Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

The rear wheels of the Soul Chariot seemed to circle in the air before slamming heavily onto the ground.

Almost at the same time, a flash of lightning struck the ground behind them from where they were just now.

If Emiya Shirou had not taken immediate action upon hearing Lan Ke's reminder, the lightning might have hit them.

Almost at the same time, several cars stopped beside Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou and surrounded them.

One of them, a yellow-haired man with an unknown weapon on his shoulder, got out of the car and started cursing at Lan Ke and the others.

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"What the hell?! What were you dodging just now?! You made me miss my target!!"

As the other party cursed, the other people surrounding them also burst into laughter, mocking the other party's shots.

However, Lan Ke and Shirou Emiya turned a blind eye to this. Not to mention getting off the car, Shirou Emiya started whispering to Lan Ke behind him.

"Leader, is this a counterattack from the 'Master of the Hall'?"

It's not surprising that Shirou Emiya would have such thoughts. After all, according to Lan Ke, although the owner of the 'palace' may not know that his 'palace' has been invaded by the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts', if they do too much in the 'palace', it will also cause a reaction from the 'palace owner'.

It's like no lord would allow someone out of his control to cause trouble in his territory.

But Lan Ke shook his head.

"Those guys who tried to catch us before were probably related to the so-called 'defense mechanism,' but these guys, I think, are more like 'characteristics of the downtown area.'"

Lan Ke had this feeling purely because of the reactions of the onlookers.

Although "joining in the fun" can be said to be human nature, this kind of joining in the fun is often based on personal safety. Just like on the other side of the ocean, even if people like to join in the fun, normal people will hide after seeing someone use "American Iai".

But almost all of the people surrounding them were armed. Normally, onlookers should not surround them directly even to prevent themselves from being hit by stray bullets. However, these onlookers were not afraid at all, and many of them even started cheering.

'Kill them! !'

"Let those outsiders see the power of Night City!"

Looking at the group of "bloodthirsty spectators", Lan Ke was not angry at all, and even the expression under his mask was full of "pity".

Although he had been run over and forced to flee in the 'upper town' before, even what he saw was enough to illustrate the gap between the 'upper town' and the 'lower town'.

Although real civilization and benefits have nothing to do with them, they seem to enjoy the feeling of bullying the so-called "outsiders".

"It's really a dirty and hopeless world..."

Lan Ke felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart for this 'palace' where even ordinary people were alienated.

However, now was not the time to think about these things. After all, it was meaningless to get angry with a group of guys who were controlled by the "Master of the Hall" like puppets, so he gave the order decisively.

"Kill the guy who attacked us first!"

Although Shirou Emiya looks wild when racing, he adheres to the principle of "being ruthless and talking little" when doing things. As soon as Lan Ke opened his mouth, he decisively pulled out his gun and shot!

"boom!!"

"boom!!"

"boom!!"

The yellow-haired man who was about to mock them because of Lan Ke's words and the arrogant besiegers around him did not seem to expect that Shirou Emiya would be so decisive.

First, two shots were fired quickly, and then countless electric sparks burst out from the yellow-haired man's chest and abdomen. Then, his head exploded like a watermelon in the sound of gunfire, splashing all over everyone around him.

Those who tried to attack them were stunned for a moment, and then another man who was suspected to be the leader let out an angry roar.

“You bastard…Ahhhh!!”

Before the other party could finish his curse, his left arm, which was holding the gun, flew into the air, and Lan Ke, holding the "demon sword", tried to cut him in half with another "Ichimonji Slash", but the guy suddenly grabbed someone to block in front of him and tried to escape backwards.

The unlucky guy standing between the two of them was split into two halves from the shoulders to the waist, and Lan Ke just kicked the ground hard and jumped onto the wall beside him, then jumped towards the other party again!

The battle happened too suddenly. Whether it was Shirou Emiya's "Mozambique Shooting Method" or Lan Ke's sudden attack, when everyone reacted and tried to shoot Lan Ke, they could no longer find Lan Ke.

As for the man with the broken arm, he only felt a shadow appear above his head. When he looked up to confirm, the shadow fell straight down.

“Sizzle~!!”

With an extremely smooth sound, the opponent's body was split into two halves from the center of his eyebrows, and turned into fragments of cognition in the explosion and disappeared.

Then a melee broke out!

The "bloodthirsty audience" around seemed to have not expected that the smaller group of Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou would attack first, but they still cheered louder than before.

Lan Ke was not moved at all by this, and just glanced at the upper left corner of his vision with the corner of his eye.

