Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Nightclub【glare】.

The same bright lights, the same flashing lights, the same psychedelic electronic music.

The difference is, this time, it's another room.

There is no bed in the burgundy-colored single room, but two sofas placed side by side.

"..."

A woman with silver-gray hair and ordinary looks was sitting on one of the sofas, drinking wine.

Click.

The door is opened.

"excuse me."

Xiangzi walked into the room.

Behind her were Miao Meng and Hai Ling.

The door closes again.

Xiangzi came to the empty sofa.

She sat down.

Miao Meng and Hai Ling stood at the back.

Miao Meng leaned against the back of the sofa, while Hai Ling leaned against the wall.

The woman sitting on the sofa opposite put down her wine glass.

As a crisp "ding" sound came from the bottom of the wine glass, the woman's face changed.

The blocks of data faded from her face.

Her face once again became familiar to everyone.

Aoba Mocha.

"Ms. Aoba."

Xiangzi called the other person's name and then pressed his index finger on his cheekbone.

Xiangzi's brain light flashed.

The mission report was sent out.

It was a long electronic report.

"Thank you~"

Mocha slid the report.

...Basically, I scrolled through the report from the beginning to the bottom.

It was difficult for Xiangzi to judge whether the other party's brain speed was really very fast or he didn't see it at all.

Mocha's hand stopped at the bottom.

There were incoming photos of Room 701 in the evacuated Danchi, and photos of the smashed servers on the ground.

“We have completed the task of [‘assisting’ the relocation of the nail households].”

Xiangzi said.

"The places that needed to be emptied have been completely emptied. Now, according to the city-wide house scanning system, that house is already vacant."

She paused, then added, "BCPD carried out the subsequent cleanup. It will be cleaner there than the mercenaries could have done."

"Not bad~"

Mocha said, drawing out the end of the sentence.

She glanced at Xiangzi with her blue eyes.

"How's the pay?"

It is a strange thing for a middleman to ask a client "How much is the reward?"

However, Xiangzi answered without any surprise:

"I received all of them."

“All of them.”

Moka smiled when she heard this.

"You really are as greedy as the rumors say~" she said, "But, it seems that greed has come at a price~?"

"..."

Mocha's eyes flickered between the two people behind Xiangzi and stopped on Hailing.

Then she looked away again.

"Then the mission is accomplished~" Moka said, "Good cooperation, keep in touch~"

She stood up and prepared to leave.

however.

"I want to take on the next mission."

Xiangzi said at this time.

"..."

Mocha paused.

She smiled and turned back:

"The next mission won't be so quick."

However, Xiangzi did not mean this.

"Are there any other tasks?" Xiangzi asked. "Anything is fine."

"...I thought you would stop for a while~?" Moka said.

"We are now a mercenary team." Xiangzi said, "No mercenary team will wait forever."

Moka smiled again.

"No middleman will refuse to issue a task~" she said, "What kind of tasks do you want?"

"What kind of mission is it?"

Xiangzi asked.

"Asking a middleman 'what kind of missions are there' is a strange thing~" Moka walked around the room and said, "All the missions you can think of are there..."

"for example?"

"…For example, helping a prosthetics merchant to deal with a client who owes money. You may need this task because he can provide [Epic] quality [Wrist and Ankle Reinforcement] prosthetics, or [Epic] quality [Lynx Claw]."

"... For example, if you help a few BCPD officers take down their colleagues who know too much - yes, even if you work for the BCPD, you will be a little bit hated from time to time - you can get a lot of money and a secret that only the BCPD can know."

"… For example, to deal with some stubborn hackers. They stubbornly want to enter some company LAN areas that they shouldn't enter. Maybe you can help these companies with security maintenance and get some [operating systems] and smart guns by the way…"

"...These things can help an anxious team leader do better the next time he encounters a difficult mission~"

Moka laughed.

however.

"Are there any other tasks?"

Xiangzi was not disturbed. She asked calmly.

"It seems that you are not the type of person who would turn on smart matching when browsing search engines, right?" Mocha smiled.

"These smart matches can't solve my team's biggest problem right now."

Xiangzi said.

"Then maybe I should record your needs into my brain machine." Moka said, "The biggest question is~?"

"I."

Xiangzi said.

Moka rolled her eyes in interest.

"I need a mission that can improve myself." Xiangzi said, "A mission with a large sum of money is fine, but I want to get in touch with more businessmen. Especially those who are engaged in electronic software business--"

"...Well, maybe it doesn't have to be so troublesome?" Mocha said suddenly.

She operated the brain-computer several times. The electronic screen flashed in her artificial eye.

"I have a task here that might interest you." Mocha said with a smile, "Although, it's a little difficult~"

"……It doesn't matter."

Xiangzi said.

Aoba Moka proposed another plan, and Xiangzi decided to listen to it.

Moka blinked.

The mission target was sent to Xiangzi.

……

[Mission content: Infiltrate an abandoned site - place objects (explosives) - blow up designated building targets]

[Mission location: Shantytown (Morfonica territory)]

[Action time: about 2 hours]

[Number of people taking action: No designation]

[Potentially dangerous situations: Cyberpsychosis]

[Possible reward: Point chip: Expert calmness (7-12): 1]

[See attachment for details]

……

[Possible rewards: Point chip: Expert Calmness (7-12): 1 piece].

These words left Xiangzi silent.

Facing the silent Xiangzi, Mocha's prosthetic eye lit up.

Inside, there was a gear-like light moving. That was the light of the [Prosthetic Detection] software.

"Sorry, but technicians always have sharper eyes." Moka said, "I think you might need this."

"...I noticed this mission location." Xiangzi did not say much about his own situation, but continued to ask about the mission. "This doesn't look like a place where merchants selling point chips are. Is the client a point chip merchant?"

"No~"

Mocha said.

"Where should I go to collect my reward?"

Xiangzi asked.

"That one~"

Mocha clicked on the [Potential Dangerous Situations] column.

"Into the brain of a cyberpsycho~?"

she says.

Chapter 240: Value is Increasing

Originally, Xiangzi didn't feel anything about dreaming.

Because when she was still studying in Tsuki no Mori - when she was still young, her dreams basically only showed gateway access codes, achievement banners, long-distance link instructions, tasks to be completed, the campus of Tsuki no Mori and the white color reflected by the luxurious and low-key interior of the Toyokawa family.