Infinity, progress from Arasaka

"Jenkins?" V murmured. Arthur Jenkins was a senior executive of the Counterintelligence Department. She had met him several times. Was it about a permanent position? Her performance during the internship was not bad.

"Harry, do you know why Jenkins came to me?" V asked in a low voice.

"I don't know." Shaking his head, Harry spread his hands, showing a look of indifference. This kind of thing was definitely not something a small employee like him could know.

"Ok."

V shrugged, turned around and walked to the office lounge bar to make two cups of coffee, handed one to Harry and thanked him. V then walked towards Jenkins' office.

"Good morning, Chief Jenkins." After walking through the corridor and waiting for a while, V was scanned and allowed to enter, then he immediately walked into the office and said hello.

Behind the desk, Arthur Jenkins is a white male with a clean-shaven face, a slightly sinister look, and a strong body.

"Okay, sit down." He glanced at V, then continued to lower his head and process something while motioning V to sit down.

"..."

Just as V was thinking about how to start, Jenkins broke the silence.

"V, your formalization procedures will take a few days to complete, and your official employee benefits will be implemented within a week. Do you have anything else to do? If not, go ahead and get busy. I've sent you the documents. Process them and do your best."

It took V a while to digest the series of information. In 2074, she was only 20 years old and had just joined Arasaka Corporation.

"No more, sir, I'm going back now." After a long while, V took a deep breath and stood up. There was no point in talking now, what was important was to do it.

"Very good." Jenkins just waved his hand casually.

He was impressed by V's potential. He performed well during the observation period, his background check showed a clean record and good abilities. The personality analysis report in the personnel file also showed that he met his needs. That's why he called V.

Of course, if V wants to get more training, she needs to realize her potential and improve herself. The benefits of becoming a regular employee, something he casually let slip.

Ding.

"How's it going? V."

Harry was waiting at the door, and waved to V as soon as he saw him come out.

"Not bad. I got a guarantee. If I work hard, I'll be hired as a regular employee within a week."

"Fuck! Congratulations." Harry rubbed his palms excitedly, as if he had been promoted.

"Thank you, Harry." In the company's treacherous environment, there are very few honest people like Harry. V suppressed his joy and patted Harry on the shoulder, "I have a mission, so I'll leave you now." After that, he walked towards his own camera position.

Didi…

With an excited heart and trembling hands, V started his personal terminal, clicked on the file with the unread mark, and went straight to the file sent by his boss Arthur Jenkins.

The title of the document cover

——Arasaka South America Investigation Team——

South American Investigation Team?

Isn't that what happened in Rio de Janeiro?

Thinking of something, V clicked on the document. The first page of the file that came into her sight made her raise her eyebrows and reveal a surprised expression.

"Isn't this a coincidence?"

Action Files (Confidentiality Agreement)

Affiliation: Arasaka Corporation

Employee number: NC760404 (PS: A little knowledge, the company number of V is NC770416, NC refers to Night City, 77 refers to the year, and 0416 refers to the original scheduled release date of the game)

Name: Vera Adelheide Russell

Department: Ⅰ (Security Department)

Occupation: Combat Commander/Technician

Trauma Team Platinum Member/Crystal Palace Discount Agreement/Quantitative Enlightenment Rehabilitation Center Member

Superior: Shintaro Takayama [Director of Security Department of Arasaka Tokyo Headquarters] / Michiko Arasaka [CEO of Arasaka US Division, member of the board of directors]

Function:

Perform and support private employment, corporate security services, and policing services, and provide and train combat soldiers to defend corporate assets during armed conflict;

As a researcher with expertise in biotechnology (part-time), I conduct research in areas of personal interest to create value for the company and provide technical support for the discovery and restoration of old network technologies.

Biography:

2054年4月4日出生。（PS：《赛博朋克2077》主角——Ｖ于2054年12月10日夜之城出生）

2070: At the age of 16, as the orphan of a meritorious employee of the Arasaka Group, he was recommended to enter the Arasaka Tower Academy in Night City.

2071: After achieving excellent results in all subjects at the one-year Arasaka Tower Academy, he was selected into the reserve talent pool of the Arasaka Group headquarters in Tokyo. As an elite student of Arasaka Tower Academy, he participated in the suppression of the San Francisco riots by the Arasaka Security Department in 2071 as an intern auditor.

2072: Received a recommendation to transfer from Arasaka Tower Academy in Night City to Arasaka Group Headquarters Academy in Tokyo to begin a one-year observation and further study.

2073: Returns to Arasaka Tower Academy in Night City and graduates as the head of the 2073 class of Arasaka Tower Academy.

Officially joined the Night City Arasaka Security Department.

After assessment, he was appointed as a part-time researcher in Night City Arasaka Biotechnology R&D Department as an internal specially approved biotechnology talent. His personal laboratory was codenamed: Umbrella [symmetric red and white umbrella-shaped logo - confidential].

2074: …

——Can be expanded in detail【Insufficient authority】——

Employee Evaluation:

He entered the Arasaka Tower Academy in Night City in 2070 and officially joined the company after graduating in 2073. During his two-year internship and service, the employee performed outstandingly, deeply participating in and organizing seven successful security defense operations and six public security and stability maintenance operations.

Areas of expertise: Providing corporate security services, maintaining law and order, and directing decapitation operations (San Francisco security services, anti-terrorist attacks in Kyoto, and anti-riot operations in Rio de Janeiro); I have a deep interest in the field of biotechnology, possess significant talents, and have achieved fruitful results ([Confidential]).

……

grass.

No wonder Vera Adelheid was promoted so quickly.

