Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"Things have come to this point, are you still going to suppress it?"

Lan roared.

"Toyokawa's intentions have been clear since a year ago! The absence of Aya has weakened the influence of Pastel*Palettes in the territory, and the Toyokawa family has seen benefits from it! After that, it was the matter of the two new plots..." She shouted, "We all know that the [Seven Bands] have never reached an agreement with Toyokawa! Now, Aya is back, and the new plots are going to have a leader again--"

"——Toyokawa will no longer just test the waters! Their actions towards Hello, Happy World! are proof of that!"

Kasumi didn't react to Ran's words.

This made Lan even angrier.

"I really don't understand!" Lan said loudly, "I can understand that you don't support me! Because of everything Afterglow and I have promoted! But you have to admit that Afterglow has not changed anything, it just made Fengchuan's already clear attitude even more obvious! Fengchuan has already made plans! They are ready to take away confidential documents directly from your territory. The number of people, the amount of equipment, and the contact personnel - it's basically a scout, can't you see it! They are all doing it in your base camp, crawling on your face - do you still want to continue to cooperate with Fengchuan?"

“Cooperation with Toyokawa is a must for Le City.”

Kasumi said.

"Why is this necessary!" Lan said even louder, "Those corporate dogs! Dirty pigs with money running through their veins!"

The angry Ran continued to speak to the silent Kasumi:

"The problem of the nuclear bomb, the problem of the port area, and the problem of the Toyokawa family's informant!"

“I said all this at the [Seven Bands] meeting!”

"They have already changed their minds - as long as they are here, there will be a sword of death hanging over our heads!"

"Why do we have to work with a family that wants to kill us!?"

"They are now infected with a virus! This virus is your power! And we also have power - each of our bands has power! These powers - combined, right now, right here, we can get rid of the Toyokawa family!"

"We were born here and grew up here. This place belongs to us—not them! It's us, not them, who are worthy of ruling the City of Joy!"

"Kill them, and we'll take control of the City of Joy—right now!"

"Why don't you take action!"

however.

"The Toyokawa family is not what you think, Ran." Kasumi said, "They have roots underground, and these roots are the foundation of all businesses."

Kasumi says:

"We can only cut off the upper part. We can't dig out or burn the lower part."

"Without Toyokawa, there will be Kamikawa and Shimokawa. After Toyokawa falls, there will be a huge funding gap and other capitals that are eyeing it covetously from the outside..."

"The underlying structure of the city of music is bands and capital. Without either, it will collapse."

"After that, a new order will be rebuilt on the ruins. This new order will be the same as before."

“Capital doesn’t die. But [bands] do.”

“Then the situation will be worse than it is now with [the bands] interfering in the city.”

"You are just a coward's talk." Lan said, still angry, "Everything in this world starts with resistance."

"Now is not the time to rebel." Kasumi said, "What we need is not to solve the problem, but to solve the problem without worries. Only in this way can we reach where we really want to go. There will be a better solution to Toyokawa's problem."

"Everyone keeps telling me 'there's a better way' but no one is actually doing it. I'm the only one doing it and watching you guys watch it all fall apart."

Lan sounded disgusted, but she asked, "What's that method?"

“I’m searching.”

Kasumi answered.

“That’s still searching!”

This sentence once again ignited Lan's anger -

"How long are you going to wait! A hundred years? Two hundred years?"

"Do not……"

"Toyama Kasumi!" Lan roared, "It has come to this, and you still want to protect Toyokawa!"

boom!

Deng felt the sedan she was riding in shake violently.

Shaking.

It looked like someone had opened fire.

The ground was shaking, and the car with the lamp on it was shaking too.

beep.

Light heard a soft sound coming from the front of the car.

The shaking caused more cloth to slide down. Deng saw an account connected to the main console of the car in front of him.

【Aoba Moca】.

The name of the account is [青叶摩卡].

This account was connected for a moment, and then quickly withdrew——

However, soon after, another account logged in.

This time there are two parallel accounts.

One is [Amoris].

The other one is [Mortis].

They seem to be modifying something——The vehicle starts to move——It seems to be modifying the destination——

The vehicle under the light began to move.

It moves forward—the light doesn't know where it's going—

then.

