Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Slide the keys faster and faster.

Interrupt, continue, interrupt, continue.

High notes stand out, low notes boom.

A performance like a violent storm.

Like roaring, shouting, and screaming.

High-pitched and intense.

Penetrating everything and destroying everything.

music.

……

“Did the recording succeed?”

“…What…Ah, ah.”

Xiangzi's voice came from the headphones, and Miao Meng woke up as if from a dream. He suddenly raised his head and blinked his eyes.

The show is over.

Sitting on the piano bench, Xiangzi turned around.

Under the black brim of the hat, the pair of golden eyes stared at Miao Meng.

"…It worked. Perfect."

Miao Meng wiped the lower part of his face, stopped the recording, and saved the entire master tape.

"That's good."

Xiangzi got up, tidied up the piano stool, and replaced the key cover and waterproof cloth.

“(I’m scared to death.)”

Miao Meng touched her cheek and looked at Xiangzi in front of her.

"(Are you serious?)"

“(Is this what they call [completely unplugged performance]? First time hearing it…)”

“(…That’s too much. Why do you want to be a famous star?)”

"(This belt alone can be sold for a very high price, right?)"

……

After covering the last corner of the waterproof cloth, Xiangzi stood quietly beside the piano for a while.

“(Here we are.)”

It’s the last step.

All requirements have been fulfilled.

Next, it’s time to meet “that person”.

"..."

very dangerous.

is that OK?

The other party won’t regret it, right?

To get rid of these worries.

“(To move forward.)”

Xiangzi turned around, walked off the stage, and slowly walked up the side stairs to the second floor of the concert hall.

Miao Meng had just completed the last finishing step. He pulled out the acquisition card engraved with the image from the tungsten steel headband and inserted it into his brain-computer interface for temporary storage.

"Yo, Oblivionis."

Seeing Xiangzi coming up, Miao Meng greeted her.

"The master tape is sealed~"

She stood up and looked behind Xiangzi again.

"When will Sanjiao and Ruoye arrive? They won't ask us to pick them up, will they?"

"They're already here."

"So fast? How did it happen? I didn't even notice!"

"I told them the route. They can come in on their own."

"…Are all artists nowadays so good at stealth?"

"They are there now."

Xiangzi pointed to the third floor of the performance hall with his thumb.

That was the box in the performance hall. It was equipped with a surround sound amplification system. Although it was not directly connected to the performance hall, it was the best viewing seat. You could reach it by going up the stairs next to the auditorium on the second floor.

"Let's go say hello."

"Hey~ Don't actors usually come directly to the filming location?"

Miao Meng complained, "As expected of a big star, he sat in a luxury box to watch the show, and even asked the director to greet him." However, after seeing Xiangzi turned around and walked towards the stairs, she followed him.

The stairwell inside the performance hall was empty.

Xiangzi and Miaomeng quickly climbed to the third floor. In front of them, there appeared a row of private room doors.

The door lock indicators on most of the boxes with the box numbers written on them were dark, which meant they were not in use.

Only the door lock indicator light of the middle box [0406] is red.

This means there is someone inside and the door is now locked.

Xiangzi took a deep breath.

Her action was noticed by Miao Meng.

"Hey~ So you also get nervous before meeting a big star~"

Miao Meng would not miss the opportunity to tease her.

"It was the same at the bar, at the motel, and now... Oblivionis, you really have no resistance to women~"

"..."

Xiangzi still ignored Miao Meng.

But this time, the reason why Xiangzi ignored Miao Meng was not entirely because he wanted to ignore her.

“(It’s coming.)”

Xiangzi was indeed nervous.

She walked forward, her shoes treading silently on the red carpet.

She arrived at the door of box [0406].

Then, he pressed the phone button that connected to the intercom.

"I am coming."

Xiangzi said briefly.

"..."

The person inside didn't say anything, but the door lock clicked.

The door lock indicator light turned green.

"Hello, two big stars~"

Miao Meng walked past Xiangzi and pushed open the door with a smile.

immediately.

Her smile froze on her face.

Because there was no Sanjiao Chuhua or Ruoye Mu in the room.

in the room.

Sitting there was a woman she had never expected to be here.

Chapter 30 Don’t let your blood splash on me!

Inside the box, the champagne-colored decoration is calm and elegant, creating a low-key and luxurious space. On the ceiling, there are layers of multi-channel speakers. In front of you is a one-way transparent glass that allows you to see everything below. Inside the glass are several rows of high-end seats. Behind the seats, there are two sets of semi-arc light brown sofas for VIPs to rest.

And on the light brown sofa facing the door, there sat a woman.

The woman was very young, with long platinum hair. She was smiling faintly at the moment, looking at Xiangzi and Miao Meng who entered the box.

"white--"

How could Miao Meng not know this woman?

This woman has frequently appeared in various large-format advertisements since she was very young!

There is no one in the city of music who doesn’t know her. Rather, her influence has been steadily increasing over the years since she debuted as a child star, became an actress, and announced herself as a bassist.

"——White Egret Thousand Saints!?"

The people who appeared in the box on the third floor of Toyosu PIT were not the three triangles Hatsuka and Wakaba Mutsu mentioned by Xiangzi!

The person who appeared in the box was the controller of the Kabuki area and the performance area, the second in command of the idol band Pastel*Palettes, which controlled the lifeline of the entertainment industry in the City of Music.

[Smiling Iron Mask], Egret Thousand Saint!

The break-in was discovered! ?

Was she here originally?

Our mistake?

"Oblivionis——"

Miao Meng suddenly turned her head and looked at Xiangzi.

However, she saw that Xiangzi looked calm, with his hands clasped in front of him, standing there quietly.

It was as if she had known it for a long time.

……

Pop, pop, pop.

It was Qiansheng who broke the silence. She began to clap slowly.

"A moving performance, Oblivionis."

Qiansheng said with a smile.

“No auxiliary plug-ins or knowledge chips are needed at all. It’s a real performance. I haven’t heard such a gripping performance in a long time.”

"If possible, I would really like you to perform here regularly."

"You flatter me."

Xiangzi bowed slightly and said.

"An excellent performance deserves praise. For example, your piano playing..."

"...For example, your actions."

Xiangzi's golden eyes moved slightly.

"The cameras and internal LAN are all equipped with the latest encryption methods. The number of security personnel has reached Class B. The frequency of patrols is also the standard value for the venue."

Qiansheng stroked the back of his hand.

"Even so, you still came in."