Start in Night City

And Takemura...he wouldn't understand this truth.

So he felt that it was not impossible to accompany Zhucun there to take a look.

"when?"

"Can you come out now?"

"Now?"

"Broad day is inconvenient. Arasaka's spies are everywhere in the city. There is no more suitable time to connect than the middle of the night."

Su Xiao actually found it quite ironic that Zhucun could say such a thing.

Takemura devoted his life to Arasaka, but now he has to avoid Arasaka.

"No problem now, but you have to answer me a question first."

"you say."

"If you don't want me to commit perjury, then why do you want me to accompany you to meet this person? Are you worried that this guy will be bad for you? Do you want me to be your bodyguard?"

It is impossible to commit perjury, and it is impossible to commit perjury in this life.

All fools know that giving false testimony to Takemura is actually equivalent to being willing to be a chess piece for the big shots in Arasaka to play around with.

It's not Su Xiao's conspiracy theory, but if anyone thinks that doing something by himself can make the company leaders favor him, then he can really go to sleep.

Besides, this is still Arasaka.

But he has made it clear that he will not commit perjury, so what else does Takemura want to accompany him?

"No, I believe him. We have had many opportunities to kill each other. He is a person who values ​​honor very much and will not be corrupted by money. So, I believe him."

"I want you to testify for me that it was because Arasaka Yorinobu wanted to silence me that he sent "Troy" to hunt me down. "

Takemura Goro's posture was very low and his tone was very sincere.

"It's that simple?"

"Yes, it's that simple."

Lidya Su thought for a moment, if it was really just like this, that would be okay.

Of course, if things go wrong after he goes there, he will just run away.

Who says that what you promise must be done?

Didn’t the King of Understanding promise so much, but in the end he still failed to deliver?

"Okay, I'll go with you."

"Thanks."

"Don't be too busy thanking me. I don't think I've done much that deserves thanks."

"Maybe it is like this in Su Sang's eyes, but to me, it is already significant enough."

…

The place where Takemura asked to meet was a long-abandoned pier in Japan Street.

You need to go through a tunnel that has been unused for an unknown period of time to reach it.

There is garbage everywhere and full of stench, which is in sharp contrast to the brightly lit high-rise buildings opposite.

This is the stain beneath the glamorous appearance of Night City, the dream-seeking city.

Of course, there are more stains like this.

When Su Xiao was driving the armored SUV and was still in the tunnel, he gradually slowed down.

Until the exit of the tunnel appeared in front of him, he slowly stopped the car against the left wall of the tunnel.

Using the tactical goggles to scan the abandoned dock, it was easy to find Takemura, whose prosthetic body had long been shut down remotely by Arasaka.

Goro Takemura was not waiting for him on the pier, but was hiding on top of an illegal building built haphazardly near the tunnel exit.

It seems that Takemura Goro has been very unhappy since the last separation.

After confirming that there was no one else at the pier where they were going to meet, Su Xiao restarted the car, drove out of the tunnel and parked on the pier.

He got out of the car and walked to the cement piers on the edge of the pier. The only thing that looked relatively intact in the entire pier were the cement piers used as partitions.

He stared at the black sea water in front of him for a while, but Goro Takemura was still squatting on the illegal building, as if he was observing whether he had brought anyone over.

Lidya Su smiled.

He didn't have much time to spend with Zhucun.

It was so late, and he wanted to go back and rest early.

So I stopped acting and simply broke the Tao.

"How long are you going to stand up there? Didn't you ask me to come here? What's the matter with hiding yourself and not seeing anyone?"

Takemura Goro, who thought he was hiding well, his face froze and he climbed down from the top with great skill.

Although all the prosthetics on his body have been remotely turned off, Takemura's own physical fitness is still there.

He didn't ask how Su Xiao found him, he just walked towards Su Xiao.

When he got closer, Su Xiao could see clearly what Zhucun looked like now through the light projected from the overpass and the buildings in the distance.

He was still wearing the same coat he had when we last met, but there were obviously a lot more tatters on the clothes.

It's rotten, there are traces of sewing and mending, and I don't know how long it's been since I washed it, and I can smell a rancid smell.

She still had a samurai bun on her head, but it was much messier and less well-groomed.

There was even more lingering fatigue on his face.

It had been a long time since I last saw him, and he seemed to have aged ten years.

"It's nice to see you, Susan."

Su Xiao could tell that Zhucun's words were not out of spite, but from the heart.

This is a bit interesting.

Because if he remembered correctly, Takemura despised them as "little thieves" last time.

Su Xiao twitched the corner of her mouth: "This place is really secluded."

Takemura Goro did not deny: "Yes, it is very suitable for secret meetings."

"You're not having a good life these days. Why are you so haggard?"

