Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

But Xiangzi would not say "I can't answer that."

"Why do you think I would say that?" Xiangzi looked at Su Shi and asked, "Did you ask me to do that?"

"..."

Su Shi took a deep breath.

"No," she said, "I won't come unprepared this time."

Sushi reached into her bag.

She took out something - Xiangzi didn't see it - but it was blocked by the coffee table.

Su Shi's hand stretched out from behind the coffee table.

then.

Xiangzi heard a "click".

There was a metallic touch on my wrist.

Xiangzi raised his hand.

kerala.

A pair of alloy shackles handcuffed Xiangzi's wrist and the leg of the coffee table together.

"I'll find a way to make you say it."

Su Shi said.

Chapter 171 Take protective measures

Xiangzi opened his eyes slightly and looked at the wrist that was handcuffed.

Then she smiled softly.

"It's a bit scary." said Xiangzi.

She moved her wrist.

"Tell me what you know." Su Shi said again.

Su Shi's eyes lit up slightly——

Xiangzi knew that she had started to import the execution program into the brain-computer.

"You tell me yourself." Su Shi looked at Xiangzi and said, "I don't want to resort to coercion. If you cooperate, I can tell you some of the things I know."

She pointed to the tabletop.

She smiled again, slightly—for a moment, like a mask from her social life—

"Of course." Su Shi said, "It depends on my mood."

She looked at Xiangzi again.

"You can also choose to refuse." Su Shi said.

"But I'll still know what I want."

"...Use the [worm] to dig it out of your brain."

she says.

Xiangzi looked at the world like this.

"If I refuse, will you use attack software to forcibly extract my brain-computer data?" Xiangzi asked.

"..."

Su Shi didn't say anything. She stared at Xiangzi with a gloomy face.

Such a close distance.

And he was handcuffed.

Even if you want to escape, you can't.

Trying to use buildings to block the attack waves won't work.

Su Shi obviously came prepared.

Xiangzi glanced at Su Shi and thought.

She was handcuffed.

But Su Shi still treated it as a formidable enemy.

I guess he is trying to be on guard against hacker attacks.

"(I wonder if my [intelligence] no longer supports me in high-brain-frequency anti-hacking operations.)" Xiangzi thought.

Xiangzi spoke.

"The worm is not a very safe attack software," Xiangzi said. "It has a chance of burning the brain structure of the ingested object."

"So, it would be better if you could say it yourself." Su Shi said, resting his chin on the back of his hand, looking at Xiangzi.

Her artificial eye still works.

Xiangzi raised his eyebrows again.

"Do you want to use the lie detector function of the sound pressure analyzer to determine whether what I said is true?" Xiangzi said.

"This will take a long time," she said, "and, as you know... it won't be very effective for people with high [Calmness]."

"This is not something you should worry about." Su Shi looked at Xiangzi with a cold face and said.

Xiangzi shrugged.

"We don't need to go through so much trouble." Xiangzi said.

Xiangzi took her small bag.

She opened it and pulled out a package wrapped in black cloth.

The package is bulging and it is impossible to tell what it contains from the outside.

"Handcuffs, [worms]..." Xiangzi said, "Su Shi, you prepared so many things."

"Although I didn't prepare in advance, I did have some things on hand," she said.

She placed the package on the table.

Su Shi's gaze followed it.

But Xiangzi did not open the package.

"There's something I want to know too." Xiangzi looked at Su Shi and said.

She pointed to the small package.

"I think the things in here are of the same value as your 'playing cards'," said Xiangzi.

"I originally wanted to use it to trade with a reliable middleman and obtain the intelligence I wanted..."

Xiangzi glanced at Su Shi.

"But now it seems that you know more than the 'reliable middleman'."

"There's something you want to know too." Su Shi still looked at Xiangzi and asked in a declarative tone.

"Your prosthetic eye scan has already seen it, hasn't it?" Xiangzi said, "the condition of my prosthetic body."

“……”Su Shi was silent.

"I have been marginalized by the Toyokawa family, and my advanced prosthetic body has been replaced. I haven't installed anything valuable in it yet," said Xiangzi.

"But," she looked at Su Shi and said, "you should have known this before the scan... before you came here. Because if you really thought I was an important person in the Toyokawa family, you wouldn't want to lure me here, handcuff me here, threaten me with the [Worm], and trigger the Trauma Emergency Team's illegal detention criteria."

"You were not on the list of people who attended the important meeting of the Toyokawa family last month." Su Shiye looked at Xiangzi and said, "You are already sixteen years old. If you are a core member, you should have revealed your identity to the public in the past few months."

That seems to be the case.

Suyo knows the procedures of the Toyokawa family better than he does, Xiangzi thought.

"Anyway, you know. People who fall from the core to the edge... always want to protect themselves in the chaos." Xiangzi said.

She was very sure that these words would not be detected as lies by Su Shi's sound pressure analyzer.

really.

Su Shi didn't say anything.

"You want what I know, and I want what you know." Xiangzi said, "Although the beginning of this transaction was a surprise to me, I still hope that with the same desire, we can have a peaceful transaction that both sides want to see."

She tugged at her wrist.

The iron chain made a slight "clacking" sound.

"No need for this, the deal with your Worm," she said.

“……”Su Shi was thinking.

Xiangzi knew.

From the moment Su Shi started thinking about it, it meant that she tacitly agreed to the proposal.

Xiangzi knew Su Shi's character very well.

Among the eldest ladies in Tsuki no Mori, Su Shi is relatively meticulous and has the basic qualities to be a decision-maker.

However, she is a conflict-avoiding communicator.

She would not choose those dangerous moves when there are peaceful solutions.

This made it difficult for her to make the best decision.

【worm】?

Xiangzi thought that even if he refused, Su Shi would not use this on him.

Putting herself in handcuffs was probably the limit of her behavior.

Unlike himself, Su Shi is a good person.

Xiangzi knew about this.

But that’s why…

“(She’s not a good decision-maker.)”

"Would you like my advice?"

Xiangzi asked Sushi.

……

When Su Shi raised his head again, Xiangzi knew that the negotiation was successful.

"What did you bring?"

Su Shi asked.

really.

Xiangzi stretched out his hand and opened the black cloth.

As the knot of the cloth was untied, tungsten steel materials, integrated processors, connecting wires of various colors, and small metal plates were revealed under the thick felt.

"...!"

Wrapped in the cloth was actually a small Super Dream filming equipment.

"Mewdream recording equipment?"

Su Shi was a little confused.

She looked at Xiangzi.

"Correct."

Xiangzi pushed the Super Dream Recording Equipment forward and placed it directly opposite the audio and video chip brought by Su Shi.