Arasaka Tower.

Thirty-third floor counterintelligence department.

Kate is sitting in her office, waiting for her subordinate's report.

soon.

The office door opened automatically, and Douglas, a clerk from the Counterintelligence Department, walked in.

Douglas was a subordinate who was transferred to the Counterintelligence Department with her, and is currently serving as a team leader in the department.

After the two met, they immediately got down to business.

Kate asked coldly: "Has anyone been caught?"

When Douglas heard the question, his face looked a little heavy, and he subconsciously felt a little nervous, and replied: "Caught, but."

Kate frowned, looking unhappy.

"The target person has been successfully arrested, but was taken away by Mr. Tang." Douglas did not dare to hide anything and told him all the information he knew.

He had previously received first-line intelligence from his subordinate agents that the target Lucy had made unusual movements and went to the Bay Pier alone, showing signs of escaping.

then.

Douglas reported the matter to his immediate superior, Kate, and asked her to decide whether to close the network.

Lucy's identity as Arasaka's fugitive deep dive hacker has been discovered by them a long time ago. They have been delaying closing the network because Kate did not approve it.

Douglas knew that Kate was playing the long game to catch the big fish.

actually.

He also understood why Kate was not in a hurry, because the target targeted by Arasaka could not escape Arasaka's grasp as long as he was still alive.

If the target person escapes Night City tonight, it will be more troublesome just to close the net.

After asking Kate for instructions, Douglas unexpectedly received approval for arrest. He led the Counterintelligence Department's SWAT team to the Night City Bay Pier to arrest the target person.

He found that the target person was on a luxury yacht and was heading to the outer sea.

In order to avoid the failure of the operation, Douglas did not hesitate to lead all his troops and chased him on an aerial vehicle and a speedboat.

In a place surrounded by the sea, the target has nowhere to escape.

When he thought everything was going well, he found someone standing on the deck of the yacht, which he didn't expect at all. It was a complete surprise.

The owner of this luxury yacht turned out to be Tang Yu, and the special service team of the Counter-Intelligence Department had already arrived at the scene ahead of them.

Douglas was stunned.

But he quickly reacted, commanded the special service team to land, and came to the deck to report to Tang Yu.

Although his task was assigned by Deputy Minister Kate, he still has to abide by the company's regulations when facing a temporary acting minister.

Douglas was a little suspicious of Tang Yu at first, thinking that he might have some relationship with the target person.

But what surprised him even more was that Tang Yu did not hesitate to order the arrest of the other party on the grounds of stealing the core secrets of Arasaka Company's top executives, and took her directly to the Counterintelligence Department.

Along the way.

Douglas had no choice but to follow Tang Yu's arrangement and returned to Arasaka Tower.

After hearing this, Kate frowned even more tightly, realizing that something seemed wrong about this matter.

She didn't tell anyone about Tang Yu's encounter with the target Lucy on the subway, she just wanted to continue following this line to dig out something.

Unexpectedly, Tang Yu immediately took the firewood and brought the person back to Arasaka Tower in a fair and just manner.

Don't they really have a secret relationship?

But Kate clearly remembers what Tang Yu did to Lucy, and there must be something fishy in it.

Fortunately, the person is still captured. As long as you find an opportunity to deeply invade the opponent's brain, it will not be difficult to dig out what you want.

When the evidence is in hand, Tang Yu will not be able to escape.

Kate asked expressionlessly.

"Where is she being held now?"

Douglas breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and replied in a deep voice: "Counterintelligence Department Interrogation Room."

The counterintelligence interrogation room is a place specially designed to disrupt the will and brain nervous system of the target person. Anyone who enters will tell the truth, whether he is willing or not.

No one can withstand Arasaka's methods. After all, even the soul can be extracted, and there is nothing that can be hidden.

Kate stood up from her office and said coldly: "Let's go there now."

Douglas nodded in agreement and quickly followed Deputy Minister Kate out of the office and went straight to the interrogation room.