"A person's implants, money, and dignity are all gone, and that's what I am like. But it also has the advantage that no one will notice me on the street now."

This is quite sad to say.

In the past, Takemura, although it sounded ugly, was just a high-level bodyguard.

But in fact, the status is not low.

It can also be regarded as a member of the company's senior management.

He also holds a lot of power in his hands.

But when he was judged as a traitor by Yorinobu, there was nothing left.

Su Xiao didn't know if Takemura had deposited all the income he earned while working in Arasaka into an electronic bank account.

It would be okay if Takemura had some cash set aside.

If he didn't leave any money separately, you can imagine how big the blow would be.

It was precisely with this in mind that after Su Xiao came back from Tijuana, she contacted the priest and decided to use credit chips for all future transactions instead of using electronic bank accounts.

Just in case anything happens in the future, something like this might happen.

"Yori Xuan didn't send any more killers to deal with you?"

"No, Yorinobu has his own troubles."

Lidya Su was a little surprised and said: "Do you still have inside information?"

Unless Goro Takemura is inside Arasaka and there are people he knows who are willing to reveal information to him.

Otherwise, how would he know that Arasaka Yorinobu was in trouble of his own now?

Goro Takemura did not answer immediately, but seemed to be wondering whether he should tell Lidya Su the truth.

But after hesitating, he answered honestly.

"No, I relied on what was said on TV."

Su Xiao nodded imperceptibly.

He just said it.

If a person falls down from his original class, how can the connections and relationships he knew in his previous class still come in handy?

It’s too late for someone to block you.

"Yi Xuan and his puppets were smiling at the camera, insisting that the situation was under control. Unfortunately, the harder they laughed, the more false they were."

Takemura's words were a bit self-comforting.

But now he hates Lai Xuan deeply and will definitely not have anything nice to say.

"Then how likely do you think Yori Nobu is to be able to control the situation? Will the board of directors support him?"

"I……"

Takemura Goro subconsciously wanted to speak, but immediately realized that Su Xiao was trying to trick him, so he changed his words, "Let's not discuss this topic, okay? I don't want to talk about it."

Lidya Su secretly felt a little pity.

Otherwise, if you can get something out, you can sell it to Rogge and earn an information fee.

However, he just thought about it and didn't actually have high expectations.

Because even though Goro Takemura is currently a famous traitor on the Arasaka list, he still has illusions about being able to return to Arasaka.

He would not betray Arasaka, and naturally he would not tell anyone other than Arasaka's information.

Or let's put it this way, if Arasaka Yorinobu hadn't tried to kill Takemura, Goro Takemura might not have really hated Yorinobu that much.

After all, his surname is Takemura, not Arasaka.

Although the opportunity to change his destiny was given by Saburo Arasaka, his status and power were as unstable as the castle in the air.

He and Arasaka are tied together, and they both prosper and suffer. If Yorinobu really reuses him, even if he investigates in the future and finds out that Saburo was killed by Yorinobu, Takemura may not take action.

In the Edo period when Bushido was most prosperous, not everyone could abide by Bushido, let alone the Edo shogunate that had been destroyed for hundreds of years.

Takemura didn't want to talk about the current internal situation in Arasaka, no problem. Anyway, Su Xiao was just asking casually and wanted to earn an intelligence fee. It would be best to earn this intelligence fee, but it didn't matter if he couldn't earn it.

Su Xiao brought the topic back to the topic.

"Okay, then let's talk about the friend we're going to meet tonight. You can always reveal this, right?"

When asked about this, Takemura finally stopped talking.

"His name is Oda Santafu, and he is Miss Hanako's bodyguard."

Chapter 263 This is called professionalism (3K)

Hanako Arasaka is the daughter of Saburo Arasaka and the sister of Yorinobu Arasaka.

It is said that after Arasaka Yorinobu ran away from home and failed to work on "Steel Dragon", Arasaka Hanako begged his father for mercy, which was one of the reasons why Yorinobu returned to Arasaka...

Yes, that's one of the reasons.

Because Saburo Arasaka agreed

Another reason is because Saburo's eldest son, Yorinobu's brother Arasaka Kei, died in the Fourth Company War.

The eldest son who is regarded as the heir to the family and the company dies. If no heir is cultivated, the company that has been worked so hard will take on someone else's name.

This is not only Saburo Arasaka’s idea, but also the reason why many companies adopt a family-based management model.

The Pheasant Faction, one of the three major factions within Arasaka, is led by Hanako Arasaka.

This faction is mainly composed of conservatives, hoping to follow the various principles and policies set by Saburo Arasaka during his time, maintain stability, and continue Saburo's rule.

The influence of the Pheasant faction is less than that of the hawks who support Arasaka Yorinobu, but greater than that of the Hato faction that supports Arasaka Michiko (Arasaka Kei's daughter and Saburo's granddaughter).