Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"..."

Xiangzi put her hand under the hem of her skirt and felt the cool metal tip.

That is the tip of Nirvana.

Xiangzi gently pushed the fabric at the side of his waist.

The tip of the knife pierced the side of the skirt and was caught in Xiangzi's hand.

Xiangzi looked forward.

Her eyes slid across the bodyguards around her.

They all looked outward.

"excuse me."

Xiangzi put his hands on his waist and bent slightly.

[Nirvana] was covered in the palm of her hand.

She walked forward.

The silver-faced important member of the Toyokawa family did not notice anything unusual.

Xiangzi walked up to his side.

She clenched Nirvana like a gambler clenching his sweaty chips at a gambling table.

In the eyes of the righteous, the other party's physiological indicators were displayed - Xiangzi's own physiological indicators - the common channel, team channel and room channel that Xiangzi had accessed -

then.

Shoko passed the important members of the Toyokawa family.

Ta, tap.

The wedge heels made a dull sound on the carpet.

Xiangzi walked to the door.

"The person you have an appointment with will be here soon. I will take my leave now. I wish you a satisfactory meeting."

Xiangzi said politely.

Galala.

The door is opened.

Xiangzi left through the main door of the room.

……

In the end, Xiangzi did not take action.

Even though she already had Nirvana between her fingers, she still walked away from the gambling table.

Because, at that moment, Xiangzi saw the team channel.

Ave Mujica.

Chuhua, Hailing and Miaomeng live in harmony.

The four teammates who arrived here with Xiangzi and completed the mission together.

Betting is everything to Xiangzi.

Including Xiangzi's life, Xiangzi's personal strength, Xiangzi's equipment, Xiangzi's connections, Xiangzi's team building, Xiangzi's resource intelligence...

...and Xiangzi’s four teammates.

They are all very strong.

The important Toyokawa who came to meet him had so many bodyguards around him. This is the headquarters of the band Poppin'Party, the owner of the central area.

Even in such a horrific situation, Xiangzi still believed that after she held Toyokawa's important officials hostage, she still had a chance to escape with a breath of her own life.

This is because she believes that these four people will faithfully provide cover even in the most extreme emergencies.

There is a good chance that she will leave.

…But she doesn’t think that Ave Mujica’s players can leave, either.

Everything about Xiangzi, and two pieces of "exclusive information".

The value of these two is put on the scale of consideration.

The rewards for winning the bet are very generous.

But the stakes are a bit too high.

[Oblivionis: Mission accomplished. Entering evacuation process.]

Xiangzi came to the corridor. She walked forward and said so in the brain-computer communication channel of Ave Mujica.

Click.

The small door on the side of the room was opened at this time.

Mu also left the room and went to the corridor.

She followed Xiangzi.

Xiangzi walked the same way he came.

She walked past the black-haired armed guards.

It’s Hai Ling.

Hai Ling didn't say anything, but followed Xiangzi harmoniously.

Then came the blond-haired armed guards.

It’s Chuhua.

Chu Hua did the same and followed behind the three people.

Finally, Miao Meng, dressed as a stagehand, jumped out from the shadows at some unknown corner.

The five people returned to the staff passage.

Mu hacked the program backdoor that was left behind when he came in. The five people entered the employee passage again.

Ta, tap.

The five people from Ave Mujica walked up the stairs.

As they walked, they took off the camouflage coats they had put on earlier.

Two pieces of heavyweight "exclusive information".

Xiangzi did not choose to gamble on them.

“(This gamble is not worth it.)”

This is what Xiangzi judged.

According to the current plan, we should cooperate with Aoba Mocha step by step, build a good relationship with her, keep moving forward, slowly squeeze into [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land], develop with the support of [big shots]... and also get a chance to settle down.

Although it is a bit slow and the results cannot be seen immediately, it does not mean that we have to use the original and most valuable chip in our hand, which is called [Ave Mujica's Life].

Xiangzi believed that his judgment was correct.

Decision makers do not always have to make decisions to "earn the upper limit situation". Occasionally, they also have to make decisions to "avoid the lower limit situation".

but.

As I walked up the stairs, for a moment, just a moment—

The words that Aoba Moka said to Mitakeran that he had once heard flashed through Xiangzi's mind.

【Lan has become timid.】

At that time, Mocha commented on Lan like this.

【At that time, we could accept failure. 】

[Now that your hands are full of things, can you not accept it? 】

"..."

Xiangzi frowned.

“(I haven’t become a wimp.)”

Xiangzi said to himself.

“(It’s just that the time has not come to use these chips yet.)”

The secret of the Toyokawa family.

Father's secret.

She won't give up. She'll find a better time to explore.

Not now, though.

Turning the corner, Xiangzi saw the staff door on the ground floor.

Here Xiangzi took off the last piece of her disguise - the half-covering visor on her face.

The light from outside the door shone in.

Xiangzi suddenly noticed that there was something dark on the face armor.

She walked a little further. Then, she realized that it was not dark, but red.

is blood.

Xiangzi spread out his palms.

"..."

It turned out that Xiangzi had squeezed [Nirvana] too hard just now.

She accidentally cut her palm.

Just now, she had been clenching her fists and didn't notice it.

Chapter 2: Hiding the Trees in the Forest (4k monthly tickets plus extra)

Xiangzi clenched his palms slightly.

There was a faint dull pain in the palm of my hand.

The pain level index shown in the artificial eye is not particularly low.

But the pain is definitely not as severe as before.

When I was concentrating, I didn't even notice that I was injured.

"(The effect of [Calm] is increased.)"

Xiangzi thought.

The improvement of [Calmness] can increase the limit of physical pain that a physiological person can bear, and also allow them to ignore the impact of these skills caused by the pain at the critical moment when adrenaline is secreted in large quantities.

Xiangzi's calmness just went from 6 to 7.

Moved from [Rookie] rating to [Expert] rating.

This meant that she had taken a small, qualitative leap.

She began to be able to temporarily block out the tension, fear, stress and physical pain she was experiencing in emergency situations to ensure that the actions at hand were completed without interference.

Xiangzi is not used to this yet, but she thinks she will get the hang of it soon.

“(Once you master the trick, there will be more things you can do…)”

Xiangzi thought about this, looking at his hands and the mask he was holding.

The wounds caused by [Nirvana] were difficult to heal. Blood stains continued to spread from her wounds and stuck to the surface of the knitted armor.

Xiangzi stared at his hands for a long time. Mu behind her noticed Xiangzi's action at this time.