Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 605 19. Love is the most important

"Karl, are you sure your method is okay? I think we should just kill this Arasaka bastard."

"Then let everyone know that there's an invasion here, right?" Carl rolled his eyes at Johnny Silverhand's suggestion. "The job we received is just to take things, not to kill people. Killing people will be charged separately."

"What a hassle." Johnny Silverhand muttered.

"You have to consider the clients." Carl tried to correct the ideas of his colleague who had just entered the industry. "Clients want things, so we have to consider them. Rogge wants information, not lives, so we shouldn't take their lives. This will not only save us from trouble later, but also save the clients from unnecessary trouble."

"You still think so?" Johnny Silverhand muttered, "I think Roger can accept it anyway."

"So Roger is your ex-girlfriend, Johnny Silverhand." Carl couldn't help but complain. "To be honest, I still think you were once popular, maybe because some people really buy into this. People are really different. I've felt you're a low-class person many times because you swear so often. If it were me, I would definitely stay away from such a person of the opposite sex."

"Oh, what's up, Carl? You want to learn my skills in picking up girls?" Johnny Silverhand smiled proudly, "I charmed countless people back then. If you beg me, I might be in a good mood and teach you a few tricks."

"Let a dog teach me? No thanks." Carl said speechlessly, "And I think learning your low quality will only lower my personal image. But you can talk to Oliver about this, he might be interested."

Carl had to admit that it was an obvious fact that Johnny Silverhand was good at attracting the opposite sex.

Just look at his ex-girlfriend Rogge, who could still easily recognize him after more than 50 years. Half a century has passed, and Rogge still misses him. This is enough to prove how "great" Johnny Silverhand is in this regard. However, thinking he is great and wanting to learn his style are two different things.

Just like if someone can pee upside down, Carl would say "awesome", but he would never try it.

"Oh, I can tell from your behavior that you have never been in love before. How come you are still a virgin? How about I take you to a bar sometime? If you do as I say, I guarantee you will be able to go home with two girls in your arms at night. Let me check the database in my mind. Well, the changes these days are not without benefits. At least there are more and more bars opening."

"Come on, Mr. Johnny Silverhand, why don't you recommend a restaurant to me? I might be more interested in that."

"Just when I woke up, I found a Night City Food Guide written into my head. I think that thing was made by you. Are you really trying to visit a gourmet in a place like this? Is there really anything to eat here?"

"Whether you can eat it or not is not something you can experience without a taste system installed, Mr. Johnny Silverhand. But if you beg me, I can help you talk to V and T-BUG and see if they can get you this."

"I beg you?"

“Wine also has flavor.”

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Seeing Johnny Silverhand obviously silent, Carl shook his head.

Now that I'm used to getting along with him, I actually feel that Johnny Silverhand is a pretty good person.

Although he is a little arrogant, a little conceited, of low quality, and has mediocre abilities but is more popular than anyone else, as a human being, he is actually a pretty good person.

How should I put it? Overall, he is a typical bad guy in terms of personality and qualities, but in these terrible times, he can be considered a guy who is easy to get along with, easy to talk to, and can become a friend.

Are all rock boys like this? But it seems that Kerry is much better than Johnny in this regard. Carl thought while checking his invasion.

He did not do anything special to Oda's brain. It would be better to say that for a person like Oda, too much manipulation would make him notice abnormalities, so Carl just blocked things intentionally to increase his subconscious neglect.

It's just like when people get injured accidentally, they subconsciously ignore the pain because it's not severe, and only realize when they got injured when they see the wound solidify by chance. It's just like some 'trivial' processes of the human body that are easy to be ignored.

Carl modified certain memories of Oda, and in doing so, enhanced an interesting idea he saw.

When is it easiest for people to overlook small things? That is when they are thinking about other things. The more that thought lingers in their mind, the more difficult it is for them to notice small things.

In Oda's mind, there were some loving thoughts about his master that were not in line with being a ninja and also violated the concept of guarding. Carl slightly adjusted the hormone secretion caused by that thought. As long as Oda saw the people he was guarding, the hormone would produce an undetectable increase in secretion, causing his thoughts to slightly deviate under the influence of the hormones, and he would subconsciously think in that direction.

Moreover, even if Oda realized that there was something wrong with the thoughts caused by the secretion of hormones, he would definitely not do much testing.

Love is human nature, especially this kind of love that is taboo and violates the concept of protection. Even if Oda realizes that his love for the person he protects is growing day by day, he cannot express it openly. He can only constantly restrain himself with dogma in his heart and correct the mistakes in his "thinking". In the constant struggle and adjustment of himself, he will ignore more and more details.

Love is a fulfilled life, just like a glass filled with wine - Rabindranath Tagore.

It is difficult for people to refuse love. They may appear indifferent or fearful, but when love comes, the happiness that comes with it will always make people abandon their worries and thoughts.

Carl thought about it, but then he thought of Jack.

A glass of vodka, on the rocks, lime juice, ginger beer, and most importantly - some love.

Isn't this just a recipe for a Moscow Mule? At most you add an inexplicable love at the end.

Love is all that matters, Carl.

Carl smiled slightly as he thought of the conversation he once had with Jack.

Love is indeed the most important thing.

Without the relationship between Jack and the others, Carl wouldn't be where he is today.

"I figured it out."

When Carl was preparing to pack up and wait for the information to arrive, and then go home to take his friends to the afterlife to check out and complete the task, Johnny Silverhand, who had been struggling for a long time, spoke.

"If you can add a smoking function to it, I'll beg you."

Apparently, Mr. Johnny Silverhand couldn't resist the temptation of drinking and smoking, so much so that he was willing to lose face.

(End of this chapter)