Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

When I was alone, I listened to their recorded songs over and over again.

Before I knew it, I had played this playlist over 500 times. I didn’t even notice.

[10 month 29 day]

My parents came back.

He said that the car factory where he worked went bankrupt due to changes in its funding structure.

Although it was very sudden, there were already signs before.

It was difficult to find such a low [attribute point] requirement in the City of Joy. They planned to work in the dust workshop in the satellite city.

Because dust can cause deterioration of the transmission joints of machines, most dust workshops do not use robots and still retain manual positions. To work there, you need to undergo throat and nasopharyngeal reconstruction to adapt to the heavy dust environment. But that is the only job that retired personnel with low points at this age can find.

The average remaining life expectancy for people working there is only 10 years.

I was strongly against it. I was going to drop out of school, but even that wouldn't solve the financial problem.

Do you want to go to Satellite City with us?

My parents asked me this.

Liga, you are still young and your [Attribute Points] are not bad, you can find a better job there than a dust workshop worker. They said.

I refused.

Once you enter the satellite town, your life will not change. You can only live for the sake of survival and watch everything you predict now happen one day in the future.

But the City of Joy is different.

Something will definitely change here. One day, I will be able to bring my parents back home.

That being said, I have no other breakthrough.

All I could think of was the puppet band.

Because they say they are "the force that destroys everything and changes the status quo."

After saying goodbye to my parents, my search became more frantic.

I used all the search engines to figure this out, constantly digging deeper and deeper in the City of Joy's public network.

I began to negotiate with the more dangerous ones, carefully screening them and using my little spare money to pay the necessary compensation.

[11 month 2 day]

Before the money for the meal evaporated on the electronic payment interface, I finally got a clue from an anonymous person.

Tomorrow, Hello, Happy World! At the big Live held at Michelle Park, "something" will happen.

[11 month 3 day]

I arrived at Michelleland.

Since I didn't even have enough money for the tickets, it still took some effort.

The song Hello, Happy World! is very nice. The colorful lights, flames and flying effects are also amazing. In the past, I sometimes listened to the song Hello, Happy World!

But something has changed.

In the past, when I heard the song Hello, Happy World!, I wasn’t particularly excited, but I still felt a little excited, happy, and surging.

Now, listening to it like this, I feel nothing at all.

I was craving other music.

I discovered this and have been anxiously awaiting it.

Until that moment comes.

The performance began on stage.

It's a puppet band.

The moment I saw them, my heart started pounding, like a devout believer who had finally arrived at a pilgrimage site.

They stood in front of Hello, Happy World! and performed.

I couldn't take my eyes off them.

Is it because I have been eating too little and sleeping too little recently? This feeling of attraction is stronger than the one in the mansion, much stronger.

I have always stood at the edge of the crowd. I can't squeeze into the middle, but I am sure that my impulse is no less than anyone else's.

I just stood there.

Until that moment comes.

The Wall was blown down. Explosions lit up the night sky.

The crowd was in chaos. Some were laughing, some were shouting.

Many people were running out, but I also saw some people walking towards the stage.

It was the puppet leader who called them.

"Give way!"

I shouted loudly and squeezed towards the stage. The faint and maddening music of the curtain call echoed around me.

The puppets have left. I see them walking toward the wall.

There are many cars parked there. [Columbus] cargo van, [ARCH Nazaré] heavy motorcycle, [Tianwei Colby C240T]...

I finally arrived at the [Columbus] freight van that the puppets were riding in before they left.

"Let me go with you!"

I grabbed the car door and spoke loudly.

The black-haired puppet put the knife on my neck, but the leader of the puppets with golden and blue hair stopped her.

"You weren't called?"

she says.

Sound good to hear.

Her face was pale under the mask, and she sounded a little weak at the end of her sentence. However, her tone was very firm, as if she was supported by some kind of power.

"I didn't... I didn't, but... please let me do it!"

I was probably confused. I don't normally talk so disorganized. I was afraid I would be rejected.

But the puppet leader just looked at me and asked:

"Will you follow me?"

"Yes." I had no hesitation.

"very good."

The puppet leader smiled softly.

Her smile has a trance-like beauty.

"Pack her a copy of [Mujina Carnival]."

The leader of the puppets said to the purple-haired puppet behind her.

That’s how it all began.

Chapter 327: Ashida Rika's Work Log

[11 month 4 day]

We will meet again.

I am convinced of this.

(Somewhat)

[11 month 21 day]

Once again I was called.

it's time.

I am very happy.

[11 month 22 day]

We want to settle down in [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

The integrated virus [Zerg] is everywhere here. Even BCPD and [Seven Bands] don't dare to enter easily.

But we were with the Puppets… and Ave Mujica.

There's nothing to worry about.

[11 month 23 day]

After a brief stationing, we filled out a spreadsheet to report our personal abilities.

[11 month 28 day]

Today, the leader of Ave Mujica, Miss Oblivionis, came to see me.

It seemed that there were not enough managers within the group of followers named “believers”, so she asked me to help her with the statistics and integration of resources.

I was both humbled and honored to be able to help.

Just a form.

I will still do this kind of thing.

(Somewhat)

[12 month 13 day]

I have basically gotten used to life in [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

I have also become more proficient in statistical and integration work.

Ave Mujica is transforming the [infrastructure area] and making it more livable. A basic community structure has been formed among the believers.

I originally thought that in such a bad environment, the situation of food, necessities and money transactions would be worse than that in the main city of Le City.

But this is not the case. The community structure is quite reasonable, with a clear upstream and downstream transaction chain, and resource inequality rarely occurs.

For my management work, I also received compensation in electronic currency and in kind.

It's incredible that they can do this in a new land where the [Insect Swarm] is rampant.

(Somewhat)

[12 month 25 day]

Ave Mujica held a Christmas live.

It was amazing. It was beyond words. It was a dizzying performance. It was an emotional release device that could not be matched.

Someone cried loudly and said he could live here forever.

To be honest, I'm also starting to feel that living here is better than in the main city.

[12 month 26 day]

The only thing that made me nervous was our frequent depletion of food supplies.

But I believe that the [big guys] of Ave Mujica will do a good job.

…I used the term “big shots” to refer to them again.

I accidentally said this last time when I was dealing with Miss Oblivionis. She asked me not to call her that.

I will be careful.

But in my heart, they already are.

(Somewhat)

[1 month 22 day]