Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

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"Have the thugs been caught?"

she asked Lixi.

"Yeah." Lixi pointed towards the west side of the venue with his chin.

Hai Ling looked over there.

After the crowd was evacuated, several policemen could be seen standing in the distance, escorting a few rock youths with electronic handcuffs on their hands.

"..."

Hai Ling calmly connected to the police channel.

……rustle……

Hai Ling connected to the intercom system of those policemen.

[VK-20J reports that the suppression has ended. 4 injured, 2 dead, all personnel under control.]

There is specific information on the intercom.

[The explosion was initially determined to be a napalm bomb. The specific situation is yet to be further investigated...]

Simultaneously.

Hai Ling also heard the vague voices of those rock youths.

[…Rustle…Someone is trying to kill me! …Rustle…]

They were screaming incoherently on the other end of the line.

[…Rustle…——Always, always, always——someone wants to kill us…Rustle…]

[…Shasha…is…going to…kill—]

[…Rustle…We are just…Rustle…fighting back——We must destroy——So…]

[…When it detonated, there was also an explosion sound—right inside my head!]

Hai Ling frowned slightly.

The rock youths' words, which could no longer be organized into words, echoed under the orange-red night sky.

BCPD officers, on the intercom, assessed the incident as "suspected cyberpsychosis."

They didn't listen carefully.

Because they have come into contact with too many cyber-psychopaths who talk nonsense and cause terrorist attacks.

but.

Some people listened carefully.

under the night sky.

in the crowd.

“—They—are—right there—!!!”

The rock youth were shouting in the distance.

Some people stayed away, while others were recording the scene.

Between these two types of people.

"Chuhua, what do you think?"

Xiangzi stood in the crowd, watching all this, and asked during a close-range brain-computer call.

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"Why do I feel...?"

Next to Xiangzi, Chuhua, who was wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a high-necked windbreaker to hide his appearance, thought about it.

"It's probably the same as our situation back then."

Chu Hua said.

Behind her sunglasses, she squinted.

Xiangzi nodded.

"A livehouse was bombed," Xiangzi said. "This is not a common occurrence."

It can even be said that such a thing has almost never happened in all the years since the City of Music was built.

Because not everyone would be so desperate as to attack a livehouse.

The livehouse is directly under the jurisdiction of [Seven Bands]. It is the starting point of their success and the destination they always have to return to.

It is almost impossible for a livehouse to be attacked.

But it's happening now.

Moreover, it happened at this sensitive time when Michelle Park Phase 2 was transforming into Reclamation New Land Phase 2 and someone seemed to be taking action in secret.

It was just that someone had a cyberpsychosis attack and happened to blow up RiNG's building at this time...?

No.

Xiangzi doesn’t believe that any big event in this world happens “by coincidence”.

Any event that seems like a "coincidence" must be the product of a series of "inevitable" chains.

One band attacked another band.

Not long ago, it was Ave Mujica that attacked Hello, Happy World!.

Today, it is this rock youth band that attacks MyGO!!!!!.

and……

"You also heard what those young men said just now." Xiangzi said to Chuhua, "There are popping sounds in the brain machine."

"Is it what we heard in Michelle Paradise? It's very likely." Chu Hua said, "That is indeed not a common hacker frequency. The channels commonly used by hackers are more sharp."

"Yes."

Xiangzi looked at the rock youths who were being tortured.

"Chuhua."

"Ok?"

"Do you think they really volunteered to bomb RiNG?"

"Xiaoxiang probably already has the answer in his heart."

"That's right."

As Xiangzi spoke, he pulled at the collar of his coat.

"Let's go." She said to Chuhua, "Let's go out."

This sentence made Chu Hua open his eyes slightly.

"Xiao Xiang, why don't you go in and take a look?"

She asked.

"I've asked Hailing, Miaomeng and Mu to go in and take a look." Xiangzi turned his back to the scene and walked back with the crowd. "If there is any information, they will report it back."

"Too many people around here will attract attention."

Xiangzi continued to move forward.

"We will retreat to a farther place," she said, "so that we can provide more convenient confirmation and support when an emergency occurs."

The two walked through the crowd, one in front and one behind.

"I can stay outside by myself." Chuhua followed Xiangzi and said as he walked back, "Xiaoxiang can go in—"

"..."

Xiangzi suddenly stopped.

"Chuhua."

She called Chuhua's name.

Chuhua looked forward.

Xiangzi turned around.

She stared at Chuhua.