Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 176 35. Blue Green Building

The Blue Building.

It was a building that Carl had never actually stood under, but was quite familiar with.

During that escort mission, he was supposed to bring Haruko here.

Standing outside the Blue Bi Building, looking at the towering building, Carl felt a vague pain in his body.

The last time I saw this building like this, within seconds that bastard with the ACPA app appeared in front of me and stopped me. I got beaten up by him and almost had my whole body broken.

Staring at his raised hands for a few seconds, Carl suppressed the feeling of phantom pain.

It's different now.

Now, if it happened again, Carl was confident that he could dismantle the thing and keep it intact from head to toe.

A man should be looked at with new eyes after three days of absence. Now it has been almost ten days or half a month since that mission, and Carl is no longer a humble man.

The time was 8:50, and the people waiting for Carl had already arrived.

He was a middle-aged man wearing a suit and sunglasses, with the image of a company dog ​​clearly written on his face. He looked at Carl, and after confirming his identity, he made a sideways gesture with his hand extended, as if to indicate that Carl could follow him into the Ganbi Building.

Because Arasaka Haruko lives there, the area around the Blue Sky Building is separated from other areas. Rashly invading one of the areas and doing something not so proper will attract an attack from the Blue Sky Building's security drones, so a special person is needed to lead Carl into it.

Kenichi Shiro had mentioned this matter yesterday, so Carl didn't say much. He just nodded and let him lead the way.

As he walked, Carl looked around the perimeter of the Ganbi Building. With his sharp eyes, he saw the machine guns and cannons of the secret sentries behind several bushes. Judging from the newness of those guns and cannons, they had been deployed not long ago.

The Blue Azure Building is used to receive outside guests. The security measures for Haruko Arasaka will not last long. Once Haruko Arasaka's residence and security arrangements are completed in the North Oak District, she will go there. At that time, the Blue Azure Building will be restored to a luxury hotel where all the rich people from all over the world can come.

According to what Carl knew, in the past, when members of the Arasaka family came to live in Night City, they basically followed the process of living in the Blue Mansion first. After all, the security of the Blue Mansion was second only to that of the Arasaka Tower among the properties in Night City controlled by Arasaka. However, this was the first time that security was deployed even on the periphery like now.

'Is it because of the assassination?'

Carl discovered several more secret outposts, and he memorized all the locations in his mind. He thought so. Along the way, he had seen no less than twenty newly established guard posts. Carl thought about this level of defense and felt that even if all his team members were present, plus Brown and Mann's team, it might take some effort to break through.

About a minute.

As a perimeter defense, it's a bit strong.

If they wanted to rush into the Blue Green Building from the periphery with great speed and compress the time to less than half a minute, they would probably have to dispatch a team of heavy ACPAs and have special personnel hack in to clear out those hidden machine guns or cannons.

or.
Let that person come.

Carl's mind flashed with the image of him appearing in front of him in slow time before he fell into a coma, and his hands clenched unconsciously.

If it was that person, how many seconds would it take?

Twenty seconds, ten seconds, or just a moment to complete the breakthrough?
That speed, that strength, that perfect combination of machinery and will, the absolute power that could not be achieved alone, left a deep impression on Carl.

If only I had that guy's data, the difficulty of facing that guy would be hopeless, and it would be more worthwhile to try once. At that time, he took over the escort mission of Haruko and served as Haruko's bodyguard. Today, can I see him?
And it wasn't just him, Kenichi Shiro was there too, it would be nice to have data on these two guys.

Even though it was just virtual data and could not reach their own strength, Carl really wanted to give it a try.

Test to see where the gap lies between you and them.

Or in other words, how far is the difference?

"Mr. Karl, I can only take you here. Please keep going."

The company staff member who led Carl stopped at the door of the Ganbi Building and made that gesture again, indicating Carl to enter through the gate.

Carl entered the Ganbi Building without any hesitation, and before entering the lobby reception, there was an automatic scan at the entrance.

As soon as the scanner scanned Carl, an alarm sounded, but it was immediately turned off the next moment. A woman wearing a black suit exactly like the person outside came over with an apologetic look:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Carl. We forgot that you were carrying a weapon. The alarm has been turned off. Please follow me."

There were more than a dozen people wearing the same uniform in the lobby. They looked to be members of the Arasaka Special Operations Department, but none of them expressed any radical attitude or behavior towards Carl coming in with weapons. They just raised their hands slightly out of vigilance instinct, and then put them down again.

"Did Mr. Kenichi Shiro say I could carry a weapon?"

"Of course, sir, you have already said that."

He still bowed humbly, which made Carl's eyebrows twitch unconsciously.

Although he is quite polite, he is not used to being treated like this all the time.

I've been looked at with fear by gang members for so many times, and suddenly I saw this kind of look where they lowered their eyes and didn't even look at me.
I can only say that I can’t bear it.

Led by this insider, Karl entered the elevator, and this insider stayed at the elevator entrance. Before the door closed, he placed his hands in front of his abdomen and bowed deeply to Karl: "I wish you a good day."

"Good day, is that a signature phrase?"

Watching the elevator door slowly closing, through the gap, Carl saw that the person at the door did not straighten up until the very end, and his movements remained standard and respectful.

It seems that this behavior is almost ingrained in our bones.

Carl didn't feel anything special about this, because he had seen similar actions and behaviors in the service industry in the past, except that the training at Ganbi Building was better.

If you insist on saying that you can't stand up straight after bending over for a long time, it's not the case.
"Sure enough, I don't like people bending over to me."

It's just that Carl doesn't like it.

Standing in the elevator going up, Karl's face was calm.

　P.S. While writing this, I suddenly remembered that I couldn’t stand the good service attitude of Haidilao, so I never went there again. It turns out that wild boars can’t eat fine bran.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)