Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 101 Human Sophistication (Thanks to the leader of 'Wei Xia Guozi')
Westbrook, Cherry Street.

In front of the TURGO small square, several hot food stalls are lit up for business, and the warm orange-yellow light curtain cuts off the deserted surroundings, creating a bustling scene.

Many cyberpunks who wandered around the streets drove here to take a rest after a day's work.

Accompanied by the explosive music, people held up the wine bottles and changed glasses, laughing and laughing, and it was more lively than usual.

"Yo, Pila, I haven't seen you for a few days, have you got a prosthetic arm?"

"Yeah, what's going on, it's getting longer and longer, are you a long-arm technology bomb madman?"

"Oh, let alone, the hands are longer and more flexible, aren't they, haha."

The crowd gathered around Pila, watching him perform all kinds of difficult acrobatics, and joked from time to time.

The bearded Pila seemed to enjoy the attention of everyone, and his performance became more and more vigorous. The tray and wine bottle kept flying in the palm of his golden prosthetic body, and said proudly.

"Hey, you have a good eye. I just bought it from an old friend, but it cost me a lot of money. I even dedicated a whole day to him for it!"

Immediately someone took over the conversation and said: "Haha, what is the service, please tell me in detail."

Pila flicked his tongue so fast that it turned into a phantom, and smiled indistinctly, "That's it, hurry up!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone chatted and laughed again.

call out!
A glass wine bottle was smashed from a distance.

Rebecca looked as if she hated iron and iron, and felt ashamed for Pila when she saw Pila's funny appearance, and shouted angrily, "Brother! Please restrain yourself!"

Facing the sudden drop of the wine bottle, Pila reacted fairly sensitively, managed to catch the bottle, staggered and continued to play, his appearance was very funny.

"Thank you sister for sending me the wine bottle!"

Even Mann and Dorio who were on the side couldn't help laughing, and became more cheerful.

Mann also had a rare chance to relax a lot today. After finishing Gloria's commission, everyone made a fortune.

One hundred thousand euro gold is not a small amount, enough for the few of them to spend for a while.

To his surprise, Gloria promised to compensate Falco for the loss of the pickup.

Mann rested his right hand on Dorio's shoulder and leaned against the back of the bench chair. He couldn't help thinking, comparing Faraday and Gloria.

Faraday has always been his regular customer. Although he has also taken over work from other intermediaries, most of the commission fees are not comparable to Faraday.

Faraday is backed by military technology, and his handwriting is naturally not small, but the tasks are also not simple, most of which are related to the company.

As a middleman, Faraday has a vicious and vicious personality, puts interests first in everything, and never cares about anything other than entrusting.

But Gloria seems to be different. Even though she is Arasaka's new intermediary, her acting style is completely different.

Both remuneration and trust are far superior to Faraday, at least Gloria is somewhat affectionate.

There are pros and cons to this sort of thing.

In Mann's view, the only person Night City can trust is itself.

It made sense, but he couldn't do it.

Mann looked around, Dorio the lover, Pyla the darling, Rebecca the firepower, Qiwei the ruthless hacker, and Lucy who always kept a distance from others.

They have all joined the Mann team and are indispensable to the team.

As the big brother of the team, Mann naturally has the obligation and responsibility to take good care of them.

So in the final analysis, Mann cannot escape the word 'love' after all.

Whether it's love or friendship, it makes him feel like living in the lonely and cold Night City, and he has regained his warmth.

Perhaps he was such a person who refused Faraday's call, chose to trust Gloria, and completed the commission.

In short, looking at it now, the result is not bad. On the contrary, everyone cooperated quite smoothly.

But Mann knew that the person standing behind Gloria was the one who decided everything.

Without him, many things would have been rewritten. It is still unknown whether we can get to where we are today.

Mann took a swig of beer, trying to forget these worries, and then threw the bottle in his hand at Pilar, laughing loudly.

With a cigarette dangling from under her mask, Qiwei walked to the hot food stall and sat next to Lucy. She was sitting alone, flicking a can of green drink with her fingertips, stupid monkey.

Qi Wei looked up at the tent under the eaves, where the projection was broadcasting the program, and the content was "Business You and I Talk" tonight.

"Matterio, I didn't expect it to be in the news so soon. Arasaka Company is quite fast. It seems that it didn't want to save face for military technology and NCPD."

