Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 192
Arasaka Tower.

33rd Floor Counterintelligence Department.

Tang Yu and Arthur Jenkins sat opposite each other on the sofa seat, with two glasses of whiskey on the table.

After the old boss Jenkins returned to the Counter Intelligence Department, he took over the affairs of the department, and many things no longer need to go through Tang Yu's hands.

The two work together as a team, and each gets what he wants.

Jenkins is in charge of the counter-intelligence department alone, and the people under him are safe and secure, especially Tang Yu's behavior of never fighting for power and profit, which makes him feel at ease.

The most worrying thing for a minister is that his deputy is dishonest, always thinking of stabbing a knife in the back and kicking his nose in the face.

Obviously.

As soon as Jenkins returned to the ministry, Tang Yu immediately returned all kinds of work information and authority, and even the minister's office remained the same as it was before Jenkins left.

Such a straightforward way of repaying rights added a little more to Jenkins' favor and trust in Tang Yu.

It is said that the workplace is like a battlefield, and it is really difficult to bring out a trustworthy person in the Arasaka Tower, let alone taking into account the ability at the same time.

Picking up his glass, Jenkins sighed and said, "I didn't expect you to work with me in the counterintelligence department, and it's been two years."

"Two years is enough to change a lot of things."

"I have to say that you have done a good job in the counterintelligence department, but if you make further adjustments later, you may not be able to continue to do it in the intelligence department."

Listening to Jenkins talking about his future career direction, Tang Yu actually sees it quite openly. No matter which department he works in, it will not change his current style of work.

It's just that Tang Yu is still very satisfied with Jenkins, the old boss.

Both the level of trust and the platform provided have greatly helped his career in Arasaka.

Perhaps most of them use each other, but it still proves that Jenkins has a level of leadership art.

If one day he is transferred from the counterintelligence department, Tang Yu may feel a little uncomfortable.

Jenkins is a person who puts all his mind on his work, and the Counterintelligence Department has to check every detail to make sure it is correct.

It happened to free up room for Tang Yu's activities. With Jenkins in charge of the counterintelligence department, Tang Yu felt at ease when he was on duty outside.

"Is there any news about personnel adjustments recently?" Tang Yu asked indifferently.

Jenkins took a sip of his drink and shook his head: "It's just my guess and opinion. Your performance this year has been too impressive. There are people who admire your senior management and are jealous of your senior management."

"Closing the door and telling the truth, even though you caught up with a member of the Arasaka family, it doesn't mean you got a ticket to your destination."

"A lot of things in this world are the result of struggle, and you may need a struggle to get this ticket."

Tang Yu smiled. What the other party said was so mysterious, it was nothing more than implying that Arasaka Lanobu arrived in Night City, the future of Arasaka Tower is uncertain, and a storm of corporate struggle will inevitably sweep everyone.

If the night city Arasaka Tower changes its helm, a major cleansing will be inevitable.

He asked: "What do you think? Although the prince has never shown his face in the company or in public, it has already spread in the streets and alleys."

Jenkins nodded, his brows furrowed, and he leaned back on the sofa and meditated: "If it is said that he was ordered by the highest person to do something secretly when he arrived in Night City, it would be easy to handle. This may be for him to take charge of Arasaka in the future. Prepare."

"As you said, the interesting point is that after he arrived in Night City, he neither came to the company nor did he make any public actions. He just stayed in the hotel, or he might just come to Night City for fun. Did a lot."

Tang Yu naturally knew what Arasaka Lai Xuan was doing in Night City, but this extremely confidential information could not be disclosed to Jenkins, and he only mentioned the board level.

"But the upper-level board members can't sit still, and there should be many people who are eager to show off."

Jenkins sighed: "Yeah, that's why I said that everything will not be known until the fight is over and the dust settles."

Tang Yu felt that Jenkins was a little too worrying, maybe because he cared too much about feathers, or because he liked the identity of Arasaka's senior management, he would appear hesitant when encountering key events.

In his opinion, if he didn't choose to stand in line at this time, when the dust fell, he might not even be able to drink soup.

At that time, Susan Abernathy, who climbed one step ahead, will definitely not leave Jenkins with room for survival.

This is also the reason why he is always slower than the enemy's rhythm everywhere, and he cares too much about the gains and losses in front of him.

Susan Abernathy is different. She not only acts aggressively and viciously, but also dares to put all her eggs in one basket when encountering critical moments.

Take the assassination of Tang Yu as an example, it is enough to prove her philosophy of doing things, she would rather kill by mistake than let it go.

Regarding Jenkins' confusion, Tang Yu couldn't give more hints, after all, even he himself was not sure about the future direction.

He didn't want Arasaka Yoshinobu to repeat the same mistakes, and he didn't want Night City to be destroyed again.

Now the major forces are eyeing each other, and the slightest spark may ignite the explosive barrels.

He wants to find a better way to solve it than to face destruction again in a nuclear explosion.

Tang Yu put away his thoughts and brought the conversation back to the topic: "Is there any new task arrangement this time?"

