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Westbrook, North Oaks.

The morning light shimmers, illuminating the entire Stone Mountain residential area.

Luxurious and spacious villas, nestled among flowers and trees.

Mountainside.

A modern European-style villa is luxurious, with a rockery stone courtyard, a helipad, a private garage, a swimming pool, and more.

The glass door of the three-story single-family house opened automatically, and Susan Albernathy slowly walked out, stepping barefoot on the soft lawn, wearing a high-leg swimsuit with a leaky waist, and a long blanket and towel on her shoulders, to the pool.

Despite being over 40 years old, she is still in the same 20-year-old posture with good maintenance and implant modification.

Recently, I have been suspended from work and at home, but I also have more free time, so I can relax, swim and exercise and enjoy personal time.

Her husband Rafael works at Zeta Technology, and is also a senior executive of the company, basically running field work all year round.

The couple rarely had the opportunity to see each other, and with the weakening of the relationship, Susan Ebernathy also saw a lot.

The essence of this marriage is the supremacy of interests.

Coming to the point where she is the director of Arasaka Company today, she is no longer a little girl mentality, and she will naively crave the so-called feelings.

For her, feelings are the most unreliable thing.

The people around her are afraid of her, afraid of her, and flattering her, all because she is a high-level Arasaka who holds the power of life and death.

If you have the ultimate power, you should use it to enjoy the extreme.

So she bought a single-family villa in Stone Mountain, and high-end floating cars and luxury sports cars were piled up in the garage to eat dust.

also found a little lover by the way, twenty-four years old, at the age of masculine and powerful, is an executive of the external relations department of Kangtao Company.

Whether it is energy or status, it can match her needs.

Susan Ebnerthy stood on the edge of the pool, lifted the blanket off her shoulders, and plunged into the eight-track pool.

Butterfly swimming, splashing layers of water.

Susan Ebernathy enjoys swimming, which is her way of relaxing and letting go of her depression.

Strange to say.

She hated Arthur Jenkins and Tang Yu very much at the time, and thought that it would be even more uncomfortable after the suspension.

I didn't expect that during the free time at home, my mind became more and more calm.

With more new understanding and judgment on the development situation of Arasaka Company, I understand that blindly forcing the attack is often counterproductive.

Although she is not in the company, she still keeps an eye on the company's trends.

Surprised to find.

Her reputation in the company has deteriorated.

Many department staff gossip, comparing her to an evil dragon.

When Susan Abernasee first learned about this, she was really laughed.

Obviously, she was punished the most severely, and all the benefits were obtained by the Counterintelligence Department, and she was scolded by the superiors, and she was also scolded by the company's gossip.

She really couldn't imagine how anyone in a company where everyone looked up to them could identify with the Counterintelligence Department, which was so weak.

Later, she figured out that she was forced too quickly and tightly, so that people grabbed the handle and rhetoric.

As the director of special operations, he has already lost his value to target a deputy minister of counterintelligence.

What's more, he couldn't do anything about him, and he lost the position on the board of directors, which made people see jokes.

Susan Abernathy, who calmed down, seemed to see more things clearly.

The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits.

Some people are taking advantage of the contradictions between the two departments to take advantage of the opportunity to win over and strengthen their forces.

Susan Abernathan didn't want to be a sandpiper or a mussel, she wanted to be a fisherman.

"It's best to have Arthur Jenkins fight the others."

By the time she was swimming in the water, a blonde man was already waiting by the pool, two glasses of wine in his hand.

Susan Ebonassier swam straight over, then looked up from the surface of the water, making a water hibiscus shape, shaking her long hair and body.

The two smiled when they met.

Then they nibbled on each other, and the red wine and glasses in their hands were all spilled into the pool, and they turned red.

Suddenly.

Susan Abernathy receives a request for communication from the secretary.

Her face was unhappy, and when she was on vacation, the secretary would not call her for no reason.

Susan Abernathy pushed the man in front of her away, and turned her prosthetic eyes to answer the phone.

"What's the matter?"

Secretary: "I'm sorry, Director, I'm bothering you at this time, there are two important pieces of information to report to you, which are about Tang Yu and Tanaka of the R&D department. ”

Tang Yu?

Tanaka?

Susan Ebnathy's face instantly turned cold, then she looked at the blonde man and waved her hand, motioning for him to leave.

The little blonde lover raised her eyebrows in a boring manner, so she had to get up and walk away, not daring to disturb her conversation.

After no one was around, Susan Abernathy said.

"Let's talk about Tang Yu first."

Secretary: "Superintendent, that's right, we arranged for the informant at the scavenger to get an important piece of information, and found that Tang Yu had a habit of running at night at night. ”

Night run?

