Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"!"

The throat is blocked by the suit and tie, but the outline of the cyber throat constructed by the fine steel hybrid air hose can still be seen.

"(This person also cybernetized his throat...!)"

Xiangzi immediately thought of the man who had gone to B-Creative to negotiate with Hashimoto.

The man was also wearing similar clothes and using a modified larynx to make an untraceable voice.

Could it be him?

"..."

Xiangzi couldn't tell exactly what was going on - when she saw it on the surveillance camera, she had a strong feeling that it was someone she knew -

But now, when I see it from the front, this feeling becomes blurred.

It’s not that, maybe we don’t recognize each other.

It's like I know him, but I don't know him either...

"(Well!)"

Damn it.

Xiangzi couldn't explain what this feeling was.

Her intuition was off. She wished she could use her intuition to judge the situation, but she couldn't - she couldn't be like a lamp -

The name "Deng" appeared in Xiangzi's mind.

Now is not the time to think about that.

"(Think fast.)"

Xiangzi forced himself to change his thinking.

She put down her teacup and slowly stood up.

Don't rely on feelings.

Toyokawa Shoko.

You have your way, right?

"(Look at what's in front of you.)"

Xiangzi said to himself.

The person in front of me is an employee of the Toyokawa family who came to connect with Poppin'Party.

The Toyokawa family and Poppin'Party, who manage the central area, have a longer and deeper relationship than any other band in the Seven Bands.

The Toyokawa family must consider the good relationship they have established in the past and cannot let an insignificant person be in charge of the conversation with Poppin'Party.

This must be an important Toyokawa official.

The important person of Toyokawa covered his face.

This is not a common occurrence.

There is a secret behind anything unusual.

What is the secret behind this matter?

Cover your face...

Being controlled?

Can't trust?

Can’t be exposed?

A short sentence that Xiangzi had thought about day and night but had gradually forgotten recently came back to Xiangzi's mind.

【Father’s Secret】

Xiangzi thought about the secret that led to her and her father being kicked out of the house, her father's death, and her being left on the streets.

"..."

Xiangzi looked at the heart rate data on the artificial eye and adjusted the frequency of his own heartbeat.

Xiangzi once thought that with her father's death, she would never know the secret that her father was expelled from the Toyokawa family.

however……

However, now, it is right in front of us.

An opportunity arose.

A member of the Toyokawa family with his face covered, clearly having a secret.

Could this "special" important person in front of him be related to his father's secret?

Father's secret.

That must be a very important one that can decide everything——

——The secret that Xiangzi himself wanted to know no matter what.

Still on mission.

Mission, goal, situation.

How should I get his information?

Compared with intuition, logical thinking is more suitable for Xiangzi.

When the question changed from "Who is he" to "How do I know who he is", his thoughts entered the area where Xiangzi is good at.

The opponent's face and throat have been modified.

Therefore, there is no need to pay attention to irises and voiceprints, because these must have traces of human intervention.

leftover……

"(DNA information.)"

Xiangzi thought of this immediately.

Since there is no way to identify an individual through iris and voiceprint, the next thing that can be thought of is DNA information.

Because in the City of Joy, everyone has an underlying identity ID related to DNA.

The method of obtaining DNA information is also simple and easy to understand.

"(Blood.)"

Xiangzi thought.

If you can get the other person's blood sample, you can get the other person's DNA information.

This is more troublesome than obtaining iris or voiceprint information, but not too troublesome.

Just cut him.

Xiangzi maintained good manners and stood up from the coffee table.

Her hands naturally swung back and touched her lower back.

"..."

Under Xiangzi's blue and white uniform skirt, she had two small knives.

[Nirvana] and [Blue Fang].

The opponent might have a cyber cortex installed to protect against minor injuries, but any knife could easily tear apart such thin armor.

Xiangzi's eyes swept across the coffee table.

On the coffee table was the teacup she had just brought.

Next, Xiangzi will leave from the side.

If I pretended that the system had failed and smashed the teacup when I left...

does it work?

Pretend to break the teacup, move closer to clean it, and take the opportunity to cut the other person's hand——

"..."

The risk can no longer be said to be very great.

Very big.

If the other party really implants a cybercortex outside the epidermis, ordinary glass fragments will not be able to cut the skin.

The moment it is scratched, the other party will notice something is wrong.

...Why not just hold them hostage?

Hostage-taking is also an option.

If you fail, you will die. The chances of escaping unscathed are higher.

After all, his physical state, reaction, and intelligence were very low, but what he held in his hand was a weapon that could really take someone's life.

Hands-on?

If they do, the mission Ave Mujica is currently working on will be ruined.

If something goes wrong at this point in time, Aoba Mocha's request to [detonate the Poppin'Party virus] will not be completed.

Aoba Moka's idea cannot be realized. The Toyokawa family did not fall into a stalemate, but entered a high strategic alert state. The situation will quickly deteriorate. The Toyokawa family feels threatened and will spend all their money to buy nuclear bombs as soon as possible. Mitake Ran's action of driving the [Scorpion] to bomb the Toyokawa Building will also become Afterglow's only solution to the problem...

...So what?

Afterglow bombs the Toyokawa Building.

This incident does no harm to Ave Mujica.

Chapter 257 Chips

The more chaotic it is, the less time the old forces have to distract themselves and suppress the new forces.

The greater the space for new forces to develop.

The foundation of any power is always "exclusive intelligence."

In peaceful days, "exclusive intelligence" with decisive power is unlikely to slip out of the hands of "big shots".

But things are different in turbulent days.

Such information is generated every day, and even new forces have a chance to gain the upper hand.

What's more, Ave Mujica now has an "exclusive intelligence".

【Afterglow is ready to retreat.】

How to maximize the value of this intelligence?

That is, to turn this information from "plan" into "reality".

...Then, I will have a second piece of "exclusive information".

The [secret] of this important member of the Toyokawa family before him.

The band and the company are fighting, the city of music is in turmoil, and new territory is vacant. Xiangzi, who holds these two "exclusive intelligence", will gain a brand new and promising operating space in the upcoming turmoil -

That is a huge power that is worth exchanging for even if you have to give up everything you have now.

A new gambling game appeared in front of Xiangzi.

Xiangzi has grown up.

She has more now than when she had nothing.

But the odds haven’t changed.

The stakes are still everything to Xiangzi.

Xiangzi was now standing in front of the roulette wheel, holding her bet.