Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 471 84. Good

"You should plan to invite Arasaka Haruko to the Christmas party then."

Oliver, who was driving the car, was not surprised by what Carl said. He just said the same thing as Jack, who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Then we have to prepare more tableware. I don't know if she can get used to eating ordinary street food."

“I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.”

V, who was sitting in the back row, said, "Mrs. Wells's cooking is the best I've ever tasted. As long as Mrs. Wells cooks, there will be no problem. Didn't I hear you say that when Carl first arrived in Night City, he couldn't get used to this or that, but he loved Mrs. Wells's fried French fries."

"Yeah, at that time he would hold on to the bucket of French fries at home and wouldn't let go. I suspect he ate almost as many French fries during that time as I have eaten in a year."

Jack said jokingly: "How do you say that? A starving ghost is reincarnated."

"Nonsense, the fries are just delicious, and I'm not the type to wolf them down."

Carl rolled his eyes.

No one in the team was surprised that Arasaka Haruko was coming, nor did they show any special treatment. When the other members of the team heard Carl say that they would invite Arasaka Haruko to come, they just said "Oh" and prepared an extra set of tableware.

If it was a year ago, it would definitely not have been possible. After all, at that time, they were just small characters hanging around on the streets or in the badlands. They were not familiar with Arasaka Haruko, and they had no idea what this member of the Arasaka family was thinking. But now...

Arasaka Nobuyuki had drunk wine and eaten together with them. No matter how high Arasaka Haruko's status is, she cannot compare to Arasaka Nobuyuki within Arasaka. Moreover, Arasaka Haruko and Carl are friends. Since Carl's friends are coming, why not just prepare a treat for them?

As he was talking, Jack suddenly remembered something: "By the way, will the bodyguard lady who has been following us come too? If so, I'll have to prepare an extra set of tableware."

"The bar shouldn't be short of this kind of tableware. There must be some extra."

As Oliver said this, he thought of another point: "Will Kenichi Shiro come?"

Kenichi Shiro is a relatively special person to several members of the team. In name, everyone can activate another Arasaka identity under Kenichi Shiro's name at any time, and several people do the most tasks for Kenichi Shiro within Arasaka. Kenichi Shiro is considered to be the most familiar person in Arasaka to the other members of the team. If he wants to come, they have to prepare well.

"I didn't invite you."

Carl said honestly, "He seems very busy. Let's not bother him. Instead, we can ask Mr. Johnson and Andy if they can spare some time for Christmas this year. Last year, because of Christmas, the entire NCPD was unable to take leave due to the surge in lawbreakers. This year, the streets are much more stable than last year. Maybe they can spare some time to come."

"Mr. Johnson?"

Thinking of Johnson, Jack thought of another person who was about the same age as Johnson, and also thought of his family members:
"Oh, I almost forgot, Oliver, can your father and sister come with us? And Jed from the transportation center, the one who always brings us meat and drinks with us many times, will he come?"

"I'll ask later, but this is a lot of people. Can the Wild Wolf Bar accommodate so many people?"

Oliver was muttering, but V came up with a solution: "If not, just keep it at our house. Our house is big enough anyway. We can invite Mrs. Wells and Misty over in advance and decorate it the way they like. By the way, I haven't notified Old V yet, so I have to notify him too."

"It's good to let it go to our house. I'll tell mom that when the time comes. By the way, I don't know if Brown and Mann have time. I'll have to call and ask them."

Jack said this, but he was not sure: "Brown seems to be protecting Kerry now. I don't know if he can spare the time."

"Then let's call Kerry over as well. He's a nice guy anyway. We used to drink and chat often when he was in Night City." V ​​is the one who is most familiar with Kerry in the team. Because he heard Kerry's song in Dogtown, he told Carl about his interest in this area at that time. Later, he visited Kerry more often. To him, Kerry is a friend. Since they are friends, it's okay to invite him over as well.

"Wow, Star Kerry, my dad, and Mr. Johnson, this party sounds even more awesome than the one at Bao Shi Qing."

Oliver counted the number of people and found that there were quite a lot of people coming: "Let's order a cake, but we have to order a bigger one."

Karl shook his head: "Let's do it ourselves. I know how to make cakes. Mr. Kenichi Shiro just sent the ingredients a few days ago. The good flour will be just right for use when the time comes."

"So Kenichi Shiro sent something over, but we didn't invite him. Why don't we ask him?"

V felt a little guilty after listening to Carl's words, and Carl thought about it and sent a message.

"I don't have time to participate. I'm busy. Don't think about playing the emotional card."

"?"

Carl, who was confused, replied with a question mark and said Kenichi Shiro's attitude: "He refused."

"Then there's no need to feel guilty."

Oliver said, thinking of someone: "By the way, let's call Blanca. After all, she is our long-term client. Although she is only familiar with you, Carl, there are also a lot of friends who are only familiar with one of us among the people who came today. Do you want to call them together?"

"Then I have to invite another friend of mine along as well."

Carl thought of Maki and was about to ask his good friend if she was free. He just sent a message to Blanca, but before he could send a message to Maki, Maki sent a message to him: "Do you like cake? Christmas is coming soon. I'm going to make a big cake. Let's go to Haruko's place to eat it together."

He is really extra sensitive. He sent it to me before I even sent a message.

"Come to my house when the time comes, Haruko."

After sending a message of invitation and explanation to Maki, Carl received a reply from Blanca.

"Where?"

"my home."

Blanca's messages stopped for a long time, and just when Carl thought she was working overtime and was busy again, new messages came.

"it is good."

Just a simple switch to Chinese words.

(End of this chapter)