Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Chapter 27: Won't this cause a cerebral hemorrhage? ( rewards plus more)

The smoke and dust spread out in the sky and merged into the gray fog.

The BCPD began to wind up, and a tentative criminal record for cyberpsychosis was added to the police record.

It is said to be "tentative", but in fact, no one knows whether anyone will revise it.

Just solve the problem at hand.

Maybe, the RiNG case will become a backlogged case. Or maybe, since it happened in a livehouse, some big name from a band will politely approach the police management, using menthol cigarettes and some small metal parts to ask the police to investigate it.

However, this is not what is happening now.

Now, only time is passing by every second.

The sky became darker and grayer, and then a faint bright yellow light appeared on the city boundary in the distance.

It's a new day.

The sun gradually rose, and the traffic on the street increased slightly. People in the industrial area went to work, people in the office area went to work, and people in the student area went to school...

The problems that the city created at night were piled up beneath the calm appearance, on top of more existing problems that had begun to rot, and turned away along with the night.

Regardless, it's a new day.

People are like hamsters in a hamster wheel, marking time in their lives and turning the gears of the City of Music.

……

Hanegaoka Girls' Academy.

The students climbed the gentle slope in front of the school.

Every day, the scene is exactly the same.

The only thing that remains unchanged is the topic of discussion among students.

Everyone was whispering to each other.

Faintly, one could hear words like "explosion!"

"Did you guys watch the news? Last night, RiNG exploded!"

“I was there last week… it’s so scary to be so close to life!”

"Another cyberpsychosis?"

"I really hope there is an agency to manage cyber psychiatric problems..."

"MyGO!!!!! members, are you okay? I heard that the two from our school, Takamatsu and Chihaya, didn't come to class!"

"It seems to be fine. They all applied for [terrorist attack leave]... Many people who went to see the show applied for it! In the first grade, almost half of the students didn't come!"

"Really? I also want to apply--"

"What are you thinking? That will damage the records. Are you crazy?"

"Hey... I'm mentally hurt! Xiao'e's channel has no follow-up content! I heard that because of the RiNG explosion case, BCPD managed the streaming data network in that area!"

"Even if she doesn't manage it, she won't have anything to broadcast, right? Wasn't it finally determined to be an AI test?"

"Yeah……"

"I don't know whether I'll see the results of RiNG's bombing case first, or the results of Xiaoai's channel first. I want to know both!"

"It's about RiNG, right? I heard that BCPD is already analyzing the situation!"

"BCPD? When did they catch up? Maybe the brain imaging of the witness recorded last night has not been produced today! They are always so slow... If you ask me, the film developed by the editor of Black Chaomeng in the carriage is faster than them!"

"Haha, that's not the case..."

The female students walked into the school gate, chatting and laughing.

……

at the same time.

The city, the other side.

On the deserted avenue leading to the industrial area.

The red and black [Columbus] freight van was parked on the side of the road.

inside the carriage.

"Okay!"

Inside the car, Miao Meng pulled out the freshly-made, still steaming black Super Dream cassette from the external port of the laptop.

“The mastering is done!”

Miao Meng snapped his fingers.

"How's it going, huh?"

She blinked her right prosthetic eye to confirm the time it popped out.

"It only took 8 hours! I am a genius among geniuses!"

She said, looking at the two people next to her.

"Is it just like what I said? Once you get some sleep, everything will be taken care of!"

"..."

Hailing and Xiangzi are not as enthusiastic as Miaomeng.

They were very reluctantly squeezed into the Columbus freight van with the back seats removed, in the middle of a bunch of Mewtwo workstations.

Hai Ling looked better. She was lying in the middle of a bunch of wires sticking out of some unknown machine, covered by the warm eaves-style heat dissipation vents of the Cyber-Optics image intensifier.

And Xiangzi...

"..."

Xiangzi was like whipped cream between two waffles, squeezed between two anti-glare protective plates used to reduce light compensation.

She crossed her arms and her brows were furrowed as tight as screws on a circuit board.

"…if we can really have good sleep quality."

Xiangzi said.

"As long as I don't look at the sleep assessment software in the brain computer, I will sleep well!" Miao Meng said with a smile, "There's nothing I can do. The car is so small! I can only sacrifice everyone's seats..."

"If Mutsuko is here, there will be more space! Her computer is a high-end one - she alone can handle that big [color adjustment] LCD screen! Hatsuko can also do it -"

"Chuhua has Sumimi's work today." Xiangzi said, "Mu can't skip so many classes."

"It's obvious that the boss himself skipped class?"

"I have applied for [terrorist attack leave]."

"Boss, you always care about insignificant things!" Meow Meng said, taking out the Mewtwo tungsten steel headband.

"The equipment is rather crude and can't take so many people at once." Miao Meng said, "Who will take a look first?"

"I can."

Hailing raised one arm.

Not to mention being tired, she seemed to be playing some kind of mini-game in her brain to train her reaction ability.

Xiangzi would occasionally envy the good tolerance of people with high [Physical] points - just a little bit -

But of course it doesn't affect her work.

"I'll take a look first."

As Xiangzi said this, he took the tungsten steel headband from Miao Meng's hand.

"I knew it~"

Without any surprise, Miao Meng handed the tungsten steel headband to Xiangzi.

Xiangzi put it on.

In a narrow space, connect the headband to the brain-computer socket.

First debugging.

Second debugging.

Band confirmation.

The head ring light reflector is on.

Before my eyes, there was a blinding whiteness——

Visual signal access.

Auditory signal access.

Heat signals, smell signals, taste signals——

"The BCPD equipment can record a lot of tracks~"

Miao Meng's voice seemed to come from far away.

Xiangzi's nose began to smell the smell of sweat and metal ions from equipment in the heat of a concert.

I could hear the excited shouts of the audience.

I am now in the mind image of a MyGO!!!!! member named Chihaya Aine.

Xiangzi pressed play.

The video was recorded from the end of the last song.

Xiangzi felt "himself" gasping for breath, waving to the audience, making a heart shape with his hands——

At this time.

There were tiny sounds in my ears.

A rhythmic, continuous burst of light plosives -

"..."

Xiangzi didn't press pause.

She continued to look down.

A few seconds later, a loud explosion was heard from the ceiling.

The ceiling blew open and the ground shook.

The crowd fled in panic.

“The roof exploded!!!”

Li Xi yelled from behind.

"Go quickly!!!"

Everyone hurried backstage—the light closest to the stage froze for a moment, then began to run back—she tripped over the instrument wires on the ground—

Xiangzi stretched out his hand.

No, it was Aine from the main perspective who reached out her hand.

"Beware!"

Aine hugged the lamp.

The body temperature of the interaction is also well recorded——

"..."

Xiangzi pressed pause.

She raised the tungsten Mewtwo headband.

"Why did you suddenly stop?"

In front of him, Miao Meng, who didn't know what was going on, asked curiously.