Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 375 137. Fine Tradition
The person from Military Technology was a woman in her forties. She wore a pair of square-framed glasses, had sharp eyes, and was dressed in a decent and appropriate suit, giving off a very capable temperament.

"What does that mean, Hansen?"

Seeing the arrival of the military technology people, although Kenichi and Kazuya already understood Kurt Hansen's plan, they still asked this question.

Facing Kenichi and Kazuya's questioning tone, Hansen showed a cunning and innocent look that did not match his appearance: "I don't mean anything special, but since we have distinguished guests here, I can't just take care of one side. And I think some things are better discussed openly."

"What you mean by a good talk is that you want me and the people from Militech to bid against each other, and you sit back and wait for the price, right?"

"I didn't say that."

Hansen smiled. "But if you think so, then I can only say that they are guests from Arasaka. You really guessed it right."

"Don't say such boring things that everyone understands, Kenichi Kazuya."

The military technician who arrived seemed to know Kenichi and Kazuya's identities very well. She naturally sat on the other side of Hansen and scanned the people present with her eyes. The data on her glasses changed: "We are all here to discuss business. Naturally, whoever bids the highest will be able to take the things."

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Kenichi and Ye obviously didn't want to pay attention to what the military technicians said. They just stared at Hansen.

He realized that Hansen's ambition was far greater than he expected. The prototype of the Kangtao software was extremely valuable. Moreover, it was developed by Kangtao and other companies had not yet stolen it through espionage. It was an improved version for protecting against electromagnetic pulses. However, no matter how valuable this technology was, the conditions provided by Arasaka represented by Kenichi and Kazuya should be attractive enough, and even sincere. But even with such sincerity, Hansen still made a move to sell it.
His greed made Kenichi and Hansen, who were dealing with him for the first time, completely see the character of this boss of Dog Town.

This kind of thing of trying to take advantage of the situation did not end with Hansen's solid position in Dog Town, but has continued until now. Hansen still relies on his courage and ambition to keep playing this trick.

But Hansen's sense was too sharp, and he caught the timing just right. At this time, he introduced military technology personnel.
Kenichi and Kazuya had originally anticipated that someone from Military Technology would come into consideration, so he immediately threw out what he thought would be chips that would absolutely satisfy Hansen, thinking that Hansen would know how to be moderate and understand that he was trying to please him, and that there should be some tacit understanding between the two of them, so they could just end the matter with enough benefits. However, Hansen's performance made him seem too naive.

For a person with wolfish ambitions, you feeding him all at once will never make him feel satisfied. He will only think that you throw so much at once, there must be more. Naturally, he will choose to crave more.

Kenichi and Kazuya sighed deeply in their hearts for their poor performance. They knew that this was due to their underestimation of Hansen's ambition. They did not intend to worry too much about the negotiation disadvantage caused by their misjudgment. They had already started thinking about how to deal with the upcoming confrontation between military technology personnel.

If they were competing against representatives of other companies, if the price wasn't right, Kenichi and others would just drop the discussion. Unnecessarily wasting company resources would be a bigger sin, but this happened to be military technology.

Hansen, who came from the New American Army and used to hold a position within Mili-Tech, obviously knew both Arasaka and Mili-Tech very well. He understood that at this time, neither Kenichi Kazuya nor the representatives of Mili-Tech could escape.

Only when facing Arasaka (military technology), we cannot lose even if we have to pay a price. When facing the opponent, the loss of interests is secondary. The key to winning or losing is very important.

Compared to the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of weapons consumed by both sides during the Metal War (Unification War), the benefits of victory or defeat are nothing. In fact, with the military technology personnel in the lead, Hansen's little tricks can be ignored for the sake of victory.

"He did this after he understood our intentions. He is not a simple person."

There is a limit to everything. At a time when Militech and Arasaka are unwilling to take the risk of confronting other companies and their biggest rivals targeting Hansen now and in the future, Hansen has done things with a very good sense of the limit, which is just right in the range that, although a little unpleasant, can be barely forgiven if it is based on defeating the biggest enemy.

Hansen had already sat firmly, with a smile on his face, ready to wait for the bids from Kenichi, Heye and the military technician. He also knew that his bid was just about the same, which would at most make the directors on both sides unhappy, but would not affect the overall situation at all. In the future, the two directors might even be promoted because of the credit for this matter. Although they might feel unhappy, they would still have to accept his kindness in action. As for why he only thought about the promotion, it was because Hansen never cared about the losers.

If he/she fails in the face of the biggest enemy and is able to get up in the internal struggle and seek revenge on Hansen, then Hansen will be next. That is also his/her ability.

Hansen sat firmly, Kenichi and others started thinking about how to deal with the military technology personnel, while the military technology personnel were thinking about how to bid. The three of them somewhat ignored the other person who was also sitting on the sofa.

All three of them knew that this was not the man who was supposed to be discussing business formally, and they all ignored him after the formal discussion, but this behavior itself was a kind of arrogance.

Perhaps even in the entire Night City, there are no more arrogant people than the three people sitting on the sofa now. At least the gang members, scavengers, and Black Super Dream personnel who have personal experience will definitely "kindly" remind these three high-ranking figures that there is a person sitting next to them when they see this scene.

A person who can solve problems just by mentioning his name. When facing him, perhaps even the lower-level people in the company can perform better than these three people.

Since they ignored it, they will naturally have to pay a price.

“I still remember a story.”

A calm voice interrupted the three people's thoughts, and when they looked at the owner of the voice, they found that Carl was smiling.

Carl's voice was gentle and magnetic. He began to tell a story, as if he was conducting a friendly science popularization:

"I don't know if you have heard of this story. It is a historical story from my hometown. The story goes like this: An envoy from one country visited another country, hoping to negotiate with it. The two sides had a very harmonious discussion, but at this time, the old enemy of that country also sent an envoy. This hostile envoy was eloquent and quickly won the favor of the monarch, causing the original ally to be neglected. So, do you know what actions the envoy who arrived first took to continue his mission?"

This rather hasty sudden opening and explanation made the other three people sitting there confused, but soon, only two people were left who didn't understand.

Because Carl moved.

"Puch."

With a slight sound, a small knife pierced the neck of the military technology representative.

Her eyes were wide open, filled with disbelief and shock.

But no matter how unbelievable it was, Carl continued: "The answer is to kill all the envoys of the other country and reduce the number of negotiators."

Of course Carl came to negotiate, he is the negotiating representative.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong in inheriting the fine history of the past.

Who says negotiations can’t be conducted using simpler means?

(End of this chapter)