Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 286 48. Kazuya
"I swear, for Hera's sake, I've never been so happy to see a company building in my life."

Oliver looked at the approaching Arasaka Building, listened to the creaking sound of Hera due to the falling of armor plates, and sighed: "This time when we go back, Hera will have to be overhauled."

"Fortunately, there weren't many people after those two groups. At most, there were some small bastards on the roadside who wanted to stop us, but they were all easily dealt with. This means Hera doesn't have to suffer any more."

Jack looked at the almost empty grenade box, shook the empty Saratoga in his hand, and asked T-BUG in the communication after reloading it: "Are there any hackers tracking us now?"

"It's almost all settled."

T-BUG, who was fighting against a group of hackers not long after the escort mission began, finally had time to say a few words: "Those hackers were also being eliminated by people who might be in Arasaka Tower. It was a bit troublesome at the beginning. I was a little careless and let them locate you. After you dealt with those two attacks, I regained control of the situation and blocked the location. Now I am just finishing it up."

"It sounds like you're as busy as us, T-BUG?"

"It's not as dangerous as you guys."

T-BUG answered Jack's words: "They are not here to invade me, nor do they intend to burn my brain. Or rather, they have such an intention, but the number and quality of their personnel are not enough, so they have been attacking the positioning aspect and I only need to block this aspect."

T-BUG, who was lying on the hacker chair and sweating, looked at the location of the team that was almost arriving at the company square, and stood up from the hacker chair: "It seems that we are almost here, and we have reached the location that Arasaka's hacker LAN can control. There is nothing for me to do. Can I go take a shower first and leave the finishing touches to you?"

"Have a good rest T-BUG."

Knowing that fighting against a group of hackers was not as easy as T-BUG said, Carl, as the captain, agreed to her request, because there was indeed no T-BUG to deal with next.

If the Arasaka Tower was invaded by a group of Arasaka traitors, then Carl and his team should not be responsible for this matter. Instead, they should ask their employer Kenichi Shiro what he is doing and whether he can control his subordinates.

It can't be that all Arasaka hackers are useless. If that's the case, Carl would have to think about it. He is no longer interested in this kind of intelligence and military technology.

Just after entering the area of ​​the company square, Carl received a link request through the communication. Although the recognition was a little unfamiliar, it carried a word called "weapon template" in the request.

Weapon Templates
Thinking about what Kenichi Shiro had said on the business card about the subordinates he had not contacted yet, Carl allowed the communication to be connected.

"Excuse me, Mr. Karl."

A male voice came from the other end of the line, his words were humble and polite: "I am very sorry that I have not met you before, but I have called you without your permission. I am Kenichi Kazuya, and I will be here to assist you and your team members in entering the Arasaka Tower."

"Kenichi?"

Hearing this very familiar format, Carl looked at the Arasaka Tower getting closer and closer and asked, "What is your relationship with Mr. Kenichi Shiro?"

"Mr. Kenichi Shiro is my uncle by blood relationship."

Uncle, that is to say, this Kenichi Kazuya's father is Kenichi Shiro's elder brother, and he is Kenichi Shiro's nephew?
The business card that Kenichi Shiro gave to Carl was full of information, with only a communication code on the front and not even a name. Carl didn't know his name before Kenichi and Shiro established communication. But now that he heard the name and knew his identity, Carl understood why Kenichi Shiro said that if there were any small matters in the future, he could contact his subordinate.

His own nephew, no wonder. So a company like Arasaka is really a traditional family business. Not only are the top people a family, but even the people slightly below are all related.

After learning the identity, Karl put on the phone: "So how should we get in? Should we just drive through?"

"In order to prevent interference from military technology and other companies, please speed up your vehicle and move forward. I have already guided the security personnel and combat personnel to mark the area. Mr. Kenichi Shiro is waiting for you and your team at the door. Please get off the vehicle with the necessary items. Your vehicle will be guarded by our people."

The person spoke in a flowery and strangely polite way, accelerated forward, and got off at the door. Someone was waiting for such a simple sentence, but he could talk for a long time using all kinds of words.
I don’t know what this guy’s educational environment was like.

Carl looked at Oliver without looking back. Oliver, who heard the voice through the speaker, did not speak, but continued to control Hera forward. And just as Kenichi and Kazuya said, when they approached Arasaka Tower, a group of combat and security personnel wearing Arasaka uniforms had surrounded the entrance of Arasaka Tower. When they saw the severely damaged Hera coming, they made way for Carl and the others without even checking.

"They didn't even check it. Did Kenichi Kazuya confirm his vehicle's location and identity through the connection? Or did they think that even if they let the possible person go, they would not pose a threat to Kenichi Shiro-san?"

Feeling that the former was more likely, Carl looked back and found that there were already a bunch of people in various uniforms standing outside watching. Carl could also see several military technology personnel among them.

Looking at their expressions, it seemed like they didn't know what happened to Arasaka, but they just wanted to come and take a look.

Judging from their clothes, these people should be low-level military technology employees, but when they saw Arasaka's behavior was not right, they immediately came over to mingle with the crowd to snoop. How should I put it, it feels like they have a commendable spirit. It would have been even better if they had remembered to take off their military technology uniforms before coming.

There was no security guard or combat soldier at the gate of Arasaka Tower. Kenichi and Shiro, who were unprotected, stood there alone with their hands behind their backs. When they got close to the same position, Oliver stopped the car and turned to look at V when he heard Kenichi and Shiro's voice on the cell phone.

V, who was carrying something, nodded and got out of the car with Carl, while Jack and Oliver stayed in the car without moving.

Kenichi and Kazuya said that someone would be guarding it, but if the Arasaka personnel were to guard it, who knows what would have been put inside. Oliver and Jack were worried, so for something like handing in the mission, it would be enough to have V carrying the items and Carl communicating.

Carl and V got out of the car and saw Kenichi Shiro walking quickly towards them. Before Carl could say anything, Kenichi Shiro extended his hand to Carl.

“This is your reward this time.”

He handed over a storage chip, and after Carl took it, he immediately asked, "Where's the thing?"

"Over there, V."

"V, wasn't it you who was holding it? Why did you give it to someone else? This is not safe."

After looking at Carl who was holding the chip and seemed not to care about his words, Kenichi Shiro said something, then frowned at the ordinary mercenary who came over with Carl and whom he had just ignored.

But when he really looked at that V, Kenichi Shiro's brows relaxed somewhat unexpectedly.

"This new mercenary in Carl's team, if you take a closer look, he seems to be quite capable?"

(End of this chapter)