Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 416 29. Toxin
"An attack in such a hurry?"

The look of surprise quickly faded from Arasakaze Nobuyuki's face, as if he knew he might be attacked.

After shaking his head slightly, Arasakase Nobuyuki looked at Carl and said, "It seems that your becoming my bodyguards has been known to others."

"It's not a secret after all."

Carl responded calmly.

Arasakase Nobuo had previously notified the internal staff of the Blue Sky Building in advance, and had given Carl and the others the relevant permission codes. All of this had to be manually checked later. There were so many places where information could have been leaked during this process that it was even possible that we didn't know which link the leak occurred at.

"Every takeout I order can be immediately planted with explosives. I am no longer confident about the food in the Ganbi Mansion Hotel."

Takeaway fast food is actually a very difficult way to eat that can be poisoned or sabotaged.

In Carl's memory, in his world, there was an American president who loved to eat a certain kind of fast food. Every time the president wanted to eat fast food, the staff who prepared meals for the president would randomly choose a fast food chain restaurant near the president's residence to buy food and supervise the entire production process in the kitchen.

Such fast food ensures the safety of the president and the randomness of eating to the greatest extent. To some extent, it is even safer than the meals prepared specifically for the president by chefs. This principle is similar even in Night City. Carl and his friends have eaten takeout in the past, but they have never encountered poisoning or bombing by gangs or scavengers who secretly hate them. Today is the first time.

If there is any difference between today and the past, it is that this meal is ordered on behalf of Arasakase Nobuyuki, and Arasakase Nobuyuki will dine with them.

It was fine in the past, but trouble arose when Arasakase Nobuo came. Needless to say, the targeted personnel were able to invade even something as difficult to arrange as takeaway food, which was a group of people who installed bombs and wanted to kill Arasakase Nobuo. It was hard for Carl to imagine the food safety issues in the hotel.

After thinking for a while, Carl came up with an idea.

“This place should have a fire alarm”

Carl looked at Arasaka Nobuyuki: "Mr. Nobuyuki, can you give me some room defense authority?"

"You are my bodyguards."

Even the safety of our lives is now in their hands, so it is natural for this kind of house to have automatic defense.

After getting the permission from Arasaka Nobuyuki, Carl asked again: "Mr. Nobuyuki, how long will it take for the guest you said to come to your house to arrive?"

"The appointment time is four o'clock in the afternoon."

The time now is 11:10, it's still early.

in time.

Carl finally asked a question: "Mr. Seto, do you trust my security arrangements?"

"I chose you to be my bodyguards, so I won't ask about the details."

It seems like you know a lot, as if you've been around the streets before. You know that it's better for laymen not to interfere in certain professional matters.

That being the case.

Carl looked at Oliver: "Oliver, can you and Jack go back and get some things for me? I need you to come back within half an hour. Can you do it?"

"Get something?"

Oliver was puzzled at first, but then he and Jack showed a look of understanding: "Trust my driving skills, twenty minutes will be enough."

"Then I leave it to you."

Under the watchful eye of Arasakase Nobuyuki and after getting his permission, Carl immediately changed the bodyguard arrangement, leaving only him and another person named V as his bodyguards.

Although one outstanding person is enough in the bodyguard industry, the original team of four was reduced to only two people under Carl's arrangement, and the security capability was obviously reduced. Arasakase Nobuo didn't understand what Carl was going to do.

Is there anything he has to ask someone to go back and do?
While Arasakase Nobuyuki was confused, after his two teammates left, Carl called the hotel and asked the kitchen to start delivering food. He just said that he was not very confident about the hotel food, and he immediately asked someone to deliver food. Was it to verify his guess?
Just as Arasakase Nobuyuki thought, Carl was preparing to verify his guess.

The hotel's meals were delivered in a very short time. At Carl's request, no one accompanied him up. There was only a dining cart and the food on it in the meal elevator waiting for everyone in the suite to take it.

Carl faced the food cart and slowly stood in front of Arasakase Nobuo to protect him, while V stepped forward and slowly approached the food cart.

There were no explosions, no trigger sounds, everything was quiet, but V was very cautious.

He was already prepared to activate S'Anwestin in case anything went wrong and to cover Carl and his employer in their evacuation.

Lift the lid off your meal.

White mist rises.

Hold your breath and activate the environmental sensors in the suite for monitoring.

No problem, regular food served hot.

There are five steaks in the dining car.

V scanned with his prosthetic eye, picked up the knife and fork placed next to him, and quickly cut into the steak accurately.

"Bah."

As the juices from the cut flowed out from the squeeze, V held his breath again.

There is still no problem with monitoring.

“The food is fine.”

V said.

"No problem?"

After Karl thought for a moment, he looked at the ornamental fish in the room and said, "Put a knife in the meat and throw it into the water tank to try."

V did as he was told.

And the result is
"It seems that I have to rearrange some pets in this room and order an inspection of the kitchen in this building."

Arasakase Nobuo looked at the ornamental fish in the tank with their bellies up, his face calm. This was the first meal he had officially ordered in the Azure Building since arriving in Night City, but it seemed that some people were already impatient.

“What a pity for the fish.”

Carl sighed and looked at the knife in V's hand. "The problem isn't the meat, but some kind of toxin formed after the knife and meat have been in contact for a period of time. Either one of them is fine, but a knife and fork made of special materials and meat with other materials in contact for a long time will produce a reaction that is fatal enough."

"They dared to do this knowing that we had already noticed that they would tamper with the food. The people involved may have already escaped."

V looked at Arasaka Nobuyuki: "Mr. Nobuyuki, it seems that you are not welcome in Night City."

"It's not that I'm unwelcome. More importantly, I can see that I don't have many people in Night City, so they act recklessly. They want to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of me."

As he spoke, Arasakase Nobuyuki said something that neither Carl nor V understood: "He really can't wait."

he?
The two were wondering who he was that Arasakaze Nobuyuki mentioned. As time passed, Jack and Oliver came back.

They brought what Carl needed.

(End of this chapter)