Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

This means that the owner of this bloodstain is related to the "big shots" of the City of Joy.

Found a blood stain, nothing more.

It is not uncommon to find dead bodies in CiRCLE. Don't pay too much attention to it.

However, the blood sample of the "big shot"'s relative was found...

...is a more urgent situation than discovering the body of an unknown person.

The alert icon jumps from blue to yellow. The alert situation jumps from level 4 to level 2.

[Satomi: DNA matching shows that the bloodstain's owner's kinship compatible group is [Toyokawa].]

【Sa Ling: ……】

Sha Ling looked at the silver-faced man sitting opposite her.

People from Toyokawa, come to the concert...

This is unlikely.

Because people from the Toyokawa family are going to come to such a large event, they will definitely report to the organizer.

In this case, the only person left in this venue who might be a member of the Toyokawa family is this silver-faced man.

That’s what Sha Ling thought.

Apparently, Rimi thought so too.

[Satomi: Saaya, does the other person have any wounds? Newly healed wounds are fine.]

She asked this crucial question.

Sha Ling looked at the silver-faced man.

Both of them had high intelligence points. They exchanged a lot of information, but at this time, the silver-faced man had only scanned for less than two seconds.

【Sa Ling: ……】

Sha Ling's artificial eye lit up slightly.

The advanced scanning software [Touch Kill] loaded into her brain-computer system completed the scan of the man in an instant.

【Sa Ling: ……】

The investigation showed that there was "no abnormality inside or outside" on the other party.

【Sha Ling: He has no wounds. 】

The alert icon turned red.

The alert level jumped from level 2 to level 1.

The only person in the building who might be a member of the Toyokawa family was not injured.

However, a new blood sample from a relative of the Toyokawa family appeared.

Package drop?

Kidnapping?

Framed?

one way or another--

Insurance first.

[Sa Ling: ...Satomi, block CiRCLE. ]

【Sha Ling: There is a problem. 】

……

Brushing past the crowd entering CiRCLE, Xiangzi, Chuhua, Hailing and Miaomeng walked towards the exit in harmony.

There are already a lot of guests. In one hour, Poppin'Party's live show will start.

However, that has nothing to do with Xiangzi and others.

They pretended to be returning passers-by, walked past the guard room next to the exit and headed towards the main entrance.

Not many people chose to leave. However, it is not entirely absent.

As long as they use illness as an excuse, they can leave here...

Xiangzi, who was walking in front, had already approached the electronic security gate at the entrance.

however.

at this time.

when.

A red light lit up in the middle of the electronic security door.

"!"

The electronic security gate was blocked.

Xiangzi saw that right in front of him, a spectator who had not yet entered was pushed out of the door by the electronic barrier.

[——Temporary inspection——Venue closure——Temporary inspection——]

[Please wait for a moment——temporary inspection——]

The sound of an electronic announcement came from the speakers in the venue.

"Everyone, wait a moment!"

At the entrance, several staff members hurried past.

They used their employee cards to swipe open the electronic fences and ran in and out busily.

Some of them were outsiders, and some were insiders. But now, because of the emergency, they were all mixed in the crowd on both sides of the electronic fence, in a mess. Some of them were maintaining order, while others were running into the venue.

"Excuse me!"

Several staff members squeezed past the Ave Mujica members. One of them bumped into Miao Meng's shoulder.

"Hey!"

The staff members didn't have time to apologize. Miao Meng looked back and could only see them hurriedly dispersing in the crowd.

Miao Meng was very dissatisfied with this.

She called out, "It's nice here—"

She suddenly felt something was wrong and transferred the call to her computer.

[Amoris: ...It's so lively here? What happened? ]

Miao Meng asked in the brain-computer channel.

Xiangzi didn't know either. But someone answered this question.

beep.

In the brain computer, [Aoba Mocha] sent a message.

[Aoba Moka: A general public has mistakenly entered the Poppin'Party control area. Poppin'Party is handling the matter. 】

Mocha’s channels are still wider than Ave Mujica’s.

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Some ordinary people mistakenly entered the restricted area of ​​Poppin'Party.

【Oblivionis: ...It's an emergency. 】

Xiangzi said in his brain computer.

She was swaying in the crowd.

[Aoba Moka: It looks like ~ that's the case. 】

[Aoba Mocha: Uh~]

[Aoba Moka: ...How strange. Normally, Poppin'Party wouldn't conduct such a thorough blockade and control just before a live just because someone else accidentally entered the control area~]

[Aoba Mocha: Weird~]

【Oblivionis:……】

Ave Mujica's whereabouts have been discovered?

This was Xiangzi’s first reaction.

but……

“(Not really.)”

Xiangzi looked around.

There are only two possibilities for the discovery of Ave Mujica.

The first is that Ave Mujica's impersonation as a CiRCLE employee was discovered.

In this case, CiRCLE's key targets for investigation must be its own employees. Even if they are not, at least they will be more vigilant about their employees.

But now, CiRCLE employees can still enter and exit CiRCLE freely with their employee cards.

This means that CiRCLE did not issue any special surveillance instructions to its employees.

The second is that the silver-masked man from the Toyokawa family, a guest at Ave Mujica's Poppin'Party, had the Scorpion Tailed Lion placed in his brain.

In this case, it should be assumed that the enemy is attacking through the channel, and employees will be assigned to investigate the gateway situation in the building.

But now, there was no one at the common information console in the guard room near the exit.

"(Neither...?)"

What happened?

Xiangzi couldn't think of it for the time being.

During the brain-computer call, Aoba Mocha, who had always given people the feeling of being at ease, also fell into a brief confusion.

[Aoba Moka: Oh my, it looks like the situation has changed...]

[Aoba Moka: ...I don't know who aroused Poppin'Party's vigilance. ]

[Aoba Moka: Poppin'Party is investigating. The order to investigate was very urgent, and it was obvious that the employees were very surprised. But they didn't make the investigation too public... They didn't directly let Sa Ling, who was at the meeting, come out to host it.]

[Aoba Moka: ...The one who aroused Poppin'Party's vigilance was an important person. However, Poppin'Party was a little hesitant about how to proceed...]

[Aoba Mocha: Made by the Toyokawa family? ]

[Aoba Moka: No, there is no need for the Toyokawa family to do this for the time being...]

[Aoba Moka: ...Who is it? ]

It seems that even Afterglow's military advisor was surprised by the current situation.

This is very rare.

[Oblivionis: Ms. Aoba, what do you say next? ]

[Aoba Moka: Hmm... it's a bit of a pity. ]

Mocha used the word "what a pity" to describe it, which was slightly beyond Xiangzi's expectations.

[Aoba Moka: Oh, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have let you guys withdraw so early…]

[Aoba Moka: Opportunities always come after you withdraw your front foot. ]

…Mocha was not shaken by the unexpected situation.

It seems that her ambitions are far greater than she lets on.

[Aoba Mocha: It would be nice if you still retained your CiRCLE employee privileges~]

[Aoba Moka: Right now, the meeting between Poppin'Party and the Toyokawa family should still be going on. ]

[Aoba Moka: At least, we will be in a polite stalemate.]