Chapter 81 The Reversed Pope (available tomorrow)
Tomorrow is the first final exam for Arasaka Adult Education - of course, if you fail, you can still continue taking classes.
However, with each additional period of lessons, Arasaka will receive less money back.
There are four final exam opportunities in total. The content of the exam is the technical license assessment. If you pass the exam early, you will get your money back early. If you pass the exam late or even fail, you will have to put all the money into it.
To go to Lao Wei's shop, you have to pass by Misty's psychic house - now there is an extra person outside Misty's psychic house.
To be precise, a homeless person.
This homeless man was wearing a black cotton coat and a hand-sewn black leather robe. He looked a bit like a priest?
Well, technically priests don't use leather to make robes, but Leal just thinks the style is quite similar.
This homeless guy looks familiar, right?
The homeless man moved a moldy mattress from nowhere and seemed to be planning to occupy a corner of the street to make his nest.
This is the most common home for homeless people in Night City.
Seeing Leal staring at him, he suddenly became wary.
"What do you want to do?"
"I just want to see where the homeless people are gathering next to my friend's shop. Don't try to use your brain."
Lear turned on the scanner, only to find that there was something wrong with the scan results of this man--
The data in the list of implanted prostheses is flickering and looks fake. It is faked in real time and is extremely difficult to crack.
"I'm not one of those bums, I'm here to spread the truth - is this your friend's shop?"
The homeless man pointed at Misty's psychic, and Leal nodded.
He continued: "It's a good place, it's a peaceful place -"
At this point, he paused and said mysteriously: "Did you know that our world has been occupied by lizard people!"
Lear was stunned - isn't this what the nervous prophet Gary in the game would say? !
This man is said to have been implanted with a prosthetic body of unknown origin, and has since become a master of conspiracy theories.
Every time V in the game passes by Misty's psychic room, he can see this guy talking loudly and making some incomprehensible words.
Such as now.
Lear said with a half-smile: "Are you still going to say that these lizard men have cold blue eyes? Are they all the lackeys of the Necromancer of the Alpha Centaur constellation?"
Gary was stunned for a moment and became even more surprised: "You know it too! You also found the truth!"
"Come on, if I were you, I would honestly find a job - and don't say anything about wanderers being werewolves and howling under the moon.
If you are beaten to death by a homeless person, you will have to find someone to help you collect the body. "
"You really know! But you don't understand the seriousness of these things at all!"
Lear shook his head: "There is something wrong with your implant. It can receive intermittent hidden communication frequencies. Those things will cause you to have illusions. Find time to ask the prosthetic doctor to repair it."
"No!" Gary suddenly shouted, "I will never give up my pursuit of truth!"
"Whatever you want, but don't die in front of my friend's shop."
Leal shrugged——
Regarding Gary's truth, people have speculated in and outside the game, but the most likely scenario is what Leal said.
He was given a strange prosthetic body by a prosthetic doctor, which allowed him to receive communications on hidden frequencies.
Then, Gary processed the scattered information he received to scare himself, and it became a conspiracy theory.
No longer entangled with Gary, Leal walked into Misty's psychic room.
Misty asked curiously: "Lil, aren't you going to have a party with them? Jack said V has booked the venue at the Wolf Bar."
"I'm not in good health and I can't drink. Besides, they don't have to be sober. I have to stay sober."
After finishing speaking, Leer asked curiously: "Where did you learn tarot divination? Do you need an implant?"
"Of course not." Misty picked up the cards on the table and shuffled them. "This thing has a long history. The people who invented it didn't have implants."
"That's right - we are going to the Afterlife Nightclub tomorrow, how about we tell fortunes?"
"Okay, but you can't be superstitious. It won't work all the time."
"Anyway, the vote last time was quite effective. If you didn't tell me, I really want to draw two cards and look at them every time before I go out."
"If tarot cards were accurate every time, then everyone would just sit on the sofa and think about making money, and then just draw cards all day long."
Misty said as she cut the cards into three piles.
"Let's make it simple this time - when I ring the crystal ball, you draw a card."
"Clear your mind, relax, and feel your connection to the universe."
Misty's tone gradually became ethereal, guiding Leal to relax, and then gently tapped the crystal ball with the stick on the table.
clang--
The melodious and crisp sound seemed to hit the soul directly. In a relaxed state, Lille's thoughts were interrupted by this sound.
[The distraction caused by implanted prosthetics has been removed. 】
The same hint can basically prove that tarot divination and implants are connected to some extent.
Some very subtle, maybe even coincidental connection?
"What's the significance of this knock?"
Lil drew a card from the middle pile, and Misty held down the card with one finger and drew it in front of her.
“It’s just a ritual that allows people to empty their minds and draw cards without thinking about anything.
Occultism is all about the first feeling. The more empty-minded the thinking, the better - let's take a look at your cards. "
Card face: Pope, tablet position: reversed.
"This card means misinformation, malicious advice, the outside world will give you biased information, and the evil pope will try to deceive and take advantage of you."
"That doesn't sound like a good sign."
"Yes." Misty hesitated and then said, "But this is just divination, it does not mean that the future will definitely be like this."
Lear shrugged: "Of course, I understand this. Just like you said, if the divination is 100% accurate, then everyone should draw a card before doing anything."
"As long as you understand what I mean, be careful, Lir, Night City is full of lies and deception."
"I'll be careful - if I'm fooled, those two guys will probably lose their pants.
That's it for now, I have to buy something from Lao Wei, take care of yourself. "
The meaning of the reversed Pope is very vague - but it is quite accurate.
Which mercenary has not been deceived in the next life?
Lille came all the way to Lao Wei's clinic - just as Lao Wei planned to close the stall and take a rest.
"Lil? You're coming here so late. Is there something urgent?"
"That's right, I have to take the first licensing exam tomorrow, the Class A license for prosthetists and technical experts.
I want to have a pair of tool hands, one for loading and unloading prosthetics, and the other for modifying equipment and circuits.
Just like the one you have on your hand. "
"Tomorrow? That's really urgent. Sit down and I'll find some inventory that can still be used for you--
How are you? "
Lille was lying on the operating table: "It's pretty good. I've made hundreds of thousands more - I'll tell you secretly, V now has more than 800,000 yuan with him."
Lao Wei showed a surprised look.
Why do V and Jack feel like they are getting rich every day after following Lear?
".I used to think that V and Jack were the ones doing the big work, but this is still a bit beyond my understanding."
"Oh, but I don't have much money anymore, Lao Wei"
Lao Wei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "So you just want to say this, and you want to be taught a lesson by V?"
"Hey - Lao Wei, think about it, I am the smartest one in the team. V can make so much money, I can definitely make more, no matter what."
"I asked her for money - OK, are you sure about the exam?"
"That's necessary, once and for all."
Lao Wei nodded his head slightly and raised his mouth: "Then I'm just saying this to you, and I can't let you miss tomorrow's exam.
Don't steal my business from now on. "
"Hey, I just took the exam and let it go. How could I steal your business?"
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