Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

pain.

It hurts so much.

Gurgle, gurgle.

The knife was moving inside the eye socket. The right eye was bloodshot.

Then, the right side of the field of vision began to darken and turn black rapidly.

"--Well--!"

Gurgle.

The knife was drawn.

The severe pain made Xiangzi retch, but he couldn't vomit anything.

The remaining left eye saw a sticky gelatinous substance stuck on the knife, being brought out, and then thrown to the ground.

That was Xiangzi's right eyeball.

pat.

A small metal component mixed with blood and smoke slid out of the eye socket and fell on the eyeball.

……

Without any help from sedation aids and physiological threshold control plug-ins, Xiangzi fainted and woke up many times.

When the resting time jumped from 2 hours to 1 hour, and then to 40 minutes, Xiangzi finally stopped fainting easily.

"……Ha ha ha ha……"

She gasped and trembled, and climbed up from the ground.

She held on.

When the eyeball was removed, the high temperature released by the [heat-sensing restraint element] actually helped close the wound in the eye socket and stop the bleeding.

The ice water that was randomly splashed on his face during the coma helped to constrict his blood vessels and dissipate heat quickly, stabilizing his vital signs.

She survived.

"Cough, cough."

Xiangzi staggered, struggled, and stood up. She spat out the rusty blood foam in her mouth and splashed ice water on her face.

The slight dizziness when I woke up stopped.

Xiangzi gasped and saw his pale face reflected in the water of the bathtub. There were dried blood clots on his face, burn marks around his eyes, and an empty right eye socket.

"…If you want to do it, you can still do it."

Xiangzi saw himself on the water and gave an ugly smile.

But this time, it's sincere.

Pushing aside his wet bangs, Xiangzi looked towards the door again.

By the door, what used to be Xiangzi's eyeball was lying on the ground, covered in blood.

"..."

Xiangzi suddenly felt disgusted with this thing that had previously been a part of his body.

She calmed herself down and stood up.

Snap.

The heel crushed the glue and the small component on it.

She passed them.

This time, nothing burned her.

……

All the stinginess in this world will come at a price.

Kidney-reducing patients are no exception.

Only this time, Xiangzi acted as an agent to recover the price.

The door opened easily. Outside the door, it looked like a room in an unfinished building that you can find everywhere. The concrete walls and floors were not painted and were exposed. Shelves and boxes were piled up randomly in the small room.

There is never a place that is absolutely quiet in the City of Music, especially in areas where land prices are cheap. Music was coming from outside, very noisy. Xiangzi dodged and hid behind a shelf in the corner.

"..."

The pneumatic door that had just been opened slowly closed. Xiangzi, who had changed his position, held his breath and observed the situation outside more carefully.

The room Xiangzi entered had three doors. The door on the south led to the human body warehouse she had just come out of, the door on the north led to a darker room, and the door on the west had the setting sun shining in, so it should be very close to the outer wall of the building.

“(Because the elevators are not working, underground organizations occupy unfinished buildings and are generally rarely placed on very high floors.)”

Xiangzi quickly recalled the reports he had seen on TV and in the news, and pieced these fragments of memories together into powerful intelligence.

“(In addition, they would also set up temporary platforms such as scaffolding on the outer walls of the building to facilitate observation and transportation of goods.)”

If you go through the west room, there should be a chance of escape.

Xiangzi poked his head out slightly.

"(monitor……)"

Have.

When he saw the red dot, Xiangzi felt his heart skip a beat.

There is a surveillance camera above the north door, facing the human body warehouse that Xiangzi had just left.

The red dot is on. This means it is working properly.

"(Then wouldn't it be obvious that I was already seen when I came out just now?)"

Xiangzi was so frightened that he dared not move and squatted quietly behind the shelf.

At this moment, she missed the brain-computer operating system and the matching retinal projection device that were once inserted into the back of her head.

These state-of-the-art devices allow one to confirm how many electronic devices are nearby and what types they are simply by touching their cheekbones.

She could also easily hack into them if necessary.

Mu was better at this kind of thing. But Xiangzi could also do something as simple as turning off the camera.

Of course, Xiangzi no longer has those devices. The built-in brain-computer modules were also burned in the "cleansing", leaving nothing behind.

…Even if they were still there, Xiangzi couldn’t use them because his [Intelligence] points were reduced to 3.

I really have nothing.

And I, who have nothing, have to advance into the enemy's nest full of electronic traps.

It's like a blind man groping in a minefield.

no way.

Now, Xiangzi can only rely on himself.

She gritted her teeth and waited for a while.

"(……strangeness?)"

No one came.

Logically speaking, it was seen.

But Xiangzi didn't hear any sound of people moving around.

It seemed that no enemy was searching in this direction.

"(Is this surveillance also broken? No...)"

"(They didn't pay attention to the surveillance?)"

Xiangzi was ready to confirm the situation again. She quietly moved northward behind the shelves and boxes, into the blind spot of the surveillance camera, and then looked around again.

“(Damn it.)”

My right eye still hurts a little, but the more serious problem is the field of vision.

After losing an eye, Xiangzi's vision was reduced to only 70% of its original value.

Xiangzi was hiding behind a shelf on the east side of the room, so she faced west most of the time.

There were many things in the north that she couldn't see.

This means that if she walks west, the room to the north will fall into her blind spot.

“(It’s too dangerous.)”

Xiangzi didn't want to be caught here. Being caught here was no different from waiting to die just now.

"(Confirm the north first.)"

Although the west side was very close to the exit, with her current physical condition, she might not be able to withstand even a .22 pistol bullet.

The fault tolerance rate is too low.

Xiangzi immediately decided to move to the north. She slowly, slowly came to the north corner parallel to the door...

"!"

Xiangzi's breathing paused.

There is someone in the north room.

A member of the Kidney-Stripping Clan with a Mohawk haircut sat with his back to Xiangzi.

The dark green surveillance screen on the wall in front of him flickered with a cold light.

Chapter 7 Xiangzi's First Time

Xiangzi stopped breathing immediately.

For a moment, she stood there quietly, motionless, like a piece of steel exposed from the wall.

Another moment passed.

Xiangzi realized that he hadn't noticed her.

"(I didn't move at all...)"

The Kidney-Stripping member lowered his head. A closer look revealed that he was wearing VR glasses.

Tiny electronic prompt sounds leaked from the side of the VR glasses. It seemed that he was playing some kind of exciting action game.

"(A guy who doesn't follow the rules.)"

Xiangzi thought.

This member of the Kidney-Stripping Team definitely did not complete the work he was assigned. His job was obviously to be in charge of this monitoring room and to confirm the surveillance images in real time, but he was playing games while in this important position.

In a sense, Xiangzi should thank him.

Because she saw the door of the human warehouse she had just left on those surveillance screens.

“(No wonder no one came to search.)”

Xiangzi consciously spread his feet and leaned forward silently.

The knife that brought Xiangzi pain and redemption was held in her hand.

monitoring room.

Very critical.

Here you should be able to identify all the electronic devices on this floor and choose to turn them on or off.

Of course this includes doors, windows and cameras.

"..."

The Kidney-Stripping member was currently immersed in VR games. He did not notice Xiangzi, nor was he watching the surveillance video.