Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 31 Gunfire, Lolita, Vortex Gang

Where are the most cyber-lunatics?
Search for the Vortex Gang in Night City!
These inhuman people love to get prosthetic bodies without anesthesia, and incidentally, they put those optical cybernetic implants that are not aesthetically pleasing to normal people on their faces.

Their distinguishing features include reddened prosthetic eyes, black metal tattoos, extensive illegal modifications, and the hollowing out of their chins to produce distorted voices that sound like they've been plugged in with electricity.

A weak body is useless to them. Only if you have enough cybernetic implants and enjoy bizarre and violent criminal methods—preferably with a taste for death metal—will the Vortex Gang welcome you with open arms!
Today's order is huge. The Whirlpool Gang members are playing cards in the front hall of the house, passing "good stuff" among themselves, making smacking sounds from time to time.

They smoke a couple of times now and then, that's how the Vortex Gang is.

"【DumDum】(Note) Where is everyone? Damn it, they only sent a few of us to keep watch... Dogtown is such a terrible place to bury people. If you ask me, that dog should be killed right now and lumped into a cement wall. I can't hold back any longer."

Wow! That's some serious stuff!

This guy's arms were grayish-white, covered with grotesque veins and soft metal wires, and he flung the cards out of his hand.

Meanwhile, the Whirlpool Gang member next to him, whose chest and prosthetic edges were poorly stitched together, was smoking a cigarette and slammed a few cards down on the player before him.

"Pay up, pay up!"

The group shoved each other, their shrill laughter and rude curses echoing through the room.

boom!
A loud bang came from outside the door, and the dim room was immediately filled with sunlight.

The dilapidated automatic door creaked and puffed out smoke; the lock was riddled with holes, and there was a shoe print in the middle of the door...

Everyone was quiet, except for the Vortex Gang's death metal rock music echoing in the room. The guy who stood up and stepped on the card table opened his mouth without realizing it, and his cigarette butt fell to the ground with a thud.

A girl with pigtails stood backlit outside the door.

He was holding a black shotgun.

"Holy crap! They're mercenaries!"

The Vortex gang members, realizing what was happening, bent down to pick up the rifle leaning against the table, but Rebecca's big gun fired first.

The guy who hadn't finished his cigarette got slammed into the wall by a shotgun shell.

"My darn thing!"

The Vortex Gang's guns were all pointed at Rebecca, when a pale blue beam of light shot out from behind her, grazing her shoulder—

Her hair was whipped by the powerful gust of wind, and the Whirlpool Gang member in front of her had his head split open before he even fired his gun.

At that moment, Rebecca also dodged to the side and moved to the cover next to the computer room by the door. Bullets clattered down on Rebecca, preventing her from raising her head.

"Well done, you bastards!" Rebecca exclaimed, waiting for the gunfire to subside before emerging from cover to teach these idiots a lesson!

Lin Yue lay prone on the rooftop of a distant building. "You're welcome."

Amidst the shouts of the Vortex Gang across the way, cement debris flew as a ticking grenade arced through the air and hurtled towards Rebecca.

Lin Yue's second bullet neutralized the grenade for Rebecca in mid-air.

The explosion kicked up smoke and dust, and Rebecca was nearly buried in the rubble.

After firing the shot, Lin Yue knew Rebecca was about to lose her temper, so he quickly put away the cat demon and moved closer to the Whirlpool Gang's building.

Sure enough, the next second I heard Rebecca's furious shouts.

"You bastards had your fun, now it's my turn!"

Lin Yue shrank back and hurriedly told Mann that they could start the breakthrough.

Rebecca was already attracting the attention of the Vortex Gang; if she were to be targeted by them again, things would get complicated.

Outside the dilapidated two-story residential building in Dogtown, Pila had prepared a high-explosive bomb and placed it against the wall, while Mann covered his ears and waited to fire!

How do you conduct urban warfare and house-grabbing battles?
Lin Yue, who came from the Netherworld Hound, had some experience with this: don't try to break through by squeezing in through the main gate; blowing up the wall is the best solution.

After these several missions, the squad had learned most of the Ghost Hound gang's fighting style: they would use firepower to cover the area and throw grenades in whenever possible.

Rebecca fired her gun while running nimbly, and the Vortex Gang members' guns swung wildly but failed to catch her.

At this moment, the mechanical automatic machine guns set up by the Vortex Gang in the distance were spitting fire. Their accuracy was obviously much better than that of these cyber-madmen, and they were the greatest threat to Rebecca.

"If Sasha were here, the machine gun would definitely be hacked, and the Vortex Gang would riddle her with bullets!"

Rebecca ran around the machine gun while complaining, and taking advantage of a moment when the mechanical transmission was not flexible, she suddenly darted out and grabbed the cable on the side of the machine gun tightly!
A series of crackling, teeth-grinding sounds rang out, and electricity surged.

Lin Yue stood with his gun in hand and fired a shot that struck a sturdy power line next to the machine gun.

