Cyberpunk, but urban

Pluto lost everything due to Roland's contract fraud, and thus became twisted. He no longer trusted everything he saw, and became an extreme relativist and agnostic, believing that the world was made up of illusions and that people could not see the world as it really was. Therefore, he continued to question the information Ye Lan had told Algaria.

"Excuse me, Lord Algaria... I cannot trust the finisher named Ye Lan, and he is not worthy of your trust. It would be unwise to complete the commission for him without seeing your sister in person."

"Hey, my dear Organ, don't you think it would be interesting to go to the branch of Lobotomy Corporation? Why can Lobotomy Corporation set up branches in various nests and back alleys in the city, and what is hidden in the branches?"

Algaria turned to Pluto and asked him, "Do you think the secrets of Lobotomy can help us build the world of our dreams?"

"You are right. If there is even a slight possibility that I can see a new world where there is no more hypocrisy and lies in my life, we should definitely complete this informal commission."

"Action speaks louder than words. Let Elena continue to work on the library. As for Jae-hyun... there's no need to force him if he doesn't want to. We need like-minded members, not contract workers who are just superficially compatible."

"I understand……"

Pluto's figure disappeared in the stronghold, and Algaria looked in the direction of L Nest in silence.

……

……

At the entrance of the library, after asking all her friends for help on that rainy night, Lulu finally gathered a team the next morning and rushed into the library again.

Lulu didn't know whether her "friends" came to help or for the huge interests of the library. But since they came, they helped her get back Mas's book.

"Everyone——"

They had to receive guests early in the morning. Except for Angela, the curator of the machine, neither the little angel Hod nor the Roland couple, who had been quarreled by Teresa all night, were in a good mood. In the end, only Angela was left to receive Lulu and her group.

"Shut up. I don't need a bunch of disgusting scrap metal greeting me. I want to get Mas's book back, kill all the monsters, and blow your head off!"

Lulu, blinded by anger, kept cursing everything in the library, completely forgetting what would happen if she died in the library and the shirt she threw in the office.

"Dear guest, I'm afraid your third wish will be difficult to fulfill."

Angela calmly stated the facts that were taken for granted by her, but to Lulu, it was tantamount to sarcasm.

"I told you to shut up!!"

"Alas... I hope you find the book you want."

She angrily rebuked Angela again, without any intention of communicating with her. Angela, who had confirmed this, sighed and gave way to the door leading to the reception and combat room, letting everyone in.

It's a pity that Lulu, who rushed into the room with full of fighting spirit, was ultimately unable to fight Ye Lan, who killed Mas. Her revenge would be shattered by the rapid attack of Angelica and Roland, who were anxious due to severe lack of sleep.

As for those friends who came for their friendship or for the benefit of the library, they were immediately defeated by Roland and Angelica, the two finishing partners who worked in perfect harmony. Their greed for the library's books eventually turned into regret for helping Lulu.

"Damn it, damn it! Why isn't that Ye Lan here? Can't I even take futile revenge on him in person?"

Lulu, whose arm that normally held a weapon was cut off by Roland's Durandal, roared angrily. Angelica looked at her tears with mixed feelings and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"He still has a lot of things to do, how could he die here... Damn it, it's all your fault! It's all you!!"

Lulu, who had long lost the sense of pain in her body, held the stick with her only remaining hand and launched her final charge at Roland and his wife. The stick that Angelica broke was left with only the burning part of the strike, and Lulu's hand was burned and smelled burnt.

"Well, I'll let you go meet that young man Mas now..." Roland sighed and cut Lulu's throat.

"I can't, just like this... I can't die in a place like this!!!"

Covering the blood gushing out of her artery, Lulu's body fell to the ground and turned into flying pages of a book.

Chapter 134. Urban Legend

Two days after Lulu gathered a group of relatives and friends to try to take back the Book of Mars, the threat level of the library was re-evaluated to the level of urban legend by the Southern Association...

Thumb South Conference Hall

"In your opinion, who will eventually get the nest that collapses in the mist?"

The second boss, who was in charge of the entire southern part of the Thumb, sat in the first seat and asked a commander whom he respected very much.

The commander saluted her second boss seriously and then opened her mouth to show him her thoughts: "Second boss, please forgive me for not being able to predict. We have not been involved in such a large-scale bloodshed for a long time. But we will never allow the "index finger" to seize the core position, there is no doubt about that."

"Well said... At least the 'middle finger', 'ring finger' and 'little finger' are too busy to pay attention to this fight. This is a good start."

The second boss nodded, agreeing with the commander's opinion.

