Infinity, progress from Arasaka

"Hey, isn't this David Martinez? You poor bastard, don't you know your own limitations? Do you think you can come here?"

David thought it was like the remarks made by a small-time anime character from the beginning of this century that he had heard from a perverted cyborg doctor.

With his hands in his pockets, he looked up at his classmates who were walking out of the library door.

He has a thin body, a joking expression, and yellow hair that looks very arrogant.

I forgot his name... He is the descendant of a small boss in the company's administrative department, and his style is that of a typical playboy. Since he was not included in the internship quota of the security department last time, he looked around the list, thinking that he was the easiest to bully. David, who was lucky enough to be selected, was unhappy.

After David finished his practical course and before the holiday for exams, she mocked him many times. Although it did not escalate to the point of physical conflict, it seemed that because of David's perfunctory attitude, the signs of a grudge between the two were becoming more and more obvious.

"Sorry, I have a library card..."

David still had that expression on his face that he didn't want to listen to. He tilted his body, pouted, took out a brand new library card from his pocket and shook it, "Borrow it, borrow it, I still have to study..."

boom!

The yellow-haired guy bumped David hard with his shoulder and said with a sullen face, "You know what? What I hate most is your attitude. You are obviously a poor guy with no money, but you shamelessly want to fit in with us, but you always act so careless."

David staggered back, frowning as he covered his burning shoulder.

Huang Mao still looked down on you: "With your family income level, how could you possibly get a library card? You have a single mother, right? She's not doing that kind of work and getting rewarded by a sponsor..."

Bloodshot appeared in his eyes, and they had turned red without him noticing. David felt as if a string in his heart had broken. His legs were shaking faster and faster as he stood on tiptoe. "Ah--!" David jumped up and punched the yellow-haired man in the face.

Snapped.

"Poor people are poor people. They get a free junk fighting chip, a natural arm, and no decent prosthetics..."

The yellow-haired man easily blocked David's fist with one hand, grinning, with his open palm, the lines of the prosthetic arm glowing red, "Let me tell you what fighting is!"

boom!

With a dull thud, David lost his balance and his face hit the ground. Blood dripped down his cheeks to the ground, but he still struggled to get up, his red eyes staring at the yellow-haired man.

"The boxing chip of the underground boxer is really powerful... It's like this again. I really can't stand this face of yours." Walking forward, the malice on the yellow-haired face became more and more intense, with his left foot as an anchor and his right foot swinging back.

You deserve a beating, look at me——

puff.

"Don't you feel embarrassed?"

A gust of strong wind blew past, and David heard a scream, followed by the dull sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. The yellow-haired man lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground.

"Tanaka, you..."

"Shut up, idiot."

The interruption of a third party's voice made David look up, and he saw a man with a blue-black mushroom head with one hand in his pocket blocking David's way.

Katsuo Tanaka.

David remembered the name of this classmate and participated in this year's practical activities of the Security Department with him.

I heard from other classmates that his father is one of the directors of the college. Thanks to this relationship, he was even able to meet a big shot in the security department up close. It seems that he has been internally designated as an agent of the security department. Due to the assessment requirements set by that big shot and his father being extremely strict, he has changed a lot in the past year after being trained.

"Tanaka!" The yellow-haired man stood up tremblingly, pointed at the timid man and shouted, "I'm going to tell the dean..."

"Don't have a long memory."

Katsuo Tanaka moved.

He leapt in front of the yellow-haired man and used his body to prevent him from retracting his arm. Then he threw a punch. Although the yellow-haired man tried to block it with his other hand, he failed. After being hit in the abdomen, he immediately became a shrimp, curled up on the ground, and vomited stomach acid.

Katsuo Tanaka said: "You are still using these flashy things."

The 400 series Kuibi and Kung Fu chip he used in the past were replaced because they were too fancy and exaggerated, had too many extra performance moves, and had too low practical value. What was needed for working in the security department was simplicity, decisiveness, and lethality.

"Hey, can you stand up on your own?"

Katsuo Tanaka turned his head and looked at David who stood up with his face covered.

"You, why are you helping me?"

"I'm not helping you. I'm defending you and my identity."

Katsuo Tanaka picked up the library card David dropped on the ground and said, "A bunch of stupid people who are obsessed with playing with things."

