Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Looking at the hacking instructions that kept popping up in front of him, Miao Meng sighed heavily.

"Hacking into an arcade machine to steal money? I haven't done anything like that since I was twelve."

She looked at Xiangzi standing beside her with some resentment.

This amazing woman, who was planning to steal things from Avex, who claimed that she was going to form a band that would conquer both the black and white worlds and who wanted to compete with the Seven Bands, was now concentrating on rummaging through the drawers and wardrobes in the Walled City, taking out component items, surgical forceps, thin plastic sheets, and used tea bags.

"Ah, I have a hundred yen. I'm lucky."

...Miao Meng felt that she was almost going crazy for finally compromising and agreeing to act with her.

yesterday.

After coming out from Bailu Qiansheng, Miao Meng almost wanted to roast Xiangzi's brain.

But in the end, reason prevailed.

It's still more painful than 100% death... but the "cooperation" option with the possibility of survival is better.

Miao Meng finally chose to accept this horrible mission and this horrible teammate.

Not only that, she also admitted Xiangzi's plan to ask her out the next day to make money together using this inferior method.

——After all, it’s to steal Avex’s things!

It was such a big deal, she had no idea what to do.

It's better to listen to someone who at least looks confident than to be in the dark yourself.

There’s nothing I can do. There’s nothing I can do.

Alas, the world forces people to...

【//Extraction completed】

【//Total withdrawal amount: 698 yuan】

But people always have the right to complain.

"Do we have to rip these arcade machines here?"

The instructions for completing the hack popped up. Miao Meng pulled back the biochemical information cable and complained.

"You don't want to go back to Roselia's territory and hack the air conditioning system."

Xiangzi had just taken out a usable leather jacket from the closet and said without turning his head.

"Nonsense!" Miao Meng muttered as he fastened the charging interface of the arcade machine. "I can't stay in Roselia's territory anymore, but that doesn't mean I have to turn against her now..."

"Why? I think there's no difference between falling out now and falling out later. If you fall out in advance, you can still make some money from it."

"I still want to collect the balance of the previous orders! - Ah, let me make it clear first, don't even think about my savings! This is what I earned myself - I worked hard - even if I die, I won't -"

"You live paycheck to paycheck. Your savings are less than 200,000 yuan."

"That's... that's..."

Miao Meng’s right eyebrow twitched.

"I don't want to be told this by a guy who has no money and even has to pay for his meals."

"It will help you make a lot of money."

"You sound like the kind of guy who sells membership cards to shady organizations. Oblivionis, you know what? If the Egret Thousand Saints hadn't been keeping an eye on me, I wouldn't have cooperated with you even if I had two more holes in my head for eyes—"

"At least you're cooperating with me now. That's enough."

Xiangzi found another row of .22 pistol ammunition. She stuffed it into the waist bag at her waist.

"This is our best option right now," Xiangzi said. "Even though arcade machines, antennas, and cheap computers that no one wants can only fetch a few hundred yuan, the accumulated amount is still quite impressive."

"Just one day's work here can earn tens of thousands of dollars. Besides, everything is local area network, so the BCPD won't be attracted, so it's very safe. You can find some useful things among the scattered debris."

Xiangzi looked back at Miao Meng who had completed the arcade hacking work.

"There's also an antenna port over there."

She pointed her chin at the video antenna by the window.

"Well--!"

Miao Meng couldn't bear it anymore and stood up.

She walked past Xiangzi angrily, but stopped after a few steps.

"for you."

A white object was thrown to him, and Xiangzi reached out to catch it.

It was a small operating system for brain-computers.

"Your operating system is terrible. Did you take it off a scrap truck? No one used this stuff ten years ago!"

Miao Meng waved his hand and said.

"I don't want to find out that my partner's operating system short-circuited and broke down halfway through our collaboration. This is the one I discarded before. The algorithm is relatively new and the speed is pretty fast. I wanted to give it to you right away, but I forgot about this job."

"I installed a quick-hack plug-in for [Target Location] in it. If you use it to hack into an electronic device, you will be able to detect other electronic products around it - including cameras and prosthetics on people - let me make it clear first, these are cheap products that have been eliminated. I sold the expensive ones second-hand. Therefore, the detection time is very short and the detection range is also limited. You can use it as you see fit."

Xiangzi looked at the operating system and blinked.

"Thank you."

"Don't thank me. I'll break out in hives if I hear you thank me."

"Then I'm welcome."