Rebecca's arm veins bulged, and with a low growl, she used her seemingly small arm to rip the heavy machine gun off the automatic turret!
Of course, the main factor was that Lin Yue helped her destroy the machine gun's mounting point.

The gun barrel twists!

Rebecca braced herself, holding the machine gun in both hands. The pink tattoo on her thigh made the large, black gun look even more terrifying.

After her first job, she upgraded her arm prosthetic. Although it was still a ways off from the colorful, heavy guns she aimed for, at least she could lift them. "Get shot!"

The heavy rattling sound rang out, and one after another, thick bullet casings fell to the ground. The Vortex Gang's bunkers were reduced to dust by this huge machine gun!

boom!
Suddenly, a large bulge appeared in the wall, and smoke and bricks rushed into the room in an instant. One of the Vortex Gang members leaning against the wall vanished without a trace.

The massive body squeezed in through the hole, and the unsuspecting Vortex Gang members swallowed hard as they looked at Mann, whose skin was as dark as a gorilla's.

"Da da da!"

The Vortex Gang's rifles suddenly fired! However, not a single bullet hit Mann, and he was sent flying by the enormous impact, his waist cracking as he died on the spot.

Lin Yue emerged from behind Mann, gun in hand. Not far away, Rebecca faced the enemy who was suppressing her, completely unaware that several members of the Vortex Gang had also emerged from behind her.

The Lexington-XMOD in his hand, combined with the ballistic coprocessor, bounced off various cover, killing anyone who tried to ambush Rebecca.

The two men faced their respective enemies, slowly retreated, and gently leaned their backs against each other.

"Good aim," Lin Yue praised in a low voice.

Rebecca's voice is versatile; when she's happy, she can crack a cute voice, but when she's fighting, she becomes a gruff-voiced loli.

"Don't look down on me! I'm here to protect your cyberpunk!" The muzzle of the heavy machine gun in her hand was now glowing red.

As the last bullet went out, Rebecca slammed the big gun into the cover where the Vortex Gang was hiding in the distance.

Coincidentally, the idiot was smashed down by this big guy as soon as he showed his face.

The two quickly changed firing formation into a search formation and ran rapidly into the passageway deep inside the building.

After the foyer was cleaned up, Pila entered.

He recklessly tossed the "Well Done Bio-Grenade" from his waist into the dark underground tunnel. The sound of the mine activating, accompanied by the laser-triggered pins, rang out one after another, followed by violent explosions—curses and coughs filled the air, and the entire tunnel was filled with a foul, pungent odor and smoke.

call out!
Several bullets flew out, twisting and turning in the air!

Lin Yue suddenly rushed out from the side and shoved Rebecca aside. He was shot several times in the face, and blood immediately gushed from the holes. The force of the bullets knocked him several times, and he fell headfirst into the pile of debris in the stairwell.

Not only his face, but Lin Yue also had three bloody holes in one of his arms, almost ruining his life.

Why is it a hand again? And the right hand at that!

Lin Yue was in so much pain that he felt like he was going to die.

"Lin Yue!" Mann was stunned for a moment, then shouted loudly.

The Vortex Gang's firepower intensified once again in the stairwell!
Rebecca and the others were unable to provide assistance, so they could only try their best to fire and then look for an opportunity to move closer to Lin Yue.

Lying in the pile of debris, Lin Yue stretched out his still-movable arm and weakly called out, "I'm fine!"

He lay flat on his back and shook his dizzy head.

Clearly, subcutaneous armor is not a foolproof solution, especially since this is only a basic level of subcutaneous armor.

"It's worth it to have been used up for this long."

Pila, who was dodging bullets and throwing grenades in the distance, wiped the sweat from his forehead and was extremely relieved.

Damn it! My own little sister almost got into trouble!

"You little rascal, you're reliable!"

Seeing that Lin Yue was alright, Rebecca and the others vented their anger on the Vortex Gang, who were putting up a stubborn resistance.

The intense firefight, as dense as raindrops, is recreated!

The copper heart and iron gall, along with the strong qi and blood, were slowly easing Lin Yue's pain, and the pain editor also began to work.

The wound was horrible, but not fatal at all.

Just as Lin Yue was about to catch his breath and get up again, he noticed a line of words suddenly appearing in his prosthetic eye.

[Pila's affinity has been updated]

【Favourability: 20】

[Reward: Technical Ability +2, unlocks Technical Ability Specialization]

Lin Yue let out a terrifying dry laugh as if he had lost his mind, spitting out broken teeth and blood to the side.

"Those shots weren't taken for nothing!"
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Doom Doom: In the Cyberpunk 2077 pickup mission, he is a member of the Vortex gang responsible for selling flat-headed robots. Although he speaks in a funny way, he is cunning and ruthless. He and Royce rip off the protagonist and Jack.

　My protagonist doesn't use divination; he's a mechanical ascendant with a cybernetic body. Remember to read on!
　　
　
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