Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

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"It sounds like he's an important person."

"...So be it."

Xiangzi did not deny it.

"Are there such people in Timoris?" she asked.

Hai Ling was silent.

Just when Xiangzi thought she would not answer and was about to change the subject.

"That's right."

Hai Ling said.

Chapter 51: Someone crazier than our boss

After this brief exchange, neither Xiangzi nor Hailing said anything else.

The two sat opposite each other.

The sound of wind outside the window.

beep sound.

Half asleep and half awake.

Silent all night.

When daybreak came, Miao Meng woke up.

"Ugh! It's broken like a waffle inside!"

After taking off the Mewtwo camera headband, Meowmeng yawned loudly and complained.

"I'm so tired! I'm starting to miss the time when I slept in the attic with the Scorpion-16 missile launcher in my arms!"

"Has it been copied out?" Xiangzi asked.

"Believe first, then question!"

Miao Meng jumped down from the camp bed, and a tape popped out on the Chaomeng video processor and shook it.

"I tortured out everything that could be found! No matter how big or small it was - I almost tortured him from the time he wore open-crotch pants!"

"Well done."

Xiangzi stood up.

"Hey...Oblivionis, you're good at everything except praising people. You're really not as sweet as those people who buy Black Mewtwo online."

Miao Meng grinned and began to pack up her little gadgets for filming.

At this moment, Hai Ling, who had been motionless, suddenly stood up from behind and put her hand on the hilt of the knife.

It turned out that after removing the tungsten steel Mewtwo headband and the brain-motion camera, Watanabe also woke up.

"...ah...uh..."

He groaned.

The anesthetic was still taking effect. Watanabe regained some consciousness, but was still unable to move.

"Kill him?"

Hai Ling asked.

There was obvious panic on Watanabe's face.

"Do not."

Xiangzi said.

"He made a deal with me."

Shoko has his own considerations for Watanabe.

"I want to keep the people who have done business with me... and the transaction process was pleasant," said Xiangzi.

Hai Ling nodded slightly, indicating that she understood her employer's attitude, and sat down again.

"So this is considered a pleasant experience? Whether it's a deal or not is another matter!" Miao Meng sorted out the storage bag with a look of disbelief on her face, "It's more like saying that we are forcing ourselves to travel inside his head!"

"He gives me information and I give me benefits, so that's a deal. After it's over, there's no life or death, so it's a happy one," said Xiangzi.

“…Ah~”

Miao Meng suddenly realized Xiangzi's idea and smiled slyly.

"Do you want to build your own intelligence network?" she asked Xiangzi.

"To become [a big shot], you always have to have this consideration. People who are desperate are the best choice because they will cling to any straw."

As Xiangzi said this, the remote end connected to Watanabe's brain-computer.

What she sent to Watanabe was a map of the outermost part of the City of Joy.

Among them, a thin red line marks out a road.

"From Afterglow's territory, follow the road I marked and drive southwest. There are no surveillance cameras on the road. If you leave the city from this road, you will directly enter the undeveloped badlands. There is no one on duty and there is no defense network."

Shoko said to Watanabe, who was unable to move and could only move his eyeballs.

"After three hours, the anesthetic wears off."

"When the time comes, escape from here. Black Rock can't find you."

"Good luck."

Miao Meng had just finished packing her things. Xiangzi stood up, used a knife to pick open the cable tie that was tied around Watanabe's thumb, and left with Miao Meng and Hai Ling.

……

"You're also trying to do favors for someone who won't be returning to Le City?"

"Intelligence from outside of Le City is also very important. Moreover, it is precisely because there are very few opportunities to obtain intelligence points outside of Le City that we need to pay attention to it."

Xiangzi and Miaomeng were talking as they came down from Watanabe's small building.

Hai Ling followed behind the two of them.

The defense facilities were shut down. Facing these strange visitors, the turret did not react at all.

The sky was already turning pale.

The three of them walked through these silent steel weapons in the morning light.

"The value of intelligence is not determined by its size, but by whether it is unique—"

"Okay~ Oh, by the way, the map out of the city! How do you know this kind of information? Have you established an intelligence network somewhere that I don't know about?"

"Like you said, even if the memory is erased, there will still be residual fragments left."

Xiangzi said.

"I knew too much before. There are always one or two left."

"Humph~"

Miao Meng glanced at Xiangzi.

"……What's wrong."

"Are your swearing skills also inherited from the past?"

"...When I was working in customer service, I often encountered rude customers. I just saw it a lot."

“You’ve also worked in customer service?”

“—I saw the motorcycle.”

Xiangzi didn't want to talk about this.

The electric cordon with the warning sign "Warning! High Voltage!" also stopped working. Outside them, the silver and black "ARCH Nazaré" of Hailing was quietly parked in the shadow of the railing.

A little further away, in a more open area, is Shoko's black [Kusanagi CT-3X].

Compared to the Hailing motorcycle, this one was in a terrible state. It fell to the ground, with several large dents visible on the side, and the tire was crooked.

"I think you're going to lose money."

Miao Meng pointed at it and said to Xiangzi.

“…Drive back first.”

Xiangzi didn't really want to talk about this matter.

"Do you have any spare money? I remember the last income--"

Just as the three of them...mainly Xiangzi and Miao Meng were chatting and walking out of the farm.

suddenly.

Bang!

A muffled sound came from the second floor of the Watanabe family behind him.

"——!?"

Hai Ling turned around in an instant. A few tenths of a second later, it was Xiangzi and Miao Meng.

The three of them stared closely at the two-story building where the noise came from.

The small building stands quietly in the morning sunshine.

Now, from the outside, there is nothing unusual.

"…Hey, what was that noise just now?"

Meow Meng asked tentatively.

"It sounded like something heavy had been dropped."

Xiangzi whispered. Her eyes were fixed on the window next to the security console on the second floor.

Did I make a mistake?

From this angle, theoretically, you should be able to see Watanabe still leaning on the chair.

Did he slide off the chair after the cable ties were cut off?

Watanabe has undergone many cybernetic transformations. He is very heavy, so it is possible that he could make such a sound.

…But it’s still a little strange.

Xiangzi couldn't describe the feeling well, but her intuition told her that if Watanabe had slid down from the chair, the sound should have been longer and lighter.

Not like this now.

"Bang".

It sounded like someone was hitting the floor hard—

Bang! !

"!"

Again.

The second loud noise was heard from the second floor of the small building.

This time, it couldn’t be Watanabe who fell!

"Amoris, Timoris!"

Xiangzi shouted suddenly.

"Go! Get out! Get out of the farm—"

at this time.