Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 435 48. Peace of Mind
The message that Carl received from Blanca was simple: she had just finished work and could have a good rest for the night, so she planned to invite Carl to come over and sit down with her.

When dealing with the former NCPD chief, Carl made an agreement with Blanca that if he was free in the future, he would definitely visit her house. Obviously, Blanca is now looking for a free time to ask Carl to come over.

Carl was quite happy to accept his friend's invitation.

The other companions are all busy tonight, and Qiuqiu is the only one at home. If he stays at home alone and plays with Qiuqiu, bored to death, wouldn't that be very pitiful? It's always good to have something to do.

Blanca's residence is in Charter Hill, a place where many company dogs live together. Carl doesn't come there very often, but when he arrives at the relevant location via Delaman's taxi, he finds Blanca already waiting downstairs.

There are many luxury apartments in Charter Hill, some of which are equipped with special security equipment. Ordinary people who want to enter the apartment without verification will be eliminated by the automatically activated device. Although Carl is obviously not an ordinary person, it is not a good idea to dismantle the security equipment of the entire building when visiting a friend's house. So after Blanca received Carl's reply indicating that he would come, she waited downstairs.

"Yo."

Glancing at Blanca, Carl discovered that Blanca might have just gotten off work not long ago, because she was still wearing the classic office dog clothes, her hair was messy, and her skin was not very hydrated. It was obvious that she had just finished a long period of overtime and staying up late.

"How long have you been working?"

"Only thirty-four hours."

Her voice sounded a little tired, but Blanca still perked up and said, "I didn't use any stimulants or anything like that. I just endured for a while. Coffee really doesn't work at all."

"Don't treat the use of medicine as normal. Aren't you really afraid of sudden death?"

Carl complained, and walked into the apartment building under Blanca's guidance: "But I know it's useless to say this. You guys are so competitive, maybe you've already gotten used to it."

"I'll be able to relax from now on. It's always like this when I'm busy. Now that I'm done with work today, I can take some time off."

Blanca rubbed her eyes. Her artificial eye had obviously not been debugged recently, and some frames skipped. "Besides, since you said you wanted to come and play, I have to give you a chance. Otherwise, you'll always be working overtime, and you'll be busy with work, so we won't be able to meet each other."

"That's true."

If you don't meet with friends often, you will always feel lonely. Although it sounds ridiculous, Blanca only has Carl as a friend.

The two took the elevator all the way up to the upper floors and arrived at Blanca's apartment. Blanca rubbed her eyes and walked in, giving the authority to Carl, who then observed Blanca's room.

Carl had entered women's rooms many times, but this was the first time he had seen a room like Blanca's.

It's not simple, but it's definitely not luxurious either. It doesn't match the traditional concept of where a company dog ​​should live. The room looks not only cluttered with all kinds of messy sundries, but also a bit dim.

It looks like a small room even though the space is quite large.

Noticing Carl's eyes scanning her room, Blanca explained, "I don't like people from the cleaning company entering my private room, and I'm usually too busy to tidy it up, so it's been like this for a long time, but I'm used to it."

Are you used to this dim, crowded, and cramped room?

Carl's mind flashed back to what Blanca had once told him about her youth.

When she was a child, Blanca spent her entire childhood in an attic without seeing the sun.

Are you used to it?
"Sit wherever you like. Sit wherever you see a place that can accommodate people."

Sitting on a place that was probably the bed, Blanca searched the bedside table for a while and threw a can of sweet tea to Carl: "Are you disappointed? It doesn't look like a woman's room at all."

"Fortunately."

Carl took the drink that Blanca threw to him because she knew his taste, and sat on a place where he couldn't tell whether it was a sofa or a pile of equipment: "At least it fits my impression of you."

"What impression do you have? A stupid company dog ​​who works hard, burns himself out for the company, and devotes himself to it?"

"Ambition."

Carl's words touched Blanca's heart, causing her to pause as she took out another bottle of drink from the bedside table. Then Carl continued:

"People who don't care about small things must have something bigger in their hearts that they care about. For you, this room is just a temporary residence. You just need to ensure that the privacy is not leaked. You will have to move to a new house sooner or later, so there is no need to take care of it, right?" "."

Blanca also took out a bottle of sweet tea: "Are you so sure?"

"I just think that no one would recreate an environment they didn't like in their childhood. If someone really recreates it and mentions it casually, it means that she has moved on from the past and is looking to the future. What else can expectations for the future be but ambition?"

"You can put it more romantically, calling it a dream."

“Isn’t a dream just ambition?”

"That sounds like what a mercenary would say."

"The one who responded to the mercenary must be the words of the company dog."

Carl's words brought a smile to Blanca's tired face.

"Then mercenary, stay well today."

"Stay?"

Carl opened the sweet tea and took a sip, looking at Blanca who was lying on the bed after the start with confusion: "Are you going to sleep?"

"Thirty-four hours, it's exhausting, so goodnight, my friend."

After saying this, Blanca closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

One second, two seconds
Judging from the visual observation, he has fallen asleep.

Fall asleep in seconds?

Are you some fourth-grade genius who takes naps? And how can you call someone over and just go to sleep?

Would anyone invite friends over to hang out, then let them stay as they please while they themselves lie down and take a deep sleep?

This is so reassuring and relaxing.

Complaining in his mind, Carl looked at Blanca who was sleeping particularly peacefully. He sighed softly, trying not to disturb her sleep.

"So, you are really tired and want to have a good sleep?"

Carl looked at the sweet tea in his hand.

Come on.

Anyway, I have accepted the "bribe".

This reminded Carl of the time when he used to bribe his friends with snacks and drinks when he asked them for help.

Snacks and drinks are not important. Even if you don't ask them properly, they will always help you. It's just that there are snacks and drinks.
Friends can stay together and eat and drink more naturally.

Carl looked around and found that Blanca had actually bought a lot of food.

After returning with a bag of snacks that didn't make much noise when eaten, Carl looked at Blanca who was sleeping.

Although my skin looks a little greasy due to long hours of overtime work, my hair is messy, and my sleeping posture is not good, but.
Think about that beautiful but particularly unpleasant look of the two people when they first met, or this reassuring look is more comfortable to look at.

　ps. While writing this I suddenly remembered that a friend of mine once shared her screen with me while watching a video together, and then she fell asleep and snored away while I recorded her.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)