Start in Night City

Chapter 204

Then the call was connected.

"Hello?"

No one spoke on the other side.

Lidya Su glanced at it and confirmed that there was no hangup and the communication was normal.

Then he asked again.

Then, a Japanese accent that was somewhat similar to Takemura Goro slowly came from the opposite side.

"I am Arasaka Yorinobu."

V and Jack both gasped.

Not long ago, they were chased by Arasaka's people.

Takemura Goro also wanted them to commit perjury and identify Arasaka Yorinobu as the murderer of Arasaka Saburo.

Now Arasaka Yorinobu took the initiative to call.

Su Xiao motioned the two of them not to talk with her eyes: "You called here specifically just to see if we are dead?"

"No, you misunderstood. I'm sorry, but my subordinates misunderstood my intentions."

Lidya Su said nothing.

He waited for Yorinobu to continue.

"My target is Zhucun, not you, that's all. It's just that my subordinates saw you and Zhucun together and mistakenly thought you were in the same group. I'm very sorry for this."

"You want to kill Zhucun and silence him? Why?"

Arasaka Yorinobu said stiffly: "This is none of your business."

"As a veteran of two dynasties, Takemura worked hard and dedicated himself to your Arasaka cause until his death. There is no merit but hard work. Are you so cruel?"

"I told you, this is an internal matter within Arasaka and has nothing to do with you."

"Okay, then I won't say anything." If you can't ask for an answer, it's actually an answer.

After Saburo's death, Arasaka Yorinobu was so eager to clean up Saburo's team.

On the one hand, there is the possibility of eagerness to strengthen one's own strength;

There is another possibility. Goro Takemura guessed correctly——

Yori Nobu is really the murderer of Saburo Arasaka.

"Then you called here specifically just to clear up the misunderstanding?"

"One more thing, are you interested in serving Arasaka?"

When Su Xiao and others made a fuss about the surveillance of Kanbi Building, Arasaka Yorinobu had seen it.

Not just once.

Although the three Su Xiaos in the surveillance footage were automatically covered with a thick mosaic due to the anti-detection jammer.

But they broke out of the siege, especially the scene where Su Xiao defeated the heavy hammer, which made Arasaka Yorinobu feel scared and chilled all over.

However, this also made Arasaka Yorinobu cherish his talents.

He wants to win over Lidya Su and others for his use.

Saburo Arasaka is dead.

But not everyone within Arasaka obeys Nobu.

Before Saburo Arasaka died, in fact, Arasaka was not monolithic, but had many factions.

first.

It is the Pheasant sect led by his sister, Hanako Arasaka.

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Strictly speaking, the leader of this faction was originally Saburo Arasaka.

After Saburo's death, the Pheasant Faction elected Hanako Arasaka as its new leader.

The Pheasant faction hopes to continue Saburo's rule.

Mainly conservatives hope Arasaka can remain stable and follow Saburo's path.

The opposite of the pheasant faction is naturally the hawks who now support Yori Nobu.

Hawks tend to use the most direct solution to problems.

And doesn't like compromise.

However, during the period when Saburo was in power, the Pheasant faction had always been the leader.

Therefore, the influence of the hawks is not as good as that of the pheasants.

Even after Saburo's death, the hawks turned to Arasaka Yorinobu without hesitation, but it was not enough for Yorinobu to control the entire Arasaka.

However, one thing needs to be mentioned here.

Although the hawks are now in the same camp as Arasaka Yorinobu.

However, some cadres among the hawks did not agree with Lai Xuan's pro-Western approach.

This goes against the hawks' tradition of rejecting and resisting the West.

Just because of the huge power vacuum left after Saburo Arasaka's death.

In addition to the pheasant faction and the hawk faction, there is also the dove faction.

The leader of the Hato faction is Michiko Arasaka, the daughter of Kei Arasaka and the granddaughter of Saburo Arasaka.

She was born in New America in 2008, and her subsequent growth and education were also in this land.

