Cyberpunk: 2075

"Ah" Yawning, Carl came out of the room while looking at his phone. Standing on the second floor, he looked at the first floor and found that no one was there.

Time, eight o'clock.

Looking at the closed doors on both sides, Carl understood the reason.

Yesterday was the traditional Mexican program Day of the Dead. Jack and his friends stayed up too late and are still sleeping now.

Walking down the stairs slowly, Carl looked at the information. The latest information was a commission from the priest.

The content was about getting a briefcase with information from a company dog ​​and sending it to him. Carl looked at the task and felt that this job did not require so many people, so he sent it to the team channel first, waiting for anyone in the team to be interested in doing it.

Then there were commissions from the middlemen such as the old captain, which were also sent together.

Now There are not many commissions that require the whole team to go out, and now everyone in the team is very wealthy. As long as they don't buy luxury goods like luxury cars, they are basically enough, so now they just pick and choose the tasks.

After sending some tasks that V should be particularly interested in, Carl looked at the messages again.

There are not as many people who send messages as task middlemen, just a few. Looking carefully, it is Brown who took a photo in Morocco and sent it, saying that Kerry is now on tour here.

I remember when chatting privately with Kerry, Kerry complained that according to the arrangement of his stupid agent, this is the last stop of the tour, and he will have to arrange for Kerry to run out of talent and stay in his house to keep the heat. Things in this regard, I don't quite understand.

Just Even if you are a rock star, you can't do everything as you please.

After responding to Brown's photo with a thumbs-up, Carl looked at Blanca's news.

She was recently promoted, and her subordinate named Meredith was also promoted. Now she seems to be the director of military technology. I remember that Blanca told Carl to pay attention to Meredith during the mission. Now it seems that Meredith has been promoted smoothly. Did she pass Blanca's loyalty test?

Maybe Blanca has some evidence in her hands.

Carl doesn't care too much about such internal company matters.

It's a good thing for a friend to get promoted. To let Carl see, Blanca's promotion speed is a bit slow.

If you calculate carefully, Blanca's promotion every time is not Frame someone and throw the blame on others, that is, to kill the competitors and the superiors. If it was Arasaka, she would have been promoted to the sky long ago. She has been struggling for so long, but now she has just reached the level of director, and is qualified to sit in on the local conference table. Calculating the time she has worked for military technology since she became an adult, it feels like that.

Arasaka's system is still good. People with ability can climb to the position of section chief at a very fast speed. After that, they can find an opportunity to get rid of the superiors and become the department head. After spending another half a year to get rid of the superiors again, they can climb to the position of director, just like speed running.

Carl thought about V. If V was a company employee, relying on his diligence and ability, he would probably pass the level all the way through this route.

From entry to the Arasaka Tower conference table in one year, it's comfortable to think about it.

However, if we count the Arasaka system, the fastest promoted person in this regard is Adam Heavy Hammer.

Adam Heavy Hammer really rose to the sky in one step. From Arasaka's cooperation and sponsorship of mercenaries to the security director of Arasaka Tower, it only took one order.

The head of the security department of Arasaka Tower sounds like just a head, but if you think about what Arasaka is mainly about, you can understand the height of this position.

A security head of a company whose main business is security. If promotion in Arasaka Tower is considered a tower climbing game, then Adam Heavy Hammer will grow wings directly from the door and fly directly to the top of the tower.

Because he has a lot of "acquaintances" in Arasaka, Carl now has a general impression of the status of Adam Heavy Hammer as the security head.

In layman's terms, although he is just a security head, he is a person around the "emperor". He has the right to decide and veto anything related to the security of Arasaka Tower. Only the master of Arasaka Tower has the real right to command. He has the power of life and death to act first and explain later for everyone below the master of Arasaka Tower, and even vice presidents like Mr. Kenichi Shiro are included.

As long as he does not act on the master, Adam Heavy Hammer's position is the only right of interpretation, although this range is only within Arasaka Tower.

'Emperor's special permission to kill first and report later'?

As he was thinking, Carl had this idea. He remembered that it was said by a eunuch. Thinking carefully, Adam Heavy Hammer's mechanical body was quite suitable.

I will send this joke to Mr. Kenichi Shiro later, so that he can also laugh.

After reading the messages sent by his friends, Carl's eyes stayed on Haruko's chat box.

Haruko said two days ago that on the main island, Arasaka Nobuo and Arasaka Saburo had a very unpleasant quarrel again. Their meeting almost led to a fight. It seemed that Arasaka Saburo was so angry that he went back to his mansion in Kyoto and was unwilling to meet his unfilial son.

I don't know what the situation of Mr. Arasaka Nobuo is.

Carl's personal evaluation of this former employer who was generous and easy to talk to was quite good. At least it was much better than that old man Arasaka Saburo.

It's better to just piss off the old man to death.

For Carl, who knew about Arasaka Saburo's past experience, Arasaka Saburo was a complete remnant of militarism.

I have lived long enough to survive until now.

Messages from friends often carry some intelligence, and Carl cherishes the things that these friends would say in passing during the chat. But now, look, Night City is also very peaceful recently.

Just as Carl was thinking this, an account with whom he had exchanged accounts but never communicated sent a message.

"Mr. KK, do you remember who I am? Are you and your team free recently? If you are free, please reply before 6 pm on the day of the message."

The message is...

Looked at his own notes.

Internet monitoring?

Carl still has an impression of the only Internet monitoring he has ever encountered in reality and who left an account.

That person is eloquent and easy to talk to.

Carl almost watched a western movie with him at that time, but later because V and the others acted too quickly, the movie ended just after the beginning.

"Internet monitoring makes a lot of money."

Thinking of this saying circulating in the bodyguard and mercenary circles, Carl replied.

"I remember that there are people from the Animal Gang around you who are protecting you as a long-term commission, right?"