Arasaka Tower.

Thirty-three floors of the Counterintelligence Department.

Tang Yu ticked a B score on the electronic screen, put down the electronic tablet in his hand, and then forwarded the processing results to the Arasaka Academy Council.

He has just completed his responsibilities as a social practice instructor at Arasaka College, grading each three-month practice report.

His score will be used as a basis for this group of fresh graduates to find a job and be entered into the personnel file of their future company.

Of course.

If you don't join the company, the social practice score is of little use.

On the other hand, if the family background is strong enough, the score will also play a little role.

Regarding the scoring results of this time, Tang Yu adhered to the principle of fairness and did not favor or suppress anyone.

In order to identify whether there is any falsification of the internship report, he also deliberately asked the front desk to get in touch with several companies and asked about the other company's personnel opinions, and basically achieved impartiality.

The reason why Tang Yu did this was mainly because he was troublesome.

As of now.

He has received greetings, invitations, gifts, transfers, etc. from parents of different students.

These children who study in Arasaka Academy, their parents are not to be underestimated in terms of status and power, and they are basically either rich or expensive, and they are extremely concerned about the studies of their beloved sons and daughters.

Through various means, Tang Yu's office address, the relationship between colleagues and subordinates, and even his contact information were obtained.

Just now, the mother of a female student took the initiative to come to the office to meet, or in the name of the old boss Arthur Jenkins's sister, it was not good for Tang Yu not to see.

Not only was Tang Yu unbearable, but Arthur Jenkins, who had not returned from a business trip to handle a big case and had not yet returned, received a lot of favors and asked him to help come forward to say some good things to Tang Yu.

knew that Tang Yu was not good at talking in the company, so he shifted the firepower to Jenkins' side, and even had a powerful parent, a director of a large company, who directly found Michiko Arasaka and begged him to say something.

Only then did Tang Yu discover that the parents of this group of aristocratic children did have an unusual influence.

Faced with this situation, he either chooses to give high marks to all the mud, or chooses to fairly judge how much to give.

Even if Tang Yu doesn't care, it is good to avoid some unnecessary troubles and less trivial things.

However, Tang Yu also sighed a little that the children of these elite high-level students of the company are indeed not bad in terms of literacy or learning ability.

Tang Yu scored according to the established scoring criteria, and he could hardly find a bad one.

In addition to a certain family background, there is a certain amount of added water in it, but from the perspective of all aspects of assessment and company evaluation, it can indeed be regarded as an excellent batch.

It's no wonder that after graduating from Arasaka College, you are qualified to apply for a job in a large company, and your personal ability and education are here, and the college's signboard is hard enough.

The highest score of this year's company's internship score, Tang Yu rated it to Katsuo Tanaka.

He carefully read Katsuo Tanaka's practice report, which recorded in detail the whole process of his joining the Arasaka R&D Department and participating in the Arasaka high-end prosthetic R&D project.

From how to integrate into the team, understand the progress of the learning project, and finally innovatively put forward some improvement ideas, and overcome several problems, he fully demonstrated his literacy in R&D technology.

The content of the report is detailed, the experimental parameters, time, and progress are completely matched, there is no possibility of falsification records, and the developed products are already in the final test stage, and it is not long before they are on the market.

This kind of high-quality practice report is the only one Katsuo Tanaka.

Although he was able to participate in the research and development of such a core project during his internship, most of it was due to Tanaka's care, but it was also inseparable from Katsuo Tanaka's own efforts and literacy.

So Tang Yu gave Katsuo Tanaka a score of A+, with this result, plus his high-level father in the R&D department, joining Arasaka Tower is almost a sure thing.

As for David Martinez, Tang Yu also carefully read his practice report.

Let's be honest.

After reading it, he felt that it could only be regarded as average, the overall content of the practice report was detailed, and a lot of things had indeed been done in three months.

But what can't be compared with Katsuo Tanaka is that David basically did procedural work during his internship, although he participated in several intelligence projects and promoted the progress of some cases, but he did not complete it on his own after all.

If it weren't for the fact that David had also participated in some big cases, I am afraid that even getting an A- would be reluctant.

If you only do some procedural work as an intern in the company, no matter how hard you work, you will not be able to reflect your own value.

Unlike R&D, an experiment can fail over and over again until it succeeds.

In the counterintelligence department, no one dares to hand over all the projects at hand to a rookie rookie, and if they don't get it right, a large number of people will die, because there is often only one chance.

