Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 195 54. Chiyoda

"Address confirmed, identity confirmed, target confirmed."

In the dim industrial area in the northern Watson District of Night City, a figure dressed in black tactical clothing and a visor-less helmet was moving quickly through it. His figure moved forward along with the flickering light of the factories in the industrial area. The data in his mind had helped him lock onto the target five hundred meters away.

"The betrayer must die."

With the almost silent muttering under the helmet, the figure moving through the industrial area sped up, and the distance between it and the target was rapidly closing.

There is someone hiding in front of him, wearing clothes similar to those of the pursuer, and the person who has been targeted is unaware of it.

Four hundred and fifty meters.

Four hundred meters.

Three hundred and fifty meters.

Three hundred meters.

The pursuer's steps suddenly stopped.

Two mantis knives popped out from the sides of his arms. The moment they popped out, lightning flashed, and the bright blue-white electric current reflected the two people who had been standing in his way at some point in time.

Under the light of the electric current, the tracker could clearly recognize the faces of the two people in front of him, and his sight under the helmet only stayed on the black-haired young man standing on the right for a moment, then shifted to the left, to the middle-aged man standing upright in a black suit.

"Zi."

There was a bang of electricity, and in the flashing light, a processed voice that made it hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman came from under the helmet: "Kenichi Shiro."

"Chiyo."

Kenichi Shiro who appeared here looked at his apprentice calmly: "I want to know your duties."

"This is not within your jurisdiction."

The processing voice disappeared, and Chiyo spoke in her true voice with an unusually cold tone: "Even if you are my master, this matter violates the company's rules. I have the right to kill you right now."

"Who is the person who broke the rules, Chiyo, I think you know better than me."

Kenichi Shiro's face showed a rare look of anger. He took out a chip and showed it to Chiyo:
"I originally thought that you were carrying out the mission only after receiving the relevant mission, but I didn't expect that you were more daring than I thought. You changed your transfer without authorization and came to Night City. After arriving, you concealed it and didn't report it. Later, you borrowed the name of Mrs. Michiko and mobilized personnel to upgrade your equipment. Everything you did is enough to be called betrayal."

Kenichiro's tone was stern: "Now, I order you to put down all resistance and come back with me to atone for this shameful act."

"I am not guilty."

The mantis blades on Chiyo's arms were already pointed at Kenichi Shiro: "You are the one who is guilty, Kenichi Shiro."

"I?"

Listening to Chiyo's words, the anger on Kenichiro's face disappeared, and all he had was indifference: "If I am really guilty, it is that I taught everything to you, a betrayer."

"If you still remember what you taught me and have a sense of shame, you won't say such words."

Chiyome's voice was as cold as Kenichi Shiro's: "At the critical moment, you couldn't even protect Miss Haruko, causing her to get hurt, and you didn't chase after the culprit after knowing who he was. You are no longer the master I know."

Hearing Chiyome's words, the originally indifferent Kenichi Shiro was stunned for a moment. His eyes fixed on Chiyome's face, and his flashing artificial eyes seemed to want to see through the helmet and see the face underneath. Two seconds later, Kenichi Shiro's tone became more hesitant: "You, do you think I have not fulfilled my duty to protect Miss Haruko?"

"Sinners are always more aware of their guilt."

Chiyome raised the mantis blade in her right hand and pointed it at Kenichiro: "You are already old, Master. You can no longer protect the things you have stood for in the past. Since you have failed in your duties, I should inherit your responsibilities. Even if you have betrayed your responsibilities, I, who accepted your teachings and shouldered your responsibilities in the past, will never forget it."

Kenichi Shiro listened to Chiyome's words and understood what she wanted to do.

Chiyome believes that Kenichi Shiro has failed in his duty to protect Haruko Arasaka, and that he is too old to bear such a heavy responsibility. She wants to prove her ability by killing the participants herself and take over Kenichi Shiro's duties.

Is this her purpose?
At first, Kenichi Shiro thought that Chiyome was instructed by Arasaka Michiko, so she started to hunt down the participants because she was Michiko's bodyguard. Later, after finding out the information that she acted on her own, Kenichi Shiro thought that Chiyome had betrayed him. Out of the relationship between master and disciple, he wanted to persuade her and understand the reason before taking action. Now, after understanding Chiyome's true purpose, Kenichi Shiro has realized that this was an inexplicable misunderstanding.

Miss Haruko was injured because of that person's test, and the hawkish person was involved. Even Mrs. Michiko acquiesced. This issue involved power struggles between factions, and he could not tell his disciples clearly, because if he did, it might bring disaster upon the disciples whose status was not high enough.

Compared to what happened in the family, the ninja's betrayal was so insignificant.

Kenichi Shiro, who couldn't explain and couldn't try to explain, understood the only way to resolve the conflict now.

Coincidentally, Chiyome looked at the target that was moving away from her on the inside of her helmet, and she no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to chat with her "traitor" and "negligent" master.

"I have a question. Ever since I became your apprentice at the age of twenty, I have always wanted to know."

Chiyome's voice returned to the processed tone that couldn't be distinguished between male and female. At the same time, her figure seemed to become blurred.

“I’m really curious, curious.”

The lightning disappeared and darkness came again. At the same time, Chiyome's figure disappeared into the darkness.

"That is"

To Kenichi Shiro, her voice seemed very close and yet very far away.

From far away, it seemed as if she was not moving at all; from close to her, it seemed as if she was already right in front of her.

Kenichishiro's body tensed.

He knew his disciple well enough, and if he wanted to subdue her, he had to give it his all.

"What's that?"

Kenichi Shiro glanced around with his artificial eyes, thinking of using words to get his disciples to continue speaking so that he could lock on to him, and his disciples did not disappoint him.

The figure reappeared, along with lightning and a high-pitched voice.

"That is, Master, are you really better than me?"

Two mantis knives stabbed Kenichi Shiro from behind, aiming at his heart and lungs.

All
fatal point.

(End of this chapter)