Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"We haven't started the transaction yet! The merchant was late because of something else~"

Miao Meng rushed to answer and waved to Mu with Michelle Bear's hand.

Mu, on the other side of the camera, smiled almost imperceptibly. She also waved.

Then she looked around.

"Chu Huahe, where's Hai Ling...?"

"They're going inside to play. Do you want to say hello to them?"

Miao Meng said as he stretched out his hand and slid open Xiangzi's interactive panel, transferring the communication to Chuhua's account.

"--!etc--"

Xiangzi wanted to stop it, but Miao Meng, who was quick with his hands, had already forwarded the call.

……

beep.

"Ok?"

In the spooky haunted house filled with green light, Chu Hua pressed his cheekbone.

"What's wrong?" Hai Ling, who was walking beside her, asked, "A ghost calling?"

"No... it was forwarded by Miao Meng... it was Mu's communication."

Chu Hua said this and put out the projection screen.

"Chuhua, Hailing."

It was obvious that Mu was also a little surprised. She widened her eyes slightly.

“My course is over…”

Mu's voice became quieter and quieter, and his eyes moved slightly uncomfortably.

"It's too dark, isn't it? Sorry."

Chuhua smiled.

"Hailing and I are in the haunted house."

"ghost……"

Mu was slightly shaken.

This is very rare for her, who usually has no expression.

"Ms. Ruoye, are you afraid of haunted houses?" Hai Ling leaned over and asked.

"Guns and hacking skills... things that can't hurt... I'm a little..."

"Xiaoxiang said the same thing just now." Chuhua said with a smile.

at this time.

"Behind the sea bell, there seems to be something behind it——"

Mu suddenly spoke in a low and quick voice.

then.

"……Alas!"

Aaaaaaaa——!!!

A three-dimensional projection of a female ghost - from behind - screamed - and patted Hai Ling on the back!

"【Calm】It's more fun to play this at a low point."

Hai Ling said.

She raised her hand and put her palm right into the ghost girl's mouth.

Hai Ling grasped it, and the three-dimensional projections hit her hands.

"Not necessarily." Chu Hua said with a smile, "It also depends on whether the person is afraid or not, right?"

"Really? [Calmness: 6] won't work." Hai Ling was still playing with the ghost girl's mouth. She said, "Xiangzi can actually come in and try. Miss Ruoye, what do you think..."

Hai Ling looked at the panel.

however.

Mu has already hidden outside the screen.

"...Ms. Wakaba?"

"..."

"Sure enough, it would be better to turn the channel back to Xiangzi, right?"

"……!No……"

Mu trembled, and Chuhua and Hailing saw her slowly adjust the brain-computer projection screen back to the front.

Seeing this scene, Hai Ling thought about it.

"… This isn't the first time Miss Wakaba has been unable to participate in an operation due to class. She never called me after class before, but she did this time. It's a bit rare."

she says:

"Ah, you saw everyone having fun at Michelle Land, so you wanted to join in and have some fun?"

Mu nodded slowly.

"That's it."

Chuhua smiled gently and said:

"Let's go together then."

"……Um……"

"It's okay, we are here with you." Chu Hua said.

"We can win. We can defeat the staff." Hai Ling added.

……

Chuhua and Hailing walked very slowly. When they came out from under the black curtain marked "Exit", Xiangzi and Miaomeng had been waiting for a while.

"Hey~ you guys are walking quite slowly! People who are not afraid can go on a date in a haunted house, right?" Meow Meng teased.

"Everything is a date in your eyes, right?" Hai Ling responded lightly.

"Chuhua, are you still talking to Mu?" Xiangzi took a look and asked in surprise, "Mu...!? Why are you hiding under the quilt?"

"...I'm fine."

Mu lifted the quilt slightly, revealing a pair of eyes hidden underneath.

"Don't force yourself. Just say hello and hang up..." Xiangzi was still worried.

However, Mu just shook his head.

"......?" Feeling puzzled, Xiangzi looked at Chuhua and Hailing with an inquiring look.

What happened to Mu?

However, Chuhua and Hailing just looked at each other and blinked.

"(secret.)"

The two of them lip-synced to Xiangzi together.

Chapter 111: An Unconventional Path

"Hey, there's a roller coaster boarding point next to us! Shall we ride it again?"

“You’ve sat here three times.”

"It's okay to ride it a few more times~ Wow, don't ride the scooter so fast, boss!"

"gone."

"Haizi too? There should be some time before the meeting with the businessman, right? Let's go now... do you want to go ride the Ferris wheel?"

"Ferris wheel?"

"Yes, Hatsuko~ I knew you were interested~ There were too many people queuing over there before, and we couldn't get a seat! Now, there are fewer people~"

"We still have to go to the parking lot to change equipment. It will take a little more time. Let's go, Miao Meng, Chu Hua."

"Don't be so tense, Boss! Look, Mutsuko on the other end of the line is upset!"

"..."

"Hatsuko is sad too!"

"Oh, ah, I didn't..."

"Haizi also... uh..."

“I’m sad, too.”

"..."

"…I'll tell you when we get back after the negotiations."

"Great!"

"Now, work hard for me."

After saying the last sentence, Xiangzi walked to the end of the path in front of him.

This is the outermost part of the east side of Michelle Park, a landscape garden. In the gradually deepening night, the four people were standing surrounded by lush landscape vegetation.

The artificial eye scan showed that there was no one. There was a surveillance camera, but the scanning range was limited, so it was easy to find a blind spot.

Xiangzi left the path, continued forward along the blind spot of the surveillance camera, and pushed aside the bushes.

An electronic fence with a flashing yellow warning light appeared before my eyes.

Outside the transparent electronic fence are rows of self-driving cars parked in parking spaces.

There is one of the many surface parking lots at Mitchell Park.

The black and red [Columbus] freight van on Ave Mujica is parked in this parking lot.

"Meow Dream."

Xiangzi gave Miaomeng a look.

"Understood~"

Miao Meng smiled and pressed her cheekbone, and the halo in her artificial eye flashed.

A small piece of electronic fence flickered silently for a few seconds and then disappeared.

This is not the official entrance to the park. The official entrance is about one kilometer away.

There is security check and facial recognition there.

There is nothing here.

But now it has been "turned" into an entrance and exit.

"As expected, everything that changes hands becomes scary." Miao Meng smiled and said, "Hello, Happy World! The electronic fences operated by ourselves are quite strong - maybe we need [Extraordinary] hackers - but parking lots outsourced to individual operators are very fond of cutting corners."

"After all, this is a playground that covers an entire area," Hai Ling said. "It would take a week to walk around it. I'm afraid no one can implement strict and standardized management of the entire park."

"Introducing the AI ​​behind the black wall might work~"

"As a hacker, Miao Mengzi supports the theory of AI omnipotence?"

"What's wrong with AI being omnipotent? Maybe it's the moment when carbon-based life forms evolve into silicon-based life forms! I have witnessed another important historical event on Earth... I am proud of it..."

"well."

As she spoke, Hai Ling had already slipped through the gap opened by Miao Meng.