Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 536 149. Comrade
"So now the situation is clear."

In the Tavernier Suite on the 100th floor of the Blue Green Building, Oliver crossed his legs and said, "To put it simply, a group of thieves set their sights on Nobuaki Sei's things and planned to steal them. And that thing was stolen by you, Nobuaki Sei, from Saburo Arasaka, and they ended up taking a fancy to it as well."

"That's pretty much it."

Arasaka Nobuyuki nodded and pointed to a place in the distance: "The thing is over there. But it's not important. It doesn't matter who you give it to, as long as it doesn't fall into the hands of Arasaka Saburo."

"So, your plan is to let them steal it?"

Jack raised an eyebrow in surprise, "I don't think it would be good for it to fall into the hands of Militech."

"Before this, I had intended to contact the Internet Monitoring Team. They would be interested in this technology that might involve technologies outside the Black Wall. After all, the founder of this technology was the once famous hacker Ott Cunningham."

"Ott Cunningham?"

Carl hummed for a while and recalled the name: "I remember this name. It seems to be a legendary hacker from more than 50 years ago. Oh, I remember she seemed to be a rock star at the time and was a boyfriend and girlfriend with Johnny Silverhand who attacked Arasaka Tower."

As he spoke, Carl suddenly realized something: "How did her technology fall into Arasaka's hands? After that, Johnny Silverhand attacked Arasaka Tower. Could it be that, oh, I think I understand something."

"Arasaka kidnapped Ultra Cunningham, and Johnny Silverhand attacked Arasaka Tower. However, Ultra Cunningham died in the incident. Later, perhaps for revenge or to rebel against Arasaka, Johnny Silverhand, Morgan Blackhand and other legends of the old era accepted the help of military technology, set foot on Arasaka Tower for the second time, and detonated the nuclear bomb."

Arasaka Nobuo said calmly, looking through the window at the rebuilt Arasaka Tower in the distance: "At the time, one of my doubles was in the Arasaka Tower. He was later rescued with the help of a team. He told me the whole process of the incident, including Arasaka Kei's attempt to kill me and his ending, as well as everything shown by Johnny Silverhand, Morgan Blackhand and others."

"Arasaka Kei"

Carl remembered that this was the deceased Arasaka heir, Arasaka Nobuyuki's brother, and Haruko's grandfather.

He tried to kill Arasaka Nobuyuki.

This doesn't seem surprising.

After all, in Arasaka's eyes, Arasaka Nobuyuki has always been a rebel and a traitor.

But now is not the time to recall the past events of Arasaka Tower.

Carl asked, "The original plan was to provide network monitoring, so your thoughts have changed now. You haven't answered the question just now, Lai Xuan, are you planning to provide technology for military technology?"

"No, I've changed my mind now."

Arasaka Nobuo said: "My original plan was to rely on making a deal with the network monitor, find a way to lure Arasaka Saburo out, and create some incidents to provoke a war with military technology."

"The Fifth Corporate War."

Carl keenly understood what Arasaka Nobuyuki was doing: "You want to drag Arasaka to hell, and it would be better to drag other companies with you."

“Even if only one company collapses, it may bring some changes to the world. If all companies collapse, no matter how high the price is, as long as it is for a new world, it is acceptable. This is what I thought in the past.”

Arasaka Nobuyuki made no secret of his previous plan to use Arasaka to drag other companies down with him, a tough approach similar to Johnny Silverhand's bombing of Arasaka Tower, but now he shook his head at his past thoughts.

"But I have changed my mind now. If one company falls, there will only be another one that will stand up again. It is not realistic to want to drag all the companies down with it. Even if we make great sacrifices, we cannot do this with the power of Arasaka alone."

Arasakase Nobuo said: "After I failed in my street resistance, I entered the company and became obsessed with defeating other companies with the company. My thinking began to change slowly. Although the passion has never changed, all I think and all I respond with are based on the company's idea to defeat other companies.

This is no different from Saburo Arasaka, the madman who tried to make Arasaka rule the world. What he wants is order and rule, and what I want is chaos and an end. "

Ruling order and ending chaos are just two sides of the same coin. Things have never changed, and that is to use the power of Arasaka to bring down the entire damn world.

It's just that Sei Nobuyuki's idea is that even if he can't win, he will drag down a few companies with him. But what's the difference between this idea and Arasaka Saburo's idea in the past when he saw that the Japanese Empire could not win and even planned to commit suicide by seppuku? It's just a struggle before death.

"I have to lament this, too. It is indeed my bloodline that is constraining my thoughts."

Arasaka Nobuo looked at Carl:

"But my thoughts have changed now. After getting along with you, understanding what you do, and walking on the streets in person and regaining the name Yoli, I realized that the ideas of street people may not be able to resist the company, and the power of street people may be insignificant and not worth mentioning. The existence of street people is nothing in the eyes of big companies, but it is also a spark of existence."

"Spark."

Carl recited this all too familiar word.

“I never thought that in Night City, a place that seems to be always in chaos, I could see NCPD officers who truly have justice maintaining order again, and that people would take the initiative to call the NCPD for help.”

Arasakase Nobuo paused and looked at Carl: "You can still see people with past thoughts who seem unable to integrate into Night City for a moment."

"You can just say that my ideas are as old-fashioned as yours. Isn't it just the feeling of seeing comrades holding the same old ideas? Why do you have to make it so mysterious?"

Carl rolled his eyes: "So, you originally felt that there was no one in the world you could count on, and the next generation was doomed, like there was a generation gap between you and an old man, and you stubbornly only did things according to your own ideas. Now you find another 'stupid boy' who is not too old and has the same ideas as you did in the past, and you feel like you can talk to him, and you feel that the world is not hopeless after all?"

What is the ultimate feeling of satisfaction that comes from seeing new people joining the old two-dimensional world?

Carl felt that his thoughts had jumped to another level.

Isn't Arasakaze Nobuyuki's idea:

The world is over, no one is resisting anymore. I don't know if anyone can save the world after me. Instead of this, I might as well turn my broken body into a raging fire and explode with the world. I'll take as many people as I can take with me, just in case I succeed.

No, there are still people who understand. That person is younger than me, and he has changed Night City and done real things. There is still hope.

The world can still be saved.

Hearing Carl's complaints, Arasakaze Nobuyuki laughed out loud. He hadn't laughed so happily in a long time. It was just like riding a motorcycle on the street with the wind blowing on his head, and his hair was messed up by the wind:
"That may be the case."

After laughing, he pointed to where the Relic was. "Anyway, my current thought is that the thing is yours, use it however you want, Carl. I think you can think of a better way to use it than I can."

"You asked me to think about it, but I can't think of it for a moment."

Carl complained, but his eyes slowly became serious: "We have to kill Arasaka Saburo first, and then we can have a good chat."

(End of this chapter)