Although Lucy didn't look up to watch the TV, she had been listening to the host of the program and knew what Qi Wei was referring to.

"Maybe, but it's not clear about the company's affairs."

Qiwei glanced at Lucy out of the corner of her eye, and found that her expression was still cold and indifferent, as if she was preoccupied.

"After this news is broadcast, I don't know how many chain reactions it will cause."

"Military technology, NCPD, Night City executives, etc., may all be involved, and it will be very difficult to end by then."

"You know, the reason why many things are not on the table is because the major companies follow their due tacit agreement, and Arasaka may not be cleaner than them."

"His move is actually a dangerous move. If he doesn't play well, he will burn himself."

Jingle clang.
The stupid monkey on Lucy's fingertips suddenly slipped off the table and fell to the ground.

On the shiny green shell, a monkey with a funny big face is facing up, as if staring straight at something.

Her fingertips stopped in the air, and she said after a moment of silence.

"The company has always been like this, and Arasaka is no exception."

Qi Wei nodded, staring at the content of the program and said: "No wonder so many people want to snatch Matt Leo today, suddenly I think it's kind of black and humorous, for a person who is walking on the edge of death, so many people are involved again, I'm afraid the dead man's lottery is about to open a celebratory jackpot again."

Lucy also thought about the melee that took place today, in which hundreds of people died tragically on the abandoned viaduct.

She was pulled into Delaman's car by Tang Yu at that time, and was chased by the animal gang all the way in the car, and her life was hanging by a thread and almost died in a car crash.

It was Tang Yu who took the initiative to solve the drone group and the animal gang's off-road vehicle, and escaped with the whole vehicle.

To be honest, she knew that there would be no problems. After all, Tang Yu had some kind of mysterious ability, and it was enough to turn on this ability to solve the trouble.

But this is his most hidden hole card. If he chooses to expose it at this time, everyone present at that time will see it. There are too many factors that cannot be controlled, let alone an intelligent AI that cannot be controlled.

Even if Tang Yu wants to hide it again, it will leave clues and become a major hidden danger.

But what Lucy didn't expect was that Tang Yu's method of solving troubles was not by relying on that mysterious ability, but by relying on precise marksmanship, and all threats were eliminated with every shot.

For some reason, she suddenly recalled the rescue scene that night. She drove Tang Yu on the ramp with a shopping cart, and it was interesting to see his bewildered expression.

Thinking about it now, maybe I was really worrying too much, and I really regarded Tang Yu as an ordinary person.

Why was he robbed by a scavenger, how could those street scum hurt him a little?
Not to mention, Tang Yu is running faster and faster, his marksmanship and mysterious abilities alone are enough to protect himself.

For an ordinary person to climb to the top of Arasaka Company, both background and ability are indispensable.

Maybe what Qiwei said is right, but Tang Yu is definitely not so easy to be manipulated.

Lucy laughed to herself.

Qi Wei gave Lucy a strange look, wondering what was going on in her head, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lucy didn't care about Qi Wei's opinion, and replied indifferently: "Well, I just thought of something interesting."

She stood up and left her seat, leaned over to pick up the can of stupid monkey on the ground, glanced at the face of the big-headed monkey, and said goodbye to Qi Wei: "You guys play, let's go first."

After speaking, Lucy turned and left, still holding the bottle of stupid monkey in her hand.

Qi Wei looked at her leaving back, her eyes narrowed slightly, as if she was thinking about the smile just now.

Lucy didn't choose to go back to the nearby apartment, but walked towards the seawall, away from the noise, and the surroundings instantly became clear, only the sea breeze was left.

She lit a cigarette familiarly, then leaned against the railing, turned her head slightly, and stared at the night scene overseas.

The waves, the cruise ship, the open sea, and the rocket launch platform on the sea in the distance, the scenery under the night does not change much.

She exhaled a puff of white smoke, lowered her head and noticed that the stupid monkey she brought just now was standing quietly on the railing, and the big monkey stared straight at her.

After hesitating for a moment, Lucy held the cigarette between her fingers, gently picked up the stupid monkey and opened the bottle cap, and a smell of smoked sweet corn wafted out, mixed with the smoke, which made her frown slightly.

Can this stuff taste good?

Lucy stared at the stupid monkey, and finally chose to take a bite.

