Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 229 88. Personnel in place
"Hey, Mr. Kenichi Shiro."

"Today is a big day, Carl."

"Hello, Mr. Kenichi Shiro, your guard, Carl is here."

"It doesn't have to be so formal."

Kenichi Shiro glanced at Carl, who had a cheerful face, and couldn't understand what this kid was thinking about. He had been smiling all the way from the moment he saw him until he came over.

"You will be my bodyguard this time. My seat will be very close to Miss Haruko's. Do you understand what I am going to say next?"

"I understand."

Karl nodded: “If I encounter danger, I will abandon you immediately.”

"It's good that you understand."

Kenichi Shiro's artificial eye flickered, and then he motioned for Carl to look in a certain direction: "Do you see the guy talking over there?"

"Which one are you talking about, Mr. Kenichi Shiro?"

Carl followed Kenichi Shiro's gaze and saw several young people wearing Arasaka uniforms gathered together chatting, but he didn't know who Mr. Kenichi Shiro was talking about.

"The one with short black hair and a pair of round gold-framed glasses."

Carl listened to Kenichi Shiro's description and locked onto his target.
He was a man who was chatting with people around him in a group of young people, gesturing with his fingers from time to time and with a contemptuous smile on his face.

"Who is that?"

"Fujioka Kaoru."

"Fujioka Kaoru?"

Carl muttered the name and was about to ask after confirming that he was not familiar with it, but Kenichi Shiro had already explained: "Dove."

Carl understood after hearing this.

"I thought the young people in Arasaka preferred the straightforward style of the hawks."

"Sometimes, the inheritance from our parents is more important. They all know what position they should sit in."

After some confusing words, Kenichi Shiro revealed the reason why Carl paid attention to him: "He has a peeping heart."

"Peering heart?"

Carl looked at Fujioka Kaoru and estimated his age, about 26 or 27 years old: "Who is he against?"

Haruko?
Not too possible.

If a second-generation Arasaka had any intentions towards Haruko, Kenichi and Shiro might not even need to do anything, as his father would readily deal with him in a hawkish manner.

As for Haruko's problem, only her mother and the person behind the scenes of the Arasaka family who is far away on the other side of the ocean are qualified to make a judgment. A dovish second generation does not even have the qualifications to have any idea.

It can't be Haruko, it could be
"Chiyo."

"what?"

Carl was stunned.

"what?"

A little bit unbelieving, Carl asked again: "Who is he talking to?"

"Chiyo."

Kenichi Shiro's tone was somewhat gloomy: "You know, Chiyo violated the rules and changed her itinerary without permission to come to Night City. She also borrowed my identity and got equipment assistance in Arasaka Tower in Night City. At that time, Fujioka Fumio met Chiyo and fell in love with her at first sight."

Carl listened to Kenichi Shiro's words and recalled Chiyome's appearance. From the looks of it, Chiyome was indeed pretty and could be considered a beauty, but it was just love at first sight, and it sounded weird.

Karl seemed to understand something and raised his eyebrows: "Have you found out the purpose behind it?" "No need to check, I can see it at a glance. You are still too young."

Kenichi Shiro watched as Fujioka Kaoru and his group of young people walked onto the elevator that had arrived, and said, "Although Chiyo's bloodline is somewhat problematic, she is my disciple and Miss Haruko's current bodyguard. Why do you think Fujioka Kaoru wants to pursue Chiyo?"

"As a dove, he wants to join the chicken faction?"

"People who are not of sufficient status will always have some special thoughts that they shouldn't have."

"Wishful thinking, huh?"

Carl understood, but before he could say anything, Kenichi Shiro had already taken a step forward.

"Mr. Kenichi Shiro?"

"There is not much time left before the meeting starts. We have to prepare in advance."

"what to prepare?"

"Hold your gun."

This sentence made Carl understand clearly.

It seems that today's meeting is not that simple.

Arasaka Tower is 2034 feet (620) meters high, with a total of 140 floors. The top floor is the 140th floor, where the CEO of Night City is located. The current controller of this floor is nominally Michiko Arasaka, but Michiko Arasaka travels all over North America and rarely stays here, so it is not often used. Today's Night City high-level meeting is held on the 133rd floor, seven floors below the top floor.

Standing in the elevator with only Kenichiro and himself, Carl watched the numbers on the elevator jump and asked Kenichiro a question that he was a little curious about:

"I remember that for Arasaka staff, the higher you go up the tower, the higher your status is, just like climbing a tower. Why are these directors, who are second only to the Arasaka family members, not holding a meeting on the 139th floor, which is second only to the executives, but on the 133rd floor today?"

"Your question involves things that only the top leaders can know."

Kenichi Shiro said, but he didn't know why he explained to Carl:
"This is the highest floor where the directors can hold meetings. Floors 134 and 135 are where Lord Saburo occasionally stays when he comes to Night City. It is a place that has been specially converted into a Japanese-style house. Unless Lord Saburo lives here and takes the initiative to summon the directors, anyone who dares to enter without permission will only end up in the same fate, unless they are members of the Arasaka family."

There is no need to say much about the outcome, and it is also easy to understand why it is limited to the 133rd floor.

Lord Arasaka Saburo only lives on the 134th and 135th floors. Who among you who is more respected and is not a member of the Arasaka family dares to hold a meeting above Lord Arasaka Saburo?

The elevator went up very quickly, and after Carl and Kenichi Shiro finished chatting about the floors, they had arrived at the 132nd floor.

The 132nd floor is where the security personnel are staying. The elevator is locked above this floor. Next, we have to walk from the 132nd floor to the conference room on the 133rd floor.

"Meetings used to be held in the atrium on the lower floors, but today's meeting is different."

Before the elevator door opened, Kenichiro suddenly said this, but Carl, who had already understood what he said when he was downstairs, just nodded and replied, "I understand."

It’s different. What else could it be except a meeting with the addition of our own security personnel?

The door opens.

What appeared outside the door was a steel body.

In other words, a 'person' made of steel and prosthetics.

"You're a little late."

The 'person' spoke, his scarlet eyes fixed on Kenichi Shiro, then glanced at Carl beside Shiro: "But, the time is just right."

"hope so."

Kenichi Shiro stepped out of the elevator, and Carl followed closely.

When passing by the 'person', feeling the gaze, Carl turned his head and took the initiative to smile and greet him.

"Good morning, Mr. Adam Sledgehammer."

(End of this chapter)