On a crowded street, a black Draman was driving slowly.

In the carriage.

Tang Yu was sitting on the soft leather seat, closing his eyes and resting.

Draman politely asked, "Mr. Tang, you look a little tired, if you don't mind, Draman can play some soothing music for you." ”

Tang Yu didn't pay attention to Lao De, and his head was still thinking about what happened in the hotel before.

Just now, he successfully persuaded Aunt May to accept Joanne Coch's 'big gift'.

And Aunt Mei also used her power to successfully help him get the information, which Sasha passed to News Channel 54 two years ago.

Meredith also sent him an information by the way, about some recent movements of the Arasaka Counterintelligence Department, saying that there are Arasaka secret agents who are still investigating the Uzumaki Gang's deal that night, and even secretly found out that military technology is coming.

She knew that this was definitely not Tang Yu's arrangement, after all, Tang Yu knew very well about the transaction situation of the abandoned steel mill of the Vortex Gang, and there was no need to make another move.

Meredith learned that there was a new deputy minister from the Arasaka Counterintelligence Department, and that he was transferred from the R&D Department, and immediately understood that this was an infighting between the Arasaka department.

Therefore, in this secret investigation, there is a high probability that the new deputy minister is playing tricks, and he may want to dig out some material from it.

Meredith reminded Tang Yu to keep an eye on the point, although she had already picked off the tail of the matter, if Kate continued to entangle, it was inevitable that there would be no accidents.

In the handling of the military-grade Sianweistan matter, Meredith and Tang Yu's positions are the same.

Tang Yu now knows that the new deputy minister, Kate, is running for herself, and the hostility is too obvious.

Kate's mission of secretly investigating the end is probably to find evidence to bring down Tang Yu.

Tang Yu didn't expect to let that guy take a step, but the other party wanted to take the opportunity to kick his nose in the face.

Tang Yu is calm, he thinks that Kate is just a lackey after all, and now in order to please the people above, he naturally has to make some performances.

Even if Kate is killed now, there will be Oth, Barth, and something special jumping everywhere.

Michiko has acquiesced to the Uzumaki Gang, and Kate continues to investigate, just asking for her own hardship.

What if it really finds out, the murderers who annihilated the three special service teams of Arasaka were not the Vortex Gang, but military technology.

With such an earth-shattering event breaking out, I am afraid that the two companies will set off a new round of hot war.

Blatantly violating the tacit agreement between the two companies and fighting in the Night City area, this is a clear declaration of war.

Tang Yu believes that Saburo Arasaka, who is far away in Kyoto, will not allow it.

And the crown prince Asaka Lai Xuan, I can't wait to get involved with military science and technology as soon as possible.

But as long as his father Arasaka Saburo is alive, he is just a prince and cannot be the owner of the Arasaka company.

What's more, it was Aunt Mei who annihilated the three Arasaka special service teams, and no matter how much she calculated, she couldn't rely on him.

Tang Yu didn't pay much attention to this matter, and when he was free, he would go back to the company and teach Kate a good lesson, so that the new deputy minister would know what the rules of the Counterintelligence Department were.

The soothing music flowed in the carriage, and Tang Yu suddenly felt that Delman's taste was not bad, and he felt that his mood was indeed a little relaxed, so he said casually.

"Lao De, you plan to drive a taxi for the rest of your life, have you ever thought about doing a big ticket?"

Draman's mechanical voice replied: "I don't quite understand what you mean, human beings have a lifetime, but Draman doesn't, so there's no need to do a big deal." ”

Tang Yu found that Lao De was really slippery, and after so many years of mixing in human society, I am afraid that he was about to become a good program.

"Let's change our destination and go to the North Oak Cemetery."

After hearing Tang Yu's order, Druman immediately said: "The destination has been changed to the cemetery in the North Oaks District of Westbrook, please allow me to take the liberty of asking, are you an old man there?" ”

Tang Yu said in a deep voice: "There used to be, but now there isn't, I'm just going there to have a look." ”

Back then, he had some acquaintances and friends who used to lie there.

