Cyberpunk: I didn't cheat.

When Vito awoke from his slumber, he saw breakfast laid out on the table.

I'm off to open for business now. Remember to eat breakfast; three meals a day are half of life!

Vito stretched, thinking, "Today's another damn good day."

After finishing his breakfast and washing up, he went to the clinic. Business was exceptionally bad today; even gang members weren't coming to repair their prosthetic bodies, which were full of holes.

In the nearby repair shop, a Night City resident was driving his Shell Snail P126 Fish Head car in. The car looked like it had rolled around on the ground several times, and there wasn't a single part of it in good condition.

Vito gently kicked Chapman, who was trying on new clothes, telling him to go help Liying, while he pulled out a deck chair and sunshade and leaned against the doorway.

Gloria placed the ice bucket and beer next to Vito, then crossed her arms and leaned against the clinic door.

"Gloria, I want to ask you, can love increase the endurance of a prosthetic body?"

Gloria thought about it carefully.

"Love and prosthetic tolerance should not be directly related, emmm, but it should greatly alleviate the psychological rejection reaction after implantation."

Vito continued to ask.

"Did you encounter any cyberpsychotics when you worked at the medical company?"

"I've seen it. It was a young couple who came to Night City to make a living. In the end, the man went crazy and killed a lot of people in the apartment building."

"Where is the woman?"

"The woman isn't insane, but she's close. It's said that women have a higher tolerance for the effects of prosthetics and are less likely to develop cyberpsychosis than men."

"Is this true?"

"That's what those people who sell gender-swappable prosthetics say."

"All right."

Vito lay down silently, enjoying the quiet moment.

Gloria spoke again after a long pause.

"However, based on past cases, it seems that there are indeed more men involved."

Vito suddenly remembered the person he had seen when he first arrived in Night City—Fredo.

Why was the Terrorist SWAT team deployed instead of regular NCPD officers? After all, Fredo was unarmed, let alone offensive.

But in the end, it was the Terrorist Mobile Unit that killed Fredo. Did this elite team, which specializes in dealing with cyber lunatics, recognize Fredo's illness?

Just then, Jack arrived in a flurry of activity on his bicycle.

"Vitto, I need your help, can I borrow your car?"

Vito tossed the Type 66's external carrying case to Jack, who looked distressed.

"No, lend me your Magician instead. Only you two could pull off this dangerous driving. It's as slippery as a bar of soap. Last time I test drove it, it spun around in one go!"

Vito then tossed the Magician's external disc to Jack.

"You're so outdated! Being fast in corners is what really matters, and drifting with style is what really matters!"

Jack waved his hands repeatedly.

"Never mind, Misty and I are going on a date, not to ride a teacup. I'm leaving!"

Gloria smiled as she watched Jack leave in a flurry of activity.

"Jack is really energetic."

"yes."

At that moment, a hovercar descended from the sky and stopped in the middle of the street, surprising the pedestrians around.

"Gloria, you go into the clinic first."

Gloria nodded silently and went into the clinic.

The car door opened, and first stepped out an agent named Arasaka in a suit, followed by a corporate dog wearing a gray suit with gold sequins.

The company dog ​​walked up to Vito, who was still lying on the recliner, and looked down at him with disdain.

"Are you Vito?"

Vito didn't even look up, staring at the book in his hands.

"No, get out!"

"I am Yoshitaka Sato, Arakawa..."

"I don't know, get lost!"

Sato Yoshitaka's face twitched; he felt offended by a cockroach.

With a stern face, he waved his hand, and the Arasaka agent next to him was about to step forward and pull Vito up.

Vito threw the book at the agent's eyes, simultaneously twisting the agent's right hand behind his back with one hand and striking the agent's throat with a karate chop with the other.

The agent gasped for breath as Vito, with his hands poised to unleash a Kamehameha, forcefully lifted the agent's chin.

click!

The agent collapsed to the ground and couldn't get up.

"Not bad, he can hold his own against the Arasaka Special Forces."

Vito slowly rose to his feet, glancing sideways at Yoshitaka Sato.

"Are you bragging? This is called 'Old Ape Hanging Seal,' do you people from Arasaka even know how to do that?"

Vito tapped the fallen Agent Arasaka with his toe.

Yoshitaka Sato remained arrogant.

"It's just Xingyi Quan. Arasaka's combat chip already recorded it."

"Fine, you can have it."

At this moment, Li Ying and Xiao Cha arrived from the nearby repair shop with guns in hand, pointing them at Sato Yoshitaka.

"You didn't come here to have your men lie down in front of my shop and obstruct business, did you?"

Yoshitaka Sato seemed unconcerned about the gun barrels beside him.

"You're a very interesting mercenary. I can let you work for Arasaka Corporation. This is a golden opportunity for you."

Vito couldn't help but pick at his ear. This Arasaka Corporation dog talks so arrogantly. Even God walking on earth isn't as arrogant as him.

"Damn it, anyone who didn't know better would think a steel dragon was standing in front of me! Are you done talking? If you're done, get lost!"

Sato Yoshitaka frowned, he never expected that someone he considered a piece of trash would dare to refuse Arasaka's invitation.

"Okay, you can choose to continue struggling in the garbage dump, but Arasaka needs you to lure out Blockhead, or rather, Solomon Reed. You have no right to refuse."

Vito thought to himself, "Are you guys from Arasaka brainless? You listen to my rambling all the time. I know Li De works as a security guard at a bar, but why would you betray someone for no reason?"

"Just this once! If you come looking for me again, I'll tear you all apart, car and all!"

Sato Yoshitaka's brow relaxed. After the deed was done, they would leak the information about Vito's size to the military technology and New America people to take down Vito.

"What are you standing there for? Give me the money!"

Sato Yoshitaka readily transferred 30,000 euros to Vito.

Vito took out a tablet and randomly pointed to a location on the map for Yoshitaka Sato.

"I'll arrange to meet Square Head here in a few days. You can have people lying in wait for him, but don't set up any surveillance around me. He's very perceptive."

Sato Yoshitaka nodded in satisfaction. As for whether Vito would lie, he would be eliminated by Arasaka as long as the blocky head did not appear.

Sato Yoshitaka turned around and boarded the hovercar.

"Hey, take your man away, don't ruin my business!"

Sato Yoshitaka did not reply. He returned to the hovercar, picked up a glass of champagne, and the hovercar door slowly closed.

After the hovercar left, two Arasaka agents dressed as passersby lifted the person on the ground into a car and drove away.

Liying ran to Vito's side with a worried look on her face and asked.

"What happened?"

Vito released the safety from Li Ying's pistol, then put his arm around her and said.

"It's nothing, just some idiot from the company came to give me money. Of course, I'm happy to take free money."