He looked at the yellow-haired man who was helped up by his henchman, "Don't you know that the practice results have been announced? His library card was given by Arasaka. Are you insulting the security department's examiner with your attitude? I am ashamed to be associated with you."

After the other party was scolded and walked away in shame, Katsuo Tanaka returned the library card to David.

"As a fellow winner of the Outstanding Practice Performance Award, you are too weak. You are a disgrace to us, the 2074th class of practitioners. It's not your fault that you were born in a poor family, but I hope you can show your abilities. I read the evaluation report from the Security Department, and they said that you have great physical potential, but it's your family that holds you back."

"With your usual grades, as long as you keep up, you will have the opportunity to join the security department with me and join Director Vera Adelheid. I need a team, and you are one of the candidates."

After saying a bunch of puzzling words, Katsuo Tanaka stepped into the library. David wiped the blood from his nose and looked at the library card in his hand. Since he was already here, he must go in and take a look.

beep.

AI: "Night City Arasaka Security Department has specially approved the following restrictions on the scope of disciplines: Security and Protection Department, Counter-Terrorism Police Department, Criminology, Security Studies, Criminal Investigation Studies..."

The library card is recognized.

"Have you entered the security department? Then go in!"

Shaking his head to get rid of all the random thoughts, David stuffed a tissue into his nose, and followed the guidance of the teaching AI to enter the knowledge chip storage and borrowing area of ​​the security and protection major, his first destination.

Fighting chip area.

...

Company Plaza, Arasaka Tower.

Vera didn't know at this time that her guidance and disturbance had caused many wonderful changes in the younger generations.

After today's routine meeting of the General Security Bureau, she was studying on the floor of the Biotechnology Research and Development Department.

Learn how to rationalize the emergence of the T virus, its logical emergence and its discovery by her.

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PS: The pricing system made by CD Projekt Red... I'm numb.

When you start the game with Company V, you can see Abernathy's assets when you are taking on the death mission, which are about 700 million and up.

When playing the game, there is a boxing match mission. For 2 yuan, the man whose wife is pregnant can buy a car, and he will have enough money to raise a child in the future. It's outrageous.

The most outrageous thing is the DLC. The reward for saving President Miles is only 3.

Okay, games and game contexts are different.

Qingjiu is not a full-time worker, so I will take a break today and continue to update tomorrow to return the treasure chest. I need 4 silvers, and at least 2 to 4 words will need to be updated.

what……

Chapter 043 Vera decides to go to Africa to 'search' for the T virus

"Director Russell."

The receptionist in the Records Office of the Biotechnology Research Department smiled and bowed to Vera, saying, "The relevant R&D archives of the African branch are stored in Area A-06."

Vera nodded to show that she understood, then walked leisurely into the record room holding a disposable coffee cup in her hand, wearing office slippers. After turning around and passing several built-in scanners, she found the corridor next to the house number 'Africa - 06'.

Luxurious yet low-key, the dark cold gray decoration with a metallic and technological feel, enters a long, high-domed room.

The layout is similar to the libraries that were popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. The only difference is that what is stored is not books but a towering and huge database chassis. In the center there is a long and gorgeously decorated oval table with an imager, a personal connection line interface, and a separate chip slot for downloading and storing information. There are several sets of fixed sofas around it, making it look like a salon.

After randomly choosing a seat and sitting down, the imager started up in front of Vera, and an illusory, female, bald AI image with blue light appeared.

"Index, South Africa, 2016 to present, Geographical survey report on manufacturing sector, R&D sector in South Africa after the 'metal lode incident'."

AI: "Please wait."

Vera tapped the armrest with her fingers while connecting the data cable. She squinted her eyes, which flashed orange light. The data characters displayed on multiple projection screens had already filled the page of the imager.

In 2016, Arasaka discovered a large vein of rare metals beneath its training facility in South Africa.

As a result, the Cape Town branch in South Africa has become an important part of Arasaka's global presence.

Although local warlords claimed ownership of these rare metals, Arasaka withstood the pressure, drove away and attacked the surrounding warlords, and subsequently repelled and suppressed the military technology and the warlords it supported.

Arasaka's manufacturing sector and its affiliated and friendly cooperative enterprises have built a large number of factories in South Africa. The original training facilities there have also been expanded and a considerable amount of armed forces have been stationed there.

