Then he answered the call.
"Hello?"
There was no voice on the other end.
Su Xiao glanced at the display, confirming that the call was still connected and the signal was normal.
He called out again.
Only then did a voice slowly come from the other end, speaking with a Japanese accent somewhat similar to Goro Takemura's.
"This is Raijin Arasaka."
V and Jack both sucked in a breath.
Not long ago, Arasaka's people had been trying to kill them.
Goro Takemura had even wanted them to give false testimony, identifying Raijin Arasaka as Saburo Arasaka's murderer.
Now Raijin Arasaka was calling them himself.
Su Xiao signaled the other two to stay quiet with a look. "Did you call just to check whether we were dead?"
"No, you misunderstand. I'm sorry. My subordinates misunderstood my intentions."
Su Xiao said nothing.
He waited for Yorinobu to continue.
"My target is Takemura, not you. That's all. My subordinates simply saw you with Takemura and mistakenly assumed you were working together. I sincerely apologize for that."
"You want to kill Takemura to silence him? Why?"
Raijin Arasaka replied stiffly, "That's none of your business."
"Takemura served under both you and your father. He's worked tirelessly for Arasaka, devoting his life to your cause. Even if you won't recognize his achievements, surely his years of hard work count for something. Can you really be that heartless?"
"I told you, this is an internal Arasaka matter. It has nothing to do with you."
"Fine, then I'll drop it." Failing to get an answer was, in itself, a kind of answer.
After Saburo's death, Raijin Arasaka had been in such a hurry to purge Saburo's old guard.
One possibility was that he was eager to strengthen his own position;
the other possibility was that Goro Takemura