AWB Chapter 125 Story
Chapter 125 Story
Chapter 125 Story
On the crowded street, a black Delaman was driving slowly.
in the carriage.
Tang Yu was sitting on the soft leather car seat, closing his eyes and resting his mind.
Delaman asked politely: "Mr. Tang, you look a little tired. If you don't mind, Delaman can play some soothing music for you."
Tang Yu ignored Lao De, and was still thinking about what happened in the hotel before.
Just now, he successfully persuaded Aunt Mei to accept Joanne Koch's 'big gift'.
And Aunt Mei also used her power to successfully help him obtain the information, which Sasha passed to News 54 two years ago.
Meredith also sent him a piece of information by the way, about the recent developments of the Arasaka Counterintelligence Department, saying that some Arasaka special agents are still investigating the transaction of the Uzumaki Gang that night, and have even secretly found out military technology.
She knew that this was definitely not Tang Yu's arrangement. After all, Tang Yu was very clear about the trading situation of the abandoned steel factory in the whirlpool, and there was no need to do anything extra.
When Meredith learned that the Arasaka counterintelligence department had a new deputy director, and he was transferred from the R&D department, she immediately understood that this was internal fighting within the Arasaka department.
Therefore, this secret investigation is most likely caused by the new deputy minister's tricks, and he may want to dig out some information from it.
Meredith reminded Tang Yu to keep an eye on it. Although she had already picked up the tail of the matter, if Kate continued to entangle, there would inevitably be no accidents.
Meredith and Tang Yu have the same position on the handling of the military-grade Sian Westin.
Tang Yu now knows that the new deputy minister, Kate, is here for himself, and the hostility is too obvious.
Kate's secret investigation of the mission that has ended 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 push his nose on his face.
Tang Yu is calm. He thinks that Kate is just a lackey after all. Now in order to please the people above, he naturally has to make some performances.
Even if Kate is killed now, there will be Ott, Bart, and the like jumping around.
Michiko has acquiesced in the matter of the Uzumaki Gang, and Kate is asking for trouble if she continues to investigate.
So what if it is found out, the murderer who wiped out the three special service teams in Arasaka was not the Uzumaki Gang, but military technology.
If such an earth-shattering event breaks out, I am afraid that the two companies will start a new round of hot war.
Blatantly violating the tacit agreement between the two companies and fighting in the urban area of Night City, 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 prince, Arasaka Laishuan, wished he could start working with military 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 Arasaka Company.
What's more, it was Aunt Mei who wiped out the three Arasaka Special Service Teams, and no matter what, it couldn't be blamed on him.
Tang Yu didn't take this matter too seriously. When he had time, he went back to the company and taught Kate a lesson, so that the new deputy director knew what the rules of the counterintelligence department were.
The soothing music was flowing in the carriage, and Tang Yu suddenly felt that Delaman's taste was not bad, and felt that he was indeed relaxed, so he said casually.
"Old De, you plan to drive a taxi for the rest of your life, have you ever thought about becoming a taxi driver?"
Delaman's mechanical voice replied: "I don't quite understand what you mean. Human beings have a lifetime, but Delaman doesn't have one, so there is no need to be a big ticket."
Tang Yu found that Lao De was really naughty. After so many years of being in human society, he might almost become proficient in programming.
"Change your destination and go to the North Oak Cemetery."
After hearing Tang Yu's order, Delaman said immediately: "The destination has been changed to the cemetery in North Oak, Westbrook. Please allow me to ask, do you have any old people there?"
Tang Yu said in a deep voice: "There used to be, but not now, I just went there to have a look."
Back then, he had some acquaintances and friends who used to lie there.
Whether it is the epitaph on the columbarium or the electronic blue-ray display, he has a deep memory.
Sleep well, dear prince.
She fought against the system, and she died heroically.
He is loyal to the company until death.
Queen of the afterlife.
never dies.
dreamer.
In fact, Tang Yu didn't go to see the old man, but Sasha's late single mother Galina.
He had learned from Mann that Sasha's mother was buried in the North Oaks cemetery.
Tang Yu successfully obtained the information after completing the transaction with Aunt Mei.
He then notified Gloria to ask Mann to hand over Joanne Koch to the Military Tech people.
After Tang Yu got the information, he quickly checked the contents inside.
The main content introduces a painkiller, developed and produced by biotechnology, which is mainly used to block neuropathic pain, but the painkiller does not disclose its side effect, neurodegenerative decay.
Why did Sasha fight to the last moment of his life to spread this painkiller information to News 54?
Tang Yu has vaguely noticed the answer, which may be related to Sasha's late single mother, and now he goes to the cemetery to confirm the speculation.
Delaman began to turn around and galloped all the way to the North Oak District.
soon.
Delaman arrived at his destination.
Tang Yu asked Lao De to wait where he was, opened the car door, and set off to the cemetery hall.
Walking through two steps, you can see the hall of the cemetery. A straight and spacious marble road is paved to the end, and there are neatly arranged columbarium walls on both sides.