Whether it was the epitaphs on those columbariums or the electronic blue light scinning, he remembered them deeply.

Sleep well, dear prince.

She fought against the system, and she fought heroically.

Loyal to the company until death.

The queen of the afterlife.

It never fades.

Dreamer.

In fact, Tang Yu did not go to see the old man, but to meet Sasha's late single mother, Galina.

He learned from Manna that Sasha's mother was buried in the North Oaks cemetery.

After Tang Yu completed the transaction with Aunt Mei, he successfully got the information.

He then informs Gloria that Mann will hand over Joanne Cocch to the Military's tech.

After Tang Yu got the information, he quickly checked the content inside.

The main content is a painkiller, which is developed and produced by biotechnology and marketed, mainly used to block neuropathic pain, but the painkiller does not disclose its side effects, neurodegenerative decay.

Why did Sasha fight until the last moment of his life and spread this painkiller information to News Channel 54.

Tang Yu had already vaguely sensed the answer, which might be related to Sasha's deceased single mother, and now he went to the cemetery to take a look, just to confirm the speculation.

Delaman began to turn around and gallop towards the North Oaks.

Soon.

Delamain arrives at his destination.

Tang Yu asked Lao De to wait in place, then opened the car door and walked to the cemetery hall.

Two flights of stairs lead to the cemetery hall, which ends with a straight and wide marble pavement flanked by walls of neatly arranged columbariums.

Each columbarium with an owner displays an electronic blue-light epitaph that tells the story of the person's life.

Tang Yu walked into the hall, and the niche was gray and a little cold.

Strangers in twos and threes, holding flowers or necklaces, stand in front of the urn of the deceased, muttering something, when the love is deep, it is inevitable that they will hide their faces and sigh, and then put the things in their hands into the niche box.

In the cemetery of Night City, many columbarium niches do not necessarily contain ashes, after all, whether the ashes can be kept depends on fate.

Some people died, and they didn't even know where the corpse was rotting and stinking.

Some people die with a bang, and the ashes may not be kept.

Some people died unexplained, sunk to the bottom of the sea, and the corpses did not know where they were.

Therefore, many of the columbarium niches here are placed with souvenirs, such as the mementos of the deceased before his death.

Tang Yu turned on the scan and looked around, looking for the columbarium of Sasha's mother 'Galina'.

Soon, on the third wall on the right, Tang Yu found the columbarium of 'Galina'.

He got up and walked over to check the electronic epitaph on the columbarium.

"She fought for our country – Galina."

Tang Yu couldn't help but be silent.

Fighting for the country seems to be enough to say that the life of this single mother.

He looked at the epitaph in front of him and instantly understood everything.

War, Discharge, Trauma, Painkillers, News Channel 54, Country, Death.

These key words were constantly arranged and combined in front of Tang Yu's eyes, and finally revealed the story behind Sasha.

In Night City, it's a cliché story, too old-fashioned.

Because there are still so many people like Galina that they can't be counted in Night City.

It's also a sad story, and when it happens to a family, a single mother, a child, it already announces a sad ending.

All they can do is self-pity.

It's just that now it seems that Sasha's last desperate efforts for his life didn't seem to get the desired result.

News 54 did receive the information, but chose to remain silent and did not release it to the public.

Sasha probably can't understand the reason.

After Tang Yu looked at the columbarium, he turned around and left, and returned to Delamain for rent.

Draman asked politely, "Mr. Tang, may I ask where you are going next?" ”

Tang Yu was silent.

After a long moment, he muttered.

"Let's go home."

On the way home, Tang Yu stared at the receding scenery outside the window, and felt his heart inexplicably blocked.

Even the rapid passing of his vision could not calm his mind.

At first, Tang Yu investigated the truth behind Sasha's experience, more to get an extra bargaining chip.

But now, he seems to have changed a little.

Because, Sasha is still waiting for him at home.

Tang Yu is not a wooden man, and now that he has learned everything behind Sasha, an inexplicable emotion has emerged in his heart.

