Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 275 37. New Commission

"You should know that I am not your cooperation specialist in the company."

"Of course I know."

"And you know, I'm busy."

"I know this too."

"Know?"

Sitting at the restaurant seat where they had agreed to meet, Kenichi Shiro looked at Carl who was eating pasta with a fork in front of him, his eyes cold: "If you knew, you wouldn't bother me for such a small matter."

It's just the template drawings of four melee weapons, but he actually contacted him. Who does this guy Carl think he is?

"As for transactions, I'm on your side, and there's no one else I can contact."

After swallowing a forkful of tomato meat sauce spaghetti without caring, Carl said, "This is what you asked for, Mr. Kenichi Shiro."

In the entire Arasaka, Carl is only familiar with three people. If he is not allowed to contact any of them, then he can only find Kenichi Shiro, the only person he can contact.

After listening to Carl's words, Kenichi Shiro's eyes, which had been cold, slowly turned calm again.

Can I only contact myself?

It seems that this guy Carl did his job properly after taking the money and did not harass the lady.

In this case, it is not impossible to forgive him for offending me over such a small matter.

It's better to treat himself as an ordinary trader than to hook up with Miss Haruko.

Kenichi Shiro seemed to think about it for a moment, then took out a piece of paper from his pocket and slid it in front of Carl on the dining table: "If it's such a small matter in the future, you can contact my subordinates. This is a business card. You can communicate according to the contact number on it."

business card?

This thing is rarely used these days, and he always carries his subordinate's business card with him. It seems that this subordinate, in the eyes of Mr. Kenichi Shiro, has a relatively high status.

"I'll remember that."

Carl nodded, took the business card and put it in his pocket. He took another bite of pasta and asked, "So, I'm going to talk to your subordinates, Mr. Kenichi Shiro, about this matter, right?"

"Don't come to me for trivial matters of this level in the future."

After Kenichi Shiro said this, he suddenly thought of something and took out another thing. Carl thought that thing looked familiar. After taking a closer look, he realized that it was the diamond-shaped wooden block that he had brought back from that private job in the Evil Land.
But Carl immediately realized that this was only the same in appearance. The wood block he brought back, along with the bird sculpture inside, was crushed by him. How could such a complete piece of wood be left? So the wood block that Mr. Kenichi Shiro brought out was...
"We tracked the path of a strong hurricane and determined where it might have dropped things, and we did a massive search of that area."

Kenichiro held the diamond-shaped wooden block and said, "This is the sixth piece we have found. Later, because other companies noticed it, we had to carry out a saturation attack on that area before they arrived, destroying all the wooden blocks that might have remained and had not been searched out."

“It’s a big deal.”

Carl took a sip of the lemonade next to him: "So Mr. Kenichi Shiro, what do you want to tell me?"

"not enough."

Kenichi Shiro clenched his hands slightly, and when Carl couldn't understand, he crushed the entire diamond-shaped piece of wood.

Wood chips fell through the gaps between his fingers as he clenched and then relaxed them, and when the chips piled up on the table, Kenichi Shiro opened his hands slightly and spread them in front of Carl.

There was nothing in the palm of his hand except sawdust.

"Oh"

Carl realized something: "There doesn't seem to be a note inside."

"To be more precise, among the six pieces of wood, plus the one you gave me, there are a total of seven pieces of wood. Only the sixth piece does not contain any paper."

"Perhaps some of the blocks did not contain the paper, in order to confuse the audience?" "That may be possible."

Kenichi Shiro did not deny Carl's speculation, but said: "But this last piece was the last piece that was urgently recovered in the chaos before other companies were aware of their arrival."

"what does that mean?"

"It means that one of my loyal subordinates died for this piece of wood."

Kenichi Shiro's hand tilted, and the last bit of sawdust left on his palm fell onto the sawdust pile on the table:

"My subordinates watched over the entire recovery process. The first five pieces were recovered successfully and delivered to my desk within half a day. However, when recovering the sixth piece, due to the chaos and the urgent need to destroy it, the subordinate I appointed to be in charge had to take a vehicle and carry the wood back to Night City. On the way, his life signal was suddenly interrupted."

I don't know what the relationship between that subordinate and Kenichi Shiro is. When Kenichi Shiro said this, there was a hint of regret and anger in his words:
"That was a subordinate I trained to take over the company's internal affairs. He died inexplicably in the car with the security personnel in front. When I received the news and put down the relevant matters and rushed over, the security personnel had disappeared. In the box he carried with him, there was only this useless piece of wood left, which was tested and confirmed to have no note inside."

Kenichiro's hands were trembling slightly, but he calmed them down immediately. Then, he stared straight at Carl: "I was planning to deal with this matter myself, but you interrupted me. You asked me out for such a small matter, which delayed the things I should have dealt with by now, so..."

"I understand."

Kenichi Shiro didn't need to say much, Carl nodded in understanding: "Since I happen to be free, you plan to let me work, right? I don't mind, as long as I'm paid."

"I'll give your team a good price."

"team?"

Karl was stunned: "It's not about paying wages, but about working as a mercenary team."

But this was not unacceptable. Considering how generous Mr. Kenichi Shiro was, Carl, who had just received his hovercraft not long ago, nodded and said, "We just finished the last commission, and the team is free."

"On the back of the business card is where you are going this time. The missing security guard is there."

business card?

Karl took out the business card and looked at it, and found that the back was full of words.

So, this is calculated?

Carl looked up at Kenichi Shiro and found that he had stood up, so he asked, "Are there any detailed requirements?"

"The note, or the contents."

Kenichishiro said this and turned around.

Outside the door, his men and vehicles were already waiting there.

The note, or the contents, that is to say, to bring back the information in it.

Carl, who understood Kenichi Shiro's commission, looked at Kenichi Shiro who was about to walk to the door of the store, and suddenly remembered something. He looked down at the plate in front of him, then looked at Kenichi Shiro who opened the door and walked out. He stood up and wanted to say something, but halfway through, he sat down silently.

Watching Kenichi Shiro get into the car and drive away, Carl continued to eat his pasta, but he was muttering in his heart.

"I thought the pasta here tasted good, so I thought about buying another portion and asking him to bring it back for Haruko to try."

But, I guess it's not necessary.

I'd better wait until Chiyo sends a message and then come over to talk to her about this.

Thinking about this, Carl ate while reading the contents on the back of the business card, and then he saw a word that Oliver often mentioned.

That word is
'Genting'.

(End of this chapter)