Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

at the banquet.

Arasaka Hanako knelt down in front of Tang Yu, and directly expressed Arasaka Saburo's invitation in front of everyone.

As soon as these words came out, Michiko who was beside her and the people in the inner hall all looked over and stared at the two of them.

The astonishment in their eyes was no less than seeing a shocking miracle.

Being able to get Arasaka Saburo to meet alone by name is enough to show Tang Yu's weight.

There are so many elites from all over the world of Arasaka Company present, and even many of them work in the Arasaka headquarters in Kyoto, but they have never been interviewed by Saburo Arasaka alone.

a time.

Innumerable gazes contained indescribable envy or jealousy.

Maybe everyone present, except Tang Yu, couldn't wait to get such an opportunity, a chance to meet Saburo and skyrocket.

As long as you have been personally summoned by Master Saburo, not to mention the honor of being able to enter the Arasaka family, but this kind of honor is enough to make people at all levels in Arasaka look a little differently, and often these points mean that the future career path will be a smooth path.

Tang Yu felt a little strange when he learned that Saburo Arasaka wanted to invite him to meet alone, but his expression was still calm, neither humble nor overbearing.

He was not as happy as everyone here expected.

For such a result, he has already made a psychological presupposition.

Even though he didn't know why Saburo Arasaka wanted to meet him by name, Tang Yu was fully prepared.

The next thing to talk about will most likely be inseparable from Night City.

There is nothing special about Tang Yu's identity. Even if he performs well, it doesn't really count as a good one in terms of the entire Arasaka company.

In addition, the double deputy ministers are just ordinary high-level employees, and they are actually no different from wage earners.

The only thing that really differentiates him from the high-ranking Arasaka elites around him is that he is from Night City.

Therefore, he estimated that what Saburo Arasaka wanted to talk about would be inseparable from Night City.

Tang Yu followed Arasaka Hanako to get up. Before leaving, he looked back at Xiao Michiko, and found that her eyes were also surprised, as if she didn't know about Arasaka Saburo's sudden summons.

Xiao Michiko hesitated to speak, but because of the occasion, she had no choice but to keep silent, but her eyes were faintly worried, maybe because she didn't know what Arasaka Saburo's intentions were, and she was a little worried that Tang Yu would be overwhelmed in front of Arasaka Saburo.

Tang Yu followed Arasaka Huazi to the back hall of the main hall, bypassed the screen, and walked into a corridor.

After turning around a few corners, he finally came to a door.

Arasaka Hanako took a step forward, bowed her head and shouted outside the door.

"Father, Mr. Tang has already brought it."

The voice just fell.

The wooden door was slowly opened from the middle to both sides, and two little maids could be seen kneeling beside the door, holding the edge of the door frame with both hands.

Tang Yu found that Saburo Arasaka's mansion was almost all wooden structures, with few traces of steel and electronics, and even security scans were done very covertly.

When he just passed the corridor, Tang Yu was keenly aware that he had been captured by the probe and conducted various security scans.

After the wooden door opened, Arasaka Hanako stepped aside, and made a gesture of invitation to Tang Yu, letting him enter the house.

Tang Yu cleared up his mind a little, started to step over the steps of the wooden house, and walked into the fasting room.

As soon as he entered the house, he quickly had a general understanding of the furnishings in the house.

The structure and layout of the whole house is very simple. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone are placed on the table, and there are several picture scrolls hanging in the niches on the surrounding walls. It seems that this should be Saburo Arasaka's study.

at this time.

The real helm of Arasaka Company, Saburo Arasaka is facing Tang Yu with his back, hands behind his back, standing firmly in front of a portrait of a character.

And the crutch that was leaning on before was placed beside the table.

Tang Yu didn't speak first, but cast his eyes on the portrait of the character. The pen and ink used the ancient style of meticulous painting of characters. It can be roughly seen from the appearance of the clothes that he is a warrior general.

Ieyasu Tokugawa?

Seeing the name of the character at the top of the portrait, Tang Yu is not unfamiliar with this name.

Ieyasu Tokugawa, the first shogun of the shogun, has a proud record of unifying the island nation.

Can let Arasaka Saburo hang in the study, which shows his status in his mind.

Tang Yu thought for a while, Tokugawa Ieyasu, to a certain extent, really has a few tastes for Saburo Arasaka.

The reason why Tokugawa Ieyasu was able to unify the island country must be mentioned because of his longevity, which almost killed several other contemporary opponents.

