Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"Aren't you going to take action?"

Hailing suddenly heard Xiangzi say.

"..."

Hai Ling didn't move.

"Do what you want to do."

Xiangzi said again.

Hai Ling took a step back.

then……

"…Doloris will be here soon."

Leave this sentence behind.

Hailing left.

……

Hai Ling's footsteps disappeared at the window.

Xiangzi was still leaning against the pillar.

She waited.

The wait didn't last long.

Footsteps.

Another person came behind Xiangzi.

The footsteps are light and small.

Not Chuhua.

There are such steps...

Sounds like a believer?

Xiangzi didn't look back.

She had been leaning against the pillar.

Until the person behind her walked behind her.

……

at the same time.

below.

“…Ha…found it…”

A low, chest-deep voice.

Lixi arrived at the bottom of the high-rise building where Xiangzi was.

She became even worse than before.

More parts were destroyed due to the resistance of BCPD, and the biological limbs were exposed outside the exoskeleton. The overload marks and bruises on the neck became more obvious.

But she saw Xiangzi.

It was leaning against a pillar on the inside of the second floor.

This time it wasn't an illusion.

It's me.

Lixi was very sure.

Because of the small problem just now, her search was affected.

So, she turned the sensor up to the maximum.

The hallucination just now will not appear again.

It's her.

Right in front of you.

It's now--

at this time.

thump.

There was a soft sound at the back of my neck.

The sensation was like being touched by something.

But that's not a "touch."

That's a person.

With his back to the sunlight, Hai Ling landed on the shoulder of Li Xi, who was equipped with [Linear Frame Ω].

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The sharp black blade brushed against his neck.

The neural link data cable attached there was picked up and cut.

The fluid-collecting tube on the side broke, spurting out black blood.

"cough!"

The huge gap in data flow caused Li Xi to feel as if he was falling into an ice cellar and he clenched his teeth.

A sneak attack from behind.

The most important neural connection was severed.

The forced dismantling of the motorized exoskeleton by cutting off the connecting wires and pipes is an option that will only be taken when the driver completely loses control.

Because this measure will bring a very strong shock to the nervous system.

Vagus nerve overload, increased sensory load, internal circulation disorder...

Usually, the driver will fall into a coma immediately.

But obsession supported Li Xi.

She didn't just lose consciousness.

Li Xi roared, and reached back with trembling hands, trying to grab the enemy around his neck.

The enemy slid away.

[Gorilla Arm] slapped Lixi's own shoulder, denting a piece of shoulder armor.

The enemy clung to Lixi's back and slid to the other side.

The knife reached into the gap between the armors and turned cleanly.

The back connection has been removed.

Quick, close, and demolish.

This is the standard procedure for close-combat attackers of the BCPD's Terrorist Squad to deal with large-sized cybernetic psychopaths.

Who is the person who came? - who has a BCPD background?

The enemy went around Lixi's neck.

Li Xi saw the other person's face and flying black hair.

"……ocean……"

It’s Hai Ling.

The [Black Unicorn] is inserted into the back panel of the [Linear Frame Ω].

Clang.

The back panel, which had already been badly damaged in the attack with the BCPD, fell off and landed on the ground.

Lixi had a tube inserted into his body, and his back covered with red marks was exposed.

The blade cuts across.

All the pipes were cut.

Li Xi felt his strength slipping away.

"……let go……"

The feeling of being pulled away was so fast. Li Xi roared with her last bit of strength, and she sprayed out blood foam and dry arcs.

Li Xi did not confirm whether it was Hai Ling behind him, nor did he try to get rid of the enemy behind him.

She stared upwards.

In the blurred vision, Xiangzi was there.

Almost—almost—

Just one jump, one pneumatic adjustment, one punch.

"Let me go... let me... kill... her... kill..."

Lixi yelled incoherently.

"..."

Hai Ling didn't say anything.

She just thrust the knife deep into the [Linear Frame Ω].

She severed a cluster of neural link data lines.

Another cluster.

More neural link data lines were cut.

Li Xi wanted to stop all this.

She struggled.

"...I...I want to...kill..."

Lixi's eyes were red. She trembled and squeezed out words from deep in her teeth.

"You'll die before you kill her."

From behind, Hai Ling's calm voice came.

"...You...you think...I will be...scared...if you say that..."

Li Xi did not become calmer after hearing Hai Ling's voice.

Her eyes turned redder because of the shock to her nervous system, as if they were about to bleed.

"...Even...even you...look down on me...I...don't need...your...charity..."

"I never looked down on you."

Hai Ling said.

"—"

Li Xi roared vaguely and struggled with his fists.

Li Xi's struggle hit Hai Ling's side.

But Hailing was still tightly wrapped around Lixi's shoulders.

The side panels on the back of the [Linear Frame Ω] were also peeled off.

Hai Ling reached her hand into the [Linear Frame Ω].