Personal ability is one thing, but background, background, and more background!

In terms of 'good family background', the parents of those who can be called meritorious employees by Arasaka must be of high rank, most likely middle level or above. As for that vote of [confidentiality] and [lack of authority], V can never compare with them.

Soon, V understood what Jenkins meant by "do a good job" and wisely suppressed his curiosity.

Routine counterintelligence checks, their counterintelligence job.

In theory, the task reports of other departments of the company will routinely be reviewed by the Counterintelligence Department and kept on file, but as we all know, theory is theory, and this kind of inspection is usually just a formality for some people and some departments.

Passing a job without any procedural anomalies is one of the fastest ways for the Counterintelligence Department to accumulate so-called "work experience". Generally, if a superior suddenly assigns a newcomer to do this kind of work, it means that the superior has high hopes for him.

After all, does it require you to carefully examine someone like Vera Adelheid who has registered in the talent pool for promotion at the Tokyo headquarters? It's just a process.

Some promotions in the Arasaka Group have prerequisites, such as requiring "work experience and achievements" to become a regular employee.

The system is dead, but people are alive. This is an unspoken rule for Arasaka insiders to arrange their confidants. If they want to quickly promote someone to do things and also want to comply with the process, they will arrange someone to do this kind of easy "show job".

Of course, if your last name is Arasaka and you have a powerful backer, that’s another story.

"Nothing unusual happened, pass."

...

Evening, Night City International Airport.

Surrounded by her special assault force team 6, Vera walked out of the cabin of Arasaka International's business jet carrying a suitcase.

Back, 'The Shithole'.

Looking at the sinful and prosperous city with flashing neon lights at night, Vera walked to the railing of the Arasaka VIP channel and scanned everything within her sight with deep eyes, including Heywood, Watson, Taipingzhou... Finally, her sight stopped in the direction of the municipal center, the black tower.

"Good evening, Night City."

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Chapter 003: There has never been such a wonderful start

Night City, Westbrook.

Corporate community, house number 414, Russell Apartments.

At daybreak, Vera woke up from her deep sleep and sat up gently in bed.

"Hmm... They don't even give me a day off. They are really a bunch of vampires."

Vera murmured silently, rubbed her head sleepily as she was sleepy since she turned off the health probe on her own, stroked her forehead and shook her head, and the pupil of her indigo artificial eye suddenly became clear.

Miss Vera felt very annoyed when she thought about how she had just rushed back to Night City from Rio de Janeiro last night, and then was called to Arasaka Tower for various meetings. After finally finishing all the talks, she had to get up early this morning to go to work in Arasaka Tower.

Even the donkey in the production team was not used like this, damn, you insect!

Of course, no matter how much you get scolded, you still have to go to class.

For the sake of bonuses and small amounts of money, we have to make a living after all.

After her healthy daily dose of grumbling and criticizing, Vera straightened up and prepared to go to work!

Vera got up from the bed and walked into the bathroom in a dark gauze nightgown, using the dim warm light in the dormitory as a guide. The sensor light automatically lit up.

Wow~

After rinsing, Vera wiped the water stains off her face and looked carefully at herself in the mirror wall.

"I'm totally used to it. Yeah, it's not bad..."

An exquisite face that has both the softness and delicacy of the East and the three-dimensionality and depth of the West.

Hair between silver and gold, eyes as indigo as deep spring water, subtle traces of prosthetic plug-ins dotted on it, metal prostheses hidden under the forehead, and the concave lines of the muscles at the labii orbicularis superioris, together outline an alternative and cold beauty.

Okay, this is cyberpunk.

There is a sense of practical luxury that is restrained and unobtrusive, yet extremely elegant.

It perfectly fits the aesthetics advocated by the Arasaka Group's new militarism.

If the "legends" who blew up Arasaka Tower fifty years ago saw this face, especially the "rock kid" among them, they would probably explode on the spot and pick up weapons to smash this artificial and pretentious face...

Although in 2074, with the advancement of prosthetic modification technology, people's facial features, skin color, eye color, and even body shape and gender can be adjusted, but Vera really never spent too much time on this face.

At most, when I first entered Arasaka Tower Academy, I deliberately maintained it in this direction in order to curry favor with Arasaka and show my loyalty, and then... it really became a habit.

If you perform a play for a long time, it will become true.

It can also be said that the "legacy" left by my parents in this life is too rich.

In the light, Vera looked at the tiles with embedded photo frames next to the sink with complicated eyes.

The photo shows a man and two women, two adults and one child, who she didn't spend much time with.

The man looked to be in his early 30s, with blond hair slicked back, wearing a suit and tie, and had a strong body; the woman was leaning against the man's side, with long light blond hair and a dress that looked very old-fashioned from today's perspective. She had a gentle face, and her eyes and nose were somewhat similar to Vera's now.

Her adoptive parents in this life.

The little girl between the two of them is her when she was a child.

Speaking of which, she has been named Vera for more than 20 years.

Gently stroking the photo frame, Vera whispered in her heart: "I may not be your daughter, or maybe I am... But as long as I am alive, I will definitely fulfill my responsibility to commemorate you."

Really, even though her parents in this life did not fulfill their responsibilities of raising and accompanying her, and were both very busy and she only saw them a few times a year, Vera was still grateful to them from the bottom of her heart.

She is not a little girl who knows nothing and lacks love.

In addition to this face that is a plus in the company, this complex apartment located in the Westbrook corporate community, close to Japantown and the city center, contains enough physical assets such as bankbooks, stocks, funds, etc. for Vera to live a carefree life for a long time...

The most important thing is the other hidden "legacies" of the biological father and mother.