Cyberpunk: 2075

Before entering Night City, the former ACPA trainee whose real name was Tatsuya, whose number was 05, heard a piece of advice.

When you encounter something on the street, don't think too much. If you are not the kind of top-notch shooter who starts moving your hands before thinking, it is best to turn around and run.

Tatsuya's marksmanship is among the best among the trainees of the same class, compared to the 01 who died in Night City

It wouldn't be too different, but when he discovered something unexpected happened, he turned around and ran away without hesitation.

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It's not that Tatsuya really listened to the advice, it's just that in addition to his marksmanship, he is also an incredible "quick shooter" in some aspects.

In other words, he had finally escaped from the control of military technology. He had just finished enjoying it and was still suffering from the inevitable residual weakness of his body.

Because he was too indulgent, he made up for all the restraints of the past in one go. The current situation is that Tatsuya's hand holding the gun is as weak as his running legs.

In this situation, even if he faced the gangsters on the street, Tatsuya would be beaten by them because his body was hollowed out, let alone attacking the entire Big Bird Turning Bar, which is not a good thing no matter how you think about it. .

He had to return to the storage location of the exoskeleton as soon as possible. He was too careless. Night City was indeed a dangerous place. No wonder 01 only fell in love with a street mercenary. There were so many places that attracted desire. I can't stand it at all. ’

Running all the way back, the feeling of his soft legs stepping on the ground was no different from stepping on cotton, but Tatsuya still relied on the momentum he had trained in the past to find the right position and knocked away the big bird. I walked around a side door behind the bar and came to the back of the bar.

Listening to the noise in the bar behind him, Tatsuya immediately saw the motorcycle he drove parked behind the bar. He was so excited that he rushed over, stepped over and got on.

I had overindulged just now, and I only realized it after clearing my mind. There were many thieves in Night City, but fortunately my car was fine.

I'm so lucky. I'm so happy that I escaped the bill again. I returned the car with no problem. Today is simply my lucky day. The thought just came to Daya's mind, but he found that he couldn't squeeze the motorcycle handle with his hand.

Moreover, a stream of heat began to pass all the way from his right hand.

This feeling is....

"The prosthesis is overheating!"

"Ahhh!"

Tatsuya fell off the motorcycle in pain and rolled on the ground holding his right hand.

"Stop pretending."

Regarding his appearance of rolling on the ground, Karl, who took off his night vision goggles and approached slowly, spoke calmly:

"You guys, do you all pretend to be embarrassed when you are injured so that others can relax their vigilance? An ACPA driver, almost certainly someone who has installed a pain editor, is rolling all over the ground because of a minor injury. , don’t you think this disguise is too naughty?”

Karl also understands Tatsuya's current psychology.

He was overheated by the prosthetic body, but did not hear the subsequent gunshots, and was not pursued when he landed. This means that the opponent does not intend to kill him directly, so he can act to attract the attacker to approach him. .

"I just want to imitate your peers and make you understand."

"Members of the same generation?"

Tatsuya, who was rolling on the ground one moment, acted as if nothing had happened the next second, with a stern face, and took out a military-grade Omaha technology pistol from his arms with his left hand and pointed it at Karl: "I seem to I know your identity."

"I didn't even think about hiding it."

Carl moved his wrist and didn't care about the gun that Tatsuya pointed at him. He was an ACPA driver. Due to the load-bearing limit of the prosthesis, the supporting prosthetics on his body were basically specially prepared for ACPA or exoskeleton. , when losing its ACPA and exoskeleton, its combat effectiveness is really limited:

"I just want to ask clearly where you hide your exoskeleton. If you can take the initiative to tell me, I can save some energy."

Saying this, Karl had a strange sense of déjà vu. He did not kill the enemy immediately, but instead chatted with him. The same was true for him and the ACPA driver at the time.

This is all the case when the strength is assured...

It would be bad if the car rolled over.

"call."

