Cyberpunk, but urban

He was teleported to a corpse pit near the Ninth Alley for unknown reasons. During the three dark days, he had thought that it might be the ego ring in his hand that he had salvaged from his heart that caused him to appear in the Ninth Alley with almost nothing.

But Ye Lan had no idea why his ego was able to teleport him away when Angela temporarily turned him into a book and sealed him.

After all, Ye Lan had nothing to do these few days at night, and had tried various ways of using ego in between telling stories to Luna, but no matter which one, his ring didn't play the slightest role.

To sum up, Ye Lan now has the worst combat effectiveness except for the fighting and design skills he has acquired through years of training.

With his current combat power, he couldn't deal with the pianist who was above Waw level but below Aleph level. If the day of the pianist incident really came, with his current unprotected state, he would probably be turned into flesh and blood notes along with little Luna, and he might even be used to attack Angelica.

If it turns out like that, Angela and Sephirah would probably die of laughter after hearing it.

Ye Lan left the Cane Office and walked on the road. He held the ego ring in his hand and walked towards Luna's home, muttering to himself:

"Oh, given the situation, I have to wait until the mute runs off to help my buddy, and I have to take little Luna away quickly. If it can be like in the company, even if it's just a set of magic bullets, it won't be easy to deal with a pianist."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Ye Lan felt as if there was something in his heart that was the same emotion represented by the Demon Bullet Shooter. The next moment, the demon gunner, who was wearing a blue coat and whose body was completely made of black smoke, stepped out from behind him.

At the same time, the ring on his hand also released a faint but dazzling starlight.

Ye Lan looked at the ring in his hand that suddenly lit up in surprise, and then was attracted by the shadow that suddenly covered him, and turned his head behind him.

The magic bullet shooter stood silently behind him, holding a bullet burning with azure flames in its hand, waiting for Ye Lan to take it.

"You... this, this is the effect of my ego?"

Ye Lan took the bullet doubtfully, and then the figure of the Magic Bullet Shooter turned into a ball of blue fire in front of him. Together with the flame on the bullet, it weaved a set of ego equipment on his body that was almost exactly the same as the Magic Bullet Shooter's.

It is the He-level ego suit - Magic Bullet.

"Ha, this ring can actually be used to summon the power of the Abnormality I finally observed."

Ye Lan put the ring back on his index finger, then waved his hand to summon his own shotgun. The moment he picked up the shotgun, he had an idea of ​​how to use the magic bullet.

Just like in the company, this shotgun also has seven bullets in a group. These seven bullets have the effect of triggering a sure hit. At the same time, the seventh bullet will definitely hit the heart of the person who shot it.

But unlike the magic bullets in the company, this set of magic bullets put a much stronger pressure on Ye Lan. From the moment he put on this set of equipment, the emotions and memories of the magic bullet shooter began to pour into his consciousness. Once he relaxed or lost consciousness, he might be occupied by the magic bullets or even die.

And this is only a He-level abnormality.

Ye Lan estimated that the only suit he could use for a long time without taking it off was the Zayin-level ego suit. When he reached the Teth level, it would be best not to wear the equipment for more than a day.

Going up, with He-level ego suits like Magic Bullet, he would be exhausted after a few hours, and if he continued to force himself, he might lose control. At Waw level, he would only have about one or two hours of safe use time, and at Aleph level, he might only be able to use it for a dozen minutes.

But in most cases, Ye Lan doesn't need these two levels of ego sets.

He extinguished his pipe and ejected the loaded bullet from his shotgun. The magic bullet suit instantly turned into a blue flame and penetrated into the bullet in his hand. The next moment, the bullet also dissipated into the air like a spark.

Thanks to the remoteness of the Crutches Office, no passers-by passed by until Ye Lan removed his ego suit. Up to now, his power was probably limited to the "spy" who could see a clue through the ubiquitous surveillance.

"Very good. Now I have the strength to fight against the twisted pianist."

However, after solving one problem, Ye Lan encountered another one.

Even though he can now use his ego ring to call upon the power of the abnormality with which he had the final observation, he still has not obtained a name for this ego ring.

In other words, this ability to summon the power of abnormalities is not the real use of his ring.

Ye Lan sighed at this question and returned to Luna's house where he was staying. Little Luna was very obedient and did not open the door to anyone when she was alone at home.

It was not until Ye Lan returned home that she came out of her bedroom and greeted Ye Lan.

"It's hard for you to look after the house alone."

Ye Lan reached out and touched the little girl's hair, then took out the potato chips he bought on the road and handed them to the little girl. Although this snack was not a big deal, it was still appropriate as a small reward.