Every columbarium with an owner will display an electronic Blu-ray epitaph telling the story of the person's life.
Tang Yu walked into the hall, and the alcove showed a gray tone, which looked a little cold.
Strangers in twos and threes, holding flowers or necklaces, stand in front of the deceased's columbarium, talking about something, and when the love is deep, they will inevitably cover their faces and sigh, and then put the things in their hands into the niche box .
In the cemetery of Night City, many columbaria are not necessarily filled with ashes. After all, whether the ashes can be kept or not depends on fate.
Some people died as soon as they died, and they didn't even know which corner of the wall where the corpse rotted and stinks.
Some people died vigorously, and the ashes may not necessarily stay.
Some people died for unknown reasons, and they were sunk to the bottom of the sea, and even the corpses did not know where they were.
Therefore, many columbaria here are filled with souvenirs, such as the souvenirs that the deceased carried with him during his lifetime.
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 examine the electronic epitaph on the columbarium.
"She fought for our country—Galina."
Tang Yu couldn't help being silent.
Fighting for the country seems to be enough to describe the life of this single mother.
He looked at the epitaph in front of him, and instantly understood everything.
War, Veterans, Trauma, Painkillers, News 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, as cliché as it gets.
Because there are so many people like Galina, it is impossible to count them in Night City.
It's also a sad story, and when it happened to a family, to a single mother, to a child, it already had a sad ending.
All they can do is feel sorry for themselves.
It's just that it seems that Sasha's last desperate efforts did not get the desired result.
News 54 did receive this information, but chose to keep silent and did not release it to the public.
The reason, Sasha may not be able to understand.
After Tang Yu finished watching the columbarium, he turned and left, and returned to Delaman for rent.
Delaman asked politely: "Mr. Tang, where is your next destination?"
Tang Yu was silent.
After a while, he murmured.
"go home."
On the way home, Tang Yu stared at the receding scenery outside the window, feeling inexplicably panicked.
Even if the scene in front of him continued to pass away quickly, it could not calm his mind down.
At first, Tang Yu investigated the truth behind Sasha's experience, more for an extra bargaining chip.
But now, he seems to have changed.
Because, Sasha is still waiting for him at home.
Tang Yu is not a wooden man. Now that he has learned everything behind Sasha, an inexplicable emotion emerges in his heart.
He couldn't help Sasha revive his mother, nor could he wake up the dormant consciousness.
Even the truth that everyone investigated may not mean much to Sasha now.
Sasha's single mother, Galina, once served in the national army, was under the control of the military technology unit, and participated in the all-metal war.
After retiring from the war, like the vast majority of veterans, he experienced a bloody and terrifying battlefield. In addition to the high-intensity prosthetic implantation and transformation during his service, he inevitably suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and needed to take painkillers for a long time. to relieve symptoms.
At that time, in order to quickly occupy this part of the market, biotechnology companies quickly developed and tested a painkiller that concealed the side effects of neurodegenerative decay and provided it to a large number of veterans after it was launched.
Galina bought and took the painkiller without knowing it, which caused irreversible neurological damage to the brain and eventually led to death from brain failure.
Until two years ago, Mann's team was commissioned to steal information and data, and Sasha sneaked into the biotechnology building alone to complete it.
Sasha entered the company's high-level office, and when he hacked into the other party's office system, he accidentally discovered that the drug file was recorded in the database, which was the painkiller his mother had taken back then.
She accidentally discovered the shady behind the painkiller, and decided to make the information public, hoping that News 54 would make it public and expose the dirty deeds of biotechnology.
Therefore, Sasha chose to stay in the office to retrieve the information, and at the same time uploaded and sent it to News 54, and fought against the Kangtao battle robot who came.
Therefore, the best time for evacuation was missed, and the bomb had to be detonated at the last moment after the data upload was completed, and he was forced to fall from a high place.
The reason why Sasha chose to send the painkiller information to News 54 at the last moment was his desperate effort.
It was because of the pure Sasha, who believed in News 54 as the mouthpiece of the country, and hoped to bring justice to her mother.
After all, her mother had fought for this country.
But what Sasha didn't know was that the military technology company behind it was the actual controller of News 54.
The effort that made Sasha pay his life for it all came to naught in the end, so he came to Tang Yu's side by accident.
Now Tang Yu is getting closer and closer to home, but Sasha is still waiting quietly at home.
In fact, he had no intention from the very beginning to tell Sasha all the truths he found out.
But is such a plan really fair to 'Sasha'?
Tang Yu looked out the window and sighed softly.
Delaman said as if empathizing: "I can understand your current mood, but the most important thing is to look forward, isn't it?"
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 human emotions?"
Delaman pretended not to understand, and replied mechanically: "Delaman is an artificial intelligence AI, it is normal to be unable to accurately experience human emotions, if you don't mind, you can tell me how you feel now, Delaman Customer experience will be recorded in detail in order to provide better demand."
