Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"Only the Toyokawa family and our five bands know about this."

Qiansheng looked at Xiangzi who was listening silently and continued.

"The Xianjuan family's voluntary transfer of land was, of course, recognized by almost all the bands..."

"…Except for Pastel*Palettes."

Qiansheng narrowed his eyes.

“Because this new land reclamation phase 2 only borders the sites of two bands.”

“One is Hello, Happy World!”

"The other one is us, Pastel*Palettes."

She rested her chin on her hand.

"The construction of a city is not like an amusement park. There will be more complicated underground lines. According to the plan, after the completion of Phase 2 of the reclamation site, the huge circuits, waterways and fiber optic routes will all pass through Pastel*Palettes."

"By then, there will be tens of millions of channels connected to Pastel*Palettes' management network that are difficult to control. This is equivalent to opening a big hole in Pastel*Palettes' security management network."

"With our current level of technology, it is impossible to manage it properly. By then, the Kabuki District and the performance area will become the most chaotic and notorious criminal den in the city of music."

"Neither Cai nor I can allow this to happen. However, we can't propose at the meeting that these roads be diverted to pass through Hello, Happy World!'s territory. They have already left their land, and it would be unreasonable for us to push for more."

"In the same way, it's impossible to say 'don't do Reclamation 2' because there are six other bands waiting to benefit from it. If you say that, you're just creating six terrible enemies."

"So, we only have one option left."

"The resources behind the black web."

"As long as we can find any lost encryption technology from the old era, we can re-encrypt our security management network uniquely. The unique encryption technology can ensure that no matter how many additional interfaces are physically connected, our core network will never be hacked by new-age technology."

"So, Cai went behind the black network for the third time for us."

"This time."

"She didn't come back."

Chapter 32 Why does it sound like they are going to take me with them!!

Bai Lu Qiansheng snapped his fingers. A three-dimensional image appeared in front of Xiangzi and Miao Meng.

"...!"

In the 3D image, Aya Maruyama is lying on a convalescent bed, unconscious and connected to a life support device.

"Cai didn't go to other cities."

Qiansheng said.

"She was attacked by a dangerous AI behind a black wall and suffered brain damage."

"But she's not dead either."

Qiansheng clicked on the 3D image.

A CT scan of the brain appeared on Maruyama Aya's image.

There is a small black area in the front of the right brain.

"The protective measures Cai had taken in advance worked, and we cut off the wound immediately. The rescue was timely, and the AI's burning frequency attack only caused damage to a small area on her right frontal lobe."

"But it is the damage to this small area that has prevented Cai from waking up."

Qiansheng looked at Xiangzi again.

"Do you know Avex?"

Xiangzi nodded.

"Avex Imaging Technology, the largest imaging technology giant in the City of Joy... Its president, Katsuto Kuroiwa, is an expert in Mewtwo and also an expert in the field of brain science."

"Avex's research base is the largest brain research center in Japan. After Aya's accident, I confirmed through various channels that one of the results of Avex's research is brain prosthesis."

"Brain prosthesis. Specifically, a nanorobot is implanted into the brain, allowing them to receive neural electrical signals and then spontaneously 'weave' a complete brain structure. Currently, this technology is still under development and cannot achieve the ideal 'brain upgrade' effect, but it can already perfectly repair the damaged cerebral cortex."

"Yes."

"As long as this technology is used on Cai, it will be able to repair Cai's frontal lobe that was burned by the AI ​​behind the black wall, allowing Cai to wake up again."

Qiansheng was still smiling, but there was something else behind her smile.

“I contacted Kuroiwa as soon as possible and expressed my intention to work with him to save Cai.”

"but……"

"Black Rock has grown so big and powerful so quickly in recent years that it seems a little ungrateful."

Qiansheng said.

"He knew we were looking for this technology and must be in a hurry to help people. Seeing that Cai had not shown up for a long time, he roughly guessed the situation. So, he asked for money, venues and business monopoly from us."

"Heiyan is just a pretentious idiot. I can go there alone and tear him into pieces and spray him out of the barred window."

"But behind Black Rock is Roselia."

"Avex headquarters and its research base are both located in Roselia's territory. They pay a high regulatory fee every year, so Roselia will protect them."

"To cause trouble to Avex is to cause trouble to Roselia."

"I have also discussed this matter with Roselia's leader, Yukina Minato, many times."

"Youshina has no intention of hindering us. After all, we are all responsible for the territory, and no one wants to tear each other apart. If anything, we have cooperated for many years and have a mutual understanding. Youshina said that if we resolve this peacefully, she will turn a blind eye to the riots within a certain range."

