Cyberpunk: 2075

"You should know that I am not your cooperation specialist in the company."

"Of course I know."

"And you also know that I am very busy."

"I know that too."

"Know?"

Sitting at the restaurant where they had agreed to meet, Kenichi Shiro looked at Carl who was eating spaghetti with a fork in front of him, his eyes cold: "If you knew, you wouldn't bother me for such a small matter."

It was just the template drawings of four melee weapons, but he actually contacted him. What does Carl think of himself?

"For transactions like this, I am on your side, and there is no one else to contact."

After swallowing a forkful of spaghetti with tomato meat sauce, Carl said: "This is what you asked, Mr. Kenichi Shiro."

In the whole Arasaka, Carl only knows three people. If he is not allowed to contact any of them, then he can only find Kenichi Shiro, the only one he can contact.

Listening to Carl's words, Kenichi Shiro's eyes, which were originally cold, slowly turned back to calm.

Can only contact himself?

It seems that Carl did his job properly after receiving the money and did not harass the lady.

In this case, it is not impossible to forgive him for offending me for such a small matter.

It is better to treat me as an ordinary trader than to hook up with Miss Haruko.

Kenichi Shiro seemed to think about it for a while, then took out a piece of paper from his pocket and slid it in front of Carl on the dining table: "If it is such a small matter in the future, you can contact my subordinates. This is a business card. You can communicate according to the contact number on it."

Business card?

This thing is rarely used in this era, and carrying a subordinate's business card with you...:.It seems that this subordinate, in the eyes of Mr. Kenichi Shiro, is not of low status.

"I'll remember it."

Carl nodded, took the business card and put it in his pocket, took another bite of pasta and asked: "Then I'm going to talk to your subordinates, Mr. Kenichi Shiro, about this matter, right?"

"Don't come to me for such trivial matters in the future."

After Kenichi Shiro said this, he thought of something and took out something. Carl felt that the thing was familiar. After taking a closer look, wasn't it the diamond-shaped wooden block that he brought back from the private work in the Bad Land?

But immediately, Carl realized that it was only the appearance that was the same. The wood block he brought back, along with the bird wood carving inside, was crushed by him. How could such a complete wood block be left? So the wood block that Mr. Kenichi Shiro took out in front of him was...

"We tracked the trajectory of the strong hurricane, determined the range where it might drop things, and conducted a large-scale search in that area."

Kenichi Shiro said while holding the diamond-shaped wood block: "This is the sixth piece we have found. Then, because other companies noticed it, we had to carry out a saturation attack on that area before they arrived, destroying all the wood blocks that might remain and have not been searched."

"It's a big deal."

Carl took a sip of the lemonade at his hand: "So Mr. Kenichi Shiro, what do you want to tell me?"

"It's missing."

Kenichi Shiro clenched his hands slightly, and when Carl couldn't understand, he directly crushed the entire diamond-shaped wood block.

Wood chips fell through the gaps between his fingers that were clenched and then relaxed, and when the chips piled up on the table, Kenichi Shiro opened his hands slightly and spread them in front of Carl.

In his palm, there was nothing except wood chips.

"Oh..."

Carl realized something: "There seems to be no note inside."

"To be more precise, among the six pieces of wood and the seven pieces you gave me, only the sixth piece has no paper."

"Maybe some of the pieces didn't have notes in them to confuse people?'

"Maybe there is such a possibility."

Kenichi Shiro did not deny Carl's speculation, but: "But this last piece was the last piece that was urgently recovered in the chaos before the other companies were aware of the arrival."

"What does this mean?"

"It means that one of my loyal subordinates died for this piece of wood. "

Kenichi Shiro's hand tilted, and the last bit of sawdust on his palm fell on the sawdust pile on the table:

"My subordinates watched the entire recycling process. The first five pieces were successfully recycled and delivered to my desk within half a day. However, when recycling the sixth piece, due to the confusion and the urgent destruction,

the subordinate I appointed to be fully responsible had to take the vehicle and carry the wood back to Night City.

And halfway through, his life signal was suddenly interrupted. "

I don't know what the relationship between that subordinate and Kenichi Shiro is. When Kenichi Shiro said this, there was a trace of regret and anger in his words:

"That was the subordinate I trained to take over the company's internal affairs. He died in the vehicle with the security personnel in front of him. When I received the news and put down the relevant matters and rushed over, the security personnel had disappeared. In the box he carried with him, there was only such a useless piece of wood that had been tested and confirmed to have no note inside. "

Kenichi Shiro's palms trembled slightly, but he immediately calmed them down. Then, he stared straight at Carl: "I was going to deal with this matter in person, but you interrupted me. You asked me out for such a small matter, which delayed the things I should have dealt with by now, so..."

"I understand."

Kenichi Shiro didn't need to say more. Carl nodded in understanding: "Seeing that I happened to be free, you planned to let me work, right? I don't mind, as long as I get paid."

"I will give your team a good price."

"Team?"

Carl was stunned: "It's not a salary, but a mercenary team to work."

But there is nothing unacceptable about this. Considering the generosity of Mr. Kenichi Shiro, Carl, who had just received his hovercraft not long ago, nodded: "We just finished the last commission, and the team is also free."

"On the back of the business card, it says where you are going this time, and the missing security guard is there."

Business card?

Carl took out the business card and looked at it, and found that the back was full of words.

So, is this settled?

Carl looked up at Kenichi Shiro and found that he had stood up, and asked: "Are there any detailed requirements?" The note, or the content. "

Kenichi Shiro said so and turned around.

Outside the door, his people and vehicles were already waiting there.

The note, or the content? That is to say, he had to bring back the information in it.

Karl, who understood Kenichi Shiro's commission, looked at Kenichi Shiro who was about to walk to the door of the store, and suddenly remembered something. He looked down at the plate in front of him, and then looked at Kenichi Shiro who opened the door and walked out. He stood up and wanted to say something, but he sat down silently halfway.

Watching Kenichi Shiro get in the car and drive away, Karl continued to eat Italian noodles, but in his heart, he was muttering.

I also thought that this Italian noodles tasted good, thinking of buying another one and asking him to take it back to Haruko to try.'

But it seems unnecessary.

It's better to wait for Chiyo to send a message and come to tell her about this.

Thinking about it, Karl read the content behind the business card while eating, and then he saw a word that Oliver often mentioned.

That word is....

'Genting'