Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 467 80. Go to meet

"I need you to help me with something."

On the night after watching the Mewtwo press conference, Carl received a communication from Kenichi Shiro.

He actually wanted to say, 'Why on earth, Mr. Kenichi Shiro, are you so disrespectful to me that you didn't even reply to the jokes I sent you, and now you ask me to help you with something', but Carl didn't say this out loud because he felt that Kenichi Shiro would not understand the meaning of this sentence.

So he was silent for a moment and then said, "I'm actually very busy recently."

"That's not what I wanted to hear."

Kenichi Shiro's words were calm. Now that he had some understanding of Carl's personality, he said, "If you have any problem, I can help you solve it now."

"If I say I'm hungry and want Mr. Kenichi Shiro to bring me some food"

"The fresh ingredients are on their way. If you need me, I can send you another chef."

"Uh"

Kenichi Shiro seemed to have figured out how to deal with Carl. To this non-serious guy, he should deal with him in a serious way and give him whatever he said. As a result, Carl would not get used to it.

And it turned out that the method that Kenichi Shiro understood was very effective.

Just a casual remark that the goods were on the way made Karl restrain his urge to talk about more nonsense and speak honestly:

"So, what is it, is it urgent?"

"I can give you two months."

That means it's not an emergency?
Carl didn't care too much. In two months, he could finish everything. He asked what the job was first:

"What do you want us to do? Do you want us to go on a business trip?"

Karl thought of the network monitoring job he had been scheduled to do and added, "It's too far for me to go."

"Not far, in Night City."

Is there a job in Night City that takes two months?
"So what kind of job is it?"

"Find some time to meet with Wilton Holt, and then..."

"Wilton Holt?"

Kenichi Shiro was interrupted by Carl in surprise when he was about to say something. He had just seen the deputy mayor of Night City in Mewtwo, so how come he got a job to meet him?

"Are you asking us to assist the City Council in the Taiping State Exclusion Plan?"

"It seems that you already know about that."

Kenichi Shiro paused for a moment, then continued, "It has something to do with that incident." "Are you planning to have us maintain law and order or serve as bodyguards? For that kind of thing, the NCPD should be enough. If that doesn't work, there's still the Terrorist Squad. There shouldn't be a need for mercenaries like us."

Carl subconsciously thought that what Kenichi Shiro wanted them to do was to maintain the policy announced by the city council, which would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the remaining residents of Taiping State. But on second thought, Kenichi Shiro obviously didn't need them to take action in such matters.

Could it be that.
Carl realized something: "They don't want us to sabotage this plan, cause chaos or something, and make this policy fail."

"neither."

Kenichi Shiro rejected Carl's continuous speculation. He seemed neither hurried nor slow, and there was even an indescribable sense of judgment in his words:
“Why don’t you use your brain again to guess what I want you to do, Karl.”

Kenichi Shiro often said this when he was testing and training Chiyo in the past, in order to cultivate her subjective consciousness. Now when facing Carl, he can also subconsciously say such words similar to the scrutiny of an elder testing a younger generation.

Without paying attention to the change in Kenichi Shiro's words, which he himself did not notice, Carl frowned slightly as he listened to his words and began to think.

It is neither maintenance nor destruction, which means it may have nothing to do with the realization of that policy. Then what else does Kenichi Shiro need to do?
Make yourself available to Deputy Mayor Wilton Holt
vice-mayor?
Carl suddenly realized.

Yes, why is it the deputy mayor?
In terms of political views and public opinion, Mayor Lucius Lane is the most pro-Arasaka, and Arasaka has made many contributions to his current position as mayor.

In return, Lucius Lane led a series of policies to allow the reconstruction of Arasaka Tower and to allow Arasaka forces to re-enter Night City. Compared to Mayor Lucius Lane, Deputy Mayor Wilton Holt is just his deputy.

As the vice president of Night City, Kenichi Shiro is the highest-ranking person in Arasaka in the entire North American region, except for those of the Arasaka family. In other words, he can represent Arasaka. If he really needs to discuss something with the city council, he should go to the mayor, Lucius Lane, instead of the deputy mayor, Wilton Holt, unless
Carl thought about his guess after watching the Mewtwo press conference.

Even he could sense the change in Lucius Lane's attitude from just one meeting between Lucius Lane and Arasaka Nobuyuki, and understood a series of tendencies that might be beneficial to military technology from the policies he implemented. How could Arasaka not feel it?
Carl once watched a dog training video, and there was a similar line in it.

If a dog you raise changes its attitude one day, you have to think about whether it regards other people as its owners.

After realizing that Arasaka was likely aware of some of Lucius Lane's attitude changes, Carl understood what Kenichi Shiro wanted to do.

"If we want to get rid of the mayor, we do need to make some arrangements. Two months is not a lot of time, but with the assistance of the deputy mayor, it should be easier."

Listening to what Carl said, which completely understood his meaning, Kenichi Shiro on the other side revealed a barely perceptible smile at the corner of his mouth, and nodded with slight satisfaction. Then the next second, he realized what he had just done.

He is actually useless. No, he is incompetent. No, he is extremely hateful, which is even more wrong. He is trying to take advantage of others. That's right.

He actually felt some satisfaction towards this kid who was trying to take advantage of others!
This idea is unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable.

His face turned cold smoothly. Kenichi Shiro was alone in the office. No one could see his expression and thoughts, but his tone was calm and businesslike again: "Now that you understand, you should think about how to deal with this matter. Find Kenichi Kazuya, and he will arrange the meeting for you."

After saying this, he hung up the phone.

Carl, who didn't feel the change in Kenichi Shiro's tone, was stunned for a moment holding the phone that was hung up.

Because he found that Kenichi Shiro seemed to have forgotten something.

"Wait a minute, where's the reward?"

(End of this chapter)