David's internship in the counterintelligence department is actually not advantageous, and most of the time he can only follow the team leader or colleagues to drag dust and make some scraps.

Seeing David's practice report, Tang Yu felt that he might not be very suitable for the job of counterintelligence, and perhaps it would be more suitable for him to go to the Special Operations Department.

Tang Yu gained the talent of 'tenacity and unyielding' from David's life simulation, which shows that David's physical fitness is absolutely different from ordinary people.

This kid hasn't installed a combat implant much until now, and it's indeed a waste of his talent.

However, if he can get the A- score, David still has a glimmer of hope for applying for the Arasaka company, provided that Tang Yu helps him operate.

More critically, what David himself had in mind.

After a few years of studying at Arasaka Gakuin and now doing an internship for a while, there is a good chance that he will change his mind.

Tang Yu planned to talk to him after a while to see what he really thought in his heart.

After completing the practical evaluation of Arasaka Company, there is still some time before the graduation ceremony of Arasaka College.

Tang Yu tapped his index finger on the desktop a few times, and then contacted the front desk to call Kate and asked her to go to the office to report the recent work trends in the department.

During the time he went to the Arasaka Manor in Kyoto for a banquet, there was a lot of movement in the ministry, and under the command of Kate, the special service team in the ministry was dispatched a little frequently.

Soon.

Kate put on a cold face, and after a security scan, she entered the minister's office.

She looked at the deputy office area coldly, but did not see Tang Yu's assistant, and then came to the main office.

Although I was a little reluctant, I still said hello out of the rules of the workplace.

"Mr. Tang, what's the matter with me?"

Tang Yu said bluntly: "Some time ago, you presided over the work of the ministry and reported on the recent trends. ”

Kate suppressed the displeasure in her heart and began to report according to Tang Yu's request.

She started with her daily work, mainly dealing with some procedural matters, and there were no accidents.

Then I reported on a few cases that the Counterintelligence Department has been pursuing, and there is not much progress at present, and the hidden agents are relatively smooth, except for the loss of people on the military technology side, the dark lines of other companies are still stable.

The damaged agents on the military technology side were all used by Kate's new faction to dig up military-grade Sianweistan bottom materials, and they were all cleaned up by Aunt May.

And the dark pile that Tang Yu laid out earlier has never been activated, so no trace has been leaked.

He glanced at Kate and saw that she didn't seem to be delving into the Vortex deal lately, which made him a little aware that someone like Kate couldn't easily pass up any opportunity to take down an enemy.

The workplace is like a battlefield, and different factions mean that they are fighting for themselves, and one less competitor can grab more territory.

Tang Yu saw that Kate was not honest and didn't say a word about the transfer of the special service team of the Counterintelligence Department, so he asked calmly.

"Recently, the special service team of the ministry has been transferred a lot, what are the special tasks?"

Kate was still expressionless, as if she had already prepared, so she said in a deep voice: "The ministry has indeed had field activities recently, mainly from the instructions of the high-level meeting of Arasaka. ”

"At present, Arasaka Company is cooperating with network monitoring to clean up the hackers who smuggled into the black wall in the cyberspace, and the high-level meeting handed over the matter to me to take the lead."

No wonder Kate doesn't report honestly, according to her, it's a private job given to her by the board.

Cooperating with cyber surveillance to catch cyber hackers who climb, smuggle, and destroy black walls is an agreement that major companies must fulfill in order to maintain the stability of the remaining cyberspace.

As a result, companies are granted permission to monitor the network, allowing them to set up subnets that are unique to the company without disrupting the public network.

At present, the public network used by Night City is built by network monitoring, and all network activities in the market will be supervised and managed by network monitoring.

Any attempt to disrupt the public network and sneak into cyberspace and climb over the black wall without permission will be considered illegal.

In order to obtain benefits outside the black wall, major companies choose to cooperate with network monitoring, and allow them to cross the black wall and enter the cyberspace of the old network to grab the information they want without causing serious damage to the black wall.

Hackers from non-protocol companies who dare to climb over the black wall will be attacked by cyber surveillance.

This invisible cyber war has been going on in cyberspace all along.

Can't fault Kate's statement.

However, she used personnel from the Counterintelligence Department, so it was naturally necessary for Tang Yu to inquire about the risk status and the results of the operation.

In the face of questioning, Kate explained one by one, and even passed the arrest list and displayed it on the holographic projection on the desk.

Tang Yu casually browsed and found that one of the hackers who was arrested was a member of the Voodoo Gang.

