death of hope

Chapter 997 Psychic Storm (71) Remnants of Evil Intent

It's easy to see that the cyber ninjas have long been neglected and have suffered much damage and destruction.

Its structure is fragmented and severely deformed, and its appearance is dirty and appalling, resembling an ancient artifact unearthed from an extinct alien civilization.

Fortunately, Tonya and Rimi Takiya possess delicate and nimble hands, as well as the patience of archaeologists.

After half an hour of meticulous cleaning, the Cyber ​​Ninja's appearance was gradually restored.

Hideichi Ando turned on the LED lights in the basement, and everyone's gaze changed from wary and curious to amazed and admiring, like country tourists who had never seen the world in a museum.

This body is tall and slender, with a well-proportioned figure, possessing smooth and aesthetically pleasing curves, a smooth alloy shell, and soft, elastic, fair artificial skin.
The torso was torn open with irregular gashes, and thick blue coolant was slowly seeping out, drop by drop, accumulating into a small, eerie blue puddle on the canvas, emitting a pungent chemical smell.

Several broken alloy ribs (important supports simulating the human thoracic cavity structure) pierced through the remaining charred bionic skin from the inside, while the thoracic cavity shell nested inside the ribs remained intact.
In the lower abdomen, the outer shell of the core energy source was severely deformed, and no working sound could be heard. Occasionally, one or two orange sparks would pop out from the edge, making a soft "crackling" sound.

The head was severely damaged; half of the face was burned away, revealing a skull-like, silver-gray alloy skull and teeth. An electronic eye connected to a data cable had fallen out of its socket and was drooping. Common sense dictates that it should be quite frightening.

But that half-face, with its exquisite artificial skin and perfectly proportioned features—a high nose and deep-set eyes—was stunning enough to make viewers forget the horror of the severed limbs.
The basement fell silent as everyone stopped to admire the cybernetic remains. They were as graceful and elegant as a profile of a Norse goddess, possessing a kind of incomplete beauty reminiscent of the Venus de Milo.

Everyone's imagination ran wild, wondering how absolutely beautiful this body must have been when it was brand new and intact.

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"Hey guys, what's with the blank staring? Say something!"

"Uh... I... don't know what to say..."

"Damn it... It's supposed to be high-tech and hard work... but this thing is like a work of art."

"No, it's not 'it,' it's 'she.'"

"I feel...a very strong...sense of unease..."

"Cyber ​​Ninja, a killing machine built with huge sums of money by the Japanese conglomerate, is covered with a beautiful bionic skin. What's the point of making it so beautiful?"

"Like a beautiful female agent in a movie, to facilitate infiltration and assassination, or, it's simply the designer's twisted sense of humor, I'm guessing."

"Wait, this half of a face... seems familiar...where have I seen it before?"

"Holy crap! Now that you mention it, I remember it too." "It's a bit... a bit like that news story from years ago... what was it again? I'm dying to remember, it's on the tip of my tongue!"

With a "smack!", Nikolai slapped his thigh:
"I remember now! The serial killer from back then, the cyber psychopath who struck fear into the hearts of the entire sector, Noriko Nishikawa!"

"what?!"

The basement erupted in chaos, with everyone discussing it animatedly.
This cybernetic remains were once the most talked-about figure in major media outlets, wanted by all sectors of the Terra Federation with a high bounty on their heads, a nightmare that haunts a generation.

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Nikolai opened his handheld computer, found the archived news video from that year, the surveillance footage of the serial killer Noriko Nishikawa committing the crime, paused, zoomed in, and compared it with the mutilated half of her face:
"Wow...it really is..."

"So it was that big star from back then! My apologies! No wonder he was so good at fighting; he almost wiped us all out..."

"Well, that's great. The urban legend of the female ghost in the factory ruins has been solved by us."

"I say, that's strange. Wasn't that female demon taken care of by the Bounty Hunter Guild a long time ago?"
Logically speaking... it should have been handed over to the federal authorities for destruction long ago.

"Maybe it's the second unit produced in the same batch."

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As the group was discussing this, the Eldar Tristana seemed to sense something extremely terrifying.

Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he stumbled back a few steps, his back slamming against the basement wall with a thud.
"Old Cui, what's wrong?" Paul frowned.

"This thing is still...alive..."

I sensed it with my psychic powers... though very faint, it was definitely still alive...

Like a wronged soul unable to rest in peace,
Intense negative emotions radiated outwards…

sad…

Hatred…

Madness…