from night city

Now, the old emperor has collapsed, and the new emperor has just been established.

The whole Arasaka seemed to be in a whirlpool.

Since this Oda is Hanako Arasaka's bodyguard, at this time, it is even more impossible to leave Hanako Arasaka's side, unless...

"Hanako Arasaka, has she come to Night City?"

Goro Takemura nodded, and what he said next confirmed Su Xiao's conjecture.

"Miss Hanako is here to attend the funeral of Lord Saburo, because Yori Xuan insists on holding a funeral for Lord Saburo in Night City, and also wants Miss Hanako to patrol on a roller coaster at the festival. I doubt..."

Su Xiao glanced at Zhucun and asked deliberately: "What do you suspect?"

But Zhucun immediately shook his head and refused to continue: "No, it's nothing."

"You are a person who only speaks half of your words. It's really boring."

In fact, Su Xiao could guess what Goro Takemura was suspecting.

Arasaka's base camp is in Japan. Logically speaking, Saburo Arasaka's coffin should be returned to Japan and the funeral should be held in Japan.

But Yorinobu Arasaka wanted to combine the funeral with this year's Aragama Festival, and asked Hanako Arasaka to parade on a float by name.

The meaning of this is self-evident.

Goro Takemura was suspicious, but what he didn't dare to say was:

Yorinobu wanted to take advantage of the Soul Festival to get rid of his sister and make the faction led by his sister leaderless, so as to take the opportunity to annex the faction led by his sister and increase his own strength.

After all, if you are holding a festival, it is impossible to clear the venue early.

It’s not that Arasaka doesn’t have this ability, but if all the people are cleared, who will hold such a huge, lively and prosperous festival?

Isn't it like ogling a blind man?

Therefore, if Yori Xuan really intends to kill his sister, as Goro Takemura thinks, then the feasibility of this plan is very high.

Because there are many people in the city who are dissatisfied with Arasaka, someone will definitely assassinate Hanako Arasaka at the Wild Soul Festival and achieve the achievement of becoming the number one gunman in Night City.

Even if no one does this, Yorinobu can arrange his people in advance, ambush in the crowd, pretend to be mere passers-by who are dissatisfied with Arasaka, and snipe Hanako Arasaka.

These are the things Takemura Goro suspected but did not dare to say.

……

"This Xiaotian you are talking about, is he reliable? Don't sell us for glory and wealth."

Regardless of the size of a super company, the struggle for power and profit within each department can fill a novel of hundreds of thousands of words.

It’s not just Arasaka, any company’s senior executives rise to the top by stepping on the shoulders of others.

Although Su Xiao can understand Zhucun's situation and refuses to let go of the opportunity to grab a life-saving straw.

But he couldn't help but remind Takemura not to get carried away.

Goro Takemura shook his head: "He is a person who attaches great importance to honor, which is different from the kind of loyalty on the street."

honor?

It's hard for Su Xiao to say how much honor the people who are still in Arasaka have.

But since Takemura has said so, let’s take a look before talking about it.

He has tactical eyepieces anyway.

If it is not Oda who comes later, but the silenced Arasaka soldiers, Su Xiao can also withdraw before they encircle them.

Time just passed bit by bit.

Neither Su Xiao nor Goro Takemura spoke.

Both of them waited quietly.

Almost half an hour passed, and there were still only the two of them on this deserted dock.

Even the pedestrians on the streets of Japan Street not far away have become noticeably sparse.

Even people looking for fun in the evening are starting to leave now.

Each went back to each house, and each went to find his own mother.

Although Su Xiao didn't really want to attack Takemura, she still said to Goro Takemura, whose face was getting ugly.

"It seems that your friend's sense of honor is not very good either. Where is the Bushido you promised?"

Although Goro Takemura's face was as dark as water, he still chose to believe it.

"It's impossible. Xiaoda is not this kind of person. Something must have happened to hold him back."

"As long as you are happy, but I have to go back first, it's already very late."