The next moment.

Flames exploded in front of the lamp.

Artillery fire hit the side of the car.

Deng's already fragile consciousness was interrupted at this moment.

Chapter 271 Scanning and Antivirus

[Today's 7 o'clock City of Music fuel price fluctuations: slight fluctuations - increased by 0.91%. 】

[Exchange trading information: Public bidding trading information: Quanneng Auto: The daily price drop deviation value reached -8.80%. ]

[Urban management phenomena in Lezhicheng: Central area - slightly congested, wealthy area - normal, agricultural area - normal...]

【…】

One piece of [Lezhicheng News] after another was projected onto the retina, becoming one of the few bright things in the room.

Inside the dim, lightless motel, heavy curtains blocked out the natural and artificial light coming from outside.

Xiangzi stood upright beside the bed, watching the news on his retina.

She was only wearing a thin bra and panties, exposing her fair skin to the air.

Without clothes she looked even thinner and more delicate than usual.

"..."

Xiangzi frowned and looked at the information flowing through his retina.

There was a rustling sound behind me.

A hand reached out from behind Xiangzi.

The hand was the same size as Xiangzi's own, but smaller, with a small frame, and a whiter complexion than Xiangzi's.

It is the hand of harmony.

Mu moved closer to Xiangzi.

"..."

Mu said nothing. She kept her eyes downcast and expressionless, as she did most of the time.

She just used her hand to touch Xiangzi's skin exposed to the air.

The hand gently brushed across the side of Xiangzi's thigh, leaving a subtle, itchy feeling.

Xiangzi frowned slightly.

Mu's hands slowly moved upwards. They circled Xiangzi's hips, turned to the back, climbed up Xiangzi's spine, and circled back to the front.

One hand reached up to touch his heart, while the other slid down to his abdomen.

It looked like a hug, but also like something else.

The hand slid down from the side. Mu touched Xiangzi's right hand with her right hand. She inserted her fingers into Xiangzi's palm. Her fingertips carefully touched the seam where the subcutaneous implant connected to the epidermis, and then reached between the other's fingers.

"……Ugh."

Xiangzi sighed softly.

"Xiang, what's wrong?"

Hearing Xiangzi's sigh, Mu leaned forward.

This posture allowed her to rest her head on Xiangzi's shoulder.

After leaning out from behind Xiangzi, one can see that Mu's retina is also slightly lit, just like Xiangzi's.

However, the data light on the brain-computer showed that the data stream processed by Mu seemed to be larger than that of Xiangzi who was watching the news.

"We can't count on [Lezhicheng News] anymore." Xiangzi said.

"Forty minutes have passed. No media outlet has reported on the CiRCLE incident," she said. "I can understand that. But it's not normal that a large-scale conflict was not reported either."

"The pressure is not applied so quickly. It seems like Poppin'Party or the Toyokawa family reached a prior agreement with the news center." Hailing said behind Xiangzi.

At this moment, she was sitting on the edge of the bed in the motel.

Like Xiangzi, Hailing was only wearing thin underwear.

"Or maybe they both said hello in advance~"

Miao Meng sat behind Hai Ling, her red eyes glowing in the darkness.

Miao Meng is also watching the news.

However, she didn't even wear underwear. She just grabbed a thin white sheet and covered herself in front of her.

"All channels for obtaining information have been blocked." Chu Hua said at the end of the bed.

She stood there, wearing a white T-shirt that was big enough to cover her lower body.

Maybe she is the last person here who should be dressed like this, because it is difficult for her figure to be completely covered by a T-shirt.

"……yes."

Xiangzi held his chin with his hand and spoke in a low voice.

At this moment, Mu's hand slipped from Xiangzi's fingers.

Mu, who was also wearing only a tank top and underwear, left from behind Xiangzi.

Mu's body temperature was not high. She was always cool, but the temperature drop caused by her departure still made Xiangzi feel that the surroundings had become colder.

"Is the inspection finished?" Xiangzi turned his head slightly and asked, "How was it?"

“There is no virus and potential risk of infection.”

Mu said.

Mu walked towards Hailing who was lying on the bed.

She sat on Hailing's lap face to face.

His eyes flickered. Mu began to touch Hailing's cheek with his hand.