Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 410 23. All the staff are here
"Maki."

Hearing this particularly familiar name, Goro Takemura's expression fluctuated slightly. He did not expect to hear this name from the mouth of a young man with a slightly unfamiliar face. This made him look at the young man carefully. After looking at the young man carefully for a few more times, Goro Takemura found that he knew him.

Mercenary KK.

Although the news of his fight with Adam Hammer had not spread to the point where everyone knew about it, everyone in this circle knew about it. Out of habit of prevention, Goro Takemura had watched the relevant battle videos, but in the videos, Goro Takemura only paid attention to the fighting style and strategy of mercenary KK, and only scanned and stored his appearance. Only after taking a few more glances now did he recognize him.

Mercenary KK, whose real name is Carl, is the son of a former administrative specialist of the Contao Company. After arriving in Night City in 2075, he quickly changed his identity and became a mercenary. Not only did he form his own team in a very short period of time, he also made this team rise rapidly, making it the most sought-after mercenary team in Night City.

Details of the archive
Analysis of psychological status.
Known tasks
A series of data stored in the Arasaka Intelligence Department flashed through Goro Takemura's righteous eyes, and then that data came to the final evaluation.

'You can create more excellent mercenaries for cooperation.'

Excellent mercenary.

After reading the information and thinking about everything in just two seconds, and understanding Karl's identity, Takemura Goro spoke: "Where did you hear this name?"

"Where have you heard the name Maki?"

Carl said naturally: "This is my friend's name."

'friend?'

Hearing this very unfamiliar word, Takemura Goro muttered something in his mind, and then responded to Carl's previous question about whether he was a relative of Maki: "There is indeed some relationship, but this is not the place to talk about such things."

Goro Takemura's eyes shifted slightly, scanning the people around him who were obviously listening, and then he kept silent. Obviously, he had no intention of chatting more under such circumstances.

"You are really a relative of Maki."

Carl recalled what Maki said about her having a relative who was respected in Arasaka, and the entire family was a powerful second generation who rose from the bottom. Now that he thinks about it, this relative should be referring to Goro Takemura in front of him.

Saburo Arasaka, a man close to the Emperor of Arasaka, is a man of such power that he can bring his entire family and relatives to the top.

Carl looked at Goro Takemura and saw that he obviously didn't want to say more, so he didn't intend to continue speaking. He took a few steps back and returned to his original position.

Carl originally wanted to ask out of curiosity, but the other party obviously didn't want to talk more, and Carl didn't mean to continue to pester him. He was not a salesman who would pester the other party and ask about the other person's ancestors.

but
Carl stared at Goro Takemura's face and felt that he looked more and more familiar.

Carl was sure that he had seen this face somewhere, but where exactly?
Carl thought about it and glanced at Haruko, and then a light bulb went off in his head and he remembered.

When Haruko moved into North Oak Manor, Carl went to visit Haruko, and at that time Haruko was watching a recording of a comedian. I remember that Haruko said that it was because the comedian looked like someone she respected, so she found it very interesting and kept watching it. At that time, Carl also compared it in his mind. If Mr. Kenichi Shiro was very funny, he would also want to watch it.

I remember that comedian's name was Hino Hidetoshi, and his face was similar to Takemura Goro
It cannot be said that they are exactly the same. After all, Goro Takemura's expression appears more serious, and his cyborg transformation is also more powerful. But the two men do look like twin brothers, and if you don't carefully distinguish the details, it is difficult to tell the difference between them.

'If I shout the comedian Hino Hidetoshi's signature words "Fasten your seat belts" in front of Takemura Goro, will he react? ' Carl was about to do it, but when he thought of Takemura Goro's unwillingness to talk, he withdrew the idea.

There is plenty of time, and who knows when I will be able to see Goro Takemura again. There is no need to rush. Today’s mission is more important.

Soon, three parties representing the will of Arasaka will gather in this rest cabin, and then my own guarding work will begin. I have to do my job well to get paid.

While Carl was standing there and the cabin was silent again, Haruko's hand moved slightly under her kimono sleeve, and then Carl felt that his mobile phone had received a message.

Without looking at the phone, I connected it directly.

Haruko sent me a message.

Haruko Arasaka: If my mother comes too, then there will be all the people in this cabin. If there really is a nuclear bomb to be detonated, the people in military technology might be very happy. But not necessarily. After all, for the people in military technology, my mother might be a more worthy partner than Arasaka.

Carl: It's too dangerous to always think about nuclear bombs. Can't you just be calm? If a nuclear bomb really exploded next to us, we would probably die here. I don't plan to die like this. That would be too unfair.

Haruko Arasaka: Although you said so, Carl, I remember that the Whale has an independent missile system that can launch nuclear bombs, and I heard that related weapons are also stored in certain places inside the aircraft carrier.

Carl: Hey, what you are saying is, let's just wait next to the nuclear bomb. This super aircraft carrier is equipped with a nuclear bomb and is parked next to Night City. I was wondering why the military technology withdrew so decisively during the unification war. If they were a little slower, they might have been bombed.

Haruko Arasaka: I thought you, Carl, would be more concerned about the fact that you've been living within range of a nuclear bomb.

Carl: That’s not the case. It was like this before I came to Night City.

As Haruko Arasaka took out her cell phone from her sleeve from time to time to look at it and then put it back in, Carl managed to spend the relatively quiet period in the cabin by chatting with Haruko. Then, with the notification from the people outside the cabin, the last person who was waiting arrived.

But she didn't arrive alone.

The first one to come in was a mechanical body.

He was so tall that he had to bend down when entering the lounge through the specially widened cabin door. His entry was like a giant metal object forcing its way into the narrow space.

The lounge, which was originally over 100 square meters and could accommodate many people, seemed to become narrow and crowded after the arrival of this person.

Adam hammers.

Everybody knows his name.

The people behind him are the ones who really matter.

Michiko Arasaka has also arrived.

(End of this chapter)