Should You Accept Or Refuse Maiko In Cyberpunk 2077?

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Side quests in can sometimes have outcomes that will limit options down the road, particularly when it comes to relationships with NPCs. One side job in the game, "," has just such a conclusion, where players will need to choose carefully if they are looking to have romance blossom between V and Judy. Lives are on the line, as they always seem to be in the gritty world of Night City, and V has several options about how to proceed, particularly in one very important dialogue exchange with Maiko.

Judy, one of the romance options in, has several quests that affect her feelings about V, and the "" side job featuring Maiko and the Tyger Claws can instantly put a halt to any possibility of a future involving her. This quest decides the fate of the club Clouds, the Tyger Claws, and V's relationship with Judy. With so much on the line, there is reason to take precautions here. Maiko will put players in a bit of a precarious situation with the Tyger Claw leaders, as she hopes to be able to take over Clouds' management and Hiromi Sato's job. In the course of this not-so-simple side job, there are three main courses of action that V can take.

At the meeting with the two Tyger Claws, V can play along with Maiko's new scheme and convince the bosses to hand Hiromi's job over to Maiko. In this situation, the bosses will be easily satisfied and kill off Hiromi themselves with the katana on the table. The bosses will tell Maiko that they will make it look as if this was their plan all along and propose at a future meeting for her to head the Clouds operation. This also leads to the bosses offering V jobs down the line and a working relationship with the Tyger Claws is formed.

Maiko will be very satisfied and ask V to follow her into the