Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"If you can't say something, just say 'can't say' huh? I won't ask you any more questions!"

"There was no communication—"

"Am I untrustworthy?!"

"Do you think I will dig into your secrets? Or do you think I am just an insignificant, self-conceited passerby!?"

"Do you look down on me!?"

"I thought we were friends!"

"Hachiman Kairin!"

"…Don't scream so loudly."

Hai Ling looked at Li Xi calmly with her green eyes.

"..."

Hailing's calmness made Lixi even angrier.

She grasped the front of Hailing's collar and tightened her grip.

"friend."

Hailing repeated the word.

"...Ahh."

Li Xi stared at Hai Ling dangerously, like an angry wolfhound.

"If you say you don't think we are friends, I will really beat you up."

She said it word by word.

"Ah."

Hai Ling's expression did not change.

"you--"

Li Xi raised his fist——

However, Hai Ling continued.

"There are no friends in the City of Music."

"……what?"

"Friend. A good word. But not a stable word."

Hai Ling said slowly.

"Friends are relationships born out of pure affection. They are fragile."

“It can’t bear the benefits.”

"It can't bear any secrets."

"—"

"There are too many of these two things in the City of Joy."

"【friend】."

"This word will melt once it is placed under the neon lights of the City of Joy."

"This kind of relationship cannot exist in the City of Joy."

“Only a ‘community of shared future’ will do.”

"The only stable relationship here that can support the 'secret' is a community of shared destiny."

Hai Ling reached her hand in from below and pushed open Li Xi's hand that was clenched on the front of her collar.

She straightened her clothes.

“I think Lixi is a very good classmate, a very good internship partner, and a very good neighbor.”

"I'll talk to you about school. About combat, about guns, about instructors, about rent, about leaky ceilings."

"But I won't talk to you about important things."

"Because in the City of Music, important things can only be discussed with the 'community of shared destiny'."

Hai Ling took one last look at Li Xi.

"If you feel that my concealment has damaged your self-esteem, then I'm sorry."

“But I think so.”

"If you can't accept it, I'm sorry."

"But I won't force it."

Hai Ling walked into the bathroom.

From inside, there was the sound of a shower curtain being drawn.

"Go back."

she says.

"I'm going to take a shower."

The conversation paused for a moment.

then.

Outside the bathroom, there were footsteps again.

but.

Not leaving.

But enter.

"—"

Hai Ling turned around.

Lixi chased into the bathroom.

Li Xi grabbed Hai Ling.

This time, he grabbed the wrist instead of the front.

"——Then it's a community of shared destiny?"

Li Xi stared into Hai Ling's eyes and spoke loudly word by word.

"There are already enough things that make me unhappy!"

“I don’t want to add any more.”

"You name it whatever you want."

"Be it a community of shared destiny or friends, there are so many definitions..."

"The people around me seem to be doing something dangerous, but I don't know and can't help—"

"This kind of thing happens again and again, and it makes me very upset."

"That's all!"

Lixi shouted even louder.

"A community with a shared future, a community with a shared future?"

“Is it a big deal if the name is a little scary?”

"If this is the only relationship that can help friends, then let's become this kind of relationship!"

"Do you think I can't understand this kind of relationship and can't bear the weight of this kind of relationship?"

"Don't treat me as someone without ability, awareness, or judgment."

"Hachiman Kairin."

Li Xi looked straight at Hai Ling and said in a fierce tone:

"Who is afraid of whom?"

"come."

“Let’s become a community with a shared future.”

"I."

"and you."

"..."

Hai Ling looked at Li Xi like this.

Before she could say anything—

Suddenly.

Click.

She heard the sound of someone turning the doorknob.

"...Eh...close the door..."

A vague, familiar voice.

"...At this point, he should be inside, right? I just checked the surveillance camera in the hallway, and he's at home..."

"... I also sent a message on my computer... Oh, the local area network is not easy to use. If I don't check the chat room, I can't see anything..."

"...Oh, that's perfect. Give her a surprise... It's her fault for not checking the message when the time is almost up!..."

beep.

There was an ominous noise from the door.

Click.

There was almost no time to react.

The door lock was hacked open.

"Yahoo~ Haizi~ The car arrived a little early~ We came to play with you~"

Miao Meng spoke in a brisk tone and pushed the door open and entered the room.

however.

The room was empty, no one was there.

Only the bathroom was lighted.

There was also the sound of splashing water coming from inside.

"Oh, excuse me, are you taking a shower?"

Miao Meng shouted towards the bathroom.

Chapter 2 Illegal Intrusion ×19 (w reward plus more)

"Hey, listen to me, there is still a curfew in the Moon Forest!"

"Ha! I was so scared when I first heard it!"

"Luckily, the eldest lady also has someone playing in a band! There's an activity time in the evening, so it's not set too early!"

"But the closing time is earlier than the time I woke up!"

"When I was ten, curfew wasn't that early!"

“I feel younger!”

Miao Meng's chattering voice came from the door.