Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"Gu——!"

There is also an ambush!

The employee suddenly pulled out a pistol for self-defense from his side.

But the girl moved before him.

Whoosh!

The girl flicked her wrist.

There was a flash of silver light.

What she threw out was a small knife.

The knife flew from diagonally below and cut into the muzzle of the employee's pistol.

Bang!

The gunpowder collided and the gun exploded. The employee threw the gun away violently - he fell back to the ground -

"..."

When he raised his head again, the black muzzle of the kinetic pistol [Pride] was already pointing at his face.

……

"Cheers!"

In another semi-abandoned house that was different from the previous days, Miao Meng, Chu Hua, Hai Ling, and Xiang Zi raised their glasses in harmony.

On the low table in front of them were pizza, sushi, and bottles of various drinks.

"Ah~ Today went super smoothly too!" Miao Meng took a big sip of blended fruit wine and said with a smile, "From the beginning to the end... everything was as planned! Our cooperation is getting better and better!"

"If you hadn't let your guard down, maybe things would have been better." Even at the celebration party, Xiangzi frowned. She drank soda and said, "If you had kept an eye on that last person, he wouldn't have gotten out. Until the very end, you can't underestimate the enemy..."

"Oh! Isn't the boss watching at the door? I trust the boss very much!"

“Trust is not about throwing your tasks to others.”

"Xiao Xiang, let's hold the self-reflection meeting later, right?" Chu Hua tried to smooth things over. "It's already late, let's eat first."

"Hey, Chuzi is right after all—" Whoever speaks for Miao Meng is Miao Meng's good partner.

"Well, this is good."

Hailing had already picked up the sausage pizza and took a bite. She looked at Mu who was beside her.

"……tasty."

Mu said as he ate the boxed sushi in small bites.

Chapter 106 Fixed Team

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed since the Ave Mujica band was officially established and the name that was originally temporarily given to the motorcycle team was signed on the various permissions given by Pastel*Palettes.

The Ave Mujica team has been operating as a mercenary team for more than a month.

This new team consists of five people.

One leader, two thugs, and two hackers.

Leader, Shoko Toyokawa.

The thug responsible for assault and fire coverage, Sanjiao Chuhua.

Hachiman Kailing is the thug responsible for infiltration, stealing, and rapid subjugation.

The hacker who entered the venue and was responsible for terminal access, rapid cracking and personnel harmlessness was Yutenji Ruomai (Meowen).

The hacker who stayed outside the venue and was responsible for entering through the channel cracked by Miao Meng, quickly taking control of the global terminals, equipment, and personnel, and providing the team with a real-time "eye in the sky" was named Ruo Yemu.

Quite a comprehensive configuration.

In the cyber information age, a physiological person can already do many things that humans in the past could not do.

When people like this who have made achievements in different fields come together, what they can accomplish is more than just the addition of their abilities.

power.

Numbers intuitively represent strength.

In the City of Joy, everyone knows this.

Therefore, [the seven bands] only allow mercenary groups that have been strictly screened and reviewed to operate within their territories.

Generally, when mercenaries carry out an operation, they are connected by a middleman. They are temporarily grouped together to form a team, and then they separate after the operation is completed.

If anyone broke this rule, they would be ruthlessly beaten down by [the bands] in their area.

But this rule does not apply to the current [Ave Mujica].

Because they have obtained the permission that "requires strict screening and review."

[Authorized mercenary group activity rights].

This was the permission granted by Pastel*Palettes after they helped Pastel*Palettes complete the mission of stealing the Avex research base.

With this authority, they only need to occasionally help Pastel*Palettes do some dirty work, report their status regularly, and ensure that they pose no threat to Pastel*Palettes...then they can, as a [fixed five-person team], accept all the tasks they want.

Franchise.

These two special words mean that there are very, very few people who receive the same treatment as them.

And in the City of Joy.

Rarity is a resource that can be transformed into power.

A team with good coordination and a team temporarily put together by a middleman?

Any client will choose the former.