Unlike the 'extra-dimensional navigation' which relies on electronic equipment, the 'system' is attached to Lan Ke, so he can determine the 'alert value' only through his consciousness.

Last night, after just a stroll around the 'upper area', the 'alert value' rose to nearly 10%. However, after killing so many people in the lower city today, it didn't move at all. It was obvious that the first unlucky guy killed before was not an exception.

This undoubtedly proves the feasibility of Lan Ke's plan.

First, capture the 'Lower Town', then use it as a springboard to invade the 'Upper Town', and finally attack the 'Arasaka Tower'!

Thinking of this, Lan Ke's knife-wielding hand unconsciously quickened by two points.

In just a moment, only one of the people who had attacked them was left. The unlucky one was pierced through the shoulder by the "demon sword" and nailed to the wall, emitting bursts of mournful screams...

Chapter 39 'Big Bird Turns Around the Bar'

The 'hall' or 'cognitive world' is a very special place. Normally, even if the shadows inside are defeated in a battle with each other, they will not turn into 'cognitive energy', but will continue to exist as the current 'hall' or 'world'.

However, after being defeated by visitors from the "material world" such as Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou, it was directly transformed into energy and shattered to the ground.

But the good thing is that at least there won't be strange colorful liquids everywhere.

Lan Ke spared this 'lucky guy' not out of softness, he did so for only one reason——————

"Tell me! What is the reason for your attack on us?"

The attacker, whose shoulder was pierced by the 'demon sword', was nailed to the wall.

Blood slowly dripped along the blade toward the hilt, but strangely, there was no trace of blood on the hilt, as if the blood had been absorbed by the 'demon sword'.

The 'unlucky guy' who was nailed to the wall by Lan Ke kept struggling to break free, until Lan Ke thrust his knife in again, making it embed deeper. He finally gave up and explained loudly.

"Because the leader said that you two couldn't 'invade' on motorcycles that weren't listed in the database. You must be wealthy uptown tycoons riding custom-made luxury motorcycles. If you capture us, we can replace all our 'prosthetics'..."

What the hell?

While the unlucky fellow was looking at him with a "Are you kidding me?" expression, Lan Ke got a lot of basic information about this "cyberpunk world" from him.

First of all, according to the other party, the vast majority of people in this world have undergone "basic surgery" at birth, and will gradually transform their bodies as they grow up, replacing some of their organs with special mechanical "prostheses".

These 'prosthetic bodies' are countless times stronger than the original bodies.

But this has also made the polarization of this "world" even more serious.

Some people rely on their original accumulation to replace advanced prosthetics, and then use these advanced prosthetics to earn more capital and continue to replace them...

As for those who have no money, they can only use the most basic "basic models" or even "second-hand goods".

In this way, the world was naturally divided into 'upper town' and 'lower town'.

Although he had heard about the concept of 'cyberpunk' from Shirou Emiya, it was only after coming to this real 'cyberpunk world' that he realized how hopeless this world was.

When all upward channels are blocked and everyone's future is locked at birth, the human race also loses its future.

"Click~"

The 'unlucky guy' finally turned into pieces with a look of relief, but Emiya Shirou loosened his clenched fists.

"We must not allow such people to continue to act recklessly."

"Of course, otherwise why are we here?"

Compared to Shirou Emiya, Lan Ke's emotions are much more stable, and perhaps it is this stability that has influenced Shirou Emiya, causing his emotions to gradually stabilize as well.

"Where shall we go next?"

"Anyway, let's go buy some stuff from that 'black market merchant' I mentioned earlier, and then check out that so-called 'Big Bird Turnaround Bar'. He said it's a mixed bag there, and there might be information on how to get to the upper city."

That’s right, Lan Ke and the others need to buy some equipment first.

There is no rush for weapons and armor, at least I should get a set of 'portable terminal' first.

According to what that unlucky guy just said, this world... well, at least most people in this city have "chips" implanted in their bodies to receive and process data, and one of the reasons why the group of people attacked Lan Ke and the others before was that they could not "invade".

It would be impossible to hack into them. After all, Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou did not have any electronic devices on them. As the name suggests, the fuel of the "Soul Chariot" is "soul". Naturally, the "hackers" in that group of people could not find a target to hack into.

It’s just that I don’t know if this group of people were too high, and they seemed to have completely ignored the fact that Lan Ke and his team had no option of hacking into the equipment.

