Infinity, progress from Arasaka

One of the members of the board of directors of Arasaka Tower Academy in Night City. He has experience working in the academy, is loyal to the interests of Arasaka Corporation, is a senior employee, and is also one of the test leaders of Arasaka experimental product projects.

"Mr. Tanaka."

Vera nodded, stepped forward, stretched out her hand, and shook it lightly.

Tanaka is an old employee who regards the company as his home. Although his rank and actual power are not as high as those who are in charge of the violent agency in the security department, he is also a senior middle-level manager.

"This is my son, Katsuo Tanaka."

Tanaka pointed to the mushroom-headed kid and said, "I don't like research and development, but I have long admired the prestige of the security department."

Oh, you want to put your son into the security department.

"Like father, like son. I believe in your qualifications, but do you think we will have a chance to meet again?"

Vera paced and looked at Tanaka Katsuo, smiling, looking down at him, and said meaningfully: "Don't waste your time in the academy. If you have the conditions and ability, train your body well. Hacking ability, familiarity with firearms, close combat... Remember, it's not just for show."

"Yes Yes..."

For some reason, Vera's deep eyes caused Katsuo Tanaka to feel particularly stressed out.

He had never felt so suffocated when reaching the highest peak of Black Mewtwo in the past. He stood up straight subconsciously, especially when the other party was looking at him. The burly bodyguards around him all focused their attention on him, and his face turned red.

"Very good, keep going."

Vera nodded to Tanaka, and then boarded the hovercraft surrounded by a group of people. The "Black and White Devils" also rode with her, and the other bodyguards took a business car out of Arasaka Academy and headed for the company square.

hum...bum...

The blue tail flame of the vector engine gushed out for a long time. When Vera's black luxury hovercraft slowly disappeared into the distance, Shinichi Tanaka stood up from his slightly hunched position and looked at his thin son with a serious expression.

"From now on, stay away from your group of bad friends."

"Just study hard, graduate, pass the assessment, and join the security department. I don't care if you're here today or because of the Watson incident last night. I've called you. Now that Commander Vera has been informed, there's no room for you to give up halfway."

"Remember, if you want to climb up, it's not just a game. If you don't have the ability by then... don't blame me for being cruel."

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PS: The opening speech refers to the Devil's Ending in 2077, where Saburo Arasaka gave a speech after he was resurrected using Nobuo Yorimoto's body.

Regarding Tanaka's position, judging from the Edgewalker animation, it should not be a high position, but a mid-level one, but he has a lot of seniority.

David and Katsuo Tanaka, well, I have an idea.

Chapter 020 Vera is a hard worker, but Arasaka

2074/12/23

cloudy day.

rain.

Moisture, mold, dust, rust, chemicals, and the smell of burnt blood.

The streets in the drizzle were littered with the devastation of broken windows of shops along the way, broken glass and incomplete utensils were scattered everywhere, gleaming dimly under the rain.

Trash cans on the street were overturned, and garbage and discarded items such as paper protest signs, flags, plastic bottles, bricks, and even clothes were scattered all over the ground.

They mixed with the blood and rain into a muddy mass, and were completely melted into one after being trampled countless times.

"call..."

In the middle-floor lobby of the dark building with the Arasaka Clover logo, in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Vera gazed at the gloomy world with drizzling rain. She opened her lips slightly and exhaled arrows of smoke that dissipated and were expelled by the ventilation equipment.

Standing among a crowd of company dogs who were either sneering, mocking, or expressionless, she quietly watched the scene in front of her.

"Alpaca, your actions are against the law, do you know that?"

"Get out, disperse!"

The black mass, fully armed with riot shields, batons, stun guns, tear gas, and pepper spray, dispersing the crowd are the Arasaka security guards. The colorful, dim, retreating, noisy, slamming and throwing things are the marching crowd.

From protest marches to violent demonstrations and then to escalating conflicts, in just a few days, everything happened in a flash, leaving only injured and wailing people, some of whom will be dragged to unknown garbage dumps or end up on kidney-removing waste decomposition tables.