Susan Abernasee didn't think this was much information at all, and many company executives had the habit of exercising, including her who also swam and ran a lot, but she still had the patience to continue listening.

Secretary: "Tang Yu once met a scavenger when he was running at night, and there was a fierce conflict between the two sides, and the scavenger and a carload of people were all killed, using a Qianxin pistol. ”

Susan Abernathy: "To get to the point, a few little miscellaneous hairs want to solve the top management of Arasaka Company, how is this possible." ”

Secretary: "So, after these days, the scavenger decided to ambush and take revenge on Tang Yu." ”

"And Tang Yu hasn't reported to the Special Operations Department yet, so he can borrow the hand of a scavenger before he comes in..."

When the secretary reported, his tone faintly began to be a little excited, after all, Tang Yu was the number one thorn in the boss's side.

It's hard to seize such an opportunity, and if you succeed, it's done once and for all.

The key is that you don't have to do it yourself, as long as you pour a little oil on the fire, you can burn the other party alive.

What waves can an ordinary person make?

But the scene imagined by the secretary was happily praised by the boss for his good work, but it did not happen.

Instead, he was scolded by his boss, Susan Abernathy.

"Idiot!"

"Who told you to get involved in this on your own initiative?"

"Now no one in the whole company knows that he doesn't deal with me."

"Everyone is spreading about Arasaka Tower, and he is afraid that I will make it bad, so he will not report to the Special Operations Department."

"It's really wrong to arrange someone to get him at this juncture, do you think you can clear all the suspicions?"

"Today he is different from when he just came back, the deputy minister of the two departments, and he was privately received by Michiko Arasaka."

"Everybody is watching, if something really happens to him and he has something to do with us, then it's a big problem."

The secretary heard the boss's scolding, and then he came back to his senses from the snickering joy, and a lot of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, glad that he reported the matter in advance and did not arrange to get rid of Tang Yu in private.

According to Susan Abernathy, once Tang Yu has an accident, Arasaka's high-level will be held accountable, and she will most likely become an outcast like Caitlin.

The secretary replied: "I, I know, Superintendent, this is to inform the informant not to meddle in this matter. ”

Susan Abernathy stopped with words: "You don't care about the fact that the scavengers want to take revenge on Tang Yu, let them do whatever they want, success or failure has nothing to do with us." ”

"Remember to clean up the informant, it's no longer usable."

"Got it?"

The secretary said again and again: "I understand, director, let's go down and deal with it." ”

Susan Abernathy reminded again: "He has now entered the high-level vision of Arasaka Company, and the game cannot easily use this method, once it is leaked, it will only lead to self-immolation." ”

"I already have a way to deal with him on my side, and I'll talk about it when I'm reinstated."

"Remember, everything about Tang Yu's actions and intelligence must be reported to me in advance."

Secretary: "Governor, understood! ”

Susan Ebnathy: "What about the other thing? ”

Secretary: "The director of the R&D department, Tanaka, his exclusive high-end company car was stolen and robbed, according to reliable information, the command behind it is military technology." ”

Susan Abernathy was silent, trying to clear the story.

"It seems that military science and technology are not going to stop yet, they should have heard the news of the last board of directors, that military-grade Sianweistan human body operation data is from the Arasaka R&D department, and they want to find out the purpose of Tanaka's research."

"In this way, you take this matter and let the Special Operations Department go to the next."

"Let the new deputy director of the Special Operations Department think of a way to solve it, and let him wrestle with military technology."

......

Tang Yu sat on the balcony of his house, holding a guitar, trying to hum a familiar tune.

"Wandering, on the road" (note 1)

"Are you leaving, via, via..."

I remember that Johnny used to always complain about his taste in music, and he played some folk tunes, which did not match rock 'n' roll.

Neither fiery nor punk enough to make Johnny sleepy to hear.

On the contrary, it is the hot-tempered V, who can always be quiet at such times, sit quietly beside him, and enjoy the folk songs and bonfires.

Later, they went to Clio Rodion for a samurai concert, and the group of people had a crazy and happy time.

At that time, Clio Rodion was already a well-known rock star in Night City, and he was no longer the little guy who cried behind Johnny back then.

But when they played the samurai band "Chippin' In", it all felt like they were coming back.

Tang Yu remembered that he had promised to give Cleolodeon a song, but everything came too suddenly, and it was over before it could be completed.

He just plucked the strings and hummed familiar tunes freely.

Yesterday's surgery was a success, and the military-grade Snwestein was successfully implanted in Mann's back.

The detection of various biological signs is also very stable, and there is no big problem with the prosthetic compatibility stability test, and everything is not much different from Lao Wei's previous assessment.

By the time Mann had recovered from anesthesia, Tang Yu had already left.

Tang Yu still has running training at night, so he didn't wait too long in the clinic to confirm the safety of the operation.

