Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

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At this moment, Deng heard the sound of the elevator arriving.

They were in the elevator lobby. That was true. But since the CiRCLE lockdown, all elevators were out of service.

Then, there was a “bang”.

There was a muffled sound.

Deng saw a small cluster of sparks exploding from the brain at the back of the man's neck.

All data flow on the man's face stopped at this moment.

He stood there and paused.

Then, his knees weakened and he fell to the ground.

All his movements ceased. He lowered his head like a robot that had stopped functioning.

The lamp lies on the ground.

She couldn't move. The ground was cold. Tap, tap. She heard several people walk out of the elevator and enter the elevator hall.

"It's too late, Kasumi."

Deng heard Miss Yamabuki say to the leader.

"Sorry, Saaya~"

The lamp heard the person who responded replied in a brisk, upward tone.

It can still maintain its personality even in an emergency... It may be a function of some kind of implanted plug-in.

"Uh-huh."

The other person made a sound like someone who had discovered trouble. It sounded like she was standing next to the man.

"…The integrated virus has passed through the Toyokawa family's gateway," the voice said. "How did things turn out like this? Isn't this worse than the last time we had a fight at SPACE? The time someone threw a Curse Rocket into our lounge?"

She walked behind the lamp again.

"Don't touch."

Deng heard the person named Kasumi say.

The person behind me stopped.

After that, Deng didn't hear them talk again.

Deng thought that they probably transferred the conversation into the brain-computer communication channel.

The conversation didn't last long. However, it might be because their intelligence points were both high, so the brainwave communication was completed in an instant.

In short, soon the light in front of my eyes dimmed.

Something came down from above, covering the light.

It felt like some kind of nylon fabric with poor thermal insulation properties.

The lamp is wrapped in this fabric.

She felt like someone was carrying her.

The view is blocked.

The light could only vaguely register that she was being carried into the elevator.

The elevator went all the way down.

The man carrying the lamp walked some distance inside the building and boarded a new elevator.

The cloth wrapped around the lamp looked like a shroud, the lamp thought as it was carried away.

For a moment she felt that she was being taken somewhere and killed secretly or disposed of in some other way.

Deng did not feel too much fear about the possible approach of death.

As for the possibility behind this attack, it might indicate that something big is about to happen in Le City...this kind of thing is even less within her consideration.

The light was just thinking about a few people.

Aine, Ryuna, Riki, and Suyo.

How are things going, everyone at MyGO!!!!!?

The high fever began to subside.

The feeling of nausea and vomiting was decreasing, and at the same time, the light started to become dim and I felt weak.

A condition similar to fatigue began to eat away at the lamp.

This state made it impossible for Deng to concentrate on thinking. She could only vaguely imagine the faces of her companions, but all her emotions and thoughts began to surface again, and she couldn't continue to think more deeply...

When being carried out of the elevator again, Deng felt the wind.

Light is brought into a venue that connects with the outdoors.

The echoes of footsteps echoing around were reflected from farther away.

The lights were brought to a large, roofed area…

The physical brain operates very slowly.

It took Deng some time to understand what should have been understood immediately:

She entered an underground parking lot of CiRCLE.

The lamp was carried forward a distance.

She heard the car door open.

She was put into a car.

The door was closed again.

No one else got on the car Deng was in. However, Deng heard the sound of another car starting nearby.

Not only the car she was riding in started.

The group of cars started slowly and moved forward.

When driving uphill along the exit road of the underground parking lot towards the outside of CiRCLE, the bumps caused the cloth wrapped around the lights to slide down a little.

The sunlight coming in from the car window fell on Deng's face.

"..."

Deng raised her eyes. The shape of the car window made her realize that she was now in the back seat of a sedan.

However, this matter has been slowly recognized.

The lights are getting sleepier.

Her physical brain was working very slowly, and her brain-machine... her brain-machine was almost completely unable to sense its existence.

But the light was dim and I felt that I couldn't fall asleep.

So, she still tried to keep up her spirits.

Chapter 270 Where to Go

After the vehicle leaves CiRCLE, the direction it will go is not something that the lights can tell.

She felt vaguely that the vehicle had traveled a long way.

Judging from the angle at which the sun is shining, it seems to be moving eastward.

But after the vehicle turned a few times, the lights could no longer distinguish east, west, south, and north.

All she knew was that the vehicle stopped just as she was about to lose consciousness.

We have arrived...

...It doesn't seem so.

Because the lights heard the roar of the nuclear power reactor.

Some kind of large vehicle stopped in front of the convoy, blocking the road.

Deng heard the sound of people raising guns, the buzz of vehicles switching to armed status, and the sound of car doors opening.

Deng also heard someone getting out of a car very close to his own in the convoy.

“Afterglow really bought [Scorpion]!”

It was the voice of someone named Kasumi whom I had heard before.

"Seeing it with my own eyes, it's really cool! This is also the first time I've seen this type of military fully armored vehicle!" Kasumi said amid the humming sound of the nuclear power reactor, "This quality is so dazzling and makes my heart beat!"

"But..." she added, "The number of [Scorpions] is less than I heard!"

sand.

A buzzing sound came from the armored vehicle named "Scorpion".

It sounded like the hatch was opened.

Was it because Kasumi didn't protect herself in the vehicle? The person riding the Scorpion also came out.

"Kasumi."

said the man.

"Long time no see, Lan."

Kasumi calls that person Ran.

"Come back with me, Kasumi."

Compared to Kasumi who always sounded happy, Ran's tone was much more serious.

"I have explained it very clearly during the call." She said, "Road control is out of control, the main information warfare is disconnected, and the channel has disappeared. The Toyokawa family's server has been observed to be in a state of disorder and paralysis. At the same time, the Toyokawa family has been adjusted to a state of war readiness due to the conflict with CiRCLE-"

"——The conflict at CiRCLE was just the first of countless fuses to be lit. The friction between the Toyokawa family and the band was inevitable a long time ago. We all know this. But only now, the Toyokawa family is bluffing, because the paralysis of the server has actually caused an impact——"

"——Now is the best time to take action."

Lan said.

However, Kasumi just smiled.

"Hmm~? As expected, Afterglow is watching Poppin'Party."

she says.

"Pastel*Palettes means that if we all go up to them, they will go up too." Lan added, "Roselia didn't express support, but she didn't express opposition either. Hello, Happy World! Don't count on it. Morfonica and RAS are on their way."

"Hmm...that's it."

However, Kasumi still just said this.

Ran read Kasumi's intention from this.

Kasumi wasn't going to go along with Ran's surprise move.

Although Lan didn't want to accept it at all, she still had to accept it.

"Ok."

Lan said.

"I'll go alone, too."

The buzzing sound of the Scorpion.

Lan prepared to command the [Scorpion] to move forward.

however……

This time, it was Poppin' Party's motorcade that moved.