On both sides of the street, there were the remains of burned shops, broken bricks and rubble scattered all over the ground, which looked even more desolate under the drizzle.

"Director Russell, thank you for your help in the suppression mission during this period."

The head of the manufacturing department of the Arasaka Sydney branch, a burly old man, smiled kindly and handed freshly ground Doutoron coffee to Vera, who arrived in Australia as a guest support force.

Although he is the executive head of the Sydney branch's security department, strictly speaking, Vera's rank and power are not much less than his.

After all, Vera is from the Night City security department.

There are only three offices in Arasaka that can be called Arasaka Towers and districts that can be called headquarters: the Tokyo Global Headquarters, the Paris European Headquarters, and the Night City North American Headquarters.

Especially in Night City, the terrible security situation in that broken place is known to the world. Apart from Tokyo, in terms of military strength, the military strength controlled and mastered by Night City's North American headquarters is the strongest.

After all, it is the forefront of the confrontation with the old rival Military Technology. A large number of armed forces and war materials are scattered in various Arasaka military camps, bases, military ports, and blockade checkpoints on the west coast. They also have to compete with Military Technology for the markets in Latin America and South America.

"I believe that after this lesson, those scoundrels will be able to keep quiet for a while."

"Ah, maybe."

Vera responded with a smile and a nod, accepting the other party's friendly gesture, and then she reached out and took the coffee handed to her.

Half a year has passed since the Arasaka Academy's freshman entrance ceremony in June. As the head of the special assault force of Night City's security department, Vera has been busy performing her duties for half a year.

Now, the power and armed forces in her hands are stronger than when she first took office.

People have become more numb.

More corporate dog-like.

"Working for you, I really can't take a break." Vera looked up at the Arasaka Clover on the dome.

In the past six months, her experiences have been quite varied.

First, they retaliated against the Uzumaki Gang for their habit of robbing the company's transport vehicles.

Then, the Vancouver branch in Canada discovered the secret operation of military technology to infiltrate the Western Free State. Vera led her men to give the military technology a severe blow and wiped out a secret transport team carrying magic lizard armored vehicles.

After all, the Security Department is not the Counterintelligence Department or the Intelligence Department. As a senior commander of the company's military, Vera cannot always sit in the office in Night City. It is normal for her to go out on field missions.

Vera had also experienced assassination.

It is common for movement routes and travel data to be tracked by others, including gangs, marginalized people, middlemen, and companies.

The military technology people seemed to have regarded Vera as a thorn in their side. She chatted and laughed with the military technology people at the municipal dinner, and then Vera was attacked by a cyber madman on her way back.

Cyberpsychosis, madness, universal explanation.

Anyway, Vera 'believed it'.

The competition between large companies is no more fierce than the blood-thirsty competition among marginalized people.

Vera casually handled the part-time job in the biotechnology research and development department, improving some of the formulas based on Umbrella's old iterations of products.

For routine work, three contracts for maintaining urban security were signed, all of which were in the Pacific Rim region. Vera had no control over other places, so she sent several teams to each place.

There were even more contracts for bodyguards, and Vera was asked to go there in person for two of them.

In the South Asian subcontinent, a super-rich man in Bharat held a wedding for his daughter, but his business was involved in organized crime, he had many enemies, and there were also factors of religious conflicts.

So they paid a large sum of money to order Arasaka's security service. Vera happened to be at the Tokyo headquarters at that time to receive an award, and in view of the generous tip, she went there to guard for a few days as a high-end combat force and front-line commander.

The second is Arasaka’s own cultural festival, the Aratama-matsuri.

Every time such a festival is held, someone from the Arasaka family will appear. The person who appeared in the Night City Arasaka Festival in 2074 was Michiko Arasaka. Vera, as a senior security officer, wandered around the luxurious floating palace.

Completed perfectly.

This month, Vera is focusing on the Chilean branch in South America.

Chile is rich in mineral, forest and aquatic resources, and is world-famous for its copper production. It is an important raw material import area for Arasaka's manufacturing sector. Recently, military technology seems to have stretched out its "evil little hand" again.

