Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 198 57. Who is this guy?

Chiyome was staring blankly at her phone, Kenichiro was staring at Carl, and in the somewhat solemn atmosphere, Haruko's voice broke the silence.

"Chiyoko, can you hear me?"

The soft voice almost instantly awakened Chiyome's almost unconscious consciousness. Without even thinking about whether this might be a recording trap or something like that, she picked up the phone from the ground with both hands in a pounce.

"Ms. Haruko, I'm here."

"So you can hear it. That's good. I was wondering if there was a problem with the communication."

On the other end of the line, Haruko's smiling voice came: "We haven't talked for a long time, Chiyo, it's great to hear your voice."

"Miss."

Listening to Haruko's voice, Chiyome's helmet that concealed her face was shaking. She suppressed the excitement that was physically difficult to suppress when she was halfway through speaking, and said in a calm voice: "It has indeed been a long time since we last met. To be exact, it has been nine months, four days and three hours."

"It's amazing, you still remember the time clearly like before."

Haruko's compliment straightened Chiyo's injured waist and abdomen: "Because you like to ask me the time so often, I won't forget."

"How long has it been since you, Chiyo, met Mr. Kenichi Shiro?"

Hearing this, Chiyome obviously hesitated for a moment, and then glanced at Kenichi Shiro: "Before, it was also nine months, and four days and three hours."

"Since we haven't seen each other for such a long time, please don't make it too violent when reminiscing about the past. Chiyo, can you forgive Mr. Kenichi Shiro?"

"Miss, this negligent person has caused you harm."

Chiyome is still very dissatisfied with Kenichi Shiro.

For her, it was more than just seeing her colleagues failing in their duties.

As a revered master in the past, Chiyo regarded almost every word Kenichi Shiro said as a creed. However, such a master could not even fulfill the words of protection duty she had spoken. How could Chiyo, whose faith was almost collapsed, easily forgive him?

If she really couldn't run away just now, or if she had received Miss Haruko's call a little later, she would have been prepared to use some special means to die together with this derelict of duty.

Now thinking about it carefully, Chiyome felt that her behavior was too reckless. If she died together with this derelict of duty, Miss Haruko would be left without anyone to protect her. She had to find a time to kill him safely.

If such a person stays with Miss Haruko, he will harm her sooner or later.

While Chiyome was muttering various thoughts about Kenichi Shiro in her heart, Arasaka Haruko was thinking about something on the other side.

After a while, her voice sounded again.

"Since you, Chiyo, are dissatisfied with Mr. Kenichi Shiro, then do you want to come to me?"

"Miss!"

As soon as Haruko said this, Kenichi Shiro no longer had time to stare at Carl. He turned around quickly and tried to stop Arasaka Haruko's suggestion: "How can someone like her who is not capable enough do this?" "Can I?"

She was so excited that she held up the phone with both hands. Chiyome, who originally thought that she would have to kill the person who was derelict of duty before she had a chance, was very excited. She wanted to guard Miss Haruko. This was what she really wanted to do and what she was pursuing.

"Of course. Rather, I welcome you to come to me, Chiyo. I am lacking strength right now."

Haruko's voice rang out: "In that case, I have to inform my mother. I'll hang up here first. Chiyo, if you can, come with Kenichi Shiro tonight to do the coding and job transfer."

"Yes!"

"Miss."

No matter how unwilling Kenichi Shiro was, he could not refute what Arasaka Haruko had already decided, so when he watched his disciple, who was getting worse and worse, really staying with Miss Haruko, he couldn't help but turn around and glare at Carl who had involved Miss Haruko in this.

If he had not sent a message to Miss Haruko without permission, how would Miss Haruko know about such things? He could have sent his incompetent disciple to recognize his own abilities and go back to be punished.

Carl didn't care at all about the way Kenichi Shiro glared at him, because in his opinion, Kenichi Shiro's eyes always seemed to be like that, and he got used to it after seeing it so many times.

What he cares about now is his mobile phone.

Just now, in order to prevent possible accidental injuries and to prevent Chiyo from doing something extreme like "I'm going to explode with you", Carl only threw the phone near Chiyo. But now, seeing that the phone was held in Chiyo's hand and she had no intention of returning it, Carl felt sorry for his euros.

There are mobile phones in Night City. During the days of living in Night City, Carl, who had been wondering whether there were mobile phones in Night City when he first arrived, realized this after seeing Jack take out a mobile phone and start making a call. Then, two days ago, he bought a mobile phone that had been double-tested by Old Wei and T-BUG to remove all viruses and additional malware, spending a full two thousand euros.

What does two thousand euros mean? In simple terms, it means that you can buy Mr. Johnson's extremely precious Ajax rifle.

Carl is very generous in some aspects, but he really doesn't want to spend more money on unnecessary things.

With the access port, he doesn't need a mobile phone. He just bought a mobile phone of the same model as Jack's for fun. The body of the phone is not even warm yet.
Just as Carl was thinking about how to get his phone back, Haruko's voice came from the phone that the three thought had been hung up:

"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, Chiyome. Remember to return the phone to Carl. And Carl, thank you for telling me this. It's great that Chiyome and Kenichi Shiro didn't fight. "

In fact, the fight between the two of them was almost over. I was so excited that I sent you a message.

Karl wanted to say this, but as the phone was hung up, two pairs of eyes looked at him at the same time.

This time, it wasn't just Kenichi Shiro's gaze, but Chiyome's as well.

At this time, Chiyo slowly came to her senses.

I don't think I've ever seen this black-haired young man around Miss Haruko before.
Who is this person who calls Miss Haruko by her name, seems to have a very close relationship with her, and even gets thanked by Miss Haruko in person?

In Eastern customs, calling someone by their first name instead of their last name is considered an act of intimacy.

(End of this chapter)