Johnny visibly froze. "How do you know that name?"
"Remember our trip to Konpeki? It all started because the Voodoo Boys wanted Evelyn to go in and record a braindance, but Evelyn ended up planning a heist that shook the whole city."
"Uh-huh, I know. Then some hacker fried that chick Evelyn's brain and turned her into a vegetable."
"You'd better not let Judy hear you say that, or she'll make you pay... Alt's name came from the Voodoo Boys. It seems their original reason for targeting the Relic was to find Alt through you."
"I've been dead for half a century. Sorry, but you can't expect me to snap to attention and serve up every answer on a goddamn platter."
Su Xiao was skeptical. "You really don't know anything at all?"
Chapter 209: Alt Cunningham might still be alive (3K)
Johnny sounded extremely irritated.
"Jesus, Alt Cunningham was my girlfriend. Happy now?"
"I know she was your girlfriend. Half the reason you went after Arasaka was because of her. But you're not going to tell me she's still alive today, are you?"
"She's dead. Gone. Arasaka took her from me."
Johnny's account matched the information Su Xiao had heard.
Arasaka had killed Alt Cunningham using Soul Killer, the very program she had developed. That had pushed Johnny Silverhand, who already despised Arasaka, past his breaking point, leading him to join Militech's plan to raid Arasaka Tower.
That was how Arasaka Tower had ended up being nuked.
But judging by what the Voodoo Boys had said, they not only knew Johnny Silverhand's consciousness was imprisoned in the Relic, they also knew Alt was alive in some form.
That was the only way their claim that they needed to "find Alt through Silverhand" made sense.
While Su Xiao was thinking, another