Therefore, unlike most of her family members, Michiko is closer to the new America. Even after the Fourth Corporate War ended, she chose to work with the new United States government.

Supporters of the Dove School are also mostly liberals who want to reform the company more deeply.

However, the influence of the dove faction is not as good as that of the hawk faction.

Among Arasaka's "Troika", he has the least influence.

Of course, in fact, there are not only these three factions in Arasaka, but there are many other factions, but their influence is not as great as these three.

Yorinobu Arasaka wants to strengthen the hawks

In order to overwhelm the Pheasant and Dove factions and integrate Arasaka, more and more powerful forces will be needed.

Even if this power is drawn from outside.

However, Su Xiao's answer was beyond Lai Xuan's expectation.

"But, I refuse."

Arasaka Yorinobu was stunned.

"Why?"

Although he got Lidya Su’s phone number.

But apart from his phone number and Su Xiao’s name, he knew nothing about Su Xiao.

But he still accurately guessed that Su Xiao and others would not be from Military Technology or other companies.

the reason is simple.

If someone is from a company, targeting Arasaka Tower or other facilities on the Arasaka Beachfront would be far more damaging than targeting a hotel.

"Because we are used to being free and can't stand the constraints of the company, and we don't want to be a knife in the hands of others."

Join Arasaka?

If this condition were thrown onto the street, I'm afraid countless people would fight over it.

There are actually quite a few parents in Night City, just like Siris's parents.

I would rather live frugally and be short of food and clothing than to provide for my children to go to school and try my best to give them the best education.

Then enter the company.

In their eyes, this is the best way out.

But Lidya Su doesn’t think so.

He knew that Yori Xuan was different from Saburo.

Yorinobu was a reformer and tried to overthrow Arasaka.

They can cooperate.

But it is absolutely impossible to become Yori Xuan's subordinate and obey Yori Xuan's orders.

It's not that Su Xiao can't trust Lai Xuan's character.

He just couldn't trust Yori Nobu's abilities.

The failure of Steel Dragon certainly stems from Arasaka's strength.

But as the leader of Steel Dragon, doesn’t Arasaka Yorinobu have any responsibility?

Besides, Lidya Su doesn't like to pin her fate on others.

"Really? No more thinking about it? Okay, I get it."

He paused, and before hanging up, he left one last sentence: "If there is a chance in the future, we will cooperate again."

…

"Takemura's guess is correct, Saburo was killed by Yori Xuan."

Lidya Su told the two of them his inference.

Although it was only inference, V and Jack both trusted Su Xiao and believed in Su Xiao's judgment.

In fact, neither of them cared that much about who killed Saburo.

After all, Saburo is not their relative.

What they really care about is...

"Does this mean we are safe? We no longer have to hide around?"

Originally, Jack was worried that they would be wanted by Arasaka.

Night City is dominated by giant corporations, and even the city hall has to give in to giant corporations.

If you offend a giant enterprise, you can't afford to go around in circles.

If we say that Arasaka Yorinobu, who swore in front of the camera on the TV news, did not issue a wanted order, it only aroused their suspicions.

Now that Arasaka Yorinobu took the initiative to call and extend an olive branch, it was actually equivalent to showing goodwill to the three of them in disguise.

Lidya Su also nodded and confirmed.

"Yes, we are safe."

Jack breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

I couldn't help but feel a little teary-eyed.

Although Jack looks like a big guy, he is only good at using his hands but not his brain.

But in fact, he was still under a lot of pressure during this period.

Originally, Su Xiao and V did not need to go through this muddy water.

It was he who got Lidya Su and V involved.

Therefore, when something unexpected happened in the Kanbi Building, his heart was not free from suffering for a moment.

He even considered the worst outcome, which was that he would be forced to leave his hometown and leave Night City...

If it really comes to that, he doesn't know how to face Lidya Su and V.

But now, things suddenly look better.