Carl did not spend much time dealing with the former BARGHEST personnel.
Before Bennett and Gago found a way to deal with the BARGHEST under their command and BARGHEST, the force Hansen had established, was officially declared gone, the current former BARGHEST members' loyalty to Carl rested only on the fact that there were still remnants of the old regime.
Unless Bennett and Gago also swore loyalty to Carl, truly integrating BARGHEST would have to wait.
At present, the only people Carl could trust to control Dogtown were probably the former Pheasant Faction under his command, represented by Xizi.
After all, while it would not be difficult for Carl to mobilize the Night City Police Department, they were ultimately Night City's official law enforcement force. They received sponsorship from various corporations in peacetime, after all. It was not impossible to turn them into Carl's private army, but there was no need.
Unless the mayor was also Carl's person. That would at least give him a proper pretext. But Night City's mayoral race had been on the verge of producing a result before it was delayed by a bigger matter—Myles's negotiations with Yorinobu. Then came Myles's crash, followed by today's battle between New America and BARGHEST. The election had been dragged out for a long time.
Still, those matters had all come to an end today. The official result should be announced before long.
From what Carl knew, there were only a few people qualified to run for mayor, and only two had any real chance. The others either had little chance of being elected for various reasons or were simply there to make up the numbers.
And Carl knew one of those two candidates.
Weldon Holt, Night City's former Vice Mayor, had also helped Carl and the others kill Lucius