"Susan, please wait, stay with me for another half hour, and wait!" Perhaps because he felt it was not enough, Takemura Goro finally bowed slightly and said in a solemn tone, "Please!"

Su Xiao looked at Zhucun like this without saying anything, and nodded after a while.

"Okay, then wait another half hour."

……

Half an hour passed quickly.

Stop talking about people

, not even a ghost.

Su Xiao didn't need to speak anymore. Takemura Goro's face was already full of disappointment.

Before he could speak, Lidya Su took the initiative this time.

"Hey, it's already very late tonight anyway. Going to bed late is bad for your health. Why don't we just stay up all night? How about we wait another hour?"

Goro Takemura looked surprised and excited: "Susan, thank you very much!"

But this time they didn't really have to wait for an hour, but about 20 minutes in the past.Suddenly, the sound of a car engine reached their ears.

Takemura Goro's ugly face suddenly became happy.

Su Xiao, on the other hand, used the tactical eyepiece to scan that there was a car driving towards them in the tunnel.

Fortunately, there was only one person in the car and no one else.

There were no other cars behind.

This should be the Oda that Takemura wants to see.

"Driving? Huh? A good sign. He usually pays attention to disguise."

Takemura watched as a black car drove out of the tunnel and passed in front of the two people.

But he didn't stop. Instead, he drove further inside, turned a corner, pointed the front of the car at the entrance of the tunnel where he came in, and then stopped the car.

Aim the front of the car in the direction of escape to facilitate emergency evacuation.

This is called professionalism.

It seems that not only Takemura is wary, but the other party also feels the same way.

The engine didn't stop and the lights didn't turn off.

The door is open.

A man in a suit got out of the car.

He is Mrs. Oda.

Oda did not have the same samurai bun hairstyle as Takemura, but chose a hairstyle with slanted bangs that covered one eye.

The decent high-end suit fit just right on his body and accentuated his lean figure.

Although as a bodyguard, Oda Santao's physique is a very typical Japanese physique, not the tall and strong physique of a white or black man.

——For example, Dexter's Ponyboy.

But people should not be judged by their appearance.

Anyone who despises Oda will definitely pay the price with his life.

Because when Oda came over, Su Xiao scanned it with a tactical eyepiece, but the result was a mosaic.

Like Su Xiao, this guy is equipped with top-notch anti-detection jammers.

Oda Santao clasped his hands and bowed slightly to Takemura Goro: "Takemura-san."

Takemura Goro also bowed, but he said "Oda" instead of "Oda-kun" or "Oda-san".

In Japan, "san" is used to address peers, elders or superiors; "kun" is used to address juniors, peers or subordinates.

Generally speaking, there are two situations when calling the surname directly without adding a suffix:

The first is that the relationship between the two is so bad that it couldn't be worse, and they don't even bother to pretend. The second is that the relationship between the two is particularly good, such as old classmates, good brothers, etc.

The former situation is definitely impossible, only the latter is possible.

but……

Judging from the title, Takemura Goro regarded the other party as a good brother, but the other party seemed to feel that the relationship between the two was not good enough to call him by his last name.

Lidya Su's eyes suddenly became sharp.

This is a bit interesting.

Oda glanced at Su Xiao, but did not stay on Su Xiao for long, and soon turned his eyes back to Goro Takemura.

"Takemura-san, my time is very tight, so please use the shortest possible words to convince me why I should help you, Arasaka, who is already a recognized traitor."

Takemura bowed slightly again.

"Thank you, Xiaoda."

However, in the face of Takemura's active kindness, Mr. Oda said coldly: "You only have one minute."

Goro Takemura's face froze, realizing that time was running out, and Oda seemed to really not intend to reminisce about old friendships, but was business-minded, and finally came up with the rhetoric he had prepared long ago.

"More than a month ago, Mr. Saburo and I came to Night City and met with Yori Xuan at the Kanbi Building..."

"You have 50 seconds left."

"Master Saburo is here for the Relic, because Yorinobu stole the Relic from the Arasaka Laboratory in Hokkaido..."