Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 124 Gifts
Watson, Kabuki district, tight-lipped motel.

"NO-TELL-MOTEL"

The hotel's electronic signboard is fluorescent, reminding pedestrians coming and going on the street that the hotel is open.

The tight-lipped motel business is booming, not only due to its market positioning, but also the bustling Kabukicho district.

Today's Kabukicho district is a large and lively market where people can find anything they want.

Sneaky dealers will shuttle among them, selling all kinds of things of unknown origin, such as implants, prototypes, black super dreams, and even fresh organs. If you are lucky, you can pick them up at a low price.

At the same time, it is also the famous pimp market in Night City. When the night falls, red lanterns and neon lights will illuminate every winding street and alley, and dancers will dress up to show their curves to potential customers.

They are either passionate, cold as ice, or sweet and cute, in order to meet the preferences of different groups of people and occupy more market segments.

If a pedestrian is really moved, they can stay for five seconds to discuss the price.

Those who are not very particular, simply walk into the dark alley next to them and settle the matter.Those who are a little more particular will choose to complete a transaction in the hotel.

But no one will easily underestimate their existence, especially when they see two axes tattooed somewhere on the girls, it is best to pay the money obediently.

In the suite on the third floor of the 'kept tight' motel, Tang Yu was waiting for Meredith's arrival.

This suite is relatively large in size, and it is a standard business suite, with a living room, bedroom, bathroom, etc., everything is available.

Today he came to do business, and he was talking about deals, not anything else, so he opened a business suite.

It didn't take long for the door guard to remind someone to visit, it was Meredith Stott.

The access control lights turned green, and the iron gates slid open automatically.

Tang Yu turned around and looked at the door, only to see Aunt Mei stepping in, with her iconic blond hair draped over her shoulders, a black windbreaker wrapped around her body, and long black leather boots on her legs.

Meredith walked into the house, looked around the room a little, a strange look flashed in her eyes.

She put her hands in the pockets of the windbreaker, without saying anything, walked to the living room on her own, sat on the leather sofa, and folded her legs.

The corner of the windbreaker slipped from her thighs, revealing a gleam of whiteness.

Meredith looked directly at Tang Yu, saw that he was standing all the time, and didn't intend to sit down, so he asked, "Why, don't you sit down and talk?"

Tang Yu noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Aunt Mei's clothes. Above the calf boots were the bare thighs, which were covered by the windbreaker.

No matter how I think about it, I feel that Aunt Mei is taking a wild path, and she can't just come out in a vacuum.

But these are not the key points of Tang Yu's attention. Today he came to talk about serious business, so he said.

"It's okay, I prefer to stand."

Meredith stared straight at him, and said with a slightly playful smile: "Huh? So you like to stand, I didn't expect that."

After finishing speaking, she carefully looked at Tang Yu's expression and found that Tang Yu's face was indifferent.

Meredith didn't seem to get the desired effect, so she teased playfully again: "If you're standing, let me ask you, do you like uniform skirts or one-piece skirts?"

Tang Yu: "."

'I really didn't expect you to be such an Aunt Mei! '

Tang Yu had already figured out the details of Aunt Mei, and he would definitely not follow her, so he smiled lightly: "Of course I like them all."

To pretend to be old and play tricks, Tang Yu thought he was no worse than Aunt Mei, and it was worthwhile to face her deliberate teasing.

Meredith was stunned for two seconds, as if hearing some anecdote, she suddenly laughed: "It's pretty good at playing."

She didn't expect that Tang Yu in front of her looked young, but she was quite experienced in dealing with people.

After Meredith probed for a while, she changed the subject and started talking about business: "Didn't you say you brought me a gift, and I just happened to prepare a gift for you too, who will go first?"

Tang Yu glanced at Aunt Mei. She was tightly wrapped in a windbreaker, and a long belt was tied around her waist, tied into a bow.

He thought for a while, and it was important to finish the business, so he asked, "You know about Joanne Koch's disappearance, right?"