But for Luna, potato chips were something she had only eaten a long time ago when her parents were still alive. This seemingly insignificant little reward made her secretly wipe away tears.

Ye Lan's busy day was almost over by this time. He let the little girl find something to watch on TV at home, and then he plunged into the battlefield of housework again.

Chapter 25. Onion Pancake Couple

Before Mr. Roland went to District 25 to help, all Ye Lan could do was to live peacefully in Luna's house and play father-daughter games with this lovely little girl with albinism.

As the days passed, he was getting closer to the time when he had to make a choice. Should he help the Congbing couple and turn the subsequent plot into chaos, or ignore the death of Angelica and her unborn child and let the future lead to the plot of "The Ruined Library".

To be honest, Ye Lan has been thinking about it for a long time. The last time he thought about this, he had the excuse of going out to buy groceries, but this won't work today.

Nemo from the Cane Office has passed on the news that an association is sending personnel to District 25. From today on, every day may become the day when the pianist incident occurs.

Unfortunately, the L Nest is still in chaos. Although Ye Lan has tried to contact Angela in the L Nest in the past few days, the impact of the broken L wing has reached its peak. The overly chaotic L Nest has caused all the finishers he entrusted to fail.

As of today, the last means of contact he could expect was the library invitation letter that Angela sent to the city.

"Luna!"

Ye Lan shouted towards the little girl's bedroom, and soon little Luna ran out of the room.

Little Luna jumped up onto the chair next to Ye Lan, leaned on the table and asked, "Are we going out?"

"Well, from today on you have to stay by my side."

Ye Lan handed her breakfast to little Luna, and then explained to her: "Big brother, I received a piece of information. There may be a big problem in Lane 9 recently."

"I understand." She nodded and started to eat the breakfast Ye Lan made for her today.

Little Luna didn't ask more questions. This man who had lived with her for nearly ten days knew a lot of things. Since he said that there would be danger in Alley 9 next, he must be right.

Instead of worrying about questions that won’t change anything, it’s better to just listen to him. After all, this man is a good person and he will definitely protect you.

As she thought silently, Luna cut the fried egg on her plate. Her fried egg was fried on one side, about 70% done, and sprinkled with sea salt and black pepper for seasoning.

When you cut the egg yolk with a knife, the sticky yolk liquid will flow out and drip onto the bacon under the fried egg.

Ye Lan cut the bacon into three slices of about 15 centimeters each, each about half a centimeter thick. Ye Lan had tasted this batch of bacon beforehand, and because it was relatively salty, he simply fried it on both sides with olive oil until it was crispy, and then put it on the plate.

As for whether it tasted good or not, seeing little Luna taking big bites of the bacon dipped in half-cooked egg liquid, Ye Lan knew that his breakfast was definitely not bad.

When Luna had almost finished eating, he served the little girl sweet milk at just the right temperature and made himself a cup of coffee.

To be honest, the most expensive thing in their breakfast today was not even his coffee, but the honey added to Luna's milk. Perhaps because the urban environment lacks the environment for beekeeping, the price of this bottle of honey is even one-tenth of the cost of hiring the crutch agency.

You know, the Crutch Agency is a high-level agency that has handled eleven City Star-level incidents, and the cost of hiring them is a terrifying amount.

As for how high the rating of the City Star event is, we can explain it literally. Events or people that can reach this level are well-known major events and big figures in this city, just like stars hanging high in the sky.

The only rating higher than this is the impurity rating. At the impurity rating, whether it is a person, an organization, or a certain situation, it has the power to change the current situation of the city.

But I just want to explain the price of honey in the city. About half an hour later, Ye Lan and Luna's breakfast time was over.

Ye Lan is going to take Luna to a nearby hospital today.

Although Sound Alley was the safest alley among the back alleys, the hospital here still couldn't cure Luna's albinism. All he could do now was to go to the hospital to get her some medicine to reduce the impact of ultraviolet rays on the little girl.

Although she was going to the hospital, Luna still changed into her favorite set of clothes that Ye Lan bought for her. Then she took the beautiful parasol that Ye Lan had carefully prepared, and Luna, dressed as a young lady, walked out of her home.

Ye Lan, who was following behind Luna, was wearing a well-fitting black suit today. The vest underneath was the same black, and the shirt was the simplest and most common white.

A burgundy tie was neatly tied around his neck, as meticulously done as his leather shoes.

The hospital was located in the opposite direction of the notary district, three blocks away from Ye Lan and Luna's home. The two walked into the hospital with continuous music playing along the way and headed for the scheduled clinic.