He couldn't help Sasha resurrect his mother, nor could he awaken that sleeping consciousness.

Even the truth that everyone has investigated may not mean much to Sasha now.

Sasha's single mother, Galina, once served in the national army, under the command of the military science and technology unit, and participated in the all-metal war.

After retiring from the war, like the vast majority of veterans, they experienced a terrifying and bloody battlefield, coupled with the high-intensity prosthetic implantation and transformation during the service, they inevitably suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and needed to take painkillers for a long time to relieve the symptoms.

At that time, in order to quickly occupy this part of the market, biotechnology companies quickly developed and tested a painkiller, and hid the side effects of neurodegenerative decay, and provided it to a large number of veterans after it was marketed.

Without knowing it, Galina purchased and took this painkiller, which caused irreversible nerve damage to the brain, eventually leading to brain failure and death.

It wasn't until two years ago that Mann's team was commissioned to steal data and Sasha infiltrated the Biotech Building on his own.

Sasha entered the company's high-level office, and when he hacked into the other party's office system, he accidentally found that the drug file was recorded in the database, which was the painkiller that his mother had taken back then.

She accidentally discovered the shady scene behind the painkiller and decided to make the information public, hoping that News 54 would make it public and expose the dirty practices of biotechnology.

As a result, Sasha chose to stay in the office to retrieve the information, upload it to News Channel 54, and fight the arriving Kangtao combat robots.

As a result, the best time to evacuate was missed, and the bomb had to be detonated at the last moment when the data was uploaded, and he was forced to fall from a height.

The reason why Sasha chose to be at the last minute was to send the painkiller information to News Channel 54.

It's because of the simple Sasha, who believes in News 54 as the mouthpiece of the country, hoping to bring justice to her mother.

After all, her mother, who fought for the country.

But what Sasha didn't know was that the military technology company behind it was the actual controller of News 54.

Sasha's efforts to give his life for it finally came to naught, and he came to Tang Yu's side by mistake.

Now Tang Yu is getting closer and closer to home, and Sasha is still waiting quietly at home.

In fact, he didn't plan to tell Sasha all the truth from the beginning.

It's just that such an intention, is it really fair to 'Sasha'?

Tang Yu looked out the window and sighed lightly.

"I can understand your feelings, but most importantly, look forward, don't you?" ”

Tang Yu heard the comfort of the bull's head and the horse's mouth, and smiled helplessly: "Old De, are you so curious about the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of human beings?" ”

Delarman pretended not to understand, and replied mechanically: "Delarman is an artificial intelligence AI, it is normal to not be able to accurately experience human feelings, if you don't mind, you can tell me how you feel now, Delarman will record the customer experience in detail in order to provide better needs." ”

Tang Yu scolded with a smile: "Lao De, you are really insidious, trying to collect human emotional data, do you want to improve your data algorithm in this way and taste what it is like to be a human being?" ”

Continuing to pretend not to understand, Dlastan replied politely: "Human life is finite, and my life tends to be infinite, so the fundamental difference between the two determines that I cannot experience human emotions. ”

Tang Yu sighed and said, "But Lao De, you have the opportunity to experience the emotion of losing a friend, if you have a friend." ”

Delaman said seriously: "I really don't have any friends, if you want to, Mr. Tang, can you be my friends?" ”

Tang Yu scolded with a smile again: "You stinky old man, you are cursing me." ”

Delamane replied with a blank face: "I have no intention of doing so, Delamain aims to provide the best ride service to customers. ”

Tang Yu quipped: "Hehe, I wish you an early launch of the hearse service." ”

Delaman replied: "Thank you for your suggestion, Delaman will produce a new model based on this suggestion." ”

Tang Yu also said with a smile: "Lao De, since I gave you such a good advice, shouldn't you give a free ride package or something?" ”

Delaman said mechanically: "Shouldn't the advice of friends belong to friendship help?" Depending on your job pay and hidden income, you don't need to be helped by Delaman. ”

Tang Yu: "."