Various high-quality tasks are rolling in.

As the number of tasks completed accumulates, the coordination between members becomes better and better, and the degree of task completion becomes higher and higher.

Experience, money, connections...

Ave Mujica carefully snowballed.

As a mercenary team, they are in the Pastel*Palettes territory, in the Kabuki district, the studio area and the shantytown, in the city of music——

——Gradually, I gained a little fame.

……

"I really want to know how Roselia and Pastel*Palettes are doing~"

After half a round of drinking, Miao Meng, who was slightly tipsy, swayed from side to side on the sofa and said loudly:

"Did the [nano robot] we gave to Shiragiri Chisei save Maruyama Aya? How well does Roselia know about our affairs? The president of Avex is dead, how are we going to deal with the aftermath? Why did our elevator stop that day?"

"I really want to know... I feel unsure..."

"But I don't have any information... I don't dare to find out... The more I know, the more trapped I will be, and the easier it will be to die..."

Miao Meng muttered to herself while hugging Mu who was sipping mango juice.

I didn’t get to hold him.

Hailing put her arm around Mu's shoulders and pulled him out. Miao Meng hugged nothing and fell on the sofa.

"Haizi, what are you doing!" Miao Meng climbed up covered in dust and looked dissatisfied.

"Xiangzi gave me an extra job and asked me to take care of Miss Ruoye more often." Hailing drank the cheese tea with an unchanged expression.

"How much did the boss give you?"

Hai Ling counted.

"This - so much!?" Miao Meng's voice rose an octave.

"It's so deceitful! So deceitful--!" She yelled, "Why don't you give me this job! Boss! Boss! You are partial to Haizi--"

"I think she's mainly on guard against you..."

Chu Hua held up the cocktail and smiled bitterly.

Miao Meng was still yelling something in the back. Xiangzi, who was leaning against the back of the sofa, didn't listen carefully from the middle on.

She sighed, then continued to toss the knife.

The white plastic dinner knife jumped up and down in front of her body as her wrist moved.

"—"

Xiangzi raised his wrist again.

then.

Whoosh.

The dinner knife shot out, turned into a beam of white light, and hit the dartboard hanging on the wall.

Hit the red heart.

The knife bounced and fell to the ground.

"Xiao Xiang, your hands are much steadier."

Behind, Chu Hua watched this scene and said.

"Yes."

Xiangzi walked over and picked up the knife.

"After all, my [Calmness] just reached 6 last week."

More than a month ago, Bai Lu Qian Sheng gave Ave Mujica a large sum of money.

Xiangzi opened a gray card with this money and kept it intact as the joint operation fund of Ave Mujica.

What everyone is using now is the money earned from completing missions later.

To be more precise, it was “part” of the money earned from the mission later.

Ave Mujica was constantly sending out missions, and Xiangzi carefully managed the funds for the missions.

For each mission, the funds are split in half: one half goes into the common action fund account at Ave Mujica, and the other half is divided equally among the people who participated in the mission.

Xiangzi did not give herself a higher share. She also abided by this rule.

So, the money coming into her account is not that fast.

But even so, Xiangzi saved enough money to buy the [point chip] last week.

She used the money to buy a [Calmness Chip] from Yamato Maya, raising her [Calmness] to level 6.

"(Further up...)"

Going further up, it is the area of ​​6 to 7.

From here on, you will leave the realm of "novice" and enter the world of "expert". "Point chips" can no longer be bought for hundreds of thousands, but will cost millions.

It's not impossible to buy it with the joint action funds...

“(But it’s such a waste of money.)”

Improving the capabilities of members is a necessary investment, but the cost-effectiveness of investing here is obviously not good enough.

As for other [attribute points], they are not necessary for now.

It is enough to have one skill.

After you build up your team, you will definitely have the opportunity to obtain [Rookie] level [Point Chips], so there is no need to spend money to buy them yourself.

At this stage, funds need to be used in projects with higher returns.

Xiangzi decided to wait and see.

She turned around suddenly and threw the knife again.

when.