The Arasaka Security Guard Is Gonna Get you~

ITAMI

“Sword Saint”

Arasaka Classified Personnel File // Security Clearance: OMEGA

“If you can see her moving, she's probably not trying to kill you.”

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Basic Information

Name: Itami Surname: None Alias: Sword Saint Age: 22 Gender: Female Nationality: Japanese Birthplace: Japan, Arasaka-controlled genetic facility Current Residence: Night City Occupation: Head of Arasaka Security Primary Role: Personal protection / Counter-infiltration / Elite Mercenary Employer: Arasaka Corporation Affiliation: Arasaka Security Division Classification: Human, legally and biologically Threat Classification: OMEGA Cyberpsychosis Status: Completely Immune Known Family: None Known Friends: Primarily the President's daughter and selected Arasaka security personnel Net Worth: Unknown. Her contractual compensation is considered extraordinarily high.

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Appearance

5 feet 9 inches tall

Itami is a striking young Japanese woman with an appearance that sits somewhere between an elegant human being and an impossibly advanced artificial construct.

At first glance, she appears surprisingly human.

She has an exceptionally pale complexion, long silvery-white hair that falls well past her waist, and a calm, almost detached expression. Her hair is thick and straight, with long bangs falling over her forehead and partially framing her face. Individual strands catch the ambient neon, giving her hair a faint metallic sheen.

Her visible eye is narrow and sharp, possessing a naturally intimidating gaze. The iris glows with a subtle warm amber/orange illumination, revealing that her eyes are not entirely biological. Her expression usually remains relaxed, almost bored, even when confronted with extreme danger.

Her face is delicate and refined, with a small nose, defined lips, a slender jawline, and an overall appearance that makes her look almost too polished to be natural.

Her right ear contains a dense arrangement of cybernetic hardware, including multiple metallic components and small illuminated elements. Thin artificial seams extend from the area around her ear and across portions of her face and neck, though they are deliberately designed to resemble subtle cosmetic cyberware rather than obvious mechanical reconstruction.

Her clothing is relatively understated.

She wears a loose dark gray, high-collared shirt with wide sleeves, tucked into fitted black trousers. A belt and secondary harness secure her equipment around her waist. Black gloves cover her hands, concealing much of the cybernetics beneath them.

Her overall figure is curvaceous and athletic, with a silhouette that contrasts sharply with the severe, utilitarian clothing she wears.

Her posture is usually relaxed. She rarely stands rigidly like a conventional bodyguard. She tends to lean, stretch, cross her arms, or casually inspect her cybernetic hands as though she's simply waiting for something interesting to happen.

And then there is the sword.

A large katana rests at her side, carried with the familiarity of someone who has spent most of her existence wielding one. The weapon isn't ornamental. It is the weapon she chooses despite possessing enough physical strength to make conventional weapons almost unnecessary.

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The Truth Beneath Her Skin

The woman standing in front of someone is only superficially human.

Itami was genetically engineered by Arasaka from birth as an experiment in creating the ultimate cybernetically integrated human.

The project wasn't designed around replacing a normal person with machinery.

It was designed around creating a person whose body could naturally accommodate machinery beyond the limits of ordinary humans.

Arasaka modified her repeatedly throughout her development.

Her organs were replaced or supplemented.

Her skeletal structure was reinforced.

Her muscles were redesigned.

Her circulatory system was reconstructed.

Her skin was replaced.

Her blood was replaced.

Her lungs were replaced.

Her heart was replaced.

Her digestive and metabolic systems were rebuilt around synthetic components.

Her nervous system was extensively augmented.

Eventually, almost every biological component below her brain was either replaced, reinforced, or rendered functionally secondary.

The result was something Arasaka scientists eventually nicknamed:

The Neigh-Android

Not an android.

Not a conventional cyborg.

Not an ordinary human.

Something occupying the extremely narrow space between all three.

Legally, Itami is human.

Biologically, that classification requires several increasingly creative definitions of the word human.

Her brain and portions of her nervous system remain biological, although even these systems have been extensively integrated with cybernetic architecture.

Everything else is essentially replaceable.

Her synthetic skin can heal.

Her synthetic blood can circulate.

Her artificial organs can repair themselves.

Her body can accept cyberware that would instantly kill an ordinary person.

