Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 197 Three Rockers

On the coast of North Oak.

A tree garden mansion villa stands on the cliff.

There were bodyguards in black suits standing all over the yard, looking around vigilantly to prevent any accidents from happening.

The spacious and luxurious gold-plated villa looks like a mess inside, with bursts of electronic sounds coming out from time to time.

In the music corner of the living room, there were two people sitting on the sofa, each holding an electric guitar, playing casually.

They took turns to go into battle, and each of them came to a section, as if they were competing whose rhythm and fingering were stronger.

"I haven't seen you for a few years. Your skill has deteriorated, Kerry." Arasaka Yoshinobu let go of the strings, and he didn't seem to be enjoying himself very much.

When he returned to Night City, besides staying in Cyan Bi Mansion, he would also meet some old friends.

Kerry is one of his few friends who have common interests. The two have a lot of views on rock and roll, and occasionally get together to play rock and roll, and go to the recording studio to have fun.

Even though Lai Xuan's identity is different, Kerry's attitude was not at all restrained or polite, he waved his hands helplessly and complained: "I've been going crazy for the past few years, I haven't inspired a new song for a long time, and I drank a lot of wine , the ten fingers of these two hands are a little out of control."

"Heh, even when you were still lacking in inspiration, seeing the new song you played excitedly, it must be a breakthrough." Laishu Arasaka knew that Kerry's life style was indulgent, and his body must be getting worse every day as he got older.

Sometimes stagnation does not only refer to the creation, but the decline in the physical state will also have a great impact.

Speaking of a recent inspirational breakthrough, Kerry's eyes sparkled, and the dark bags under his eyes couldn't hide the bright color.

He endured his excitement and said, "Isn't it? During this period of time, I have been concentrating on digesting the emotions and feelings in my heart, and the impulsiveness of musical expression that is about to come out has embraced me again."

"To tell you the truth, this feeling brings me back to when I was young. At that time, I didn't understand anything, but I liked the feeling that I just want to make my own voice."

Arasaka Yoshinobu nodded. After listening to Kerry's new song, it was indeed full of the madness and enthusiasm of rock and roll, but it also mixed with more new feelings, and even said it had a taste of vicissitudes.

This also reminded him of his youthful years, when he led the Iron Dragon against Arasaka with passion, trying to prove to the world with rock and action that Arasaka was not indestructible.

Now, in order to fully realize the ambition in his heart, he has no choice but to disband Iron Dragon, and the group of friends who followed him back then are scattered all over the world.

"Congratulations, but I'm curious, how did you regain such ample inspiration? Could it be that company concert that gave you a new epiphany?"

Raisaka laughed again: "I've watched the recording of that concert, and it's really like Johnny Silver Hands, but you have broken through his shadow and sang your own demeanor."

Kerry shrugged while hugging the electric guitar, looking indifferent: "Actually, I don't care anymore, or I have reconciled with myself, and I have been entangled with the shadowy shadow for half my life. Now that I think about it, it is a complete second stroke, haha. "

After a few dry laughs, Kerry's expression gradually became serious, his eyes darkened, and he muttered: "But you really guessed it, the company square did give me a new epiphany, but all this inspiration actually came from one person. .”

Arasaka Yoshinobu said nothing, waiting for Kerry's next words.

He wondered if the name Kerry said was the same person as what he had in mind.

Kerry sighed softly: "I have already asked him to come over, you will see him soon, but I have to give you a vaccination, as far as electric guitar fingering is concerned, you may not be his opponent. It is almost exactly the same as Silver Hand, but I was terrified that day, thinking that I was hallucinating about riding a horse again, and my brain was fucked by Silver Hand."

Arasaka Yoshinobu smiled helplessly, and didn't ask any further questions.

The two chatted about the future of the rock and roll industry, and they both laughed at themselves and could only see the decline.

Since their batch of crazy rock kids quit, no newcomers have followed suit.

While the two were chatting, a security guard in a suit walked into the villa and came to report next to Arasaka Yoshinobu.

Kerry cursed and said: "Report what a fart, I don't even have ghosts in this big villa, go and go, hurry up and invite people in."

After speaking, Kerry got up barefoot and walked out the door in his sleeping underpants.

As soon as he opened the door and looked out, he saw a familiar figure standing at the gate and was stopped by several black-clothed bodyguards.

"Don!"

"Made, let me go, do you hear me?"

"It's all from the Arasaka company. Are you blind and not seeing it?"

Under Kerry's vigorous yelling, the black-clothed bodyguard stepped aside.

Only then did Tang Yu get closer and greeted Kerry.

Kerry was not polite, pushed Tang Yu's shoulders with both hands, walked towards the villa, and said proudly.

"Walk around, let me introduce you to someone personally, you will never think of it."

