All of this made it difficult for Takemura Goro not to suspect that Arasaka Yorinobu was the murderer of Arasaka Saburo.
But soon, Takemura Goro's questioning was interrupted by Yorinobu.
"Takemura, what is your duty? Answer me!"
Facing Yorinobu's question, Takemura Goro could only reply.
"To protect the head of the Arasaka clan."
"Very good, then I hope you can continue to fulfill your duty well."
The purpose for which Arasaka trained Takemura, and the belief they had always instilled in him, was loyalty to the Arasaka family and the protection of the clan head.
Arasaka Yorinobu was reminding Takemura Goro that now that Arasaka Saburo was dead, he, as the sole heir, was the head of the Arasaka family.
What he should do now was obey his orders.
Facing Arasaka Yorinobu's reminder, Takemura Goro looked at the eager Adam Smasher beside him and could only temporarily hide all his inner thoughts.
"I understand." Takemura Goro knew he couldn't change anything now and could only obey Arasaka Yorinobu.
After all, he was right, with Saburo's death, Yorinobu became the head of the Arasaka family.
Helplessly, he could only follow Arasaka Yorinobu and leave, without going to investigate the true cause of Arasaka Saburo's death.
...
The news of Arasaka Saburo's death quickly spread among the high-ranking officials of the Arasaka Group, causing a huge uproar.
However, although Arasaka Saburo's death was unexpected, the massive Arasaka Group still needed to operate normally.
And after Arasaka Saburo's death, the internal factional struggles within Arasaka were truly brought to the forefront.
In the past, the Arasaka Group had always been under the rule of Arasaka Saburo, but this did not mean there was no struggle within Arasaka.
Currently, there are three major factions within Arasaka: the Green Pheasant Faction, the Hawk Faction, and the Dove Faction.
These three factions represent several potential heirs of the Arasaka Group, and they all hope that their representatives can inherit the entire Arasaka Group from Arasaka Saburo to achieve their ideal goals.
The heir representative of the Green Pheasant Faction is Arasaka Hanako. This faction is mainly composed of conservative technocrats who hope to continue developing along the path set by Arasaka Saburo himself.
As a recluse, Arasaka Hanako is almost not involved in the internal affairs of the Arasaka Group, which can well meet their needs for maintaining the old order and stability within the company.
The Dove Faction designates Arasaka Michiko, the daughter of Arasaka Saburo's eldest son Arasaka Kei, as the faction's heir. This faction is mainly composed of company officials seeking deep-seated changes, and it is the weakest of the three major factions.
As for the Hawk Faction, it is the faction led by Arasaka Yorinobu. This faction is often more willing to adopt the most direct and uncompromising solutions.
Arasaka Yorinobu is both stubborn and volatile, much like Saburo, and naturally gained the support of the aggressive-minded company officials and elites within the faction.
Now that Saburo is dead, the battle between the factions has officially begun, and Arasaka Yorinobu quickly received full support from the Hawk Faction.
The Hawk Faction has the greatest influence in Night City, which is why Arasaka Yorinobu chose to run to Night City.
And it is clear that as a supporter of Arasaka Yorinobu, the Hawk Faction does not care whether Arasaka Saburo was killed by Arasaka Yorinobu. Pushing Arasaka Yorinobu up is the top priority in their eyes.
With the support of the Hawk Faction, Arasaka Yorinobu successfully covered up the cause of Arasaka Saburo's death and suddenly rose to power as the chief executive officer of the Arasaka Group before the other factions could react.
The news that Arasaka Saburo was poisoned by an assassin also became an indisputable fact.
And facing Takemura Goro, who suspected him, Arasaka Yorinobu knew that he was a loyal dog raised by Arasaka Saburo.
Although he outwardly claimed loyalty to the Arasaka family, he would definitely not be loyal to him, the murderer of Saburo.
Arasaka Yorinobu simply went all out and shifted the blame for killing Arasaka Saburo onto Takemura Goro.
After all, at that time, V and Jack were not in the suite to take the blame. In the large suite, there were only Saburo and Yorinobu. Besides them, only Takemura and Adam Smasher had been there.
And putting everything on Takemura could not only clear himself but also eliminate Arasaka Saburo's biggest loyal dog.
Under the push of Yorinobu and the Hawk Faction, Takemura Goro quickly became the primary wanted criminal of the Arasaka Group.
As the most loyal bodyguard of the Arasaka Group, he is now being frantically hunted by the Arasaka Group.
.....
Unlike Yorinobu's internal claim to the company that Saburo was poisoned by Takemura.
Arasaka also announced Saburo's death to the outside world, but they claimed that Saburo died of natural causes.
This news was nothing short of explosive.
Arasaka Saburo, the man who ruled the Arasaka Group for a hundred years.
A figure who could truly make the Earth tremble with a stomp of his foot has now fallen.
The entire world was shocked by this news, and Night City was even more so.
Even the sensation caused by Ascension Technology robots and the recent news of the cooperation between Ascension Technology and Ye Corporation were not even a ten-thousandth of this.
...
Inside Arasaka Tower, a luxurious office.
"Arasaka Saburo is dead, I'm curious how you feel now."
Sitting on the luxurious sofa, Luoqi looked at Arasaka Yorinobu with interest.
Since Yorinobu took office as Arasaka's chief executive officer, Luoqi has been coming to Arasaka Tower as if returning home.
Their cooperation no longer needed to be hidden.
Of course, their ultimate goal naturally could not be known to these guys at Arasaka.
"Feelings? Do you hope I'll feel guilty? Let me tell you, not at all.
I never considered him my father. For my ideals, he had to die." Arasaka Yorinobu was terrifyingly calm.
Arasaka Yorinobu and Arasaka Saburo, clearly father and son, became destined enemies due to their conflicting ideologies.
Luoqi secretly sighed at the impermanence of life, but regarding Saburo's death, he could only comment that it was good.
"Don't be too happy yet, Arasaka Saburo is not completely dead yet. His consciousness imprint is still in Mikoshi, don't let your guard down."
"I know, that's why I need your help."
And just as the two were talking, the sound of metal limbs moving suddenly came.
The mechanical monster Adam Smasher, with cybernetics installed all over his body, came to the office.
"Didn't you see I was entertaining a distinguished guest? Whatever it is, wait a moment."
Seeing Adam Smasher, Yorinobu ruthlessly reprimanded him.
Seeing this, Adam Smasher turned his head to look at the 'distinguished guest' on the sofa beside him and saw a familiar face.
"Adam Smasher, long time no see."
Seeing Adam Smasher look over, Luoqi smiled.
The last time he saw him, Luoqi was still humbly requesting cooperation with Arasaka, and now he has become a honored guest of Arasaka.
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