Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"Want to increase the stakes?"

"add."

……

An instruction is sent.

In an instant, this command crossed the line connecting to the center console, jumped deep into the wall, and went all the way down.

It reached the fourth floor underground.

Arrived at the meeting room where Yamabuki Saya and the silver-faced man were.

then……

Bang!

"!"

"!"

In front of Sha Ling, behind the silver-faced man—

On the ceiling, a screen showing the looping subtitles of [Venue Closed] suddenly burst into a ball of sparks.

“—— ——”

Sha Ling and the silver-faced man immediately went on alert at the same time!

Sha Ling's artificial eye lit up.

[Contact Kill] Start tracking the intrusion location.

Following the path we came from just now, [Touch Kill] crawled all the way to the memory location -

"(The attack originated from the guard room on the first floor...)"

If you catch it now, you will catch it.

The channel may not be safe. Sha Ling did not take the risk of informing the members of Poppin'Party of this information.

She decided to catch it herself.

"…It seems that there is a big problem today." Sha Ling said to the silver-faced man, "Sorry, maybe we should make an appointment another day."

The silver-faced man nodded.

"I'm going to handle this situation," said Sa Ling. "Excuse me. I'll call the staff to guide you back to the boarding area. Be careful on the road."

Then, she walked to the front door of the room and held out her hand.

……However.

Sha Ling stretched out her hand, but the silver-faced man did not.

Nor did he hand over the liquid USB flash drive in his hand.

"..."

Saya looked at the man.

"Please return the USB drive to me."

she says.

"terribly sorry."

The silver-faced man said.

He also made his own judgment.

“I can’t just return it because I can’t assess its current condition.”

He also walked towards the main door of the room - but he was facing Saaya, walking backwards -

"Please understand," he said, "when accessing objects that pose a cybersecurity threat, an emergency situation occurred. This applies to Article 238 [Emergency Preservation Plan] of the Toyokawa Family Employee Rules. We need to immediately stop all access-exit activities, preserve the original samples, and conduct a comprehensive inspection to ensure that there is no risk of further escalation."

"After inspection, we will return it to you."

He looked like he was going to leave with the liquid USB drive.

Chapter 265 Audience Change

For safety reasons, the silver-faced man wants to leave with the USB flash drive containing the virus!

But Yamabuki Saya, who already suspected that the Toyokawa family was doing something, would never let him take it away here!

"That's a Poppin' Party secret."

Sha Ling said.

Her meaning was clear.

"It can be in your hands...but only in this room."

Sa Ling's refusal made the silver-faced man more suspicious that Poppin'Party was going to take action against the Toyokawa family.

"Feel sorry."

But on the other hand, the silver-faced man's insistence also made Sa Ling more suspicious that the Toyokawa family was going to take action against Poppin'Party——

“This is a security situation.”

The silver-faced man tightly grasped the square cylindrical transparent liquid USB flash drive with fluorescent green gelatinous solution inside.

[That plan] is absolutely confidential.

In any case, it cannot be exposed now.

He had been briefed before leaving.

Even if there is a conflict here, there can be no mistakes in the [Plan]—

——The punishment for "mistakes" in the Toyokawa family is very severe.

"..."

The silver-faced man took the lead and walked towards the door.

beep.

The door was opened by him using the hacking code without Yamabuki Saya's authorization.

This is not a very difficult thing to do.

But it's a very serious signal.

The silver-faced man gestured.

The bodyguards around rushed towards Sha Ling.

……

Outside CiRCLE.

The street in front of the building.

The ground shook slightly.

"..."

Xiangzi, who had just walked out of CiRCLE, noticed the slight vibration and looked down.

"what happened?"

Chu Hua, who was following behind her, asked her.

"……nothing."

Xiangzi said.

"Road construction~?"

Behind them, Miao Meng was trying to squeeze in between Hai Ling and Harmony.

She smiled and said, "There has been a lot of construction going on at the Poppin' Party venue lately."

"Road construction when CiRCLE is about to hold a live show?"

Hai Ling moved Mu to the other side of her and said.

"That's impossible. Is it that Poppin'Party and the Toyokawa family are fighting?" Miao Meng simply went around and behind Chuhua. She smiled and whispered.

"…Niao Meng."

Ahead, Xiangzi caught a dangerous glimpse.

She lowered her voice and gave a short warning.

"Oh, our Muzi is on the monitoring device~ No one is listening~" Miao Meng said, "After all, we are already out, right?"

Miao Meng glanced back.

The five people from Ave Mujica have all walked out of the CiRCLE building.

After creating the commotion, Xiangzi immediately ordered an evacuation. The team used their employee cards to open the electronic fence, and then quickly left the venue mixed in with the crowd.

"Actually, it's hard to say." Chuhua whispered, "We only saw the confrontation between Yamabuki Saya and the silver-faced man. They may not have started fighting like that—"

"Yes, I haven't watched the key content yet!" Miao Meng said, "I really want to know what happened next! I don't know if the mission was successful or not - I'm always uneasy if I can't see it with my own eyes, and the boss won't let me use the extra channels to record -"

"We'll know once Aoba Moka resumes communication with us."

Xiangzi said.

“When will communications be restored?”

Chu Hua asked.

"do not know."

Xiangzi said.

……

"——When will the communication be restored?!"

Aine asked loudly while squeezing in the noisy crowd.

No one answered her.

"Hey, hey! When can you recover——"

She repeated the question:

"do not know!"

Li Xi said loudly in the front.

thump.

The ground shook visibly again.

It is obviously more noticeable inside a building than outside it.

"Wow!"

"what!"

"Hello, hello, what...?"

All around, the performing musicians, who were already a little nervous due to the unusual blockade of the venue, became even more panicked because of this sudden situation!

Everyone is trying to use the brain-computer to access the [venue notification channel]. This makes the signal of the [venue notification channel] particularly bad——

At times like this, the only thing you can rely on is the most traditional vocal communication.

"Is the light on?"

Li Xi asked Su Shi loudly.

"I can't connect to her." Su Shi frowned, operating the brain-computer panel, and said, "But just now, she said that she had met the staff and was undergoing a routine check--"

"Hey, how are you doing over there?"