No Reason Not to Do It

86. No Reason Not to Do It

"A nuke?"

Hearing what Hansen said over the secretly established channel, before Chester Bennett and Gago monitoring the channel could react, Oliver's mouth twitched slightly.

"No, we were just talking about Johnny's whole thing, and now it's actually here?"

"2023. Never Fade Away?"

V muttered, glancing at Johnny. "That's way too much of a coincidence."

"I remember the core power supply for Hansen's stadium came from the fission reactor he stripped out of that nuclear-powered aerostat he shot down, right?" As a Night City old-timer, Jack knew well what Hansen had done while occupying Dogtown after the Unification War. At the mention of a nuclear bomb, that was the first thing that came to mind.

"I remember there being a difference between nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs. I read some material on it. They differ in controllability and energy release. A nuclear reactor needs a sustained, stable chain reaction, while a nuclear bomb needs an uncontrolled chain reaction to release energy in an instant. That should be how it works."

Carl thought for a moment, then said, "So that stable fission reactor has now been turned into a nuclear bomb by that bastard Hansen?"

"Hansen is a weapons dealer. Getting his hands on a small nuclear bomb probably wouldn't be difficult." T-BUG's voice joined the conversation as she analyzed the situation calmly. "But according to him, he wants to wipe out every New America unit approaching at once. For that kind of yield, modifying the reactor is the only possibility."

She paused briefly before continuing. "That also explains why Hansen refused to show himself all this time. Something that could send his own 'Barghests' straight to heaven if it went wrong really could only be controlled personally by a leader at his level."