected information.
All leads point to one place - the club called the Afterlife.
All these years Its really her.
Fuckin Rogue, just kickin it back on a couch at the Afterlife.
Whore you?
Namess V.
And what is it you want, V?
Need your services. Gotta track a guy down.
Anders Hellman. Hot-shot engineer. Worked for Arasaka.
Millisec.
Anders Hellman.
Your Hellmans not on any payroll, not officially, anyway. But he does pop up in QianTs confidential stacks.
Its a Kang Tao subsidiary. Chinese corp.
Decrypted map of upcoming Kang Tao convoy routes.
Think Hellman might be in one of em?
Take a look at the specs on this one.
Kang Tao security detail plus one VIP. Transfer from QianT.
Our boy, Hellman.
Gonna need a native to the area, someone wholl set up the op, cabble together the gear.
So, a native. Know any hick mercs?
Just one. Panam Palmer.
Hey, Panam?
So youre V.
What do you want?
One guy I gotta talk to. A corpo travelling by corp convoy.
Why do you need that clown from the AV?
This particular clowns got intel I need. And Im running out of time to get it.
Lets get a drink.
What can I get ya?
Broseph. Two of em.
Whats the plan for Hellman?
Ive come up with a plan, a first draft, but I need to sleep on it, work it out.
Then we can talk about the details.
I think it best to rent rooms here, just to stay in the area.
Well get to work around midnight, it will help keep us out of sight.
Agreed?
Mhm, good idea. Lets do it.
Well, thats all settled then.
Cheers - heres to whats yet to come!
To whats to come.
Hey.
Hello.
Im just checking the suspension. The hydraulics have to be shipshape - were in for a bumpy ride.
Come up with anything? For Hellman, I mean.
As a matter of fact, I did.
Look here.
Were the wrench. The cutter is the AV.
And the screwdriver is where the AV should bury its nose cone in the dust.
Here - the clamps our solution. A satwave power station.
We need to break into it.
We hit the AV with an EMP.
As soon as the AV is in range, we cause an electromagnetic pulse.
All right. Lets ride.
Sabotage a corpo power station, jump a corpo transport, kidnap a corpo suit
Know what? Youre starting to remind me of me fifty years back.
Minus the charisma and impressive cock.
Its there! Coming from Pacifica!
Now!
Boom.
Panam! The engines are still running. Fuck! Theyre gettin away!
Theyre going nowhere.
We gotta go after it!
Give me a moment
We got the bastard.
Lets go!
I need the guy who was ridin this AV?
Took him with em.
Where?
West. Small unit.
I'll go after 'em.
Who sent you?
Hey, easy. We gotta talk.
Who are you working for? Yorinobu Arasaka?
Motherfucker doesnt know who to be scared of more - you or Arasaka.
Dont take this personally.
Takemura? Good news. Got Hellman.
Alive? What did he say?
Alive, alive. Not too talkative now. Taking him to the Sunset Motel.
I will come to you.
See ya.
Think thats it. Until next time?
Until next time.
If youre telling the truth, you slotted in a new, experimental version of the biochip.
Yeah, yeah, great, your tech works. Now get it out of me.
Your neural network has completely deteriorated. It can no longer function independently of the chip.
Are you trying to convince me youre useless?
If you think theres anyone else who can help you. I could give you the blueprints.
Complete project documentation.
Better than nothing. Long as we find someone fluent in technobabble.
Takemura?
Hes got a few questions of his own for you.
V. I will remember this.
Hes all yours. Ill give you two some space.
Been a long time since we talk. Since when Jackie pass away.
Howre you doin?
How you think? My son is dead.
But I am hanging in there.
Callin to offer my condolences.
I prepared an ofrenda for Jaquito.
We cant let him go without a proper goodbye.
Say no more, Mama Welles. Ill be there.
I thank you all for coming today.
Im not going to tell you what kind of man my son was or lament about how much I miss him.
When he was about nineteen years old?
I get a call from the hospital. They tell me he got shot. Three times.
He tell me, he said, No te preocupes mam. Look, Im bulletproof.
He just didnt want me to worry.
I often think back to the first time me and Jack met.
Jackie saved my life.
And then, years later in Night city, he saved it again.
At a time when I thought Id lost absolutely everything.
I found my own freedom, then.
But it would not have happened without him.
Jackie Welles.
For his loved ones, hed sacrifice his life, without hesitation.
Rest easy, choom.
Heres to my son.
I may have found a solution to the problem we share.
I have established contact with an old friend from Arasaka.
You will tell him what you told me - the truth of events at Konpeki Plaza.
Fine. Wheres the meet and when?
Japantown. After sunset.
Friend you mentioned here?
Oda? He should be here any moment now.
Willin finally to give me the spec on im?
He is Hanako-samas bodyguard.
Hanako Arasakas? Saburos daughter?
Yes.
And if he believes you, we will next meet with her.
Takemura-san.
Oda.
Is this her? Your thief?
She is my witness.
So speak.
Was there. Saw what happened.
Yorinobu strangled the old guy.
Silence. Not one word more.
You will bring death to your door.
Hanako-sama must hear it!
My one concern is to keep her safe.
Is she in danger?
Now? No. Yet during the parade to honor Arasaka-sama? Most certainly.
Unlike you, I have not yet failed to keep my oath to do my duty.
You will regret those words!
The only thing I regret is that I cam here to meet you.
Good fuckin riddance. One Arasaka whackjob is already plenty.
Well cant say we didnt try.
We tried, yes, and obtained something useful
Hm, how do you figure that?
Do you not see? The parade
It is our chance, perhaps.
If, somehow, we can get to Hanako-sama
We must do a proper reconnaissance first
The dashi floats will pass precisely this way.
If I could just get into Hanako-samas float, I could speak with her in private.
I observed the CCTV, and I know where the sniper positions are.
You must make each harmless before they do the same to me.
Hanako-samas platform will stop here,
close to the emergency exit we will use when all is done.
Is all this clear?
Plans fucked beyond all recognition, yet here I am
I am in position. The floats have started to move.
OK, good to go.
Then let us begin.
All systems jammed. Its now or never.
V, run!
Shit! Shit! Shit!
Oda?
Course youre here!
I warned you.
Youll pay for this!
V? Are you secure?
Yeah for now!
Where are you?
An abandoned apartment block on Vine Street. Second floor.
I was there that night at Konpeki Plaza. I saw Saburo Arasaka die.
He wasnt poisoned. Thats a lie your brother made up and spread.
Yorinobu is the murderer.
You must be mad to think I will listen to such nonsense.
We can confirm every word she speaks if only you will help her with the Relic.
Did you hear that?
