Night City.

Westbrook North Oaks, Stone Mountain.

This is a new high-end residential area funded and funded by Arasaka, and most of the high-rise buildings in Arasaka will buy properties here even if they don't come to live often.

North Oak District is home to the largest number of high-income groups in Night City, with a comfortable and pleasant environment of greenery and spacious villas, attracting many wealthy investors, elite executives, and celebrity musicians to buy real estate.

On the stone mountain, in a Japanese-style mansion, a high-end black car of Arasaka Company is parked in the parking lot, and the driver and bodyguard Maxim is standing outside the car door waiting for his boss, with a helpless expression.

Maxim looked at his watch, it was already seven o'clock in the evening, and the boxing match he had booked had already missed the entry time, but he could only hold back the irritability in his heart and wait for the boss to go out.

Today is the day when Maxim's boss and his only son have dinner, and the two fathers and sons rarely see each other due to work and school, so they will make an appointment to go out to dinner together every week to exchange news.

Finally, the wooden door of the Japanese-style mansion was opened by the servants, and a father and son stepped out of it, the older middle-aged man was burly and wore long black sunglasses, and the younger son with shoulder-length short hair followed respectfully.

"Mr. Tanaka, please get on the bus"

Maxim hurriedly opened the rear seat door, greeted his boss and young master into the car, and then trotted around the front of the car to the driver's seat, closed the door and prepared to leave.

"Mr. Tanaka, which restaurant will I go to tonight?"

"Embers"

...

Ember Restaurant.

Tang Yu said that there was something that needed to be talked about alone.

Gloria looked up at him a little inexplicably, thinking that there should be nothing to talk about it alone from David except for stealing the prosthesis, so she took a piece of sushi and put it in her mouth, and asked to hide her anxiety.

"What are you talking about?"

Tang Yu picked up a wet tissue, wiped his hands, and said lightly.

"Talk about your future"

Gloria's pupils dilated instantly, and she stopped chewing with sushi in her mouth, completely unthinking that what Tang Yu wanted to talk about was her future.

But her eyes quickly returned to calm and even a little low, and she said with a reluctant smile.

"Mr. Tang is serious, where do I have any future, I can do a few more jobs for David to graduate from Arasaka Academy, I am already satisfied"

Gloria felt that unless she happened to catch up with the adventures from the sky, she might still have a chance to turn around in the future, but even if there was such an opportunity, she would rather give it to David.

Tang Yu saw that she no longer had illusions about her future, and the fatigue and frustration of day after day had made the woman in front of her lose all possibilities, and she could only strive to realize the beautiful workplace life she imagined in David, and let David embark on the path she once dreamed of.

But the more people fall into a trough, the more they will lose their clear thinking about themselves, in Tang Yu's opinion, in fact, Gloria's ability and conduct should not stop there.

In the process of arguing with the principal of Arasaka Academy, trying to get the San Westein prosthesis, and dealing with cyberpunk to complete the transaction, he completely showed an independent and responsible style.

She can still make money by dealing with many complex forces alone, and even support David to study at Arasaka Academy alone, if it weren't for this car accident, her deal would definitely have been successful.

Therefore, Gloria successfully won Tang Yu's attention, and David can only be regarded as a legendary boy who has not grown up compared to her.

So, Tang Yu decided to give Gloria a chance, a chance that would change her and David's lives.

"Interested in being an intermediary?"

Tang Yu went straight to the point and threw out his olive branch, if Gloria showed a hint of retreat, this olive branch would be broken here.

In his opinion, life is a big adventure, and opportunities are fleeting, and no one will always stand still and wait, and the same is true for Gloria.

When Gloria heard this invitation from the intermediary, she was even more shocked on the spot, and unconsciously covered her mouth to avoid exclaiming.

She never expected that what Tang Yu wanted to talk to her alone was to invite intermediaries to cooperate.

The concept and weight of the middleman in Night City, Gloria couldn't be clearer.

Make a living from intelligence, take connections as your life, take credibility as the base, and take all the black and white from the left and right.

If you do it well, you can become a legend like the queen of the afterlife, Roger Amandias, and hold the real power to sit firmly on the platform of Night City.

Moreover, this invitation was put forward by Tang Yu, deputy director of the Arasaka Counterintelligence Department, which means that it is backed by the strongest Arasaka company in Night City, and it will be the top in terms of intelligence, honorarium, and resources.

However, Gloria understands the stakes better, and if she chooses to accept the invitation, then she will become a vassal of the other party completely without power and power.

One wins, one loses, and even may become a pawn abandoned by the opponent at any time.

At this point, heaven or hell depends on the other party's thoughts.

But when Gloria looked at Tang Yu, she still agreed decisively without hesitation.

"Yes, I do!"

Tang Yu was a little unexpected, he wanted to give the cautious Gloria a little time to think about it, but the other party's answer was firm and crisp, not like a gambler's behavior.

"You can think about it for a while"

Gloria refused assertively, but said with a serious and resolute look in her eyes.

"I believe in you"

"If there really is such a day"

"I'm sure you'll let David go..."

Tang Yu smiled dumbly, it seems that this woman is still afraid of herself in her heart, think about it, how can the company dog lose the meat stuffing for no reason, if it is lost, it will hide the hook, but this is also exactly what he wants.

The cooperation of intermediaries should not be mixed with extra feelings, and those intermediaries who take entrustment as the highest criterion and can settle things are good intermediaries.

Seeing Gloria's statement at this point, Tang Yu no longer tried it, but raised the cocktail on the table to invite Gloria, and Gloria also raised her glass.

Two glasses touching.

Bite!

"Happy to work with"

"Happy to work with"

The two drank it all and emptied the bottom of the cup directly, announcing the official cooperation between the two parties.

And David, who was in the buffet dining area, glanced at them with his spare eyes and found that the two seemed to be talking quite kindly, and his mother did not ask Mr. Tang for his own business, which made his heart feel better.

He didn't want to owe another favor just after owing it, if he did, he wouldn't be able to raise his head in front of Mr. Tang.

"Alas, at least I accepted the gift box"

Just as David was thinking about how to face his benefactor Tang Yu, he accidentally saw a very familiar figure walking in at the main entrance of the restaurant.

And the figure just entered the room as if it was right, just glanced around, and immediately stared at David who was in the buffet area.

Two astonished gazes collided in an instant.

Katsuo Tanaka?

David Martinez?

The two didn't expect each other to appear here at all, so they had their own surprises in their eyes.

Katsuo Tanaka put his hands in his trouser pockets, his eyes gradually changed from surprise to surprise, and even the corners of his mouth gradually appeared with a smile, and he took the initiative to raise his right hand and wave it to him.

The middle-aged burly man next to him noticed that his son was moving, so he looked in the direction he greeted, it was a boy about the same age as Katsuo Tanaka, sitting in the buffet area with a plate and staring at each other blankly, without any impression of the boy at all.

"Is it your classmate at the academy?"

Tanaka asked in a deep tone wearing long-rimmed sunglasses.

Katsuo Tanaka smiled brightly and said to his father, Tanaka, with some excitement.

"Yes, we're good friends at the Academy."