Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 108 86. That’s the truth
Katsuo Tanaka is not in a good mood today.

He couldn't explain why. Maybe it was because the atmosphere in the class that had originally excluded David suddenly changed and some people were talking and laughing with David. Or maybe it was because his two followers were secretly taking something and immediately hid it when he looked over. Anyway, Tanaka Katsuo was in a bad mood today.

I always feel like everyone is hiding something from me, even my two followers.

With such a somewhat unhappy mood, Katsuo Tanaka spent a day studying and then got on a "Villefort Alvarado".

This is his father's car. Every day when he goes to and from school, a man named Maxim, who is his father's bodyguard and driver in Arasaka Corporation, drives his father's car to pick him up.

In Arasaka Corporation, this cannot be considered as the use of public resources, because Maxim is the bodyguard and driver responsible for his father. As long as one reaches a certain status in Arasaka Corporation, one can enjoy such treatment, and Tanaka is obviously someone who enjoys such treatment.

Katsuo Tanaka, who got into the car, had no intention of chatting with Maxim. To him, he had changed too many bodyguards and drivers like this when he was growing up. He didn't know how many bodyguards and drivers had died in company affairs to cover up his father. There was no need to get to know such guys who were destined not to be known for too long.

Anyone who really had the ability to protect his father would have already climbed up to become the bodyguard and driver of someone higher up. Why would he have to be a subordinate of his father, who was only a middle-level manager in Arasaka? Even if he was a bodyguard or driver, a capable person would still climb up.

In Arasaka's system, there are two types of people who can continuously climb up, one is the capable one, and the other is the one who has seniority. Compared with the latter, it is obvious that the former can climb up much faster. Maxim is in his thirties and is definitely not considered to have seniority, and he has no ability, so he is limited to this level.

Katsuo Tanaka doesn't care much about people who will be left behind sooner or later as the company's affairs or his father's position rises. What he focuses on is the higher level his father expects him to reach.

Katsuo Tanaka's father's position in Arasaka Corporation is the executive director of the Arasaka Academy Board of Directors and the section chief of the Arasaka Experimental Department in Night City. This is actually a rather awkward and mediocre position, because in Night City, Katsuo Tanaka's father's main identity is the position in Arasaka Academy, not the experimental department position that he longs for.

Management College, this might have been a pretty good position in the past, because the students it trained were naturally born with some of the individualism of managers, but in 2075, in Arasaka College in Night City, this was definitely not a good position;

In the management model implemented in Arasaka Academy, the executive director can only intervene in a small part of the affairs, and cannot even have any opinions on the education model of students. He can only follow the wishes of the higher-ups and vote superficially. It is basically a superficial position. Its role is to be the scapegoat if something goes wrong with the education of students at a critical moment. This is the main position held by Katsuo Tanaka's father, which clearly reflects his situation in Arasaka.

The position where Katsuo Tanaka's father can really have a say is actually the position he holds part-time, the section chief of the Arasaka Experimental Department in Night City. This is the position that holds real power and allows one to climb up.

In the Arasaka Corporation, under the director who has real power, the positions in the branch companies can be roughly divided into the following types.

Minister: A senior management position second only to the board of directors, in charge of a department with several section chiefs under him.

Section Chief: A middle-level management position, which can also be considered a senior position in the branch company. He is responsible for supervising the work of ordinary employees and is the superior leader of ordinary employees.

Department Head: A true middle-level manager who manages general staff.

Director: Unlike other companies where the director has upper-level authority, the director of Arasaka is just a position that ordinary employees can be promoted to after they have enough qualifications. Their status is only slightly higher than that of ordinary employees. Ordinary employees: low-level employees.

If Katsuo Tanaka graduated from Arasaka Academy, then according to his father's connections, he would be able to be promoted from an ordinary member to director very quickly. His father's expectation for him is that he would work hard for a few years after graduation and become a department head. If possible, it would be best if he could go one step further than his father in the next ten years and cross the threshold of section chief and reach the level of department manager. When he reaches that level, their Tanaka family will be able to have successors.

Sitting in the car, Katsuo Tanaka was looking at the tutor course displayed on his artificial eye and fantasizing about the future. What he didn't know was that not long after he got on the Villefort Alvarado after class, a Quartz EC followed behind the car he was riding in.

Crowded in this Quartz EC are Carl, Jack, and Oliver, who have regained their appearance.

"Are you keeping an eye on it?"

Jack watched Villefort weaving in and out of downtown traffic without blinking.

"Don't worry, I'll keep a close eye on you. Although I can't put a tracker on you because of the bodyguards, you can rest assured when it comes to following people by car, Jack."

Oliver was driving his Quartz EC, which he hadn't driven for a long time. If it weren't for the fact that Sky Hera was still under repair, he wouldn't have thought of driving it. He said confidently:

"Ever since I got this as a birthday present from my sister when I was 20, I've been driving this car in Santo Domingo and the Badlands for four years. Compared to the environments in Santo Domingo and the Badlands, it's much easier to follow a car in the city center where people at least follow the rules of the vehicles, not to mention..."

Oliver added: "Compared to the Sky Hera, this Sky Quartz EC is a sports car that was manufactured later. Don't worry about the speed. Trust the Sky series."

Carl, who was squeezed in the middle, tried to maintain his body shape with his hands. He commented on Oliver's boasting: "It has enough horsepower, is cheap and durable, and it can be regarded as the standard of the Sky series. It makes me feel weird to hear you say that. After all, Sky cars are domestic cars in a sense to me."

"If it's useful, I'll drive it. It doesn't matter what country it's from. As long as it's of good quality, cheap and durable, I'll like it."

"That's the truth."

As Karl spoke, his eyes were on Villefort in front of him and he began to turn.

That direction is.
'Japan Street?'

　ps. Happy Dragon Boat Festival ~ The update is a little late because of the Dragon Boat Festival. I ate meat dumplings, egg yolk meat dumplings, and candied date dumplings today. Overall, I am very full. By the way, as for the various countries that may be involved in the article, they are all fantasy worlds. Disclaimer, I don’t understand cars, so the impression I have about domestic cars is only Wuling Hongguang, which is really a strong, durable and cheap impression.

　　
　
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