Got a bad feeling about this
Arasaka - they have found us!
We must go different ways! Alone we have a better chance!
Really?! Think so?!
Then go! Now!
Think they make these motels especially for royal fuck-ups like us?
ACs busted, dirty needles under the mattress, shitters clogged
Hear that?
Car.
At this hour? In this place?
I have a message for V.
Im armed. Dont try anything.
So? You were saying? Got a message?
Itll start soon.
Whatll start?
Its a doll.
Or a proxy.
I must make one thing clear. I still think you are mad, but
Hanako? That you?
But I can fool myself no longer. I believe you.
I must act while the wound is fresh.
And you will help me.
Youre gonna help me first.
Wanna know everything you know about Mikoshi.
Mikoshi One of my fathers flagship projects.
A data fortress with servers situated on orbital stations all around Earth.
In any case, that is not where you will find salvation.
Not without extensive knowledge of the Relic and the construct creation procedure.
Managed to make contact with Alt Cunningham.
The Cunningham?
That should be more than useful.
What now?
Let us meet in person.
At Embers, in the city center. It is discreet.
Whats up? Got a few more words bout the porcelain cunt?
Uugh! Fuck!
Shit!
Putain !
Uugh ! Johnny!
You aint dyin yet. I got you.
Get up. Pacifics beautiful this time of day.
Almost flatlined by that attack.
Almost.
Why bring me here of all places?
You took over
Couldnt just leave you there, could I?
Thanks for helpin
What are imaginary friends for?
Return the favor first chance I get.
Hold you to that.
You seriously considerin Hanakos offer?
Got a better idea?
Not yet, but I got a request.
Well?
Adam Smasher - fucker who got the better of me
Whatever happens to me, I want him zerod, gone, tossed into the wind as mulch.
Right. Understood.
And I want Rogue to be there with you.
Its important to me, and its just as important for her.
You wanted to know why I brought you here.
Theres a hidey-hole where Im standin. Open it. Empty it.
These yours?
They were - belong to you now.
Imagine were deployed together, fightin in a war side by side
Would you take a bullet for me?
I would, yeah.
Tags belonged to a man who sacrificed his life for mine in Mexico.
Been thinkin about our predicament
Wanna be clear - I will do you no wrong.
When the time comes, itll be my life for yours, Ill agree to get wiped.
Tags are proof of my promise.
I Id do the same for you.
Yeah, thanks.
So I gotta tell Rogue everything?
Think Id better do that, handle it personally.
Just gonna have a quick chat with Rogue about Smasher, then Im out. I promise.
Fine. Ill do this for you.
Preciate it, thanks.
Hey, Jude. Whats up?
Ah, you know, same ol. You?
Funny, was just thinkin about you.
So, do I got amazin timin or are you always thinkin about me?
Yknow, I could be cursin your name in my thoughts.
Hoh, hey Im just glad you remember me at all.
This particular mission dont require you to have no gun. Just a wetsuit.
All right then, count me in.
But I gotta warn you - I look great in a wetsuit.
Is this a date?
Guess youll have to find out.
Youll drop the pills from Misty, and Ill steer the ship for a bit.
Just gonna talk to Rogue about Smasher, right?
Then youll hand me the wheel, hop back in the passenger seat.
Dont worry. Ill be gentle. Ya might even enjoy it.
'Bout fuckin' time.
Tequila Old Fashioned. Top it up with beer. And sprinkle in some chili.
Silverhand special? Been a while since anyone ordered that.
Fuck, it's good to be back.
Oh, fuck.
Fuck. Never again.
Had no idea the pills would lay you out like this.
Maybe wouldnt be bad if you hadnt chased em down with fuck knows what.
Just supposed to talk to Rogue.
Did talk to er.
Lets get out of here, get you some air.
Did you bring Soulkiller, as we agreed you would?
Finger on the trigger. Dont say a word.
Course I didnt bring Soulkiller. Fraid we dont know each other that well.
We are here because I know how to save your life.
I can lead you to Mikoshi.
Meanin? Mikoshi dont exist in realspace.
Yet its access points do. And one is very near.
Where?
Here in Night City. Beneath Arasaka Tower.
Go on. Talk.
My brother
You catch a whiff of that? Smells like shit. Careful not to step in it.
He must be made to take responsibility for his deeds.
Help me get rid of Yorinobu. I will help you get rid of the construct.
Dont like this at all. Sounds like you wanna use me.
No. I simply offer you an opportunity.
Agh Ill think it over
You could use some air. Right now.
Whatever you decide lets make sure to get outta here first.
Fuckin scared me, know that?
Thought you were on your way out.
No, still here.
For now.
Come a long way to get here, havent we?
Just think - it all started in a fuckin landfill.
Mhm. Then you tried to kill me.
Exactly what I mean. Here we are now, together, soakin in this vista of Night City.
My only regrets that I wont get to see how it all ends.
Kinda tough deciding which of your friends get to die, isnt it?
Good news is you got this one choom whos already dead.
And hed be honored to join you on a wild, suicide run.
This plan, what would it entail, exactly?
Plan? Well, might be how Rogue operates.
I say you grab the hottest iron you can find,
stride in the Towers front door and cut your own path down to the lower levels.
If I gotta die, rather fall into my grave gun in hand and on fire. And not drag anyone down with me.
Huh, you just discovered what it takes to become a legend
Grab your iron - lets mobilize.
Aint no expert, but sure looks like the towers mainframe to me.
Guess we just see what happens when we jack Alt in.
I am in control.
Ive cleared a path, but you must hurry. An elite security unit is following you.
Smasher!
Ah! Ah! Ah! You wont leave here alive.
Johnny Silverhand sends his regards.
We saw this place in a dream.
Find the access point in the center of the room. You must connect to it.
Then submerse yourself in coolant.
I will be waiting.
See ya on the other side.
So, when do we start?
Havent caught on yet, have ya?
Whaddaya mean?
Alts already split us. Once you jacked into Mikoshi, she lit you up with Soulkiller.
So thats really it. Were done. You kept your word.
There is one aspect I failed to take into account.
Alt? What?
DNA reconfiguration by the Relic has progressed too far.
After I transfer your construct into your body, you will die.
It is inevitable. It is imminent.
Fuck
You shall live for about six months.
No, no, no
Ive had enough of this. Of everything.
Perfect, cause were stickin to the plan.
Im goin with Alt, fuck knows where, youre keepin your body.
Guess I meant, I dunno, a a happier ending for everyone involved.
Here, for folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people.
Im sorry.
Dont apologize. We knew all along thiss how it would play out.
Goodbye, V. And never stop fightin.
Think we might be able to help each other.
Come a long way to get here, havent we?
