From Gotham to Night City, my notoriety is known to everyone

A gentle female voice sounded from the front, bringing Sasha back to his senses quickly.

Looking around blankly,

What lies before my eyes is a pure white space, with no walls or boundaries, only a critical care bed commonly seen in hospitals, and a simple roller table made of an iron frame and two wooden boards.

There was a glass of water on the table and a medicine bottle with the cap unscrewed next to it.

There is a leaf-shaped logo on the blue and white bottle, which is the trademark of Biotechnology.

This is... a new type of painkiller that has just been launched on the market, and it is said to be very effective for various types of pain.

"Sasha."

The gentle call sounded again.

Sasha turned his head and his eyes fell on the hospital bed. His heartbeat suddenly stopped for a few seconds.

A haggard woman was lying on the empty bed just now. She was full of tubes and looked very old.

It was her mother.

Her once shiny short hair had now become dull and had not been taken care of for a long time, so it was scattered messily on her shoulders.

The mother opened her eyes slightly, and a smile full of attachment could be vaguely seen on her face covered by the respirator.

Sasha followed her mother's gaze and saw the medicine bottle on the table.

She blinked and suddenly remembered that it was time for her mother to take medicine again.

My mother's condition is very serious. As long as she is awake, she will be in pain all the time. Conventional painkillers have lost their effect. Only this new drug can temporarily relieve my mother from the endless pain.

Without thinking much, she quickly walked to the table and reached out to pick up the medicine bottle.

【Safety Spirit】

When Sasha saw this name, his heart tightened suddenly, and he suddenly felt inexplicably panicked.

"Sasha."

My mother's voice called from behind.

Sasha knew that his mother must be feeling pain again, which was why she was calling him so urgently.

I have to get my mother to take the medicine quickly so that she can get better...

Sasha poured out a capsule, picked up the cup with half a cup of water, and brought them to his mother's bedside.

For some reason, her feet felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and her hands kept shaking and she could hardly hold anything.

After she finally brought the medicine and water to her mother, she finally saw a smile on her mother's face after her pain was relieved.

However, this smile gradually froze and remained at this moment forever.

Buzz————

Beep-beep-tap-tap

The ECG monitor suspended in the air emitted a beeping alarm, interspersed with increasingly rapid beeping sounds.

Sasha looked blankly at the cup of water in his hand, then at his mother lying on the hospital bed, her face as pale as paper. The forgotten memories came flooding back like a tide.

【Safety Spirit】

【Known serious side effects: neurodegeneration. 】

[After discussion by the Board of Directors - side effects must not be made public, and product recalls are prohibited...]

This is…the drug in question.

After taking it, some patients will suffer from neurodegenerative lesions and eventually lose their lives.

"What have I...done?"

Click.

The cup fell to the ground, just like her own shattered heart.

Several doctors and nurses whose faces could not be seen rushed into the ward and performed emergency treatment on the mother.

They shouted their mother's name loudly and used various medical equipment, but they fell silent again after just a few minutes.

The attending doctor walked over to the wheeled table, picked up the medicine bottle, looked at it for a few seconds, and then put it down heavily. His rough movement shook all the capsules inside out and scattered them on the table.

"Is it this medicine again? The probability of side effects is much greater than they said..."

These words kept replaying in Sasha's blank mind. It was the doctor's mumbling that planted the seed of doubt in her heart, making her always feel that there might be something wrong with this drug that received all the positive reviews.

And now, she found the answer, but it was too late...

"I...it was me...who killed my mother..." Her mind began to collapse, "I...found the poison..."

"It's me...it's all my fault..."

Despair roared in like a violent tornado, and she was like a lonely boat drifting in the deep sea, about to be buried in the bottomless abyss.

"But, that's not the truth, is it?"

The whispers in the darkness suddenly became clear, as if they were ringing in my ears.

Sasha looked up blankly and saw her mother again—the mother who was full of energy when she was young and always took her around to play.

She has a cute BOB hairstyle with flat ends, straight bangs on her forehead, and her hair is jet black and shiny.

All the metal implants on her cute facial features were painted purple, just like the stripes on a tabby cat's face.

"Sasha..."

Her mother's voice seemed to overlap with another voice, but it made her feel surprisingly at ease.

"Even if mom is gone, you have to live well."

"I'm so sorry that you'll be alone from now on... But even so, you can't learn bad habits, we have a promise..."

This is... what I said to my mother when she first started taking Anquanling and her condition started to improve.

Sasha still remembers that she was very angry at the time and didn't allow her mother to continue talking. She also made an agreement with her to go to the park together after she recovered from her illness...

Unfortunately, the promise can no longer be fulfilled...

"Sasha..."

Just as the pain in my heart was about to surge, my mother's voice was replaced by another man's voice.

"Think about it, the real murderer of your mother is biotechnology. They allowed the drug to be marketed and promoted it even though they knew that the drug had problems. That's why there are thousands of victims like your mother who died from this problematic drug."

"...Biotechnology?" Even though he was surrounded by great pain, the name still briefly awakened Sasha's consciousness.

She remembered... It was the spring of 2070, when her mother was seriously injured while performing a mission and was in critical condition. The conventional painkillers in the hospital could not relieve her mother's severe pain after the operation, so they accepted the doctor's suggestion and tried the newly launched Anquanling.

That hospital belongs to the biotechnology industry, and Anquanling is also a drug produced by biotechnology...

"Biotechnology..."

The sadness gathered in the heart turned into anger, and the biting cold was ignited and turned into a blazing flame.

The anger merged into the blood, surging wildly in every inch of blood vessels, ready to burst out like a burning wave.

