Cyberpunk: 2075

"An attack...in such a hurry."

The look of surprise quickly faded from Nobu Arasaka's face, as if he knew he might be attacked.

After shaking his head slightly, Nobu Arasaka looked at Karl: "It seems that the fact that you have become my bodyguard has been known to others."

"It's not a secret after all."

Karl replied calmly.

Nobu Arasaka had notified the internal staff of Bi Building in advance and gave Carl their relevant permission codes. This was all subject to subsequent manual investigation. There were too many places where information could be leaked during this process. , you may not even know which link the secret was leaked from.

"Every time I order takeout, explosives are immediately planted. Now I'm not very confident about the food in the Vibe Tower Hotel."

Fast food takeout is actually a very difficult way to poison or sabotage.

In Carl's memory, in the world he lived in, there was a US president who liked eating fast food in a certain sense. Every time the president wanted to eat fast food, the staff who prepared meals for the president would randomly choose The food was purchased from a chain of fast food restaurants near where the president was staying and the entire process was supervised in the kitchen.

Such fast food ensures the safety of the president and the randomness of his meals to the greatest extent. To a certain extent, it is even safer than the meals specially prepared by chefs for the president. This principle is similar even in Night City, Karl They had eaten takeout in the past, but they had never encountered poisoning or bombing by gangs or scavengers who secretly hated them, and today was the first time.

If there is any difference between today and the past, it is that this meal was ordered for Nobu Arasaka, and Nobu Arasaka will eat with them.

It was fine in the past, but now that Nobu Arasakaze has arrived, there will be trouble. Naturally, there is no need to say more about the targeted personnel, and even the group of people who installed bombs and wanted to kill Nobu Arasakaze can invade even a difficult-to-arrange item like takeout. Carl It’s hard to imagine food safety issues in hotels.

After thinking for a while, Carl had an idea.

"There should be fire alarms in this place...

Carl looked at Nobu Arasaka: "Mr. Nobu Ze, can you give me part of the room defense authority?"

"You are my bodyguards."

Even life safety is now entrusted to them, and this kind of automatic defense of the house is naturally possible.

After obtaining the authority from Nobu Arasaka, Carl asked again: "Mr. Nobu Nobu, how long will it take for the guests you said will come to your door to arrive?"

"The appointed time is four o'clock in the afternoon."

The time now is eleven ten, which is still early.

There's enough time.

Karl finally asked a question: "Mr. Noburu Seto, do you trust my security arrangements?"

"I chose you to be my bodyguards, so I won't ask about the relevant details."

It seems that he understands it very well. After all, he has been on the street. If he knows some professional matters, it is better for laymen not to interfere.

That being the case.

Carl looked at Oliver: "Oliver, can you and Jack go back and help me get some things? I need you back within half an hour, can you do it?"

"Get something?"

Oliver was puzzled at first, and then he and Jack showed a look of understanding: "Believe in my driving skills, twenty minutes is enough.

"Then I leave it to you."

Under the watchful eye of Nobu Arasaka and with his permission, Carl immediately changed the arrangement of bodyguards, leaving only him and another person named V as his bodyguards.

Although one person who is an outstanding bodyguard in the industry is enough, the original four-person team was instantly reduced to two people under Carl's arrangement, and the security capabilities were significantly reduced. Nobu Arasaka didn't understand what Carl planned to do. What.

Is there anything he must send someone back to do?

Amid Arasaka's confusion, Karl called the hotel to have the kitchen start delivering food after his two teammates left.

I just said that I wasn't very confident about the food in the hotel, and I'm going to ask someone to deliver the food. Is this to verify my guess?

Just as Nobu Arasaka thought, Carl was preparing to verify his guess.

The hotel's meals were delivered in a short time, and no one accompanied them at Karl's request. There were only dining carts and food on them in the dining elevator, waiting for everyone in the suite to pick them up.

Carl faced the dining car and slowly stood in front of Nobu Arasaka to protect Nobu Arasaka, while V stepped forward and slowly approached the dining car.

There was no explosion, no triggering sound, everything was quiet, but V was very cautious.

He was already prepared to activate Sianwistan and cover Carl's evacuation with his employer in case something went wrong.

Lift the lid of the meal.

White mist rises.

Hold your breath, and at the same time call up the environment sensors in the suite to monitor:

No problem, regular food hot.

In the dining car, there are five steaks.

V's prosthetic eye scanned, and at the same time he picked up the knife and fork placed beside him and quickly took action, cutting into the steak accurately.

"Py."

V held his breath again while the meat juices were squeezed out from the incision.

There is still no problem with monitoring.

“No problem with the food.”

V said.

"No problem?"

After Karl thought for a moment, he looked at the ornamental fish arranged in the room: "Put a piece of meat with a knife and throw it into the water tank and try it."

V did as he was told.

And the result is....

"It seems that I have to rearrange some pets in this room and order an inspection of the kitchen in this building."

Nobu Arasaka looked at the ornamental fish in the water tank with his belly turned upside down, his face calm. This was the first meal he had officially ordered in the Xibi Building after arriving in Night City, but it seemed that some people couldn't wait. .

"Too bad for the fish."

Karl sighed and looked at the table knife in V's hand: "The problem is not the meat, but some kind of toxin formed after the knife and the meat have been in contact for a period of time. There is no problem with the knife and fork made of special materials. Prolonged contact with the flesh of the material will produce a fatal reaction...."

"Knowing that we have noticed that they will tamper with the food, they still dare to do this. The people involved may have escaped."

V looked at Nobu Arasaka: "Mr. Nobu Nobu, it seems that you are very unpopular in Night City.

"It's not so much that I'm unpopular, but more because I see that I don't have many people in Night City, so I'm unscrupulous and want to take advantage of this moment to get rid of me."

Saying that, Nobu Arasaka said something that neither Karl nor V quite understood: "He really can't wait."

he?

The two of them were thinking about who Arasaka said he was. As time passed, Jack and Oliver came back.

They brought what Carl needed