The Middle Finger in the southern part of the city suffered heavy losses because of Roland, and is temporarily unable to lay a hand on the L Nest's territory. The Ring Finger pursues art, and neither the Lobelia Corporation nor the L Nest has what they want, so the Ring Finger did not send anyone to participate in the fight for the L Nest.

As for the mysterious Little Fingers, no one knows what they are thinking, but they also do not participate in the affairs of L Nest.

Therefore, the only enemy the thumb has to face at this time is the index finger.

"Have you heard of the library that was recently classified as an 'urban legend'? It seems to be closely related to the nest we are concerned about."

At this time, the commander provided new information.

"tell me the story."

Thumb Two Boss said, and then the commander presented a lot of detailed but also lengthy relevant information.

……

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In the library, Angela, Roland and other librarians from all levels gathered in the director's office, waiting for the library to complete its new round of expansion.

Angela herself didn't know the reason, but the library had indeed entered an active state during this period. After swallowing up the Book of Lulu and the books of her relatives and friends, the library entered a brief period of stagnation and digestion.

First, the Abnormality, I'm Shy Today, awakened on the Literature Layer, bringing destruction that has yet to be completely cleaned up. Then, the Heart of Desire appeared on the General Layer. Roland and Angelica had to work very hard to beat all the heart and lung monsters derived from it into rotten meat.

After two busy days, they are welcoming the opening of the art floor and the newly awakened designated librarian. Netzach, the designated librarian commonly known as Brother Algae or Green Algae Head by the players, is slowly transforming from a book back to a human form with the roar of the library.

It was a pity that he was such a lazy guy that he had no intention of crawling to the director's office on the general level to meet with his companions. Instead, he lay down among the scattered books on the art level and fell asleep decadently.

"At this rate, it won't be long before the library's rating is upgraded from 'Urban Tales' to 'Urban Legends' by an association."

While waiting for the art floor to open, Roland said to Angela and others with emotion.

"Urban legend?"

"A level designated by the association. When the level designated by the association is increased, we can attract higher-level guests with more valuable information."

Angelica explained to Angela.

"When people start talking about urban legends, they will gradually realize that we are a real phenomenon and we are worth paying attention to. When I was young, my grandmother often told all kinds of urban legends, which kept me awake all night."

At this point, Roland sighed. Angelica held his hand and patted the back of his hand, saying to him, "You still have me and our daughter."

"Ah...I know."

"Let's get back to Angela's plan," Yesod said.

Angela nodded to Yesod and said to everyone present, especially the Rolands, "My goal is to find the book that brings freedom. I want to be free to leave here and live as I please."

"I have been buried deep underground for so long that I have only been able to gather fragmentary information about the outside world. I have seen the same stories over and over again. Now I want to hear new stories and meet new faces. So I want a book that contains everything in the world."

Hod continued, picking up where Angela left off: "All we have to do is follow the instructions on those red invitations and turn every guest into a new book step by step, and we can continue to improve Angela and the library's only book."

"When that time comes, Angela, you will abide by our agreement and release the Seed of Light again, right?"

Malkuth asked. Although Ye Lan had been acting weird during this period, she had to say that with his guarantee, she was still willing to believe that Angela would abide by the agreement between them.

Angela said: "Yes, all I want is freedom..."

During the tens of thousands of reincarnations she spent with Ye Lan, she has not remained unchanged. Compared with the original plot, now that there is one more person who can suffer the same suffering as her, her hatred for Ayin is not that great, and the way of revenge on him has also changed because of the future that Ye Lan showed her in the past.

"Speaking of which... the shaking in the library has stopped, why hasn't Netzach come down yet?"

Yesod looked at the objects around him that no longer emitted soft light, and asked the others with some surprise.

"Who knows? Maybe he's just being lazy up there... Anyway, we'll know soon if we go up and take a look."

Malkuth said, looking at Angela behind the desk. The head librarian sighed and snapped her fingers. The power of the library moved according to her will, and the next moment, all of them appeared beside Netzach.

"Tsk, there are books all over the floor, it's really hard to read..."

With just one glance, Yesod was overwhelmed by the mess on the art floor caused by Netzach's refusal to clean up. The disgust made him completely unwilling to pay attention to Netzach who was still lying among the books and hadn't noticed their arrival. He only wanted to quickly clean up the mess around him.

"Netzaaaach~! How long are you going to lie down?!"

"Huh?! Malkuth?!!"

Netzach raised his head and looked around. Every designated librarian who had awakened in the entire library was here, and they surrounded him with Angela and the two finishers who were not colleagues from the Lobotomy Corporation.

"You've forced me to open my eyes again and ask me to do something I don't want to do. Sigh... Can't you just leave me alone for a while? I want to take another nap."

