Cyberpunk, but urban

Three gem-like blue heart spheres surrounded him, and as his mind directed, they attacked Iori from above, middle, and below.

"Oh, Aleph-level weapons? I don't intend to experience the highest level of your company's singularity technology here."

Just before the three new star sounds hit Iori, the space around her suddenly blurred for a moment. The next moment, Jin Zi Lei's figure disappeared in front of Ye Lan.

The special technique called Dimensional Walking allows her to move freely between different floors even in a library, let alone this small alley.

Then, before Ye Lan turned around, Angelica let out an unbelievable cry of pain.

The Violet Teardrop that had hidden in the shadows with the help of Dimensional Walking not only did not leave, but in just a few seconds, it stabbed Angelica's heart and lower abdomen with two fatal swords.

Chapter 33. Invitation

"Hmph, you can just stay here and savour your anger alone."

Iori, the color-level finisher known as Purple Teardrop, left the last words sarcastically, and then completely left the alley that had become a ruin under the power of Dimension Walk.

Ye Lan, who had taken off his ego suit, and Luna, who was at a loss, were left speechless as they looked at Angelica lying in a pool of blood.

It seemed that even if Ye Lan tried hard, he could not change the fate that Angelica and her unborn child died on the day of the pianist incident.

Little Luna pulled the corner of Ye Lan's clothes and comforted him in her own way. A trace of sadness flowed in the eyes of this kind-hearted child who didn't look like a city dweller, and it seemed that it was about to slide down her cheeks along with the tears in her eyes.

"Ye Lan, at least we tried our best..."

The phantoms of the Abnormalities that Ye Lan's ring could summon and their power were limited, and those tool-type Abnormalities were not within his summoning range. However, without those tool-type Abnormalities, he really had no way to cure Angelica before she died.

A vague atmosphere of despair permeated the alley, as if everything was announcing that his attempt was about to fail.

At this moment, a piece of paper with a black background and golden patterns suddenly fell from above his head and was caught in his hand.

The front of the paper had a library logo printed in the center, and the back had the library's rules written in a few words. At the bottom of the paper, there was a blank space for signing one's name. This piece of paper suddenly fell from midair.

——That’s right, Angela’s library invitation.

"Huh, are you looking at me, Angela?"

Ye Lan immediately found a usable water-based pen from the surrounding buildings and signed his name on the invitation letter.

"Luna, sign."

Ye Lan instructed Luna to sign the invitation letter as well, and helped the dying Mrs. Angelica up. After receiving the invitation letter signed by both of them from little Luna, Ye Lan also held Mrs. Angelica's hand and wrote her name on the paper.

The moment the three of them wrote down their names, they appeared in a library that was elegantly decorated but had an interior structure that was like a maze.

Angela, who was wearing a Victorian-style tight lotus leaf skirt made of some kind of black feathers, stood in front of the three of them with one hand supporting her waist.

"Long time no see, Ye Lan. How did you get yourself into such a mess?"

Angela had a hint of mockery on her face. After the library was built, she was indeed more agile and more human-like than when she was in the Lobotomy Corporation.

"Ha ha,"

Ye Lan, who was pulled by her, smiled awkwardly. You know, the whole process of them being tricked by Jin Zi Lei Di might have been watched by Angela like a live broadcast. How could Ye Lan, who was too arrogant and suffered a setback, not feel embarrassed?

After laughing a few times, Ye Lan restrained the expression on his face and said to Angela seriously: "Let's not talk about that for now. I'll leave this Mrs. Angelica and her unborn child to you."

"Humph, if you had waited to bring this up, the lady would have lost her life long ago."

Although Angela's expression was still cold, Ye Lan always felt that she was waiting for his praise.

This may also be a change brought about by variables that were not in his original plot. After all, Angela in the early stages of the original "Ruined Library" plot was much colder than the one in front of him now.

But since "his" Angela wanted to be praised, Ye Lan would naturally not be stingy with his saliva: "Yes, yes, if it weren't for the great kindness of our great librarian, Miss Angela, the friend I brought here would have died because of my negligence."

"okay."

Angela interrupted Ye Lan's praise and snapped her fingers. Ye Lan and Luna blinked at the same time for no apparent reason, and the next moment they appeared in front of a curator's desk with several books on it.

Angela had changed into a navy blue, well-fitting women's suit. She put her hands together on her legs in black trousers and looked at them with a smile.

But she certainly didn't think of one thing, that is, the person standing opposite her could clearly see her tight thighs and buttocks from under the scissor-tailed suit.

If Ye Lan were to make an evaluation, Angela at this moment was 10 or even 9 points sexy. Of course, it would be even better if she could change her trousers into black stockings and a miniskirt.

"Ye Lan...you said it out loud."

Luna, who had been following beside him without saying a word, hit Ye Lan hard on the waist with her elbow, and then told him the fact that was enough to make a shameless guy like Ye Lan feel ashamed.