The pure white cage formed by memory began to collapse, and Sasha, who was as young as a child, turned into his current mature appearance after a trance.

She looked at her mother, who was smiling and slowly disappearing, and finally realized the reality - it was not her who killed her mother, but the biotech company that killed her mother!

Anger and determination were like twin spirals, winding up and reaching the apex together.

Sasha suddenly woke up from the painful memory, and the gentle voice sounded clearly in his ears.

"Sasha?"

"Um……"

She buried her head deeply in the arms of the man in front of her, and felt a warmth from his arms that was different from that from her mother's, but equally real.

She has realized something - she must avenge her mother! She will never let go of the warmth she feels at this moment!

I'm sorry, V...

After sadness, anger, nostalgia and happiness, Sasha felt a little guilty...

Showing Off One's Abilities: Chapter 198 Leo: Back then, I bit Vivian and made her beg for mercy loudly!

Everyone was relieved to see Sasha regain his sanity.

When she was in the most frantic state just now, she even triggered the automatic alarm of the biological monitoring. If Chunbai hadn't suppressed it, the trauma team would have rushed to rescue her.

Fortunately, emotional soothing was effective and successfully woke Sasha up.

Leo hugged her trembling body tightly and stroked her head gently: "Okay, okay, it's okay now. Don't blame others' mistakes on yourself, it will make your life very difficult."

"Well...it's all Biotech's fault! I'm going to make them pay!"

Sasha really wanted to stay in his arms, but Vera and V were right behind her, and she couldn't always hug V's boyfriend like this...

Trying hard to calm down, Sasha took a deep breath, remembered the reassuring smell on him, and reluctantly got up.

Then, she reached out and closed the clinical trial report of Anquanling, and turned to look at her companions hesitantly:

"Everyone, I have a request that may not be appropriate, which is... can you please let me handle this information? I want to expose the true situation of the Security Spirit and make Biotech pay the price for it!"

V and Vera looked at each other and their eyes fell on Leo.

He is the leader of the team, and only he can make the decision on matters like this.

Leo thought seriously for a moment, looked down at Sasha whose eyes were full of pleading, shook his head slowly, and then nodded.

Sasha's heart tightened at first, and she felt a sense of being abandoned, but then she saw him nod and was confused by his ambiguous attitude.

"The promotion of problematic drugs must be exposed, and biotech must pay the price. But to achieve this, the method and timing must be carefully considered."

As he said this, he turned around, took out the data chip, and led his three companions back to the living room.

After carefully putting the chip back into the box, he turned to look at Sasha: "I can probably guess what you're thinking. Are you planning to find the news media to expose this scandal?"

Sasha nodded vigorously: "That's right! I want to send the information about Security Spirit to News Channel 54. They are backed by military technology, so they are definitely not afraid of the biotechnology company!"

Leo nodded. "Military technology is indeed not afraid of biotechnology, but you are just wishful thinking if you expect them to uphold justice. Their main enemy in Night City is Arasaka, and they are semi-allies with biotechnology. If you give them the intelligence, the most they can do is to blackmail them and ask for some hush money from biotechnology."

Sasha's breathing hitched. "Then, then I'll give WNS the news? This news is biased towards Arasaka Corporation. Arasaka should not get along with Biotech, right?"

She held her breath, but saw Leo still shaking his head.

"It's useless. Arasaka doesn't like biotechnology, but their main enemy is military technology. We can't just push the seemingly 'neutral faction' to the enemy camp, right? Even if you give them the information, the outcome will be the same - biotechnology will lose a hush money, and then Safe Spirit will still be sold."

"why is it like this……"

The filthiness among big companies made Sasha feel suffocated again.

"There's no need to be so pessimistic. Why not listen to my thoughts?" Leo pushed a cup of tea to Sasha and took a sip from the cup himself. "In my opinion, biotechnology will inevitably become our enemy, and it will be a fight to the death. Sooner or later, the enemy and us will have a battle..."

As soon as these words came out, Sasha stopped drinking the tea that was about to reach his mouth.

Vera also looked at him in surprise.

Only V vaguely guessed what he was thinking.

"I have mentioned the idea of starting a company to V before. I plan to enter the public eye with environmental protection as the starting point, and then gradually move into the biological field, especially the plant field, focusing on the development of the organic food industry and targeting the high-end market. However, there is already a large company with monopoly power in this field, that is Whole Foods, which was acquired by Biotech.

Once we show our intention to get involved in this industry, they will definitely suppress us by all means. At that time, conflict is inevitable."

"This data," Leo pointed to the data chip of the Safe Spirit, "in my opinion, it is a useful bullet, but it is not lethal enough when used alone. Only when we launch a full-scale offensive can this bullet blend in with the hail of bullets, and perhaps become the straw that breaks the camel's back."

Sasha seemed to understand what he said, but she understood one thing clearly - Leo would continue to oppose biotechnology in the future and might even start an all-out war.

Winning or losing doesn’t matter, as long as he has this intention, Sasha will be satisfied and secretly decides to follow him to the end!

The anger in her heart slowly subsided, not extinguished, but waiting for the opportunity to erupt completely.

"If that's the case, then I have no objection. As long as you are the enemy of biotechnology, I will unconditionally support all your decisions!"

After making up his mind, Sasha quickly adjusted his mentality and returned to his usual lazy attitude.

Leo breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look out the window.

The dark night has enveloped the sky and it is getting late.

"That's all for today, go back and have a good rest."

Hearing this, Vera stood up subconsciously, but when she turned around, she saw that Sasha didn't move.