Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 376 138. Difference
KK came to negotiate and also to make an announcement.

Someone didn't understand the difference, so she is dead.

"Carl."

As he watched the person next to him slowly fall down, Hansen's eyes suddenly became dangerous: "You killed someone in front of me?"

Following Hansen's voice and the sound of the military technician falling forward and hitting the glass table in front of the sofa, the Hellhound soldiers guarding Hansen woke up as if from a dream.

In front of Hansen, someone dared to kill someone directly. There is no need to say what to do next.

There were four Hellhound guards standing behind the sofa where Hansen was sitting. Each of them was an elite soldier equipped with Sian Westin and Krenchikov. In an emergency, they moved as fast as lightning.

Their speed was very fast, but they were still a step slow.

Just when the four Hellhound guards moved their bodies, intending to subdue the Arasaka personnel no matter what, three figures appeared beside them.

"Don't move hastily, my friend the Hellhound, or I don't know what I might do."

Jack placed his hands on the shoulders of the two Hellhound guards, using the power given to him by his violent form to forcibly control the bodies of the two Hellhounds just by pressing their shoulders. V and Oliver were on his side, each holding down one Hellhound guard.

In just a moment of confrontation, the four Hellhound guards were unable to offer any resistance and were subdued by Carl's companions.

"call."

It was not until this time that the sound of wind caused by the movement of people was transmitted to Kenichi and Kazuya's minds through the sound transmission prosthesis installed in the ears.

"This"

Kenichi and Kazuya blinked, things happened too fast, from the time Carl took action to the time Jack and his team subdued the personnel, only two seconds had passed. Kenichi and Kazuya had just accepted the fall of the military technology personnel when they found that Carl and his team had subdued Hansen's guards again.

Things were happening so fast together that it might take some time for his brain to adjust.

He was still thinking about what price to pay to overwhelm the military technology personnel, but in the blink of an eye, the military technology people were dealt with by Carl and he no longer needed to care about them. Then he should think about how to deal with this matter, but before he could figure out the previous thing, Carl had already made a solution, which was to subdue Hansen's guards.

Negotiation Negotiation
Come on.

Kenichi and Kazuya remembered what their uncle had said - when you are with them, ignore their unrestrained ideas, because you who think rationally will not understand.

Ignore it?
Just ignore it.

After a brief thought, Kenichi and Kazuya came to a conclusion.

That's it, never mind.

He is a negotiator, he can talk as he wants. Now that it has come to this, what else can he do?

While Kenichi and Kazuya were thinking and then chose to remain silent, Carl and Hansen did not move, even though one of them saw his companion subduing Hansen's guards and the other saw his own guards being subdued.

As time passed, and the life information of the military technician with blood on his neck slowly disappeared, Carl answered the question that Hansen had asked a few seconds ago.

"I killed someone in front of you?"

Carl said in a questioning tone, and moved his hand slightly, and the knife that was originally inserted into the neck of the military technician returned to his fingers.

"That's a very strange thing you say, Mr. Hansen."

Carl swung the knife slightly, and there was no trace of blood on it: "I just dealt with a rat that was a bit noisy and squeaking over there. It's always a bit uncomfortable to have a rat around when doing business."

"Rat?"

Hansen's gaze moved slightly, looking at the military technician who died beside him. At this time, he was already in a rather embarrassing situation.

His plan originally was very good. He took advantage of the conflict between Arasaka and Militech and played a wait-and-see game, just sitting in the middle and waiting for both sides to make an offer. But now that the guy from Militech was dead, things had become complicated.

The person who made the offer was dead, and Hansen now had only three choices left.

One is to suspend business talks and wait for the next qualified person from Military Technology to arrive - this is obviously impossible, and Arasaka will not tolerate the humiliation of having to suspend their own negotiations and wait for Military Technology.

The second option is to reach an agreement with Arasaka immediately, but this is based on the death of military technology personnel. In any case, other company personnel and military technology will definitely think that you have sided with Arasaka.

There is also a final option, which is to get rid of the Arasaka representative and give an explanation to Military Technology. But regardless of whether this can be done or not, its essence is no different from the second option, except that Arasaka and Military Technology are swapping places.

Obviously, at this moment, Hansen was also thinking rapidly in his mind how to handle this matter smoothly and continue to maintain his neutral position.

Hansen just wants to get what he wants by playing both sides. This does not mean that he really wants to have too much cooperation with people from one party. Although the dog town under his control is small, it is also his private kingdom where he has the final say. After enjoying the taste of being a leader, he is unwilling to go back to the company to be a dog.

But this matter was really difficult to handle. Carl's actions were too decisive and unexpected, which was completely beyond Hansen's expectations. He had never thought that there would be a negotiator who would choose to take direct action and use physical methods to eliminate the opponent during the negotiation.
Oh, it’s not that I haven’t thought of this possibility. This kind of thing is not uncommon, but that is an assassination on the way before a meeting or negotiation or during a break. This kind of assassination in person is the first time Hansen has encountered it.

If it was face to face, time would be too tight, and Hansen would have to come up with the most reasonable countermeasure and respond immediately.

How to do?
After Carl dealt with the military technology personnel, the conflict between his teammates and his guards only stopped at the uniforms. This showed that he was not going to do anything to him and still wanted to make the deal. But how should he negotiate now?
It seems that he has no other choice but to accept Arasaka's business.
Wait a moment.

Carl, Arasaka?
Hansen was indeed an ambitious man who led his subordinates to build his own private kingdom in Dog Town. He soon became keenly aware of the difference that was insignificant in the past but was extremely important now.

Carl was just a negotiator hired by Arasaka. Regardless of whether he was biased towards Arasaka or not, in everyone's opinion, the person who was really responsible for the negotiation was Kenichi Kazuya. This was also the reason why the deceased military technology representative only negotiated with Kenichi Kazuya when he arrived.
what does this mean?
That's Carl, or maybe 'Hansen'.

(End of this chapter)