"A few days ago, a large-scale collapse casualty accident occurred in the company square, and a number of company directors and top figures in the industry were killed in the accident, and the cause and process of the accident are being further investigated in detail."

In response to this major accident, Arasaka Yoshinobu made a public apology statement on behalf of Arasaka Company, and said that Arasaka Company will actively cooperate with the municipal authorities to rebuild the company plaza and strive to promote the economic and social activities of Night City back on track. In this regard, a number of public joint statements are negotiating compensation with Arasaka Company. ”

"Due to the collapse of the company square and the power outage of the magnetic storm, many giant enterprises lost their local cache data and could not use network services normally. The company has obtained authorization from the municipal government to rebuild the company plaza as soon as possible with the support of the new mayor Pelares Jefferson, and the space matrix project is once again on the agenda."

"According to the latest trends of the top management of Arasaka in this station, a number of members of the board of directors of the Night City Arasaka Tower have been killed, and Arasaka Yoritomu has announced the transfer of management authority, suspected of being responsible for the accident in the company square, and Michiko Arasaka has re-appointed as the first person in charge of the board of directors, and at the same time, the senior positions of the Night City Arasaka Tower multi-department company have changed"

"The top-secret information of Arasaka's product launch conference circulated on the black market, and it is suspected that it is a biochip that can carry the digital soul of human beings, and it is still unknown whether the technology is mature and developed."

"Tang Yu, the person who directly caused the accident, the organizer of the Arasaka product launch conference, and the head of the public relations department of Arasaka Company, according to reliable sources, Tang Yu is still suspended."

Arasaka Tower, Special Operations Department.

In his office, David Martinez sat in front of his desk, intently reading today's news.

The news in the past few days has basically been dominated by a few keywords - 'company square', 'big accident', 'magnetic storm collapse', 'biochip', 'Arasaka company' and so on.

Although these contents are repeated over and over, as well as completely unreliable comments and speculations from experts and media people, he still wants to find some new clues from them.

Where did Tang Yu go?

It was the ultimate question that plagued his mind and could not be answered.

That day, after he rushed to the company square wearing a prosthetic King Kong, he clearly remembered that he had gone on a killing spree and slaughtered the disgusting woman.

For this reason, he was strongly suppressed by the Arasaka Company, and was directly dismantled into parts by Adam's heavy hammer, almost killing him on the spot.

But when he came to his senses, he realized that it was just a dream.

David woke up from his dream and lay inexplicably in the laboratory of the R&D department, and the prosthetic King Kong was safely disassembled.

And he also reinstalled the prosthetic component afterwards, which is more high-end and convenient than the previous one.

Suddenly.

He was reminded by the department's front desk that Mr. Arthur Jenkins, Director of Special Operations, was about to preside over a high-level multi-agency meeting, and he was now ready to go to the conference room.

David turned off the projection screen on his desk, got up and took off his black blazer from the wall hook, put it on, and picked up the badge on the table and clipped it in his front pocket.

After leaving the office, walk towards the public elevator hall.

When passing through the corridor, I met a few busy employees and took the initiative to say hello to myself.

"Hello, Mr. Martinez."

David politely replied, "Hello." ”

Seeing that everyone in the office area is busy, sorting out information, rebuilding databases, communicating with hidden piles, etc.

Due to the impact of the magnetic storm, all the electronic equipment and storage chips in the office were severely burned, and there was no way to make up for the loss of data, so we had to rely on manual work to reassemble it bit by bit.

He didn't have to deal with this matter, just glanced at it casually, and continued to take the elevator to the public conference room.

The conference room is arranged in a circular layout, with directors, directors and ministerial-level senior executives in the middle circle, and middle-level representatives of various departments outside the circle.

He walked straight to his assigned seat and took a seat in the inner circle.

David took advantage of the free time before the meeting began, briefly looked around, and found that it was basically a new face.

The middle and high-level of several departments had already arrived, and he subconsciously looked at the area where the Counterintelligence Department was located, and in a group of fresh faces, he saw a familiar face, and the other party was waving his hand shallow to say hello.

It's Sister Amorous, and when I was an intern in the Counterintelligence Department, I didn't owe much of her care.

David nodded slightly, a polite response.

Sister Feng gave him a thumbs up and smiled meaningfully, as if she was showing off that she didn't see the wrong person, and as if she was praising him for being young and promising.

David touched his nose in disguise and withdrew his gaze, remembering the day he went to the Lizzy Bar with his colleagues.

Soon, the meeting began.

Key executives in attendance were Arthur Jenkins, Director of Special Operations, and Director Conti, a member of the Board of Directors.

David was not familiar with Arthur Jenkins, and when he was an intern in the Counterintelligence Department, the minister never showed up, and when he returned to Arasaka Tower, the internship was over.

In this personnel reshuffle, Arthur Jenkins succeeded Susan Abernacy and was promoted to director of special operations, and at the same time, the number of departments in charge increased, and he was one of the top executives in the entire Arasaka Tower.

Conti's directors began to announce personnel transfers in relevant departments.

"Clariant was transferred to the post of deputy head of the counterintelligence department and removed from the post of head of the logistics center."

"Long Chuan has just been promoted to deputy director of the Public Relations Department, and he has been removed from the post of head of the general section of the administration department."

