Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 593 7. Festival
To be honest, I don’t know much about Arasaka Hanako.”

After learning that the mission was related to Arasaka Hanako, Carl pondered for a moment and spoke slowly, “However, I have heard more or less about her from some acquaintances;
In their mouths, Arasaka Hanako is a gentle and well-educated woman, completely different from the character of another iconic woman of the Arasaka family, Arasaka Michiko. She has almost never left the Arasaka mansion in Japan in her entire life. Even if she occasionally leaves, she is always closely protected by the Arasaka 100-man ninja team, and her guard force is second only to Arasaka Saburo himself. Well, that's about all I know."

Although Carl said "this is roughly what I know", his words have already clearly outlined Arasaka Hanako's personality traits and the security forces around her.

As a mercenary, his intelligence network is already quite outstanding. If he wants to take action against Arasaka Hanako, he can use Carl's description as a basic plan to formulate a plan.

The reason why Carl revealed all this was to raise a key question:

"So, Arasaka Hanako, are we going to help her, or do we touch her?"

This sentence is the real purpose that Carl has been preparing for for a long time.

Whether taking action or assisting, a basic understanding of the target is essential. Carl's words just now were not only about sharing intelligence, but also about allowing the newcomers in the team to more clearly understand the nature of the mission.

Although Johnny Silverhand became famous half a century earlier than Carl, when he was a rock star, Arasaka Hanako, as a member of the Arasaka family, was far from famous, and even her appearance was little known.

What's more, people change, and today, half a century later, it is necessary for Carl to help Johnny Silverhand have a basic understanding of the target, rather than starting to have wild thoughts when he hears the word "Arasaka".

"The Arasaka family, huh, it's so damn unlucky. Aren't there enough Arasaka idiots in this city? It's like the whole world revolves around them. They are indispensable in everything. Now a former young lady can show up."

After listening to Carl's brief introduction, Johnny Silverhand was obviously still bothered by the word "Arasaka", but he didn't say much. He just snorted coldly and then turned his gaze to Rogge, obviously waiting for her decision - to assist or to take action.

Roger did not give a direct answer to Carl's question about whether to assist or take action. Perhaps because Johnny Silverhand was present, Roger showed a different attitude from his usual neat and capable demeanor. Instead, he threw out a question: "Have you heard of the festival commemorating Saburo Arasaka, the one that you're going to hold in Japan Street?"

"That lousy festival where someone wanted to summon the soul of the dead Arasaka Saburo. That son of a bitch has already gone to hell, and yet there are still people thinking about him."

Johnny Silverhand, who still maintained his dishonest behavior, did give some useful information in his words, which was that he knew about this festival.

It must be said that being able to extract key information from Johnny Silverhand's dirty words is a skill. As his ex-girlfriend (ex-ex-ex?), Roger didn't care about it at all and just glanced at Carl.

After getting Carl's nod of confirmation, Roger continued, "In short, Arasaka Hanako has arrived in Night City on the super aircraft carrier 'Moby Dick' at the port. She came all the way from Japan just to participate in this festival and commemorate Arasaka Saburo;

At that time, Japan Street will be crowded with Arasaka agents, bodyguards and hackers, and in the middle of the street there will be a parade float, or rather, a float platform - slowly passing by, and Arasaka Hanako herself will be on it. "

"Float platform, what is that?" Johnny Silverhand asked with a raised eyebrow. "It is a high-altitude working equipment equipped with parade floats, which will be lowered from the sky to the street. Arasaka in Japan Street likes to do this kind of show. Every parade is to show off their strength to other companies. However, the result of showing off is to leave a pile of garbage on Japan Street." Roger explained calmly.

In Johnny Silverhand's projection, his hands clenched slightly in front of his chest, and his tone was full of disdain: "As expected, they only care about their own pleasure and then leave the mess to their subordinates to clean up. Every company is like this."

Roger ignored Johnny Silverhand's words and continued, "At that time, they will use all the CCTV cameras in the city to ensure the surveillance of Japan Street. Before and after the festival, for the safety of Arasaka Hanako, Japan Street will also be blocked and will not be lifted until it is over.

The whole process, from the beginning to the end of the festival, will last about four hours. Of course, the blockade time is not included. After all, for the safety of Arasaka Hanako, no one knows how long in advance Arasaka's agents will lurk in Japan Street. "

"So, you said so much about this shitty festival, don't you want us to join in the fun and watch those Arasaka dogs cry their eyes out over the death of Saburo Arasaka? That kind of scene makes me sick just thinking about it." Johnny Silverhand sneered, his tone full of disgust.

"You have to participate, Johnny," said Roger, with a cold light in his eyes. "If you don't participate, how will you find a chance to get close to Arasaka Hanako?"

"Interesting." Carl, who had been listening silently, suddenly spoke, with an interested look on his face.

He originally just wanted to find a job to test the abilities of Mr. Johnny Silverhand, but unexpectedly things became interesting.

People who are familiar with Carl know that once he becomes interested in something, everything will be easy to discuss. Roger looked at Carl's expression and knew that his strategy of deliberately keeping him in suspense to arouse his interest was successful.

She had not revealed the details of the mission directly before, firstly to let Johnny Silverhand get familiar with the process, and secondly to see Carl's attitude. But now, looking at Carl's appearance, Rogge felt that he could safely hand over the task to them.

Even if KK is the only one interested, he is the most trustworthy mercenary in the entire Night City.

It just so happens that not many people are capable of doing this kind of work. The more people take action, the easier it is to be exposed. Mercenary KK plus a Johnny Silver Dog are just right.

"Now that you all know the general situation, I can talk about the matter."

As Rogge spoke, she took out the two chips she had prepared long ago and threw them to Johnny Silverhand and Carl respectively.

"I need you to go into the room where Hanako Arasaka is resting when she shows up in front of the float to mourn for her father Saburo Arasaka during the float festival. Get her activity recorder for me and make a copy before she returns to her resting room."

(End of this chapter)