Cyberpunk: I didn't cheat.

Unaware that death was closing in, Jotaro Seiho's top salesman, Lenny Nero, had just messaged him to warn him that two mercenaries were inquiring about Black Superman Dream.

"It's not strange that I'm asking about Mewtwo. I need to come up with something new right now. You know, I feel like I'm stuck in a creative block. I'm just too obsessed with the cube head."

I think he can elevate my art to three levels. I'm tired of shooting blood and a few sex puppets messing around. What I want is real excitement!

"Do you understand this feeling, Nero? I'm thinking of trying something new. What do you think about connecting two people's prosthetic eyes and seeing things from each other's perspective?"

Jōtaro Shōhō replied to Renny Nero.

"Anything is fine. You know, no matter what you produce, I can make it a bestseller. I just have that kind of sales ability."

"Okay, I'll get some more footage out for you as soon as possible. I still have five films to edit. I'll finish editing them at the nightclub tonight. Come visit my nightclub sometime; it's the beginning of my career revival!"

"I will. Didn't anyone from those companies try to trip you up?"

"They don't know I set up Phoenix Nightclub. These guys have taken over my place, saying that Blockhead is coming over anytime. These corporate dogs even threw my Xiaoling out, saying she'd be hacked. What the hell? How can a 1950s animatronic cat be hacked?"

"Don't mind them, that's just how domineering people are in the company. Just stay away from them in the future."

After replying to the message, Jotaro Seiho got back to work. He had used up all the footage he had collected during this period and had thoroughly enjoyed filming.

These Moxie gang members are much better than the ordinary people; they will fiercely resist. What the audience wants to see is the process of their hope being gradually eroded, not just them trembling at the beginning.

Today is the grand opening day of Phoenix Nightclub. His blockhead execution song sold very well, giving him cash to buy some new businesses. Phoenix represents his rebirth as Jotaro Seihō.

The Tiger Claw Gang has been in turmoil lately. Under the pretext of Arasaka's capture of Blockhead, the higher-ups have taken away the shiny processing business that Jotaro Seifu was in charge of. The material processing that was originally in place has also been suspended, so he had to send his men to the streets to capture people to be used as materials for Mewtwo.

Just when things seemed hopeless, Kawaguchi and Koizumi, those two simple-minded fools, managed to find such high-quality material, reigniting their creative passion.

He was editing Mewtwo, his eyes slightly narrowed, humming an off-key tune.

……

Lenny Nero was a sales genius, but he was also a cautious street urchin, and in his opinion, there was definitely something wrong with those two mercenaries today.

Even though it was their first transaction, their goal was very clear. They didn't even ask about any famous tapes; they just wanted the latest ones.

For safety reasons, he gave Jotaro Seiho a heads-up, but the other man clearly didn't take it seriously.

Lenny felt that a reminder was enough. People were sitting comfortably in nightclubs with a dozen or so guys watching over the place, while he was standing on Twisted Street all day without even a driver to help him.

"I earn my money through hard work! When will a company finally recognize my talent?"

Lenny stretched his legs and decided to head home early today.

Suddenly, he was enveloped in a shadow.

It's that samurai head!

Duang~

Jack knocked Lenny unconscious with one punch, then carried him out of the underpass and threw him into the car.

"All done, Vito."

"Alright, drag that bastard to Liz and let Susanna and the others interrogate him properly."

Vito arrived at the yakisoba stall he had visited before, located in a slum in the Kabuki district, where many members of the Tiger Claw gang roamed the area.

Vito bought something from the vending machine and, pretending to be an idle young man, leaned against the wall, eating while scanning the passersby.

"Mom, I want to eat tofu strips."

A child walked past the vending machine and called out to his mother.

After much hesitation, the mother still bought one for her child.

"Thank you, Mom!"

The child happily opened the package and took a bite.

"what!"

The child let out a scream; it turned out that the tofu strip had knocked out one of the child's teeth.

"How could this happen!"

The mother was flustered, but she still couldn't stop the blood from her child's mouth.

Vito glanced at the unopened tofu strip in his hand and casually tossed it into the trash.

He walked up to the child and sprayed emergency hemostatic spray into his mouth.

"Okay, take him to see a doctor, just in case there are still broken teeth stuck in his gums."

The child's mother thanked Vito.

"Thank you so much. Sigh, I usually can't bear to buy this for my child, but I let him have a treat today, and I never expected this to happen!"

Vito comforted him.

"It's alright. Take the child a few blocks and find a Misty psychic house. Go inside and ask the owner to take you to the clinic in the back alley to check the child's teeth. Just say that Vito sent you, and have the clinic put the money on your tab."

The mother and child bowed repeatedly, feeling they had met some good people today.

Vito waved his hand and returned to his previous position to observe the crowd.

beep~ beep~

Stins called.

"Hey, Vito, we've made progress on those two people you're looking for."

"Where?"

"They took their girlfriends to the Phoenix nightclub next to the waterfront promenade in the Kabuki district."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I can confirm it. My men have checked it several times."

"Okay, I'll transfer the money to you as soon as I find the person."

"Since you still have some sense of justice, I can give you a discount."

"Stins, are you now even linking your sense of justice to money?"

"There's no way around it. When you're a cop in Night City, you can't just be a simple, honest, unlucky, poor bastard."

After hanging up the phone, Vito walked toward the location Stins had given him.

"Phoenix Nightclub? That bastard doesn't even deserve a name like Phoenix!"

Once he arrived in the vicinity, Vito carefully surveyed the nearby alleys, the back door of the nightclub, and the surrounding buildings.

Vito found three points he could infiltrate. He found an electrical grid interface nearby, connected it, and uploaded a magic puppet.

beep~ beep~

"Hey T-bug, did you see the power grid data I sent you?"

"I saw it."

"Help me analyze the abnormal electricity usage and unauthorized wiring at Phoenix Nightclub."

"OK, wait half a minute. Hmm, okay, I'll send you the data."

Vito immediately noticed the warning message about abnormal power consumption from a high-power processor on the third floor of the Phoenix Nightclub.

It seems they've recently moved the location where they filmed "Black Dream" here.

"Bug, hack into all the cameras at Phoenix Nightclub. Don't worry about getting caught; these guys won't live past tonight anyway."

Two minutes later, T-bug replied.

"The cameras on the third floor have been deliberately turned off, and I also noticed that there's a shield on the third floor, so there must be something important there."

"Okay, stand by and wait for Jack to finish."