[Little Octopus: Big bro, all three universities in New York are holding classes off today so their students can march. They're also contacting students and staff at other schools.]
[Little Octopus: Roxxon might try to convince some state governments to deploy the National Guard to crack down on them.]
[Lier: We can offer free aid to anyone protesting peacefully. Let them make as much trouble as they want.]
[Little Octopus: You got it. Oh, and the power plant blueprints are finalized. Want to look them over again?]
[Lier: No need. Help me keep an eye on Brick's human experiments. We need to get the Second-Generation Cyberware online as soon as possible.]
[Lier: How's the personnel expansion going?]
[Little Octopus: Nationwide total: 367 retired soldiers converted into Cyborg fighters; 1,347 scheduled to complete implantation surgery in the next seven days; estimated growth of 120%-160% over the next month;
14,523 qualified workers, 35,535 currently in training; 135,264 scheduled to complete implantation surgery in the next seven days; estimated growth of 300%-340% over the next month.]
[Little Octopus: Night City total: 441 OCT Network Domain users; 1,333 cross-dimensional workers.]
"Mano, hearing you put it like that, I feel pretty bad for those Japanese guys."
The three of them chatted in the elevator as they headed out.
Jackie began reminiscing. "The first fight I ever got into was with a Japanese guy."
"What happened?" V asked with interest.
"That kid said he'd bought an official Arasaka tablet and came over to brag about it, looking down on the secondhand junk we'd dug up at street stalls.
He was saying all kinds of stuff. Anyway, he was a real show-off. Nobody paid attention to him, but he kept coming over and hanging around us."
"Then he deserved to get beat up."
Jackie shrugged. "But he'd