Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Page 48

The black Kusanagi CT-3X fell heavily onto the gravel ground. Shoko was thrown out and slid a long distance away.

The bullets came relentlessly.

There is no way around it.

“——Gu——”

In the severe pain, Xiangzi stretched her arms forward - she had no choice but to do this - to let the bullet hit her hand first to protect her head -

But before that, a black figure appeared in front of Xiangzi.

The light of the motorcycle's "ghost lights" was obscured.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Xiangzi heard a calm voice.

The carbon fiber blade was unsheathed in the black night of the same color.

Silent, no reflection.

The bullet whizzed in within a few tenths of a second.

However, the green eyes caught the angle and direction faster than ordinary people with a [reaction].

Next, it’s time to adjust.

The curvature of the blade and the position of the cut.

As if gently holding it up with his hands, he struck the side of the bullet—

clang.

The first bullet ricocheted.

clang.

The second one.

clang.

The third one.

All this happened in an instant.

Before Xiangzi could blink, the silent samurai sword [Black Unicorn] deflected all the bullets coming from the front.

It only took one time to draw the sword.

"..."

In front, Hai Ling completed the defense.

Without any hesitation, she kept drawing the sword with her right hand and threw the explosive and incendiary grenade backwards with her left hand.

boom!

The grenade exploded on Watanabe's electrified warning net.

The flames rose and lit up the night sky.

Chapter 49: Forced Confession

Explosion, fire and short circuit of electrical circuit occurred simultaneously.

A column of fire more than one meter high shot up from the outer wall of Watanabe Farm.

The fire spread immediately. Large balls of sparks exploded on all the power grids. Then, along with black smoke and a burning smell, all the sparks disappeared at the same time.

The electric cordon was stopped by the explosion.

"【Warning, warning. Abnormal shutdown detected. Warning.】"

Alarm bells rang loudly.

Red light covers the entire visible range.

hum... hum...

Inside the farm, the three gun turrets slowly raised their heads, and above the machine guns, a dangerous green light lit up.

next second.

"I've had enough - get out of here!!!"

Watanabe's roar came from the loudspeaker.

At the same time, the turret aimed in the direction of the Will-O-W-O youths and opened fire.

Da da da da da da!

What did the will-o'-the-wisp youths use when they attacked Xiangzi just now?

Pistols, assault rifles, submachine guns, and light machine guns secretly installed on motorcycles.

Those things are like children's toys compared to the FN-RAL heavy machine gun mounted on the AX-48 turret.

Da da da da da da!

Three artillery batteries spewed out flames behind the burning warning line, so fast that they could overwhelm the burning flames.

Da da da da da da!

The interwoven fire network covered the front of the farm from three directions. Bullets hit the modified motorcycle, the prosthetic body, and the flesh and blood body.

The screams of the young man with will-o'-the-wisp echoed in the field for a while.

"Retreat quickly-retreat quickly!"

Many young ghost firemen fell down, lying on the ground, their lives or deaths unknown. The ghost firemen who were still able to move grabbed the motorcycles that were still able to move, stepped on the accelerator, and drove into the wilderness without looking back.

Those who ran away would also be attacked, and those who had just stood up would fall down again.

There were flashes of fire, gunshots, shouts, wailing, the roar of motorcycles, and the loud music from the amplifier.

There was chaos in front of Watanabe Farm.

Where no one was paying attention, the two culprits who planned this chaos had already disappeared.

In this way, the evacuation of the will-o'-the-wisp youths continued for a while.

Soon, the will-o'-the-wisp young man standing in front of the farm could no longer be seen.

The flames on the outer wall of the farm were extinguished by a mobile dry powder fire extinguishing device that arrived.

hum...

The live cordon sparked a few times and resumed operation.

"[Reconnect the defense network]."

Seeing this line of small green words displayed on the security console, Watanabe leaned on the edge of the console with both hands and let out a long sigh.

Safety is guaranteed again.

He finally let go and turned his head.

however.

Behind him, two people were already in the room, waiting for him.

……

boom!

The thumbs of both hands were tied and Watanabe was handcuffed to the back of a chair.

"No! No!"

"Be quiet."

Hai Ling held the [Black Unicorn] in her hand and demonstrated it in front of Watanabe.

The sharp blade brushed past Watanabe's jaw and stopped precisely on the side of the aorta.

"—!"

Hailing went around behind Watanabe and stood there.

Next to Miao Meng, who had just climbed down from the attic and stretched comfortably, Xiangzi reached out and tore off the cloth ball that was stuffed in Watanabe's mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue.

"——I knew it, I knew it——Hei Yan wouldn't let me go! What you said about trusting me is——that's all bullshit!"

Watanabe screamed insanely. The knife was pressed against his neck. He didn't dare to struggle, and his whole body was shaking. In his eye sockets, the three pupils of the artificial eye moved irregularly.

"I'm not--I'm not!! I'm not!!!"

Although I didn't dare to struggle, I was also unable to communicate.

"Meow Meng, give me the pulse blocking gun." Xiangzi said.

"As soon as you come out, you order people around~"

A pulse blocking gun was thrown into Xiangzi's hands.

Xiangzi opened it.

Then, he stuck it into Watanabe's side.

"I don't--!--!"

The pulse blocking current caused a powerful electromagnetic disturbance. Watanabe twitched.

Xiangzi took away the pulse blocking gun.

“I don’t, I don’t, ahhh, ahhh—”

Again.