Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

It sounded like Mocha was coming down from above.

"..."

Xiangzi stood there, waiting.

Xiangzi didn't move, so Hailing and Miaomeng naturally stood on both sides of her.

Click, click, click.

Mocha walks as slowly as she talks.

It took her a while to reach the end of the garage.

She glanced at Xiangzi and others standing next to the Columbus freight van.

...However, she did not walk towards Xiangzi and others.

Mocha walked towards the [Goodla Type 66 "Cthulhu"].

Mocha came to the side door of the [Goodla Type 66 "Cthulhu"] that was facing away from Xiangzi and his group and waved.

"I brought all the people here~"

She smiled and said:

"How's it going?"

"—"

what?

Is there a person in that car?

The artificial eye scan did not respond - no, if it was Afterglow's "Big Shot", it is indeed possible to use anti-scanning camouflage -

Bring us here?

trap?

He said he was coming to find me, but was he actually setting a trap for me?

Not even a conversation!?

Xiangzi was shocked.

She calmly placed her hands on [Nirvana] and [Blue Fang] on her lower back.

But what Mocha said next was not so cruel.

“Pastel*Palettes admires them very much~ and gave them [licensed mercenary group activity rights]~”

Mocha said to the people in the car.

"Hello, Happy World! I haven't been doing anything to them lately~ They resolved it themselves~"

"Well, you're pretty capable of making things happen, right?"

chi...

A pneumatic sound.

The side door of the Goodla Type 66 "Cthulhu" opened.

"Hey."

Someone sighed softly and walked out of the car.

Short black hair with red highlights——

"—!"

The one who came out of the [Goodla 66-style "Cthulhu"] turned out to be the leader of Afterglow, the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the band——

[Rebellious red highlights], beautiful Zhulan!

Lan got out of the car.

She glanced at Xiangzi and the others——

Xiangzi's heart trembled.

But Lan's gaze did not rest on Xiangzi and others.

She turned to Mocha in front of her.

"Mocha."

Lan spoke up.

She didn't look good.

She looked at Mocha and asked:

"Are you provoking me?"

Chapter 222: Wish to Become a Blazing Fire

what's the situation?

The lead singer and lead guitar of Afterglow got into an argument?

The atmosphere at the scene seemed very tense.

Xiangzi took his hand away from the knife.

Hai Ling and Miao Meng behind him didn't know what to do for a moment and stopped.

In the basement.

Lan and Mocha stood on the side of the [Goodla Type 66 "Cthulhu"].

"orchid."

Moka didn't stop because of Ran's harsh words, but she didn't look Ran in the eyes either.

She lowered her eyes, glanced to the side, and said:

"Roselia and Pastel*Palettes' relationship became a little strained after the Avex incident, because of Cai's matter."

"Don't you and Roselia always have a problem getting along?"

"I thought you would support the young people Pastel*Palettes has taken a fancy to."

"After all, Poppin' Party got in touch with those girls you both liked first."

"Poppin' Party is reaching out again."

“Reach out to [Reclamation New Land Phase 2].”

"Morfonica, that white kid, is fascinated by Kasumi. Poppin'Party indirectly reaped a lot of the profits from the first issue."

"2nd phase, what do you mean?"

Moka's speech became faster than before. She spoke lightly and quickly.

"If you don't take action now, you will have no chance—"

But Lan just frowned.

"Mocha."

she says:

"I am adjusting the funding ratio and increasing the number of armed convoys [Scorpions]."

【Scorpio】.

This is a military fully armored fighting vehicle.

There is only one use... of course.

That's combat.

"Didn't I tell you?" Lan said, "I asked you to go outside Le City and confirm the situation of the major satellite cities."

"..."

Moka was silent.

Lan's brows furrowed even more tightly.

"I have already made my next plan clear," Lan said. "There is no need to pay attention to [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land], because next -"

"!"

Moka looked up at this moment.

She glanced at Xiangzi and others.

That means "Someone is here, do you want to continue?"

It seems that Mocha brought Xiangzi and others directly here for negotiations, with the intention of avoiding direct conflicts beyond the controllable range.

But Lan did not stop because there were outsiders present.

I didn't even transfer the conversation to my computer.

"——Because next, we will go to war with Toyokawa."

Lan said.

"!"

Wh—what?

Afterglow is going to go to war with Toyokawa?

"(I thought I would never hear anything more explosive than Pastel*Palettes trying to assassinate Yuki Minato!)"

Meow Dream screamed in her brain.

But in front of everyone, Mocha just remained silent.

She looked like she had known about this for a long time.

"Lan~ You always say such scary things~"

Mocha's speech slowed down again.

She wanted to change the subject.

But Lan went on to speak directly.

"You've also read Thrush's report," Lan said to Moka. "A check of the port's cargo in and out records shows that someone is trying to purchase nuclear warheads through unmonitored underground channels."

"!"

Xiangzi was shocked when he heard the conversation.

Is someone trying to buy nuclear warheads?

This is a weapon of mass destruction. Earlier, the radio said that Johnny Silverhand from Night City in the United States blew up the Arasaka family building, which was once considered "indestructible", using a small-yield nuclear warhead.

"It was the Toyokawa family's move." Lan said, "We succeeded in stopping the deal, but... Moka, you know better than me what this means."

"..."

Mocha, as the first to initiate the attack, did not say anything.

So Lan continued.

"The Xianjuan family's forces outside of Le City hold nuclear warheads," Lan said. "They don't intend to transport nuclear warheads into Le City. But if someone makes a nuclear threat, the situation will be different."

"Do you think this will lead to a nuclear threat war, Lan?"

Moka asked.

"I think the only way Toyokawa could try to buy nuclear bombs at this time is to target the Seven Bands and prepare for war," Lan said.

"Toyokawa has the intention to arm himself. This is a signal."

"We can intercept their actions once, but we can't intercept them every time."

"By then, Fengchuan will have a nuclear bomb, and so will Genmaki."