"David Martinez was promoted to Deputy Chief of Special Operations and removed from the post of Field Service Leader of the Special Operations Department."

After announcing the latest appointments, Director Condy communicated the requirements of the Board of Directors, urging all departments to actively perform their duties and responsibilities, obey the instructions and arrangements of their superiors, and achieve more work under the command and leadership of Director Arthur Jenkins.

After speaking.

Director Conti handed over the meeting to Jenkins, who said he had important business to attend to, and then got up and left.

David sat still, listened quietly to Jenkins' rambling tirade until the meeting was over, ready to get up and leave.

Suddenly.

He heard someone shouting behind him.

"David Martinez."

David turned around and saw Jenkins approaching, ignoring the enthusiastic crowd around him.

"Director." He greeted politely.

Arthur Jenkins reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Good job, don't let him down." ”

After explaining, Jenkins was surrounded by a group of company executives and walked out of the conference room.

David looked at his departing back, in a trance, and did not move for a long time.

on the subway.

David stood in front of the glass window of the carriage, quietly looking at the changing scenery outside, it was still a familiar scene, but it was the people who had become different from before.

He was going to see Mann first, he hadn't seen each other since the last time he said goodbye in the outskirts of the wasteland.

Speaking of this meritorious service, it is inseparable from their full support.

Although her mother, Gloria, had overpaid her honorarium when she woke up, this kindness was far from enough to measure by practical money.

Without that sacrifice of Mann's life, he would not be able to stand here today and become a veritable senior executive of the company.

"I didn't expect this day to happen." David felt that everything was like a dream, so unreal, so unreal.

Now, he finally caught up with Tang Yu's footprints, but he could no longer find the opportunity to sit and chat face-to-face.

Missing.

This is Arasaka's conclusion about Tang Yu.

No one knew what happened in the company square that day, the electronic equipment was damaged, and the people who had the opportunity to observe the scene also fainted.

I only knew that when I relented, there was only a ruined wall, broken arms and limbs scattered all over the company's square, and the ubiquitous scarlet flesh sauce, and Tang Yu had already disappeared without a trace.

Soon, the subway arrived.

David walked out of the traffic stop and headed to the old Victoria underground prosthetic clinic, which was the address sent to him by Dorio.

Entering an alley, going down the stairs, I came to an iron gate, which was lightly hidden.

David tried to shout inside, "Is there anyone, please?" ”

A moment later, a deep, magnetic voice came from the clinic.

"Just open the door and come in, it's not so particular here."

David reached out and pulled the gate open, got up and walked into the room, only to find that everyone in the room was busy around the operating table inside.

Mann was lying on the operating table, undergoing his last prosthetic removal operation, while Dorio stood by and waited patiently.

He took the initiative to walk over, greet the surgeon, and introduce himself.

A prosthetic doctor in a blue overalls uniform, staring at the screen carefully, skillfully operating the robotic arm to perform the operation.

"Well, hello boy."

"I know, you're welcome, just call me Lao Wei, they all shout like this, and so does Tang."

"Sit for a while, the operation will take a few minutes."

David nodded, walked over to Dorio, and whispered about Mann.

Dorio looked helpless and replied: "There's no way, the nerve burns are too serious, it's good to be able to pick up a life, and there may be no way to implant a combat prosthesis in the future, so I can only barely use some auxiliary cyber limbs." ”

When David saw the tragic situation on Mann's back, a not-so-good picture immediately flashed in his mind, and his heart became a little heavier.

After Lao Wei completed the operation and unlocked the data connections everywhere, Mann slowly woke up from his slumber.

Lao Wei put the removed prosthetic body into the disinfection tray, stood up and went to the pool basin to clean his hands, and said in a deep voice: "The culprit has been removed, what are you going to do with it." ”

Mann sat up from the operating table, put on the clothes Dorio had handed him, and looked at the bloodstained black prosthesis.

"Lao Wei, thank you, the prosthetic body will be sent to you, maybe you can find someone who is really suitable for it."

David glanced at the black prosthetic and knew that this was an Snwistan, but he had never seen the model.

He thought of the terrifying movement speed that Mann displayed on the wasteland, which should be the function of this prosthetic.

When David saw Mann again this time, he found that his bloated and muscular body had become much thinner than before, and the burden was reduced a lot after the combat implant was removed, but Mann's face did not look relaxed.

He asks Mann what his plans are for the future.

Dolio said that he was going to Taiping Prefecture to make a living, and the animal gang there was mixing well now, and there was still some relationship at hand.

David didn't know what to comfort, but said, "If anything is difficult, come to me, for I owe it to you." ”

Mann smiled reluctantly: "It's all your own choice, work with a gratuity, and there is no one who owes anyone." ”

As he spoke, he thought of something and added, "But the only thing I can't let go of is the rest of the team."

David knew what he meant, and after Mann and Dorio retired, the team was officially disbanded, and the other members either continued to work together or went their own way.

In the absence of a backbone, the probability of holding together is not large, and they can only do it alone, and at this time they need a stable contact with the middleman.

David promised to let Gloria make proper arrangements, but when he thought of his mother, his already uneasy mood became even heavier.

These days.

Since Gloria woke up, she has never said a word.

Even when he heard the news that he had been promoted to deputy minister, he was indifferent.

David plans to figure out a solution after taking care of Mann's side.

There's another chapter later!

(End of chapter)