Even in the Fourth Corporate War, when Arasaka was tricked by military technology, its North American headquarters was attacked by a nuclear bomb, its CEO Kei Arasaka was assassinated, and it was defeated and had to withdraw from North America with its strength greatly damaged, a considerable portion of its interests in South Africa still belonged to Arasaka.

Vera indexes a document.

An archaeological document of very small data volume, recorded incidentally by the Arasaka Manufacturing Division during underground prospecting, filled with graphic materials on animal bones and geological formations.

There are also records of the R&D department’s experiments and collections of some local animals, plants, flowers and plants.

"Africa..."

Thinking of something, Vera smiled slightly, "What a great place with vast land and abundant resources."

In "Resident Evil", it seems that the key prerequisite of the T virus, the Progenitor virus, was extracted by the three founders of Umbrella from a flower called "Sonnentreppe" that grew in the ruins of the Diya tribe in West Africa.

Then, as a cyberpunk, can I also make a discovery in Africa?

There are no strong countries or companies in Africa. Not only has it been torn apart by various dictators, but it has also had to face the enclosure and "intensive cultivation" of various new-age corporate colonial powers.

It was miserable, but it had nothing to do with Vera, and the chaos made it easier for her to fish in troubled waters.

Unfortunately, West Africa is part of the radiation range of traditional old Europe. France and its big companies are not the "Little Britain is almost gone, Northern Ireland cannot be united, and there is no king in the federal state." (PS: In the cyberpunk world, the constitutional monarchy was abolished in the UK in 2001 after a coup)

As the emperor of Africa, the European Economic Community (EEC) holds an absolute dominant position in North Africa and West Africa. Arasaka has a regional office building there. It is a participant but not the leader, otherwise Vera will come to replicate it.

As for South Africa, Arasaka could find an African tribal ruin within their power to operate...

Not advisable.

Why can you extract it, but our Tokyo headquarters can't? After Vera found out, Arasaka would definitely dig up the surrounding area and turn it upside down. It would be too troublesome to explain...

“Central Africa.”

Drawing out the map projection of the African continent, Vera fixed her eyes on the central region of Africa.

Cape Town, South Africa is located at the junction of the Arasaka forces and the West African Euro-economic forces. It is deep inland and has warlord forces supported and installed by companies such as Military Technology. There is an abundance of arms, and sporadic conflicts and fierce fighting between warlords and tribes. It is undoubtedly one of the most chaotic and lawless areas in the world.

“There are quite a few underground remains of ancient tribes that spoke extinct Bantu languages ​​(one of the main indigenous languages ​​in Africa).”

Whispering silently, Vera pulled up the Cape Town branch's investigation report on local tribal warlords.

She glanced it over and frowned.

Very little, very short, and very superficial. Corporate dogs have a condescending attitude. In their view, it is undoubtedly a waste of time to delve into such issues in detail.

Through comparison, Umbrella's information on Africa is undoubtedly more detailed, more comprehensive, and more accurate than Arasaka's.

But think about it, in the cyberpunk world, there are no rights organizations, charity organizations, environmental protection groups, and archaeological associations to promote it. Companies are violently plundering, suppressing protests and using heavy punches to deal with resistance. After the collapse of the global Internet, people in other parts of the world still have the same understanding of Africa as in the "tyranny co-rule" period of the last century.

After pondering for a moment, Vera stood up, plugged the separation chip into the slot, and copied and downloaded the Cape Town branch's investigation report on surrounding tribes and documents on regional customs.

She had an idea, and all that was left was polishing it.

Wow.

After taking a sip of the cold coffee and checking the time, Vera pulled out the separation chip and left her position naturally.

Ding.

Vera walked past the front desk administrator who bowed respectfully and estimated the time to leave the R&D department floor.

Go straight to the elevator.

"Director Russell."

Vera turned her head when she heard a familiar voice behind her, "Tanaka?"

A sturdy figure appeared.

He had a hazelnut-shaped head with side bangs and wore cool sunglasses. Although he was not tall and strong, he had broad shoulders and a thick waist. He was the Shinichi Tanaka, the father of Katsuo Tanaka, whom she had met at Arasaka Academy.

A middle-level manager in the R&D department of Night City's Arasaka, he is in charge of a sub-unit responsible for testing new prosthetics, exoskeletons, and mechas. He seems to have a project codenamed "King Kong" on hand, which Vera is quite interested in.

Wow, I really met him.