The clinic was on the fifth floor, and the two who didn't want to climb the stairs naturally chose to wait in front of the elevator. The hospital elevator seemed to be a bit busy today. The two of them waited downstairs for about five minutes, but the elevator was still on the third floor. After waiting for another five minutes, the elevator finally started to move and slowly fell back to the first floor.

The elevator door opened, and what Ye Lan and Luna saw was the thugs lying on the ground. Judging from the purple tattoos on their bodies, they were probably the ones who touched the middle finger.

Amidst the thugs who were lying on the ground and wailing, stood a couple. The husband was a man with short black hair, wearing a black suit like Ye Lan, while the wife was a pregnant woman with long gray hair.

Should it be said that it was luck or fate, but the person standing in front of Ye Lan and Luna was Roland, the protagonist of the original "The Ruined Library", and his wife Angelica.

Because the two of them liked the signature scallion pancakes of a restaurant in District 25, players gave them the nickname the Scallion Pancake Couple, but what players remember more vividly is the story of Angelica dying at the hands of the pianist due to pregnancy.

To be honest, there are many things that are not convincing about this plot. As one of the top color finishers in the city, Angelica, who has the title of Dark Silence, should not die easily from the pianist's waw-level distortion even if she is pregnant.

Therefore, when some players are communicating, they will doubt another finisher who is also a color-level finisher, the Purple Teardrop - Iori.

Chapter 26. Meeting by chance

To be honest, Violet Teardrop was indeed a very suspicious behind-the-scenes mastermind. Even Ye Lan, who knew the direction of the plot, couldn't tell to what extent this colorful finisher would go to revive her dead son.

In the original plot, Roland, who was bent on revenge, was sent to the library by this Violet Teardrop. In the plot of City Star, he came to the library in person for his own purpose and was turned into a book by the librarians in a battle called "Reception".

"Oh my, I'm so sorry. I accidentally made this elevator look like this."

Roland, the protagonist of "The Ruined Library", a man wearing a black suit that was almost indistinguishable from Ye Lan, scratched his head slightly embarrassedly, and apologized to Ye Lan, who was holding little Luna's hand, for the injuries he had accidentally caused.

This group of Middle Finger's younger brothers originally came to the hospital in Ninth Lane to take revenge on a target listed in their account book, but one of them, while waiting for the elevator with Roland and his wife, intentionally or unintentionally tried to do something to the pregnant color-level finisher, Dark and Silent Angelica.

Therefore, on the third floor where the obstetrics and gynecology department is located, the elevator can only wait until the angry Roland beats all the younger brothers to the ground before it can return to the first floor where Ye Lan and Luna are according to its program.

As for why the elevator was waiting so obediently on the third floor, it was naturally because our dear Miss Angelica used her finger to press the elevator switch, preventing it from closing its elevator door.

"Ahem, middle finger... middle finger will never let you go..."

A younger brother of Roland who was lying on the ground beside him struggled to grab his trouser legs, but he only had time to say something cruel before Roland stepped on him.

"Oops, sorry, sorry, I didn't clean up the bugs. Could you please ask your child to turn around? The following scene may not be suitable for your child to watch."

Roland smiled politely, but the words he said were a bit violent. It was obvious that this group of tactless young brothers had really annoyed the prospective father.

"Please do as you please." Ye Lan asked Luna to turn around and not look at the scene in the elevator, and then stretched out his hands to cover her ears. Then, while Roland was dealing with those younger brothers who were unable to get up but were still cursing and shouting that they would retaliate at any time, he talked to Angelica: "I didn't expect that the famous Miss Dark Silence would choose to live here after retirement."

"Oh? You actually recognized me. You must have excellent intelligence skills, or you must be a high-ranking Yu?"

Angelica admitted her identity with a smile, but the gloves she clenched in her hands showed that she began to doubt the purpose of Ye Lan's appearance.

"Oh, I'm not in a high position..." Ye Lan still covered Luna's ears with his hands, so he could only smile at Ms. Angelica and said to her: "I'm Ye Lan, and I can be considered a level 5 employee of L Company's headquarters. You can relax a little, after all, it's purely accidental that we can meet here and under this circumstance."

"Is it a coincidence?" Angelica looked at the child in front of Ye Lan and believed what he said.

So she asked Ye Lan, "However, as an employee directly under this department, why are you here to treat a child? And judging from your appearance, it seems that she is not your biological child, right?"

"Well... I'm ashamed to say this. I originally wanted to come here to do some work during the polar day, but I lost the chance to return to the company because of the polar night that followed. It happened that this child saved me at the time, and I adopted this little girl who had lost her parents after the day and night returned to normal."