Thanks for helpin
What are imaginary friends for?
Death by becoming someone else You didnt do anything to deserve that fate.
Alt, this is V - you need to save her life.
When the time comes, itll be my life for yours, Ill agree to get wiped.
Never stop fightin.
Gonna hop in the shower.
Mhm. Me too.
All right, V. Whats wrong?
Think you know whats wrong. Im dyin, Judy.
Its all Mikoshi, isnt it? Its gettin worse, right?
Anyway. Ill be outside.
Maybe Ill catch a glimpse of the Crystal Palace
You know, guess you could mistake it for Venus
Listen, V. I
Gotta get outta here. Ditch Night City. Find somethin better, somethin more solid. You understand?
I understand, I really do.
What about you?
Me? Still got some biz to take care of here.
So it is biz? This that thing at the Afterlife?
Mhm.
Take care of yourself, V. An come back in one piece.
You take care, too.
The Afterlife, head over there.
Hey. Client here yet?
Mmm, yep. Lying in wait, by the booth.
Be careful up there and good luck.
And come back to us. Afterlifes your home now.
Thanks Rogue.
Nobodys ever pulled off a stunt like this.
Where Im from, theyd say its straight impossible.
Theyd say youre taking too big a risk.
Theyd be dead wrong, all of em.
Self-confidence worthy of a legend.
This time tomorrow - should have the casinos client data, all of it.
Dont forget your side of the bargain.
Oh, I never forget a promise. Good luck.
Right, in position.
Perfect, almost to the second. My turn.
Satellitesre down for now - just got the signal.
Signature cloaking activated.
Remember. Got one shot and one shot only.
Soon as it starts, therell be no backing down...
no chance at extraction.
But if this works, youll gain more than you ever imagined.
Times when I had something to gain are long gone.
Now I got nothin to lose.
Fine. Ill do this for you.
Preciate it, thanks.
V...
My name is Songbird.
Im an NUS intelligence analyst.
I know about the bomb ticking in your head.
And I can save your life.
Whats the catch?
I need you to get to Dogtown.
Yeah, Im here.
You all right?
We had a leak. My boss called, dragged me in because we had to intervene.
But no way youre fucked, right?
Jackie, if you work in Arasaka counterintel, youre always fucked.
Take this.
A datashard?
Use it. And make sure Abernathy wont be a problem anymore.
Whatll happen if I refuse?
This isnt a request, V.
Need your help, Jack. Got some biz.
You in some trouble?
Not yet. Just need a soul I can trust for now.
Meet me at Lizzies. Be there in an hour.
Welcome to Lizzies.
This aint no delicate situation, hermana. Its a hitjob, plain an simple.
You know how Arasaka operates
Today, they got you to zero somebody.
Tomorrow, theyll get somebody else to zero you.
Jenkins assigned you a task today. Youll share all the details with us.
Gah, fuck
How you feelin? Pretty sharp dive, huh?
In two minutes, any company cybernetics in your possession will cease functioning.
I think you fellas mighta forgotten just how far from home you are.
We have what we came for. Itll do for now.
Thatd be that, Jack. Just lost control of my life.
Id say you got it back.
V...! V!
Your new life it starts now.
I think I mighta bagged us a sweet-ass J-O-B.
Go on
Maybe its not as big as that, but Just that its fronted by a little known someone named Dexter DeShawn.
Only the top fixer in Night-fuckin-City!
Hey, V.
Dr. Vektor will see you now.
Got a job from Dex DeShawn - hittin the major leagues. Need tech that can perform.
The Dexter DeShawn? Heheh, well, that is something.
Im ready. Carve away.
Lay that major league arm of yours right here.
Go on, kid.
Show em what youre made of.
And once you hit the big leagues, dont forget where you came from.
Listen close. Scannin a serious job, now.
Whats the job?
Theres this prototype tech - a biochip, to be precise.
Guessin it belongs to a corp?
Arasaka.
NCs Arasakas turf, nobody fucks with them here.
What can I say, Miss V - high risk, high reward.
You work this out? Got a plan?
Two things, Firsts a conundrum with the Maelstrom boys.
Seconds a rendezvous. Client who brought us the jobs anxious. She wants to parley with one o the team.
Womans names Evelyn Parker.
Your target - I trust you know what it is.
Relic. Secure Your Soul trinket.
The chip is tucked away inside Konpeki Plaza, the hotel.
The rooms occupied by Yorinobu Arasaka.
Got somethin for you. Should help you plan. Braindance from Konpeki Plaza.
Hey, Judy.
What do you think? Will it do?
Still pretty raw but yeah, oughta do.
How bout it, V? Raw braindance.
Manual details a special temp-controlled container.
Relic needs to be kept real cool.
Yorinobus got the case here, guaranteed.
We got it. Good work.
Whats the issue needs resolving with Maelstrom?
Psychogang, doin its thing two weeks back, jumped a Militech convoy.
And I need me that bit o high-grade military tech.
Cause if we dont get that bot, we dont get no Saka chip.
You want the Flathead? I better see some eddies.
Youll pay twice because I say youll pay twice!
I love this town. The city of endless opportunity.
Well talk about the rest at The Afterlife.
Afterlife, here we come, baby!
The heart o Night City!
Thats it right there - beating. Hear it?
See that old lady there?
Thats Rogue - best fixer in all o Night City.
So you know the target. Yorinobu Arasaka. The emperors son and heir apparent.
How bout we go over the plan? Whatcha got for us, Dex?
A Delamainll drop your asses at the front door of Konpeki Plaza.
Youll stroll right in thanks to your false identities.
Then, with Bugs help, youll breach the hotels subnet
Mine and the Flatheads help.
All clear to me.
Perfect.
Welcome on board this Delamain service. With Delamain, you leave your problems at the door.
This is how you wanna cruise into the major leagues
Wouldnt get overly excited.
Youkoso. Greetings and welcome to Konpeki Plaza.
Pretty snazzy. Too bad we aint stayin the night.
Now you fire up the Flathead and find the shaft entrance.
Dwellers inside.
Just as planned.
Still weird the hotels only got one runner.
Neutralize him.
Penthouse security is neutralized.
Perfecto. Lets start the show.
Not bad bein heir to the Arasaka empire.
Guys! Focus! The safe!
We got winged visitors Bug?
Dunno who. But staffs abuzz, all two hundred on their feet, cant keep still.
Shit. Yorinobus penthouse bound!
Fuck him! Open the safe!
Done!
Preem!
Fuck, too late! Yorinobus about to walk in - find cover!
You fuckin kiddin?!
Is that Adam Smasher?!
Bodyguard?
Worse. Night City legend.
Are they here yet?
