Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

“Gah…Ah…”

A strange sound came from inside.

Thump, thump, thump.

The red light of the surveillance camera, the white light of the large searchlight and the indicator light of the cordon lit up and flashed one after another.

hum...

Right next to Xiangzi and the other two.

The terrifying AX-48 turret began to flash green and slowly raised its head.

then.

“[——his ...

"!!!"

A huge EMP wave suddenly hit! A piercing scream seemed to destroy everyone's hearing equipment and penetrated deep into the brains of the three people.

hum-

In my head, the sound of tinnitus echoed. The semicircular canals temporarily lost their ability to work, and the world was spinning.

"Run-!"

Xiangzi shouted, enduring the severe pain in his eardrum.

"——Watanabe Saibo has gone insane!"

Chapter 52: Killing and Being Killed

Cyberpsychosis.

This is a general term for all mental disorders and personality disorders caused by hardware and behavioral plug-ins implanted in the body.

Simply put, he installed too much cyber-enabled software and hardware on himself and went crazy.

It is a very risky thing to stuff inorganic substances into your body and brain. Unfortunately, many people in this era have forgotten this.

The more inorganic matter is added, the more human nature and biological instincts are suppressed. People begin to lose track of the boundary between themselves and machines, and gradually they can no longer maintain their own identity.

At first, it was just auditory and visual hallucinations and great mood swings.

But one day, the disease will suddenly explode due to some stimulus.

Some people would go out with guns and open fire on crowds. Some would drive vehicles and ram through downtown areas. Some would plant bombs on buildings, and some would attack police officers maliciously.

They will completely lose their self-control and create more crazy and dangerous destruction at all costs and without regard for any consequences.

The cause of cyberpsychosis is still unknown. Some say it is a disease caused by environmental inequality. Some say it is the price of a morbid obsession with technology. Some believe it is caused by prosthetic malfunctions, while others think it is completely made up - those people just want to vent their emotions.

But no matter what, there is one thing that everyone agrees on.

That is, cyberpsychosis is dangerous.

Especially, for those who have undergone over-armed transformation.

……

The EMP wave just now was obviously caused by Watanabe detonating the electronic implants in his body!

He wanted to use a strong electromagnetic pulse shock to force himself to regain the ability to move!

The instability of the EMP wave caused all the weapons that had just been forcibly activated by Watanabe to stop working briefly.

Xiangzi, Miaomeng and Hailing seized this opportunity and ran towards the exit desperately!

But why did Watanabe suddenly go crazy?

After the negotiation just now, he was obviously relieved!

His vital signs are stable, with no signs of cyberpsychosis!

"Amoris, what's going on!" Xiangzi shouted as he ran, "Did you give Watanabe too much sedative? Cortisol? Or adrenaline?"

"No! It's unfair!" Miao Meng screamed, "How could I mess up his internal environment! I'm in there too! There are too many things hitting me, I can't even get out by myself!"

"What brain-mounted device did you mess with?!"

"Come on! If I could just ride on those brain components like I was riding an elephant, would I need to spend a whole night debugging them? That guy has a lot of brain components, but they are all from Avex, how could I dare to touch them! I swear, I didn't touch anything except the memories! I was afraid there were mines inside - I stayed away from them!"

"Why don't you think about your own problem, Oblivionis!? Maybe Watanabe was so happy to hear that you saved his life, so happy that he went crazy!"

"Impossible! His vital signs have been stable. That's not a spontaneous emotional cyberpsychosis, that's an external catalyst--"

External catalyst.

This word suddenly flashed through Xiangzi's mind.

Cyberpsychosis is triggered by external catalysts.

The last time, the external factors imposed on Watanabe were...

map.

Out of town, map.

as well as.

Miao Meng said that Watanabe has a lot of brain carriers.

"…Black Rock?"

Xiangzi murmured to himself in disbelief.

"During the [Purge], Kuroiwa implanted a cyberpsychosis virus in Watanabe that would self-destruct if it detected information of leaving the city?"

this person--

"Watch out! It's coming!"

Bang! !

As Miao Meng screamed, the window glass on the second floor suddenly exploded!

Watanabe, who had activated his entire body's prosthetics to the maximum power, broke the window and leaped out from there.

Boom!

Watanabe, as heavy as a mountain, landed heavily in front of Xiangzi, Miaomeng and Hailing.

He blocked their escape from the farm.

"..."

Watanabe said nothing. His foot was hit so hard that the steel structure was deformed, and black smoke and sparks came out.

In the black smoke, Watanabe slowly raised his head.

Shoko saw Watanabe's red eyes.

"Roar!!!"

Watanabe suddenly let out a roar mixed with the sound of metallic electricity!

Poof! Poof! Poof!

A series of explosions occurred on the prosthetic arm, metal components collapsed one after another, and blue arcs of electricity bulged.

Watanabe completely ignored himself!

He exploded directly, forcing his body, which still had a high level of anesthetic, to move—

He swung his fist and punched the three people in front of him!

"—!"

Clang.

Sparks flew.

Hai Ling raised her knife.

She blocked the powerful punch from below, then released the force and slid it away.

"Get out...get out...you want to kill me..."

Watanabe lost the ability to think. He could only repeat the same words -

"You want to kill me - get out!!!"

Ouch!

clang!

Fists and knives clashed several times.

More and more parts of Watanabe's body were blown off, his movements were twisted and deformed, but he was becoming faster and more violent.

It was also at this time.

hum...

The weapons that had been stopped by the EMP wave resumed operation one by one.

The first thing to sound was the alarm.

then.

Those AX-48 turrets began their work.

Da da da da da da!

The [FN-RAL] heavy machine gun began firing at high speed, and the nozzle of the [Kenji Andachi F-253] flamethrower spewed out blazing flames.

Xiangzi, Miaomeng and Hailing were only a few steps away from crossing the cordon.

However, these steps could not be taken no matter what.

“Wow, wow, wow—”

“Hide!!”

Watanabe built a lot of shelters on the farm, and now they are useful for Shoko and his group.

Xiangzi immediately dodged and hid behind a row of boxes.

Miao Meng jumped forward and hid behind another row of steel plates.

Da da da da da da!

Amid the hail of bullets and the burning flames, Hailing was still fighting with Watanabe.

clang.

Fists and swords intertwined.

The turret was not operated by anyone, but was just attacking randomly automatically, so its hit rate was still limited. Hailing always paid attention to her position, keeping Watanabe's back to the turret, and using Watanabe's body as a cover.

Watanabe didn't care about this at all.

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

The random gunshots hit Watanabe's torso.

However, he seemed to no longer feel any pain.

"—get—out—"

He was covered in blood, but he was still attacking.

The devices inside the body ignited one after another, with increasing power.

"..."

The angle at which the fist was bounced back became smaller, and the wind from the fist brushed past Hai Ling's ears.

Hai Ling was beginning to feel a little overwhelmed.

"Don't waste your time with him! He may not stop even if he dies... Hey! Look here!"

Miao Meng seized the opportunity and hacked into a turret!