Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Do you have self-respect now?

If you die like this, will you have self-respect?

If it weren't for your ridiculous -- conceit -- and self-esteem --

——How did you end up like this?

Before my eyes, a baseball bat fell.

“——click!”

The blood mist sprayed out by Xiangzi melted into the rain.

……

"Who's behind you?"

Xiangzi, whose face was covered in blood after being beaten, was grabbed by the hair and lifted up.

“…There’s no one behind me.”

"Ha! You still refuse to tell me! You come into our territory and kill people - you really have guts! Who is behind you? Tell me -"

"Hey, stop beating me! I haven't got the stuff yet."

"Damn. You're just wasting your time. It's just a chip. Isn't it the same if you kill him and then take it?"

"There must be someone behind her. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so bold! Find a way to torture her out and keep her for now."

"cut."

Xiangzi was thrown aside. She bumped into a long thin machine, and the white light of the machine filled her shaking vision.

The kidney-strippers who had just beaten him turned around. They seemed to be going back to the vehicle to get something.

"..."

Xiangzi tried to hold on to the machine and adjusted himself to a position where his lungs would not hurt.

Amid the sticky, bloody feeling, she saw the full picture of the machine.

That's a toll-free phone booth.

A product of the era before the spread of communications, it mainly serves the purpose of advertising now that everyone has a mobile phone.

In order to better improve utilization, it has built-in business contact numbers of many companies.

Xiangzi stared at the telephone booth and the light it emitted.

As long as it lights up, it can still be used.

Now, all the kidney-cutters have left.

If you call.

Right now.

come.

Chuhua's agency has a built-in contact number here.

If you don't have time to transfer,

Didn’t you memorize Mu’s phone number when you were very young?

Fight.

Dial it quietly.

Either one of the two people will do.

Have them connect you to the BCPD.

A popular artist. A celebrity's daughter.

With their identities, they can apply for the highest level of terrorist support.

Fight, hold on a little longer.

Within a few minutes, special terrorist forces will be airdropped here.

Let them rescue you.

It's definitely not too late.

Definitely come——

"……Do not."

Xiangzi's gaze passed the telephone booth and fell behind it.

There, there is a low wall.

Very short. She can climb over it too.

Behind it is the exit of the container area.

Xiangzi's eyes never left that place after they swept over it.

In pain and anger.

Xiangzi stared at that place intently.

"(good.)"

I'm fine.

I didn't fall, did I?

Did not lose consciousness.

My legs can still move. My hands can too.

…I am right.

I can hold on.

Xiangzi has golden eyes with red whites.

She had no prosthetics, but the pain and approach of death did not make her flinch.

Instead it made her go crazy.

Only the most hopeless will go mad when faced with death.

And Xiangzi now knows.

At this point, she finally knew.

She is one of them.

“(I am correct.)”

Without dignity, what’s the difference between being dead and being alone?

I was correct.

If I have no say, why was I kicked out of the family?

I want to stand.

It's better to die than to live like that.

Standing.

live.

I can do it.

I can -

Xiangzi squeezed out the last bit of his strength, rushed forward and climbed over the low wall.

"Hey! Hey! He ran away!"

well.

It turned out.

As long as you leave here -

hum.

The bright light of the car lights cut through the night.

Xiangzi fell to the ground and saw a car parked in front of him in the rainy night.

The car is exactly the same as the previous kidney-removing customers.

"…Hey, hey. Why did your prey escape? Give the brothers who are waiting to be killed some fun?"

The kidney-stripping customer has two cars.

"..."

fate.

Fate will not always tolerate human willfulness.

Xiangzi was in despair.

She lost completely.

give up.

In front, the kidney-strippers raised their guns.

at this time.

Chapter 18: Gathering of Lost Children

"[BCPD Alert, BCPD Alert, Dangerous Behavior Detected]."

A bright blue light suddenly lit up in the rainy night. Laser banners with the words [BCPD] appeared around the container yard.

"[BCPD ALERT, I repeat, DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR DETECTED]."

"[Gun models: M2038 Tactician, D5 Copperhead, G-58 Classic, M-76E Omaha]."

"【Target: Humans】."

"[Please abandon your threatening actions immediately. I repeat, please abandon your dangerous actions immediately.]"

"Hey! Idiot! I told you to be more cautious!"

The shouts of the kidney-stripping gang could be heard in the distance.

"There's a probe on this! Pig brain! What are you doing?"

"Tsk - there's a probe installed here too!? When did it happen? There wasn't one here the last time I came here!"

"Roselia only installed it recently! She kept talking in the car. No ears!?"

"Last time the monitoring device broke, it burned my infrasonic wave detection prosthesis! You used the radio—"

The kidney-removing customers started to clamor.

"Stop arguing, stop arguing!"

someone shouted.

"Take the man away! Go back for further interrogation! Let's go!"

There were chaotic footsteps. Several kidney-strippers came up and pulled Xiangzi away.

“…Let go…of me…”

"Tsk! Stop struggling! You X——"

"[The situation is escalating, the situation is escalating.]"

"【Violence detected. Index increased.】"

"【The use of weapons is permitted in the relevant areas.】"