"Oh, so you want to see me wearing this kind of clothes? Or is there something else you want to see more?"

Although the smile on Angela's face and the tone of her voice did not change, Ye Lan still felt as if there was a knife pressing against his spine.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

When Mrs. Angelica, who was in a coma, woke up, what she heard was Ye Lan's apology.

"What happened? I'm not..."

Ye Lan pointed at Angela who was sitting behind the table and said to Angelica, "Oh, you're awake. Anyway, my friend has cured you and the baby in your belly, but if there is anything you need to pay attention to, you need to ask her to tell you."

The wife tilted her head and looked at the girl in front of her who seemed to be non-human. After thinking for a while, she greeted her first: "Hello, what should I call you?"

"Angela." Angela responded briefly, and then began to tell Angelica about her current situation and said, "I used the power of the library to heal your injuries, which has created an indelible connection between you and your children and the library."

"You will not be able to leave the library until your child is born and grows old enough to endure this injury."

Ye Lan, who was listening at the side, raised his hand and asked Angela, "Well, does that mean that once they leave, the wounds will return to their original state before treatment?"

"Yes, this is the current limitation of the library. This limitation can only be lifted after the vast majority of light is recovered to replenish it. In other words, Angelica, you must stay here and assist me for you and your children."

Angelica didn't think much and said to Angela directly: "I understand. This is not something unacceptable for saving my life."

"Then I'll leave with Luna first? It seems that we can't stay here forever if we come in with an invitation."

Ye Lan looked at his and Luna's transparency, which was only 50%, and said goodbye to them. However, even if they didn't take the initiative to say goodbye, they would probably be sent away by the library soon.

Chapter 34. Crazy Orlando

Before Ye Lan left, Angela asked him, "What are you going to do next?"

"Well, let's go and tell Mrs. Angelica's husband that he's safe, and then think of a way to open an office? Anyway, just walk slowly towards the library."

Ye Lan thought for a moment and continued, "If something serious happens, then use an invitation letter to bring me back like you did today."

"I understand. See you next time..."

Angela nodded at Ye Lan, whose transparency was only 20%. When she looked at Ye Lan again, he disappeared with Luna as if he had been erased by an eraser.

At this time, only Angela and Angelica were left in the library, looking at each other in silence.

After a moment of silence, Angela suddenly said to Mrs. Angelica: "The library will not be open in the next few days. You can slowly get familiar with the environment and your work content here."

"As for your child... She was supposed to be born in a month. But the power of the library to heal her changed the time. I guess you will give birth to her in a while."

"Eh?! You talk for a moment..."

Angelica hadn't finished her question when the pain in her lower abdomen stopped her from saying the second half of her words. Although it was her first time giving birth, she could still feel the sign of her child's imminent birth from the continuous labor pains.

In this severe pain, Angelica subconsciously lay down on the spot. She looked at Angela who seemed to know nothing about human reproduction and asked her for help: "Angela, you have to help me..."

"How to do it? You have to guide me yourself. I know nothing about it." Angela stood up from behind the curator's desk and walked to Angelica's side and squatted down.

"Please help me find a bed first..."

Angelica had just finished speaking when her body was already lying on the bed. In this library made up of the "Light of Possibility", as long as there are books with relevant content, the things in the books can be materialized.

Although Angela knew nothing about this, it was easy to find a book with this kind of memory in the huge library. Coupled with the precautions that Angelica herself learned from the hospital, it was not difficult to give birth to this child smoothly.

……

……

"We actually returned to the place where we signed the invitation letter. This is different from the plot I knew."

Ye Lan looked around and saw that the surroundings were still in ruins. But unlike before they signed the invitation letter, he and Luna could no longer hear the disturbing piano music.

"The piano music stopped. It seems that the pianist has been dealt with."

Ye Lan held Luna's hand and looked in the direction of the pianist. At this moment, the twisted pianist who had grown almost as tall as the building had lost his head, and even his arms were missing.

Luna tilted her head and looked at Ye Lan, and asked him, "Wow, was that done by Uncle Roland?"

"Although he himself does not have the title of a color-level finisher, when he holds Angelica's equipment, he also has the power of a color-level finisher. Let's go and try our luck at his door."

The two found their luggage at the entrance of the alley, then walked around the ruins of the collapsed building and returned to Roland and Angelica's home.

At this time, there was a light on in one of the rooms on the second floor of the detached house. It seemed that Roland, who had been searching for Angelica in vain, had returned home.

After knocking on the door for a long time, the two heard slow footsteps coming from the second floor towards their front door. Just by listening to the footsteps, Ye Lan and Luna could feel Roland's sadness and despair at the moment.

Although he had not seen Angelica's body with his own eyes, he probably still thought that his wife had died because of the pianist. But it didn't matter, Ye Lan came to tell Roland the good news that Mrs. Angelica was fine.