They approach from the landing pad.
Fuck are they talking about?
Bug, who we got incoming?
Nuh-uh, no fucking way!
Saburo Arasaka?!
The emperor?
Oh, shit
Fuuuck me
I wish to put the hotel on lockdown.
Saburo Arasaka has been murdered.
Code red initiated.
Oh my god, were so fucked!
Bug, need you to get us out of here. Now!
I been made! Aaaarrghhh!
Bug!
Fuckin major leagues! Happy now, Jackie?!
Biochip integrity at ninety-four percent.
One of yous gotta slot the Relic into your neural port!
Dont feel any different.
Once youre back, well take out the Relic and run a full brain scan and sweep.
But you two need to get the fuck out of there first!
You've gotta hold tight Jackie you hear me?!
Youll see Misty, your mom everyone you love.
The biochip
Hold on to it. For me.
Mr. DeShawn awaits you in room number two-oh-four.
See ya in the major leagues, Jack.
You got any notion of the shit you pulled me into?!
You offed the fuckin emperor!
Anyone with so much as a pinky toe dipped in this mess is as good as dead!
Youre the one who got us into this mess!
Cant risk it, V.
Member our first convo?
Seems Ive chosen the quiet life, after all.
No blaze o glory for me.
Tonight, Im here to say goodbye to all of you.
Dont do this. You can still change your mind.
See ya in the next life, friend.
Youre late.
Get in. Fore I change my mind.
Johnny, remember the plan?
Get the payload on the elevator, arm it, let gravity do its thing.
Explosion rocks the foundation, tower crumbles - chaos, screaming, roll credits.
Johnny, payload.
Bushido II - bombs name was what?
The Demolitron - were good to blow.
Not done yet. Still need to feed this to their subnet.
I fucking knew it!
This was never about corporate colonialism - this was about
your groupie output, wasnt it?!
Door lock breached. Arasaka sons-a-bitches incoming.
Closing in on the access point.
Slot in.
Holy cybercow, were on TV! Take a look.
We turn now to Arasaka Tower, its evacuation ongoing after an unidentified terrorist organization
released a manifesto threatening violence.
Shit! Thats Adam Smasher!
Johnny, run!
Told ya, Johnny boy.
Told you Id end you someday.
Hot damn - done and gone.
My husband died in that tower.
But there are fates worse than death
And you? Whore you?
Now, listen, dawg. I have done exactly what you asked,
so less you an me figure this
You hear me? I need your help!
Hold on!
Traitor!
We both could use medical attention.
Do you know a ripperdoc whom you can trust?
Viktor will fix us up.
Lets get her inside!
How is she?
Slower on the mend than you, but lookin better every day.
How ya feelin?
Dunno, Vik earsre ringin. And Im seein shit
These hallucinations - describe em to me?
I plant a bomb in Arasaka Tower.
It was too real, even for a lucid dream.
You werent dreaming, V. Those were memories.
Theres a personality construct on that shard. Dreams you had were from his past.
Me and who, Vik?
Johnny Silverhand. A terrorist - real talk o the town back in my day.
Anyway, thats not whats important right now
What is, then ?
The biochip its basically a bomb, fuse lit already.
You dont have much time left, much life. A few weeks tops.
Silverhands construct is overwriting your consciousness - gradually taking over
your body until one day youll just be gone.
What the hell do I do?
I wish I knew, kid.
Cmon, V, lets get you home.
Here, got some meds for you.
Omega blockers - taken regularly, theyll keep things from progressing too quickly.
Pseudoendotrizines from me. Effectll be opposite.
Itll speed things up, free the demon, so to speak.
The fuck I need pills for?
Oughta just stick a gun in my mouth, pull the trigger.
Well, that way youd kill two souls. Is that what you want?
Gotta lie down
Gotta get out of here, understand?
And Ill kill anyone who gets in my way. You included.
Whered you even come from?
Howre we even talking?
How the fuck should I know?
The fuck kinda joytoy are you sposed to be?
Fuckin ghost off!
Who you work for? Start talkin!
Fuck!
Fuck!
Fucking chip
I can feel it our minds touching
Im like mold on fruit creepin into you
nothing I can do about it.
You hear me?!
Id puke if I fuckin could!
Its just a copy of the engram - Im out there somewhere,
gotta be
Ugh. Fuck me
Takemura here.
We must meet. Come to Toms Diner.
Why would I do that?
Because I am the one who saved your life.
If you intend to live, you must reenter the ring. The bell has already tolled.
Whats it you actually want from me?
To begin, you must tell me where to find Evelyn Parker.
She and Yorinobu Arasaka had intimate relations
Been thinkin I oughta have a word with her myself.
She promised to help me get rid of the chip.
Why do you believe she could help you remove the chip?
Evelyn was knowledgeable about the Relic, had a large chunk of classified info.
Yorinobu Arasaka must answer for this crime of patricide.
I have allies prepared to bring Yorinobu to his knees.
The only thing I need is proof.
And you think theyll trust the word of a merc?
With a bit of luck, Ill track down Evelyn.
The Parker woman will not help you.
Were I you, I would think about a plan B.
Anders Hellman - he invented the Relic. If I wanna get rid of it,
hes my man.
Hellman defected from the company.
He was the one to alert Saburo-san to Yorinobus schemes.
He knew both of them well and could be an important witness.
For several days, I collected information.
All leads point to one place - the club called the Afterlife.
I was quickly dismissed by the Queen of Fixers there. Rogue.
Do what you want, look for Parker, Hellman, whoever.
I must see some friends, call in some favors.
Zapper-dumples and filth. In some ways, Night City never changes.
Arasaka still a despotic machine and the worlds on a collision course with chaos.
But hey, at least Rogues still alive.
You know, you got some nerve. First youre out to kill me, now you wanna be my pal?
Make like nothing happened?
You know you dont gotta speak out loud to talk to me?
What do you want!?
Ive processed some shit, changed my mind. Dont want you dead anymore.
Go fuck yourself, dickwipe!
Hey, wasnt easy for me, either. You woke up in a landfill,
I woke up in your head.
Wrestling with your thoughts, memories. Think were even.
And Ive taken a step back, looked at things Think we might be able to help each other.
We could start with Rogue. Her and I go back to the stone age.
Dont need convincin. Seen your memories. Gross.
Roguell dance to any tune I play her. Just get us to the Afterlife.
There is no us.
Have you seen Evelyn?
Need to find out who she was working for.
All right Evelyns a doll. Used to work at Clouds.
Clouds? Whats that?
Its a dollhouse.
Sounds vaguely familiar That where they tailor-code things to your fetishes and whatnot?
Clients subconscious is the script - doll stars in it.
