Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"…What do you want…"

A faint voice came from inside.

Is a businessman.

Hidden and furtive merchants lurk in the shadows beneath the square.

Xiangzi discovered this spot a week ago.

At that time, they were facing the dilemma of running out of gas for the first time and were conducting a large-scale search. After hacking a few cameras, Miao Meng found the hiding place of these timid and cautious businessmen.

Xiangzi used several loopholes in the surveillance cameras to exchange for trading relationships with businessmen.

She saw familiar faces among them. Some of them were the arms dealers who were imprisoned and led by Xiangzi that night during the live show of Hello, Happy World!

"..."

However, these arms dealers all had an attitude of "meeting you for the first time".

Whether he really didn't recognize her or was just pretending not to know her to protect himself... Xiangzi didn't care.

Xiangzi only knew that they showed a cooperative attitude.

After that, Xiangzi would always come here to trade.

"gasoline."

Xiangzi said to the businessman.

"I have an Ingram MAC-10 and a Nue. I have five Nues."

Of course, the item Xiangzi proposed to trade was not money.

But it was the guns she looted.

"There are also medical gauze and hemostats."

and medical supplies.

"..."

The businessman didn't answer for now.

There was a rustling sound coming from the shop.

Xiangzi, Hailing and Miaomeng were waiting.

Today, all three of them were not wearing Ave Mujica's action uniforms, but had a different outfit.

Hailing was wearing a jacket and leather pants, Miaomeng was wearing a long windbreaker, and Xiangzi was wearing a baseball cap and black sportswear.

This outfit reduces recognition in exchange for greater concealment.

Xiangzi was consciously trying to increase the impression that "Ave Mujica" was powerful. However, this impression would not be deepened when he came out to trade.

rustle.

Inside the store, the merchant’s search seemed to be over.

"No."

The businessman said.

Is the gasoline inventory really sold out, or are there other buyers, or is the price I offered not enough... ?

In any case, entanglement is not a good thing in this kind of area.

Xiangzi left here.

Click, click, click.

The sound of footsteps echoed in the darkness.

Xiangzi walked around the square that smelled of diesel and dust from decoration materials, and knocked on door after door.

"Shopping."

She asked.

“Got any gas?”

but……

"No."

"No."

"Sold out."

Almost every one of them is gone.

This is really a strange thing.

"There's a gasoline drinker in our area?"

Miao Meng muttered quietly behind him.

“I didn’t see the convoy either…”

Hai Ling was also a little surprised.

After receiving another negative answer, Xiangzi asked the merchant the question she was concerned about:

“Why are there no gasoline in the stores in this area?”

"...I don't know about other people..." the businessman said, "but...some people buy large quantities of gasoline from me..."

"What do you want to buy it with?" Xiangzi continued to ask.

She was a little worried that someone was trading guns and ammunition on a large scale, because that meant that a powerful force was forming and preying on the lone fighters nearby.

However, it was not what she thought.

"money."

The businessman said.

money?

This was an answer Xiangzi had not expected.

What is the value of money in [Reclamation New Land Phase 2]? The problems here cannot be solved with money. The currency has depreciated significantly here——

——Unless, you give enough.

"How much does your gasoline cost per liter?" Xiangzi asked.

The businessman answered a number.

"..."

The price is more than a hundred times higher than that of gas stations in the main urban area of ​​Lezhi City.

"How long ago did you buy it?"

Xiangzi asked immediately.

"Early in the morning," the businessman said. "About three hours ago."

……

Very bad.

As Xiangzi walked quickly out of the square, he thought.

A large amount of funds were transferred in to try to monopolize the local gasoline market.

Xiangzi immediately thought of a force that would do this:

Toyokawa family.

"(The Toyokawa family is going to take action in [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land]?"

What they are doing must be a big move.

You have to know what they are doing to seize the opportunity...

Xiangzi looked towards the intersection not far away.

There, there are surveillance cameras that have been put into use——

"Miao Meng, look over there." Xiangzi said, "About 2-4 hours ago."

"Understood~"

Miao Meng blinked, and her prosthetic eye lit up.

Chapter 211 Where there is gambling, I am there

The surveillance camera footage at the intersection was retrieved. Miao Meng shared the images on the brain-computer channel and showed them to Xiangzi and Hailing.

There weren't many vehicles passing by, but there wasn't just one either.

Of course, it was impossible to capture the loading and unloading scenes.

"..."

However, Xiangzi knew that there was a way to judge.

"(Harmony.)"

She called Mu's name on the brain-computer communication channel.

"(……receive.)"

The reply came.

Mu is always online and very reliable.

"Help me analyze the weight distribution of these vehicles."

Xiangzi said.

Mu's brain-computer is equipped with cutting-edge analytical software that can determine the vehicle's load and where the load is mainly distributed based on the degree of tire deformation and the traces of ruts on the ground when the vehicle is driving.

Xiangzi understood it very well.

Because she had installed these before.

"..."

Mu was taking a class on cyber technology. She didn't say much.

However, within a few minutes, the analysis results were sent over.

Xiangzi, Hailing and Miaomeng watched the analysis results together.

Even the imaging distribution map has been completed.

Two people in a car, four people in a car, four people in a car and lightly armed...

"Hmmmm~"

When the page of the analysis report came to a light pickup truck covered with canvas, Miao Meng smiled.

Because the image shows that the rear of the pickup truck has a fairly even weight distribution. Moreover, the analysis software shows that the fluctuation curve of the weight distribution conforms to the indicators of liquid objects under load.

"I hope this guy isn't trying to carry back fifteen men who were beaten to a pulp," Meow Meng shrugged. "Because then he'd just be hauling gasoline."

……

Large equivalent of gasoline transportation.

This matter may be related to the Toyokawa family.

This is dangerous, but also an opportunity.

This clue must be grasped at all costs.

"We chase."

Xiangzi said as he jumped onto the Columbus freight van.

The van started. It drove to the next intersection.