Chapter 1: How It All Began

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~Afterlife Bar, Watson, 2077~

It was another dark night in Night City as the AfterLife Bar was full of patrons as a woman with a half shaved hairstyle sat on a bar stool, talking with the bartender.

It was another dark night in Night City as the AfterLife Bar was full of patrons as a woman with a half shaved hairstyle sat on a bar stool, talking with the bartender

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V: So wait, let me get this straight. You got zero'd in '72 and "woke up" hours later like nothing ever happened?

Bartender: Yup. Hit the nail on the head with that one.

Appearing behind the bartender, smoking a cigarette, was the Rockerboy himself, Johnny Silverhand.

Appearing behind the bartender, smoking a cigarette, was the Rockerboy himself, Johnny Silverhand

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Johnny: I'm callin' BS on that story.

V looked at the bartender with slight skepticism.

V: You expectin' me to believe that?

Bartender: Why not? You came back.

V looked at the bartender as he lit a smoke.

V: How do you know about that?

Bartender: I know everything to an extent. Part of the job.

V: Since when did Bartenders need to know everything?

Bartender: Since Bartending was a cover for me.

V: A cover? Right. So what're you? A Fixer?

Bartender: Nah, more of a Merc but I can run my own ops when I want to.

V: No Fixer? Good way to flatline.

Bartender: Yeah, but it helps when your boss is the Queen of Fixers herself.

Johnny: So this bozo knows Rogue? Hm.

V: Right. So, this story of you Flatlining back in '72, how'd it happen?

Bartender: Oh? So now you're interested?

V: Yeah, peaked my interest.

Bartender: Get comfortable. It's a long story.

-Night City, 2072-
The sky was clear as a boy with black hair walked down the street, his eyes illuminated as he was on a call with someone.

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