"Cough cough."

The short neon pink hair is messy and dancing, and the smell is really choking.

After Lucy calmed down her cough, she felt that the strong smell of corn lingered for a long time, and it was so sweet that it was cloying.

She glanced at the stupid monkey in her hand again, and smiled helplessly.

at this time.

Tang Yu was sitting on the sofa and suddenly sneezed.

The weather seemed to be getting a bit cold, he quickly wrapped up his pajamas, picked up the hot tea on the table and took another sip.

"Oh, there are quite a few people thinking about me tonight."

Tang Yu joked alone.

The show had just ended, and he was guessing who would be the first to call, so he deliberately picked up the glasses on the table, wiped them clean, and waited for news.

Just after the ten seconds count, it shows that there is an incoming call requesting access.

Michiko?

The lord of this matter has come.

Tang Yu also guessed that there is a high probability that it will be Michiko. After all, no one cares more about this matter than herself except her.

In the past few days, I haven't been angry with Xiao Michiko when I'm doing business. I feel that she doesn't seem to care much. I didn't expect that the matter was done, and I called immediately, which showed that she was still thinking about it.

Tang Yu waited for a few seconds, then connected the phone.

"Tang, the board meeting will be held tomorrow, and you will participate in the meeting remotely and online." Xiao Michiko's tone was flat, and no emotion could be heard.

Xiao Michiko did not express any views on the matter just now, but only mentioned that he was allowed to participate in the board of directors online remotely.

Tang Yu replied calmly: "Okay, Director Michiko."

Xiao Michiko didn't say anything else, and hung up the phone decisively.

Tang Yu looked at the length of the call record just now, less than ten seconds before and after, adding up to two sentences in total.

This surprised him a bit.

Does Michiko believe in herself so much?

Don't you need to ask about the details of such a big matter?

Tang Yu also knows that the exposure of this matter has advantages and disadvantages, although he helped Xiao Michiko get the handle of military technology.

But this kind of dirty work in private is done by major companies, and it is ugly on the stage. It is really a thief calling for a thief.

But Tang Yu didn't bother to care about this, anyway, he was doing things for Michiko, and Arasaka was holding up the sky when the sky fell.

In fact, Tang Yu envisioned two results.

One is that Michiko appreciated the success of this matter, which not only did not have a direct conflict with military technology, but also indirectly weakened their influence in Night City and blocked the deal with NCPD.

The other is that Michiko thinks that things have gone too far and exposed the prosthetic body experiment on the stage, which violates the taboo of major companies and will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among other companies.

This makes it difficult for Michiko to do it. After all, there are not only struggles among the major companies, but also business cooperation and common interests.

Michiko's plan to hold a board meeting tomorrow is obviously the result of careful consideration.

This made Tang Yu a little uncertain.

Michiko will definitely use this incident to make a fuss, to prove to the board members that she is not blindly compromising with military technology, and to prove to the family that she is not a capitulator, but a curve to save Arasaka.

As for the resentment caused by major companies, Xiao Michiko either pushed Tang Yu out to block the bag, or continued to reuse it to win over the faction.

These two situations are not too bad results for Tang Yu.

In the final analysis, it's just that the major companies can't get over their face, and there is no public conflict between the companies that seriously threatens each other.

If it didn't work, he got rid of a deputy minister, and he was punished, and he showed it to the major companies.

But Tang Yu is more willing to believe in the latter and be further reused, because he knows that he still has sufficient value to be used, and Xiao Michiko will not be willing to abandon his son so early.

Just as Tang Yu was thinking about it, he was reminded of a new communication request.

Aunt May?

Tang Yu estimated that Aunt Mei was somewhat angry. Although the main department responsible for the transaction of military technology was not the Special Operations Department, it involved some tasks of Aunt Mei to some extent.

The call is connected.

Meredith Stott asked directly: "The news just now was written by you, right?"

Tang Yu seemed to be quite calm when she heard her tone, not as if she was here to ask questions.

However, she is a senior executive of a military technology company, and she is not qualified to question a senior executive of Arasaka Company.

So, he replied indifferently: "Your information is indeed well-informed."

Meredith chuckled from the other end of the phone.

"From the time you appeared at Mowell's house, I realized that something was wrong, but I didn't expect you to be a step behind."

