Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 345 107. Wandering AI, Special

After realizing that this cyborg was Kenichi Saburo, who had been protecting Michiko Arasaka in the past, Carl immediately understood why Chiyome did not show any surprise when she saw him walk into the room.

Because Chiyome did know Kenichi Saburo. Not long ago, Chiyome was also serving as Michiko Arasaka's bodyguard. As Michiko Arasaka's personal bodyguard, she was naturally very familiar with Kenichi Saburo, who had been guarding Michiko Arasaka.

Compared to Chiyome, Adam Hammer, who has only recently become the chief of Arasaka security and has never met Arasaka Michiko, doesn't know much about the news. Looking at Adam Hammer's appearance, he never thought that Kenichi Saburo is still guarding Arasaka Michiko.

"You feel that your aging body can no longer keep up, so you replaced yourself with a mechanical shell, Kenichi Saburo."

Adam Hammer was obviously dissatisfied with Kenichi Saburo. After all, in the past, Kenichi Saburo had prevented him from becoming Michiko Arasaka's personal bodyguard. Almost as soon as they met, Adam Hammer showed his signature sarcastic attitude without any concealment.

However, Kenichi Saburo's reaction to Adam Heavy Hammer's enthusiastic greeting after not seeing each other for a long time was quite indifferent. He just glanced at Adam Heavy Hammer, then walked straight to Michiko, and then slowly bent down.

He lowered his head and seemed to whisper something to Michiko Arasaka, then stood up straight. Although his voice was very low and Carl and the others could not hear it clearly, he obviously did not deliberately avoid Adam Hammer and Kenichi Shiro who were standing next to Michiko Arasaka. After hearing Kenichi Saburo's report, Adam Hammer, who seemed to be planning to continue targeting Kenichi Saburo, suddenly became quiet.

Carl realized that Kenichi Saburo's whisper might contain some important information, which was enough to make Adam Hammer temporarily restrain his provocation.

Then, under Carl's gaze, Adam Heavy Hammer frowned, and then nodded to Arasaka Michiko:
"I'll take care of it."

After saying this, Carl looked at Adam, who seemed to want to fight with Kenichi Saburo the moment before, and then turned around and left. Looking at his appearance, it was obvious that he was going back to change his prosthesis and do something.

"Then I will leave first. Please excuse me, Mrs. Michiko."

Kenichi Shiro also stood up. He first said goodbye to Arasaka Michiko, and then looked at the cyborg Kenichi Saburo who was wearing a mask and whose appearance was completely unclear: "And father."

After saying this, Kenichi Shiro, who seemed like he would stay a little longer, also turned and left.

Just because of a few words from Kenichi Saburo when he walked in, Adam Hammer and Kenichi Shiro left immediately. What happened?
Carl thought of the common point between Kenichi Saburo and Adam Hammer, that is, they both have positions in Arasaka Tower.

Did something happen at Arasaka Tower?
Just as Carl was thinking this, he found that Arasaka Michiko had also stood up, but she did not leave directly like Adam Hammer and Kenichi Shiro, but walked to their side first.

"Haruko, something happened at the company, I have to go over there, you have to be responsible for entertaining your friends."

Having said this, Michiko looked at Carl and Maki: "Maki, Carl, have fun. If you need anything, just tell people. Don't worry about anything."

Having said this, Michiko nodded especially to Carl, and then, accompanied by Kenichi Saburo, she quickly left the house.

Michiko Arasaka originally wanted to take a rare day off today, chat with her "friends" whom she hadn't seen for a long time, her daughter, and her daughter's friends, and care about her daughter's matters. However, obviously, in the face of an emergency, she had to leave first.

Carl looked at the few people who left quickly in a short period of time, and found that the house became empty all of a sudden. The current situation was similar to chatting with friends at the previous party.

Only himself, Haruko, Maki, and Chiyome were left. Just as Carl was wondering what had happened that caused Adam Shothammer, the security director, Kenichi Shiro, the vice president, and Arasaka Michiko, the executive director of Night City, to leave, Haruko spoke up:

"Karl, the suspect you caught at the banquet has spoken."

Haruko was holding a mobile phone in her hand. It seemed that Haruko, who did not have an artificial eye, learned the information inside the Arasaka Tower through this thing.

With the return of Michiko Arasaka, the control of Night City Arasaka Tower has indeed returned to her hands. However, Haruko still has her own power and connections in Arasaka Tower.

This return of maternal power does not completely weaken Haruko's influence, and the network of relationships and loyal subordinates she has built within Arasaka Tower still provide her with relevant information.

"Did the suspect speak?"

Listening to Haruko's words, Carl remembered the blue-eyed guy who looked like the Riddler and whom he had caught at the party.

"Did the guy say anything?"

"He was the wandering AI that attacked Arasaka Tower at that time. That body was his carrier."

Haruko said something quite extraordinary easily, but this made Carl feel strange.

It is not uncommon to hear rumors about roaming AIs controlling people through prosthetics and other means, turning them into their carriers, but this is usually regarded as nonsense. However, Carl has learned from T-BUG's initial hint that this rumor actually has a real basis.

What surprised Carl was that the AI ​​that attacked the banquet was actually the middle-aged man with blue eyes who was talking to him.

The fact that an aggressive AI appeared so openly in front of him and was easily captured by him made him realize that the AI's action patterns might be much more complex and bolder than he expected.

What exactly is its purpose? Why did it appear in front of him after launching the attack, say a bunch of riddles and then deliberately let itself be captured easily by him, and now suddenly reveal the fact that it is the attacker and AI.

Carl could guess without thinking how rare and special a roaming AI that could control cyborg humans as carriers was. This was definitely something that Arasaka and even various companies were interested in, but it did just that, just like a sheep that deliberately shed its hair and got into a pack of wolves.

For some reason, Carl always had a strange feeling, as if he had entered into some kind of plan.

A sentence said by the blue-eyed middle-aged man flashed through his mind.

'Karl, you are special.'

(End of this chapter)