Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

All we can do is shoot.

It is necessary to make the other party understand who has the final say here.

If you don't show off your power here, you're admitting that you can be manipulated.

It means decentralization.

There will only be endless troubles within the gang in the future.

...At least, Xiangzi thought, if she were standing there alone, she would shoot.

Lan still raised his gun.

The muzzle of the gun gradually came to Mocha's ear——

then.

The gunshot that Xiangzi was waiting for never came.

"..."

Lan sighed.

"You didn't back off."

Lan said.

"Mocha, you always try to avoid conflict, but this time, you didn't back off."

“This is the first time.”

Lan put down her [Malorian Company 0410].

"(!?)"

This was the most surprising thing to Xiangzi so far! Xiangzi had never expected Lan to do this.

Amid Xiangzi's shock, Lan took a step back.

Lan pinned [Malorian Company 0410] back to his waist.

She glanced at Moka.

"When you sent me a message asking me to come here and said you wanted to 'have a fight', I was wondering what was going on." Lan said, "So this is it."

Lan sighed.

"Do you know what you're doing?"

Lan asked.

"I know."

Moka replied.

"You led a group of mercenaries to meet with gang leaders in secret, refused to implement important decisions, pointed a gun at the leader, and threatened to change the policy." Lan added, "You are a traitor."

"I know."

Moka answered again.

So Lan closed her eyes.

Her brain-computer interface light flickered.

As a result, the light on Mocha's brain-computer interface also flashed.

Then--

"Mocha."

Lan said.

"I have frozen your authority as the leader of Afterglow."

"—"

"Just do what you want to do."

Leaving these words behind, Lan turned and entered the [Goodla Type 66 "Cthulhu"] and closed the door.

Chapter 1: The First Customer (7k Blade Plus)

hum.

The taillights of the Goodla Type 66 "Cthulhu" flashed twice.

The vehicle starts and reverses.

hum...

The vehicle drove away and left from the entrance of the basement.

The light from the car's taillights created a halo in the basement.

In front, [Big Shot] Aoba Moka stood there.

"..."

She put her hands in her pockets and watched the light move across the ceiling of the basement until the last ray of light disappeared around the corner.

chapped.

The leather boots hit the ground, making a slight sound.

Mocha turned around.

Her eyes met Xiangzi's in the air.

Xiangzi had no idea what expression Moka had on her face before she turned around, but now, she was still smiling as if nothing had happened.

"(Is it finally our turn in the meeting?)" Meow Dream's voice rang in Xiangzi's brain, "(I would hope that this [big shot] would dig us out of the [Reclamation New Land Phase 2]'s dirt pile, not to dig our brains out to make a wonderful Mewtwo clip of the confrontation between Afterglow's internal members!)"

Xiangzi looked ahead.

Ta, tap.

Mocha walked towards Xiangzi.

"..."

Hailing quietly moved forward half a step and moved closer to Xiangzi.

despair.

Mocha stopped in front of Xiangzi.

"Sorry~"

Mocha took off her newsboy cap and placed it on her chest, nodded slightly, and blinked lightly.

"I've kept you waiting for so long. I'm a little busy with housework." Moka said, "I'm sorry to bother you."

Mocha looked at Xiangzi, Hailing and Miaomeng in turn.

"Actually~" she said, "I asked you to come here because I want you to cooperate with Afterglow~"

"After all, you seem very ambitious about [Reclamation New Land Phase 2], don't you?"

"I was thinking that if we call in an ambitious team, Lan might also be interested in moving into [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land]—"

"I didn't expect it to work."

“Oops, oops~”

Is this true or false?

Xiangzi couldn't tell.

All she knew was that Moka observed her, Hailing and Miaomeng's reactions, then smiled slightly.

"But~"

"This conversation ended up being really bad~"

“Instead, I was the one thrown out~”

Mocha said this while looking at Xiangzi carefully.

If a person with a high level of Calmness really wants to look closely at someone, the other person will not notice.

Such obvious "observation" is itself a signal.

Just like having Ave Mujica here to listen to this talk at Afterglow, it's all signals.

"..."

Xiangzi was waiting for the decisive words behind these signals.

Moka smiled.

"What should I do now~"

"I was kicked out of Afterglow~ I have nowhere to go~"

Moka looked at Xiangzi and said:

"How about letting me join you~?"

"—"

join in?

Afterglow's [Big Shot], will join Ave Mujica?

Xiangzi's expression changed slightly.

What is the other party's intention in saying this?

"——Oh, oh, I was just kidding."

Moka smiled and took a step back.

"As for gangs, joining them once is enough~"

Mocha put on her newsboy cap again.

The newsboy cap briefly obscured her face.

When Mocha raised his face again and faced everyone, his face had changed.

Round eyes, flat nose, prominent cheekbones.

Mocha transformed herself into a woman with an ordinary face.

"What should I do~"

Mocha said.

Even her voice changed.

It is the [integrated sound card] installed in the throat.

"I only have a few connections left. How about being a middleman?"

middleman.

This is a general term for the people in the City of Joy who are responsible for discovering the needs of others and finding ways to connect them with suitable gangsters, hackers and freelance mercenaries.

In layman's terms, they are people who "find tasks and then assign tasks."

Mocha, who declared that he was going to be a middleman, looked at Xiangzi and shrugged his shoulders.

"It's just a coincidence that I came here~"

She said to Xiangzi.

"Would you like to be my first customer?"

……

City of joy.

Pastel*Palettes belonging to the territory.