Even though it was later jokingly called a shrinking turtle, it is not another way to win if you preserve your strength until the end.

Saburo Arasaka, who is over 150 years old, has been reluctant to die for a long time, and his wish may coincide with Tokugawa Ieyasu's.

The former unified the island nation, while the latter aspired to dominate the world and realize the once unfulfilled dream of empire.

Saburo Arasaka stood in front of the portrait, his cloudy eyes remained motionless, as if he was in some kind of silent spiritual communication with the characters in the portrait.

a long time.

Arasaka Saburo opened his mouth slowly, his old and hoarse voice revealed the majesty and solemnity inherent in his body.

"Have you ever heard a saying."

"In Night City, there are forces against Arasaka."

Against Arasaka.

Tang Yu's eyes moved slightly, and he was very familiar with this sentence. That night at the Lizzie Bar, Evelyn Parker invited him to experience the Crystal Palace Superdream, and the mysterious person in it once said this sentence.

Now it is suddenly said from Arasaka Saburo's mouth, the meaning of which is worth studying.

Without the slightest hesitation, Tang Yu said decisively: "There is indeed such a saying in Night City."

In the face of this old man who is alive and well, you have to be cautious in everything you say. When you don't know the details, answering truthfully is the best answer.

He estimated that Arasaka Saburo had already been aware of Arasaka Yoshinobu's plan, and the reason why he let it go temporarily was entirely because Saburo had too many cards in his hand.

In addition to the digital soul stored in the mikoshi, there is also Hanako Arasaka who is loyal to him, not to mention his terrifying influence on Arasaka Company.

Even as a digital soul, Saburo Arasaka can still scare everyone so much that they have to obey his orders.

The influence brought by the God of Arasaka has already penetrated into the bone marrow of Arasaka Company.

Arasaka Saburo still turned his back to Tang Yu, his steady tone could not hear the slightest emotion, and then he said slowly.

"Talk about the harbor city on the other side of the ocean."

"I once wanted to sing salutes for the princes who died and were buried far away, so as to comfort their spirits in heaven."

"But there are many innocent people living in that harbor city."

"The benevolent should use compassion to overcome all suffering in the world."

"Maybe I should use a nuke or two so they don't have to suffer unnecessarily."

"how do you feel?"

Nuke Night City?
When Tang Yu heard Arasaka Saburo say these words calmly, he had no doubt that he really had such an idea, and even now he is considering this plan.

Although the Arasaka company was defeated in the fourth corporate war, it suffered heavy losses.

However, under the strong rule of Saburo Arasaka, the Arasaka Company has quickly recovered its former strength in the past few decades, and even went further, still possessing unparalleled dominance in the world.

Looking around the world, there are towers of Arasaka standing proudly, and it is almost impossible to find any competitors that can match it.

Night City does have the genes and possibility to resist Arasaka and the company.

The city where legends were born, where a wave of counter-corporations started, the possibilities are limitless.

The power here is intricate, not only has military technology comparable to Arasaka Corporation's strength, but also various internationally renowned large companies.

He also has the most powerful cyber hackers, mercenaries, etc., and the man who caused Saburo Arasaka to suffer the greatest failure in his life-Johnny Silver Hand, came from Night City.

Even if the Arasaka Corporation is so strong, it cannot be the banker in Night City.

Obviously.

The nuclear leveling of Night City is harmless to Arasaka Saburo, but it can solve the hidden dangers that threaten Arasaka's rule.

Tang Yu replied calmly: "It is not difficult to erase Night City from the map, and the fate of Night City is still in the hands of Arasaka."

"But compared to Night City, which can be smoothed out by nuclear bombs, places beyond Arasaka's control are more worthy of vigilance."

Saburo Arasaka seemed to be a little interested: "Tell me."

Tang Yu said bluntly: "Cyberspace."

Arasaka Saburo couldn't help muttering after hearing these four words.

"You're right. It reminds me of a little friend I once had."

"The real threat to Arasaka does not come from any city or company."

"The development of cyber technology has long since abandoned being strong in the traditional sense."

"The Arasaka Tower can be built on any land in the world, but it cannot go deeper into cyberspace."

"Although Arasaka has restarted some plans again and tried to strengthen the exploration of cyberspace, it has achieved little."

"Today, the forces outside the black wall of cyberspace have penetrated into the human material world."

"You can see this, which means I'm not mistaken."

Tang Yu knew that the little friend Arasaka Saburo was talking about was Otto Cunningham.

