Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Ceilings, corridors, floors.

The front desk, the reception room, the rooms deep inside.

People walking around the research base.

And some other moving machinery.

"..."

Everything is black.

The black areas overlapped densely. Some of them were large, like the walls that stretched out along the sides, and some were small, like unknown objects flying in the air, approaching and then moving away.

But apart from the thin, pure white aisle beneath my feet, all I could see were black areas and their jagged edges where they overlapped one another.

These black areas are not pieced together at all. The number of fragments scattered around them is dozens or even hundreds of times that of the outer black areas.

The interior of this building is like a time-stopping Mewtwo scene where a hundred shredders exploded simultaneously.

too exaggerated!

"It's much more serious than outside." Hai Ling blinked and looked at the place where the aisle wall should have been.

It was also pitch black there.

"I can't even see the floor markings." Hai Ling looked at the black area, "There's no way to confirm where the nanorobots will be placed."

Hai Ling hit the point.

All of Xiangzi and his crew's plans were to get close to the area where the nanorobots were placed and steal things from there.

But if we don't even know where they will be placed, there will be no room for execution of this plan from the beginning.

"This is basically what it looked like when the footage was first collected... Let me make it clear first, although it took me three days to edit the video, I didn't rush it, and I didn't cut corners!"

Miao Meng said.

"The situation in the building is beyond my ability to handle! I have tried my best to compare it with my past memories... but Hei Yan has replaced everything in the building, including the wall materials, door frames, windows, monitoring equipment, assistant robots - everything! Everything has been replaced with the most advanced military equipment! Wall sensors, infrared detection probes, motion capture, LCD screen readers... Everything you can think of, and everything you can't think of, he has replaced it!"

"I don't understand military technology! How can I deal with this? Let me see, I just feel like a million identical puzzle pieces have been taken apart and dumped on the ground! Just putting together this row of PVC floor glue on the ground, do you know how many brain cells I have lost!?"

"I'm not sure now whether the 'countless billions' of assets he got after taking over Pastel*Palettes are worth his efforts."

Hai Ling poked her head out to look at the layers of black area behind the observation window and said.

"Maybe the price of his own life is also included in this." Miao Meng shrugged.

“It’s really troublesome.”

Xiangzi supported his chin with his knuckles and thought.

"… Meowmew, you just said that this was what Watanabe saw on his last day at the company. So what's behind this Mewmew?"

"You don't want to see it. It's not worth it."

Although Miao Meng said this, she still continued to move forward.

After passing through more black areas and more debris, an elevator appeared in front of them. The three followed the main perspective and got on the elevator.

There was also a dark area inside the elevator, right next to everyone, which was creepy.

When the elevator door opened again, the three of them arrived at the top floor of the research base.

There was still only a small path visible on the top floor. After turning a few corners along this path, the main perspective pushed open a door made entirely of black.

Behind the gate was the most completely dark area Xiangzi had ever seen.

Not even fragments.

"President, are you looking for me?"

Such words came from the sound layer.

After that, everything went black.

"That's it."

Meow stopped Chaomeng. She said:

"Avex deleted everything after that. The only thing that was recorded was after Watanabe woke up in his own bed."

……

After that, Miao Meng jumped through several scenes and showed the black areas to Xiangzi and Hailing one by one.

The two learned about some of the previous configurations of the Avex research base - a very traditional research base with standard security kits, nothing new - and also learned the details of Watanabe's daily life.

But still the problem.

The most important thing is that you can’t see it.

What is the structure of the research base? Where will the nanorobots be placed? Which computers contain files related to brain repair technology?

What security configuration does the research base use, and what situations can it sense? What style of reconnaissance and combat do the security personnel have? Where are the blind spots?

There was not a single piece of information that could help Xiangzi make a plan.

In the subsequent communication, Hai Ling, who had some knowledge of military technology, helped Miao Meng piece together some fragments.

But Hai Ling was only a half-layman after all, her knowledge was extremely limited, and her progress was very slow.