However, Lan Ke and his team planned to build a terminal mainly for "disguise" and to borrow the power of this world, just like they borrowed the power of "Parker" and "Emilia" before.

The 'cyborgs' Lan Ke and Shirou Emiya are no longer useful, but special programs like the 'assisted shooting program' are still somewhat useful, not to mention how they are supposed to disguise themselves as locals if they don't even have a 'chip'?

However, when the two of them followed the route pointed out by the 'unlucky guy' and found the 'black market merchant', both Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou looked unhappy.

Although they all knew that the price of the "recycled equipment" would definitely not be as high as the original price, it was still quite unpleasant to see that the "black market merchant" made several times the money by just reselling it.

But the good news is that Lan Ke cleared out all the 'prosthetic bodies' that exploded from the attackers, and in addition to getting 'second-hand terminals', they also bought some 'weapons'.

For example, Shirou Emiya bought a second-hand shotgun that was eliminated by "Military Technology".

It was obvious that Shirou Emiya was planning to make up for his problems in attacking ability, while Lan Ke bought some recovery potions.

Neither Emiya Shirou nor the black market merchants could understand Lan Ke's heartfelt joy when his belt was stuffed with "All-out Cure Type 1" and "Recovery Type 1".

After all, Lan Ke still hasn't found his own 'God of Death', so naturally he doesn't have a stable channel for replenishing medicine. For a moment, he even thought about maintaining the 'Temple'.

But fortunately, he quickly came to his senses, because he noticed that these potions, weapons, and equipment were only for use in "this hall."

But no matter what, it is good news. At least in this world he can squander his HP at will!

He had never fought such a prosperous battle!

After getting the "terminal", Lan Ke and his friends were finally able to use the money left from selling the prosthetic bodies to buy them a new set of clothes.

When Lan Ke and Shirou Emiya, both in suits, walked out of the locker room, they looked a bit like the most common "corporate slaves" in Upper Town. However, after looking at each other, they couldn't help but point at each other and laugh.

But the reasons why the two of them laughed so exaggeratedly were completely different.

Lan Ke felt that Shirou Emiya had lost his intimidating power when he took off his "personality mask", and that the suit worn by office workers was a perfect match for the seemingly harmless opponent.

Lan Ke even suggested that Emiya Shirou should consider getting a whole set of these after leaving here;

As for Shirou Emiya, he felt that Lan Ke was really not suitable.

The clothes clearly fit him, but the tie that was not tied for some reason, combined with Lan Ke's rebellious golden eyes and strange messy hair, made him look less like a social animal and more like a Yakuza attending the funeral of a big boss in a movie from ten years ago.

But the two of them later bought another set of clothes.

After all, although these two suits were intended to be used to sneak into the "upper town" in the future, Lan Ke felt that wearing such clothes to a "bar" where all kinds of people gathered would be as likely to cause public outrage as ordering a "Strawberry Mapo Tofu" in Sichuan.

Although the day and night in the 'cognitive world' are the same as those in the outside world, it has no effect on Lan Ke and the others, or perhaps this is the time when the 'bar' is the busiest.

However, after Lan Ke and his friends entered the "Big Bird Bar", Lan Ke instinctively frowned because he saw a muscular man wearing a rabbit headdress and leather pants dancing on a pole in the center of the stage.

Although the opponent's skills were indeed very good, the eye-catching scene made Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou instinctively squint their eyes.

Fortunately, a man with short pink hair, wearing hot pants and a short shirt soon walked towards them.

"Is this your first time here? Is there anything I can help you with?"

As he spoke, the other party winked at Lan Ke, which made Lan Ke shiver, but at least he did not forget the important matter.

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"I want to buy some information. Who should I contact?"

As he spoke, Lan Ke swiped his right hand in front of him, and the 'terminal' on his waist started up. Suddenly, some currency disappeared from the virtual screen, and the smile on the face of the man who received the payment became even brighter.

"Of course I know~"

The other party took Lan Ke and the others directly to a private room and prepared a glass of wine for each of them.

Neither Lan Ke nor Emiya Shirou touched it.

Even though they had discussed whether to buy some beer to celebrate, in fact, neither of them had ever drunk alcohol. Now they knew exactly what to do next, so they naturally would not drink to avoid delaying things.

Soon, a man wearing trousers and an open-chested shirt revealing his "prosthetic arm" walked straight from the dance floor towards the private room where Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou were.

"What's up, you two? I heard you have a big deal~"

"Why do you say that?"

Faced with the question from the 'information dealer', Emiya Shirou not only did not answer, but even asked a question directly in return.