Cyberpunk: 2075

Chiyoko's timely appearance, like a barrier to calm the storm, quietly ended the tense confrontation between Carl and Adam Hammer, or rather, Adam Hammer deliberately chose to ease the situation.

His eyes were no longer as sharp as a knife, and he deliberately moved away. Such behavior filled Carl's heart with doubts, because in his feeling, the moment Michiko's name sounded, Adam Hammer's demeanor seemed to soften immediately, and the originally pervasive tyrannical atmosphere seemed to be blown away by a gentle wind and disappeared without a trace.

Strange, too strange.

Carl inexplicably remembered Adam Hammer's gentle attitude when he mentioned Haruko before, and his doubts deepened.

What happened to Adam Hammer? He didn't even say a harsh word, and just put it down like that. Did he change his prosthesis and his personality? Is Adam Hammer now a gentle limited edition?

Doubts weighed on his heart. After Chiyoko opened the door, Carl walked into the mansion with Maki beside him.

The interior decoration of the mansion was no different from the last time Carl visited. However, the difference was that Carl went to the tea room to meet Haruko Arasaka last time, but this time, Michiko Arasaka greeted them directly in the lobby of the mansion.

The lobby originally had the function of a reception room, and it was more natural to meet outsiders in this place.

Michiko Arasaka sat on the central sofa in the lobby, as if she was receiving the teacup held by her daughter Haruko with both hands. After hearing the noise of the newcomers entering, she first took the teacup, then calmly placed the teacup on the tea table in front of her, as if nothing had happened, and stood up to face the few people.

Her eyes first swept over Kenichi Shiro, and then stayed on Adam Heavy Hammer for a moment, with a trace of nostalgia in her eyes, as if she was recalling something, but the memory soon disappeared, and finally, she smiled and looked at Carl and Maki.

"Maki, long time no see." "It's been a while since I last greeted you, Aunt Michiko."

Michiko Arasaka first greeted the more familiar Maki Takemura, and then looked at Carl.

Looking at Carl, she didn't speak at the first time, and Carl naturally didn't know what the head of Night City Arasaka was thinking, so he could only remain silent and wait for her to speak.

As for Carl's first impression of Michiko, the impression that Arasaka Michiko gave him was quite shocking.

How to say it, Maki was right, every time I see Michiko Arasaka, her image really changes a lot. Carl remembered that the last time he saw Michiko Arasaka on TV, Michiko Arasaka still had black hair. Now,

How to say it, from the appearance point of view, this woman with a blue killer hairstyle, combined with the huge rings hanging on her two earlobes, is really too shocking.

Is this the woman who walks at the forefront of fashion? Carl doesn't know what's impressive.

While Carl was feeling a huge shock because of Michiko's appearance, Arasaka Michiko was observing the young man carefully.

Information about this young man had actually been placed on Michiko's desk as early as when he first took on the escort mission, but even she did not expect that in the subsequent events, this young man with an unknown background, who was only recently secretly identified by her daughter, would be so deeply involved with her daughter.

Is it a friendship born out of rescue, or...,

Michiko Arasaka couldn't help but look at Adam Hammer again,

"Should I say, is this really my daughter? She is so similar to me.'

However, Michiko Arasaka did not intend to intervene in these trivial matters between the younger generation in her opinion. She is an open-minded parent, or it can be said that this is related to the American personal independence education concept that she has accepted more. As for her daughter's affairs, since her daughter has shown enough self-reliance, she thinks there is no need to interfere too much.

Although some American parents will also interfere in their children's affairs, that is not Michiko Arasaka, so she smiled at Carl after looking at him for two seconds.

"You are Carl, I often hear about you from Haruko, welcome to come today. "

She acted like a mother who saw her daughter's friends coming to play at home.

For some reason, when Arasaka Michiko smiled at him, Carl felt a sense of relaxation in his heart. The tension just now,

felt that it was even more unbearable than the confrontation with Adam's hammer.

"Excuse me, Michiko...Auntie."

Carl hesitated for a moment, but decided to call Arasaka Michiko the same way as Maki did.

After the meeting, the atmosphere became much more relaxed. After all, today was not a company report, nor was it a banquet in Arasaka Tower. Just like Haruko said when inviting Carl and Maki, it was just an ordinary invitation for friends to "play" at home and meet their mother at the same time.

Arasaka Michiko didn't say much to Maki and Carl. Among the people who came today, she seemed to care most about Adam Heavy Hammer. She also took the initiative to invite Adam Heavy Hammer to sit on the sofa next to her and chat with her, while Haruko sat on the other side with Maki. Carl originally planned to sit next to them to chat closer, but under Kenichi Shiro's gaze, he finally sat on the sofa on the other side next to them.

Reminded by Kenichi Shiro's eyes, Carl realized that he had to pay more or less attention to the difference between men and women.

After seeing Carl sitting down, Kenichi Shiro nodded with satisfaction, and then turned around to see Mrs. Michiko chatting with Adam Heavy Hammer, which made him frown again.

He remembered what his father had done.

"Adam Heavy Hammer is indeed a character that needs to be warned."

Mrs. Michiko used her husband's last name for a while, and only changed it back to Arasaka after her husband's death. What was Adam Heavy Hammer planning to do by approaching Mrs. Michiko?

Looking at Carl, then at Adam Heavy Hammer, Kenichi Shiro finally chose to sit next to Adam Heavy Hammer.

Although Carl was also annoying, Kenichi Shiro hated Adam Heavy Hammer more than him.

Anyway, Carl always kept in mind the proper courtesy, and when talking to him, he always respectfully added the honorific "Mr." after his name, and compared to Carl, Kenichi Shiro had long been fed up with Adam Heavy Hammer.