Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 546 159. No one should know
"I heard you and Haruko were close."

Saburo Arasaka looked at Carl, examining this young man whose bloodline was not as disgusting to him as that of Americans. He could accept him, but he also felt contempt for him.

"Under normal circumstances, I would not discipline my children too much, especially Haruko's matter, which should be decided by her mother Michiko, but in this matter, Michiko obviously disappointed me."

Saburo Arasaka spoke slowly, with a sense of blame from an elder towards his granddaughter:

"No matter what, I watched Haruko grow up, and Hanako often cared about her, but it seems that our attention to her is not known to outsiders, so that any unknown kid from anywhere dares to target the people of the Arasaka family."

Saburo Arasaka's words had a hidden meaning, and the person he was referring to was obviously Carl.

His words made Karl frown deeply.

Care, attention?
Why do these words sound so disgusting to him?

Carl at least understood Japanese, so he wouldn't have heard it wrong. He was sure that these were the two words that Saburo Arasaka said, but should these two words really be said by Saburo Arasaka?

Karl has not forgotten that Saburo Arasaka set a so-called test for Haruko because of her blood relationship. That test almost sent Haruko and him away. Is this the so-called "care" and "attention"?
"That's a funny thing to say."

Carl couldn't stop speaking when faced with his friend's affairs.

"If you really cared about Haruko, maybe I wouldn't be here to be targeted by what you said."

"This is a necessary test. Someone like you who is a fake, has no background, no family heritage, and no family values ​​will not understand."

Saburo Arasaka looked at Carl's sarcastic expression and said, "This is exactly why you have been degenerating into a pathetic country in the last century and even before."

Fist, clenched.

"I think losers have no right to say such things."

Carl looked at Saburo Arasaka deeply: "Especially a participant who joined the war, lost his eyes and hands, and rolled back to his homeland like a dog, raising his hands and surrendering."

Saburo Arasaka's experience has long been known to people as he became famous. Saburo Arasaka was not surprised that Carl knew about his experience when he was young, but he did not feel any shame or remorse for it:

"This is exactly why I can stand here. No one said that you can't stand up again after failure."

He said in a matter-of-fact tone:

"Only the weak will linger in failure, while the strong will hold the ladder to climb up with their own hands. With my own hands, I have made Arasaka stand on the top of the world, and will also make it surpass all other companies and become the existence standing on the top of the mountain. My ideal country will also be in my hands, and I will return it to the position that it deserves."

“Nothing is ever taken for granted.”

Carl looked at Saburo Arasaka and said, "Do the illusions of the past still linger in your mind? You have never cared about how many people have been miserable because of your so-called ideals and dreams over the long years."

"Pale and powerless words."

Saburo Arasaka said: "The strong prey on the weak. All the so-called misfortunes of people are nothing but the result of their own inadequacies. The cause of their misery is only because of themselves.

The value of a person's existence lies in how much benefit he can bring to me. The United States, which once defeated me, has collapsed. The Japanese government that stood in front of me and tried to stop me has also succumbed to me. Only those who stand on the top of the mountain can gain everything. This is just the natural law at the beginning. "

Saburo Arasaka rarely spoke these words containing his own teachings to others.

In other words, he had only said such words to Arasaka Kei and Arasaka Nobuo.

After hearing his words, Arasaka Kei chose to agree and became his most outstanding successor in the past period of time. Arasaka Nobuyuki chose to abandon him, left the Arasaka family and became a "traitor".

When Saburo Arasaka said this to Carl, the thought in his mind might still be some kind of test.

A kind of watching to see if the other person is qualified to receive one's reward and gift.

In his mind, Saburo Arasaka recalled what he had learned about Carl's specialness from the captured AI before coming to Night City.

If he is under my control and can obey me, then perhaps I can sacrifice a family member with half the sinful blood to become the dog chain. But if he is unwilling to submit to me,
Then his value can only go so far.

No matter how important and special something is, if you can't use it for your own benefit, it will end up in the end.

Saburo Arasaka looked at Carl, wanting to use his philosophy to tell Carl that except for the strongest people in this world, the only reason for the existence of all people is that they are classified as meat.

And he also extended his hand, willing to pull the other person to the top.

If Carl could understand his teachings and show a hint of approval, then Arasaka Saburo would change his attitude without hesitation, showing a teachable attitude, and after giving him some necessary tests, allow him and Haruko to get one step closer and take a step toward success.

Are you willing to stand on the top of the mountain, or will you be abandoned by yourself like Lai Xuan?
Saburo Arasaka thought this was not a difficult choice.

It is human nature to pursue fame and fortune.

In this world, there is no one who is willing to give up his or her own hope of getting closer and look to others.

Saburo Arasaka has lived for more than a century, and he has never seen such a person in this era.

pity.

Carl came from that era that he could still see.

He could hear that Saburo Arasaka was teaching him his philosophy, and Carl understood what Saburo Arasaka's teachings meant.

Everyone knows what it means to be taught by the God of Business.

He only needs to stretch out his hands, or even not even need to stretch out his hands, to stand in the sky.

Being appreciated by Saburo Arasaka means standing on top of the world.

But in the final analysis.

"That's just your dream."

People and their ideals can never be changed by words.

Carl was no longer willing to say more about whether the law of the jungle was the right thing to do in this era.

He only wants to speak his own words.

Those pale and powerless words.

"Do you think you are the only one who has a dream?"

Saburo Arasaka stands at the top of the world. He can naturally express his ideals and dreams, demand others to agree with him, and demand that everyone in the world submit to his dreams and authority.

but
"Even a pathetic little person who died of a drug overdose had a dream that he could not realize, never pursued, and had no way to pursue. He failed in reality and could only hide it in his heart."

And that dream.

“That dream.”

Carl had a gun on his waist.

A gun from Allen.

“No one should know.”

(End of this chapter)