People are in cyberpunk, but they are top-level cyberpsychopaths

"By the way, how's Lucy?"

"Lucy?" David was slightly startled when his girlfriend was mentioned. He turned his head and looked at her: "Why do you suddenly mention..."

"Haha, you and I both know that you should have cooperated with her." Qi Wei turned her eyes slightly: "Isn't that right? You should have asked her, right?"

"Well, I asked her before, but she said it would take time, and I'm not in a hurry. Besides, there's another equally good hacker now, right?" There was a hint of teasing in David's eyes.

"You are so smooth-talking, David. Did you use this method to win over Lucy?"

In response to David's teasing, Qiwei responded in the same tone.

But there was a hint of laziness in this teasing, and to be honest it looked more like teasing.

"Tsk, who are you looking down on?"

After replying this, David once again focused his attention on the whiskey in his hand.

Thinking back carefully, he really didn't seem to know why he and Lucy got together.

Although he also likes Lucy very much, from the perspective of their history, it seems more like a mutual attraction, but during this process Lucy has always been afraid to get close because of some inner reasons...

"But then again, I didn't expect that she was actually the timid type..."

Qiwei was also recalling every detail of the past, everything about Lucy.

However, this statement seemed biased to David. Lucy was not timid at all. Instead, she was very brave and strong.

But he didn't want to refute it, there were too many secrets hidden in it...

But Qiwei said something shocking the next second: "That's right, aren't the so-called cyberpunks all refugees from some kind of shameful life, or dreamers who have lost themselves in their distant ambitions?"

"...Dream chasers?" David looked up at the dark sky again and said with emotion, "Yes, you are right. They are a group of dream chasers."

A group of dreamers who have experienced failed lives and are trying to escape from something, dreamers who use endless desires to numb themselves, and dreamers who regard Night City as their burial place.

He couldn't help but think of a classic line from a movie: "I'd rather drive fast than die."

This still applies here, no matter who it is.

Even Johnny Silverhand is no exception.

Silverhand had witnessed the darkness of the company - taking land from the people; he had experienced war and returned defeated, thus embarking on the road of rock and roll resistance. Even Johnny Silverhand himself didn't know if this road was right, he just rushed forward and tried to rush through everything.

But in the end, it was nothing more than a handful of earth, buried in the wilderness.

I can't even protect my beloved girlfriend...

He didn't have any lofty ambitions like Johnny Silverhand, he just wanted to protect the people around him, that's all.

"Hey, hey, hey, why do you look so bad, David!"

At this moment, Rebecca, who had just been performing juggling, was now using her flexible and strong fingers to replace her short legs to move in front of him.

"Stop making eyes at the old lady and come dance with me!"

He sat next to him in a bossy manner, holding his head and humming.

"We were just talking about people who were leading some kind of shameful lives."

"The most shameful one should be my stupid brother. He had half of his head blown off by a cyber madman with a recording addiction, and now he is still paralyzed."

Qi Wei's words also made Rebecca sigh.

When she thought about her brother's current appearance, she didn't know what to say.

However, it was thanks to David's rescue at that time that my brother's life was saved.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. David, do you want to dance with me? I really want to see your terrible dance moves again."

"Wow? You're so brave~"

Hearing this, David glanced at the loli with twin ponytails beside him.

Speaking of this, it all came from a celebration party.

It was Rebecca, the loli, who insisted on pulling him to dance, but the dancing chips were not sold in the system mall.

According to the system's explanation, dancing is not within the scope of becoming a legend, so it is not available for sale.

Therefore, he, who knew nothing about dancing, was considered to have lost his dignity.

"Hehe, so want to do it again?" Rebecca invited him again.

But as luck would have it, Lao Wei called.

"Okay, I'll go over immediately."

After listening to what Lao Wei said on the other end of the phone, he turned around and said to them, "I'm sorry, I have something urgent to deal with, so I'll leave first."

"Uh...? Hey! Are you in such a hurry?!"

"Well, it's urgent. I have to go."

"Tsk, aren't you avoiding me?! I just want to ask you out, is it so difficult?" Rebecca looked at his back and called out loudly.

"Sorry, maybe next time, definitely next time." David waved his hand without even turning his head.

He didn't dislike proactive girls like Rebecca.

But the problem is, you are going in the wrong direction, girl.

Even if I have nothing to do today, it's impossible for me to go dancing with you again.

I don’t plan to touch dancing again in my life!