No memory of it after, though, luckily.
Thank Christ for that.
Way I see it, only thing waitin for you here is getting off or getting offed.
Place your bets.
Welcome to Clouds.
Where we know what youre looking for.
Hi, Im Skye. And you must be Valerie?
Welp, looks like thisll be interesting
So, V, youre dying.
Howd you know Im dying?
Deep inside you fear this, cower before it.
Instead of a dream, youre living a nightmare.
Youre afraid of being erased, as if you never existed.
If you gotta kill, kill. If you gotta burn it all to the ground, then let it burn.
What happened? I do something wrong?
Evelyn Parker. What do you know about her?
Im no threat. But she could be in trouble.
Heard a customer did a number on her. But thats all I know.
Whered it happen?
Her booth.
Blood - fresh, not too much. Put it to a wound rather than a kill.
Whats this?
What do you think? Cyberpsychosis?
Sounds crazy, but she couldve been remotely hacked.
Weird
Need to get in touch with Evelyn Parker. Its important.
Just didnt show up for work. Wasnt picking up, either,
so I asked Woodman what was up.
Told me she left.
Looking for a girl named Evelyn Parker.
She ain't here.
Got an order from up high to recycle her.
You killed her?
No. But I did find a ripperdoc who was willin to take a look.
The ripper - name and address.
Goes by Fingers. Clinics in some god-forsaken alley up on Jig-Jig Street.
Doc Fingers on Jig-Jig Street. Sounds like a coeds wet dream.
Think Fingerss got her? Think well find her there?
V, if I could see that far I wouldnt be a fucking ghost on a chip
in a corpses head right now.
Gah, fuck!
Ugh, the hells that?
Its all goin too slow.
Gonna decomish before we learn how to rip the chip out.
Wanted me dead, said so yourself.
Made it pretty clear since that I changed my mind.
Want you to live now.
See, me and Arasaka, we got a half-century-old score needs settling,
and I plan to do it.
Thats what I need you for.
Never been recruited into a terrorist cell before.
Feel kinda honored, actually.
Listen, I know things, where we can save your life, who can help us do that.
Youll get rid of the chip, Ill smash Saka - win-win, kid.
Soulkillers what we need and Mikoshis how we grab it.
OK, so, this Mikoshi - what is it, exactly?
If youre jacked in, cruisin the Net, Arasaka can use Soulkiller, an AI, to trap,
fry and pack away your psyche, your mind and your soul.
Thats how you became a construct.
Exactly. Now, Mikoshis the place Soulkiller operates out of,
where it stores its victims engrams.
How you plan to smash Arasaka this time? Got another nuke tucked away?
This time bombs named Alt Cunningham.
Im sposed to know who that is?
Not yet. But you will once we find what we need.
Manage to learn anything?
Evelyns not at Clouds anymore.
Behavioral chip was damaged. Parently they carted her off to a ripperdoc goes by Fingers.
Oh, shit
Know where to find this Fingers character?
Yeah, runs a dinky chop-shop off Jig-Jig Street.
Fuck, V, guys all kinds of bad news.
Wont lie - place has a wicked vibe.
So, this more up your alley than Clouds?
Hey, least here you know what yourre getting.
What are you even doing here Judy?
Same thing as you - looking for Evelyn.
Hello? What can I do for you?
Looking for a girl named Evelyn Parker.
Poor girl Tried to help her, I did.
But as you can see, this isnt exactly a state-of-the-art facility
Enough of this BULLSHIT! Whatd you do to her, you freak?!
When I realized I wouldnt be able to help her, I called my fixer.
Two guys came and picked her up the same day.
Could very well be on her way to becoming the next underground braindance darling!
You pawned her off like she was some fucking inanimate mannequin.
Judys right. People like you make this city a living hell, day in, day out.
And here we are.
Lets find her! Hang in there Eve.
All right. Goin in.
Take them out quickly.
Evelyn! You hear me?
Lets get her somewhere safe.
We goin in?
Shes sleeping.
Her eyesre closed and shes not shaking anymore.
Ill be the first to admit, this does not look good
Evelyn, I really need your help. Its important.
If I dont do anything, and do it soon, Ill die.
Ill show you the virtu I found.
OK, show me.
Cant see her face.
Whoever she is, shes got serious netrunning skills.
All of them are from Pacifica.
Haitian Creole? It is the Voodoo Boys
OK, Judy. Were good.
All right, disconnecting.
Whats this have to do with Johnny Silverhand? He died like forever ago.
Can you give me a minute? Need to go over some stuff. In my head.
Course.
These people - what could they want from Alt?
One way or another, everything leads back to that netrunner.
Thought you said nothing could help us?
Ugh, just find us that juju wirehead, OK?
V, whats shakin?
Need to make contact with the Voodoo Boys chief, if you can swing it.
Hmm Now, thatd be Maman Brigitte.
Maman Brigitte
Looks like Im goin on a field trip to Pacifica.
Well, good luck. Hope you wont need it.
Welcome to Pacifica.
Listen, can you help me or not?
Yes, of course. But not here. We will go to de crypt
where you must give us access to de chip.
Then after you.
We take you into de cyberspace. No better place for you to interact with de construct.
Wanna know what you need Silverhand for first.
We wish to contact Alt Cunningham.
Alt de only one can give us safe passage past de Blackwall.
Where are we?
This is our BBS. Data fortress.
Bridge to de deep Net.
We enhanced your link to Silverhands neural network for a short time.
To grab de fragment.
We must find de data on Alt.
So did it work?
Yes. We extract de necessary fragment of Silverhands engram.
We are ready now to make contact with Alt.
First, we must dive deeper.
Beyond, dere are no borders.
Goodness, gracious, me
A damn shame thats that.
Always gotta shit all over it, dont you?
Where you goin?
Got somewhere to be.
Silverhand! Hey!
Alt ?
Good noise choom!
Lets get out of here.
Join usss for a drop, Ssshilver-rocker?
Nother time, choombas.
But what if there wont be another time?
Go! Run!
Johnny!
Fuck off! Lemme alone!
Let go of me!
Cmon, rise and shine.
Wheres Alt?
Wheres who?
Woman who was with me.
Ask your savior.
Said his name was Thompson.
Arasaka wants her. Abduction was a standard intercorp extraction, nothin more.
OK, so whatre they after?
Soulkiller, an AI - sound familiar at all?
Course. Urban legend with the shittiest name ever.
Its no legend. Soulkillers real. And your choombas at Arasaka
just hired the runner who wrote it.
So whatll it be? Comin with?
Where to?
Arasaka Tower. To grab Alt right back.
Swing by the Atlantis on the way. Got some chooms there.
