Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 405 18. Arasakaze Nobuo comes to Night City?

"This job was well done. The goods have been picked up at the location and confirmed to be correct. We are very satisfied. The balance has been paid. We look forward to the next cooperation, Mr. KK."

Looking at the message sent by the client on his mobile phone, Karl was about to reply with a request for next cooperation, but suddenly found that the other party's contact account had been cancelled.

It's really efficient. The account is closed as soon as the final payment is settled.

"How's it going? Has the money arrived?"

Sitting next to Carl, V looked at the Afterlife Bar where they were currently, and after making sure that no one was monitoring their conversation, he asked, "What did the employer say?"

"He said we did a good job and looked forward to our next cooperation, then he cancelled his account."

Karl put down his phone: "The money has been transferred to you. As for this employer, I guess the next time I contact him, I'll have to use some mysterious method."

"I don't know if this employer is really from the military technology industry as he said, or if he is from another company."

Oliver was drinking beer on the side: "But the money is enough, and I am too lazy to pursue it."

"It's better not to delve into this kind of thing. We work for others, but we don't have the time to worry about all kinds of things for them."

Jack was sitting next to Oliver, drinking beer, and looked at the Laisheng Restaurant: "Why are there so few customers in Laisheng Restaurant today? There are not many familiar faces. Has anything happened in the city recently?"

"I don't know, just ask Claire."

Oliver said, waving at Claire, who was leaning on the bar with one hand and seemed to be chatting with a man: "Claire, if you have time, can you come over and chat?"

"Oliver?"

Claire stopped chatting with the man in front of him, looked over when he heard the voice, and after realizing that it was Oliver calling him, he said a few words to the man he was chatting with and walked over: "Why, do you want me to serve you some more wine?"

"No, I haven't finished the wine yet."

Oliver raised his glass and said, "We recently took a job and left Night City for a while. What happened in the city? Why are there so few people?"

"If you want to talk about what happened, there has been some news in the city recently, but I don't know what the cause is. After all, it's not easy for a bartender like me to inquire about the private work of mercenaries, but I can tell you about the news."

"What's the news?"

“There are a few that I think are more important.”

Claire thought for a moment and said, "I heard that in the Badlands, there is a conflict between a tribe of wanderers in Adecado and the Night Walkers. The two sides have been fighting fiercely recently. They may need mercenaries to help. Then, the Tiger Claw Gang recently got a new leader, and I heard that he is from the company."

"Did the people of Adecado have a conflict with the Night Walker?"

As a former wanderer, V is more concerned about this, while Jack and Oliver, as city dwellers, are more concerned about the new leader of the Tiger Claw Gang:
"This is the number of Tiger Claw Gang leaders in the past two years. They really change leaders as frequently as they change shoes."

"Any more news?"

Carl felt that Claire had not finished speaking, so he continued to ask.

"There is another piece of news that is considered to be quite important, but it may not be related to mercenaries."

"Big news?"

Carl was a little curious: "What is that? It can't be news like the mayor died suddenly. If that were the case, the news would have spread all over Night City long ago."

"Compared to that, the news of the mayor's sudden death may be more important."

Claire lowered her voice and said, "I heard that Arasakaze Nobuyuki came to Night City."

"Who?" Jack, who was listening nearby, didn't quite hear what Claire said for a moment, so he asked, "Arasaka what?"

"Arasakaze Nobuyuki."

"The Arasaka boy who is now the only male heir, the one who is born to revolt against his father?"

Jack heard it clearly this time, but he was very surprised by the news: "Why doesn't he stay in Japan? Why does he want to come to Night City? Could it be that he wants to pay tribute to his elder brother Arasaka Kei who died here?"

"Who knows? How can we street people know about the affairs of the upper class? I only heard this news from a group of corporate dogs. As for whether Arasakase Nobuo really came to Night City, no one knows."

Claire waved her hand. "That's the news anyway. If you want some wine, keep calling me. I'm going to continue talking to my husband about racing."

"Row."

Oliver nodded, watching Claire walk back to the waiting man, then retracted his gaze and asked his companions, "What do you think about this?"

"Arasakaze Nobuyuki is coming to Night City?"

V asked. He knew the famous Arasaka Nobuyuki, "What can we do about the affairs of an Arasaka boy? We can only watch with our eyes open."

"What are you talking about, Captain of the Second Operations Squad? You are from Arasaka, how can you not care about such things?"

"What are you talking about, Mr. Oliver, he's just a team member."

After firing back directly, V looked at Carl. Everyone in the team knew a little about Carl's involvement with the Arasaka lady, so he asked, "Carl, what do you think?"

“Again, look with both eyes.”

Carl took a sip of sweet tea and spread his hands: "Arasakase Nobuo is not my relative, I can't see him whenever I want, I can only watch him, and Claire also said that this news is just a rumor, we don't even know if it's true or not, what does it have to do with us."

"Is that so?"

Oliver scratched his golden hair which was still a little damp after taking a shower right after entering the city. "I was just thinking, there are not many mercenaries in the next life now, maybe they got some work, if possible, can we also get some work to do."

"We have just finished our mission for today. When did you become so diligent, Oliver?"

As Karl was speaking, a new message came on his phone.

The special prompt sound attracted the attention of several members of the team.

"It seems that it is not unexpected."

Oliver shrugged and turned his head to look at Jack, "I bet it was either that Arasaka lady, or Kenichi Shiro or Kenichi Kazuya."

"I think so too. There's no need to gamble."

Jack looked at Carl and said, "Let's see what the job is, Carl. I think we'll meet a lot of colleagues and familiar faces this time."

"I don't know what it is."

What impact will Arasakase Nobuo coming to Night City have?

Carl didn't know, but he seemed to be in the vortex of being influenced.

Because the name of the incoming message displayed on the opened phone was Kenichi Shiro.

(End of this chapter)