Jefferson, Holt, Stout, and the Arasaka representative all tacitly said nothing.
This could be resolved quite nicely.
No one really knew why Arasaka had brought an aircraft carrier over. But Arasaka was, after all, a Japanese company. A supercarrier was certainly frightening, but in North America, the New American military didn't have to worry about projecting force across an ocean, and it had the support of Air Fortresses.
With both sides increasing their investments in response, the balance still hadn't been broken. The only change was that the total investment had increased again.
The people from Arasaka and Militech knew this too. They understood each other without saying a word and silently kept their eyes on Ryan.
No one knew what they were thinking, but Ryan felt a little uneasy-though he'd long since gotten used to that feeling.
"Good. We can discuss the details later. After all, this meeting isn't over yet."
Ryan spoke casually, preparing to move on to the next topic.
The resources that the Megacorporations invested would ultimately make Night City richer and richer-
Of course, it would also become more and more dangerous.
An escalation in the intensity of the fighting wasn't entirely a good thing. After all, as Holt had said at the beginning, the vast number of small and medium-sized companies were Night City's main taxpayers.
The multinational corporations' assets in Night City were only a small part of their holdings. Even if they lost completely, at most they would withdraw from the city. They didn't care one bit whether Night City lived or died.
But if Night City's existing order collapsed or changed drastically, a vast number of local small and medium-sized businesses could go bankrupt overnight.
They weren't in the council, but Ryan knew he had to represent these businesses to some