Cyberpunk: 2075

Holding the crispy bread with the aroma of wheat in his left hand and eating it with the rich milky soup, he picked up the cut potato omelette with his right hand and stuffed it into his mouth. Carl swore that this was the best meal he had ever had in 2075. The most satisfying meal.

The real thing tastes different.

After spending ten minutes to finish the two portions of potato omelet and one portion of cream of mushroom soup with bread, Carl asked the shop owner to pack three portions of cream of mushroom soup and six portions of potato omelet. After tasting the taste , Karl has determined that these two dishes are delicious, so he has to pack them up and take them back for Jack and the others to try.

1,160 euros, which is the price of Carl’s lunch plus takeaway. The cost of the packing box was waived for Carl because he bought so much at one time.

After paying, Carl picked up the pile of food that was packed tightly by the waiter with one hand and would not spill.

In the City of Night, you still need to be vigilant and have one hand free at all times.

Karl carried the food and walked to the door, and someone happened to come in outside.

It was a male company dog ​​wearing an Arasaka uniform.

When their eyes met, Karl didn't recognize this guy, but this guy recognized Karl after being stunned.

Afterwards, Karl clearly saw an extremely emotional fear in his eyes.

Ah...can I read emotions from my prosthetic eyes these days?

"You go first."

When a dog walks opposite to him, Carl will always choose to make way for the dog. The reason is very simple. Who would care about priority with a dog?

"Yes, please!"

The Arasaka company dog, whose body had begun to tremble, was obviously relieved after hearing what Carl said. He forced out a smile and nodded kindly towards Carl, as if he was licking his face to please his master. Like a dog, he then walked carefully past Karl and entered the store.

The company dog ​​who worked as a security guard in Arasaka secretly rejoiced while moaning.

‘How could I meet this murderous star here...Fortunately, he has a good temper. ’

Karl did not recognize this Arasaka company dog, but he remembered Karl. He was among the people who protected Arasaka Haruko. He saw with his own eyes the abilities that the other party showed in that mission. This kind of person is not him. Can be provoked.

One step, two steps, just as an inexplicable feeling of joy emerged in the heart of this Arasaka employee, like a sense of joy in escaping from a cyberpsychosis, Karl's voice from behind him made his body freeze again.

"Wait a minute, I seem to remember you."

Karl didn't recognize his face, but looking at the figure from the back, he felt a little familiar: "Are you the previous security guard?"

"Yes, it's me..."

Turning around hastily, this Arasaka employee with oriental appearance subconsciously wanted to bow, but Karl raised his hand casually to stop him.

"I'm not your boss, so I don't need to be so polite."

With that said, Karl smiled at him: "Although you watched us fight to death when we were attacked for the first time, and later you couldn't even protect the target and almost wiped out our group, this made us I'm very unhappy, but for the sake of helping Jack and his friends fight hard later, I'll just ignore this unhappiness."

Carl's palm gently patted the shoulder of the Arasaka staff who dared not move: "Don't worry, I'm not the stereotyped Chinese guy who kills his whole family just because he's unhappy. I'm just unhappy and it won't affect the whole family."

Karl said, and patted again, but this time it was a bit heavy, almost causing the Arasaka employee to stumble so much that his legs softened and he knelt on the ground.

"Next time you make me unhappy, you will be the only one in your family to die."

Karl is a very particular person. He will only target anyone who makes him unhappy, and will give him the first chance, but never again.

Someone will really die next time, so be careful.

Listening to Karl's words, he felt Karl's palm slap on his shoulder, which could break his neck along the shoulder blade at any time. Such Arasaka personnel nodded like crazy, fearing that Karl would not feel his sincerity. '.

"Responsibilities must be fulfilled properly."

If he was just watching the show, Karl could actually accept it. The mercenaries like them had already prepared to be used as cannon fodder. It was really not a problem if they were given enough money. However, the security personnel did not even fulfill their duties and allowed the target to be injured. It's another thing to implicate them.

There's a difference between being expected and being held back by incompetence, and so is the level of anger about it.

After reminding the Arasaka staff, Carl noticed the gazes of other people in the store. Although Carl and the Arasaka staff were not loud, the habit of eating melons seemed to be shared by people from all countries. A man dressed as a mercenary almost made Arasaka Employees bowing or even kneeling, no matter where they are placed, it is a melon worth eating.

Karl, who did not intend to be someone else's target, stopped saying anything to the Arasaka staff. He retracted his palm and glanced around the restaurant. Then he broke out in a cold sweat behind his back and walked out under the gaze of the Arasaka staff who had survived the disaster. shop.

'strangeness. ’

When Karl walked out of the store, he was not thinking about the Arasaka staff, but what he saw when he glanced at the restaurant before leaving.

As a mercenary, it is natural to pay attention to the situation around you at all times. Carl was sure that when he left his seat and walked to the counter to pay, the pink-haired woman who came after him was still eating. When he finished talking with the Arasaka security personnel and glanced at the crowd of onlookers, the woman was no longer in the store.

Does this store have a back door? But I don’t think she came to pay the bill...

Running away from the bill?

Taking advantage of the chaos and eating melons to run away from the bill, worthy of America, oh, Night City does not belong to America now, so it is worthy of Night City.

An experienced person who runs away from the bill can't even eat the melon.

Carl remembered that he had seen a news report before, in which a fugitive couldn't control the desire to watch the excitement and went to watch, and was caught by the police surveillance camera.

"Ding..."

In Carl's communication, a message from Blanca came.

Intelligence is coming?

Carl thought that Blanca had obtained the information about the group of ACPA pilots entering Night City, so he opened it with some expectation, but found that it was a new message from Blanca, which was a new commission.

It was quite interesting that the next commission was sent before the previous one was completed.

After a quick look, Carl saw a word in the task that he had never heard of.

'Cyborg'.