A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1167 - Chapter 1167 Chapter 797 Display_2

Chapter 1167: Chapter 797: Display_2 Chapter 1167: Chapter 797: Display_2 No words were necessary, no affirmation required; she was there, and every human knew who she was and why she was here.

Some of the devout had already knelt down, their hands clasped in prayer, muttering to themselves in disbelief, eyes tightly shut, shedding tears of shame. They believed this was retribution come at last–the city’s sins were too profound for even God to behold. What would come next?

Would this city, along with its citizens, be destroyed in God’s wrath like Sodom?

Even the NCPD was the same, some officers even discarded their weapons as if they were scalding hot rods, uncomfortably wiping their hands on their uniforms, then bowing their heads, whether out of shame or guilt, no one knew.

“The world has been entangled in too much sin,” she began, “which is why I have come here.”

The young girl slowly descended, her voice still light, yet echoing in everyone’s ears.

“I will change everything, starting with this city. The capitalists’ sins and greed have twisted humans’ path forward, they control everything in this world recklessly, foolishly thinking that the power of money is omnipotent, and now, I will appear here to tell them that this is a completely wrong idea. Their foolish notions will not prevail, and now… this city will be ruled by me.”

“————–!”

Hearing D’s words caused an uproar among the masses, they whispered to each other in astonishment, unprepared for such an outcome. Her intentions were very clear.

Was she going to rule this city?

“You can’t do this!”

Suddenly, someone cried out.

“We are free, this city is free, no matter who you are, you can’t——–!”

However, his words were cut off there.

D merely raised her head, giving him a glance. The next moment, everyone–whether present at the scene, watching via live stream, or even those unaware of the event–felt an unmatched fear suddenly emerge, as if their city, their bodies, their souls, and even their spirits would all be destroyed.

At the same time, something unimaginable happened–all around, everything began to halt.

Cars stopped running, trams halted on tracks, everyone froze in place. It wasn’t the kind of mental shock witnessed before with an unimaginable presence; this was on a physical level.

Their cybernetics stalled, as if all functions were locked, their bodies turning into robot-like beings, seemingly losing all power, only capable of standing idly.

“Freedom?”

D sneered with scorn.

“When you connected your spirits to electronics, digitized your memories, and abandoned your original bodies, you already lost your freedom. Now, you only have one choice.”

While speaking, D raised her hands, and everyone’s gaze, as if they were marionettes, blankly followed her gesture upward.

“Survive or be destroyed, choose for yourselves.”

Then, the girl’s voice echoed again from their ears.

How long would it take to conquer Night City?

D answered this question with her own personal experience.

One night.

When the sun rose again from the horizon’s other side, she was already sitting at the highest level of Arasaka Tower, observing the seemingly unchanged city below–yet in truth, it had completely transformed.

D allowed Lumiaire to lock down all systems, including cybernetics, neural devices, ICE, weapons, vehicles, everything was locked. They could only be unlocked with her permission, and last night, D had already received her first allegiance.

NCPD and the Violent Terrorism Mobile Squad.

On one hand, they submitted out of awe and fear towards themselves, on the other hand, they had no other choice.

If they did not submit, they would become uncontrollable robots, unable to move, do anything, and then just die off.

They did not know how this was done, but D had already demonstrated the power to control their life and death effortlessly, so they had no option but to obey.

But this was just the beginning, next, D issued several orders.

First, all corporate assets within Night City were frozen, Arasaka assets were completely seized by Night City, and all company’s private armed forces disbanded. They were to be reorganized, either joining NCPD or becoming part of the official Night City army, any corporate armed forces were banned, all private armaments were to be reclaimed by Night City.

This decision naturally incensed those corporate representatives, but it was futile; whether they were in the comfortable booths of nightclubs or in their warm, comfortable homes, their bodies were completely immobilized, all devices and functions were locked, so they could only watch as order after order was carried out.

Yet this was only the beginning.

Next, a major purge of all corporate executives in Night City began.