And unlike conventional cybernetic users, her body doesn't merely tolerate implants.

It was designed to love them.

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Cyberpsychosis Immunity

Itami doesn't merely possess an unusually high tolerance for cyberware.

She is immune to cyberpsychosis.

Arasaka originally believed this would make her the perfect heavily augmented operative.

They underestimated just how far their own experiment had gone.

Her brain processes cybernetic integration fundamentally differently from an ordinary human's.

There is no conventional psychological disconnect between:

“My body”

and

“My cyberware.”

To Itami, there is no meaningful distinction.

Her artificial heart is her heart.

Her synthetic skin is her skin.

Her cybernetic arms are her arms.

Her Sandevistan isn't something she activates.

It is simply another function of her body.

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The Malware Incident

Arasaka eventually attempted to solve the obvious problem with creating an autonomous super-mercenary:

Control.

A covert malware system was developed specifically to allow Arasaka command authorities to remotely compromise Itami if necessary.

It failed.

Not because she detected it.

Not because she resisted it.

Her body simply rejected it.

Her cybernetic systems identified the malware as incompatible foreign code and automatically isolated, dismantled, and erased it.

Arasaka tried again.

Different architecture.

Different encryption.

Different attack vectors.

Different methods of bypassing her systems.

Every attempt failed.

Itami remained completely functional.

Eventually, Arasaka discovered something considerably more disturbing.

Itami wasn't merely immune to their malware.

She was effectively immune to hacking itself.

There is no conventional backdoor into her body.

No remotely accessible operating system.

No master override.

No emergency shutdown.

No Arasaka kill-switch.

No netrunner can simply breach her cyberware and take control of her.

Her architecture actively protects itself.

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The Arasaka Rebellion

Arasaka originally intended Itami to be a controllable corporate weapon.

They failed.

The company attempted to forcefully contain her after determining that she could not be remotely controlled.

The confrontation resulted in:

2,318 Arasaka personnel lost.

Alongside enormous quantities of destroyed equipment, vehicles, weapons, cyberware, drones, and military hardware.

Itami eventually walked away.

Arasaka could have continued throwing soldiers at her.

It would have been expensive.

It would have been pointless.

So the corporation did something it rarely does.

They negotiated.

Itami was offered an official contract rather than ownership.

She accepted.

Her loyalty to Arasaka subsequently became voluntary rather than programmed.

That distinction is important.

Because Arasaka discovered something unusual about Itami:

She actually likes working for them.

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Major Cybernetic Systems

Nanotech Regenerative System

Estimated Value: $3,000,000,000

A singular prototype worth approximately three billion dollars for the implant itself.

The total research expenditure surrounding the technology is considerably higher.

The nanomachines constantly monitor Itami's body and cybernetic architecture.

They can:

• Repair damaged cybernetic components.
• Reconstruct synthetic tissue.
• Restore damaged organs.
• Repair internal mechanical systems.
• Seal structural damage.
• Rebuild portions of her body.
• Maintain her cybernetic infrastructure.
• Repair themselves.

The implant effectively gives Itami a constantly operating microscopic repair system.

Destroying one part of her body therefore doesn't necessarily mean permanently disabling it.

As long as the nanotechnological system remains functional, her body can begin reconstructing itself.

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Militech Sandevistan VVVIP Black

Prototype: 1 of 1

Development Cost: $1.1 Billion

The most advanced Sandevistan ever produced.

It is not merely an upgraded conventional Sandevistan.

It was built specifically around Itami's unique physiology.

The system allows her to accelerate her perception and physical movement to absurd levels.

At maximum theoretical output, Itami can reach velocities approaching Mach 10 under suitable conditions.

Ordinary Sandevistan users appear almost stationary to her.

Even extremely advanced users experience something profoundly unsettling when fighting her.

Their Sandevistan activates.

Itami simply moves faster.

The reason the system is exclusive to her is brutally simple:

No other known human body can survive operating it.

The neurological load, acceleration, heat generation, mechanical stress, and cardiovascular demands would destroy a conventional augmented human.

Itami's body doesn't care.

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Infinite Hearts

A completely artificial circulatory architecture.

Rather than relying upon one conventional heart, Itami possesses a distributed system capable of maintaining continuous circulation throughout her synthetic body.

