Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

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"I don't have a student status anymore! I feel really insecure! Hey, I'll go see if I can get into the dormitory and make some friends—"

Forget it, I'll just use the text transcription form.

【Timoris: Haven't you already adapted to it? 】

Hai Ling held the steering wheel and drove the car towards the side road while talking in her computer.

【Amoris: It's different! This is different! 】

Miao Meng is still calling.

[Amoris: I don’t know what’s going on now! The [big shots] just had a fight, and we were part of it, so who knows how they’re going to find someone!]

[Amoris: I'm afraid someone will fall from the sky and catch me! ]

[Amoris: Hatsuko! Hatsuko, please come back and protect me! ]

【Doloris: Eh? That’s a bit…】

[Amoris: Hatsuko! What's wrong with me? Is it the body shape? Do you like short people? I can work hard - use light-blocking camouflage or something! Can't you just fall in love with me? I want to be protected too!]

【Doloris: ...Ah, what? It's not...】

【Timoris: Chuhua, you don’t have to care about it. 】

[Amoris: At least say "ignore her jokes"! It's too much to ignore them! Right, Mutsuko? ]

[Mortis: It's like the external diode was immersed in a copper-zinc solution.]

【Timoris: ...Nyanko, what did you teach Miss Wakaba? 】

【Amoris: Hmm? After we finished our work, I told her how to master the art of speaking. How's that? Not bad, right?】

【Timoris: It's as bad as using the DaytimerTM instantaneous reaction force chip to play squash. 】

【Doloris: Haha...】

[Oblivionis: Staying in the main city is safer than entering [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].]

Xiangzi joined the conversation.

First of all, it’s a serious topic.

[Oblivionis: [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] The next step after being blocked is to become the focus of search. ]

【Oblivionis: Because a [big shot] is looking for that car. 】

【Oblivionis: We speed up. 】

【Oblivionis: We will find it soon. 】

……

Xiangzi said "it will be found soon" based on her judgment of the situation of [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

[Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] is different from other areas in the City of Joy.

There are battles for territory here every day.

These things also happen in the main urban area.

However, the frequency is not that high.

The BCPD officers dared not get too close to the defense because if they went a little deeper from where they were deployed, they could see the gates guarded by refugees and mercenaries. In order to prevent new competitors from entering the area, these people erected a thick, spiked defense line.

When Xiangzi left [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land], these defenses had already been done very well. After that, another week passed, and now the defenses will only be done better.

This is also one of the reasons why Xiangzi chose to enter [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

Xiangzi opened the [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] map in his brain.

This map has become much more detailed than when she left [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

This is the reward Ave Mujica received after completing Aoba Mocha's first mission, the one that cleared the room - actually the mission that destroyed the server.

Information held by the bandits who want to enter [New Land Reclamation Phase 2].

Including all pioneer intelligence including topographic maps, negotiators, etc.

Xiangzi used this pioneering intelligence to optimize the map he had.

In her vision, the best-case scenario would be to have the target vehicle go to an area she knew had a lot of abandoned vehicles and was relatively deserted.

She had the car take an unguarded passage into [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land]. This passage was originally prepared by the bandits for themselves to enter [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

If the car was successfully hacked, it would pass through this passage, smoothly enter [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land], and appear in the pile of junked cars.

If the car hadn't been hacked successfully...

Then, it will take the high road.

Then, they were intercepted by dangerous armed elements at the defense line of refugees and mercenaries.

Therefore, the cars would appear only in abandoned vehicle yards or at the defense lines of refugees and mercenaries.

[Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] is very big.

But if we only need to search these two areas, the situation becomes simple.

The first thing Xiangzi confirmed was, of course, the defense line of the refugees and mercenaries. She asked Hailing to follow the path on the map to the side of the defense line, and asked Mu to access her brain-computer and hack down the protective fence there.

It was quiet inside.

There was no light, only a few guards wandering around outside.

Xiangzi saw the gathering crowd and the fire.

Most people seemed to be eating.

[Amoris: Maybe the truck was carrying a new flavor of compressed biscuits. They are eating their spoils now.]

Miao Meng said in the brain machine.

No, how is that possible?

Xiangzi thought.

But she didn't bother to point it out.

[Doloris: If that's the case, it sounds like a B-grade harvest. I quite like this kind of harvest, simple and practical.]

【Oblivionis:……】

Chuhua, don't take up this topic.

[Oblivionis: We have all been scanned, right? The things in the car are not food, but living people. ]

【Amoris: They are eating people! ? 】

【Timoris: I knew you were going to say this prion content is very high.】

【Mortis: No tire reaction. The car is not here.】

Mu's confirmation was good news for Xiangzi.

Because Xiangzi would certainly prefer the car to appear in the pile of scrap cars.

It is safer there, with more room for operation, and there is no need to fight against refugees and mercenaries head-on.

【Oblivionis: Let's go to the junkyard. 】

Xiangzi gave the coordinates of the location.

At that time, she felt that her luck had improved.

however.

After spending several hours carefully avoiding the refugees, they arrived at the scrap car pile...

They found that the [Colby] did not appear here.

Chapter 2: Full Map Search (8k monthly tickets plus more)

late at night.

Sand Dong.

Sand Dong.

Sporadic sounds were heard from the pile of abandoned vehicles scattered around [Reclamation New Land Phase 2].

There were three dark figures walking back and forth in the open space, searching.

They didn't turn on any lighting equipment. However, their artificial eyes were on. When they passed by each other, the thin blue light from their artificial eyes could illuminate the faces of the people next to them.

They were Xiangzi, Chuhua and Hailing.

sand……

Chu Hua used his hands to support a Mackinac MTL1 whose front end had been hollowed out, lifted up its front wheels, and then pushed it aside.

Sand Dong.

Several other abandoned vehicles were stacked under the car body.

Xiangzi's righteous eyes were shining.

She looked under the vehicles.

However, nothing was detected.

There were no scent molecules left behind by burnt paint, no fresh tire tracks, no indicators of life.

Nothing at all.

"..."

Xiangzi sighed softly.

She straightened up again and looked at the venue.

The search had lasted for an hour since the three of them arrived at the scrapyard designated by Miao Meng.

The scrapyard was almost completely turned over.

However, the target vehicle was never found.

"(How come there isn't one?)"

Looking at the backs of Chuhua and Hailing searching in front of him, Xiangzi began to think about the reasons behind this.

[Colby] entered [Reclamation Phase 2], but did not reach the junkyard...

“(Did the [big guy] take control in the end? Did the [big guy] take the car to another place?)”

"(Although they passed the checkpoint, they were attacked by other refugees or mercenaries somewhere else?)"

"(Did your vehicle break down and get stuck in dangerous terrain on the road?)"

These are things that only happen with a small probability.

However, now that the two most likely scenarios are about to be ruled out, Xiangzi has to start reconsidering these possibilities that she had once forgotten.

Xiangzi looked at the brain-computer information.

【Amoris: #Surveillance Images】

Mortis: #Surveillance Image

Inside the brain-computer was the surveillance footage sent by Miao Meng and Mu.

Now, all the intersections leading to [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] have been blocked.

The two of them kept looking at these intersections.

That [Colby] never left [Reclamation New Land Phase 2] again.

“(At least it is certain that the car is now in [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].)”

Xiangzi thought.

sand.