Mann paid the full cost of Lao Wei's surgery.

Old Wei instructed Mann to take a lot of precautions, and gave him some medicine, emphasizing that he should use Sianweistan's abilities as little as possible.

Mann agreed.

Tang Yu's opening of Mann's Sims is already the best reminder.

But when a man lives a lifetime, the Tao comes out.

The vicissitudes of the sea, the wind and the rain twist and turn, showing the true character of the legend.

Tang Yu was thinking about something.

Suddenly, I received a communication request from my old boss, Arthur Jenkins.

What does this point call for?

Tang Yu answered the phone.

Arthur Jenkins: "Don, are you out on the field?" ”

Tang Yu's face did not change, and he calmly returned: "Yes, there are some things at hand that need to be resolved." ”

Arthur Jenkins: "I will take the time to come to the company tomorrow, and Arasaka Academy has sent an invitation letter to the ministry, and I want you to attend the Tomorrow Academy Conference and serve as the mentor of this year's lifelong practice judges." ”

Practical judge mentors?

This invitation to Tang Yu was quite unexpected.

Every year, the college organizes the graduating college for a three-month social practice.

Some of them were able to stay in Arasaka for internships, while others had to go to the society to find internships at the company on their own, and report the results of their internship after three months.

The tutor of the practice judge is specially responsible for evaluating the students' practical results and scoring the merits.

This score will directly affect the graduation of students and serve as an important basis for future competition in the company.

For the graduating Arasaka students, it is very important.

Arthur Jenkins continued, adding, "I have promised to come down for you, and I have arranged this matter for you. ”

"You know, every year, the company recruits a group of new graduates from the college."

"Now there is a shortage of people available in the ministry, if good seedlings are found and can be set in advance, the ministry really needs fresh blood."

After listening to the explanation, Tang Yu immediately understood Jenkins' intentions.

Some of the academy's abilities are good, and there are no faction students in Arasaka, so they are indeed suitable for being cattle and horses.

Arasaka Gakuin is only a medium-sized institution, but due to the high quality of teaching, the standard of education is comparable to that of some top universities.

After graduation, a very small number of outstanding students can directly enter the Arasaka company to work.

Some of them go on to college, such as Night City University.

There is also a part of it that will flow into society and enter all walks of life.

Tang Yu replied.

"I know, I'll be on time tomorrow."

"The judges' mentors don't take up much time, and whether they can pick a more suitable candidate depends on the actual situation."

Jenkins: "Even if you let it go, you can start training from the newcomer, and you will feel more at ease." ”

"In addition, I see that you haven't reported to the Special Operations Department, so it's better to take the time to go, it's not good for you to be stiff like this, and someone will be looking for trouble."

Tang Yu knew that Jenkins was referring to the board members, especially those who supported Susan and the Ebnersee faction.

He said that he would find time to report to the Special Operations Department, and after the two finished communicating, he hung up the phone.

In fact.

When Jenkins mentions serving as a mentor to the practice judges, Tang Yu almost subconsciously thinks of David Martinez, the boy who was bullied to the point of losing his temper at Arasaka Academy.

If it weren't for himself as the mentor of this judge, it would have almost been foreseen that this kid would be driven out of Arasaka by Katsuo Tanaka.

As long as Katsuo Tanaka intends to target, no judge mentor will not buy face.

There is no need to even say hello, Arasaka Academy, as the teaching unit of Arasaka Company, fundamentally adheres to the rule of respecting the superior.

Katsuo Tanaka and other high-level children of the Arasaka company will almost 100% join the Arasaka company.

As for David, who was born in an ordinary life, it is difficult to get into the eyes of the Guru.

To give Katsuo Tanaka a bad review, you have to weigh his father's power well.

Giving David a bad review is almost a trivial matter of marking a cross on the electronic screen.

Don't talk about entering Arasaka in the future, David wants to enter other companies, I'm afraid it's impossible.

Now, Tang Yu serves as a mentor for the practice judges, and David at least has a fair chance.

Tang Yu has no responsibility to take extra care of David.

In his opinion, a man's path should be carved out on his own.

It's the mule that the horse has to pull out and slip around, and he always relies on external forces to not hone his true skills, and even if he gets into the company, he can only be played with to death.

Legends have to look like legends.

If you want sunshine and rain, you have to fight for it yourself.

Tang Yu didn't take the little things in Arasaka Academy to heart.

He cleaned up his mood and picked up the guitar again and began to play and sing.

"Time is like smoke, so and so"

"Tomorrow is already in sight"

"The wind blows, but the road is still long"

"Where is your story..."

It was dark, the clouds had dispersed, the wind had stopped, and only the guitar was still playing.

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Note 1: Quoted from "The Ordinary Road".