Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Aine didn’t know why the other party asked this question.

They had asked this question an hour ago, when the interrogation had just begun.

“We were too anxious at the time.” Aine said, “Because of the light… our team’s lead singer seemed to be in danger. We went down the corridor, and our only hope was to find her as soon as possible—”

She clasped her hands unconsciously.

"Hands apart."

The police officer on the opposite side noticed this and said.

Aine hurriedly did as she was told.

"Repeat how you used your software to locate the target."

The police officer said.

This question has also been asked before.

Aiyin had heard that the police would repeat some of the questions when hearing the news to ensure the authenticity of the polygraph test. However, she was not sure whether she had entered this stage now.

After all, why is it necessary to conduct inquiries after the EEG imaging process?

Wouldn't it be better to just watch the super dream movie formed by brain waves?

There are so many things that Aine doesn't understand.

Everything made her nervous.

After all, this was her first time in jail.

"(——I am a law-abiding citizen!)"

Aine shouted in her heart.

beep.

The [Lie Detector-Psychological Analyzer] in front of him made a slight sound.

The police officer sitting opposite frowned.

"..."

Aine immediately stopped even thinking about her inner voice.

"Uh... that's my [Environmental Cavity Detection - Ultrasonic...] what is it... Oh, yes, [Environmental Cavity Detection - Ultrasonic Stereoscopic Imager]."

Aine said while nervously recalling.

She almost clasped her hands together again, but this time, she remembered to separate them.

"...I connected it using this K-frequency channel, and then..."

Aine recalled.

She wasn't particularly happy with the way she expressed herself, and because she was nervous, she stuttered at several points.

"(Will it be different from what you said last time?)"

She started to worry.

She thought she was pretty good at reading people's expressions. But right now, she couldn't tell what the police officer was thinking from his face - of course, he was a police officer -

rustle.

The police officer flipped the thin piece of plastic in his hand.

"Recount what happened when you woke up seven hours ago."

He asked the next question.

Aine was just about to ask.

beep.

The machine beeped again.

Alright alright……

“When I woke up, I was in the KV-2 ambulance of the City of Joy Medical,” Aine said. “I think my memory only goes as far as noticing a fight at the end of the hallway. A figure flew over, and then, they opened fire on us—we were pushed against the wall—and then, there was the glowing ceiling of the ambulance.”

"I thought I would be taken to the City of Joy Medical Center!" Aine said again, "But when I got off the ambulance, I found that I was taken to the BCPD's temporary detention center. I was taken out of the car and put into a temporary room. Then I was questioned-"

"The interrogation records show that after you arrived at the scene, the first question you asked the police officer in charge of the interrogation at the time was about the situation of the people at the scene." said the police officer.

“Of course!” Aine said immediately, “Everyone from our band was there! I didn’t see them when I woke up! I was so worried!”

"I felt relieved after the police officer told me that there had been no reports of serious injuries or deaths of minors in CiRCLE incidents so far..."

rustling.

The officer opposite was taking notes.

In fact, Aine didn’t understand why these words were worth remembering. But he did not stop.

Ah——ah.

Why do you ask repetitive questions? Why do you ask seemingly irrelevant questions? When does the interrogation end?

Aine couldn't put her mind at ease because she didn't understand the whole process of the interrogation.

“(If I had known earlier, I should have learned more about BCPD after coming to the City of Joy!)” Aine couldn’t help but think, “(People who know BCPD better will be calmer!)”

"(Alas, there is nothing I can do. I didn't think I would encounter something like this at the time...)"

at this time.

Bah!

Suddenly there was a loud noise coming from next door!

This sound startled Aine——it sounded like someone pounded the table hard——

"——I wanted to ask you how she is doing!!!"

A familiar voice roared from across the wall.

Aine blinked.

It’s Lixi.

Even through the sound-absorbing material, her roar reached the room where Aine was.

"Let's continue."

Unlike Aine, the police officer on the other side was not affected too much.

He turned another page of thin plastic and continued.

……

While sitting in the interrogation room, Aine kept thinking "Why hasn't the interrogation ended yet?"

But after she was released, she felt that the interrogation ended faster than she had expected.

After the other party said, "It's okay, go home and wait for possible follow-up notifications," Aiyin was finally able to remove the sticky rubber rings on her hands and left from behind the door that read [BCPD Interrogation Room].

Aine walked towards the public waiting area.

She sees Riki, Sushi and Lenai already there.

Lenai sat near the window and looked out.

Li Xi frowned and crossed his arms.

Su Shi also pressed his eyebrows.

“You all came out.” Aiyin walked forward and said.

"..."

No one answered.

There's something wrong with the atmosphere.

“…Where’s the light?” Aine looked around, “Isn’t the light on yet?”

"The light isn't here."

Lixi said.

“Not here…?”

What I mean is, it’s still at Lezhicheng City Medical?

This was Aine’s first reaction.

But the situation was worse than she had imagined.

“The light did not enter the BCPD’s personnel control process,” Sushi said, “The light is gone.”

Chapter 281: Tensions Rise

City of joy.

Central District.

BCPD, temporary detention center.

Outside the building.

squeak.

The double-opening automatic glass door with electromagnetic locking device slowly opens.

Shiina Riki walked out quickly.

"Rikki! Wait!"

Someone caught up with her from behind. It was Chihaya Aine. She tried to grab Riki's hand.

"Share your [Home Tracker] with me!"

Li Xi said sharply. She walked forward.

Aine reached out to hold Riki’s wrist.

But Li Xi was serious. She shook Aine's hand off.

"etc……!"

But Aine caught up with him again.

"What can we wait for?" Li Xi said loudly, "Deng didn't even go to the City of Joy Medical Center! You have also seen the result of my invoking the authority of the BCPD reserve police officers!"

Li Xi waved his hands violently.

With this action, her brain-computer changed from [visible only to myself] to [shared channel].

The picture appeared in front of everyone.

It was a video. BCPD intervened in the commotion at CiRCLE. One of the officers, as they entered, caught the Poppin' Party motorcade leaving from the side.

Lixi waved back and the scene changed.

This time, Li Xi showed the historical positioning images of the [Home Tracker] in the past 24 hours, which Aine had just shared with her teammates a few minutes ago.

【Homing Tracker】.

The principle of this device is similar to the echo of a bat. It will send out an ultrasonic broadcast called a homing sound to search for a sending device called a "homing transmitter".

The sending device looks like a soft needle, which is inserted into the external point of the brain-computer interface.

But most people will not activate this component because it is not strictly speaking an Internet-connected component.

However, precisely because the [Homing Tracker] is not an Internet-connected component, it became the only component that captured the direction of the light after the signal was cut off on the fourth floor underground of CiRCLE.

Historical positioning images show that the lights left CiRCLE.

The time and speed of departure were the same as the departure of Poppin' Party's convoy that Lixi saw when he used the BCPD reserve police officer authority.

However, it only captured the moment it left.

The effective radius of the [Home Tracker] is only 1km. After leaving CiRCLE, the location of the light soon exceeded the range that Aine could sense.