Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 76 54. Two Ideas
"What happened to Mann? There's nothing we can do. It looks like this mission will have to wait."

The day after Carl rescued Sasha, the three of them came together to exchange information after their vacation. Jack felt a little regretful but also understood: "But it's good that he's okay."

"No need to wait, I have a new piece of information."

Oliver didn't say anything about the accident of Mann's team. He just sent something to Jack and Carl: "When I was having dinner with my sister yesterday, I looked up some information about Tanaka while waiting. He is from Arasaka Company and his identity is strictly confidential. There is not much that can be found, but there is still a piece of related news. You can take a look."

"news?"

Jack read out what Oliver had sent: "Director Tanaka has once again donated to Arasaka Academy."

"Director Tanaka?"

Without reading any more, Jack came to his senses: "He is a member of the board of directors of Arasaka Academy?"

"Arasaka Academy is an academy established by Arasaka Corporation to train company dogs who can enter Arasaka. It is only natural that the company's senior executives serve as board members."

Carl understood what Oliver wanted to say: "Oliver, you mean, we can try to start from Arasaka Academy and see if we can find any trace of Tanaka?"

Oliver nodded. "Yes, as a member of the board of directors, I will definitely come to the meeting when there are problems in the college. So I think we can do something about this."

No wonder they say three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. When there are many people together, they can really come up with good ideas, which is much better than one person thinking alone.

"But we should start from Arasaka Academy."

Jack put his hand on his chin. "Are we going to launch a terrorist attack?"

"Although this is America and school shootings are not uncommon, please don't do that. It's too hellish."

Carl said something that Jack and Oliver couldn't really understand, and then continued:

"I think we can check the students' information to see if we can start from them. The students of Arasaka Academy are not employees of Arasaka Academy yet, so their identities should not be kept secret. Maybe we can find a few students who know Arasaka Academy well and see if they know how to get Arasaka Academy to hold a board meeting."

"Would an ordinary student know this kind of thing?"

Jack questioned.

"of course."

Carl said, "Who do you think can enter Arasaka Academy? The tuition for Arasaka Academy is not something that ordinary people can afford. The families of those students are either rich or noble. They know more than the students in the street schools."

"I have another idea."

Oliver said, and sent something to Carl and Jack: "But this idea can be used at the same time as Carl's idea."

"What did you send me again? Arasaka Academy enrollment?"

Karl took a look at it and found that it was the news he had seen before: "Enrollment, any questions?"

When Carl asked this question, he found that Jack and Oliver were already looking at him, with expressions on their faces that clearly said "Have you not reacted yet?"

"So, what's the problem?" Carl still didn't quite understand until Oliver took out his Nova revolver and used the polished and shiny gun body to reflect his face. Only then did Carl understand what the two guys meant.

In the reflection of the gun was a very young face that looked very suitable for studying at Arasaka Academy.

"You guys, are you planning on enrolling me in school?!"

Carl was shocked by Jack and Oliver's thoughts: "I'm going to school, how could you have such thoughts?"

"You're just the right age, Karl. Just treat it as an injustice. Go in and play for two days, and then come out after completing your mission. Maybe you can learn a lot."

Jack immediately tried to persuade Carl, and Oliver followed up: "That's right, mercenaries have to do everything. I've heard that the famous Morgan Blackhand would date a female star for a purpose. You're just going to school now, which is better than dating."

"Wait a minute, I remember that wasn't Morgan Blackhand. That was the 'popular lover' Lance Locke, right? He was a lone wolf as famous as Morgan Blackhand back then. And wasn't that guy quite unreliable when it came to carrying out missions? I remember that he usually only took on bodyguard missions, and the female celebrities he protected would often 'miraculously' die in bed."

Carl complained about Oliver's memory, but Oliver said nonchalantly:

"That's about right. They're all famous anyway. In short, Karl, don't you want to give it a try? You see, you don't have to pay a year's tuition once you're enrolled. It says here that it includes various fees such as equipment usage fees and school uniform fees. You can try it for a month at a discounted price of only 10,000 Euros, and then you can pay the original price of 20,000 Euros per month. According to your ability, one month should be more than enough."

"One month is more than enough."

Carl didn't know why, but he felt as if he was being persuaded by Oliver and Jack to agree to it. Fortunately, at the last moment, he realized the crucial point in this idea.

"Wait a minute, I remember my face has spread all over the Arasaka Corporation in Night City. I will probably be discovered when I enter the academy."

"Oh, about this, Carl, you don't have to worry. You know I came from the Six Street Gang, right? There's a little bit of New America behind the Six Street Gang, and New America is a puppet supported by military technology. Within us, there happen to be some research and development projects that military technology doesn't want, five-star secrets. You know, the superiors don't want to pass them on to the subordinates, and the subordinates make do with it and then use the name of five-star secrets to sell it to the people below at a high price;
Among these projects, there is a technology that can change one's appearance. My father happened to buy this technology and kept it for my sister and me, so that we can use it when things go wrong in the gang. I got the relevant prosthesis from my sister yesterday. According to the agreement, didn't Lao Wei ask us to go there today to check it before the mission starts? Let Lao Wei help you install the prosthesis. "

"Prosthetic technology that can change your appearance? I've never heard of this technology before. It seems a bit sci-fi."

Karl expressed his doubts: "Will I have to rip off my entire face and replace it with another one?"

"It's not necessary for you to make such a sacrifice. If it was someone else whose face and eyes had been modified, they would have rolled up some bionic skin to prevent it from interfering with the operation of the prosthesis. But for you, Carl, this technology is as simple as wearing a mask - at most, there might be a few small blood holes on your face."

Listen, is that okay?
"Does Lao Wei understand this?"

"Prosthetic technology is very complicated. When my father gave it to my sister, he just followed the instructions. However, the difficulty of the operation is so simple that it is unimaginable. I sent the relevant procedures to Lao Wei yesterday and asked him about it. Lao Wei seems to have been exposed to similar things before, so it can be done."

"So, you've already decided to let me do it, right?"

"This is just right."

Oliver shrugged his shoulders and said, "Even if we put on the prosthetic body, we don't act like it. Jack and I are street thugs, and we can be seen through at a glance. You are nothing like that, acting like a rich young master."

"You mean to say that I look like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old student from a privileged family?"

Carl complained, but his words already showed that he agreed.

For the sake of the mission, it seems that it is acceptable to make some sacrifices.

(End of this chapter)