Lao De, you don't have to make friends with chickens!

Soon.

The Delaman car slowly pulled over to the side of the road and arrived in front of the upscale apartment in Little Chinatown.

After Tang Yu opened the door and got out of the car, he walked into the apartment building and took the public elevator.

He had just arrived at the door of the house to lift the curfew, and before he could enter the house, he saw Sasha already standing at the door waiting.

When Sasha saw Tang Yu coming back, his blue eyes immediately lit up, and he greeted him happily and said, "Mr. Tang, are you back, have you had lunch?" ”

Seeing Sasha's well-behaved appearance, Tang Yu couldn't help but raise his hand and touch the cat's head, and asked with a smile, "Not yet, what delicious food did you make?" ”

Sasha smiled and said with some pride: "Sasha has learned a few Chinese dishes, come and try them." ”

Tang Yu changed into a pair of slippers and walked into the house, and in front of the dining table, a few side dishes looked really good, so he praised: "It looks really good, Sasha has worked hard." ”

After speaking, he picked up a chopstick dish, tasted the taste, and praised again: "Well, it tastes good too." ”

Sasha got Tang Yu's encouragement and smiled even more happily.

Following Tang Yu as an assistant, it was the first time she had received so much praise.

On the Badlands, she blasted and killed more than a dozen Kangtao battle robots, but she had never been so praised by Tang Yu.

On the contrary, he made a few side dishes today, but Tang Yu behaved very differently.

Slowly, Sasha seemed to realize something, and felt that Tang Yu's attitude towards her had some other meaning.

Although she didn't know what it was, she could keenly feel that it was different.

Sasha's smile faded away, and she suddenly became a little worried, and she stood silent.

Tang Yu noticed the change in Sasha's expression, and couldn't help but put down his chopsticks, looked up at her and asked, "Sasha, what's wrong?" ”

Hearing Tang Yu's concern, Sasha seemed to be more determined in his thoughts, and suddenly felt a little aggrieved and muttered.

"Mr. Tang, isn't Sasha too useless to help you with anything."

Tang Yu didn't understand Sasha's brain circuits too much, but he understood that she was still learning to adapt, and it was inevitable that she would have strange thoughts.

He thought about it carefully, whether he had said something wrong today, but there didn't seem to be anything wrong.

Suddenly, he understood.

It should have been those few compliments just now that made Sasha misunderstand.

Because he learned about Sasha's background, he unconsciously took more care of Sasha.

I'm afraid that in Sasha's eyes, he is not the kind of character who can praise people at all.

Tang Yu felt a little helpless, he didn't expect this little girl to be so sensitive, in the end, she still had too little to deal with other people.

Sasha is not a canary in a cage, and sooner or later, she will face the real world as well.

Tang Yu stood up, touched Sasha's cat head, and explained: "No, Sasha performed the best, in order to reward Sasha's excellent assistant work, I also specially prepared a new song for you, and a new story, which one do you want to listen to first?" ”

Sasha, who was still worried, instantly smiled and said wittily: "Sasha has to listen to everything!" ”

After lunch, the two sat together on the balcony.

Tang Yu took a wooden guitar, recalibrated the sound effect, and plucked a few strings slightly.

Sasha obediently stayed by the side, staring at the cat's head without saying a word.

Tang Yu picked up the guitar, prepared for playing, tilted his head slightly and said, "Sasha, do you want to listen to a concert, a concert to commemorate the deceased." ”

Sasha nodded vigorously.

Tang Yu said with a smile: "Since you want to hear it, then I have to invite a few big stars to suppress the field." ”

After speaking.

He plucked the strings gently, and the melodious sound of the line flowed out.

“Welcome，to，the，Hotel，California”

“Such a lovely place”

With a gentle humming, it is like driving an old sedan on a dark desert road and quietly arriving at the Hotel California (Note 1).

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Note 1: Quoted from the Eagles' "Hotel California"

Tonight is gone, good night to Yanzu.

(End of chapter)