Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 23 A Real Ghost
Arasaka Tower.

Tang Yu took the elevator to go to the counterintelligence department on the 33rd floor.

He raised his hand, looked at the reddened back of his hand, and thought of the prestige of the old lady Bo who had been stepped on just now.

"Susan Abernathy, this is your counterintelligence homework is still not enough."

The reason why Tang Yu can step on her face openly is because he has more information about her, and the other party may not know his cards until now.

"However, hard power should also be put on the agenda. If you put it in a competition before, how could your hands be red?"

And the electronic screen in the elevator room played the "great" life of Arasaka God in a loop as usual. Seeing those old black and white photos, even if Tang Yu heard and saw it countless times, his nausea continued unabated.

Whenever this time, he would think of that prodigal Johnny.

A ghost, an electronic ghost that really hovers above Arasaka, a real and pure fighting warrior against imperialism, hegemony and capitalism.

"The urination is there, but the strength is a bit fishy."

This is Tang Yu's consistent evaluation of Johnny

Think about this.

Tang Yu put on the headphones again to play music, and hummed softly.

The broadcast on the electronic screen is still going on.

"The injury Lord Saburo Arasaka suffered in [-] was too serious, which made it impossible for him to continue to complete combat missions for the country."

"As a result, he could only watch helplessly as the empire he once defended began to retreat, and finally announced its unconditional surrender in [-]."

"According to Saburo Arasaka's family, he felt so desperate and humiliated that he decided to commit seppuku to thank the country, but he changed his mind at the last minute."

"Why, no one knows"

Ding Dong!

The elevator gate automatically opened from the middle, and it successfully arrived at the office area of ​​the Counterintelligence Department on the 33rd floor.

Tang Yu passed the department hall according to the previous route, passed the front desk and the public office area to the left, and then walked into the corridor. On both sides were the intelligence data processing centers with red lights, and there were staff from the counterintelligence department busy, and finally arrived at himself Office verification to enter.

He directly used the office communication to notify Carter to report to work, then took off his black coat and windbreaker and hung it on the silver iron hook on the wall. on the office seat.

"huh, huh"

Tang Yu gently blew away the heat from the mouth of the cup, and then took a sip of the boiled water, which was a little hot but felt good.

He guessed that apart from himself, there is no other person in the entire Arasaka Tower who drinks hot water for nothing. This is one of the few exclusive habits he has kept to this day. After all, he is not very worried about the water source in Night City. I feel clean and comfortable.

soon.

Carter hurried to the office to report, still in the same honest manner, stood across the desk with hunched back and lowered eyebrows.

Tang Yu looked at him and thought to himself, this kind of person is really more disgusting than Abernathy. He has one thing in front of him and another in the back. He is a typical villain. If he is allowed to climb on his head, he will die without knowing where Offended him.

"Tell me about the thing I let you stare at last time. What's the latest situation?"

Carter was still stammering and rambling for a long time, before finally explaining things clearly.

"Uh, me, I was on the underground black market of "Happy Night City" network early this morning, and I monitored a piece of information about the public selling price of Si'an Westan's prosthetic body. The standard model is unknown and the price is not low, but soon The sale was withdrawn."

"Later, I inquired about the relevant clues of this IP, and found that the other party had a private chat record with the contact person of the Vortex Gang, but the specific content has been destroyed, and there is no way to know more details."

Tang Yu didn't nod, and decided in his heart that Mann should have already started to act. This was a signal to himself and the people in Arasaka, and it was time to add fire to an assist.

So, Tang Yu scolded directly with a straight face: "Do you look like a pig's brain? That's how you do things? You don't know how to continue to investigate after seeing the clues. If this transaction is completed in private, don't you go to Watson's factory?" Find the vortex to help the cyber maniac snatch the prosthetic body?"

"roll roll roll!"

Carter was so reprimanded by Tang Yu that he nodded and bowed again and again, his forehead was so nervous that sweat broke out. When he heard the words, he immediately turned and walked out of the door, but was stopped again.

Tang Yu: "If Mr. Jenkins asks about this matter, you should pretend that you don't know, just take out this useless clue, and report the results in the future! Do you understand the results?"

Carter hurriedly turned around at the door and nodded, saying yes, the office electronic gate that was supposed to be closed was only closed halfway after detecting someone.

Carter, who had just turned around and left the door, suddenly slowed down, stood against the wall and quietly eavesdropped on the movement in the office, as if he heard Tang Yuzheng and Jenkins report on the search of the prosthetic body.

Tang Yu: "I have found the transaction clues. It should be bought by the people from the whirlpool gang. As long as you follow the investigation, you will have no problem getting the data."

Jenkins: "."

Tang Yu: "Okay, the task must be completed."

When Carter heard that Tang Yu took the results of his work just now, he turned around and sold them to Minister Arthur Jenkins, his honest expression gradually darkened.

After the office gate closed automatically, Carter stared straight ahead coldly, twisted his neck and started to walk back to his office.

Carter Smith, who had just returned to his office, turned on his office computer and continued to decipher and decrypt. As he used both his hands and brain, lines of code flowed, and message boxes popped up one after another. Finally, the screen was frozen on a chat record dialog box.

Carter looked at the dialog box with piercing eyes, which showed the chat history of the encrypted IP, which was about the details of the negotiation between the behind-the-scenes seller and the contact person of the Vortex Gang. The two parties agreed to meet at the abandoned steel factory in Watson's old industrial area at nine o'clock tomorrow night trade.

Carter stared at the screen and said with a sneer: "Make a deal with those cyber lunatics from the Whirlpool Gang, who don't know how to write dead characters."

"With this information, the possibility of being promoted to the H-level department director is relatively high."

"Tang Yu, Tang Yu, you can only bully others at a young age."

"It's a pity that you won't be able to compare to you even after being promoted, hehe, but your good days are coming to an end."

"After this incident, you just wait to die!"

He downloaded the deciphered data on the computer and copied it into a disposable security chip. Just as he was about to continue his action, his mother Mary suddenly sent a message.

Mary: "How is your work today? Tomorrow is your birthday. Can you come back some time?"

Carter received the message from his mother, and his gloomy expression softened a lot.

The work of Arasaka Company is open all year round, and he has to be on call 24 hours a day. He has more than one task assigned by the deputy minister on hand, and he is responsible for promoting large and small projects in the group.

He is very envious of the M-level management, who has full freedom to control the working hours, unlike himself who has to pick a date when he even goes back to see his mother.

Fortunately, if everything goes well tomorrow night, I can go back to celebrate my mother's birthday, so I replied: "I will try my best. If everything goes well, I will try to get off work after eight o'clock, and I should be back before twelve o'clock."

Mary: "Okay, but it doesn't matter if you don't come back, after all, work is the most important thing."

Seeing that his mother understood him, Carter didn't say anything more. He inserted the security chip into the nerve groove on the back of his head, and got up to talk about a business that was about to change his fate.
(End of this chapter)