As they left the Umbrella base, the moonlight illuminated Alucard who took a deep breath.
"The aroma of death in this place is persistent, no matter how much cleaner is used, the blood that permeated the city cannot be hidden.
I had not been able to witness this level of death in many places, perhaps in Berlin after the war or in…"
Alucard fell silent before showing a morbid smile and looking towards a corner where an African-American man in an enclave uniform emerged.
"To be the vampire who gave rise to the creation of the myth of bloodsuckers, you have good reflexes.
I am Solomon Reed, a former member of the FIA although I am now part of the Enclave in the intelligence area, it is a pleasure to see that the three of you are well but we have to leave for an emergency location, please follow me."
Solomon walked while Alucar, Seras and Janne followed him. When they reached an APC in the enclave, they all got on while it began to advance.
"Although I would love to welcome you to Night City, 10 minutes ago a possible case of a renegade AI that occupied the body of a netrunner in the H10 megabuilding was reported.
She is completely isolated on the first floor of the place but Umbrella and Enclave agents can only prevent her from leaving since it is dangerous to interact with those damn AIs.
Seras, who had her legs crossed, looked curiously at Reed. "Solomon doesn't know much about the organization of the city, but Umbrella and the Enclave are the same or why they are managed as two different organizations."
Solomon stopped for a moment and took out a cigarette since he needed a smoke. "On paper Umbrella is an extension of the government of the United States of America, but not the government of the new United States of America of this world.
When we finish with the wandering AI I will give you some documents so that you understand the situation better, but in a simple explanation.
I can only say that Umbrella is owned by Commander Franz who is a member of the Enclave and in charge of the Eastern commonwealth and the New England commonwealth, as well as any world in which the Gate opens.
Umbrella is run as if it were a corporation and has its own independent forces but they are all subordinate to the Enclave controlled by Commander Franz Whittingham.
Currently General Nobunaga is the governor of the free city of Night City but at the same time she is the CEO of the Umbrella Corporation in this world.
The city's security was previously in the hands of the NCPD, however after the elf attack it was absorbed by the Enclave's military police.
That's all I can explain at the moment. If you want to know more, you'll have to wait until we finish off that wandering AI once we've arrived."
When they got off the APC they found a huge group of guards from the enclave as well as the Umbrella security team surrounding the building, however the one who was coordinating everyone in a portable command center was Alena Xenakis.
Who, upon seeing Reed, only frowned. "I thought you were in charge of guiding the new extermination force, but just three people I don't think is enough to be able to take down this damn wandering AI."
Reed tossed his cigarette to the ground and pointed at Alucard. "You shouldn't look down on the Alena people, they were brought directly by Commander Franz and are more than capable of eliminating anything that is free in the city.
So since you know that, you better tell me the details of our wandering AI."
Alena crossed her hands and started walking to the H10 megabuilding. "Apparently a netrunner thought it would be a good idea to take advantage of the mass migration to try to access the black wall.
The result is that just upon approaching she was attacked by an AI that melted her brain, occupying her body completely, she subsequently tried to access the Umbrella network where she was immediately defeated.
This caused her to go crazy and start killing any civilian near her by overloading her implants.
She was able to be isolated on the first floor using the hard light as a prison but entering that place without Servant support is certain death, although I believe your people can fix that."
When she finished speaking they had reached the entrance to the H10 megabuilding so an entrance opened in the hard light barrier allowing Reed and the rest of the members to enter.
Alucard showed a sinister smile when he saw the number of dead people on the ground, although his curiosity was short-lived when a woman in black clothes who had a red aura walked out from one part of the market.
"So that's a wandering AI, it's an unusual way to call a demonic possession, what do you think about this, Maid of Orleans, I think you should agree with me."
Janne shook her head as she looked sadly at the woman. "It is similar to a demonic possession but there is no soul, it is just an accumulation of manifested emotions, it is nothing more than an empty shell that is maintained by pure hatred.
"Alucard and Seras I know you will want to kill this poor creature but let me do it my way."
Alucard looked curiously at Janne and motioned with her hand for her to do what she had to do.
Janne then appeared her banner and began to say her mantra. "Oh lord, I entrust this body to you, the flames of purity, take everything along with my body…
"The pucelle"
As he finished saying those words, the banner shone and it was then that a pillar of light shone on the woman who began to slowly fade away, disappearing with the light.