Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 313 75. Filling the Identity Gap
"Your true appearance is much better."

This was the first sentence Carl heard after taking off the helmet that came with his Arasaka combat uniform.

The person who said this was naturally Maki.

As friends, this was indeed the first time that the two people met with their real faces.

"If you praise me and tell me I'm handsome at this time, I'll be even happier."

After taking off the stuffy helmet, Carl took a breath and said, "It's really uncomfortable to wear this thing. I really don't like to cover myself with anything."

"Will you feel a sense of discomfort, like when you were in college?"

"more or less."

Carl faced Maki's eyes that were carefully examining his appearance, and then turned his gaze to Haruko who was sitting next to him with a smile on her face: "Did you tell Maki about my work this time?"

"I just can't stand Maki's crude cover-up."

"So Maki's sensitivity is compensated by another part."

Ma Xi didn’t quite understand what Karl said: “What do you mean by sensitiveness is compensated by another part?”

"Don't worry, I'm praising you."

"But I can hear that what you just said, Karl, is mocking me."

"You can't tell the meaning of words, but you can keenly judge good from bad, right?"

Carl sat down at the small round table where Maki and Haruko were sitting without caring. There were many such places for guests to sit in the banquet hall, and this one happened to have four seats, which was enough for everyone.

After Carl sat down and took a bite of the small bread that Chiyo probably brought for Haruko and Maki, he felt the sweetness and softness left on his tongue, and then he spoke:

"So, what did you call me here for? I've been standing guard for a long time, and now the party is over and I'm having dinner with my friends?"

"If you want to do this, Carl, of course you can, but..."

Haruko signaled to Chiyome who was walking over, and Chiyome handed something to Carl at the right time.

"This is?"

Looking at the thing that Chiyome handed over, which looked like a data tablet, Carl looked at Haruko in confusion, but Haruko just pointed at Carl's right hand.

'Verify by hand.'

She was indicating this.

Carl has his own special verification, which is a bionic arm called 'KK'.

Seeing Haruko's instruction, Carl did as she said even though he didn't quite understand what was in the data tablet.

He placed the five fingers of his right hand flat on the data tablet and watched the verification data flashing on it.

"Is it a personal reward?"

When Carl was thinking this, he noticed Maki's expression and found that there was a hint of anticipation in her expression, as if she knew what was in the data tablet.

"drop."

When the verification sounded, Carl found a photo appeared on the data tablet.

The face in the photo was quite familiar. Carl could be said to see it every day because it was his own face.

As it appeared and disappeared like an ID photo, pieces of information appeared below.

"This is."

Karl looked at the information: "My personal information?"

"Blood type, height, weight, experience, etc., everything is recorded."

Chiyome said this, but Carl didn't seem too surprised by this.

After all, he had received treatment at Arasaka Hospital, so it was not surprising that the hospital recorded this information. As for the relevant personal experience, this information could be easily found by almost any middleman, not to mention Arasaka. However, as the records emerged one by one, Carl found that there were several blanks at the end.

Before he could wonder, Haruko's words rang out first: "Open it and take a look at Karl."

open to take a look?

There is nothing to open up about blank space.

Carl tried to touch the blank space with his fingertips and found that a blank space disappeared, and then a bunch of drop-down options popped up on the data tablet.

'America's Night City Pacific State Migrant, Asian Turkey Division Academy Graduate, New America's Allentown Pennsylvania 'Manic' Tribe Member, Peachtree Street Atlanta Georgia Resident.'

"Is this an identity?"

Karl looked at the columns of data, somewhat confused: "Does this mean I have to choose an identity in my own file?"

"I don't care what you did in the past, Carl"

Haruko said, "Because even Arasaka cannot completely control the abandoned children in the wanderer tribe, the orphans born in the streets and alleys, and the illegitimate children of some wealthy families. But now, I want you to choose an official identity yourself, Carl, to fill the gaps in the file."

“Not completely in control”

What Haruko said was true. Although Arasaka had strong intelligence gathering capabilities and could obtain the required information through many spy networks, even Arasaka could not be omniscient and know everything.

For example, the birth of Haruko's mother, Arasaka Michiko, was a secret deliberately concealed by Arasaka Saburo, who controlled the entire Arasaka Group. Haruko didn't know her past life experience, but she didn't care about it, which was indeed in line with her character. It's just...

There is one thing that Carl doesn't quite understand:

"Why do you suddenly ask me to choose an official identity at this time? If I choose one, can you easily help me get the relevant certificates?"

"of course."

Ma Xi said beside him: "These are much more formal than your disguise in school, Karl. Even if someone wants to check, they can only find the information you chose after searching through layers of files."

“Everything here is OK?”

Listening to Maki's words, Carl couldn't help but take a look at the option of 'New American Lieutenant Colonel's Orphan'. Isn't it true that Arasaka can get this thing?
"All of them."

After hearing Haruko's affirmative words, Carl realized that his vision was still too low.

For the eldest lady of Arasaka, it is not a big deal to get an identity that can be easily checked by others.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but glance at the 'new American lieutenant colonel's orphan' and asked Qingzi tentatively: "Is it really okay for me to choose this?"

"You can try clicking it. I remember there are four different options below."

"Four?"

In other words, Haruko can easily insert four of her own people into the New American army. Considering the orphan of the lieutenant colonel, the inserted spy's identity in the past should have been the lieutenant colonel.

This level is not small.

Carl was dazzled by the pile of identity choices and couldn't think of which one he should choose for a moment. While thinking, he suddenly came to his senses and remembered the question he had asked before but didn't get an answer.

"So, why do you suddenly ask me to choose an official identity at this time?"

"Because after a while, Carl, you need to come with me, as a friend, to meet someone, and then Maki will go with you."

"Because I need to meet someone, I need an official identity"

Karl was confused: "Who are you going to meet? Why can't you have even a blank past? Why do you have to have at least a formal identity?"

Facing Carl's confusion, Haruko slowly said:

"To see my mother."

"what?"

Carl remembered that Haruko's mother was
"Arasaka Michiko?!"

(End of this chapter)