Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

【Technical capability】: 3

【Calmness】：4

[Impression Weapon]: Immortal Knife Nirvana

(*It has not been upgraded yet, so the panel is not that high, just the level of an ordinary knife)

(*The legendary ability [Bleeding/Hemorrhage] has not yet been unlocked)

(*Because the members of Mujica have not yet joined the team, their panels have not been released yet.)

(*Mygo is the same, wait until they officially appear before releasing them.)

Chapter 21 Youtian Temple Ruomai

When she was five years old, Yutenji Wakamu's irresponsible parents died in a street corner conflict. In the same year, she picked up an Apple GS 24.1th generation computer with a -inch screen next to a trash can on the street corner.

From then on, Ruomai's life changed dramatically.

It was hard for her to say whether it was the former or the latter that changed her more.

By the fourth grade, Ruomai had mastered everything the computer enlightenment class offered by the orphanage supervisory agency taught her. She used C language and metalanguage to hack into the supervisory agency's central processor, modify her Chinese language grades, and then whistled to destroy the channel traces.

At the age of twelve, she squatted next to a vending machine and successfully transferred a small sum of money from an unprotected bank account by reconstructing the remaining data, which she used to perform her first neural interface implant surgery.

When I was fifteen.

She dropped out of school.

Because she could not afford the high tuition fees and did not meet the criteria for "special admission for gifted students".

Ruomai thinks she is quite smart, but those "gifted students" who have been spending a lot of money on high-function brain-computer immersion training courses since infancy still have twice the experience value growth of [intelligence] and [technical ability] as her.

After that, a few years passed.

……

Four p.m.

For the salarymen in the Toyokawa Building, it is time to wait for the end of the workday. For those working underground, the day has just begun.

Snap.

The pneumatic door made a sound as it waited for oiling and slowly closed.

Yutenji Wakamu entered from the back door of the bar carrying a small shoulder bag, looked at her account information, and sighed in the rose-red light.

Last month's income list is out.

Two hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred and fifty-three yuan.

There is still 40,000 yuan to be collected.

This is Ruomai’s total income last month.

“(It’s too low.)”

The figures have been falling for three consecutive months. Going back a little further, the figures were also up and down.

You know, the highest-earning month since I started this business was when I earned five million.

Although I was lucky enough to get the frontal cortex of a cyberpsychopath who was shot dead that time - it contained exciting scenes of him having a mental breakdown and exchanging fire with the Terrorist Mobile Team - and also controversial scenes of the Terrorist Mobile Team accidentally killing civilians during the crackdown -

“(But you can’t deny that I edited the film well, right?)”

As expected, the development of reclaimed land has a significant impact.

With new territory comes new power, and with new power comes rising in social rank.

As an illegal black super dream producer, Ruomai's main customers are the corrupt middle-class people who seek excitement in the garbage dump.

Sometimes, after watching too many movies, they would often have the delusion that they could change their fate. So, when they heard that two new forces, RAS and Morfonica, had emerged on the reclaimed land, the communication information of many old customers never lit up again.

You can also buy Mewtwo in the reclamation area. So Ruomai thought that they probably died there.

Human life has nothing to do with her, but income does.

“(Who came up with the idea of ​​reclaiming new land? I’m almost losing my job…)”

Ruomai changed into a pair of high heels at the counter and walked towards the bar.

The existence of reclaimed land is already a fact.

Ruomai thought as she walked through the soft sofa area.

The reason why we chose to settle down in Roselia's territory was that we saw that most traders here were interested in stability and only liked to do business with rich people, and there was a vacant ecological niche in the market targeting the middle and lower levels.

But now, the reclamation of new land has messed up everything. The middle and lower classes are flocking to the new land in search of new opportunities, and the number of middle and lower classes in Roselia's territory has further decreased.

Lower incomes will become the norm.

“(This is not a solution.)”

This is a shitty world. Ruomai knows it better than anyone else.

But everyone said there was no way up, and she disagreed.

In this world, money still has its uses.

Almost all jobs that pay without risking one's life are monopolized by oligarchs. However, Ruomai, who jumped into this big garbage dump after dropping out of school, saw the only number that was not completely monopolized.

Number of clicks.

Gimmicks, excitement, and soft culture. People are looking for comfort, and this creates a huge demand. Big companies will eat up most of the clicks, but the remaining clicks are still enough to feed the citizens of the entire city of joy...