You seen Rogue?
Shes upstairs.
Need your help.
I got a job. Thats it. Urgent, but i got the euro.
Pays double your standard rate.
Triple it. And you come with us now.
Deal.
That it is.
Shit, Johnny! Didnt notice you had a fuckin tail?!
Mr. Silverhand.
Youre coming with us.
Sure, lemme just finish this.
All right, so who we gotta pull outta Arasaka?
Alt Cunningham.
This gets better by the minute. How you wanna play this?
Either of you gonks got a plan?
Set up right under Arasakas windows and crank it loud. Blast the panes out.
Itll be a gig to remember.
Were too late.
I would advise you not to disturb her.
Whatd you do to Alt?
I put her to work on the project of a lifetime.
Alt? Cmon, dont do this.
Johnny...
Never even told me half that about Alt.
That you were a couple, that she wrote Soulkiller, that shes dead?
Alt fled. Into the Net.
Whend you find out?
When she made contact, a little later.
Whatd she say?
That she was a captive in the Arasaka subnet.
So what did you do?
Got my hands on two thermonuclear charges.
Then headed back to Arasaka Tower.
Voodoo Boys think they know where she is - beyond the Blackwall.
Too much for our little pro?
Few have gone through to de other side.
And none have yet returned.
How do I get to the other side?
Alt?
Johnny.
You cannot remain here.
Alt? Whats goin on?
We will talk here.
Came through the Blackwall to meet me
That mean were good, thingsre chill between us?
I have recognized your engram code, but I do not know why you are here.
Alt, this is V - you need to save her life.
I cannot help you.
Cant? Or wont?
Cant. To attempt to do so, I would need access to more advanced technology.
Fine So how about Mikoshi? That advanced enough for ya?
If I could gain access to Mikoshi, it would cease to exist.
What can you do for me, exactly?
With the Soulkiller resident inside Mikoshi, I will create a construct of you,
then disentangle your neural network from Johnnys.
I shall then inject your engram back into your mortal form.
Well crack a window, slip you into Mikoshi.
So, we agreed?
Yes, we are agreed.
Voodoo Boys - what about them?
They shall let you pass unharmed. Those were our terms.
Look. Hey, look. See that?
Fuck those cunts
Whatever you gotta say - say it.
Thought you were just unlucky at first.
But I kept watchin and finally realized what your problem is.
Always been a corpocog, a replaceable part.
Once Saka booted you out, stripped you of perks,
best you could hope for was to be a scav exterminator.
Sure seem to know a lot about my past.
Well, seen flashes of your past, just like youve seen flashes of mine.
Pisses me off that our memories blend, dont have my own anymore.
Chips the worst thing to ever fuckin happen to me.
Mean to say I havent earned the top spot yet?
An arrogant assholes no small problem, but it aint my biggest. Dyin is.
Death by becoming someone else You didnt do anything to deserve that fate.
You afraid of death?
Im afraid of wasted opportunities.
Your goals to bury Arasaka, demolish it. Mines to stay above ground. Seem pretty clearly defined, both.
Actually align pretty nicely, too.
You need Mikoshi to save your life - that done, I can burn it to the ground.
OK, Ill tell ya why I wanna destroy Arasaka, but Ill only tell ya once.
I saw corps strip farmers of water and eventually of land.
Saw them transform Night City into a machine fueled by peoples crushed spirits,
broken dreams and emptied pockets.
Corpsve long controlled our lives, taken lots and now theyre after our souls!
V, Ive declared war not cause capitalisms a thorn in my side or outta nostalgia for an America gone by.
This wars a peoples war against a system thats spiralled outta our control.
Its a war against the fuckin forces of entropy, understand?!
Do whatever it takes to stop em, defeat em, gut em.
If I gotta kill, Ill kill. If I need your body, Ill fuckin take it!
You still dont see it. But you will one day.
Hey, Judy, whats up?
V can you come over, stat?
Something happen?
Yeah. Just come.
I was only gone an hour
Evie was lying in bed, like always, when I went out.
And I got back to augh
Fuck
If id just known Idve
Dont blame yourself, couldnt watch her twenty-four seven.
Gotta do somethin with her.
Dont want any trouble - Im callin the badges.
No, she was not pronounced dead by Trauma Team. If shedve had coverage, we wouldnt be talkin.
An fuck you! If you dont wanna move your asses,
why dont I come down the precinct and trash it into bits?
Fine! I dont give a fuck what you write me up for!
Fuck, Evie
I let her down. I thought if I gave some space or time shed get back on her feet
Sure you dont need anything?
No, but sweet of you to ask.
Know what? Lets just not say anything for a minute, K?
For several days, I collected information.
All leads point to one place - the club called the Afterlife.
All these years Its really her.
Fuckin Rogue, just kickin it back on a couch at the Afterlife.
Whore you?
Namess V.
And what is it you want, V?
Need your services. Gotta track a guy down.
Anders Hellman. Hot-shot engineer. Worked for Arasaka.
Millisec.
Anders Hellman.
Your Hellmans not on any payroll, not officially, anyway. But he does pop up in QianTs confidential stacks.
Its a Kang Tao subsidiary. Chinese corp.
Decrypted map of upcoming Kang Tao convoy routes.
Think Hellman might be in one of em?
Take a look at the specs on this one.
Kang Tao security detail plus one VIP. Transfer from QianT.
Our boy, Hellman.
Gonna need a native to the area, someone wholl set up the op, cabble together the gear.
So, a native. Know any hick mercs?
Just one. Panam Palmer.
Hey, Panam?
So youre V.
What do you want?
One guy I gotta talk to. A corpo travelling by corp convoy.
Why do you need that clown from the AV?
This particular clowns got intel I need. And Im running out of time to get it.
Lets get a drink.
What can I get ya?
Broseph. Two of em.
Whats the plan for Hellman?
Ive come up with a plan, a first draft, but I need to sleep on it, work it out.
Then we can talk about the details.
I think it best to rent rooms here, just to stay in the area.
Well get to work around midnight, it will help keep us out of sight.
Agreed?
Mhm, good idea. Lets do it.
Well, thats all settled then.
Cheers - heres to whats yet to come!
To whats to come.
Hey.
Hello.
Im just checking the suspension. The hydraulics have to be shipshape - were in for a bumpy ride.
Come up with anything? For Hellman, I mean.
As a matter of fact, I did.
Look here.
Were the wrench. The cutter is the AV.
And the screwdriver is where the AV should bury its nose cone in the dust.
Here - the clamps our solution. A satwave power station.
We need to break into it.
We hit the AV with an EMP.
As soon as the AV is in range, we cause an electromagnetic pulse.
