Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"The light was taken away!" Li Xi said loudly, looking very anxious. "She was taken away by Poppin'Party. It may be an accident - or it may be a misunderstanding! In any case, so many hours have passed, and she still hasn't reconnected to the network!"

As a reserve officer of the BCPD, Lixi could think of countless horrific possibilities.

She wanted to stop herself from thinking about it, but the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't control her thoughts. This made her become particularly manic.

"She must be waiting for rescue." Lixi activated the hydraulic joints of her feet.

A blue light turns on on the side of the joint. This is the signal to start storing energy.

Li Xi was ready to speed up and jump.

Foot-assisted. Quick start, high acceleration, relatively safe.

This is the acceleration method many BCPD armed attackers choose when they are not riding in a vehicle or equipped with an exoskeleton. The close combat assault personnel of the Terrorist Mobile Team also use this method to move.

The foot assist pushes out air pressure when you jump.

It is dangerous to stand next to someone who is about to jump.

But Aine didn’t leave.

She also insisted on keeping Lixi.

"We all know that Xiao Deng is waiting for this! We are all anxious!" Aine said loudly, "But Rikki's decision is too hasty!"

“This matter involves those… the [big shots] in the City of Joy, right!” Aine said, “They have means to block the signal! Soyorin just said that Xiao Deng didn’t connect to the network, maybe because she entered a no-signal area! If that’s the case, and Rikki rushes in too, we won’t even be able to contact Rikki!”

"No need to contact." Lixi said, "I am enough on my own."

“How is that possible? Rakuna-chan is pretty good too, right? Soyorin has information channels, and I have installed a lot of software…” Aine insisted, “More people is definitely better, right? Let us help too! If you think about it a little more, I’m sure—”

"We don't need outsiders getting in the way!"

Li Xi shouted loudly.

"—"

Aine was startled by Riki and her words were interrupted.

"..."

Li Xi also realized his slip of the tongue.

There was silence for a moment.

Behind the two of them, Su Shi came out at some point. She folded her arms and leaned against the glass side wall.

Lenai came out too. She stood at the edge of a flower bed, looking at the sunlight reflected from the building across the street.

"…live, I insisted on participating."

Li Xi did not just activate the hydraulic ankle and jump away. She looked at the asphalt road in front of her and said.

"The light's broken. It's my fault."

She clenched her fists so tightly that it seemed as if her fingertips were digging into her flesh.

"..."

Silence again.

However, this time it didn't last long.

Su Shi spoke up.

"There's no point in getting anxious now, right?" Su Shi said, "It's been almost 20 hours since the lights cut off contact with us."

"...!"

Li Xi's shoulders moved.

"The people have been taken away. Now, what's important is [what to do], not [start doing it]." Su Shi looked at Li Xi's back and said, "So, even if more people is not better, an action plan is still necessary."

"Acting without a plan of action... That's why we rushed into the fourth basement floor of CiRCLE without a plan, which led to this."

She pointed this out mercilessly.

“If we had a plan at that time, we wouldn’t have been dragged into the conflict,” Suyo said. “What hit us was a [tranquilizer round]. This is a control method taken to prevent a possible attack. It means that we could have observed the situation first - that way, we would not be targeted and would not lose consciousness.”

"If we don't lose consciousness, we can start chasing the light at an earlier point in time." She said, "Someone has to say these words. Lixi, we need an action plan. A rescue plan. We can help you make a plan. It won't take too much time, but it can effectively save time on fruitless searches-"

“【Make a plan. Making a plan doesn’t take too much time, but it can effectively save useless time later】…Haha.”

Li Xi suddenly laughed.

"Su Shi, does this sentence sound familiar to you?" she said.

"..."

Su Shi's expression suddenly changed.

"...?"

Aiyin didn't understand what was going on. She looked around.

"This is what Xiangzi said." Lixi said.

Su Shi's face turned ugly.

