Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 419 32. Blood

"This car is a bit cramped."

"You could just say it's crowded, Mr. Nobuaki."

Sitting in the open-air rear compartment of the flatbed pickup truck with V, Karl said, "After all, you said we need to keep a low profile when we go out today, so we naturally can't drive anything particularly eye-catching. Our car has had some problems recently and has not been modified yet, so we can only borrow a car from acquaintances."

“Ask an acquaintance to borrow a car”

With his face disguised to a certain extent, Arasakase Nobuyuki could look up and see the sky directly. It had been a long time since he had experienced this kind of open air feeling.

"Is your acquaintance a smuggler?"

"Of course. He is still one of the best truck drivers in the Heywood area to the city center. Others call him Old Trucker. He is a professional. He bought this truck recently. We have to return it later. He lent it to us out of kindness, so we can't damage it."

Hearing the nickname "Old Man" which was obviously a common nickname used on the streets, Arasakase Nobuyuki thought about his past experiences on the streets. Then he looked at the Thunderous Mackinaw MTL1 he was sitting on, sighed, and said nothing more.

Since returning to Arasaka, I haven't felt this kind of feeling for a long time. I used to think that I could see everything clearly, but now that I have been in Arasaka for a long time, I subconsciously feel a little uncomfortable with my past life.

Too deeply infected.

This car is quite nice to sit in.

If you change to other cars, not many of them can feel the wind and look up at the sky.
But the sky is not clear at all, it is completely covered by the light.

Arasaka Nobuo's eyes swept across the Arasaka Tower in the distance, and his expression returned to calm, while the Thunderbolt Mackinaw MTL1 continued to drive in the traffic.

On both sides of the Thunderbolt Mackinaw MTL1, because the rear compartment of the Thunderbolt Mackinaw MTL1 was open to the sky, many people caught a glimpse of the three people sitting in the rear compartment when driving by, but each of them just glanced casually and moved away.

The reason is simple. The Thunder Mackinaw MTL1 is just an ordinary flatbed pickup truck. The person sitting on it looks very plain in appearance and dress, just like an ordinary person with little money. Even in a place like the city center, people dressed like this are definitely not uncommon. After all, when people in a company are working, they always need some ordinary people to handle chores.

The Thunderous Mackinaw MTL1 carried Carl's team and Arasakase Nobuyuki all the way until it reached the edge of the company square and the Lijing area, where the vehicle slowed down.

The Beautiful District is a favorite area among company personnel and gang leaders. For those who do not want to live in Charter Hill or in North Oak, the Beautiful District in Haywood is where they can settle down.

After parking the Thunderway Mackinaw MTL1, several people got out of the car and, led by Jack, headed towards the scheduled meeting place.

The place they were heading to was the apartment closest to the company square in the Lijing District, and the one with the most expensive rent in the area. Arasakase Nobuyuki had already told them the address in advance, so the few of them remained silent throughout the action to avoid unnecessary attention caused by their conversation.

Going all the way up, because the address is on the third floor, everyone did not take the elevator but chose to walk. It was obvious that no one had been on the stairs for a long time. When walking, one could smell a distinct smell of old dust. It seemed that the people living in the apartment did not have the habit of crossing floors at their own pace.

The apartment building that Carl and the others entered had an excellent living environment commensurate with the expensive rent. There were only two tenants on each floor, and each person could enjoy half of the space of a floor. However, according to the information known in advance, the person that Arasakase Nobuyuki wanted to meet on the third floor did not have any other people living opposite him. In other words, the entire third floor was reserved for that person alone.

"Click."

Walking in the front, Jack, who had subcutaneous armor on his body that could resist a certain degree of attack, pushed open the iron door, making a sound of metal friction, and then stepped into the third floor.

The moment he walked in, Jack's face changed.

Because he found bloodstains on the tile walls on both sides of the corridor after coming out of the stairs.

"Something is wrong."

Jack said this and immediately took a defensive posture, while V immediately protected Arasakase Nobuo behind him. In the sudden tense alert, everyone did not suffer any attack.

Apart from the bloody smell that kept drilling into his nose, the entire third floor was very quiet, almost dead silent.

"Let me check."

Carl said, frowning as he walked out from behind Jack and observed the bloodstains on the ground.

The bloodstains were not serious enough to cover the entire wall. Judging from the traces on the tiles on both sides, it was probably a person who was halfway through his walk when someone suddenly stabbed him in the body with a mantis knife from behind and tore him in half. As for why Carl was so sure it was the mantis knife, it was because although he did not use the mantis knife, he had seen a lot of Mewtwo and was able to make a comparison of the approximate situation.

Judging from the height of the blood, the person who was killed was about 1.76 meters tall. There were obvious marks of the body being dragged on the ground. It was obvious that the person had dealt with the marks slightly, but it was not known why he only dealt with the body.

With a flip of his hand, a small knife appeared in Carl's hand.

Neurotoxin knife.

"I'll go first."

After replanning the team's movements, Carl was walking slowly along the track with a knife in hand. Until he passed a corner that made him alert, he was not attacked at all.

The bloodstains spread all the way to the distance and entered a room on the side, and the door of that room was open.

"Sir, the person you want to see is..."

"It's on the other side."

I see. In other words, in the room with no tenants, there is now a person who has just killed someone and dragged the person into the empty room?
Smelling the increasingly distinct smell of blood and looking at the increasingly fresh bloodstains, Carl heard the sound of footsteps.

There was the sound of footsteps walking outside from the open door.

"despair"

Just as they were about to walk out the door, the footsteps stopped.

The stop was so sudden, as if the person inside noticed that someone outside in the distance was watching him as he was about to leave the door.

Time seems to have frozen.

"despair."

There was another sound of footsteps.

Carl heard the sound and walked out of the room.

But there was no one in the corridor.

Nothing at all.

Except for a pool of blood at the door, which suddenly twisted.

(End of this chapter)