The last time, he almost went berserk and planned to tear down the nightclub to erase the dark history.

If it happens again, I will probably really "turn my broken body into a raging fire" and burn Night City to ashes.

Not only David, but even Qi Wei noticed this and couldn't help but hold her forehead and said, "Why don't you change your offensive strategy?"

"Well, that's right... should we adopt a shy and introverted approach towards shy otakus?"

"..."

This made Qiwei even more helpless.

This idiot is really hopeless...

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Soon, David took a taxi to Lao Wei's underground clinic.

The content of the communication with Lao Wei just now was very simple. It just said that the woman had woken up and he needed to come over.

That's why he came here in such a hurry.

After all, Mower is a military technology man.

God knows what this woman will do to Lao Wei and the others because of her mysterious loyalty to military technology.

After all, the brainwashing power of several companies is very impressive.

But in fact, it was not what he thought...

"Uh...."

Mower, lying on the operating chair, groaned faintly, and the bright laboratory of military technology flashed through his mind.

But when he pried open his heavy eyelids, he discovered a dim basement run by a suspected illegal doctor.

The cyborg doctor, who doesn't look very old but has experienced a lot, is busy with his work at the table.

"Are you a street cleaner? .... I never thought that one day I would fall into the hands of a kidney cutter."

"Haha, scavengers can't save people." The cyborg doctor smiled at her, and that smile looked very kind.

But this made her even more incomprehensible.

If this isn't the scavenger's territory, then where else could it be?

Who moved himself here?

Countless questions filled her mind.

Lao Wei, who was cleaning things, glanced at her and saw the doubts in the woman's heart.

"There's a little guy coming this way. If you have any questions, ask him later. He was the one who decided to save you."

Leaving only these words behind, he pushed the tool cart to the side, then sat on a swivel chair not far away and looked at the monitor.

There seemed to be a boxing match being shown on the screen.

It seems that this is indeed not the scavenger's territory, but where is it...

When she thought of the words of the prosthetic doctor, she suppressed her doubts and waited quietly for the arrival of the so-called little guy.

"Old Wei, here I come!"

After a while, a young-sounding voice came from above.

Then, with a loud crash, the iron door was violently opened.

It was a young looking man, and he looked familiar...

"What about people?"

"over there."

Lao Wei pointed to the operating chair and saw the short-haired woman lying on it, making eye contact with him.

"Ooh!"

He made some meaningless sounds, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he walked over quickly.

"Good morning, ma'am."

"..."

Mower looked at him, and instead of responding to the greeting, he asked, "Did you save me?"

"Yeah, that's right." David nodded in response.

"Why did you save me?"

"Well, I don't know the details. Maybe it's because you're pretty and it would be a pity if you died?"

David said this, but it seemed that something was wrong, so he changed his words and said, "You thought I was talking nonsense before, maybe because you felt that you could be useful to me."

"You want to use me?"

"Hmm~" David shrugged. "You're absolutely right. If you felt you were useless, you might have died in my hands. Even if you didn't die in my hands, you might be lying in a cyber pirate's infirmary or on a dissection table in a company. In the end, you might have died at the hands of a military technology cleanup team."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

It was okay at the beginning. When he heard that he would die at the other party's hands, his expression didn't change much.

Because she remembered that this boy was mentioned in the military technology report. He joined the terrorist mobile team in recent months and was the youngest among them.

It is said that her strength is second only to that of the ace of the Terrorist Squad - that crazy woman Melissa Rory.

Therefore, considering my condition at that time, it was not surprising to die at the hands of this young man.

But the more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong. Who were the Cyber ​​Pirates? And why did she die at the hands of a military technologist?!

The doctor had clearly said that he would save me.

"How naive..."

Seeing the woman's appearance, David couldn't help but shook his head, and then threw a separation chip to her: "Look, this is found from the bodies of the teams you killed."

Mowell looked at the chip in his hand, then at the boy in front of him, and finally inserted the chip.

But when he saw the content, his eyes widened with disbelief.

Then he lowered his head and fell silent.

"Well, as a lieutenant in the company's special forces, you should be able to understand what this means, right?"

"...Um."

Mower nodded slowly and whispered four words: "Kill without mercy."

Her voice was cold, just like her already frozen heart.

She devoted everything to military technology, but in the end, when she was no longer of any use, she was ruthlessly abandoned.

Although I know this is the company's consistent style, but in my case...