Kate walked quickly, and the Counterintelligence Department staff stepped out of the way to avoid bumping into the fierce deputy minister.

She wanted to extract information from the target person as soon as possible. If Tang Yu destroyed the brain or cached data in advance, a corpse would be of no use to her.

Kate came to the door of the interrogation room, and the guard on duty was sitting in front of the gate.

She ordered: "Open the door, I want to interrogate the person I brought back today, Lucy."

The officer on duty immediately turned his prosthetic eyes to check which interrogation room the person named Lucy was in.

soon.

The person on duty responded: "Ms. Kate, I'm sorry you don't have this authority."

"Mr. Tang has issued an order to upgrade the confidentiality level to ministerial level. No one other than himself is allowed to interrogate or meet the target person."

Kate's face suddenly became extremely gloomy, and she said bluntly: "The authority of the Deputy Minister of Counterintelligence has been activated. I will be responsible for any matter. Now I must be interrogated."

She must win this game before Tang Yu today, otherwise the line may be broken.

The officer on duty immediately said seriously: "Ms. Kate, I am only responsible for executing the highest procedural orders. If you think there is anything wrong, you can apply to Mr. Tang for interrogation."

Kate suppressed her anger and thought about how to suppress Tang Yu.

She decided to contact her immediate superior, the hawkish member of Arasaka's board of directors, to obtain interrogation authority at the director level.

Kate knew that Tang Yu had attended Mr. Saburo's banquet not long ago and gained Mr. Saburo's attention, and this move fell into the ears of Arasaka Yorinobu.

The reason why she tried so hard to dig out Tang Yu's secrets was because she got a hint from Arasaka Yorinobu.

Obviously.

Tang Yu not only attracted the attention of Master Saburo, but also got the attention of Yorinobu Arasaka, who wanted to know what kind of work Tang Yu was doing for that supreme being.

Kate stood at the door of the interrogation room without leaving, her prosthetic eyes turned, and she began to contact the board members.

The other party asked her to wait for news.

Not long after.

Kate’s immediate boss, a board member, messaged back.

"Cannot obtain permission."

When she saw this message, she was a little unbelievable.

What's going on?

Can’t even get authority at the board member level?

Kate immediately realized that Tang Yu must be working for the supreme being in Arasaka, setting up permissions under the banner of Lord Saburo.

In the entire Arasaka Tower of Night City, no one except Tang Yu can get involved.

Kate looked reluctantly at the interrogation room door in front of her, just the last step away.

She had also arranged for other forces, such as people from the Animal Gang, to keep an eye on the target and wait for an opportunity to capture the target person.

But not only did that bunch of losers fail to accomplish anything, but they also killed several of them one after another, which attracted the other party's attention.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Kate had no choice but to let her "own man" Douglas make arrangements and send Arasaka agents with higher abilities to handle the matter. Unexpectedly, she was intercepted by Tang Yu in the end.

It comes down to it.

Kate is doing private work for Arasaka Yorinobu. Yorinobu is far away in Kyoto now and cannot report many things directly, and Yorinobu has limited influence on the Night City Arasaka Tower.

She could only keep her head down and figure it out by herself. She didn't even dare to reveal the information about Lucy and Tang Yu to anyone.

The water at Arasaka Tower is too deep, and there is no one she can truly trust.

Even Douglas was just a slightly obedient subordinate and had absolutely no need to know the secrets.

Seeing that Lucy's interrogation failed, Kate could only go back to the office for the time being and wait for other opportunities.

If Tang Yu ruthlessly eliminates the target persons, she can continue to look for clues through related persons.

If Tang Yu lets the target person go, it will definitely mean that there is something wrong inside, and she can continue the secret investigation.

Kate left the interrogation room.

Minister's Office.

Tang Yu was sitting on the sofa in the reception area, holding a tea cup in his hand, with a few wisps of steam coming out of the cup.
To be continued...