Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 231 Debt Free and Lightweight
Afterlife bar.

The long light lines emit dim fluorescent green, and the rock music of Samurai band echoes in the hall in a loop. People sit or stand in groups of three or four, chatting and drinking together, and the atmosphere is very lively.

V sat in front of the bar and drank a glass, his back alone isolated from the hustle and bustle of the nightlife in the bar.

She held an empty wine glass with one hand, and put it in front of her eyes to ponder back and forth, her bored posture was a bit like a lazy beauty.

"Please add a glass of wine to this beauty, and I want Johnny Silver Hand."

Inexplicably, a man came up next to him and was calling for the bartender Claire to serve a drink.

V didn't even bother to raise her eyelids. In the past few days, when she casually had a drink or two at the Afterlife Bar, some ignorant guys would come up to strike up a conversation.

She casually glanced at the suit on the right, 'Yo, it's still an authentic product from Jinguji, and it's a rich master. '

"Oh, I really laughed. Those little bastards thought they were casually dressed in corporate clothes, ordered a cup of 'Johnny Silver Hand' to pretend to be knowledgeable, and thought that the next life would be a paradise for sluts. It seems that they don't have much knowledge." V seemed After being slightly drunk, he talked to himself, and then persuaded with a kind tone: "Listen, you boy, your outfit makes me feel very bad. I will give you a chance to get out before you cry and call your mother."

Claire glanced at the visitor, smiled gloatingly, brought two glasses of 'Johnny Silver Hand' over, and handed one of them to V.

V put the empty wine glass in front of his eyes in some confusion, observed the blurry green world ahead through the glass, and muttered, "Claire, I didn't say I wanted this glass of wine."

Claire approached V, and asked intentionally, "Well, I want to know why you haven't picked up jobs at Lizzie's Bar these days."

V chuckled and said, "Is there any other reason? Now that I have a car and a house, I have paid off all the money I owe. What else do I have to do? Shouldn't I be enjoying myself?"

What she said was all the truth. After the floating car crashed that day, she woke up and lay in the afterlife bar. It was Claire who took care of her.

Then V received the message of the settlement of the arrears, as well as the real estate certificate and Rayfield certification sent by Jack.

She asked Claire what happened, and it turned out that Roger rescued her from the floating car and took her to the Afterlife Bar for treatment.

Since then, V has been hanging out in the bar all day, occasionally accepting bad jobs, basically beating people.

After hearing V's answer, Claire left the table and signaled to Tang Yu: "I'll leave it to you."

V shuts one eye tightly, and the single eye moves slowly through the empty wine glass, filtering everything it sees.

When it turned to the right, a face suddenly approached, the flowers were big and green, and it was so green.

V was about to yell impatiently when the cup in his hand was taken away, and the painted face in front of him immediately became clear.

Tang Yu?

She froze on the spot.

After a while.

Tang Yu stretched out his hand and pinched her chin lightly, looked left and right, and smiled pretending to be distressed: "It's been a long time since I saw her, and I've grown fleshy."

Taking advantage of Tang Yu's inattention, V opened his mouth and bit his index finger fiercely, and forcefully, a trace of blood spilled out.

It wasn't until he relieved his anger that V spit out his fingers, took a tissue from the plate on the bar and threw it to Tang Yu: "Wipe it yourself, it's dirty."

Tang Yu picked up a tissue and wiped it clean, then sat next to him, and joked: "Why, you are debt-free now, so I must not be able to speak well."

V glanced at him, put down the empty glass in his hand, replaced it with the 'Johnny Silver Hand' wine glass, and said angrily: "It didn't work well, what are you doing when you come back, and finally left."

Tang Yu picked up the wine glass on the table, stared at the wine in the glass, and said calmly: "I can't let go of some things and some people."

V half leaned on the bar, looked at Tang Yu with his head propped up and asked with a smile: "Why didn't you see that people who are willing to give up their high-level status in the company still have people and things they can't let go of in their hearts, don't tell me that I am one of them , sounds weird."

Tang Yu found out why V's performance is so sour today. It really is the economic base that determines the superstructure, and it is natural to be a boss.

"You'll find out later, is Roger there?"

V pouted in the box: "We're talking about things inside."

She went on to ask: "How does it feel to be famous and become a legend? The whole Night City is talking about you. Arasaka Company executives defected, Adam Heavy Hammer was overthrown, and the company square collapsed."

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is amazing, next time you want to do such a good thing, remember to tell me in advance, I will definitely dress like a cheerleader, cheering for you like a little girl, screaming 'ahhhh', You are satisfied." V said while imitating the fangirl and exclaiming loudly, deliberately pretending to be adoring.

Tang Yu was a little helpless. He had learned about V's yin and yang strangeness again. If he offended her, he really didn't want to take advantage of it.

"All right, all right, I'll punish myself with a drink, you calm down first." He raised his glass and drank it down.

V looked surprised: "Why are you still rewarding yourself?"

Tang Yu: "."

She changed the subject: "But thanks to you, I now have a car and a house, and I don't have any money or debts. I can live comfortably by myself. If you don't have a place to live, come to my place."

