Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"Xiao Xiang, when you appeared, I was in a state of long-term confusion."

"Two years ago, the island was washed up. I lost my past."

“Everything seemed to disappear.”

"Since I was born, the life of a 'pirate' has been everything to me. Training, 'fishing', bonfire parties, robbing, being robbed, killing, being killed..."

“That’s life that will go on as a matter of course.”

“But now, that kind of life is gone.”

“I used to think that life and death were the biggest problems in the world.”

"But not really."

"Before, my life was just an island. All I had to think about was the island. And then, all of a sudden, everyone left. They said to me: 'Let's go.'"

"Where can I go?"

“The whole world is in front of me.”

"worldwide!"

"So big, farther than the farthest sky and deeper than the deepest ocean."

"On the island, I knew what I could do and what I couldn't do. But now that I'm in this world, I don't even know what I should do."

"Suddenly, it seemed like there was nothing to do. And suddenly, it seemed like I had to figure out what to do myself."

"It's so difficult."

"I can not do it."

Chuhua looked at Xiangzi under her.

"I like singing, Mana wants to live a city life, Honeycomb wants an artist who is easy to manipulate, and I miss my childhood memories."

“For these reasons, I came to the City of Joy.”

"Climb up. Use your past experience to feel everything, analyze them, and find the rules here."

“I do it instinctively.”

“I’m doing pretty well.”

“But the higher I go, the more I understand.”

“This is a city of people.”

"Desire, trickery, conspiracy, and interest."

"Only a human would do such a thing."

"I am not a human, I am a beast."

"Maybe I'm a clever beast, but so what?"

“I can’t get used to living here.”

"It's just that, if not here, where else can I go?"

"The place I want to go no longer exists. There is nowhere left in this world."

"Should I continue to move forward? Should I stay where I am? Should I flee and build a new territory for myself?"

"I also can."

"I can do either, but there seems to be no exact answer."

"These all make me confused, and confusion makes me sad."

Chuhua looked into Xiangzi's eyes and said:

"I thought this sadness would last forever, until the end of my life."

"but."

"Xiao Xiang."

“You showed up.”

"..."

"That night, you appeared before me."

"At that moment, my heart was taken away by you."

"You are roaring and raging. You clearly want to break through everything here, conquer, plunder, swallow up the old order, and create new rules."

"—so that you can live on as yourself."

“This is something I’m familiar with.”

“This is what I have been doing all along.”

"It's what I know how to do."

“Ecstasy took over my heart and dispelled all the gloom that had been there.”

"Xiao Xiang, do you know? You have always had this power. From the past to the present. You can always make others follow you, no matter where you are."

“And that’s when I understood it.”

"I've been looking for someone like you who is worth following."

Chu Hua raised his head slightly, showing his neck.

Xiangzi saw her white scarf more clearly.

"Xiao Xiang."

she says.

"Xiao Xiang said that I already had a collar and a chain around my neck."

"so what?"

"Since the collar is already on, Xiao Xiang has given up?"

"Because someone is already holding it, Xiaoxiang won't hold it?"

"I have a lot of things you want."

"Power, ability, money, fame."

"Aren't you going to grab these?"

"They are right next to Xiaoxiang's hand. He can reach them by just reaching out."

"You won't take them away?"

"Xiao Xiang said that we should make full use of everything. Is this the extent of our awareness?"

"People with this level of enlightenment won't live long."

"Xiaoxiang, you have to think about it carefully."

"I'm a beast. I don't like wasting food."

"It's better for me to do it than to let someone else do it."

"If this is the extent of your awareness..."

Chuhua smiled. She said:

"I'm right here, eating you up."

then.

next second.

A force came from the hand that was pressing down on Xiangzi.

This time, Chuhua did not resist.

She smiled and relaxed her strength.

The field of view rotates.

My back slammed into the soft mattress, and the up and down positions were reversed.

Xiangzi pushed Chuhua down with force.

"…Since a while ago, you have been the only one talking nonstop."

When his vision stabilized again, Xiangzi sat astride Chuhua's hips.

She reached out and grabbed Chuhua's scarf.

Not gentle at all.

Very hard, roughly, and tightly.

In front of him, flames burned again in the depths of Xiangzi's golden eyes.

Chuhua's smile became more obvious.

"Chuhua."

Xiangzi's tone was no longer polite.

She also became harder and sharper.

It was like a knife just out of its sheath, flashing with cold light.

"Face me and tell me what you want me to take from you?"

Xiangzi said word by word.

"I've really been underestimated."

"Do you know what it means to be plundered by me?"

This time, it was Xiangzi who got close to Chuhua's face.

Not that she leaned down.

Instead, she pulled Chuhua's scarf and forced Chuhua to raise his head.

"Power, ability, money, fame."

"I will take everything from you."

"It won't stop, it won't bottom out, whether you want it to or not."

"I'll add a chain to your collar."

"My chains."

"If you bite me, I'll strangle you. If you try to break free, I'll drag you back."

"Even if other chains pull at you, I won't let go. I'll use my strength, even if it means breaking your neck."

"I will devour you, you and everything about you. I will subjugate you and make you work only for me."

"I will destroy your life, even if it means I will be destroyed with you."

Xiangzi pulled his scarf tighter, making the two of them look into each other's eyes.

"Triangle Chuhua."

Xiangzi called Chuhua's name.

She stared straight at Chuhua and asked:

"Are you ready to devote your life to me?"

The tight neck was already causing Chu Hua, who had such strong heart and lung functions, to blush.

But she smiled and looked happy.

"Come on, Xiaoxiang."

Chuhua called Xiangzi intimately, just like when they were children.

"Tighten my collar."

She held Xiangzi's waist as if she was hugging a lover who had been reunited after a long separation.