Cyberpunk: Legendary Life

Arasaka Tower.

Susan Abernathy, who had just finished the upper-level meeting, was taking the elevator, preparing to return to her director's office.

She asked the secretary beside her in a deep voice: "How is the progress with Caitlin? I asked her to report the results before 9:10, but why has there been no news yet?"

The female secretary next to her reported cautiously: "Director, Caitlin has not responded to on-site messages since she left the mission, and a message just came from the trauma team saying that Caitlin's platinum member's biological signs test was abnormal, and there is a high probability that something has happened."

Susan Abernathy frowned. She knew that Caitlin would never stay silent for so long if she had good news. She thought for a moment and said, "There must be something wrong. Check for me immediately about Carter Smith's actions!"

The secretary immediately began to contact the person in charge of the Special Operations Department, Carter Smith. After hearing the news, the secretary's face suddenly changed, and he faintly felt that the situation was serious, so he immediately reported it to Director Abernathy.

"Director, Carter Smith did not personally lead the team to the scene. He only arranged a special service team from the counter-intelligence department, saying that he was cooperating with us on the mission. Carter himself has already returned home from get off work. I am afraid he got the news and ran away!"

"Did the special service team return to Arasaka Tower?"

"not yet."

Abernathy was silent. She carefully summarized all the information she knew, and soon realized that a storm was coming.

Caitlin's failure to reply to the message means that the mission is not progressing smoothly. Carter Smith's early escape may be because he is preparing to escape in advance, fearing that the leak will be exposed and he will be blamed.

Various circumstances indicate that the mission has failed, and Caitlin may even encounter something unexpected.

Who would be so bold as to openly attack the Arasaka Special Forces? Abernathy's first thought was military technology, but he was not sure for the time being. The only thing he was sure of was that there must be Arthur Jenkins' handiwork in it.

Her top priority is to try to avoid this storm from hitting her eyes.

"Humph, I'm not afraid, Carter Smith must have escaped!"

"He is now a time bomb above us. If he is caught by the counter-intelligence department, you have to think about the consequences yourself."

At this point, the meaning of Director Abernathy's words is already obvious.

If Carter Smith is not eliminated, they will be the ones eliminated.

The secretary immediately contacted the head of the Special Operations Department.

"Immediately arrange for all special agents on standby to go out and search for Carter Smith. Once discovered, they will be dealt with immediately. Director Abernathy will be waiting for news tonight!"

After arranging for his subordinates to take action, the secretary dialed the contact number of the Animal Gang.

"Come on, this time the target is Carter Smith. His relevant information has been sent to you!"

"He is most likely going home to pick up his mother. If you go to his house to look for him, remember that everything, whether it is people or things, will disappear!"

"Go now!"

King of the Animal Gang: "Of course that's no problem, but please pay the fee first. It's not much. The 50,000 euros guarantees that everything will be dealt with."

The secretary looked unhappy. Fifty thousand euros was not a small amount of money, and Carter Smith was not a tough nut to crack.

The price is indeed too high, but the situation is urgent at this time and it is not the time to care about money. I have no choice but to admit that I am being ripped off.

The secretary directly paid the 50,000 euros remotely. After receiving the reward, the Animal Gang coordinator readily agreed to take action.

The secretary was relieved until everything was arranged.

A deputy minister disappeared during the execution of his mission, and there is no information. Presumably, the three special service teams are also in trouble.

Although he didn't know the specific situation at the scene, the situation was already very serious. Once he was held accountable, his boss, Director Abernathy, might be implicated.

So now we have to cut the grass and root out the problem.

But without confirmation, the secretary did not dare to speculate: "Director, we have not received reliable information about the specific reasons for the mission failure. The signal should have been blocked at the scene."

The elevator had arrived at the director's office floor, and Susan Abernathy walked out casually: "They want to bring me down, but Jenkins is still a little green. How they dealt with him back then, they will deal with him this time!"

"This time we underestimated Jenkins. No one except him would set up this situation for me."

The secretary hurriedly followed her boss.

Suddenly, she heard from the trauma team again.

is bad news.

The secretary suppressed the shock in his heart, calmed down for a few seconds, and said with a trembling voice.

"Director Abernathy, the trauma team arriving at the scene has confirmed that Caitlin is dead."

"Furthermore, all three special operations teams led by Caitlin were killed in action. The specific cause of death is under investigation."

Susan Abernathy stopped, her expression no longer as calm as before, realizing that the matter was more difficult than imagined.

It would not be a big deal if the operational mission failed. After all, no mission plan can guarantee 100% success.

But when a deputy minister joined three special service teams and all were killed, the matter became a big deal.

This is a declaration of war on Arasaka.

no matter who.

Once found out, everyone will face Arasaka's death pursuit.

Who is so bold as to openly attack the Arasaka Special Forces in Night City?

Is it military technology?

The stakes are so high that Susan Abernathy cannot shift the blame to military technology without absolute evidence.

Arasaka has no plans to start a full-scale war with Military Technology in Night City.

Susan Abernathy had no time to think about further matters. She was worried about who would be responsible for the failure of the mission.

If she really needs to be strictly investigated, she won't even be able to be the director.

"You quickly prepare documents related to this operation, and I will now send an operation report to the board members."

"If it were a step later than that guy Jenkins, the problem would be really difficult to solve."

Susan Abernathy was keenly aware that if this matter was not reported to her superiors as soon as possible, that is, her immediate boss, the vice president in charge.

It will definitely cause your own faction to fall into a passive position on the board of directors, and things will develop in a worse direction.

She must seek the support and understanding of the majority of the board of directors to the greatest extent possible, and reduce major issues into trivial matters.

"Jenkins must not be allowed to succeed."

It's urgent.

First of all, the main responsibility for the matter should be placed on Caitlin, and then he would take the initiative to take on the secondary responsibility for lax management and apply for salary deduction and interest rate reduction to quell public anger.

In this way, at least the basic market will not be greatly affected.

If Jenkins takes the lead, the Carter incident will be exposed, and the situation will be further expanded into leaking collusion.

The anger from the president's side was enough for her to drink, not to mention the opinions of the board members, which would definitely favor the counterintelligence department.

then.

Susan Abernathy immediately turned back and took the time to report before the superiors who had just concluded the meeting had left.