In fact, it is the AI ​​that grows wildly outside the black wall of cyberspace that can really pose a fatal threat to Arasaka Corporation, or to the entire human world.

Among them, Alt Cunningham, who is a digital soul, is the representative. She has endless knowledge and human personality, and she can penetrate into digital networks, electronic prosthetic bodies, and urban infrastructure.

Endless lifespan, never-capped learning ability, and high-intensity artificial intelligence algorithm make Alt Cunningham a near-godlike existence.

This is why Tang Yu would rather choose to cooperate with Arasaka Laishun to set off the fifth world war in order to destroy the company's rule.

He is also unwilling to cooperate with Alt Cunningham to destroy the black wall and let it penetrate into the human world unimpeded.

If the artificial intelligence AI represented by Alt Cunningham is really allowed to enter, then the whole world will fall into mechanical order.

More importantly.

This war between humans and AI has been unfair from the very beginning, almost unilaterally penetrating.

Human beings cannot break through the black wall to control cyberspace, but AI can wait for an opportunity to flow into the human world and realize their ideas and algorithms.

now.

Arasaka Saburo holds relic biochip technology, which is almost something that AI can only dream of.

to be frank.

Compared with Arasaka Saburo who died and transformed into a digital soul, Tang Yu hoped that his real soul would be bound in this withered body.

Saburo Arasaka continued to speak in a deep voice.

"The reason why I asked to see you by name is because you still maintain your original body."

"In other words, your thoughts and your actions are driven by your will."

"People, do it from the heart."

"Because of this terrible world, everyone must accept the transformation of cyber prosthetics in order to obtain life extension."

"You are suitable to go to Night City to do something for me."

"After it's done, it won't be so troublesome to wipe out Night City without nuclear bombs."

The reason why everyone has to accept the transformation of cyber prosthetic body is that there are a lot of limb mutilations caused by frequent wars.

More importantly, the environmental damage brought about by the war, the pollution of the machinery industry, the prevalence of genetically modified foods, etc. have affected the human gene sequence structure to a certain extent. People who live less than 40 years old will have unknown organs and limbs. Lesions, cyber prosthesis had to be implanted.

After the Arasaka Tower in Night City was destroyed by nuclear weapons, the company square was rebuilt on the original site not long after. Nuclear radiation was not considered at all. The liver failed and was replaced with an artificial liver, and the heart and lungs were damaged and replaced with synthetic heart and lungs.

There are very few people like Tang Yu who can still maintain their original body. Almost all of them are short-lived and passed away early.

Tang Yu estimated that Saburo Arasaka's mission was related to AI and the like. As a native, it was almost impossible for him to be influenced and controlled by AI, so he stated that he could take the mission and try it.

Arasaka Saburo expressed his idea, asking Tang Yu to return to Night City to investigate the hidden forces behind Night City and what secret means they used to infiltrate the human world. What is the relationship between this matter and military technology and network surveillance.

In the end, Arasaka Saburo also specifically explained that for Tang Yu's convenience, he opened the authority to Tang Yu in the office of Arasaka Tower in Night City for use and contact.

Tang Yu got the entrustment, and after finding out the purpose of Saburo Arasaka, he didn't stay in the study for a long time, got up and left.

when going out.

It was found that Arasaka Hanako was still standing by the door, as if waiting for Tang Yu to come out.

She gestured again, and led Tang Yu to another place.

Under the leadership of Arasaka Hanako, Tang Yu came to a spacious courtyard. An apron was built on the green lawn, and a black high-end floating vehicle with the emblem of the Arasaka clan was parked on it.

Arasaka Hanako said in a deep voice, "This is Father's exclusive car, and it is now for Mr. Tang to use."

After finishing speaking, the aperture of her prosthetic eye turned and transmitted the right to use the floating car to Tang Yu.

Tang Yu understood what Saburo meant, and asked him to return immediately to Night City to investigate the mission, and walked over without saying a word.

The floating door slowly opened, and the base extended to the road.

Tang Yu stepped into the car, closed the door, started the engine and took off.

Arasaka Hanako saw the floating vehicle go up far away, then returned to the study, and saw his father still standing in front of the portrait and studying.

Arasaka Hanako lowered his eyebrows and asked: "Father, although this person is the original body and capable, he is not loyal to Arasaka, and he is suspected of collaborating with the enemy."

Only then did Arasaka Saburo turn around, put up his crutches again, and said quietly.

"No problem."

"Because what he cares about is in my hands."