Carl returned to Zaria Hughes's body.
The Night City Police Department had already taken over the work he had been doing. With quite a bit of blood on her sleeves and clothes, Carl was prepared to take a slightly greater risk.
She planned to use the Night City Police Department's equipment to connect to Zaria Hughes.
Many cyberpsychos' implants came with Braindance recording functions, though this was not an inherent feature of the implants themselves. It was a function secretly installed by the organizations or corporations that provided them, intended to ensure the testing results of the implants.
Carl now suspected that Zaria Hughes might have had such a device as well.
The first person she had encountered like this was James Norris, a retired lieutenant from the New America Armed Forces. Carl had accepted Blanca's commission and dealt with him alongside Jack and Oliver.
Later, David told her that when they had taken care of that lieutenant, the implants in his body had completed a recording, allowing the whole process to spread. Braindance director JK had turned it into a Braindance, and it had topped Night City's underground Black Braindance sales charts for a long time. Its performance had even been several times better than the top Braindance on the open market.
If there was a Rogue AI behind Zaria Hughes, and if that AI wanted to know the outcome, then within her implants...
Found it.
The Night City Police Department device in Carl's hand lit up.
It had detected a Braindance recording program.
Such programs were not difficult to find. To guarantee the audience a full sensory experience, they needed to connect to a whole range of senses, including sight and smell. All she had to do was follow the trail. Carl simply had not considered it before.