"...Wait, Berry, I'm fine now."
Just as Berry was about to press the stop button, V raised her hand, signaling that she was ready.
Bracing against the ground, V maneuvered the 300-plus kilogram armor and stood up.
She had finally managed to adapt to the Chassis.
V forced herself to calm down, emptying her mind.
And, just as Berry had instructed, she imagined the armor merging with her, forcing herself to keep up with the Mech's Reflex speed.
It turned out that the human brain can far exceed the limits of the flesh. After a few experiments, V quickly mastered the thunder hammer armor she was wearing.
"...Great, great, that's the spirit."
In the subsequent tests, V performed excellently, excelling in tasks like weapon firing and obstacle traversal.
Watching V calmly complete each instruction, Berry's eyes sparkled like stars.
As expected, it was her V, truly too impressive.
Unconsciously, Berry was once again impressed by V.
She was practically about to have heart-shaped eyes.
V truly lived up to her reputation as Night City's prodigy; her abilities were so strong, it seemed she could quickly master anything related to combat.
How to put it? Every era has those individuals who seem to be blessed by gods and buddhas, overcoming all obstacles, with no predicament capable of defeating them. They steadily climb to the top, achieving feats that ordinary people can only look up to.
In Berry's opinion, V was one of them.
Both the V in the game and the V in reality were the same.
And Berry firmly believed that with her assistance and development as Night City's best girlfriend, V would become even stronger, fully unleashing her potential.
Berry adjusted her holographic glasses, tapped her PDA a few times, then looked up excitedly at V, who was stretching and feeling every bit of the armor's performance.
"V, all tests are perfectly completed! You're absolutely amazing!"
"Of course, who do you think I am?"
V completely accepted her little girlfriend's praise without any hint of false modesty.
Rather, having Berry, the ultimate praiser, present thoroughly satisfied her vanity.
V felt pleased, tilting her head and putting her hands on her hips, like a proud goose.
"Alright, alright, alright, you truly are my wonderful big sister."
Berry affirmed V completely without reservations, afraid that V wasn't proud enough.
If V wasn't still wearing the armor, Berry would have wanted to rub V's head and praise her with 'yoshi, yoshi'.
V was just V.
She was truly capable in both mind and body, and incredibly beautiful.
After all the tests were concluded, the next step was naturally the evaluation of the collected data, which would serve as a basis for improving the armor.
In Berry's view, this first generation of thunder hammer armor was still quite crude. She had to develop it further based on the existing foundation to make it their ultimate weapon in Night City.
After all, their conventional manpower certainly couldn't compare to the large corporations and gangs that had been operating in Night City for decades. To surpass them, they could only take a shortcut.
"...Hmm, if you ask me, this thing is powerful, but it still has some shortcomings."
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, V was resting while also answering Berry's questions.
Some things still needed more detailed first-hand experience from V, the user of the armor.
Theory must be combined with practice; there should be no 'book worship' – this was Berry's rigorous attitude when developing lethal weapons.
"Mainly, well, I'm not boasting, Berry, but among our group, besides me, it's hard for anyone else to control this thing. Maybe Jackie could manage, but others..."
V didn't finish the rest of her sentence, but Berry understood her meaning.
This level of exoskeleton armor could only be used by the strong; it wasn't something ordinary people could control.
Therefore, this item was difficult to popularize among regular Mercenaries and could only be equipped to sufficiently strong elites to form super soldier squads to complete the most difficult missions.
This was Berry's plan for future super soldiers wearing fully enclosed armor.
And unfortunately, Berry currently had very few such people at hand.
However, Berry wasn't too dejected.
As a black-hearted boss, she still held aspirations for the future.
Money would come, and so would workers.
However, this didn't mean Berry had given up on ordinary Mercenaries.
The thunder hammer armor project could also benefit them.
At most, it would be heavily stripped down, removing many high-tech components and leaving only some exoskeleton bulletproof plates and basic functions.
Although this would significantly reduce performance, ordinary Mercenaries could still use it to enhance their combat power.
Therefore, the thunder hammer armor project had to proceed in two steps: one for a popular version, and one for a high-end customized version.
Berry felt she needed to grasp both, and grasp them firmly.
Nodding, Berry wrote these plans into her PDA, feeling that there was enough theoretical discussion.
It was time for some practical combat.
"V, how well do you feel you've adapted? Want to try some real combat?"
Berry's gaze swept over V's streamlined exoskeleton armor, admiring herself for being able to create such a thing.
"Real combat? Alright, tell me what's going on."
Hearing Berry's words, V raised an eyebrow, feeling that this suggestion was right up her alley.
Having just received a new big toy, she was eager to try it out on something real.
And luckily, Night City never lacked scum that needed to be eliminated.
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