Cyberpunk: Legendary Life

Arasaka Tower.

Counterintelligence Department on the 33rd floor.

Tang Yu leaned back on the office chair, drinking tea and browsing the information that he had not finished reading this morning.

[According to the annual report provided by "Night City Perspective", Arasaka Academy ranked first among secondary education institutions in Night City for the fourth consecutive time. Although the journal's advertising revenue mainly comes from the academy's company of the same name, the editor The ministry insisted that the economic cooperation between the two parties would not have any impact on the rankings. 】

[In addition, the high dropout rate is still one of the distinctive features of Arasaka Academy, which puts the children under tremendous pressure, inevitably produces anxiety and depression, and even triggers suicides in some cases. From the ratio It seems that this phenomenon is particularly obvious among non-company children]

Tang Yu found that Arasaka College still had the same condescending attitude, and the students in the college were also treated as third, sixth or ninth grade.

The children of senior executives of Arasaka Company belong to the first class, the children of senior executives of other companies belong to the second class, and the remaining students are counted as the third class.

Third-class students not only have to pay huge tuition fees, but also make donations to the college council to qualify for admission.

Tang Yu suddenly thought of David Martinez, who was still studying at Arasaka College.

"I'm afraid that brat is the only one who can be considered the true ninth class."

He knew that studying at Arasaka Academy not only depends on personal strength, but more importantly, family background.

David was seventeen years old and about to graduate. He had no ability, his mother was just working hard at the bottom of Night City to earn some hard money, and he had a stubborn personality and refused to cater to the children of senior executives.

Those children of senior executives naturally looked down upon him. If David had surrendered and tried to please them, he would not have been targeted in this way. But in this way, he would have lost the most precious thing in his life, his youthful nature.

Even if such a person is bullied and encounters obstacles in life, at least he has fought against fate and lived his own wonderful life.

Tang Yu pulled up David's transcript to check, and unexpectedly found that his written test scores in all subjects were not bad, but his score in the comprehensive practice session was very low. It was guessed that it was related to his poor equipment.

"It's a bit interesting to be able to do so well at Arasaka Academy."

Not only did Tang Yu see the real situation in the academy in David's simulated life, he was severely bullied by the children of corporate executives such as Tanaka Katsuro, and was forced to sell his kidney to save his mother. He struggled to support his mother's wishes at Arasaka Academy.

all in all.

It can be seen that David is a person who thinks about others, but fate often likes to play tricks on the poor.

"A person with this kind of temperament will become a legend or a madman."

Tang Yu made the final evaluation.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and searched through the company intranet again. What came into view were items related to Arasaka's social practice before graduation.

Tang Yu randomly clicked on a few to check and found that David would soon need to complete the three-month social practice before graduation.

"It seems this kid is in trouble again."

While he was casually browsing various random entries, he received a message from Gloria. He clicked on it and saw that it was a dinner invitation. The location was set to be the Ember Nightclub in the Valley next to the Civic Center.

Ember was also one of the places where Tang Yu often checked in before. He was familiar with it and it was no different from his own home.

As a famous high-end leisure and entertainment venue in Night City, Ember operates businesses such as catering, nightclubs, bars, hotels, and leisure centers.

The problem is that Ember's consumption level is not low. For Gloria, inviting herself to eat at such an expensive restaurant is indeed a sign of sincerity to her.

In addition, Tang Yu noticed that there was a photo attached at the bottom of the invitation.

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The photo shows Gloria and David sitting at the bar of Ember Catering.

But what makes Tang Yu a little surprised is that Gloria, who has always been simple and capable, is not wearing the bright yellow cyber jacket work clothes in the photo, but is wearing a red long-tailed silk skirt with a deep red hem gradually covering it with dark black. Her bright red and slightly curly hair naturally hangs down behind her ears, her delicate cheeks are lightly pinked, and she looks at the camera with a slight smile.

Regardless of her elegant figure or mature temperament, she looks like a noble red lady, impeccably mature and dignified.

David, standing next to Gloria, was wearing a full black suit, with helplessness written all over his face.

Tang Yu thought it was just a casual meal, but he didn't expect Gloria to prepare it so grandly, which made it a bit difficult for him.

He put away the information on the computer screen, deleted all browsing history, turned off the phone, got up, picked up his windbreaker and hurried out of the office.

When passing by the office area, he saw Carter sitting on the desk talking on the phone, with an unstoppable smile on his face, and his expression immediately turned serious.

"Mr. Carter Smith!"

Carter was so frightened that he trembled. He quickly hung up the phone and stood up, and the smile on his face turned into a submissive smile.

"Pay attention to the impact during working hours. Before twelve o'clock tonight, I want to see your investigation results lying intact in my mailbox."

Carter nodded quickly and bowed: "I understand!"

After Tang Yu finished explaining, he strode toward the elevator. After a while, he took the elevator to the main lobby on the first floor of Arasaka Tower.

Even at dinner time, the entire Arasaka Tower was still full of people. Staff members in Arasaka uniforms were coming and going, busy making phone calls, making reports, checking documents, and some were busy expanding their social circles. They were in groups. Gathering together and whispering.

Tang Yu walked out of Arasaka Tower and stood on the roadside of the company square roundabout. He saw that he still had plenty of time and the distance was not far, so he decided to walk to Ember Nightclub.

The Heywood Valley area is adjacent to the Civic Center. Starting from Company Square heading south, you can enter the Valley area in less than twenty minutes' walk.

The style and population of the Heywood area are the most obviously different in the entire Night City. It can be said that the environment of the entire area is as different as clouds and mud, and the contrast between rich and poor, dirty and messy is everywhere.

The richest Heywood North Valley area is not only home to top green parks such as Reconciliation Square, but also the most powerful political institutions in Night City such as the Municipal Building and NCPD Center Building, as well as high-end nightclubs such as Ember Nightclub and Jinguji Temple. A central business district formed by the gathering of consumer places.

The situation in the south is not optimistic, filled with various entertainment venues in slums and gang fights. This is the sphere of influence fought by the Valentino Gang and the Sixth Street Gang. Beer is sold throughout Heywood, and basketball, billiards, bullet machines, and games are all available. The entertainment venues, dance halls, boxing gyms and other entertainment venues were almost full.

Tang Yu's good brother Jack is a native of southern Heywood, and most of his impressions of Heywood people are about loyalty and friendship.

However, due to the high-intensity development in the valley area, most of the Heywood locals have been moved to the Schönbrunn and Lijing areas in the south.

Tang Yu sighed as he walked in the most prosperous commercial street in Night City. The pedestrians coming and going were all well-dressed, and various rare metal high-end prosthetics were dazzling under the blue neon lights.

"No wonder the scavenger's favorite thing to do is to hide in the dark corners of the valley area and quietly admire the pedestrians on the street. After all, these are walking Oujins."

soon.

Tang Yu came to the main entrance of the Ember Nightclub building and entered through the revolving glass door of the hotel. A waiter immediately came forward to greet and guide him. He reported Gloria's name and took the elevator upstairs under the guidance of the waiter.

As soon as Tang Yu stepped into the high-end dining area of ​​Ember Nightclub, his eyes fell on the red-haired beauty in a red dress not far from the piano and leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window. She gently raised her chin and looked at the evening view outside the window. Next to her was David in a black suit.

Tang Yu handed the windbreaker jacket in his hand to the waiter, then ordered two Wizard of Oz cocktails and a fruit drink, and at the same time opened his electronic account to the waiter for password-free payment.

After finishing it, Tang Yu straightened the corners of his suit and walked towards where the red lady was.