Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 130 108. Arasaka Special Operations Team

"Oh no, Carl."

The voice of Qiwei, a hacker from Mann's team, rang out over the comms: "There are Arasaka personnel approaching nearby. They seem to have tracked them down."

"Why so fast?"

Mann was surprised to mention Tanaka, who had fainted from the pain and was given basic treatment by Oliver to prevent excessive blood loss. He was also surprised by what Qiwei said in the communication:
"Even if they realize that the signal has been blocked, given that Tanaka came to meet privately, it would take some time for Arasaka's people to track his hidden whereabouts, right?"

"I know why."

Lucy's voice also rang out in the channel: "Just now, I saw Tanaka's name on the layoff list announced by Arasaka. It was newly released less than a minute ago. During this minute, Tanaka happened to be blocked by our jammer and did not receive the message."

"What? He was laid off. What's going on? Then who are these people now?"

"Deal with his people."

Carl recalled the scene he saw at the Ritz Bar, the loser in the office struggle. It seemed that Tanaka had been involved in the turmoil.

It's a pity that Tanaka still has the mood to come out and see Black Mewtwo at this time. Doesn't he realize that he is also part of the liquidation?

"What should we do now? It will take some time to extract the information from Tanaka's head. We may not be able to solve this problem before the Arasaka personnel arrive."

Mann sought Carl's decision, and Carl made his decision quickly.

"Tanaka is the head of the experimental department after all. Who knows how much knowledge he has that could threaten Arasaka? Arasaka will send people to deal with Tanaka. They will definitely not let us take him away. You, Mann, Jack, and Oliver will stay. The rest of you, take Tanaka and retreat. Go back and search for the information about the Cybernetic Power Rangers in his head."

The most sensible approach is to let the four strongest people deal with Arasaka's pursuers.

After hearing Carl's words on the channel, Dolio, the female man in Mann's team, also wanted to stay: "It may not be enough for the four of you to deal with Arasaka. How about I stay too?"

"Those who retreat also need cover. Four people are enough. Dolio, retreat."

Obviously, Carl should be the commander of another team, but after listening to Carl's words, Dolio could not refute and quickly began to organize outside the secret location.

"David, hand Tanaka over to them."

"I see!"

Knowing that he was not strong enough, David did not intend to cause trouble. He entered the house, carried the unconscious Tanaka and left. Mann was a little surprised to see him carrying Tanaka with his frail figure:

“Karl, does the intern you recommended to me seem to be strong enough?”

"It's a specially prepared animal supplement that the Animal Gang often uses. He just bought one and gave himself a shot before coming on this mission."

"Huh? This guy is like me, a muscle guy?"

"To be precise, it's the same as you, playing with muscle growth and prosthetics, and it needs to be combined with exercise later."

Only a strong body can withstand the modification of prosthetics. David's original physique was not good enough, so the change naturally started from this aspect.

Not long after David and the others left, Qi Wei's voice sounded again in the channel:
"They are the combat personnel of the Arasaka Special Operations Department. Be careful, they are elite and not on the same level as ordinary Arasaka personnel. There are eleven of them. Be careful, there are hackers. I can only help you resist remotely up to here. The distance is too far, and you will have to rely on yourselves from now on!"

"It's okay, that's enough for here."

Mann hung up the call to prevent the hacker from following this line to Qi Wei and the others. Then, he picked up the military-tech Crusher kinetic shotgun and said, "They are just members of the Arasaka Special Operations Department. It's not like we haven't fought before."

"Just a bunch of noobs who can't even use intelligent weapons like Shingen."

Oliver aimed at the gap in the ceiling created by the thick steel needle. He pulled out his Nova revolver to enlarge the gap. With the help of Jack, he climbed through the gap to the second floor and set up his gun by the window. "I want to see if their so-called smart weapons can lock onto me outside my cat-and-mouse range."

"Eleven people dared to face us. It's their bad luck!"

Taking out the Saratoga submachine gun, Jack leaned sideways to the first-floor window.

"I just hope they don't pour it too fast."

