Jack fell silent. The horrified look on his face made it seem like he found the world of legends too dark to bear.
The elevator moved smoothly. The hardware quality of major corporations really was excellent.
Generally speaking, when attacking a building, it was best to avoid taking the elevators. The enemy could cut the power and trap them inside, then catch them like turtles in a jar.
But with a hacker like Songbird helping them, there was no need to worry about such minor problems. Even if all the hackers from the Arasaka Security Department joined forces, they would not be able to seize control of the elevator.
The Adjutant could naturally do this even more easily, but that would be too overwhelming for the enemy. Songbird needed some sense of participation, after all.
In the past, everything she did had been on New America's orders, commands from the president and military leadership.
But now? Attacking Arasaka Tower was entirely her own choice, a transaction. It would let her truly experience what it meant to be an independent individual—to shoulder responsibility while also feeling freedom.
Freedom had never existed on its own. It was often accompanied by responsibility. If someone could not bear responsibility, they would never be free.
So letting her participate in the assault on the tower had been part of Su Ming's calculations from the start, though even if she did nothing, they would not encounter any real difficulties.
The elevator soon arrived. The car doors opened silently, revealing a fully armed soldier before them.
But just as V raised her gun to fire, the man slumped limply into the elevator. Sparks were still spraying from the back of his head beneath his steel helmet.
He was simply a dead man who had fallen against the