Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

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"Oblivionis, what do you think?"

She looked at Xiangzi and said.

"We have fought each other before. It can be said that we don't know each other without fighting, right?"

"If you want to take a break..."

"You can come to my house and sit down."

Chapter 1 I Didn’t Escape (5k Blades Plus)

"Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome back to the midday news of Lezhicheng [Between Cities] after the commercial. For today's [City Interview] column, we have invited Mr. Nishimura, the head of the urban planning department of Fengchuan Building. Hello, Mr. Nishimura."

"Hello, everyone. I am honored to be able to accept this interview on behalf of my department."

"Welcome. We all know that [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land] is a transformation from an amusement park to a municipal project. What direction do you focus on most after taking over this construction project?"

"Of course it is safety. During the construction, we attach great importance to the safety improvement of the foundation. In order to ensure the safety of the construction workers, prevent accidents, and ensure the safe and reliable completion of the renovation project, our construction adopts full automation, and all positions are replaced by intelligent robots instead of manual labor..."

……rustle……

Tower apartment, 45 floors.

The vegetarian family.

The broadcast sound echoed from the amplifier on the ceiling of the high-ceilinged living room.

Below the amplifier, on the long sofa, the five members of MyGO!!!!!, Takamatsu Tomori, Chihaya Aine, Nagasaki Motoyo, Kaname Runa and Shiina Tatsuki, were sitting there.

In fact, none of the five likes listening to the news broadcast.

Normally, as soon as you enter Su Shi's house, someone will immediately turn off the news broadcast that is automatically turned on - this person is usually Aiyin or Li Xi, and occasionally Su Shi himself - Li Xi will sometimes change the station to Afterglow's song -

But today, no one does that.

Everyone hung their heads.

Compared to the past when preparing for live performances or planning band activities, the band doesn’t have much enthusiasm today.

Gala, galah.

The only sound in the room was that of Lenna eating matcha candy.

Sushi sighed.

She put down the phone she had been holding.

"On SNS, everyone is asking why MyGO!!!!! is not continuing to perform." Su Shi fiddled with her hair and said, "Some people also said that MyGO!!!!! must be participating in the competition for [Reclamation New Land Phase 2]."

"what?"

Li Xi, who was sitting on the other end of the sofa and debugging the composition software in his brain-computer, frowned when he heard this.

“Such remarks are coming again? Let’s put aside me, you, and Wildcat for now—you and I voluntarily suspended our studies because we always caused too much commotion—Wildcat rarely went to school in the first place—” She twisted her face and said, “Tomoe and Aine can’t go to school. It was Yugaoka who persuaded them to stop, right? Didn’t these people listen to the notice?”

"People can only listen to what they want to hear." Su Shi played with his fingertips and said, "What's more, after the [Reclamation New Land Phase 2] incident, the popularity of MyGO!!!!!, which had already declined, has reached a new high again."

"Where there is a new place, there is a new band." said the lamp at this time.

"Ha! Then who said it was us!" Li Xi spread his hands, "Indeed, indeed... we are the most popular band these days! We are young, a five-member band, and have not received any investment from any management company... We really look like RAS and Morfonica during the [Reclamation New Land Phase 1] period!"

"But at least we should listen to their explanation!" Li Xi's voice was a little louder. "We said it ten thousand times on the website that we have no plans to move in, no plans to move in... No one believed it! We can't go to school anymore--"

"Because Morfonica also said at the time that they had no plans to move in," Su Shi said, "but they ended up settling there anyway."

"..."

Lixi shook his head.

"I'll just have to keep waiting."

Su Shi said.

"Wait... Yes, wait." Li Xi leaned back on the sofa and said, "Can time really solve everything?"

She looked around at everyone.

"Before the opening of [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land], Wildcat discovered that your car was equipped with a bomb," Li Xi said. "After the opening of [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land], more people are targeting us."

Li Xi pointed at himself with his hand.

"The vehicle was followed after school."

Point to Aine.

“The frequently used roads were blocked off by roadblocks that were outside the municipal planning.”

Point to the light.

"Someone approached the residence at night."

"..."

Everyone was silent.

After the opening of [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land], it is true that more and more people have openly or covertly regarded MyGO!!!!!, which has a large number of fans, has participated in the joint performances of Poppin'Party and Afterglow, and is suspected of having a relationship with the two big bands, as a competitor.

MyGO!!!!! is a student band.

But Morfonica also transformed from a student band into a local gang.

Countless eyes are looking at MyGO!!!!!

Right now, no one has actually done anything to cause any substantial harm, either because of fear of Poppin'Party and Afterglow's attitudes or because of fear of other competitors.

...But if there is any harmful action, it will be too late.

"Guess what, if we wait, will the situation disappear naturally or get worse?" Lixi said.

"..."

Deng and Aine didn’t say anything.

Lenai is still eating candy.

"Then what are you going to do besides waiting?" Su Shi played with his hands and said, "Declare an indefinite suspension?"

She glanced at Lixi, and before Lixi could speak, she said:

"We agreed to be in a band for life."

“I didn’t say stop indefinitely.”

Lixi said.

She opened her mouth again...

"..."

But he didn't say anything else.

Now, even Su Shi and Li Xi stopped talking.

No one spoke.

Silence fell in the room.

It was Lixi who called everyone out today.

I wanted to discuss the current situation, but in the end, I ended up with the same old conclusion.

Aine looked around at this time.

"that!"

She spoke.

Everyone looked at her.

"Sorry, I'm busy..."

Aine said.

She clasped her hands together and bowed her head.

"Sorry! Let's contact each other next time!"

She left these words and stood up.

"what?"

Riki let out a confused "huh", but Aine had already picked up her own guitar bag and was heading for the door.

"That guy, what is he doing?"

Li Xi raised his eyebrows and said.

"..."

Deng looked at Aine with some worry.

However, at this moment, another voice came from behind the lamp.

"Band, is it over?"

It's Lenai.

She stood up as well, pulling out her guitar bag on wheels.

"Bye-Bye."

Lenai, playing his guitar, also walked towards the door.

“…Let’s stop here for today.”

Su Shi also said.

"..."

Li Xi put his hands on his hips and sighed.

……

Ding.

Aiyin took the elevator from the upper floors of the Sushi family to the lower floors, and hailed Delaman's taxi at the door of the apartment.

The shuttle service with high security standards took Aiyin away from the end of the city where Su Shi lived, close to the central area, and drove all the way to the other end of the wealthy area.

The car drove up the hillside. What we could see there were rows of single-family houses with gardens.

The car was parked outside one of the houses.

This is the temporary residence that Aiyin rented in the City of Music.

Aiyin got out of the car, opened the gate through iris authentication, and walked quickly into the house.

The housekeeping robot was busy in the house. When it detected the owner's return, the robot's light flashed and said: "You are back."

"..."

However, Aine didn’t care at all.

She ran all the way upstairs.

Boom.

Aine closed the door to her room and leaned against it.

“…Ah…”

Aine raised her head and sighed.