Meredith's expression changed slightly, and she said affirmatively: "I know about Joanne Koch, but you won't tell me, Joanne Koch is in your hands, right?"

She already had a premonition, but she didn't understand why Tang Yu would intervene in this matter. No matter from which point of view, Joanne Keqi and Arasaka were not related.

Tang Yu nodded slightly, and continued: "Yes, she is indeed in my hands, and the gift I want to give you is Joanne Keqi."

Hearing this, Meredith's expression gradually became serious, she put away her playful tone, and said solemnly: "Tell me, I want to hear how a high-level biotechnologist is my gift."

As the director of military technology operations, Meredith possessed enough authority to overwhelm the entire Night City.

Even if Joanne Koch is a high-level biotech, in her eyes, she is no different from ordinary people, at most she can be regarded as a research talent with some technical knowledge.

There are many departments in each giant company, and only those who control the real power departments, such as special operations, intelligence, personnel and other departments, can be counted as real company executives.

Because these departments often mean that they can mobilize armed forces, allocate company resources, and control the lifelines of others.

Tang Yu knew that only by convincing Meredith could he get the key information and figure out why Sasha tried his best to pass the document to News 54 before falling from the building.

He believed that Meredith would be happy to accept this special gift after hearing the explanation.

Tang Yu directly got to the point, and replied indifferently: "Because the Nightingale Project, which Joanne Koch is in charge of, was a complete scam from the very beginning."

Project Nightingale?

Meredith's face suddenly sank, and she was no longer as relaxed and comfortable as before.

Of course, she is very familiar with the Nightingale Project. The Nightingale Project is related to the core secrets of military technology, and now it is suddenly said by a senior executive of the Arasaka Company, which makes her have to pay attention to it.

Meredith Stott began to quickly judge Tang Yu's intentions, and various possibilities flashed in his mind.

Could it be that Arasaka Corporation has noticed that the military technology and biotechnology companies are cooperating to develop new biochemical weapons, and they want to intervene in advance to steal or destroy the plan.

So kidnapped Joanne Koch, and learned the secrets of the cooperation between the two companies from her.

But Meredith didn't understand why Tang Yu told her that she also gave Joanne Koch as a gift to herself. She had to figure out the tricks in it.

"The Nightingale Project is indeed a top-secret cooperation project between the two companies of military technology and biotechnology, but what is the basis for you to say that this is a scam? Don't tell me, just use a few words to convince me, you have to show the truth Guy isn't it?"

In fact, Tang Yu didn't know the specific content of the Nightingale plan. He just made a rough analysis based on the information he had before, but it should be enough to scare Aunt Mei.

"The Nightingale Project is funded by military technology, biotechnology is in charge of research and development, and Director Joanne Koch is leading the effort to develop a new type of antibiotic to treat superbugs."

"With this antibiotic, soldiers of military technology can be immune to biological and chemical weapons, thus gaining greater voice on the battlefield"

The more Meredith listened, the more frightened she became. She never expected that what the other party said was in line with the plan.

The Nightingale Project is a highly confidential cooperation project. Not to mention an outsider from Arasaka Corporation, even high-level personnel in military technology must be of a certain level to be allowed to access and know.

She couldn't help cursing fiercely: "Joanni Keqi, this cousin, is she looking for death?"

As a matter of course, Meredith attributed all the responsibility for the leak of the plan to Joanne Koch, and she might have finished explaining it in minutes if she fell into the hands of Arasaka.

Meredith's eyes gradually became sharper, and looking at Tang Yu was not as calm as before.

She gradually felt the dangerous aura emanating from the man in front of her.

Tang Yu saw that Aunt Mei became a little nervous, so he smiled lightly: "Don't be nervous, this matter has nothing to do with Arasaka Company, as I said, Joanne Keqi is a gift from me to you."

When the matter came to this point, Meredith would not believe what the other party said.

She believes that Tang Yu not only has superb means to dig up confidential military technology information, but also dares to chat with her about it in a room.