At the moment when Tatsuya didn't even react, Karl shot his wrist. While his left hand was also destroyed, Karl stepped forward, surrounded by single molecular lines.

The single molecular line circled and stayed on the surface of Tatsuya's neck, locking his neck. When Tatsuya was unable to move, Karl ducked behind him and raised his waist with his knee, and hit him with his left hand. Let it whiten at the shoulder joint.

"Okay, let's continue the topic.'

The spine was pressed against the lower body and it was difficult to exert force, his hands were white and unable to control, and his neck was still surrounded by single molecular wires. In just the blink of an eye, Tatsuya lost all ability to resist.

Such fast speed, such keen judgment, and such accurate skills! '

Tatsuya was shocked inside. He originally thought he could still resist with the gun in his hand, but he didn't expect that the other party would completely subdue him before shooting.

Is this the mercenary who killed No. 1?

This kind of guy might still have a chance to fight if he were in ACPA or an exoskeleton... But now...

“Tell me where the exoskeleton is.

Karl's voice sounded again, and this time, Tatsuya no longer had the ability to resist.

The subdued Tatsuya raised his hands in a gesture of surrender: "I can tell you, but you can't kill me."

"It can't be done."

Karl said calmly: "The commission I received is to kill you. I'm just too lazy to spend half a day extracting the exoskeleton information in your data chip before I talk to you. If you speak faster, I can let you To die in peace.”

"Is there no room for turning around at all?"

Tatsuya was very afraid of the monomolecular wire in his neck that was not activated but had slowly tightened, cutting open the flesh, but his mind was moving very quickly:

"The information that I entered the Night City cannot be exposed so quickly. If you, as a mercenary, can receive the information, it must be someone within us who betrayed us. I don't care who it is, and I don't dare to ask. I am willing to change my appearance. And leave something that is enough to prove my death for you:

As a reward, I will give out equipment driving skills including exoskeleton and ACPA, as well as all the information I know, just to save my life. "

Karl listened, and the monomolecular wire in his hand tightened: "How can I know whether what you told me is true? Moreover, people trained in military technology can sell things so easily for their own lives. I Can’t trust it.”

"Cultivation? Being locked up in a fixed place and used as tools. If the whole family hadn't died completely, and inexplicably burdened with a large amount of debt right after birth, who would be willing to accept the requirements of military technology and join the army at the age of three?

As an ACPA officer, who doesn’t know that if you drive too much, the ACPA will sooner or later become like a cybermaniac? "

Tatsuya said: "It was only after I entered the City of Night that I understood what human life is. I didn't want to go back to the hard days of military technology. If you don't believe me, then I am willing to install a special Control chip, as long as you think about it, you can blow my head off. "

Listening to what Tatsuya said, Karl suddenly sighed.

He retracted the monomolecular line and stepped aside.

"thump."

Tatsuya, who was freed from Karl's restraints, took a few big breaths, with a look of ecstasy on his face. He looked at Karl, who was walking next to him, with some incredible joy: "Do you want to believe me!?"

‘I, after escaping with my life, can I change my appearance and survive?

Regarding Tatsuya's joy, Karl simply replied:

"I don't want to believe you."

Karl sighed again and looked at Tatsuya with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes: "I just don't need to kill a person who is already dying."

"What do you mean by this...

Tatsuya was a little confused, and the next moment "expanded!"

His head suddenly exploded, blood red mixed with white splashed everywhere, and Karl's position happened to avoid the range.

"That's what it means."

Karl shook his head: "Even you can think of installing a special chip to increase trust. Do you think you can be an ACP?"

Wouldn’t it be unexpected for the driver of A? "

Don’t use tools that are not easy to use.

Karl took a few steps closer and looked at the body that had lost its head and fell forward. His eyes were focused on the recording chip on the back of his neck that was not affected by the explosion of the control chip in his brain.

The data this time should not satisfy those people.

Regardless of whether those people could hear it or not, Karl spoke.

"Next time, send more people."