Cyberpunk: 2075

"I've got my stuff."

After taking the small box from V, Kenichi Shiro used some tricks to open the box and inspect it. After confirming that it was correct, he nodded to V.

"So this job is over?"

Karl came over and looked at the small box in Kenichi Shiro's hand. He didn't have any extra curiosity to see what was inside. He raised his hand and pointed at Hera behind him with his thumb: "I brought it to you in the trunk. Please give me a gift. I’m not sure you’ll be alive after all the hardships on the road. Do you mind accepting a gift? Mr. Kenichi Shiro.”

"Gift?"

After closing the small box again and putting it away close to his body, Kenichi Shiro looked at the shabby Hera: "What did you bring me?"

"The three security personnel who killed your men, oh, they should be called former security personnel now, one or more,

We stuffed it into the trunk, and it also came with a Tiger Claw manager from Genting. This gift is not bad, right?

Although it's not as good as the float car you gave me. "

"One more?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Kenichi Shiro's eyes. This surprise was not that Carl was able to bring back those people.

It was not that he was surprised that Karl gave him this gift, but: "You actually managed to keep it and didn't kill them all, but brought them back to me."

"As I said, I am the most popular mercenary among middlemen in Night City now. In terms of service, as long as the employer does not insist on killing them, I will basically keep them alive depending on the situation."

Karl still remembered that when Kenichi Shiro talked to him about his subordinates in the restaurant, he unconsciously showed a trace of regret for his lost subordinates. Although Mr. Kenichi Shiro said that only items were enough, Karl thought that bringing people back would be a gift. , maybe a little better.

And looking at the current appearance, Karl was right.

"I am very satisfied with this gift."

Kenichi Shiro said, his reaction seemed to be very dull. He said no more and just turned around.

The transfer of personnel was left to his subordinates. What he needed to do more now was to carry his personal belongings back to the research level of Arasaka Tower.

However, he acted unconcerned. After taking a few steps, Kenichi Shiro stopped again and glanced at Karl: "As for the weapons mentioned in the morning, go and contact Kazuya. I will let him use the best method." It’s made of the same material for you...If the weapon is damaged later, you can come back and get a new one.”

"Yeah, I remember."

Karl nodded to express his understanding. It was just a warranty for the weapon.

After nodding, Carl looked at Kenichi Shiro who was about to turn around and continue walking. Suddenly he remembered something. He touched the knife on his body, took out the knife, and shouted to Kenichi Shiro: "By the way, Mr. Kenichi Shiro, Can I also take the weapons I got from here for maintenance? "

"What else did you get?"

Kenichi Shiro did not remember that Carl had taken any melee weapons. With this doubt, the steps he was about to take stopped. Kenichi Shiro turned around again, and after he turned around, he was in Carl's hand. He saw something very familiar to him.

Knife?

A small knife can be maintained anywhere, right? You can just make do with something to sharpen it yourself. Why does it have to...

Kenichi Shiro, who looked more and more familiar with the knife in Carl's hand, felt something was wrong.

Wait a minute, that look, that look...:

Kenichi Shiro's mouth opened wide in disbelief without even realizing it.

This, this knife is, no way, could this knife be? !

Kenichi Shiro, who had only taken a few steps out, turned around. He quickly turned back and stared at the knife in Carl's hand, with disbelief written all over his face.

At this moment, not even the note on his chest was important.

Anyway, I have already obtained six pieces of paper, and the other contents written in a special way have been almost deciphered. The new piece of paper I got is at most a complete complement to what was already filled. Compared with this kind of involvement, In that area of ​​Japan, it is difficult to get involved in the information. Obviously, the knife in front of you is more important now.

"Where did you get this knife?"

Kenichi Shiro said this in an almost questioning tone.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this shape, and Kenichi Shiro will never admit it. This is definitely a special EMP knife developed by Night City Arasaka Tower Laboratory for the safety of important personnel.

Why Kenichi Shiro is so familiar with it is because compared to the EMP grenade, this knife has no other advantages except concealment. It is also quite resource-intensive to manufacture, so it has not been popularized. The entire research department has only produced two.

And those two are all in the hands of one person.

"Where did you get this knife?"

Facing Kenichi Shiro, who was quite calm at first, but turned his head with a fierce expression, Karl didn't quite understand: "This is Haruko's apology to me."

"when!"

Karl, who took Kenichi Shiro's shock as a question, naturally answered: "As for the Arasaka Tower meeting,

When Mr. Kenichi Shiro was waiting for me on the 44th floor, didn't I report it to Haruko because I wanted to end the matter? I complained that it was really hard to go up and down the elevator just to report it, so she gave it to me. As an apology. "

"Think of this as an apology..."

Kenichi Shiro felt his teeth clenched a little unconsciously.

Miss Haruko's knife is very precious. Because it was a gift from her mother, she had always kept it carefully. In the end, she gave it to Carl just because Carl complained that it was troublesome to go up and down the stairs? !

No, why?

".... Is there a problem, Mr. Kenichi Shiro?"

Looking at Kenichi Shiro's look as if he wanted to say something, but was choked in his throat, unable to say it, and his face turned a little red, Carl didn't understand.

"No problem."

Kenichi Shiro is Kenichi Shiro, who has full energy training. After shouting in his heart without making a sound, he regained his calm, then turned around and left.

Looking at his back, Carl was stunned by his action. Two seconds later, he remembered why he called him.

"Wait, Mr. Kenichi Shiro, is it okay?

"No. "

Turning back, Kenichi Shiro suppressed the word "get lost" in his throat and glared at Carl.

Carl's neck shrank subconsciously after being glared at by Kenichi Shiro. He didn't know why he did that, but he felt that the look in Kenichi Shiro's eyes when he turned back was quite intimidating, which made him do it unconsciously.

If it doesn't work, then it doesn't work. Why are you so fierce?

Carl complained in his heart, but a new file from Kenichi Shiro was sent in the communication.

When he opened it, Carl found that it was a maintenance and repair manual, and from a cursory reading, it was the knife in his hand.

Oh.

I see.

Carl understood it immediately.

The reason why it doesn't work is because this weapon is very precious, and the manufacturing department doesn't have any information, so he has to do the maintenance himself, right?

What?

You can just say no directly, but you have to act serious on the surface, but you give it straightforwardly in the communication. To some extent, Mr. Kenichi Shiro is not honest.