Cyberpunk: 2075

Xibi Building.

Karl had never really stood in the building he had seen below, but he was quite familiar with it.

He was supposed to send Haruko here on that escort mission.

Standing outside the Bi Building, looking at the towering building, Karl felt a vague pain in his body.

The last time I saw this building like this, the bastard driving the ACPA appeared in front of me within a few seconds and stopped me. I fucked him so many times that my whole body almost fell apart.

Staring at his raised hands, Karl suppressed the feeling of phantom pain.

It's different now.

Now, if it happened again, Karl was confident that he would dismantle that thing and keep it intact from head to toe.

They were treated with admiration after three days of farewell. Now it has been almost ten and a half months since that mission, and Karl is no longer Wu Xia Amon.

The time was 8:50, but the people waiting for Karl had already arrived.

It was a middle-aged man wearing a suit and sunglasses, with company dog ​​written clearly on his face. He looked at Karl, and after confirming his identity, he made a sideways gesture of reaching out, as if to signal Karl to follow. You can follow him into the area of ​​Xibi Building.

Because Arasaka Haruko lives in it, the area around the Xibi Building is separated from other areas. Invading into one of the areas rashly and doing some inappropriate behavior will attract the attention of the security personnel of the Bi Building. It is a machine attack, so a dedicated person is needed to lead Carl into it.

Kenichi Shiro said this kind of thing yesterday, so Karl didn't say much, just nodded and let him lead the way.

As he walked, Karl looked around the perimeter of the Bi Building. With sharp eyes, he saw hidden sentry machine guns and machine guns behind several bushes. Judging from the newness of those guns, they were recently deployed not long ago.

Xibi Building is for receiving outside guests. The alert for Haruko Arasaka will not last long. When Haruko Arasaka's residence and security arrangements in North Oak District are completed, she will go there. Xibi Building will be restored into a luxury hotel where all the wealthy people from all over the world can come.

According to what Carl knows, the former Arasaka family members who came to live in Night City basically followed this process of first living in the Xibi Building. After all, the security of the Xibi Building was in the Night City real estate controlled by Arasaka. , second only to the Arasaka Tower, but as it is now, even the perimeter is guarded,

It's the first time.

Was it because of the assassination?

Several more hidden sentinels were discovered, and Karl, who silently remembered these locations in his mind, thought this way. Along the way,

He has seen no less than twenty newly established security points. With this level of defense, Karl thought about it and felt that even if all his team members were present, plus the Brown and Mann teams, it might take a long time to break through. Put in some effort.

Probably about a minute.

As a peripheral defense, it is a bit strong.

If we want to destroy everything and quickly enter the Xibi Building from the outside, and compress the time to less than half a minute, we may have to mobilize a small team of heavy-duty ACPAs, and have specialized personnel hack in and clear out these hidden sentry machine guns or machine guns. Cannons will do.

or....

Let that person come.

The figure that came to him in slow time before he fell into coma flashed through Karl's mind, and he shook his hand unconsciously.

If it was that person, how many seconds would it take?

Twenty seconds, ten seconds, or does it only take a moment to complete the breakthrough?

That speed, that power, that perfect combination of machinery and will, the absolute power that is difficult to achieve alone, left a deep impression on Karl.

It would be great if there were data about that guy. Only by the difficulty of facing that guy can we call it despair, and only then would it be worth trying once.

At that time, he took over Haruko's escort mission and served as Haruko's escort. Can he see him today?

And it's not just him, Kenichi Shiro is also there. It would be great if these two people could have their data.

Even if they are just virtualized data and cannot reach their own strength, Karl really wants to try them.

Test to see what the gap is between you and them.

In other words, how far is the difference!

"Mr. Karl, I can only take you so far, please keep going."

The company employee leading Carl stopped at the door of Bi Building and made that gesture again, gesturing for Carl to enter through the door.

Karl entered the Xibi Building without any hesitation, and before entering the lobby reception area, there was an automatic scan at the entrance.

As soon as the scan scanned Karl's body, the alarm sounded, but it was immediately turned off the next moment. A woman wearing the same black suit as the person outside walked over with interest:

"Sorry Mr. Karl, we overlooked that you would be carrying a weapon. The alarm has been turned off. Please follow me."

In the lobby, there were more than a dozen people wearing the same clothes, who seemed to be members of the Arasaka Special Operations Department.

But none of them expressed any radical attitude or behavior towards Karl coming in with weapons. They just raised their hands slightly because of their guarding instinct, and then lowered them.

"Did Mr. Kenichi Shiro say I could carry a weapon?"

"Of course, sir has already said it."

It was still the same humble bow, which made Carl's eyebrows jump unconsciously.

Although he was quite polite, he was not used to being treated like this all the time.

After being looked at with fear by gang members for a long time, he suddenly saw this kind of eyes that lowered their eyes and did not look at each other...

I can only say that it was unbearable.

Under the guidance of the insider, Carl entered the elevator, and the insider stayed at the elevator entrance. Before the door closed, he put his hands in front of his abdomen and bowed deeply to Carl: "I wish you a good day."

"Good day, is this a signature phrase?"

Watching the elevator door slowly close, through the gap, Carl saw that the person at the door did not straighten up until the end, and his movements were still standard and respectful.

It seems that this behavior is almost engraved in his bones.

Carl didn't feel anything special about this, because in the past, he had also seen similar movements and behaviors in the service industry, but the training here at Bi Building was better.

If you insist on saying that you can't stand up straight after bending for too long, it's not the case, it's just...:

"Sure enough, I don't like people bending over to me."

It's just that Carl doesn't like it.

Standing in the elevator going up, Carl's face was calm.