The Voodoo Gang is definitely notorious in Night City.

Perhaps others don't know much about the Voodoo Gang and don't know what this group of untrustworthy, upside-down, ruthless hackers are gathering together to plot.

But Tang Yu knew too well that these guys were staunch séances, and they almost stabbed the big basket at the beginning, causing some of the AI outside the black wall to flow into the human network world.

Fortunately, Tang Yu intervened in time to kill these lackeys and prevent the arrival of Ott Cunningham.

Tang Yu glanced at the list and didn't find any problems, so he asked more.

"Have all these hackers been sent to the network for processing?"

Kate's face froze, and she seemed to be a little hesitant, but she still explained honestly.

"No, the hackers caught have been sent to the R&D department."

R&D department?

Tang Yu felt that something was wrong.

The hackers who died during the arrest also said that the surviving hackers were generally sent to the network for monitoring and processing according to the protocol.

Now it is sent to the R&D department, which means that the R&D department has a project or plan that needs to use these cyber hackers who can dive deeply.

Tang Yu didn't continue to ask, and it was estimated that if she asked Kate, she would only say that she didn't know, after all, she did it in accordance with the instructions of the senior management of the board of directors, and she wouldn't say it if she was more secretive.

But.

Tang Yu roughly guessed what it was.

At that time, in the study of Arasaka Manor in Kyoto, Saburo Arasaka had mentioned the plan to restart the cyberspace.

In order to continue to do things in cyberspace, there must be enough dive hackers to carry out this mission.

So catch these hackers with deep diving experience, take control of their bodies, or give them some promises so that they will obediently go to cyberspace to grab benefits for Arasaka.

The most popular among these wild deep dive hackers is Arasaka's core technology, the soul killer.

Able to realize the lifelong dream of these deep-diving hackers, upload their digital consciousness to cyberspace, and live forever.

But what they don't know is that being turned into a digital mark by the Soul Killer will not enter the cyberspace, but will be imprisoned in the Mikoshi and continue to contribute surplus value to Arasaka's service.

The RELIC chip requires not only a large number of living human specimens, but also a large number of digital imprints to match the test one by one.

A full-fledged deep-dive hacker who fits almost every aspect of Arasaka's research.

It takes a lot of money, manpower, and financial resources to cultivate an experienced deep-diving hacker.

It's easier to catch a deep-diving hacker.

Night City has the largest and most skilled group of cyber hackers in the world, and it is exactly what Arasaka needs.

Is Saburo Arasaka's big move against cyberspace really just to beware of the wandering AI outside the black wall? even specially asked Tang Yu to investigate the matter.

No matter how you look at it, the motivation is more than that.

Maybe.

The black wall is really overwhelming.

Over the years, major companies have continuously sent a large number of hackers to dive into cyberspace and enter the old network through various channels.

It not only creates a devastated vulnerability, but also delivers nutrients to the flowing AI in the old network.

In addition, there are voodoo gangs poking baskets in the back, and network surveillance is tired of coping.

This war between humans and roaming AI is close at hand.

Tang Yu analyzed that the reason why Saburo Arasaka attaches so much importance to cyberspace.

Because what can really affect his eternal life is not the rebel son Lai Xuan, but the 'gods' beyond the black wall.

It's no wonder that after Arasaka Yoritobu stole the RELIC biochip loaded with 'Johnny's Silver Hand', he insisted on leaving Kyoto and running thousands of miles to Night City.

You must know that after being 100 years old, Saburo Arasaka has never left Kyoto, and the city he hates the most is Night City.

It is enough to show that Arasaka Saburo is afraid of the 'gods' beyond the black wall.

A nuclear bomb can wipe out Night City, but it can't quell the ethereal cyberspace war.

It seems that the matter that Arsaka Saburo explained had to start with the Voodoo Gang, and at least he had to show him some results first.

After Kate finished reporting, she still stood in place, waiting for Tang Yu's instructions.

The reason why her attitude is so respectful today is entirely because on New Year's Eve, Tang Yu arrived at the Arasaka Tower in the exclusive floating car of Arasaka Saburo.

This incident immediately caused a sensation throughout the Arasaka Tower.

Even without Arasaka Saburo's instructions, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Tang Yu went to meet the supreme helmsman of Arasaka and was taken seriously.

So in response to Tang Yu's question about the Counterintelligence Department, Kate didn't dare to hide anything, and did business.

If it was related to other departments, she could follow the procedure to report that she did not know.

At this time.