After V finished speaking, he drank all the wine in his hand, which was regarded as forgiving Tang Yu for leaving without saying goodbye.

Tang Yu thought silently in his heart: "What's so good about going to live with you? I get up early every morning for morning exercises and look through the treasure chest along the way." '

However, since V was sitting in front of him, he could only vaguely agree.

Just as V wanted to ask something, the door of the secret box not far behind him slid open automatically, and a familiar figure stepped out, it was Rogge.

She was still in the yellow sweater, and when she saw Tang Yu sitting at the bar, she walked towards him confidently and said hello.

"You finally came."

Tang Yu stood up and said bluntly: "Let's talk inside."

V glanced at the two of them, then stood up and walked towards the box together.

The three of them came to the exclusive box, and after closing the gate, there was a hidden safe house.

Rogge sat in the middle of the main seat, folded his legs, raised his hand and leaned on the back of the sofa, and invited Tang Yu and V to sit down.

V skillfully took out the wine bottle and three cups from the cabinet, put them on the table and pushed them to the two of them respectively, and then sat directly next to Tang Yu, not at all out of sight.

Rogge thanked him, and did not take a drink from the cup, but said bluntly: "The matter you mentioned last time has been settled, and V is now sitting next to you alive."

V knew that Tang Yu specially arranged Rogge's shot at that time, so he didn't feel any surprise, but looked at Tang Yu, waiting for his reply.

Tang Yu nodded slightly, and added: "It's just half a leg missing."

"Arranged someone to put on the best titanium alloy cyber prosthesis for her. The parameters have been calibrated so that it will not affect the use of both legs." Rogge explained in a deep voice.

Tang Yu said frankly: "In this case, it's time for me to fulfill my promise."

V is a little curious, what conditions did Tang Yu use to persuade the queen of the next life, Rogge, to protect her personally, and hide her in the afterlife bar to avoid the limelight from the outside world.

"V, is the safe you got from the Cyanbi Building still there?" Tang Yu asked.

V's heart tightened for a moment, and he explained with some unwillingness: "When I was evacuating in a floating car, I found that the destination suddenly navigated to Arasaka Tower in Kyoto, so I had to smash the console."

"As a result, the floating car crashed, the safe was broken, and the chip contained in it." She knew that the chip must be very important to Tang Yu, and she couldn't help feeling sorry for messing up the errand.

Tang Yu's heart tightened for a moment, and he quickly asked with concern: "Did you put that chip in your brain?"

Before V could answer, Rogge explained, "The relic biochip is here."

After finishing speaking, she pointed to the biological neural interface at the back of her head, which meant that the chip was in her brain.

V continued to add: "Don, there was really no way at that time. Not only did the air vehicle automatically change its destination, but it was also chased by the Arasaka armed air vehicle. Thanks to Rogge, after the crash, the temperature control function of the safe was damaged. , I can only take it out and put it in my head.”

Tang Yu understood that the situation was indeed urgent at that time, and said apologetically, "I didn't think carefully. The floating car was driven by Saburo Arasaka, and the destination should have been changed in Kyoto."

V is a little confused: "Holy fellow, the floating car you arranged for me to ride is actually Saburo Arasaka's?" '

There was also a strange look in Rogge's eyes. He had learned about Tang Yu's information and knew that he was doing well in Arasaka Company, but he did not expect to have reached this level.

Being able to get the certification of Arasaka Saburo's car is enough to show the importance he attaches to Tang Yu. It is really unimaginable that he is willing to give up all the vested status and identity after finally getting to this point.

At least, Rogge felt that he couldn't do it.

She continued to ask: "The relic biochip has not been successfully developed yet, the product launch failed, and there is no change in my mind, and I cannot read the information in the biochip."

Tang Yu saw that she hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation, so he had to explain: "The development of the relic biochip has actually been successful, but the chip startup is not an active behavior, but a passive acceptance of chip data transmission coverage. If you want to really activate the relic biochip , there must be a prerequisite."

V and Rogge looked solemn, and looked at Tang Yu seriously, waiting for the next answer.

Paused for a moment.

Tang Yu said in a deep voice: "The activation of the chip requires the right person to die at the right time and in the right way. After that, the chip will activate the biological transmission function and deeply fuse and grow with the brain synapses."

"In other words, this is the process of transitioning from one brain to another, which can be understood as soul covering."

"Before the soul covering is completely completed, the two consciousnesses will coexist in one body."

After listening to Tang Yu's explanation, Rogge was completely silent.

What made it even more difficult for her was that Tang Yu told her that when the brain was connected to the relic biochip, the process had already begun.

If you have not tried to link, read, and activate the chip in a short period of time, and take it out in time, it will not have much impact.

Once the brain nerves are implanted to try to connect, it means that the chip and the brain nerves begin to fuse, and if you want to take it out after a long time, it will cause invaluable and irreversible damage to the human brain and the chip, which is why the relic biochip must be kept in In the safe, not in the owner's head.

The crux of the problem with the relic chip now is that even if communion occurs, without accepting the right death at the right time, it is still difficult to activate the soul imprint in the chip, and what awaits the original host is just an empty dream.

　One more chapter later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)