However, when the door opened, Roland in front of him and Luna instantly changed his face to an angry one. The man with red eyes and a smell of alcohol shouted at him angrily:

"Damn liar, if it weren't for your commission, Olivier wouldn't have asked me to go to that damn Lane 25, and Angelica... Angelica wouldn't have died because of it!"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute..."

However, before Ye Lan could finish talking about the more important things, Roland interrupted him: "Do you still want to deceive me with your boastful mouth? Do you think I don't know that the news of the broken L wing has already spread!"

"You lying beast, get out! Get out!!!"

The door was slammed shut in front of Ye Lan and Luna. Roland's desperate and angry face was blocked by the door and could no longer be seen.

How could Ye Lan not know at this time? It must be that Violet Teardrop set him up. Disguised as himself, and issued a commission to an association in the name of a senior employee of L Company Headquarters, and through the ability to see the possibilities of different time and space, he was sure that this commission would be handed over to Olivier.

Then, while Olivier was asking Roland for help, he came to Alley 9 to assassinate Angelica. Without the protection of him, a time traveler who was not in other world lines, Angelica's body, which died from the assassination, should have been thrown into the twisted pianist's flesh and blood piano and turned into parts.

By the time Roland came back, the arrangement of the Violet Teardrop had not even been completed. The news of the L wing being broken from the leader was almost heard by Roland at the right time, causing his attempt to inform Roland of Angelica's current situation to fail completely.

"I was really tricked by that scary old woman..."

Ye Lan sighed and pulled Luna towards the outside of Alley 9. He was not in a hurry, after all, Angelica was in the library, and the library was almost Angelica's personal ego. Even Jin Zi Lei Di couldn't confirm what happened inside before going in.

As long as she wanted to carry out the plan in the original plot, Roland would definitely be thrown into the library by Violet Teardrop. By then... the one who would receive him would not be Angela, but his wife!

"So what should we do now?" Luna asked Ye Lan the right question at the right time.

"Of course, we will follow the original plan. We will first try to open a cleaner office, and then stop Roland before he enters the library, so that he can kill less people."

"Oh, that sounds troublesome..."

Luna sighed like Ye Lan, pulled her small suitcase and followed him towards the entrance of Lane 9.

Chapter 35. Office

In the city, no one talks about getting ahead. Even if it is to survive, the easiest way is to join a gang in the back alley. But joining a gang is also the least likely way to get ahead.

These organizations, which are formed by thugs from the back alleys banding together and then giving them a grand name, usually become just a line of words on people's commissions and a string of numbers after the commission is completed.

Being the last one is a better, but also more difficult way to survive and even get ahead.

After passing the review of an association, you can obtain a qualification certificate as a closer, and then join a closing firm, or even open your own firm.

In any case, when you become a finisher, you are eligible to accept commissions and earn money. If your ability and reputation can steadily increase with continuous commissions, you will have the opportunity to become a color-level finisher and let your reputation spread throughout the nest.

But usually, most of the finishers can only achieve the first step, that is, their strength and reputation grow with each commission. Eventually, in the desperate situation called talent, they become an unknown part of the city. But at least, relying on this strength and reputation, they can live cautiously.

Of course, for Ye Lan, he only needs to find a way to obtain the qualification certificate of a closer, and then pass the review of an association to open a closer firm.

He has enough strength, but he doesn't care about fame.

He established this firm for two purposes: first, to find something for himself to do before returning to the library, and his identity as a closer would also make it easier for him to get involved in what would happen in the collapsed L-Nest.

The second purpose is to gather the surviving employees of the Lobotomy Corporation branch and recover the abnormalities they have taken in. Ayin's plan does not include any escape routes for those branch employees, so since he allowed Angela to take the Seed of Light, he will more or less help these people.

This may not be out of emotion, but it definitely comes from Ye Lan's morality.

"I am Olivier...Are you the Ye Lan?"

The 1.85-meter-tall black man was squeezed in the uniform of an association and looked coldly at the man in front of him who was holding a little girl.

"Yes, and no." Ye Lan, who was sitting opposite him, smiled slightly and pushed the application he had just signed over. "I am indeed Ye Lan, a Level 5 employee of the headquarters of L Company. Oh, now I should be called the former L Company. However, I am not the same Ye Lan as the person who issued the commission."

Reaching out to pick up the application, Olivier looked at it and said to Ye Lan, "Why, are you saying that someone pretended to be you and issued a commission?"

"Angelica is not dead and is in a safe place now." Ye Lan did not answer his question directly, but gave more important information.

"How is it possible?! Roland... "Olivier was also stunned. Roland indeed did not find Angelica's body. Not only him, but the Blue Remnant also did not find his sister.

Although both of them claimed that Angelica was dead, the absence of a body seemed to support Ye Lan's statement.

"Humph, until you let me see her, I can only trust you halfway at best."