The front desk reported that the secretary of the director of special operations had come to report the matter.

Susan Abernathy?

Her secretary came to report something.

Recently, Susan Abernathy's suspension time limit has expired, and I haven't heard anything about her since returning to Arasaka Tower.

So he let Kate out first, and then summoned the secretary of the director of special operations.

After the female secretary accepted the security scan at the door, she walked into the minister's office and came to Tang Yu's office, and said respectfully.

"Hello, Mr. Tang."

"Director Abnacy is preparing to hold the annual ministerial meeting of the Special Operations Department, would you like to take the time to attend now?"

The Special Operations Department has consulted Tang Yu in advance about this matter, but it has always been treated coldly.

I came to invite me today, which is enough to save face.

As the deputy director of the Special Operations Department, it is normal for Tang Yu to be invited to participate in the ministerial meeting.

It's just that when did Susan Abernathan behave so politely, it is estimated that it has something to do with her taking Arasaka Saburo's exclusive floating car back to Arasaka Tower.

Now everyone sees him with three points of respect, and with Arasaka Saburo's signboard on his head, Arasaka Tower can basically walk sideways.

Tang Yu was too lazy to see Susan Abernathy's old face, so he refused: "Bring a message to the director for me, I have other meetings in the future, so I won't go to the meeting, as for her request for the Special Operations Department, I have no objection here." ”

He is telling the truth, and he will go to Arasaka Academy to attend the academy conference next, and he is absolutely important as a judge mentor and must be present.

The female secretary did not force it, and after receiving the statement, she politely agreed, turned around and exited the office.

Tang Yu saw that the time was not early, and the academy conference was about to start, so he turned off the office system and prepared to leave for Arasaka Academy.

Before I got up, I received a transfer message.

The amount was not large, only 1,300 euros.

There are not many people who can transfer money to Tang Yu's electronic account by remote agreement, so he clicked to view.

It was found that the remitter of the transfer was V.

Tang Yu couldn't help laughing.

I didn't expect V to get the first money so quickly.

At that time, when he transferred the ownership of the Redfield, he also attached a purchase agreement, which took effect immediately.

In the future, every amount of money remitted into the V sub-account will be directly transferred to Tang Yu's electronic account to repay the arrears.

It is equivalent to Tang Yu being the creditor and V being the debtor.

Soon.

Tang Yu received a request to add a contact.

He didn't hesitate to pass the request, and V's profile appeared in the contact interface.

[V: Thank you so much! The automatic debt repayment function is turned on, which saves me the trouble of remittance. 】

Tang Yu: "You're welcome, it should be, 1,300 euros, you have to continue to work hard." (smiles)"

[V: I owe you a favor for this, and I think you can be lenient, after all, you still have to pay the rent.] 】

Tang Yu: "Don't worry, I have already bought the apartment in the Watson Super Skyscraper H10 where you live, of course, the money is also counted on you, as for the rent, I won't charge you, work hard to pay the mortgage, Miss V, good luck." ”

【V：.】

After bullying the V, Tang Yu felt inexplicably in a good mood.

Tang Yu has already asked Jack to deal with the failure of helping Kirk steal the car, and Peppi can go to work as usual.

Tang Yu got up and left the leather chair, walked out of the office, and took the public elevator towards Arasaka Academy.

V had just walked out of the wolf bar and was speechless when he saw the message on the contact interface.

I just managed to take a commission and complete the task to get a reward.

The amount had just arrived, and it was instantly returned to zero, which made her both indignant and helpless.

V unceremoniously kicked the can in front of his flying feet, and somehow had the strange idea of taking a machine gun and shooting everyone in a suit on the side of the road.

"In Night City, only the most inhuman thing is wearing a suit."

"If it goes on like this, when will it be the end?"

She couldn't help but sigh a little, the work she took at the Wild Wolf Bar was too small.

I wanted to come back and make a good break in the world, but I didn't expect to be involved in this matter, not to mention that the money was not caught, and I owed a bunch of debts.

"I really can't do it, so I can only try my luck at Lizzy Bar."

"After all, even the priests say they have a lot of money there."

V didn't go to Lizzy Bar to take the commission before, mainly because he heard Tang Yu's recommendation and felt that it was definitely unreliable.

But now she wants money or not, she wants fame or not, except for the priest, she doesn't know a few decent middlemen, and it is almost impossible to get a good job with a lot of money.

So far.

V can only try his luck at the Lizzy Bar.

As if having figured it out, she set off towards the public transport stop.