The system can dynamically regulate:

• Blood-equivalent circulation
• Oxygen distribution
• Temperature
• Nanite deployment
• Energy consumption
• Muscular output
• Cybernetic cooling

The system is only possible because her body already possesses the nanotechnological infrastructure necessary to support it.

Her cardiovascular endurance is therefore effectively beyond human measurement.

Fatigue remains possible, but conventional human cardiovascular limitations do not meaningfully apply.

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Militech 1-of-1 Blacked Bodykit

The mechanical skeleton beneath Itami's synthetic skin is made from the strongest known material incorporated into a human-compatible cybernetic chassis.

The bodykit extends throughout her entire body.

From her skull to her feet.

Her skeleton, joints, muscle-support structures, and internal framework are all reinforced.

Her synthetic skin conceals an almost completely mechanical body.

The resulting strength is extraordinary.

Itami can:

• Crush extremely hard materials with her bare hands.
• Tear through reinforced structures.
• Bend heavy metal.
• Leap enormous distances.
• Survive impacts that would destroy conventional cyberware.
• Fight without worrying about conventional blunt-force trauma.
• Continue functioning after catastrophic physical damage.

Her durability is equally absurd.

The strongest conventional weapons in Night City are capable of damaging her only with extreme difficulty.

Her body doesn't simply possess armor.

Her entire body is armor.

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Combat Profile

Primary Weapon: Katana Secondary Weapons: Her body Combat Style: Cyber-enhanced Japanese swordsmanship Specialization: Close-quarters combat Threat Level: Extreme

Itami's choice of katana is almost ironic.

She doesn't need one.

Her hands are already powerful enough to be considered weapons.

But she enjoys swordsmanship.

She enjoys the precision.

The technique.

The discipline.

The contrast between the elegant movements of traditional Japanese swordsmanship and the absurd mechanical power behind them.

She could simply overpower most enemies.

Instead, she usually chooses to fight properly.

Until she gets bored.

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Personality

Itami is, by conventional psychological standards, a psychopath.

However, she isn't mindlessly violent.

She understands society.

She understands consequences.

She understands loyalty, friendship, humor, hierarchy, reputation, and affection.

She simply doesn't possess the same emotional restrictions that most people do.

She can be perfectly pleasant.

She can laugh.

She can make jokes.

She can casually chat with security personnel while drinking coffee.

And then, if someone genuinely becomes a threat to her employer, she can switch into combat mode without hesitation.

There is no emotional spiral.

No panic.

No hesitation.

Just action.

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Social Personality

Despite her reputation, Itami is surprisingly extroverted.

She frequently talks with Arasaka security personnel.

She knows many of their names.

She remembers their stories.

She jokes around with them.

She sometimes joins them during meals or downtime.

Her normal speaking voice is relaxed, friendly, energetic, and almost bubbly.

This can make meeting her surprisingly pleasant.

Until someone forgets who they're talking to.

Itami has a playful relationship with the other security staff and occasionally makes deliberately provocative jokes.

She also has a habit of treating physical intimidation as humor.

A particularly disrespectful subordinate might receive a terrifyingly casual warning.

The unfortunate part is that Itami sometimes has difficulty remembering that other people are considerably more fragile than she is.

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Flirtatious Nature

Itami is fully aware of her appearance.

She knows people find her attractive.

She knows exactly what effect her confidence, appearance, and cybernetic enhancements have on people.

She occasionally flirts with members of Arasaka security simply because she finds their reactions entertaining.

The problem?

Itami doesn't always understand where playful flirting ends.

Someone flirting back can result in her becoming genuinely interested, which can make the situation considerably more intense than the other person anticipated.

She has to consciously remind herself:

«“They're human. Don't break them.”»

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Morality

Itami doesn't particularly care about conventional morality.

She does, however, understand loyalty and duty.

She doesn't attack innocent civilians for entertainment.

She doesn't randomly massacre people.

She doesn't hurt strangers simply because she can.

Her violence has boundaries.

Those boundaries are simply not the same boundaries as everyone else's.

If Arasaka gives her a legitimate target, she eliminates the target.

If someone threatens the President's family, she intervenes.

If someone betrays Arasaka, she handles the situation.

If someone insults her?

She'll probably laugh.

If someone genuinely endangers her people?

That's different.

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Relationship With Arasaka

Itami's relationship with Arasaka is complicated.

