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Soulkiller Secret turned a missing-person case into one of Night City’s ugliest digital nightmares. The crew resumed Aisha Tang’s trail after their strange night at La Lune Bleue. Winter returned after being detained, while Iris shared footage of Kodai Khan dining across from an empty chair. Then the evidence became even stranger. Aisha had left 4overTechnologies twelve years earlier, despite Kodai believing she still worked there. Her latest message warned about other women, approaching buyers, and only a few hours remaining.
The crew traced custom firmware on both agents to Lotus LeMarch, an elite tech living nearby. Getting through his door required a fake delivery involving rare pickled asparagus, because Night City investigations occasionally run on preserved vegetables. Nova finally persuaded LeMarch to talk. He admitted that Kodai had blackmailed him into using his program on a drugged Aisha, creating the Soulkiller Secret. The program killed her body, copied her consciousness, and loaded her engram onto an agent. Kodai’s altered optics and audio then let him see and hear the digital Aisha as if she remained beside him.
LeMarch installed a tracking program called Find Aisha, which led the crew to a rundown warehouse. Defect slipped inside first, and Iris followed to access its closed network. Their careful plan lasted until an armed ganger spotted Iris. A sprawling gunfight followed across server rooms and narrow corridors. Meanwhile, Iris fought Black ICE inside the network. The Soulkiller Secret fully emerged while the fight still raged. The warehouse held scores of Aisha copies, each trapped in a server and begging Iris for freedom. Their combined cries overloaded Iris and threw her out of the Net. Signed contracts showed that corporations planned to buy these digital prisoners. A Blackwater Saints message also connected the operation to Bull’s missing sister.
Key Characters Introduced
- Lotus LeMarch: This elite tech admitted that Kodai blackmailed him into running Soulkiller on Aisha and placing her consciousness inside an agent.
- Sledge: This Blackwater Saints contact signed a threatening message seeking the technology behind Aisha’s digital consciousness, wanting to use the Soulkiller Secret.
- Blackwater Saints: This dangerous group wanted similar technology for a captive and created a deeply personal connection to Bull’s missing sister.
Key Events
- Custom firmware exposed a new lead: Iris discovered LeMarch’s name throughout the custom firmware on Kodai’s and Aisha’s agents. Research then led the crew to the elite tech’s apartment.
- LeMarch revealed the Soulkiller Secret: After Nova gained his trust, LeMarch admitted that Kodai forced him to digitize Aisha. He also explained that Kodai’s implants made the engram appear beside him.
- Find Aisha located the stolen agent: LeMarch modified Kodai’s agent with a tracking application. Its signal guided the crew to a rundown warehouse filled with server racks.
- The warehouse erupted into two battles: An armed ganger spotted Iris during the infiltration. The crew fought through the building while Iris battled hostile Black ICE inside its network.
- Hundreds of Aisha copies begged for freedom: The crew discovered mass-produced versions of Aisha awaiting corporate sale. Their pleas overloaded Iris and forced her out of the Net. The crew also found a Blackwater Saints message that may connect the operation to Bull’s missing sister.
Standout Party Member Moments
- Thiago: Thiago turned rare pickled asparagus into a surprisingly effective delivery scam, helping the crew reach LeMarch and obtain the Find Aisha tracker.
- Nova: Nova used her medical credentials and persuasion to break through LeMarch’s defenses. She then became the crew’s loudest voice against excusing Aisha’s murder.
- Defect: Defect slipped into the warehouse alone, mapped the immediate danger, counted armed footsteps, and returned with the reconnaissance needed for the infiltration.
- ChoJo: ChoJo documented the operation for his followers, rushed inside when Iris called for help, and later left one ganger with a devastating spinal injury.
- Winter: Winter charged into danger to protect Iris. She later ended a badly wounded ganger with a precise arrow after the firefight spread through the warehouse.
- Iris: Iris defeated the warehouse’s Black ICE and found scores of Aisha engrams pleading for freedom. Their combined voices dealt serious damage and threw her out of the Net.
- Bull: Bull absorbed a gunshot with his new shield, answered with a shotgun, and finished the final ganger with his fists. Then he found a Blackwater Saints message that may point toward his missing sister.
Closing Statement
The Soulkiller Secret answered the mystery at La Lune Bleue, but it created a much worse problem. Kodai was never dining with a physical woman. His altered senses let him interact with Aisha’s engram while everyone else saw an empty chair. LeMarch claimed Kodai said Aisha had terminal cancer. However, the digital Aisha denied ever being sick. She still believed she was waiting to return to the husband who arranged her death.
The warehouse made that tragedy industrial. Hundreds of Aisha copies called to Iris from separate servers. Each wanted freedom. Meanwhile, signed contracts promised those consciousnesses to corporate buyers as search agents and other digital tools. The crew can no longer treat this as a simple recovery job. Returning one copy could earn their payment and satisfy Rogue’s assignment. It could also reward Kodai and leave the remaining engrams trapped. Turning against him may protect Aisha, but it would erase the clean payday and invite new enemies.
Then Bull found the Blackwater Saints message. Its author wanted the same technology for another captive, and Bull immediately feared that captive could be his missing sister. The discovery transformed a corporate trafficking scheme into a personal threat. Before the next session, the crew must decide what counts as saving Aisha. They also need to learn who wants to buy the copies, what Sledge plans to do, and whether Bull’s sister is still alive. Night City offered them hundreds of voices, one furious lawman, and no painless answer.
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