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However, at this moment, Oda Sandafu suddenly let out a loud shout, interrupting Takemura Goro's words.

"That's enough! Stop talking!"

Takemura Goro's relaxed expression suddenly froze.

He stared blankly at Mrs. Oda.

The latter also showed an expression as if he had been betrayed, and gritted his teeth.

"I trusted you so much, but you actually dared to deceive me and find such an unknown guy to give you perjury!"

Oda stretched out his hand and pointed at Lidya Su, but his eyes were still staring at Zhucun.

"Who is he?! What does he do?! Why should I believe what he says?! Just find someone to come over and believe whatever he says?!"

Su Xiao pushed away the hand pointed at by Mr. Oda: "If you don't believe it, what are you pointing at? Didn't your parents teach you that it's rude to point at someone?"

Only then did Takemura react.

And realized that he had made a serious mistake, a mistake that every man makes.

He underestimated human nature.

So do many people.

They regard the promises made by their friends at the wine table as hard currency like gold, and mistakenly believe that they will fulfill their promises when they are really in trouble.

But the actual situation is...

When you are poor in the busy city, no one cares about you; when you are rich in the mountains, you have distant relatives.

Goro Takemura said emotionally: "How can you turn a blind eye? It's because of this that I was branded a "traitor" by Yorinobu! He just wants to kill people and silence them! Even if you don't believe him? Don't you still believe me? "

However, Mrs. Oda said even more coldly than before.

"Shut up, Takemura! Such words will only make you seek death!"

"But this is a fact, and Miss Hanako must know it."

Seeing the quarrel between the two getting more and more intense, Su Xiao suddenly understood why Goro Takemura wanted to contact his old friend Oda Santao.

What Takemura wants to do is not only to wash away his sins, but also to find a new master for himself.

That is the one Oda serves now.

Hanako Arasaka.

That's why Goro Takemura took the risk of being betrayed by Mr. Oda and met Oda offline.

It's a pity that Oda's performance disappointed Takemura.

He was unwilling to believe Takemura's words, and he was even less willing to take Takemura to see Hanako Arasaka.

…

If you want to use one sentence to summarize Oda's psychological activities at this time:

That is regret, very regret.

He and Takemura Goro can be regarded as both teachers and friends.

Oda was not an Arasaka native like Takemura.

He once worked for another Japanese company, Tsunami Defense Systems.

The Tsunami Defense System company is headquartered in Japan and has a history of fighting with Arasaka for hundreds of years.

Since Saburo Arasaka made Arasaka bigger and stronger, Arasaka has wanted to annex the tsunami defense system more than once and completely dominate Japan.

However, the tsunami defense system is secretly supported by a number of companies such as Sarris's Kontaol, the Soviet Union's High-tech Military Industry, and New America's Military Technology.

Even if the support provided by these companies to the tsunami defense system far exceeds what the latter can give them in return, they will still increase their support.

Because they all hope that in Japan, Arasaka's home base, there will be someone who can set fire to Arasaka's backyard and fight against each other.

Even if the tsunami defense system cannot defeat Arasaka, it would still be good if it can hold him back.

So these companies are doing what they can to help with tsunami defense systems.

After the end of the Fourth Corporate War, the two sides continued to engage in a ten-year confrontation, but the result was shocking.

Arasaka and Tsunami Defense Systems, two companies with hundreds of years of grudges, actually reached a ceasefire agreement.

Because both Arasaka and the Tsunami Defense System realized that they could not completely annex each other.

The result of continued confrontation will only benefit other companies.

Arasaka held a secret meeting with the top brass of the tsunami defense system.

No one knew the contents of the meeting, but what everyone later knew was that Arasaka and the Tsunami Defense System suddenly became close.

The two companies that were so stupid before are suddenly so good that they can wear a pair of pants.

During the confrontation between the two companies, the Tsunami Defense System organized several beheading operations against Saburo Arasaka and his children.

It was at that time that Takemura Goro had many confrontations with Oda Sitafu, and the two sides gradually

There was a kind of mutual sympathy similar to that between Guan Yu and Huang Zhong.

As soon as the two families shook hands and made peace, Takemura strongly recommended Oda to Saburo Arasaka because he admired Oda.

In the end, with the acquiescence of Saburo Arasaka, Oda was dug out of the tsunami defense system.

Oda himself did not live up to Takemura's expectations. He was very active after coming to Arasaka, and finally gained Saburo's trust through his own hard work.

In the end, Oda was appointed as Hanako Arasaka's bodyguard.

Oda Satafu was very grateful to Takemura Goro.

His tsunami defense system is not bad either, but after coming to Arasaka, he has obviously improved to a higher level. Moreover, his status in Arasaka can never be achieved in the tsunami defense system.

Oda regards Takemura as his senior, but Takemura allows Oda to call him by his last name without adding a suffix.

Similarly, Takemura will call Oda by his last name without adding any suffix.

The friendship between the two lasted for nearly twenty years.