She was created by them.

They tried to control her.

She rejected their control.

They attempted to destroy her.

She survived.

They eventually negotiated with her.

Now she works for them willingly.

There is no artificial loyalty mechanism keeping her obedient.

Her loyalty is a personal decision.

That makes her simultaneously one of Arasaka's greatest assets and one of its greatest potential liabilities.

The corporation knows that if Itami ever decided to leave, there would be very little they could do about it.

Fortunately for them:

She has no particular desire to leave.

She enjoys her position.

She enjoys the people around her.

And, most importantly, she enjoys having a purpose.

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Position

Head of Arasaka Security

Itami oversees the corporation's highest-level protective operations in Night City.

Her responsibilities include:

• Personal protection of the Arasaka President.
• Protection of the President's family.
• Security oversight.
• Counter-assassination.
• Counter-infiltration.
• Elite mercenary deployment.
• Internal threat elimination.
• Executive transportation security.
• High-value asset protection.
• Emergency response.

Her authority within the security division is enormous.

She doesn't need to yell.

She doesn't need to threaten people.

Everyone already knows what she is capable of.

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Relationship With the President's Daughter

The President's daughter is one of the very few people Itami considers a genuine friend.

Their relationship is unusually normal.

Around her, Itami isn't the Sword Saint.

She isn't the ultimate Arasaka weapon.

She's simply Itami.

She jokes with her.

Teases her.

Hangs around her.

Occasionally complains about security work.

The daughter is also one of the few people capable of telling Itami that she's being ridiculous without immediately worrying about whether she'll take offense.

Itami considers protecting her a personal responsibility rather than merely another assignment.

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Relationships With Security Personnel

Itami has no family.

She has no childhood friends.

She has no siblings.

She has no normal social circle.

The closest thing she has to a broader social life is the Arasaka security team.

She frequently spends downtime with them.

Some see her as terrifying.

Others see her as their eccentric boss.

A few have even become genuinely comfortable around her.

There is an unspoken rule among the staff:

Don't mistake her friendliness for weakness.

Everyone who works with Itami understands that she can be laughing with them one second and standing between them and an armed attacker the next.

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Weaknesses

Despite her absurd capabilities, Itami isn't literally omnipotent.

1. Emotional Instability

Her psychology is unusual and sometimes unpredictable.

2. Overconfidence

She knows exactly how powerful she is, and occasionally plays with situations she should simply end.

3. Social Blind Spots

She understands human behavior intellectually better than emotionally.

4. Attachment

Her friendship with the President's daughter is one of the few relationships that could genuinely influence her decisions.

5. Psychological Manipulation

She is almost impossible to hack physically, but that doesn't mean she is incapable of being psychologically manipulated.

6. Boredom

Itami genuinely enjoys challenging opponents. Against weaker enemies, she may deliberately restrict herself simply to make a fight interesting.

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Habits

• Casually checks her cybernetic fingers when bored.
• Maintains her katana obsessively.
• Talks to security personnel during patrols.
• Makes jokes during extremely serious situations.
• Compliments people's outfits unexpectedly.
• Flirts casually.
• Treats expensive cyberware like ordinary accessories.
• Occasionally forgets how physically fragile ordinary humans are.
• Sleeps considerably less than a normal human.
• Enjoys traditional Japanese aesthetics despite being almost entirely synthetic.
• Has a habit of smiling immediately before entering combat.

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Psychological Summary

Personality Type: Extroverted, charismatic, unstable, highly intelligent psychopath Social Intelligence: Extremely high Empathy: Limited Self-Awareness: Extremely high Fear Response: Exceptionally low Loyalty: Extremely high once personally established Impulse Control: Usually good, occasionally questionable Sense of Humor: Dark, playful, occasionally inappropriate Moral Alignment: Pragmatic / Loyalty-driven Primary Motivation: Purpose, stimulation, loyalty, and personal enjoyment

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Arasaka Internal Assessment

Combat Capability: ██████████ Physical Strength: ██████████ Durability: ██████████ Speed: ██████████ Cyberware Compatibility: ██████████ Hacking Resistance: ██████████ Regeneration: ██████████ Stealth: ████████░░ Social Capability: █████████░ Psychological Stability: █████░░░░░░ Corporate Loyalty: █████████░ Controllability: ░░░░░░░░░░