Carl followed Oliver to the second floor and took out the Nightwatch: "The only regret is that this job might expose my identity."

Carl's original plan was to hide the fact that they had taken this job, so that next time, they could take on jobs related to snatching the Cybertron, and it would be easier for them to carry out. But now it seems that due to the frequent struggles in the Arasaka office, his plan is no longer possible.

Even if they were given military technology, it wouldn't be easy for them to execute. "Wouldn't it be okay to just kill them all?"

Mann asked a little confused.

"The people in the Special Operations Department have some kind of super dream recording or similar surveillance software in their heads. They probably even upload it. Our last life was filmed and sold everywhere."

"Is there still this?"

"So, don't worry about it, just kill them all. They've been exposed anyway, so just do it the simplest way possible."

The eleven members of the Arasaka Special Operations Division quickly searched the vicinity, and they soon realized that the target Tanaka needed to be eliminated, and the place where he disappeared was the small house in the distance.

"Be careful, the signal has been cut off for more than three minutes. There may be other people involved."

"Are you the one protecting Tanaka? What do you need to do?"

"Clean up together, no need to survive."

The moment the other members of the combat team dispatched by the Arasaka Special Operations Department received the captain's order, the team's hackers had already discovered something.

"The hacker who interfered with the investigation has disappeared. I have connected to the local area network of the cabin ahead. There are four people in the room who can detect biological signals. Two are on the first floor and two are on the second floor."

"Understood, mark it for us."

“Yes, I am.”

Before the team hacker could finish his words, he felt a stream of data pouring into his brain. At the same time, his access bay was overclocked and began to heat up.

"The enemy has hackers too, Xiao. Aaaaaaah!"

The communication of the team hacker was suddenly cut off.

"Hey, hey, number six, number six, reply!"

"Captain, No. 6's vital signs have disappeared. The cause of death was overheating of the prosthesis!"

"How is that possible? He's using the Arasaka III, the best weapon currently on the market. We are the special operations department and can only afford it. How could such high-end equipment be breached by the targeted data flow from the overheated prosthesis?"

The captain's disbelief was not over yet. His eyes noticed the second floor of the cabin in the distance and lit up.

Light up for a moment?
Before he could come out of this thought, a bullet had already penetrated his skull, taking his life.

"Your equipment looks better than others. You should be the captain."

As Oliver was muttering to himself, the captain, who couldn't believe that the hacker in the team was easily dealt with the previous moment, fell heavily to the ground after his headless body shook twice.

The elite team of eleven special operations officers had already lost two men in the first encounter.

　Someone asked for it in the comments section, so I'll post it.

　　Karl
　　Age: 18 (age based on appearance)

　　Weapons: All Night Pistol, plus a selection of backup weapons including the Saratoga submachine gun
　　Prosthetics: Arasaka Type 3 access chamber, single molecule wire, arm part (titanium skeleton, dense bone marrow, bionic joints, artificial skin)
　　Golem: Targeting, Overheating, Erase Memory, Hinder Movement
　　Vehicle: Sky Hera (never driven)

　　Jack
　　Age: 29
　　Weapons: Golden Bitch x2, Saratoga submachine gun
　　Prosthetics: Subcutaneous armor, synaptic accelerator, basic prosthetic eyes, etc.

　　Vehicle: Nazaré Motorcycle
　　oliver

　　Age: 24
　　Weapons: Nekomata Tech Sniper Rifle, Nova Revolver, Shingen Smart Submachine Gun.

　　Prosthetics: Kirusu's artificial eye (selected color), nanofiber, other basic prosthetics omitted
　　Vehicles: Sky Quartz, Sky Hera (real driver)
　　V (not shown)

　　Age: 22 (born in 2053)

　　arms:?
　　Prosthetic:?
　　Vehicle: ?
　　Next, define the body.

　　Carl: Upgrade access warehouse, and (not decided yet)
　　Jack: Violent
　　Oliver: Cian Westin

　　Today is the 20th, and Shadow of the Golden Tree will be out tomorrow. I have to think of a way to update it today and write tomorrow's part as well.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)