Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

J said.

He is not as unreliable as he looks.

Or at least, not as drunk as he looked.

"You are also checking the situation around here. You and your 'teammates'."

"My scans can tell me who has installed music technology software - do you believe it? In the City of Music, weapons dealers who can tell whether their customers play music or not can make a living."

"..."

"You play music. And, you play in bands. Underground bands."

"A mercenary group, playing in an underground band."

“This is a very dangerous signal.”

“But not only did you not get hit by [the seven bands], you even got recognized by Pastel*Palettes—they introduced you.”

J rolled his little eyes.

"Where there is new land, there will be new [big men]... I am counting on you."

"Don't say such things casually." Xiangzi continued calmly.

"Business is a speculative business!" J said with a smile, "When it's time to make a judgment, you have to make a judgment - I'm betting on you! When things are done, please protect me more! ..."

……rustle……

J seemed to want to say something, but the signal was mixed with noise at this moment.

Xiangzi raised his head.

It turned out that the four of them had already walked under a communication tower.

……rustle……

After all, it was under construction, and the shielding area at the bottom of the tower had not been isolated and protected. The shielding current made the communication signal poor and interrupted.

Xiangzi shrugged.

J deliberately made the appointment in a place with poor signal.

These shielding currents can not only interfere with communications, but also interfere with hackers' remote intrusion and rapid cracking, preventing customers in transactions from using hacking techniques to cheat.

J is an old weapons dealer.

He did a good job of this kind of advance preparation.

Chapter 14: Some want money, some want life ( rewards plus more)

"We're entering a jammed area. Mortis, can you hold the line?"

Xiangzi asked in Ave Mujica's channel.

"… Just add one more section of reverse code and it will be fine. The frequency band distortion is weaker than that of Avex."

"very good."

Xiangzi still hoped that Mu could stay online. After all, if Miao Meng was present, he might be watched by the other party and unable to act.

Hackers are most effective when they are undetected. Hacking from a remote location is even more effective in this situation.

The arms dealer who is about to make a deal, J.

He showed a considerable degree of kindness, but Xiangzi was always prepared.

In the City of Joy, you can never let your guard down too much.

"We're meeting."

Xiangzi said to Chuhua, Hailing and Miaomeng beside him.

The three of them had remained professionally silent when Xiangzi was communicating just now, and now they were following Xiangzi faithfully.

However, Miao Meng seemed to feel that he could talk now.

"It's about time to trade, right?" she asked in her usual half-joking tone. "Oblivionis, if you want us to support you... and maybe even steal something, at least let us know what you want to buy, right?"

"We don't steal things." Xiangzi was a little annoyed that Miao Meng directly said such sensitive words - it might be eavesdropped by J and cause adverse consequences.

"Just kidding, just kidding~"

Miao Meng raised his hands and raised his voice.

Xiangzi shook his head helplessly.

"I'm talking about [Blue Fang]," Xiangzi said, "a small knife that supports technological transformation."

"Oh? That sounds good. How much?"

"J wants four million."

"Oh...how much!?"

This price is only slightly cheaper than Miao Meng’s [Type 66 “Zhan Raleigh”]!

Miao Meng's narrowed eyes suddenly widened——

"It's just a knife!"

She whispered.

"I've seen a weapons dealer auctioning a [Headhunter]! - That's already a very good knife! It's only 20,000 yen!"

"You want four million for this one!?"

She looked at Chuhua to the left and at Hailing to the right.

"Sometimes you'll be surprised at the price of some goods," Chu Hua said.

Hai Ling just shrugged her shoulders.

"Blue Fang is an electronic construction knife." Xiangzi explained, "It can cause a small range of pulse electric shocks on the cutting surface, using the iron in the blood to synthesize neurotoxins. The closer the damage point is to the brain, the faster the dizziness effect will occur."

"It is a small knife that can incapacitate the enemy if it hits the target... It is similar to Nirvana. It is slightly inferior to Nirvana in terms of lethality, but is significantly stronger than the latter in terms of its ability to control the enemy's actions."

“And that’s just the prototype capability.”

"The electronic construction knife supports the use of electronic technology to change the type of neurotoxin, making the poison more targeted and more deadly... It can also increase the damage of the neurotoxin... It can even ensure that if it touches the enemy, the enemy will lose the ability to move..."

"Okay, okay. I know it's very strong." Miao Meng still looked incredulous. "It is very strong, but... four million!"

"【Attribute Points】can be increased by at least two points." Hai Ling said.

She didn't say who it was specifically, but it was obvious that she was talking about Xiangzi.

"You have four million in your hands now?" Chuhua asked Xiangzi.

"I don't plan to buy it all at once," Xiangzi said. "I plan to meet him more often. I want to buy some other small things and then bargain for a lower price."

"How much do you plan to bet?" asked Miao Meng.

"One million." said Xiangzi.

"...Are you serious?"

This is three quarters of the pressure!

Miao Meng also grew up in society, but the boss she just recognized recently always refreshes her knowledge when it comes to bargaining.

Hai Ling and Chu Hua had an expression of "I'm used to it" on their faces and walked forward without any reaction.

Mu remained silent on the other end of the line. If the signal wasn't still popping up, sometimes everyone would forget she was still in the channel.

Don't know what she is thinking.

“You just said you wouldn’t rob…what’s the difference between this and blatant robbery…” Miao Meng was speechless.

"I really need this knife."

Xiangzi talked as he walked.

I really need it, so even if I have no money, it will definitely become mine?

Miao Meng complained in his heart.

But she didn't dare say it out loud.

"You're really good at bargaining." Miao Meng finally asked, "Does J agree?"

"I didn't ask. But I don't think he would agree."

Xiangzi had a clear understanding of his own offer.

"That's why we need to meet more often."

"Are you going to coerce him?"

This time it was Hai Ling who asked.

"No," Xiangzi said, "I'm just trying to find an offer he can't refuse."

"I think this is called coercion..." Chu Hua laughed softly beside him.

"what?"

"…Hmm? Nothing."

Chuhua’s skill in smoothing things over is better than Miaomeng’s.

"..."

Xiangzi stared at Chuhua.

She wanted to say something else, but a prompt popped up on the artificial eye interface.

[Destination reached]

Xiangzi, Chuhua, Hailing and Miaomeng stopped near a glowing carousel pedestal. The pedestal was huge, and all the carousel seats on top had been removed.

This was the location J pointed out to them.

But there was no one around.

"Meeting in a place with poor communication... we can't even get in touch... it's quite like the last century." Miao Meng muttered and opened his artificial eye to scan.

"Did we get there first?" Chu Hua stood on Xiangzi's left, holding the DS-1 Pulse and looked around.

"I don't see anyone." Hai Ling said, standing on Xiangzi's right, holding the [Black Unicorn].

Both of them were quite alert.

There was only cold wind blowing in the field.

The bulbs of the carousel cast an inorganic light.

hum...

Miao Meng's artificial eye scanned and slowly spread out to a farther place...

"Ah, yes."

Some distance away, in the darkness, on the side of the "Cowboy Shaker", there was a thermal imaging icon of a human figure.

"There it is. You should have seen us, right? Why don't you come over?"

Miao Meng said as he stood up.

The location of the thermal image was shared on Ave Mujica's brain-computer communication channel.

The four of them slowly walked in that direction.

"Could it be that he really got scared after hearing us talking about robbing or something, even holding a gun? Hey, people who have done business with him must have said this a lot!"

They were approaching the icon.

More details began to appear on the thermal imager.

but……

"……etc."

Miao Meng's expression suddenly changed.