Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 194 53. Bird in a Cage

"Mr. Kenichi Shiro, is it safe to park my car downstairs?"

"This place is very safe."

Kenichi Shiro looked at Carl who came as he requested, and his eyes swept over the two mercenary companions who followed him behind him: "But you shouldn't bring outsiders here."

"Mr. Kenichi Shiro, didn't you say that some things can't be explained clearly via communication and need to be said in person? You said it very urgently, so I can only ask my friend to deliver it for me."

Carl glanced back at Oliver and Jack, then turned back and said:

"But you are also aware of their identities, Mr. Kenichi Shiro. They are all people who know about and are involved in this matter. According to your rule that only people involved in the matter can participate, they are also qualified to participate in this matter. So, you still can't tell me?"

"If they would just watch their mouths."

Kenichi Shiro did not think too much about the personnel issue. Although he was not happy with Carl from the bottom of his heart, he still had basic trust in Carl and his friends, and he could recognize their abilities.

The more people who can get things done, the better.

Kenichi Shiro got down to business: "I asked you to come here this time because of the matter of the chasing ninja."

"guessed."

Carl nodded: "When I mentioned this incident on the commuter, I could hear Mr. Kenichi Shiro's breathing pause for a moment."

"Some unnecessary observations."

Kenichi Shiro did not show any attitude towards Carl's words. He just handed him a chip face to face.

"The details of the ninja's situation are all in there."

Detailed information?
"Isn't that ninja from the Arasaka Lone Wolf Hundred Team?"

The detailed information of the ninjas of the Arasaka Lone Wolf Hundred Team will only be in the hands of the real controller of Arasaka, so even if they intend to eliminate the ninja who once participated in the assassination plan of Arasaka Haruko, Arasaka Haruko only gave basic information;
Carl originally thought that the ninja who was able to secretly hunt down the Lone Wolf Hundred Man Group must also be a ninja with equal ability and status to the former. Now it seems that this is not the case.

"Just an ordinary Arasaka ninja?"

"If you underestimate her, you might lose your life."

"she?"

When Carl took the chip, he noticed the word that Kenichi Shiro said that clearly referred to women.

After collecting and writing down the languages, Carl is now proficient in all nine major languages. Kenichi Shiro and Carl communicate in Japanese. In Japanese, the third person female pronoun "she" is equivalent to the Chinese word "she", which is quite different from the third person male pronoun "he" and can be heard at once.

"Female ninja?"

As he recited this word, Carl subconsciously turned around to look at Oliver, who had no idea what the two of them were talking about because he didn't have a Japanese translation chip installed.

The reason for watching Oliver is quite simple, because Oliver is the guy who watches ninja movies most often. Carl once misunderstood that the movies he watched were not serious, but he didn't expect that he would really meet a female ninja this time.

"Female ninja."

After confirming Carl's words, Kenichiro continued to speak in a reminder tone: "Although she was not selected for the Lone Wolf Hundred Team, it is not because she is not talented enough. It is just because her bloodline limits her. In terms of strength, even if I face her, I will feel a little fear in my heart."

The second half of this sentence is 100% modesty.

Carl listened to Kenichi Shiro talking about the abilities of the female ninja, and he understood clearly in his heart that Kenichi Shiro's words were just to remind him that the other party was strong enough, and it did not really mean that the female ninja could make Kenichi Shiro feel afraid.

For a person of Kenichi Shiro's level, he might not be able to find many opponents who can instill fear in him even if he searches the entire world.

"I will be careful."

Having said that, Carl took the chip from Kenichi Shiro's hand and wanted to put it in his pocket out of habit, but was stopped by Kenichi Shiro halfway through.

He frowned and watched Karl’s actions: “What are you doing?”

"Take it back and read it on the computer." Kenichi Shiro frowned even more deeply after hearing Carl's matter-of-fact words. "The computer might be hacked. It would be risky to take it back. Just read the contents here."

"right here?"

Carl took out the chip and stared at it for a few seconds.

For some reason, Carl was quite resistant to directly inserting the chip.

but
It’s not that disgusting though.

He still had some trust in Kenichi Shiro's basic cooperation, plus with Jack and Oliver by his side, and T-BUG watching over the communication, there would be no problem even if he used it directly.

After inserting the chip, Carl read the contents while the data was flowing.

Code name: Chiyo.

Chiyoda.

Carl was familiar with the name.

I remember that during the Warring States Period in Japan, there was a famous ninja, a shrine maiden named Mochizuki Chiyome. The code name of this ninja, after going around in circles, is still the same.

Age: 25. He was adopted by Arasaka at the age of three. He started to receive ninja training at the age of five. It has been 20 years. He is proficient in the five ways of food, fragrance, medicine, air, and body. He is the most outstanding ninja among those trained at the same time. Because of his excellent performance, he accepted the guidance of Kenichi Shiro at the age of twelve and became his disciple.
Stop here.

"Your apprentice?"

Carl stared at Kenichi Shiro in surprise and said, "So, this ninja who is chasing us is one of our own to some extent?"

"Even if they are a master and a disciple, they have their own ideals and loyalties."

Kenichi Shiro said this, but he did not deny that he was one of his own: "She is loyal to Miss Haruko's mother."

'Michiko Arasaka. '

Is it her?

At least now, we are one of us.

Carl understood something.

The ninja being hunted was the one who participated in the plan to assassinate Haruko, and the ninja hunting him was the one who was loyal to Haruko's mother Michiko.

Is this a mother who is so angry that she wants to avenge her child, or does she want to silence him?
No, it should be only the former.

Carl quickly overturned the latter's speculation. First, Arasaka Michiko only had one daughter, Arasaka Haruko. As for the successor, the only person she could choose was Haruko. Second, in the current situation, Haruko did not show any ambition to expose herself in front of him. As for her mother, she also wanted to step down peacefully. There was no need for a life-and-death conflict between the two.

You cannot bring into this the father-son conflict between Saburo Arasaka and Nobuo Arasaka. There are few people like Nobuo Arasaka, the only male heir of Saburo Arasaka, who always goes against Saburo Arasaka.

After reading the rest of the life situation, Carl sought Kenichi Shiro's advice.

"So what are we going to do about this?"

"Stop her."

Kenichi Shiro said, "Even if that adult may be behind this, we can't let her achieve her goal."

"Why, can't a mother help her daughter to avenge her?"

"This is a show that needs to be covered up on the surface, but secretly everyone knows it's a 'Noh play' (classical musical)."

Kenichi Shiro's eyes were cold: "Revenge can only be achieved by us or those we entrust, because Miss Haruko is no longer a caged bird confined in Kyoto."

Do we need to make the Arasaka executives understand that Arasaka Haruko is also an independent individual?
(End of this chapter)