Chapter 829

Once the decision had been made to head for Arasaka Tower and, at Yorinobu Arasaka’s first board meeting, force that incompetent traitor to bend to Saburo Arasaka’s will, the entire Kiji Faction began a full contraction of its forces.

On the surface, they were creating a smokescreen to cover Hanako Arasaka’s escape from Night City after her recent rescue. In reality, they were quietly concentrating their manpower, preparing to suppress Yorinobu during the board meeting and then suddenly strike—seizing control of the remaining factions within Arasaka in one decisive move.

Amid this tightly-woven series of deployments, Akechi, one of the core planners, slipped beyond the Badlands to secretly meet with his own direct subordinates.