Chapter 135. Isadora

During these two days, Ye Lan had the rare opportunity to enjoy a lazy life where he didn't have to do anything.

But he could rest in the hotel without any psychological burden, watching Yuli running back and forth between Alley 12 and L Nest every day to find a suitable house for their office, but Shan couldn't do that.

He could still clearly remember that the next morning, after Lulu said she wanted to calm down and left the office and never came back, the damn library invitation was handed to him along with his breakfast by the delivery man.

This time, the books written on the invitation letter that had been haunting him from that moment on were "The Book of Mars" and... "The Book of Lulu".

"How long are you going to kneel?"

From within the Second Association's Southern Section Six, the voice of their intelligence processing team leader was heard.

"Please...my children...they are all dead..."

A sloppy man has been kneeling here for two days without eating or drinking. The beard growing on his face has almost completely changed his image. Among the six departments in the southern part of the Second Association, no one can recognize him as the representative of the Street Light Office except Isadora and Julia who are familiar with him.

"How many times have you repeated this? I'm almost tired of hearing it. I know that all your colleagues died in the library."

"I beg for the help of Zwei... Please, even if it's just to take back those children's books..."

Shan interrupted Isadora and knelt there, pleading once again to the girl who grew up with him.

"You know, barging into Zwei headquarters and begging for alms is very rude."

Isadora said to Shan helplessly that it was not that she did not want to help, but as the leader of the Sixth Department of the Southern Section of the Second Association, her position prevented her from directly bringing people to help him.

Moreover, Shan kneeling here like this would make it even more difficult for her to function. Even if something could have been done according to the internal regulations of the Second Association, it would have failed because of his presence here.

"Isadora...I'm asking you to help him, too. At least, can you ask your superiors to take a look at this case?"

What made Isadora feel even more difficult was that her and Shan's mutual friend Julia was also pleading here, completely ignoring her identity as the closer of the Second Association.

"Julia, I know you and this idiot are friends, but we can't let our emotions get the better of us. We have to follow procedures. Once a precedent is set, the order we have worked so hard to establish will collapse in an instant."

"You know, the hall is full of people like him who are begging for help. You'd better find out now. Even if you are just doing the most basic work, you are still Zwei's direct supervisor."

At this point, Isadora almost told them the procedure. Unfortunately, her two friends were really stupid and could not understand the meaning of her words at all.

Julia said in a tangled tone: "But Zwei is also responsible for this."

"There is no evidence in the association's records that this case is related to Zwei. I don't understand what you are talking about, little sister."

Isadora pulled Julia over and winked at her, trying to make her understand what she was doing immediately so that she wouldn't get involved.

"Destroy the bridge after crossing it... Just throw it away when it has no more use, is that right..."

As soon as Shan said this without thinking, Isadora even felt cold sweat coming down her face. The six departments in the southern part of the Second Association were never united. Once this was heard by someone with ulterior motives, the report she submitted would probably be rejected by their department chief immediately.

"Hey, watch your words. Even if the association really did make a private deal with you as you said, you must have been promised a reward. Mutual benefit is the essence of the deal, right?"

"You've used the association as much as the association has used you. Don't make it sound like you're being blackmailed unilaterally. Is this your first day as a closer? You've been in this business for eight years and you don't even understand this."

Unable to care about too much, she could only refute Shan's words in a more intense tone to prove that there was no personal relationship between her and Shan, and tried hard to make the report appear free of personal feelings.

"Isadora! Don't say that. We all come from the same firm..."

Julia couldn't bear it any longer and reached out to hold down Isadora's finger that was pointing at her shirt. Until now, she still hadn't figured out why Isadora did that.

"I just feel disappointed and I don't want to see him end up like this."

In the end, Isadora could only say those sharp words in a dry voice, watching Shan stand up silently and desperately, ready to leave this place where she could not get any help.

"Oh... I'm sorry, I... I understand what you mean. You're right... The fact... is this. I will find another way."

"Shan... I'm sorry... I didn't expect it to turn out like this..."

Julia comforted Shan. It seemed that her good friend always played the role of comforting her and Shan, pouring her care on them both anytime and anywhere.

At this point in time, an association closer came over. He held a report in his hand and handed it to Isadora. Isadora looked down and her usual confident smile appeared on her face.

She shook the documents and said to Julia, "Look at this. This is what I mean by 'following the procedures for everything'. Just now, an association upgraded the library case to an 'urban legend'."

"That is to say...! Our association can officially take action, right?" Julia was so happy that she almost cried. She looked at Shan tenderly and was happy for him.

"That's right, but I don't know Zwei's stance on this case. Don't hold your hopes too high."

"Thank you! Isadora...thanks to you. I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble just now."