They supported some local gangs and civilian agents, secretly supplied arms and incited social discontent, and seemed to be preparing to open Arasaka's eyes and make a big move.

The Intelligence Department noticed and reported this to Vera. After discussion with her superiors, she decided that the Military Science Department could not be allowed to succeed. She then assembled three hundred-man squadrons of the assault force and a part of the heavy armored unit to support the Chilean branch.

Vera parachuted in to coordinate the overall situation.

Cut the Gordian knot and give them a big blow before the locals give Arasaka a big blow. This will eliminate security risks. At least for a few years, the reorganization of local forces will not be so fast unless large companies such as military technology invest their manpower.

Just as the affairs of the Chilean branch were over and Vera was preparing to return to Night City to rest, chaos broke out in Australia again.

This time, there was no external intervention.

At least Arasaka's intelligence department hasn't found out yet.

The Arasaka senior management looked around and found that the signals of the support forces led by Vera in the Pacific Rim were ready. With the idea of ​​using them to the fullest and holding on to them, they would be promoted in the future, so with a transfer order, Vera turned around and came to Australia.

Sydney.

Not everywhere is Night City, and not everywhere is used by big companies to inject money into the city with arms and be used as a breeding ground for the latest models of prosthetics and weapons combat data experiments. Sydney is very peaceful.

Compared to Night City, it can be said to be peaceful!

There aren't so many proliferating prosthetics and weapons, nor so many messy gangs. They are just spontaneously protesting against Arasaka's square polluting the environment and water sources, and against Arasaka's outsourced work with too low wages and too long working hours.

It is a protest with very just reasons.

Vera is not bloodthirsty unless necessary. When facing an unarmed crowd, she will complete her mission and simply disperse them.

Breaking skin, breaking bones, swollen eyes... but not enough to suppress with shotgun shells.

The noise outside the window gradually died down, and Vera silently withdrew her gaze, "...We can't continue to follow the routine. It's too dirty."

We must think of a way...

If your last name is not Arasaka, and you want to improve quickly...

Otherwise, apply for further studies.

Go to school or something.

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Chapter 021 I Want to Improve So Much

Sydney International Airport.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz——

A huge sound of air flow was heard, and the cabin door closed with a slight tremor. Vera looked through the porthole and saw the cityscape of Sydney gradually moving higher and farther away. Perhaps she had no interest in such a suppression mission at all, and she had a bored expression throughout the whole process.

"Commander Russell, the Intelligence Department has already identified the instigator. Are we leaving early just like that?"

The Arasaka soldier security team leader, who had combat command letter marks on his left arm and right collarbone and a data line and hacker terminal on his chest, stepped forward, handed over the tactical terminal in his hand, and spoke uncertainly.

"Are you so hungry that you can't choose what to eat?"

Vera smiled faintly and waved her hand, indicating that she was not interested. "After all, this matter is the 'family affair' of the Sydney branch."

"We are the guest army, the guest army that comes to provide a backup. We are hated for usurping the throne."

Australia is extremely resource-rich and has been called a continent 'sitting on a mine cart' or 'riding on the back of sheep'. In the Pacific Rim, it is considered by Arasaka, along with Southeast Asia, to be an important raw material base and is the core interest of Arasaka's manufacturing sector.

The polluted rivers and estuaries that Vera saw through the plane window were evidence of this.

Garbage and unknown chemicals are floating on the river and the sea. Dozens of kilometers away from downtown Sydney, there are giant intelligent control factories that spread to the end of the sight, emitting thick smoke and wastewater, and the air is filled with smog...

Industry is power, heavy industry is military power, and it is the guarantee of money and everything.

Precisely because of its importance, Arasaka's upper echelons were afraid that the labor dispute would expand and cause a chain reaction in Australia, so they stationed local troops to keep an eye on their jurisdiction and try not to move if possible, for fear of affecting production and stocks.

It would be most appropriate to mobilize foreign troops, so Vera, who was on her way back at the time, was also mobilized over, in order to use Vera's evil spirit to hold the fort.