Until he was in Japan, Oda, who had always protected Hanako Arasaka, learned a piece of news that was like a bolt from the blue:

Goro Takemura, who accompanied Saburo Arasaka to Night City, was suspected of treason, which led to Saburo's death.

As soon as this news came out, Takemura was also declared a traitor by Yorinobu at the same time.

At first, Oda didn't believe it. He was full of doubts about the authenticity of the news.

Because Takemura's status in Arasaka can be said to be the pinnacle that ordinary people can reach.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the pinnacle of Arasaka Tower.

Even other super companies are willing to pay a price to poach Zhucun.

The conditions given cannot be better than Takemura's current treatment in Arasaka.

He didn't think Takemura would do such a thing.

Therefore, when Takemura contacted him, he came here to meet Goro Takemura with the idea of ​​​​believing him temporarily.

Now, after listening to Goro Takemura's words, what he felt was not the sense of joy that "senpai is indeed innocent", but the feeling of "your fucking crotch is full of shit, and you still want to get all over me", deep regret and Angry at Takemura's embarrassment.

Zhucun treats him very well. He owes a lot to Zhucun for his current status...

but!

But in Oda's eyes, he had received many favors from Zhucun, but that didn't mean he had to use his own future and current status to repay.

No, not really.

He is just Miss Hanako's bodyguard. As a samurai, he should only consider the safety of his master, nothing more.

He didn't want to be inexplicably pulled into the dirty political whirlpool, and he didn't want to become like Goro Takemura.

Saburo's death was indeed strange, and Oda had doubts.

But he didn't expect that he would be related to the current head of the Arasaka family, Arasaka Yorinobu.

If he had known about it, he wouldn't have come at all.

If others knew that he was in private contact with Goro Takemura, he would be in big trouble.

Oda's fists gradually clenched, and his expression became more and more unkind.

He began to think about how much benefit he would bring to himself by taking Takemura's head.

Su Xiao, who noticed this, had no reaction on his face, and was also secretly on guard in his heart.

His right hand did not move, but his left foot slowly moved back a little, turning his body sideways, on the one hand to reduce the area of ​​​​the body that was hit, and on the other hand to hide it, and touched the left hand of Murasame's scabbard on his waist.

He was not standing up for Takemura.

Although Goro Takemura didn't have any friendship with him, he still understood the meaning of lips dying and teeth falling cold.

Although Su Xiao said before coming here that he would not serve as a bodyguard for Takemura, if Oda really planned to draw the sword, it would prove that he would not let the two of them go.

So while protecting himself, it's not impossible for him to also protect Zhucun.

What's more, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Takemura is not his enemy, and it is better to let him live than to be killed by Oda.

However, perhaps out of concern for his friendship with Takemura, Oda did not launch an attack in the end.

"Stop talking, Takemura-san. I'll pretend I didn't hear what you just said. If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for being rude!"

Takemura Goro also clenched his fists.

"Even if you close your eyes and cover your ears, you can't deny some things inside Arasaka!"

"I don't deny it, but I don't care. I only care about how to protect Miss Hanako's safety in this sinful city."

Goro Takemura was stunned: "Is Miss Hanako in danger?"

Oda is not afraid to let Takemura know. Anyone with brains will guess it anyway, not to mention Takemura himself was once a high-level executive in Arasaka.

"Now? No, but what about at the memorial ceremony for Lord Saburo? There will definitely be."

Veins sprouted out one by one on Goro Takemura's forehead.

"I have told you the truth of the matter, and you are still worrying about the sacrifice?"

Code? idiot! "

Oda retorted.

"I'm not like you, who forgot my oath of loyalty to my master."

According to samurai tradition, after the death of their master, the samurai would commit seppuku and commit suicide.

Of course, it is impossible for such bad feudal customs to be maintained in modern times, not even in Arasaka.

Oda said this because he was angry because of Takemura's behavior of dragging him into the water.

"I only regret one thing, and that is coming to see you. Your head is very valuable, and I am doing you a favor by not cutting it off and giving it to Yori Xuan-sama."

After a pause, Mrs. Oda said again.

"What would you do if you were me?"

Goro Takemura said without hesitation: "I won't help, I will give your head to Lord Yorinobu."

This guy Takemura doesn't know whether to call him a muscle or a shaft.

It’s not like we’re really going to switch places anyway, so why can’t we say something nice?

And, look at what you say.

After all, what Oda said is that he won't cut off your head. When you assume it, you will just give the head to Yorinobu.

Su Xiao didn't know where Goro Takemura had the confidence and confidence to talk to Oda like this.

You know, Takemura's Arasaka prosthetics have all been remotely shut down.

Now he is just an ordinary person.

And Oda's prosthetic body is in an activated state.

Su Xiao didn't know what the strength of Zhucun and Oda were before, but if the two of them fight now, there is a 100% chance that Zhucun will be pushed to the ground and rubbed by Oda.

Oda Santao snorted from his nostrils: "You are lucky today. Fortunately, I am not you. I won't help you, but I will let you leave safely and leave this city."