But one thing was certain: this was a toy for the rich.
Ordinary people could forget about it.
So here was the question.
Why would the rich not simply purchase an authentic one from Arasaka, but instead choose smuggled goods of unknown origin?
Or was the relic Evelyn had specifically told them to steal actually different from the other biochips Arasaka intended to sell to the wealthy?
"As expected of Su, nothing gets past you." Evelyn brushed the hair from her forehead behind her ear. "The most special thing about the chip we're targeting is the data inside it."
"Data? I understand now."
Su Xiao suddenly realized.
That made sense.
The relic could copy a person's consciousness.
That meant it could store a vast amount of knowledge and memories.
If the relic contained the consciousness of an Arasaka Corporation executive or some other important figure, then its value could easily be imagined.
No wonder Evelyn had gone to such lengths to get the chip.
At that moment, a horrifying thought suddenly surfaced in Su Xiao's mind.
"Could the relic be storing Saburo Arasaka's consciousness?"
Saburo Arasaka was the CEO of Arasaka Corporation and the founder of the Arasaka Empire.
Born in the twentieth century, he was an old monster who had already lived for more than a century.
His children were all in their seventies or eighties as well.
But thanks to Arasaka's exceptionally advanced medical technology, they looked no older than people in their thirties.
As for Saburo himself, despite being more than 150 years old, he only looked around seventy or eighty.
If the data hidden inside the chip was Saburo Arasaka's digital personality construct—
Then forget Militech—even the president of New America would obtain it at any cost.
Evelyn's eyes widened even more than Su Xiao's. "Of