As soon as Tang Yu heard this, he guessed who it was, and asked in advance: "Arasaka Laishu?"

When Kerry heard this, his expression instantly became boring, and he said bluntly: "Don, when will you not be so smart, you can even guess this."

But he quickly regained his joy, and said to himself: "How about it, buddy treats you well, right now Arasaka Yoshinobu is the head of Arasaka Tower in the City of Night, if you get online with him, you have a bright future."

"But I have to tell you in advance that Lai Xuan doesn't like to talk about business in private, and the matter of the Arasaka Tower is really not on the table. You have to shock him with your superb fingering first, just like you shocked me that day."

"Remember, make friends first and then talk about things, the order cannot be reversed!"

Faced with Kerry's "teaching", Tang Yu had no choice but to obey.

The two then came to the music corner.

Tang Yu saw his old friend——Arasaka Laixuan, and Arasaka Laixuan also saw Tang Yu who had always wanted to see again.

When he was at Arasaka Manor last time, Lai Xuan just glanced at it in a hurry, and didn't pay attention to it, let alone thought that Tang Yu would cause him trouble later.

Compared with the domineering and domineering at the manor, Arasaka Yoshinobu, who was holding a guitar, seemed a bit chic and unrestrained.

As an intermediary, Kerry solemnly introduced the two parties.

Arasaka Yoshinobu: "Hello."

Tang Yu: "Hello."

Kerry wanted to ease the atmosphere, pushed Tang Yu to sit on the sofa, and personally chose an electric guitar for him, which was exactly what Tang Yu used that day.

"Let's not talk about other things, let's play?"

Tang Yu reached out to take the guitar handed over by Kerry without objection.

Kerry sat on the other side, also picked up the electric guitar, and if he wanted to pick a song that all three of them knew, it must be Samurai Band.

He squeezed the pick, and quickly plucked the strings to play a rapid electronic sound.

Kerry: "We lost everything, We had to pay the price"

Accompanied by Kerry's playing and singing, Arasaka Yoshinobu immediately continued to play electronic music to complete the tune.

Tang Yu also found the right rhythm and joined the rock music.

The three fingerings were extremely fast, and they were immersed in the music world and played freely. The strong electronic sound filled the entire empty villa.

As the tune gets closer to the high point, the beat gets faster and faster, and the three keep switching chords in an attempt to catch up with each other's fastest rhythm.

Like a kite string stretched to its limit, they all have to maintain their playing speed.

finally.

Kerry was the first to lose the battle. The moment he let go of the strings, his palms covered the strings of the guitar, stopping all sound.

He looked at the two people who were still immersed in the competition, each kept their heads buried in switching chords and fingerings, trying to surpass each other's limits.

It has been a long time since Kerry has experienced such a hearty extreme challenge.

The fingerings of the two are fast and not chaotic, and the electronic sound still maintains a rhythmic rhythm. This extreme test not only requires the player to be familiar with the music, but also to have a solid foundation in fingering.

Kerry thought to himself that these two guys must have practiced fingering a lot in private.

The tone continued for a while again, until the last chord was swept, Tang Yu and Lai Xuan stopped almost at the same time, ended playing, and only the remaining sound echoed.

Arasaka Yorinobu heaved a long sigh of relief, because he was playing so intently that sweat dripped from his forehead.

He raised his hand to wipe his face, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes: "It seems that what Kerry said before is correct, your fingering is indeed exactly the same as his."

He was incredulous about Tang Yu's superb fingering skills, and he could no longer find anyone who played rock and roll in the younger generation, let alone someone who played so wonderfully like Tang Yu.

Tang Yu put away the guitar and said with a smile: "Those who still like Samurai band rock these days can basically be called hardcore fans, and it's normal to be able to play a little bit."

Kerry has already distinguished the outcome of the game just now. Although their completion is not much different, Tang Yu's fingering is obviously better.

It not only restores the style of Johnny Silverhand, but also perfectly steps on every beat and rhythm. Even Johnny Silverhand himself may not be able to play so fast and accurately.

After the song, the atmosphere among the three became more harmonious.

Kerry hung up the guitar again and invited the two of them upstairs for a drink or two.

Under Kerry's greeting, Tang Yu and Lai Xuan sat on the sofa in the leisure area on the second floor.

Taking advantage of Kerry's drinking time, Arasaka Laixuan faced Tang Yu who was sitting alone, and asked, "I heard from Kerry that you contributed to the nostalgic concert of the Samurai Band in the company square, and it was very good. He put You are boasting that you helped him regain his rock inspiration and are planning to release a new album."

Tang Yu knows everything about Lai Xuan, and now he just wants to test his attitude, whether he is really loyal to Arasaka, and whether there is still a chance to cooperate with each other.