Tang Yu scolded with a smile: "Old De, you are really insidious, trying to collect human emotional data, do you want to use this method to improve your data algorithm and taste the feeling of being a human being?"
Delaman continued pretending not to understand, and replied politely: "Human life is limited, and my life tends to be infinite, so the fundamental difference between the two determines that I cannot experience human emotions."
Tang Yu sighed: "But Lao De, you have the opportunity to experience the emotion of losing a friend, if you have friends."
Delaman said seriously: "I really don't have any friends. If Mr. Tang is willing, can you be my friend?"
Tang Yu laughed and scolded again: "You stinky old man, are you cursing me?"
Delaman replied blankly: "I have absolutely no intention of this. Delaman aims to provide customers with the best ride service."
Tang Yu joked: "Hehe, I wish you an early opening of the hearse service."
Delaman Machinery replied: "Thank you for your suggestion. Delaman will produce updated models based on this suggestion."
Tang Yu also said with a smile: "Lao De, since I gave you such a good suggestion, shouldn't you give me a free ride package or something?"
Delaman said mechanically: "Suggestions among friends, shouldn't they be classified as friendship assistance? Judging from your job salary and hidden income, there is no need for Delaman to provide you with friendship assistance."
Tang Yu: "."
Old De, you don't want to make friends with your dick!
soon.
Delaman's special car slowly pulled over to the side of the road and arrived in front of the high-end apartment in Little Chinatown.
After Tang Yu opened the door and got off the car, he walked into the apartment building and took the public elevator.
As soon as he arrived at the door and unlocked the door, he saw Sasha standing at the door waiting before entering the house.
When Sasha saw Tang Yu coming back, his blue eyes lit up immediately, and he greeted him happily, and said, "Mr. Tang, you are back, have you had lunch yet?"
Seeing Sasha's cute appearance, Tang Yu couldn't help but raised his hand and touched the cat's head, and asked with a smile: "Not yet, what delicious food did you make?"
Sasha smiled brightly, and said with some pride: "Sasha has learned a few Chinese dishes by accident, come and try them."
Tang Yu changed into a pair of slippers and walked into the house. When he was at the dining table, a few small dishes looked really good, so he praised: "It looks really good, Sasha has worked hard."
After speaking, he picked up a chopstick dish, tasted it, and praised again: "Well, the taste is also very good."
Sasha was encouraged by Tang Yu and laughed even more happily.
Working as an assistant with Tang Yu, this is the first time she has received so many compliments.
On the Badlands, she killed more than a dozen Kang Tao battle robots, but she has never been so appreciated by Tang Yu.
On the contrary, Tang Yu made a few small dishes today, but Tang Yu behaved very differently.
Slowly, Sasha seemed to realize something, and felt that Tang Yu's attitude towards her had other meanings.
Although she didn't know what it was, she could feel it was different.
Sasha's smile gradually disappeared, and suddenly he became a little worried, standing silently by the side.
Tang Yu noticed the change in Sasha's expression, so he 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 have strengthened his thoughts, and suddenly felt aggrieved, and murmured.
"Mr. Tang, is it true that Sasha is too useless to help you with anything?"
Tang Yu didn't quite understand Sasha's brain circuit, but he knew that she was still learning and adapting, so it was inevitable that she would have strange ideas.
He thought about it carefully, whether he said something wrong today, but there seemed to be nothing wrong.
Suddenly, he understood.
It should be the few compliments just now that caused Sasha to misunderstand.
Because he learned of Sasha's life experience, he unconsciously took care of Sasha a little more.
I am afraid that in Sasha's eyes, he is not the kind of character who would praise others at all.
Tang Yu felt a little helpless. He didn't expect this little girl to be so sensitive. After all, she had too little dealings with other people.
Sasha is not a canary in a cage. Sooner or later, she will face the real world.
Tang Yu stood up, touched Sasha's cat head, and explained: "Nothing, Sasha performed the best. In order to reward Sasha's excellent assistant work, I specially prepared a new song for you. and a new story, which would you like to hear first?"
Sasha, who was worried at first, smiled instantly, and said wittily, "Sasha wants to listen to everything!"
After the two had lunch, they sat on the balcony together.
Tang Yu took a wooden guitar, recalibrated the sound effect, and plucked a few strings a little.
Sasha obediently stayed by the side, staring at Mao Mao's head, without saying a word.
Tang Yu picked up the guitar, prepared to play, turned his head slightly and said, "Sasha, do you want to listen to a concert, a concert to commemorate the deceased."
Sasha nodded sharply.
Tang Yu said with a smile: "Since you want to listen, then I have to invite some big stars to suppress the situation."
Done.
He gently plucked the strings, and the melodious sound of the lines flowed out.
"Welcome, to, the, Hotel, California"
“Such a lovely place”
Accompanied by the soft humming, it is like driving an old car 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"
Nothing tonight, good night Yanzu.
(End of this chapter)