Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 468 81. Dealing with the Mayor
"I don't remember us meeting and I said you needed to bring so many people."

The meeting with Wilton Holt was arranged not long after Kenichi and Kazuya's contact. In a private room of the Haywood Restaurant at night, the obese Wilton Holt looked at Carl and others who came in with his eyes under his glasses and said some words with slight dissatisfaction.

"Then you didn't say that I couldn't bring so many people, Mr. 'Deputy Mayor'."

Karl emphasized the word "deputy mayor" and naturally pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Wilton Holt's dining table. At the same time, V and the others who followed him also found a seat at the table. The four mercenaries surrounded the lonely Wilton Holt in an instant.

Fortunately, the space in this suite is large enough, otherwise it would seem a bit crowded with only five men sitting there. But even though the space in this suite is large enough, when Karl and the others sat down, Wilton Holt felt that the air around him seemed to have solidified all of a sudden, and it seemed that breathing had become a little difficult.

His heart skipped a beat, and Wilton Holt himself couldn't explain why his breathing suddenly became heavy, but his body's instinct told him that he was in a dangerous situation.

This is a feeling of suffocation that an ordinary person would feel when he stays near wild beasts without any isolation.

Even though Wilton Holt knew that Carl and the others would not attack him and that the two sides were partners in form, his heartbeat still began to speed up uncontrollably.

But after all, Wilton Holt was a veteran politician and had seen all kinds of people, so after taking a deep breath, he forcibly suppressed his body's discomfort and focused on what he was going to talk about next.

What he was going to say to this group of mercenaries next was so important that if even a single word of it got out, it would be a major leak that would shock the entire Night City population, so he had to be careful.

Wilton Holt looked at Karl, who was sitting there without any nervousness at all, and his mood became much calmer.

No matter what, at least the people who came to help this time were the best mercenary team in the city. If there was any team in the Night City mercenary circle that could get things done, it would only be them.

Thinking about the intelligence he had obtained about the 100% completion rate of the KK team, Wilton Holt carefully considered his words and said, "I have always been arranging Lucius's schedule. Recently, he will go to the city council to sign documents because of the Taiping State incident. If you want to take action, I can provide you with a map of the vehicle's itinerary."

"Are you going to do it on the way?"

Carl felt that this assassination method sounded so familiar, as if a certain American president and a certain Austro-Hungarian crown prince died in this way. However, a familiar assassination method does not mean that it is not useful. Its success is enough to prove its practicality in assassination. When people are on the road, they are often more relaxed, which has a higher success rate than waiting at a fixed point for assassination.

However, Carl rejected this common assassination method after a little thought.

"No."

The reason is very simple, just like the reason why Carl's team rejected this assassination method when they were about to attack the former NCPD chief. This kind of assassination gunman is not easy to escape, and Wilton Holt may not be implicated when being chased, but it would be too easy to find their KK team.

Carl looked at Wilton Holt:
"None of us are fools, Mr. Deputy Mayor. Please remember that we are not commissioned by you. We only have the obligation to assist you. It does not mean that we are your subordinates and need to obey your orders unconditionally. Please stop using us as sacrifices. Otherwise, I don't mind letting you, Mr. Deputy Mayor, accompany the mayor when he dies."

Without any hesitation, Carl threatened his life calmly. The job he received from Kenichi Shiro was just to assist the deputy mayor in finding a way to get rid of the mayor. The entire mission only required the death of the mayor, and did not mention guaranteeing the deputy mayor's safety. Putting a bomb on the deputy mayor and letting him die together with the mayor was also to assist the deputy mayor in killing the mayor. Carl did not think there was anything wrong with this. When Carl told Wilton Holt about his possible death in a calm tone, he felt cold all over.

Although Karl’s words were plain, his tone was serious, without a trace of falsehood, and as long as you listened, you could feel the sincerity of his words.

If I continue to talk about using the KK team as sacrifices, KK will really let me and the mayor die together. This guy has no concerns at all.

Wilton Holt cursed in his heart.

Among the information about KK collected by his subordinates, there is a text that describes it like this.

KK is unexpectedly a very easy-going person. In order to complete the task, he will take appropriate risks. When communicating with him, you can try to ask him if he can perform radical tasks.

There seems to be no problem with the data. The only thing missing is that the collected data does not mention whether KK will warn the other party if they say something offensive when trying to communicate.

However, he didn't really intend to let KK and others take the blame. Wilton Holt's proposal of this approach was actually just a negotiation technique.

At the beginning, make a request to the other party in the negotiation that they are unlikely to accept. When the other party refuses, gradually lower the conditions and finally achieve your real goal.

This method is easier for the other party to accept than directly stating the true intention at the beginning. Wilton Holt often uses this negotiation technique and usually achieves good results, but it went wrong today.

Fortunately, Carl did not turn hostile directly, but just made a plain verbal threat, so there was still room for further discussion.

Wilton Holt's expression changed instantly and he smiled: "It's just a little joke, KK. I have people who are really suitable for the mission, but I just need your assistance."

Is there anyone else to take the blame?

Karl watched Wilton Holt's performance calmly without saying much. He just tapped his fingers lightly on the table, making a sound, and said, "Speak human language."

"Lucius often goes to some private places where accidents happen. For the sake of Lucius's reputation, some things are not easy to make public, so no one will investigate them in detail."

Wilton Holt revealed his true purpose.

(End of this chapter)