All right. Lets ride.
Sabotage a corpo power station, jump a corpo transport, kidnap a corpo suit
Know what? Youre starting to remind me of me fifty years back.
Minus the charisma and impressive cock.
Its there! Coming from Pacifica!
Now!
Boom.
Panam! The engines are still running. Fuck! Theyre gettin away!
Theyre going nowhere.
We gotta go after it!
Give me a moment
We got the bastard.
Lets go!
I need the guy who was ridin this AV?
Took him with em.
Where?
West. Small unit.
I'll go after 'em.
Who sent you?
Hey, easy. We gotta talk.
Who are you working for? Yorinobu Arasaka?
Motherfucker doesnt know who to be scared of more - you or Arasaka.
Dont take this personally.
Takemura? Good news. Got Hellman.
Alive? What did he say?
Alive, alive. Not too talkative now. Taking him to the Sunset Motel.
I will come to you.
See ya.
Think thats it. Until next time?
Until next time.
If youre telling the truth, you slotted in a new, experimental version of the biochip.
Yeah, yeah, great, your tech works. Now get it out of me.
Your neural network has completely deteriorated. It can no longer function independently of the chip.
Are you trying to convince me youre useless?
If you think theres anyone else who can help you. I could give you the blueprints.
Complete project documentation.
Better than nothing. Long as we find someone fluent in technobabble.
Takemura?
Hes got a few questions of his own for you.
V. I will remember this.
Hes all yours. Ill give you two some space.
Been a long time since we talk. Since when Jackie pass away.
Howre you doin?
How you think? My son is dead.
But I am hanging in there.
Callin to offer my condolences.
I prepared an ofrenda for Jaquito.
We cant let him go without a proper goodbye.
Say no more, Mama Welles. Ill be there.
I thank you all for coming today.
Im not going to tell you what kind of man my son was or lament about how much I miss him.
When he was about nineteen years old?
I get a call from the hospital. They tell me he got shot. Three times.
He tell me, he said, No te preocupes mam. Look, Im bulletproof.
He just didnt want me to worry.
I often think back to the first time me and Jack met.
Jackie saved my life.
And then, years later in Night city, he saved it again.
At a time when I thought Id lost absolutely everything.
I found my own freedom, then.
But it would not have happened without him.
Jackie Welles.
For his loved ones, hed sacrifice his life, without hesitation.
Rest easy, choom.
Heres to my son.
I may have found a solution to the problem we share.
I have established contact with an old friend from Arasaka.
You will tell him what you told me - the truth of events at Konpeki Plaza.
Fine. Wheres the meet and when?
Japantown. After sunset.
Friend you mentioned here?
Oda? He should be here any moment now.
Willin finally to give me the spec on im?
He is Hanako-samas bodyguard.
Hanako Arasakas? Saburos daughter?
Yes.
And if he believes you, we will next meet with her.
Takemura-san.
Oda.
Is this her? Your thief?
She is my witness.
So speak.
Was there. Saw what happened.
Yorinobu strangled the old guy.
Silence. Not one word more.
You will bring death to your door.
Hanako-sama must hear it!
My one concern is to keep her safe.
Is she in danger?
Now? No. Yet during the parade to honor Arasaka-sama? Most certainly.
Unlike you, I have not yet failed to keep my oath to do my duty.
You will regret those words!
The only thing I regret is that I cam here to meet you.
Good fuckin riddance. One Arasaka whackjob is already plenty.
Well cant say we didnt try.
We tried, yes, and obtained something useful
Hm, how do you figure that?
Do you not see? The parade
It is our chance, perhaps.
If, somehow, we can get to Hanako-sama
We must do a proper reconnaissance first
The dashi floats will pass precisely this way.
If I could just get into Hanako-samas float, I could speak with her in private.
I observed the CCTV, and I know where the sniper positions are.
You must make each harmless before they do the same to me.
Hanako-samas platform will stop here,
close to the emergency exit we will use when all is done.
Is all this clear?
Plans fucked beyond all recognition, yet here I am
I am in position. The floats have started to move.
OK, good to go.
Then let us begin.
All systems jammed. Its now or never.
V, run!
Shit! Shit! Shit!
Oda?
Course youre here!
I warned you.
Youll pay for this!
V? Are you secure?
Yeah for now!
Where are you?
An abandoned apartment block on Vine Street. Second floor.
I was there that night at Konpeki Plaza. I saw Saburo Arasaka die.
He wasnt poisoned. Thats a lie your brother made up and spread.
Yorinobu is the murderer.
You must be mad to think I will listen to such nonsense.
We can confirm every word she speaks if only you will help her with the Relic.
Did you hear that?
Got a bad feeling about this
Arasaka - they have found us!
We must go different ways! Alone we have a better chance!
Really?! Think so?!
Then go! Now!
Think they make these motels especially for royal fuck-ups like us?
ACs busted, dirty needles under the mattress, shitters clogged
Hear that?
Car.
At this hour? In this place?
I have a message for V.
Im armed. Dont try anything.
So? You were saying? Got a message?
Itll start soon.
Whatll start?
Its a doll.
Or a proxy.
I must make one thing clear. I still think you are mad, but
Hanako? That you?
But I can fool myself no longer. I believe you.
I must act while the wound is fresh.
And you will help me.
Youre gonna help me first.
Wanna know everything you know about Mikoshi.
Mikoshi One of my fathers flagship projects.
A data fortress with servers situated on orbital stations all around Earth.
In any case, that is not where you will find salvation.
Not without extensive knowledge of the Relic and the construct creation procedure.
Managed to make contact with Alt Cunningham.
The Cunningham?
That should be more than useful.
What now?
Let us meet in person.
At Embers, in the city center. It is discreet.
Whats up? Got a few more words bout the porcelain cunt?
Uugh! Fuck!
Shit!
Putain !
Uugh ! Johnny!
You aint dyin yet. I got you.
Get up. Pacifics beautiful this time of day.
Almost flatlined by that attack.
Almost.
Why bring me here of all places?
You took over
Couldnt just leave you there, could I?
Thanks for helpin
What are imaginary friends for?
Return the favor first chance I get.
Hold you to that.
You seriously considerin Hanakos offer?
Got a better idea?
Not yet, but I got a request.
Well?
Adam Smasher - fucker who got the better of me
Whatever happens to me, I want him zerod, gone, tossed into the wind as mulch.
Right. Understood.
And I want Rogue to be there with you.
Its important to me, and its just as important for her.
You wanted to know why I brought you here.
Theres a hidey-hole where Im standin. Open it. Empty it.
These yours?
They were - belong to you now.
Imagine were deployed together, fightin in a war side by side
Would you take a bullet for me?