"During the crychic period, she made all the plans for the band," Lixi said. "Who else can be as good at making plans as she is?"

"stand--"

Su Shi immediately wanted to say something.

but.

"I have carried out rescue operations - but I have never planned a rescue operation!" Li Xi suddenly said loudly, "I don't know how to carry out a rescue operation with amateurs! If you are not careful, the lives of amateurs will be endangered!"

"I can't guarantee that I can do it right the first time! Yes, I know some people who can do things right the first time they come into contact with them, such as Xiangzi. When she was managing crychic, she even considered the security issues that might be encountered in the band's activities--"

"But I can't! I—"

Li Xi shouted, even louder than before—

“——I can’t do it as well as Xiangzi!”

Lixi opened her liquid ankles.

“Wait, Rikki—”

Bang.

A ball of blue light exploded.

Lixi jumped forward, her high-compression ankles propelling her across the street in an instant.

"what--"

Next to Aine and Suyo who were left behind...

"Is the conversation over?"

Lenai asked from behind.

Aine and Sushi turned back.

They saw a flash of blue light at the back of Le Nai's neck as well.

Then, Le Nai also jumped high up and leaped onto the outer wall of the building.

With just three or two jumps, she disappeared from their sight.

Chapter 282 Knowing the Law and Breaking it

The scenery flies by.

Lixi crossed the building.

Hydraulic joints store and release motion.

The blue stream of light pushed Lixi out.

thump.

She hit the ground - causing a minor commotion among the general public passing by - and then jumped again to a further distance.

thump.

She landed on the bed of a semi-trailer truck.

The driver seemed to be frightened. The car tilted slightly.

Lixi sent her [BCPD Reserve Police Officer] certificate to the driver's computer.

"On duty. Open as usual."

Lixi said.

One hundred percent violation.

After returning, you may have to face the serious disciplinary package of [suspension for 7 days + document seizure for 4 weeks].

But Li Xi can't care so much now.

In other words, since you are going to violate the rules anyway, it doesn't make any difference whether you violate it more or less.

While his identity as a BCPD reserve police officer was still useful, Lixi began to connect road surveillance cameras along the way.

Li Xi doesn't know hacking skills.

She is not an Internet police officer, nor is she interested in being one. She has not taken any courses on anti-intrusion or anti-anti-intrusion.

Her approach is simpler and more direct.

Li Xi used her identity as a police officer to request the surveillance videos of these sections of the road. She used the timeline of the convoy seen by the police officer she had previously requested as the timeline, and moved forward to request all the cameras.

The convoy moved forward.

Turn at the next intersection.

"...Tsk."

It is inconsistent with the direction the semi-trailer is heading.

Lixi jumped and landed on a pickup truck on the other side.

With a thud, the pickup truck's cabin was obviously not as durable as the semi-trailer's. It was dented by Li Xi's smash.

"Wow! What!?"

The pickup truck driver was not as calm as the semi-trailer driver.

"On duty."

Lixi continued to hitchhike in exactly the same way.

Go forward, track, transfer, and go forward.

After tracking for a distance, Lixi entered the [Past Screen Area].

As the name suggests, BCPD...or someone else who has the technology to block the area, once blocked this area.

All nearby surveillance cameras went black during that time.

This is not an open road section, but a section of the city's Fourth Ring Road that is still under construction.

"In principle", the general public is prohibited from entering.

The civilian van that Li Xi had forced herself to ride in did not drive here. She jumped out of the car and relied on her own feet to move again...

...or more precisely, crawling.

Li Xi climbed up along the pillars of the tall Fourth Ring Road Interchange. Her high [Physical] points supported her movement, allowing her to move on the facade with almost no handholds.

Lixi climbed onto the overpass.

There, for the time being, there is a BCPD protective fence.

Lixi swiped her police officer ID and went in.

"—"

On the bridge, it was worse than the worst car accident scene Lixi had ever seen.