After working hard for a long time, you may not even get one millionth of those fragments.

The situation reached an impasse.

……

Pastel*Palettes territory, Kabuki district.

food street.

【Xu Xu Yuan】High-end barbecue restaurant, private rooms.

The door slid open almost silently.

Sitting next to the table, Miao Meng, who had already grilled several slabs of meat and ate a lot, raised his head.

It was Hai Ling. She walked into the room carrying the Black Unicorn on her back.

"...Hey! Haizi, you are here! Come on, come on~"

Miao Meng asked Hai Ling to sit down and pushed a whole pitcher of beer to her.

"No, I still have to ride my motorcycle back."

Hai Ling refused the beer, picked up the barley tea from the side and poured herself a cup.

"After watching Chaomeng all day, I have to treat myself!" Seeing that Hailing didn't drink, Miaomeng drank it very readily, "This is the best! It's my treat - but you and Xiangzi both acted like you didn't want to come and you'll be here later! You really don't know how to enjoy yourself!"

"Isn't that the money we earned from the missions?"

Hai Ling ordered a few skewers of grilled bird and said without raising her head.

"Hey~ How can you say that! Aren't the sports cars driven by those bosses also earned by the employees?"

"So Ms. Toyokawa and I are employees. I thought..."

"Hey - let's not talk about this. How are your shopping going?" Miao Meng interrupted quickly.

Hailing unzipped her leather jacket.

The inner garment is no longer the original shirt, but a light and thin ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber bulletproof vest.

"My original one was broken." Hai Ling said, "I originally thought that I didn't need such a high degree of synthesis, so I didn't buy a new one... But now it seems that I still need it, so I went to buy one."

"I always feel that what you said is not auspicious." Miao Meng laughed, "Hey, where's Xiangzi? Didn't you go together?"

"We didn't come back together—"

chapped.

The door opens again.

"good evening."

Feeling the cool air outside, Xiangzi walked into the box.

"Hey! Boss! You're here too!"

"Just call me boss when we're face to face."

"This is to show my respect, Haizi~ Boss, what are you buying again?"

Xiangzi waved his hand to show his brain-computer interface.

……

[Registered name]: Oblivionis

[Attribute Points]

[Physical]: 3

[Intelligence]: 3

【Reaction】：3

【Technical capability】: 3

【Calmness】：5

……

【Calmness】becomes 5.

"I went to Maya Yamato's underground clinic and bought a new [point chip]."

Xiangzi sat down next to Hailing and said.

"Wow, so cunning~" Miao Meng said with a smile, "This is two hundred thousand, right? You said that all the income from the mission is for me, and you kept some for yourself?"

"Yes, I gave them all to you." Xiangzi took the interactive screen for ordering from Hailing and said, "However, when I went on a mission, I took away a lot of the target's guns and sundries."

"I sold them all, and they were worth quite a bit. In addition, I negotiated with the prosthetics doctor. I said that I would cooperate with him for a long time and asked him to help me install it through the backdoor channel. In this way, the chip can be used again after debugging... This lowered the price again."

"Hey, bargaining still depends on our boss... Hey hey!"

Miao Meng suddenly remembered something, and asked incoherently with the barbecue in his mouth:

"Didn't you say that in addition to buying things, you also went to find someone who knows military technology? How's it going over there?"

“Those who understand are not tight-lipped, and those who are tight-lipped are not as knowledgeable as I am.”

Hai Ling said simply.

"Besides that, just..."

Instead of ending the conversation as usual, she looked at Xiangzi.

Xiangzi sighed.

"I know someone who would be a good fit."

she says.

"I'll ask her to come over tomorrow."

Chapter 65: Triangle Begins

When I was a child, I thought singing was very happy.

A clear sky, a warm sea breeze, and someone listening quietly and attentively to his or her own singing.

Days like that can go on forever.

So, I came here.

however.

It seemed that what made me happy was the time, not the singing itself.

Next, you can keep singing.

However, it was not very happy.