Cyberpunk: 2075

"How does it feel?"

Listening to Lao Wei's voice, Karl looked at himself reflected in the mirror and tried to pull his face.

"There's nothing wrong with it. It feels almost like my original face...it's just that it looks a little strange."

What appeared in the mirror was a young man with black hair. Judging from his appearance, he was only three-thirds similar to Karl in the past. Overall, he looked more like...

"Old Wei, how do I look at it? Carl's current appearance looks quite like yours."

Jack looked at Carl's current face from the side, and then looked at Lao Wei: "Look at Carl as if he is your nephew."

"uh-huh?"

When Carl heard what Jack said, he looked carefully and found that the face template he chose really looked like Lao Wei.

"To build a face model, you have to have some basis. The four faces I built were based on you and me. I originally thought that Carl, you would choose the one that is more like your own face. I didn’t expect that after a lot of choosing, I finally chose my face template.”

Listening to Lao Wei's voice, he was quite surprised by Karl's choice.

"It's too much like me, so there's no point in lurking, but it's okay. The face of your nephew, Lao Wei, is better than the face of Oliver or Jack's younger brother."

After rubbing his changed face, Karl stood up from the operating table:

"Then what's next? The face that can avoid scanning is ready. What about the identity?"

Just having a changed face is obviously not enough. Without a proper identity, he might be found out soon after entering Arasaka Academy.

"Don't worry, I've asked the priest to take care of this."

Jack handed over a chip and motioned for Karl to read the contents.

"Father, why did you ask him for help?"

"The middleman has connections, and the priest can be considered one of our own Heywood people. Karl, you said you wanted an identity at the time, so of course I went to him immediately... The priest didn't ask for details, and soon Just help me get a legal and compliant identity. You can just scan your face into it when the time comes. But you know, we have to do some work for the priest next time to repay him. The famous KK, now in the city The middlemen here are all thinking about you coming to help.”

"It doesn't matter if you have a mission. If you owe a favor, you have to pay it back. I don't care...but there is no problem with this identity. Is it reliable?"

"What are you talking about? That's the priest, the most powerful middleman in Heywood. This kind of thing that an ordinary street middleman can do, don't worry if you leave it to the priest."

After Jack finished saying this, Oliver nodded beside him and said: "Carl, how many people do you think will die in Night City every day and how many people will come? How can those officials from the NCPD and the city government who only know corruption... You don’t have time to worry about these messy population movements... People at the border inspection station will only take a few glances at this kind of thing. If you are a wanderer, they won’t even bother to look at it. "

After Oliver finished saying this, he pointed at Karl's face again: "Besides, don't talk about the changed one. Your identity before the change was completely blank. Don't you know? I just worked with you not long ago. My sister is worried about you and checked about you. It turns out that your resume is blank. Even if you can get around in Night City, you are still afraid that you will not be able to change your official identity, right? "

"I heard an idea from your words. Outsiders and wanderers have no human rights, right? The master of Night City is the master... But can this really be hidden from Arasaka?"

"Don't worry, if you pay enough money, even if you don't have an identity, the people at Arasaka Academy can find you a formal identity. As long as you have money, it's easy. Besides, we are not going to Arasaka or military science and technology to apply for a job, we are just a It’s just school, don’t worry.”

Listening to the words of Oliver and Jack, Carl felt that they were still quite unreliable, but he had to admit that one thing in their words was very correct and true.

That is, if you pay enough money, Arasaka Academy will not care who you are.

A large number of preparatory company dogs trained by Arasaka Academy have to be cleared when they enter Arasaka. People with identity issues will not be able to pass that level, and you have nothing to do with it. You can't even pass the interview level. You can use it. Profitable colleges do not need to be so strict in auditing.

"It's all a business."

These days, status is business, interviews are business, and even education is business.

They are quite like businessmen. If they are given enough money, they will even sell the ropes used to hang them up.

"When is the specific start time of school?"

"There is no special start time. You can go after paying money. After verifying your identity, you can get a suit and uniform worn by Arasaka Academy to go to school. Oh, you have to pay attention here. During this one-month trial period, this uniform Carl, you just have the right to use it, and you have to return it when the time is up. If there is dirt or damage, you will have to pay the school uniform price in proportion to the damage. "

Oliver flipped through the news, and in the corner related to school uniforms, he found a reminder with a font that was only one-third the size of other fonts around it.

"Price compensation, dear, isn't it just what they say casually? Compensation is based on the damage ratio, who knows how they deal with damage."

Jack smacked his tongue beside him, and then he came to his senses: "Isn't this just a trick for ordinary people who want to experience Arasaka Academy for a month?"

"Don't be incapable, 99% of the time it is like this."

Oliver said: "Isn't it marked that Arasaka Academy has the sole right to interpret the above terms?"

"I'm afraid if I don't experience the one-month course by then, I will have to pay compensation at the normal tuition price for several years."

"Otherwise, Jack, do you think Arasaka Academy would be so kind? It would reduce the price and publicize it in the headlines. There is no charge for being in the headlines. Look, the preferential policies made for the sake of poor ordinary people make everyone Everyone can appreciate Arasaka’s elite education, which is really disgusting to watch.”

“Do people who don’t have much money have to take that little money?”

"If you eat the bones, you still have the marrow that you can knock out and eat."

"It's like you've really eaten real bones."

Listening to the conversation between Oliver and Jack about Arasaka College, Carl on the side had already inserted the chip to check the information about his new identity.

Seventeen years old, not yet an adult, but he is only one year younger than his current eighteen years old, and his name is...

Gaius?