But there are some things that he can't say clearly. In the past, the two may have been in harmony, but with Saburo Arasaka, any move may bring disaster.

"Actually, Kerry himself just wanted to play. After all, that terrorist has had a deep influence on Kerry. I have also been deeply influenced by him, whether it is music or action."

Back then, the reason why Tang Yu wanted to fight Arasaka to the death was that apart from his personal enmity with Arasaka, there was also a certain reason attributed to Johnny.

Laixuan Arasaka was silent, knowing that the terrorist Tang Yu was talking about was Johnny Silver Hand who nuclear-blown the Arasaka Tower.

"That's quite interesting. That terrorist has also had a great influence on me."

It was only after he witnessed the nuclear explosion that he realized that even an explosion as powerful as a nuclear bomb could not shake Arasaka's rule.

If you want to completely destroy Arasaka, you can only exert force from the inside and outside at the same time, disintegrating its foundation.

This is why he is willing to return to the Arasaka family and take up the position of heir against his will.

As far as he is concerned, even if he truly dominates the Arasaka Company one day, the only thing he has to do is to destroy the company.

Tang Yu said indifferently: "But now it seems that the path he chose is not correct. It is like a burst of fireworks. After a moment of brilliance, it disappears without a trace, leaving nothing behind."

Arasaka Yoshinobu nodded, agreeing with this statement: "Maybe what he needs is a bomb that is more powerful than a nuclear bomb, what do you think?"

"It is true that a more powerful bomb can overturn everything, but the risk price to be paid is the same. More importantly, this bomb has been targeted. Whether it is cutting the line of fire or dropping the bag, etc., in this era Well, bomb disposal experts have ten thousand ways to dismantle bombs, and even use the gunpowder in bombs to do more things.”

Both fell silent, staring at each other.

Arasaka Yoshinobu has made it very clear to a high-level executive of the Arasaka company that he has spoken to this point.

What he wants is to treat himself as a bomb that surpasses nuclear bombs and explode with the most powerful force to destroy all giant companies.

And Tang Yu's intentions are also very clear. If the bomb wants to explode, he has to pay a price, and at the same time, he must be prepared to be sanctioned by Saburo Arasaka.

Obviously, the current Arasaka Yoshinobu does not have the ability to fight Arasaka Saburo.

Arasaka Laishan smiled, with hints of anger in his tone: "Bombs are not ordinary things in the world. Those bomb disposal experts who dare to stretch out their hands must be careful of the consequences of being smashed to pieces."

Tang Yu never thought of standing against Lai Xuan at all. He hoped that Lai Xuan could become stronger and bring down his evil father Saburo Arasaka.

But he believes that although Lai Xuan keeps saying that he is willing to pay all the price to disintegrate Arasaka Company.

But he didn't even have the ruthlessness to attack his own blood relatives.

Arriving at the Arasaka Tower, he couldn't bear to kill Michiko to seize power. In Kyoto, he couldn't bear to kill Arasaka Hanako who was the informer, and gave the other party space and time to plan secretly.

If Arasaka Laixuan was determined to be ruthless back then and agreed to Tang Yu burning Arasaka Huazi's head instead of placing Arasaka Huazi under house arrest, maybe things would have a chance.

But Tang Yu deeply understands that even if Saburo Arasaka fails to get the container of Lai Xuan, there is a high probability that it will come to Huazi Arasaka.

That poor Arasaka Yoshinobu, until he died, he thought that his good sister was on his side, but he didn't know that she had become an extension of Arasaka Saburo's will.

Facing the faintly angry Arasaka Laixuan, Tang Yu had no choice but to stop, and if he continued, it would inevitably anger Laixuan even more.

The Tielianhua Brotherhood behind Lai Xuan probably had a great influence on him.

Tang Yu is now just an employee of Arasaka Company, with a limited share, and he can't persuade Lai Xuan, a bull, at all.

Seeing that the other party did not speak anymore, Arasaka Yoshinobu said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, each of us will naturally have our own way of walking in the future. Not every bomb disposal will be lucky."

It happened that Kerry came up with two bottles of preserved champagne. Seeing that the faces of the two were cold and the atmosphere was not as harmonious as before, he asked a little strangely.

"What? Could it be something about work, oh, don't talk about that, let's have two drinks."

Arasaka Yoshinobu stood up decisively and thanked Kerry.

"No, I have something to do today."

Done.

Lai Xuan glanced at Tang Yu, turned and went downstairs, regardless of Kerry's dissuasion.

Kerry was a little confused: "What's the matter with him? He suddenly got awkward and took the wrong medicine."

Tang Yu looked at Lai Xuan's leaving back, and said calmly: "It's okay, men are always emotionally unstable for two days."

　Today is gone, there are too many people in the family, and I can't spare much time to code words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)