That night, after Carl and the others decided to support Jefferson Peralez, some good news brought them all out of Gemini Sapphire Tower and into an underground laboratory in Dogtown.
The Biotechnica experts Carl and the others had hired worked alongside former Arasaka Security personnel. With the biological experiment data from both sides and the Relic chip's underlying code, they had successfully created a body. All that remained was one final trial.
Calling it the final step was misleading. They only had one chance, since the transfer process was irreversible.
Whether Johnny could truly come back to life depended on this one attempt.
Something like this should have been prepared with a proper sense of ceremony, maybe even with people invited to witness it.
But something similar had happened when Carl accessed the underlying code of Johnny's Relic chip. Johnny had no desire to let a crowd watch him possibly die during something risky, so he went ahead with it himself.
By the time Carl and the others arrived, Johnny was already lying there on his back, all four limbs in the air, his little belly exposed.
Honestly, looking at that dog body made people want to give it a pat.
"If you're doing this, hurry up."
Oliver quipped, "Has Johnny really not been affected by that body? I get the feeling that if we don't turn him back into a person today, he'll eventually become a dog for real."
"I remember hearing that even if someone returned to their teenage years, the hormones and everything from that time could still make them behave immaturely. Maybe the body really does have an effect in that regard?"
V knew a little more. He walked over to look at Johnny, who was sprawled out over there, and found that Johnny had not