He didn't plan to go to work today, but he wanted to take advantage of Jenkins' return and have some free time to arrange his daily life.

Since the last time he had a boxing appointment with old V, V seemed to have found confidence in the boxing ring, always talking about wanting to box.

It's a pity that her reputation has already spread, and no one on the street dares to take her match again.

V wanted to sign up for a professional league and make his debut as an official boxer.

However, crooked melons and split dates in official boxing matches are no match for a razor with some strength, so she really doesn't have much interest.

In addition to V's side, he has several appointments that have been put aside.

Jenkins stopped chatting, opened the desktop electronic tablet, pushed it in front of Tang Yu, and explained: "There is indeed a new task, which is more difficult."

on the electronic screen.

A group of troops dressed in tactical black, armed with sophisticated thermal weapons, directly entered a stronghold on the outskirts of the deserted city.

Kill all the people in the stronghold regardless of time and place, and then embed program chips to steal data.

After the operation is complete, plant a bomb to detonate the entire stronghold.

In less than 5 minutes, this well-trained team resolved the battle and completed the mission to evacuate.

Tang Yu noticed that these people were not only well-equipped with weapons, but also wrapped their heads in black cloth, and carried two samurai swords on their shoulders, dressed like a combination of heavy warriors and black ninjas.

Dressed like this and came out to do tasks, Tang Yu really didn't see which force it was.

Attacking the Arasaka stronghold and stealing company data is no small matter.

After Tang Yu watched the video, Jenkins said helplessly.

"The things shown in this video have recently happened in multiple strongholds in Arasaka."

"It's just that the video was not preserved, but the agents of the Ministry have gone to the scene to confirm that the attack method and the explosion are similar, and it should be the same group of people."

Tang Yu was a little surprised. Although these strongholds are located on the outskirts of the city, they are not far from the main city, and the armed forces of the Arban Tower can quickly reach the front line of the scene.

This can only show that the opponent has premeditated and planned in advance, so the surprise attack can be successful and retreat in a short period of time.

The forces that dare to blatantly raid the Arasaka stronghold can be counted on five fingers in the entire Night City.

Of course, the most likely thing is the military technology on the opposite side. The two companies confront each other sternly on the surface, and secretly make troubles with each other.

Jenkins added again: "According to our agent's investigation, military technology ammunition and bomb fragment models were found at multiple sites."

"But that doesn't mean it must be done by military technology. After all, the arms of major companies are in circulation in the market."

"What really caught the attention of the higher authorities is that the data they stole involved the secret transportation passages and objects in Arasaka. Those who need this information can only be military technology."

"Since it has been found that military technology was the cause, then continue to investigate what to do, and the board members must not use this evidence to make a fuss." Tang Yu has long seen through the tricks, and it is obvious that this is setting the blame.

Jenkins had to explain again that Director Michiko is currently suppressing this matter. She suspects that there is a problem, and the Counterintelligence Department must find out.

What Michiko did made Tang Yu a little surprised. There was no private chat arrangement for this kind of work, which showed that Michiko not only wanted to take down Tang Yu, but also wanted to take down the entire counterintelligence department.

Simultaneously.

Michiko also gave him some buffer space, so that he wouldn't put him on the table and make Arasaka Laisho even more hostile to him.

Tang Yu reckoned that Michiko was under great pressure now, and without Tang Yu supporting her, it might be difficult to continue to gain a firm foothold.

The hawkish members of the board of directors will definitely make use of the problem. It is best to bring the matter to Kyoto, so that Michiko will be incompetent and weak to the outside world, and finally welcome the new boss of Arasaka Tower smoothly.

Tang Yu already roughly knows who the forces behind the scenes are, and it is not the first time that Arasaka Laixuan has arranged for his own people to attack his company.

Since there is no conflict between Arasaka Corporation and military technology, Lai Xuan will take the initiative to create conflicts.

Tang Yu took over this difficult task, and Xiao Michiko assigned it to the Counter Intelligence Department, which was actually assigned to him, and there was no room for maneuver.

Entrusted with the business, Jenkins got up and sent Tang Yu out.

After Tang Yu left the minister's office, he took the public elevator out of Arasaka Tower.

He didn't feel at ease entrusting this matter to anyone in the ministry. It involved too many aspects, so he could only investigate it himself.

He could think with every movement of his toes that military technology must have secretly attacked the Arasaka stronghold. This is an undeniable fact.

But it will not be so frequent and many risky raids, doing so is no different from blatantly declaring war.

There must be forces trying to muddy the waters. It is impossible to distinguish the true from the false. In the end, it can only rely on military technology.

So Tang Yu had to find the right people to prove that the attack was not done by military technology.

Simultaneously.

It is also impossible to find out that the instigator behind it is Arasaka Yoshinobu, otherwise his situation will be even more dangerous and worse.

So Tang Yu can only find dead people.

In a subway car.

Tang Yu stood in front of the window, looking at the familiar scenery outside the train, and said silently in his heart.

'It's time to do ideological work for Lai Xuan. '

　There will be one more later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)