"Well, let me tell you how Arasaka treats you?"

Tang Yu thought to himself, Aunt Mei, don't even think about it. In fact, victory is only one step away.

If Mann had repented at that time and had chosen to agree to Faraday's commission, Mattrio would have naturally fallen into the hands of Military Technology, and there would be no such scene today.

Seeing that Meredith was quite relaxed, Tang Yu didn't seem to care about the success or failure of the mission, so he asked and joked.

"You ask, do you want to recruit me for military technology?"

Meredith heard his teasing, but said solemnly, "You make an offer."

Tang Yu: "."

Meredith emphasized again: "What you said just now is not a joke. I know your situation in the wilderness. A lone wolf, where to go to work is not to work. Why hang on a tree, don't you think so?"

Aunt Mei's words were serious inside and out, and she was probably trying to poach someone out of her heart.

Tang Yu didn't expect that she would dare to call the hostile elements in Arasaka in the middle of the night to openly poach people, and it was the company's senior management who poached.

But he is also a veteran in the workplace, so naturally he will not give up easily, so he said with a smile: "I'm afraid your company can't afford this price."

Meredith also smiled, and said bluntly: "Isn't it just the deputy minister of the two departments, who said a thousand dollars and ten thousand, or a deputy. If you are willing to come to military technology, I will reserve my position for you. It depends on whether you want it or not." .”

Tang Yu: "."

Three times and four times emphasizing poaching, Meredith's price is really impressive.

More importantly, Tang Yu knew that if there were no accidents, she would be promoted to director next year, and the position of director of military technology and special operations would naturally be vacant.

"You've said it all, I'm just a lone wolf, I don't have a big appetite, I just live and eat in the wilderness, so I'll keep this invitation for now."

Meredith is fishing, and Tang Yu is also fishing. No one can decide whether it is true or false until the last moment.

But Tang Yu will definitely not consider any military technology now, the world is as dark as crows, and there are more important things lurking in Arasaka, not just for the high-level position of the company.

Meredith saw that Tang Yu could not be persuaded, so she stopped mentioning the matter, but changed the subject and said actively.

"Actually, your idea is good. I personally agree with it. I want to use the exposure of the experimental prosthetic body to destroy the cooperation between military technology and NCPD."

"But the core of the problem is not actually here. The transaction between us and NCPD will indeed be suspended, but there is more than one way of cooperation."

"The reason why I made this call is to test your attitude. I also want to remind you of one thing. Some things that should not be on the stage should always be covered with a cloth. The first person who dares to lift the cloth will not Be mentally prepared."

What Aunt Mei said, Tang Yu 100% agrees, but this cloth can’t be done without lifting it. If military technology also wants to get some black material from Arasaka, he doesn’t mind handing over some dry goods.

"Well, I'm also waiting for the results of the board of directors tomorrow. If it doesn't go well, I don't mind talking about it again."

Meredith replied: "It's all negotiable."

Done.

Communication is interrupted.

Tang Yu sat on the sofa and fell into deep thought. This time he was working for Michiko, and the ugly cloth had just been lifted.

The darkness and filth of Night City are like icebergs lying silent under the sea.

To pierce this iceberg, someone must dive to the bottom of the sea and hit it hard, causing the iceberg to completely disintegrate and surface, and be exposed to the sun to melt.

Obviously, Tang Yu can't do it now, and no one can do it.

He just wanted to try his best to keep his small boat and carry more people to avoid the iceberg safely, so as to prevent the boat from being destroyed and sinking to the bottom of the sea.

After the call, Tang Yu received a lot of messages, basically from the company.

Tang Yu threw them directly into the trash can one by one, and there would be no second possibility except to inquire about intelligence news.

Thinking about it, Tang Yu wanted to go out for a night run to relax again. After hesitating for a moment, he sent a message to Lucy.

Tang Yu: "Night run?"

Lucy: "The seawall."

　Instant Noodles: "The boss of 'Wei Xia Guozi' has won the [-]th alliance!!! Johnny!!! Did you see it!!!"

　　Johnny: "For the sake of the leader of 'Wei Xia Guozi', maybe I should ask Otto to use Soul Killer on you and upload you to the cyberspace, turning you into a ruthless codeword AI day and night."

　　Otto Cunningham: "Great Being, can accommodate all things."

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