I would, yeah.
Tags belonged to a man who sacrificed his life for mine in Mexico.
Been thinkin about our predicament
Wanna be clear - I will do you no wrong.
When the time comes, itll be my life for yours, Ill agree to get wiped.
Tags are proof of my promise.
I Id do the same for you.
Yeah, thanks.
So I gotta tell Rogue everything?
Think Id better do that, handle it personally.
Just gonna have a quick chat with Rogue about Smasher, then Im out. I promise.
Fine. Ill do this for you.
Preciate it, thanks.
Hey, Jude. Whats up?
Ah, you know, same ol. You?
Funny, was just thinkin about you.
So, do I got amazin timin or are you always thinkin about me?
Yknow, I could be cursin your name in my thoughts.
Hoh, hey Im just glad you remember me at all.
This particular mission dont require you to have no gun. Just a wetsuit.
All right then, count me in.
But I gotta warn you - I look great in a wetsuit.
Is this a date?
Guess youll have to find out.
Youll drop the pills from Misty, and Ill steer the ship for a bit.
Just gonna talk to Rogue about Smasher, right?
Then youll hand me the wheel, hop back in the passenger seat.
Dont worry. Ill be gentle. Ya might even enjoy it.
'Bout fuckin' time.
Tequila Old Fashioned. Top it up with beer. And sprinkle in some chili.
Silverhand special? Been a while since anyone ordered that.
Fuck, it's good to be back.
Oh, fuck.
Fuck. Never again.
Had no idea the pills would lay you out like this.
Maybe wouldnt be bad if you hadnt chased em down with fuck knows what.
Just supposed to talk to Rogue.
Did talk to er.
Lets get out of here, get you some air.
Did you bring Soulkiller, as we agreed you would?
Finger on the trigger. Dont say a word.
Course I didnt bring Soulkiller. Fraid we dont know each other that well.
We are here because I know how to save your life.
I can lead you to Mikoshi.
Meanin? Mikoshi dont exist in realspace.
Yet its access points do. And one is very near.
Where?
Here in Night City. Beneath Arasaka Tower.
Go on. Talk.
My brother
You catch a whiff of that? Smells like shit. Careful not to step in it.
He must be made to take responsibility for his deeds.
Help me get rid of Yorinobu. I will help you get rid of the construct.
Dont like this at all. Sounds like you wanna use me.
No. I simply offer you an opportunity.
Agh Ill think it over
You could use some air. Right now.
Whatever you decide lets make sure to get outta here first.
Fuckin scared me, know that?
Thought you were on your way out.
No, still here.
For now.
Come a long way to get here, havent we?
Just think - it all started in a fuckin landfill.
Mhm. Then you tried to kill me.
Exactly what I mean. Here we are now, together, soakin in this vista of Night City.
My only regrets that I wont get to see how it all ends.
Kinda tough deciding which of your friends get to die, isnt it?
Good news is you got this one choom whos already dead.
And hed be honored to join you on a wild, suicide run.
This plan, what would it entail, exactly?
Plan? Well, might be how Rogue operates.
I say you grab the hottest iron you can find,
stride in the Towers front door and cut your own path down to the lower levels.
If I gotta die, rather fall into my grave gun in hand and on fire. And not drag anyone down with me.
Huh, you just discovered what it takes to become a legend
Grab your iron - lets mobilize.
Aint no expert, but sure looks like the towers mainframe to me.
Guess we just see what happens when we jack Alt in.
I am in control.
Ive cleared a path, but you must hurry. An elite security unit is following you.
Smasher!
Ah! Ah! Ah! You wont leave here alive.
Johnny Silverhand sends his regards.
We saw this place in a dream.
Find the access point in the center of the room. You must connect to it.
Then submerse yourself in coolant.
I will be waiting.
See ya on the other side.
So, when do we start?
Havent caught on yet, have ya?
Whaddaya mean?
Alts already split us. Once you jacked into Mikoshi, she lit you up with Soulkiller.
So thats really it. Were done. You kept your word.
There is one aspect I failed to take into account.
Alt? What?
DNA reconfiguration by the Relic has progressed too far.
After I transfer your construct into your body, you will die.
It is inevitable. It is imminent.
Fuck
You shall live for about six months.
No, no, no
Ive had enough of this. Of everything.
Perfect, cause were stickin to the plan.
Im goin with Alt, fuck knows where, youre keepin your body.
Guess I meant, I dunno, a a happier ending for everyone involved.
Here, for folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people.
Im sorry.
Dont apologize. We knew all along thiss how it would play out.
Goodbye, V. And never stop fightin.
Think we might be able to help each other.
Come a long way to get here, havent we?
Thanks for helpin
What are imaginary friends for?
Death by becoming someone else You didnt do anything to deserve that fate.
Alt, this is V - you need to save her life.
When the time comes, itll be my life for yours, Ill agree to get wiped.
Never stop fightin.
Gonna hop in the shower.
Mhm. Me too.
All right, V. Whats wrong?
Think you know whats wrong. Im dyin, Judy.
Its all Mikoshi, isnt it? Its gettin worse, right?
Anyway. Ill be outside.
Maybe Ill catch a glimpse of the Crystal Palace
You know, guess you could mistake it for Venus
Listen, V. I
Gotta get outta here. Ditch Night City. Find somethin better, somethin more solid. You understand?
I understand, I really do.
What about you?
Me? Still got some biz to take care of here.
So it is biz? This that thing at the Afterlife?
Mhm.
Take care of yourself, V. An come back in one piece.
You take care, too.
The Afterlife, head over there.
Hey. Client here yet?
Mmm, yep. Lying in wait, by the booth.
Be careful up there and good luck.
And come back to us. Afterlifes your home now.
Thanks Rogue.
Nobodys ever pulled off a stunt like this.
Where Im from, theyd say its straight impossible.
Theyd say youre taking too big a risk.
Theyd be dead wrong, all of em.
Self-confidence worthy of a legend.
This time tomorrow - should have the casinos client data, all of it.
Dont forget your side of the bargain.
Oh, I never forget a promise. Good luck.
Right, in position.
Perfect, almost to the second. My turn.
Satellitesre down for now - just got the signal.
Signature cloaking activated.
Remember. Got one shot and one shot only.
Soon as it starts, therell be no backing down...
no chance at extraction.
But if this works, youll gain more than you ever imagined.
Times when I had something to gain are long gone.
Now I got nothin to lose.
Fine. Ill do this for you.
Preciate it, thanks.
V...
My name is Songbird.
Im an NUS intelligence analyst.
I know about the bomb ticking in your head.
And I can save your life.
Whats the catch?
I need you to get to Dogtown.