Cyberpunk: 2075

"It's been a while since we last met, Blanca."

Standing on the street, Carl looked at the cars that slowly stopped in front of him and lowered their windows, and greeted Blanca in the car: "Why did you change your car? I remember seeing you driving the 'Villefort Curtis V5000 Courage' before."

"How long has it been, Carl?"

Blanca rolled her eyes at Carl, who was concerned about her car after a brief greeting after not seeing each other for a long time: "Besides, what position was I in then and what position am I in now? The car must match the position, just like clothes and jewelry, you know."

"Not really."

"Then you are entangled with my car?"

"I'm just evaluating whether this car attracts attention."

Carl looked at the Herrera GTS driven by Blanca. In his impression, it seemed that his friend Mashi also drove this car.

Blanca, who didn't know what Carl was thinking, looked at Carl's eyes scanning his car up and down, and said, "How is the evaluation now?"

"It should be okay."

Carl walked to the other side of Herrera Gangster GTS without any hesitation, opened the door and sat in the passenger seat: "Where do you live now?"

"Huh?!"

Blanca didn't expect that Carl, who was sitting in the passenger seat, would ask where he lived when he came up. She was stunned by this and was a little stunned for the first time.

Then, she quickly reacted. Well, according to Carl's personality... .

"Charter Hill, what, are you planning to come to my house?"

"I'll go when I have time."

Carl said, "But you actually live in Charter Hill? I thought that according to your current situation, you would have to live in North Oak District. Isn't the villa good?"

"It's troublesome to go to work."

"North Oak District and Charter Hill are not far apart."

"A little time can determine success or failure."

Listening to Blanca's matter-of-fact words, Carl could only say...:

"You must have worked too much overtime."

Blanca did not deny this. After starting the engine of the car, she looked at Carl: "Where are you going?"

"Do you know that I want you to give me a ride?"

"If I still can't understand what you mean at this time, then I won't work in the company anymore."

Blanca didn't say another sentence, that is, she really didn't have any positive expectations for Carl in some aspects.

It's better to wait for a new American president to fall from the sky than to expect this guy to take the initiative to move in that direction.

"Then let's go to Charter Hill."

"The place where you're doing this time won't be very close to where I am."

Blanca stepped on the accelerator.

"I don't know, it may be very close. When the time comes, you can just drop me off. Oh, it's better to leave me an address. If something goes wrong, I can run to your place to hide."

"Do you need to hide?"

Blanca frowned. What Carl and his friends did yesterday was spread everywhere. She even heard about it halfway back to Night City. Even a tough guy like Adam Hammer was forced to stop by Carl and his friends. Who on earth wanted Carl to hide?

"Could it be that Adam is so angry with the hammer that he wants to take revenge? Do you need me to arrange a way out for you?"

Blanca's words became more serious: "If you really encounter trouble, you can come to me and I will arrange a position for you. Apart from other things, even if Arasaka wants to make trouble for you, it won't be that easy facing our military technology."

"As expected of Arasaka's biggest enemy, the military technology, you have the confidence to say this."

Carl thanked Blanca for his kindness: "Thank you, but you think too complicated. It's just a job that requires hiding your identity. It may attract NCPD and the trauma team. The worst-case scenario is that the Terrorist Squad will come. It's not easy to hide my identity when fighting with them, so I want to hide with you."

"Isn't it Arasaka?"

After understanding that it was only Carl who took the job, Blanca, who had just become serious, relaxed again in an instant:

"Then you can come any way you want. Whether it's NCPD or the Terrorist Squad, we have people behind them to provide funding. They don't have the qualifications to come to my place to search."

The people of Military Technology are always the vanguard against Arasaka, but since it's not Arasaka... there's nothing to worry about.

"You really inherited the fine tradition of Military Technology..."

It's no wonder that Blanca can continue to be promoted in Military Technology. Targeting Arasaka is the absolute political correctness within Military Technology.

No matter how many mistakes you make, as long as you can cause trouble for Arasaka, Military Technology can promote you.

Now among the companies on the market, I don't know if there are any companies that are as tit-for-tat as Military Technology and Arasaka...,

Thinking like this, Carl suddenly realized something.

Everyone knows that Arasaka and Military Technology are at loggerheads, but what would happen if one day Arasaka and Military Technology suddenly reached a cooperation?

This is not without precedent. After Arasaka Kei died, the Arasaka forces in the Americas were led by Arasaka Michiko.

A cooperation was reached with the president of New America, and behind New America stood Military Technology. That incident directly led to the growth of the dove faction represented by Michiko in New America, which was the third largest faction in Arasaka. They sought cooperation with Military Technology and hoped to seize the highest power in Arasaka. If there were people like Michiko in Military Technology, they would also want to cooperate with Arasaka in turn...::

If both sides succeeded in getting promoted, what would happen if they cooperated together to form a joint company of Arasaka and Military Technology?

In the current market environment, everyone knows the hostile relationship between Military Technology and Arasaka. Therefore, other companies in the sphere of influence of these two giants usually only choose to stand on one side, and no one has ever considered establishing a third party between these two giants to confront them.

If these two companies suddenly unite when other companies are still choosing to support Arasaka or Military Technology, then can those companies that are accustomed to supporting a certain camp to obtain their own interests redefine their lines and form a new opposing force to face this union?

Can a loose alliance really prevent the monopoly of the United Company in these fields in time?

Military technology and Arasaka have been enemies since World War II, but in this era, are there really eternal enemies in the face of interests?:::

"We're here, where do you get off?"

When Carl was thinking, Blanca's words interrupted his thinking, and Carl chose to put this thought aside for the time being.

What I can think of, others can definitely think of. It's really scary to think about it, but it's not that easy to do. The doves on the Arasaka side are only the third largest faction, with the least supporters, not to mention that Saburo Arasaka is still alive;

As for military technology, let alone, the new American president they support has recently launched a unification war that almost broke out into a full-scale war with Arasaka. There is no shadow of doves in their internal affairs, not to mention that the two sides have been hostile to each other for so many years. Even if they want to seek cooperation, it will never be so easy...:::

Carl calmed down, looked at the street under the night and spoke:

"Just put me in the middle of those two flower beds, I'll get off."