Xiangzi inserted the new operating system into the back of his neck, replacing the original electronic garbage.

"Once we have finished sweeping this area, we will go to the lower city."

"Underground in the Walled City?"

"Yes. It's definitely not enough to just pick it here."

"Ha, I thought you were really going to steal money from the arcade machines 20 days out of a month."

"We are just testing the feasibility of this model. The real money comes from the underground. There are..."

Xiangzi was halfway through his speech when suddenly, footsteps were heard outside.

A young hoodlum with an afro and wearing slippers yawned and came over from the corner of the street, heading towards the arcade machine.

He stepped into the room.

The three of them looked at each other.

The gangster looked at Miao Meng who was hacking into the antenna, and then looked at Xiangzi who was rummaging through the drawers.

Xiangzi pointed the knife at his neck.

"..."

The gangster supported himself on his heels, turned around, and walked back.

"... there are bigger arcades there, and the management methods are more irregular."

Miao Meng looked at Xiangzi in silence and continued speaking.

"It's much faster to pick it up there than up there. According to my estimate, we can collect 800,000 in seven days."

Eight hundred thousand.

Miao Meng didn't want to hear this number at all now.

"You really want 800,000? Don't tell me you suddenly have a change of heart and want to give me the money back."

"I have something I want to buy."

"You might as well say you want to give me some money. What do you want to buy? Point chips? You're far from enough. Even if you buy four lowest-level point chips, you can only raise all your attributes to 4 at most..."

"Do not."

Xiangzi said.

“I want to buy people.”

Chapter 35: Overtime

people?

Miao Meng’s first reaction was “You finally committed a crime.”

The second reaction was, "Who can buy this for 800,000 yuan?"

The third reaction was “It only cost 30,000 to buy me, I’m cheaper.”

"Hello, Oblivionis."

Miao Meng said indignantly.

"In the City of Joy, everyone has a past. I won't ask you what made you so crazy, nor will I ask about your suspicious background and social network, but I have to know what's related to me."

"You saw that top-secret document ten days earlier than I did. I guess you had already made a plan when you tricked me into joining your gang."

"Can you tell me now?"

"Your [Big Plan]."

"..."

"Hey, I've already made my position clear! What do you mean by that? Are you still hiding it? Give me back the operating system!"

“I’m just flipping the sharing switch.”

As Xiangzi spoke, he called up the green [Visible to Others] interface.

What appeared in front of Miao Meng was Xiangzi’s video call record.

"I didn't intend to hide it. To be honest, I thought you would ask this question earlier." Xiangzi said, "For example, last night."

"Please understand. I didn't really want to hear your voice last night."

Miao Meng said sarcastically. She looked at the panel that Xiangzi opened.

Xiangzi scrolled down the communication records.

Beyond Honeycomb, Mikado Hatsuka and Wakaba Mutsu, there is another record at the bottom of the communication records.

The records show that the other party's name is [Hachiman].

"Is she the one you want to buy?"

"Correct."

Xiangzi nodded.

"Hachiman is a mercenary. I've met her before. She's very young, but her [Reaction] points are already 13. Her abilities are no less than those of the mercenaries of the big companies bought by Avex."

Miao Meng immediately knew what Xiangzi was talking about: Xiangzi's scores were very low, and he mainly relied on courage and perseverance, which could not be displayed on the panel. Miao Meng himself was mainly good at making Mewtwo, and also had some hacking skills.

Their ability to fight the enemy is too weak.

Not to mention the situation where they had to rush in after being discovered while sneaking in. Even if they wanted to obtain information through negotiation, there was no one who could calm the situation down.

In order to complete this task, personnel who can fight head-on are necessary.

but……

"What about Sanjiao Chuhua who was highly praised by Bailu Qiansheng? It sounds like she is yours."

"Chuhua will join. But her identity limits her. What she can do is limited, and her time doesn't always cooperate."

"What about the other person? Ruoye Mu? How is she?"

"Mu has special circumstances and will only participate in the final operation."

"...Well, it seems that none of the artists in the City of Music are good people, and we really need a mercenary."

"Mercenaries work for money, and they will take any job if they are paid. However, point 13 has reached [Extraordinary], right? Can you buy an [Extraordinary] mercenary for a month? No middleman would be happy for you to order an [Extraordinary] mercenary for a month at a time—"

"Eight hundred thousand is the price for asking Hachiman to take action once."

Xiangzi answered.