It has to be said that Ye Lan's little story is indeed very suitable for impressing an expectant mother, even if that expectant mother is one of the most powerful color finishers in the city.

Angelica's attitude towards Ye Lan changed almost visibly, and she loosened the gloves that contained the weapon storage space made by Singularity Technology.

"Come to think of it, we are destined to meet. How about I treat you two to a meal after I prescribe the medicine?" Ye Lan suddenly made such an invitation, which made Roland and Angelica look at each other.

"Well, you two have retired after all, but I still have to go to work. This little girl was born in the back alley. Before I can complete the check-in procedures for her, she will have to live in Alley No. 9 for a while."

"If I could get to know you two, and have such excellent front-end finishers like you to help me, I would be able to work in the company with peace of mind, right?"

After hearing Ye Lan's words, Angelica, the expectant mother, was determined to accept his invitation and take care of the little girl named Luna together with her husband Roland.

This matter is just a piece of cake for the two of them, and they can also get to know an employee who has a relatively high status in L Nest. It can be said that it is a sure-win social interaction.

However, after hearing this, Roland did not immediately accept Ye Lan's invitation. Instead, after dealing with those middle-finger younger brothers, he took Ye Lan and the other person and walked mysteriously to a nearby corner.

After the two of them walked to a place where Angelica and Little Luna couldn't hear them, Roland rubbed his hands and asked Ye Lan about staying in the nest: "Hiss... this... Brother Ye, can you arrange for that child to have the right to stay in the nest?"

To be honest, even with Roland's thick skin, it was awkward to ask someone he had just met and wasn't even a friend about something so precious to them, the finishers.

However, in order to provide a safe enough place for his beloved wife Angelica and their unborn child, Roland felt that he could accept Ye Lan's request even if he knelt down to lick her shoes.

"I thought you wanted to ask something. You wanted to move your child to the nest, right? After all, the environment of the back alley, even the safest Ninth Alley, is not so suitable for children to grow up. No problem, it's all a small matter for me."

Ye Lan knew without any guessing what Roland wanted to ask him for. To be honest, this matter was not a difficult task for him, an employee of the headquarters who reported directly to his supervisor Ayin. He only needed to mention it to Angela. Not to mention Luna and Roland's family of three, even if he added a zero at the end, it would not be difficult to have forty people.

but……

Chapter 27. Dinner

but……

That was something that could only be done if L Company, that is, the Lobotomy Company, had not collapsed. So what Ye Lan promised Roland now was just a lie that would be exposed in a few days.

However, after a few days, Roland no longer cared about the lies he told.

This coincidental encounter today really gave Ye Lan a push, and made him determined to change the ending of the Congbing couple. As for what to do with the plot, if it really doesn't work, then at worst, he can just play Roland's role.

In short, when the pianist incident broke out, even if Roland had a thousand things in his mind that he wanted to ask Ye Lan about moving into L Nest, in the end it would all turn into a heartfelt thank you.

Hiding these little tricks of the fun-loving people in his heart, Ye Lan continued to say to Roland calmly on the surface: "Anyway, it can be done alone or with more people. I would like to trouble you and your wife to help take care of my little Luna while I am away. When I return to the nest to complete the procedures, you two can move into the L nest together."

"Oh, this, this is so embarrassing. It's just... I've participated in the Smog War before, and I don't know if the two of us can accept the taboos of L Nest..."

Roland never thought that Ye Lan would take the initiative to ask him for help, even just asking him and Angelica to take care of an obedient little girl. His enthusiastic help made Roland, a man who had been rejected by the nest he most wanted to join, feel a little overwhelmed.

However, the differences between nests are almost as great as the differences between countries. Each nest has different taboos, such as the taboo of N nest is not to leave any form of video.

Most of the time these taboos are related to the singularity technology of each nest. Therefore, those who violate the taboos will be hunted down by the taboo hunters sent by the corresponding nest or company.

Roland and Angelica's activities have always been far away from L Nest, and they know nothing about the current taboos of L Nest. Although Ye Lan's permission to stay is very tempting, if the taboos of L Nest are the kind that they cannot abide by, then he will still refuse Ye Lan.

But what kind of taboos could there be in the L Nest under the jurisdiction of the Lobotomy Corporation? After all, the Seed of Light Project is intended to enable everyone in the city to clarify their own minds and materialize them to gain power.

On this basis, if someone can directly give birth to his own spiritual manifestation, that is, ego, by living in the L nest, Ayin's spirit in heaven would probably laugh out loud.