"But Roselia has openly collected so much supervision fees. If we really make it clear, Roselia will definitely take action to stop us."

"Cai hasn't woken up yet. We didn't want to cause any more trouble. We'll wait until Cai wakes up."

"So, for a whole year, we suppressed our temper and patiently tried to sit down and negotiate with Heiyan, and we were even willing to lower some of our bottom line."

"But Hei Yan was not satisfied. Halfway through the negotiations, he even raised the price, which was already very high."

"This happened more than once."

Qiansheng's smile has become very dangerous.

"Black Rock is a greedy, dirty hyena that has repeatedly coveted the assets owned by Pastel*Palettes."

"With the third contract being torn up a month ago, our patience has reached its limit."

She waved.

The image showing Maruyama Aya's brain CT scan was turned off, and replaced by an internal Pastel*Palettes document marked "Top Secret".

Miao Meng saw it for the first time.

Xiangzi had already seen it on the day he met Chuhua.

The title of the internal document was, "Action proposal for expediting the acquisition of brain repair technology held by Avex Imaging Technologies."

“That’s the mission you want to be responsible for no matter what.”

Qiansheng smiled and looked at Xiangzi.

"The mission goal is to obtain the nanorobots used by Avex Imaging Technologies to weave brain structures, as well as the software and hardware they use to manipulate the nanorobots."

"I don't care what method you use. Steal, rob, cheat, use business traps, kill your way through the Avex research base, blow up the entire building, or get hundreds of millions to buy them and make them yours. It's all fine."

"Oblivionis, I'll give you a month."

Qiansheng said.

"Bring me working nanobots."

"As long as Cai can wake up, you will get everything I promised you when I first negotiated with you."

"Generous rewards, the best prosthetics, the most advanced guns you can imagine, priority in trading with Pastel*Palettes, and the privilege of operating as a mercenary in Pastel*Palettes' territory."

"But if you mess up..."

There was a dangerous glint in the corners of Qiansheng's raised eyes.

"You understand."

"...One month."

Xiangzi faced Qiansheng and repeated it.

"Can you give me a little more time? This is getting a little stressful."

"I know time is tight, and I'm sorry. But there's no more time."

“Do you know why I want the venue to be renovated at this time?”

"..."

Qiansheng stood up, opened the 3D map of the entire city of Lezhicheng, and highlighted all the performance venues belonging to Pastel*Palettes.

"here."

Qiansheng's finger was pointing to the tallest performance venue in the territory, the [Colorful] located on the 18th floor of the Cultural and Entertainment Building.

"There is still one month left before the renovation deadline for the application expires."

"Toyokawa Building staff will come to perform a site inspection. The exterior walls must be sealed before then."

"... Then we won't be able to set up a gun at the window."

Qiansheng smiled slightly.

"Kinetic Sniper Rifle [3], one of my favorites. Equipped with smart aiming parts, it can accurately hit the target from kilometers away."

Qiansheng's hand slid down from the 18th floor, diagonally downward, and landed on a road.

...and landed on a road in Roselia that led to the band's rehearsal area.

The number that popped up on the distance measurement plug-in showed exactly 3000 meters.

"I have great respect for Yukina Minato. She is an admirable singer and an admirable manager. If possible, I would like to continue working with her."

Qiansheng said calmly.

"But when you're in this position, you always have to prepare for the worst."

"Even if we have to go to war with Roselia..."

"… Even if I have to kill Yukina Minato, I will save Sai."

"One month from now, we will carry out our final measure. What you need to do is to complete this case before then."

Chapter 33: There is a cyber psychosis

Miao Meng really wanted to run away.

What are these crazy people doing?

Steal something from imaging giant Avex? Or a whole suite of precision items in development?

If he fails to do so, he will have to assassinate Roselia's leader, Minato Yukina?

Hello, hello, hello, hello.

In the worst case scenario, the entire City of Music will have to be reshuffled.

I'm just a black super dream producer who makes a living with a small business. I just want to eat and drink well, go to work every day, sleep after work, cheat some money, speculate, bully young girls, and then go online to watch others say that the films I shot are "works of art" and feel proud for a while.

Don't do this kind of thing.

If you want to do it, don't let me hear it.

Let me hear this, isn't this, this is...

Does that mean I can’t escape from the relationship?!

“(I want to quit.)”

Miao Meng really wants to say this.

But when she looked forward through the glass curtain wall in front of the box, she saw Pastel*Palettes' guitarist Hikawa Hina standing next to the piano on the stage with an [Asura] intelligent sniper rifle, making a "V" sign to her.