This shows that a top-secret plan is far from satisfying Tang Yu's appetite. He is definitely a dangerous guy.

Meredith frowned slightly, and said coldly: "Your 'gift' is too big, I'm worried that I won't be able to eat it, so tell me, what's your idea?"

Seeing that Aunt Mei was still vigilant, Tang Yu felt a little helpless. Aunt Mei was still that Aunt Mei, and she was not at all ambiguous about matters related to the company.

"What I can tell you is that the Nightingale Project is absolutely impossible to succeed, and there is still time for military technology to stop."

Meredith asked: "You said it can't be successful, but as far as I know, new antibiotics have already been developed and entered the stage of clinical trials. Once the sample data reaches the standard, it will not be far from success."

In fact, Meredith has always been concerned about the Nightingale Project, and some of the special operations missions she is responsible for are related to the project.

Tang Yu has now made it clear that military technology has indeed been kept in the dark by Joanne Koch.

Every time military science and technology asks about the progress, Joanne Koch will make up a set of excuses, from the initial research and development to the product launch, fooling everyone into thinking that a new type of antibiotic has come out, and only needs to complete the final clinical trial steps.

Joanne Koch also pretended to send people to the Badlands to test the new antibiotics she developed there, but she killed anyone who knew the truth.

Tang Yu had the bottom line in his heart, and said directly: "You don't need to expect the so-called final clinical trial to be successful. Joanne Koch specially picked a tribe of homeless people in the bad land outside the city to conduct clinical trials of new antibiotics. Guess the clinical trials What was the result of the test?"

Meredith remained silent, but her eyes were full of deep doubts.

Tang Yu didn't tell her anything, and said bluntly: "They're all dead."

All dead?
A hint of surprise flashed in Meredith's eyes. If the clinical trial results show that all of them died, it means that the new antibiotics have no effect at all. Even if only a few survive, at least it proves to have some effect.

She seemed to want to confirm more details, and continued to ask, "Is there any evidence?"

"Red ocher tribe, you can find out as soon as you check it." Tang Yu blurted out, and Aunt Mei can check it out by herself.

Tang Yu looked at Aunt Mei, with a playful tone, and said jokingly, "So, do you want to accept this gift now?"

He believes that with Aunt Mei's rank, it is impossible to fail to see through the stakes, as long as she reports the failure of the development of new antibiotics to her superiors, and confirms that everything is a hoax directed and acted by Joanne Keqi.

Aunt Mei stopped losses in time for military technology, which is a great achievement.

Now everyone has stolen goods. As long as Aunt Mei works harder and continues to investigate, she will definitely be able to dig out more things from Joanne Keqi.

This is why Tang Yu wants to keep Joanne Keqi and give it to Aunt Mei himself.

Joanne Keqi is a hot potato to Tang Yu, but to Aunt Mei, it is a real gift.

Meredith fell silent, and began to think about the whole process of Nightingale's plan.

Joanne Koch was indeed promoted to technical director because she took the lead in this project.

Could it be that this cunning woman is really so bold that she dares to play with the two major companies between applause, or is biotechnology acquiescing, even a thunderstorm can push her out to take the blame.

The Nightingale Project is a secret research and development, and it is not visible in itself. Even if the research and development fails, there is no reason to make things big.

Meredith began to agree with Tang Yu's statement, but medical research itself is not [-]% guaranteed, let alone a new type of antibiotic against superbugs.

Tang Yu saw that Aunt Mei seemed to have been touched, but he was still considering the authenticity of this matter, so he decided to add another fire.

"Actually, what is the truth about the Nightingale Project is no longer important. This research and development has been declared a failure, and now the most important thing is you."

"If you think the gift is too expensive, I can let Joanne Koch go back."

"But if you think the gift is just right, then don't refuse it, just accept it."

When Meredith heard this, she suddenly understood something.

She raised her head and looked directly at Tang Yu with a hint of surprise in her eyes. She never thought that he had already arranged things clearly.

