Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 44
Arasaka Tower.

Susan Abernathy, who had just finished the upper-level meeting, was taking the elevator, preparing to return to her director's office.

She asked the secretary next to her in a deep voice: "How is Caitlin's progress? I asked her to report the results before [-]:[-]. Why is there no movement until now?"

The female secretary at the side reported cautiously: "Director, Caitlin has not responded to the on-site news since she left the mission, and the trauma team just sent a message saying that Caitlin's platinum member's biometrics test is abnormal, and there is a high probability that something has happened."

Susan Abernathy frowned. She knew that Caitlin would never stay silent for so long if she had good news. She thought for a moment: "There must be something wrong. Find out about Cartersmith's actions immediately!"

The secretary immediately started contacting the person in charge of Carter Smith in the Special Operations Department. After hearing the news, the secretary's face changed suddenly, and he faintly felt that the situation was a little serious, so he immediately reported to Director Abernathy.

"Director, Carter Smith didn't personally lead the team to the scene, but only arranged for a special service team from the counterintelligence department. He said that he would cooperate with us on the mission. Carter himself has already returned home from get off work, so he probably got the news and ran away!"

"Did the secret service team return to Arasaka Tower?"

"not yet."

Abernathy was silent. She carefully collected all kinds of information, and soon realized that a storm was coming.

Caitlin's failure to reply to the message means that the mission is not going well. Carter Smith's early escape may be preparing to escape in advance, fearing that the leak will be exposed.

Various circumstances indicate that the mission has failed, and even Caitlin may encounter an accident.

Who would dare to openly attack the Arasaka special service team? Abernathy immediately thought of military technology, but he was not sure for the time being. The only thing he was sure of was that there must be Arthur Jenkins in it.

And her most urgent task is to try to avoid this storm from catching her eyes.

"Hmph, I'm not afraid, Carter Smith must have escaped!"

"He is now a time bomb on our heads. If he is caught by the counterintelligence department, think about the consequences yourself."

The meaning of Director Abernathy's words is already obvious.

If Carter Smith is not eliminated, they will be eliminated.

The secretary immediately contacted the head of the Special Operations Department.

"Immediately arrange for all the secret agents on standby to go out and search for Carter Smith. Once found, they will be dealt with immediately. Director Abernathy will wait for news at any time tonight!"

After arranging for his subordinates to go out, the secretary dialed the contact number of the Animal Gang.

"Come on, the target this time, Carter Smith, his relevant information has been sent to you!"

"It is very likely that he went home to pick up his mother. You go to his house to look for it. Remember that no matter whether it is a person or a thing, everything will disappear!"

"Go now!"

The king of the animal gang: "Of course it's no problem, but please pay the reward first, it's not much, and the [-] euros will be cleaned up."

The secretary's face was displeased. Fifty thousand euros was not a small sum, and Carter Smith was not the kind of tough nut to crack.

The price was indeed too high, but the situation was urgent at this time, and it was not the time to care about money, so he could only accept being slaughtered.

The secretary directly paid [-] euros remotely, and after receiving the reward, the contactor of the Animal Helper readily agreed to act.

The secretary was relieved until everything was arranged.

A deputy minister disappeared during the mission without any information, presumably the three special service teams are also in bad luck.

Although I don't know the specific situation at the scene, the situation is already very serious. Once the responsibility is pursued, I am afraid that my boss, Director Abernathy, will be implicated.

So now we have to cut the weeds and get rid of the roots.

But before confirming it, the secretary didn't dare to speculate: "Director, I haven't received any reliable information about the specific reason for the failure of the mission. The signal should be blocked at the scene."

The elevator has arrived at the director's office floor, and Susan Abernathy walked out: "They want to bring me down, but Jenkins is still a little tender, how did they deal with him back then, how will they deal with him this time!"

"This time we underestimated Jenkins, and no one would set this up for me except him."

The secretary hurried to keep up with his boss.

Suddenly, she heard from the trauma team again.

is bad news.

The secretary suppressed the shock in his heart, and after a few seconds of delay, he said in a trembling voice.

"Director Abernathy, the trauma team who arrived at the scene confirmed Caitlyn's death."

"Furthermore, the three special operations teams brought out by Caitlin were all killed. The specific cause of death is under investigation."

Susan Abernathy stopped, her expression was not as calm as before, and she realized that things were more difficult than she imagined.

If it's just an action mission failure, it's not a big deal, after all, no mission plan can guarantee 100% success.

But a deputy minister was killed in battle with three special service teams, and the incident has become a big deal.

This is a declaration of war on Arasaka.

no matter who.

Once found out, they will face Arasaka's death pursuit.

Who has the courage to openly attack the Arasaka special service team in Night City?
Is it military technology?
The matter is of great importance, and Susan Abernathy cannot shift the responsibility to military technology without absolute evidence.

Arasaka has no plans to start a full-scale war with military technology in Night City.

Susan Abernathy didn't have time to think about more distant things, and she was worried about who would be responsible for the failure of the mission.

If we really want to pursue it strictly, we don't even want to be the director.

"You quickly prepared the relevant documents for this operation, and I am now sending a report of the operation to the members of the board of directors."

"If it's one step behind that Jenkins guy, it's going to be a really hard problem."

Susan Abernathy is keenly aware that if this matter is not reported to her superiors as soon as possible, that is, her immediate superior is in charge of the vice president.

It will definitely cause one's own faction to fall into a passive position on the board of directors, and things will develop in a worse direction.

She must seek the support and understanding of the majority of the board of directors as much as possible, and reduce the major issues to minor ones.

"Must not let Jenkins get his way."

top priority.

First of all, we must shift the main responsibility for the matter to Caitlin, and then take the initiative to take on a secondary responsibility for lax management, and apply for salary deductions and interest rate cuts to quell public anger.

In this way, at least the basic disk will not be affected too much.

If Jenkins takes the lead, reveal the Carter incident and further expand the situation to leaking and collusion.

The president's anger is enough for her to drink a pot, not to mention the opinions of the board members, which will definitely be one-sided to the counterintelligence department.

then.

Susan Abernathy immediately turned back to report before the superiors who had just concluded the meeting left.

(End of this chapter)