...or create a few new rich people.

Ruomai has no interest in supporting others.

She chose to be one of those rich people.

So, she started making and selling Black Mewtwo.

Black Super Dream is a deep-diving film that can bring audiences intense stimulation that is close to the upper limit of the human brain's tolerance.

This kind of thing will never be legal at any time.

There will always be a market.

The process went surprisingly smoothly. With her not-so-bad brain, good adaptability developed at the bottom, and social skills acquired through hard work, she quickly mastered the technology and gained a firm foothold.

At the same time, I found something that stimulates dopamine, endorphins and adrenaline more than Black Super Dream.

commend.

The voices praising Ruomai for her "great editing skills", "better than the official ones" and "another genius buried among the people" made her, who had never felt the attention since childhood, deeply fascinated.

…until recently.

Those voices also decreased as income decreased.

Ruomai actually found this even more difficult to bear.

"(Why don't I go and reclaim new land?)"

Ruomai thought as he greeted the bartender.

The number of films sold last month was not small. Another reason for the low revenue was Roselia.

To work in this area, you have to pay a 27% supervision fee to Roselia for each order.

It is called "supervision fee", but it is actually a nicer name for protection fee.

Roselia provides the most protection and control among all gangs, and charges the highest fees.

There is too little money.

There are so many rules and regulations.

This one cannot be photographed, that one cannot be photographed. This one needs to be inspected before it can be sold, and that one please withdraw it within three days.

"(I'm the one selling Black Mewtwo. I'm managing it like an official. It's outrageous.)"

Of course, Ruomai only dared to say this in her heart.

Roselia's territory is indeed the safest place in the entire City of Joy except for Toyokawa Building.

When I first chose this place, besides the market, safety was also an important factor. After all, there are still some risks in this business.

But being too safe is also a limitation.

The room for growth is blocked.

Ruomai looked at his panel.

[Intelligence] is 8 points, [Technical Ability] is 9 points. It has not been touched for several months.

The somewhat conservative selection of materials, unauthorized radical editing techniques and limited number of transactions make the accumulation of experience extremely slow at high levels.

Improvement is nowhere in sight.

"(Why.)"

Can't climb up.

In other words, Roselia, Toyokawa... Lezhicheng, don't want people to climb up.

"Yo, Meow Meng dear~"

At the bar, several regular customers in suits were drinking and greeting Miao Meng.

"Aiya meow~ Isn't this Boss Tanaka? And Boss Yamamoto! What's going on today? Are you free?"

Ruomai greeted with a smile.

Times have changed. Because of the current limit, the days when Mewtwo producers just stayed in their rooms are a thing of the past. Personal connections are a better way to make the network go viral.

This bar is Ruomai's base. She sells her illegal discs here. In exchange, she also works as a bartender here.

Ruomai sells more wine to customers, and the natural flow of customers brings new customers to Ruomai. This is a win-win situation for Ruomai and the bar owner.

"Haha, come and have a few drinks. Come on, Meow Mengqin, come too—"

Meowmeow is the name Ruomai uses at work, and is also the login name of her second private account that she uses for Black Mewtwo transactions.

It's pronounced the same as my real name, but it's cuter when written in Chinese characters.

It's working time now and she is in a meowing state.

"Oh, Meow Meng has already made a reservation, meow! Sorry, sorry, I'll definitely meow next time!"

"My dear Miao Meng, you are so busy! You are so young, and you edit videos so well. Hey, is there a chance for you to be Roselia's sixth person? Hahaha..."

"Oh my, that's a joke, meow~"

I'm so annoying.

Everyone knows that it's impossible.

If you don't want to buy the film, don't keep dragging me on.

Miao Meng smiled and walked around the two of them, entering the private room at the back, waiting for the guests who had made an appointment for a transaction today.

"..."

After closing the door, Miao Meng rubbed the smile that was frozen on her face and looked at the clock.

There is still some time before the guests arrive.

Miao Meng decided to take some private work first.

Originally, she only sold pre-made videos, but recently, she has started accepting custom videos.

As the name suggests, the buyer will specify the content, and Miaomeng will comprehensively consider whether it can be achieved, then conduct negotiations and then produce it.

It takes more time and effort, but the price will be much higher than selling ready-made ones.

It's her way of coping with the drop in income.

Miao Meng opened her email to check if there was any new private work today.

Not every day. If not, she would go to the online bulletin board to advertise -