The development of new antibiotics is doomed to fail, no matter what the truth behind it is no longer important, the key lies in her attitude.

If she believes that it is a scientific research and technical problem, then Joanne Keqi does not need to take any responsibility for the failure of research and development.

If she thinks it's a scam, a scam led by Joanne Koch, cheating everyone involved in this plan, including military technology and biotechnology.

Military technology will pay attention to this matter, and in order to save face and losses, they will attack biotechnology.

In order to shirk responsibility, Biotech will only insist that Joanne Koch is the culprit.

But she successfully caught the culprit, exposed the conspiracy and scam, recovered the loss for the company, and made great contributions.

Meredith now suddenly understands that Joanne Koch is really a big 'gift', a gift carefully prepared by Tang Yu for her.

She thought about the stakes of the matter, her tone gradually softened, and said with a light smile: "It seems that you really prepared a big gift for me, and Joanne Keqi has a good plan."

"After being promoted and paid, it only needs to say that the research and development has failed in the end, and the responsibility can be attributed to the level of biological research. It's a beautiful idea."

"However, before accepting the gift, I still want to hear, what are your plans to treat me so well for no reason, you can't have no intentions?"

Aunt Mei pulled out her hands from her pockets and slowly undid her belt, her eyes seemed a little ambiguous.

When Tang Yu saw Aunt Mei started playing this trick again, it showed that she had almost agreed to accept the 'gift', but she still needed a reason, a reason to make her feel at ease.

He generously admitted: "Of course I have plans. Arasaka needs a piece of information, a piece of information from two years ago."

Meredith's hand stopped. I didn't expect that Tang Yu had done so much to work for the company. He looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Huh? I didn't realize that I worked so hard for Arasaka before."

Tang Yu would definitely not admit that he wanted the information, so he had to use Arasaka's name, otherwise Meredith might find out about Sasha's matter if he got to the bottom of it.

He didn't want Sasha to be involved in more vortexes, the best way was to avoid letting her fall into the sight of more people.

"You know, Heihuo." Tang Yu said, pointing his index finger upwards.

Meredith suddenly chuckled, and joked, "I didn't expect you to have such a day, I'm afraid it's Michiko Arasaka."

She had heard before that on the board of directors, Tomoko Xiaomei resisted all opinions and promoted Tang Yu as the double deputy minister.

Later, in the big exposure incident, in order to prevent Tang Yu from being punished, he fought fiercely with the directors on the board of directors.

Now the outside world is making rumors that Tang Yu is a member of Michiko's faction and a rising star in the workplace at Arasaka Tower in Night City.

Tang Yu feels that dealing with a smart person like Aunt Mei is comfortable, and he doesn't need to be so transparent about everything.

He didn't deny Aunt Mei's guess, leaving enough room for her imagination to let her make full use of it.

Meredith pretended to be playful, and asked with a smile: "She uses you like this, don't tell me, she also likes you."

Tang Yu was speechless for a moment.

Meredith put away her frivolous attitude, took out a cigarette case and a lighter from her pocket, took out a cigarette and lit it in her mouth, then took a sip, and said with some disdain: "Without military technology, what is she? It's not her turn to make decisions in Chenghuangbanta."

Obviously.

Meredith knew enough about Michiko Arasaka, and the reason why Michiko Arasaka was able to stay in Night City largely depended on the face of military technology.After all, Arasaka Michiko is still a citizen of Shintaka-chan.

Meredith was also unambiguous, the cooperation is mutually beneficial, so he asked: "It seems that the gift I specially prepared for you is no longer needed. Tell me, what information do you want?"

Tang Yu told her that two years ago, there was an explosion in the biotechnology building. Before the explosion, a piece of information was transmitted from the office to News 54. The information was related to Arasaka R&D.

After Meredith listened, the aperture of the prosthetic eye turned and began to arrange for his subordinates to retrieve the information.

After a while, Meredith said with a smile.

"You are lucky, that document has been found."

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