Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 370 132. Sapphire blue

The night that Representative Arasaka and Kurt Hansen agreed to meet.

"The Sapphire Blue Hotel, Hansen's fortress, has a base camp for elite soldiers on the lower level, and a place for high-ranking officials to squander their money on the upper level. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to go there and take a look."

Jack was sitting in the back seat of a Chevrolet Thrace 388 Jefferson, wearing a suit. He looked at the skyscrapers getting closer and closer. He shook his shoulders and turned his head to look at Oliver sitting next to him: "How about it, man, do I look particularly stylish today?"

"It's OK. Compared to me, he's not as handsome." Oliver, who was also wearing a suit, glanced at Jack. While chatting with his companion, he felt a little dazed: "It's been a long time since I sat in the back seat of a car. I'm not used to chatting with you without holding the steering wheel."

"It's like this when you get used to driving."

Jack glanced at the Hellhound soldier sitting in the front driver's seat of the car and said, "But it's rare that someone is driving us today, so we should enjoy it a little."

"Who says it isn't?"

While chatting, Oliver asked Carl and V who were sitting in the back seat of another car: "Carl, V, how are you guys doing? Are you almost at the hotel?"

"The car we're in is right behind you, and we can see the hotel too."

Carl answered, looking through the front window at the hotel that was getting closer and closer, illuminating everything around it in the dark night, and complained: "The Sapphire Blue Hotel, Dog Town's own blue-green building. I used to think that this was just the people of Dog Town bragging about themselves, but now looking at this style, it really has that flavor."

"So what's the procedure for tonight? Let's go through it?"

Oliver said in the communication: "After returning from the stadium yesterday, V, Jack and I sorted out the various things we bought all night and prepared to pack them up to return to Night City. I didn't even hear your conversation with Kenichi Kazuya."

"Who told you to buy so many things? I guess my house will be full of them when I get home." Carl thought about the weapons that filled the room and the mess of smuggled food from Dog Town, and continued:

"Mr. Kenichi and I didn't talk about anything. We're going to the ninety-ninth floor of the Baoshiqing Building, which is where the club and casino are. It seems that Hansen is holding a banquet on that floor and has invited many people. We'll talk at the banquet then."

"A lot of people were invited, so doesn't that mean that all the people on that floor are doing business in that kind of environment?"

Jack was a little confused when he heard Hansen's actions: "Isn't he afraid that the conversation will reveal something, or is he not worried that contact with Arasaka personnel will give his other invited guests the impression that they are close to Arasaka?"

“Maybe he really isn’t afraid.”

Carl said calmly, "A man who attacked Arasaka during the war and later betrayed military technology can now be a local emperor in Dog Town. Hansen is really good at balancing power. I guess his public appearance this time was intentional.
After all, he is now claiming to be the ruler of Dog Town. Rather than meeting with Arasaka in private and being discovered by other companies, it is better for him to come openly and show directly that he is negotiating business with Arasaka. "

Carl paused for a moment, then continued, "I even suspect that he is waiting for a good price. We'll know if there are any military technology professionals among the invited guests. If there are any, then I think the deal we want to discuss as representatives this time may not be so easy to close."

Militech never minds throwing sand in Arasaka's eyes. It is estimated that while they are talking here, the military technology personnel over there will come over. No matter what business they are discussing, Militech will never mind paying more than Arasaka - as long as they can stop Arasaka.

"So we're talking today? I was wondering why we had to wait a day after arriving in Dog Town to meet him. It turns out that he's holding a banquet today. That's why so many guests came today to witness him and Arasaka talking about business. But isn't he afraid of the business information being exposed? In business, you have to keep the information confidential, right?" "That only means that this business doesn't need to hide anything, and it can even be done openly."

Oliver understood Karl’s explanation, but he immediately complained: “Mr. Kenichi Kazuya didn’t tell us about those businesses that didn’t need to be concealed. Obviously, we are the representative in name only, aren’t we?”

"You misunderstood Mr. Kenichi Kazuya on this point." V joined the call at this time and said, "Mr. Kenichi Kazuya wanted to tell us the details of the negotiation yesterday, but didn't you, Oliver, say something cool at that time, 'We are mercenaries, as long as the compensation is sufficient, we won't ask any more questions'? So Mr. Kenichi Kazuya nodded and followed our wishes without saying anything more."

"Ah, when?"

"That's when I noticed you, Oliver, stuffed Soviet caviar into my bag so that I could carry more weight on the way back."

"Hiss, I seem to have some impression. Damn, I'm used to talking about business with Karl, and I don't use my brain anymore. I'm imitating Karl's words. But I used to be quite smart. By the way, did you find out that I secretly stuffed caviar into my clothes?"

"You just stuffed it in openly, okay?"

V was somewhat speechless as he looked at the entrance of the Sapphire Blue Hotel where he had already arrived and checked the time.

It was 8:05, and there were still 25 minutes left before the agreed meeting time with Hansen, and they arrived 25 minutes early.

The vehicle stopped, and V noticed that around where they were parked, there were also passengers in Chevrolet Thrace getting off the vehicles one after another.

"It seems we're here."

V, who was also wearing a suit, got out of the car and looked up at the Baoshiqing Building, whose top he couldn't see even if he raised his neck as high as possible.
"It looks fine from a distance, but up close, it's really high. I don't know which one is taller, Arasaka Tower or not."

"do not know."

As Karl spoke, he also got out of the car and looked at the crowd flowing towards the hotel entrance, and he took a step forward.

"Let's go, it's time for us to attend the banquet."

There are still twenty-five minutes left before the agreed time. They are early, so that’s fine. There will be many guests in the hotel today, and Carl can just take a good look to see if there are any acquaintances there.

Four men in suits walked towards the entrance of the Baoshiqing Building.

The members of the Nether Dogs who noticed their arrival had already reported it via communication.

KK team is here.

(End of this chapter)