Still, she ought to show a little restraint and act more ladylike.
Once the two of them had calmed down, Su Xiao smiled and said,
"All right, all right. Let's head to the Wolf Bar tonight and drink the night away. My treat."
"Woohoo! Hell yeah!" ×2
V and Jack threw up both hands in agreement.
But then Jack's face immediately fell, and he scratched his bun awkwardly.
"How about Lizzie's Bar instead? You know how my mom is..."
As if he had seen right through Jack's worries, Su Xiao patted him on the shoulder.
"It's fine, Jack. Just for tonight. I'm sure Mrs. Wells will allow it."
Mrs. Wells wasn't an unreasonable person.
She disliked Jack drinking too much, and not just because she worried about his health.
She also worried that Jack was using alcohol to numb himself and escape reality.
After all, Jack's father had been a chronic drunk.
Mrs. Wells didn't want to see Jack go down the same road as his father.
"Let me call BUG first and invite her along."
The moment T-BUG answered, before she even had a chance to speak, her panic-stricken face appeared in the call window.
"Su! Su! Something's wrong! Something's terribly wrong!"
Seeing T-BUG like that, Su Xiao's heart sank.
"What happened?"
Through
the holo-call window, he could see T-BUG huddled in a corner.
Her eyes and face were filled with terror.
"It... it's alive."
Su Xiao was baffled. "What's alive? What are you talking about, BUG?"
"It's... it's a Cyber Ghost... No, stay away from me!"
Before Su Xiao could say anything else, T-BUG's connection cut off amid a scream.
"Su?"
Seeing the grim look on Su Xiao's face, V and Jack both turned toward him.
"It's BUG."
V frowned. "Did Arasaka's people come after her? That doesn't