Cyberpunk: 2075

I met a person with a high-risk prosthesis installed on the street. This prosthesis will cause a person to become a cyberpsychopath with a high probability. What should Carl do?

The answer is, nothing should be done.

Carl is not a terrorist mobile team or NCPD. If he really encounters a cyberpsychopath, he doesn't mind getting rid of the cyberpsychopath for the bounty, but a person who has no symptoms of cyberpsychosis, or has not shown symptoms of cyberpsychosis in front of him, but only has a high-risk prosthesis passing by, Carl doesn't need to care so much.

V in the team only does such troublesome things after taking the job.

Carl continued to walk, but his previous pause made the woman with the Higurashi Mantis Sword move her eyes over.

She noticed the sight of the person passing by.

Her sense was quite sharp, and she noticed that the other person's sight did not stay on her face, nor on some of her physiological parts, but on her arm.

The stop was only for a moment, but the sight that had a sense of penetration like a sharp sword still made the woman feel that her hand was seen through.

Did he notice the prosthesis he installed?

No, the feeling of the sight was...

He recognized it.

The mantis blade he installed was a model that had been discontinued in 1969, but he noticed it and recognized it with just one glance.

Could it be that they were in the same industry?

The woman's eyes were fixed on Carl, and there was a hint of confusion in her originally gentle eyes. Then, she stopped her steps that were about to move forward, turned slightly, and stepped onto the road that Carl passed by when Carl walked out for about five steps.

Her steps were very precise, and the sound of turning her steps just coincided with Carl's footsteps. At the moment when people kept passing by on the street, it was difficult for anyone to notice this slight incongruity in such a messy footsteps - but Carl noticed it.

Carl, who was walking, did not pause at all, and there was not even a slight hesitation in his body. He continued to move forward, but a smile had already appeared on his face.

Carl was not going to look for trouble, but since it had come to him and he could relieve his boredom, he didn't mind taking it.

He noticed the overlap of the footsteps behind him, and from the weight of the tone of the footsteps, he had already determined the person.

Comparing the footsteps he heard in his memory, it was the woman with the Higurashi Mantis Blade just now.

Was it a coincidence that she turned around, or was it a coincidence that her footsteps coincided with his own?

After walking a few steps, Carl was sure.

There was no coincidence at all.

The other party's steps were very steady.

She.

She was staring at him.

Why?

He did not notice any signs of artificial eye scanning or data intrusion, that is, the implanted facial camouflage chip was not detected. He only used Gaius's face when he was a student, and dropped out of school halfway. Not many people have seen this face.

No student's age and appearance matched hers, which meant that she was most likely not coming for this face. ‘

Then is there any other reason....

The glance I just glanced over when I paused?

Carl guessed the possible reason.

If that's the case, then her senses are really sharp, but I just recognized her prosthesis at a glance, and she followed me, why?

After all, the Higurashi Mantis Blade is an old model, and it is extremely easy to induce cyberpsychosis. The price of second-hand goods on the market is not expensive. It shouldn't be suspected that I am a scavenger who has targeted her Mantis Blade and intends to come to investigate. So what is the possible reason for it?

It can't be that she is really a latent cyberpsychopath, just because I recognized her prosthesis, she plans to come to find me?

If that's really the case, then it's interesting.

It's not a good thing for ordinary people to be targeted by cyberpsychopaths. Fortunately, Carl is not an ordinary person.

Carl: Andy, are you interested in taking credit?

Andy: I'm working overtime. What did you do? Carl, is it a scavenger or someone from the Uzumaki Gang or the Tiger Claw Gang who was cleared out?

Carl: It's not clear yet, but it could be a cyberpsychopath.

Andy: Cyberpsychopath? Carl, be careful, I'll be there soon.

Carl: I've sent you the location, remember to come early.

After sending the message, Carl stopped in the middle of a small alley in Watson District.

"Thanks to the backwardness of the urban area in Watson District, there are alleys everywhere, and you can find them anytime you want."

Carl turned around and looked at the woman standing at the entrance of the alley, blocking the alley, and showed a bright smile: "Can I ask your name?"

'Hello, although I don't eat this, it doesn't matter to tell you. "

After observing Carl's face, the woman gave her name: "Melissa-Rory. "

Melissa-Rory?

This name is obviously quite unfamiliar, but when the woman said her name, Carl's eyes were fixed on her face because she spoke. He was more concerned about the prosthesis than before and glanced at it hurriedly. Now that he looked at it a few more times, Carl felt that the woman's appearance was more familiar.

"I always feel that I have seen this woman named Melissa-Rory somewhere, but where exactly? '

Just as Carl was flipping through his memories, Melissa Rory opened the upper end of her arm and popped out a sharp mantis knife that looked extremely ferocious in the shadow.

Looking at Melissa Rory, who looked like a female praying mantis about to launch an attack, Karl noticed the source of this familiar feeling.

By the way, you will feel much more familiar after popping up the Mantis Knife.

Karl knew this Melissa Rory. Before he came to Night City, he had seen a promotional video in which she appeared to pop up a mantis knife. At that time, she was kneeling on the street. The mantis knife was covered with blood, and there were corpses lying on the ground next to her, and the person responsible for handling her was... .

Terrorist Mobile Team.

Cyberpsychosis seems to be confirmed.

Facing Melissa Rory who popped out the Mantis Knife and slowly moved forward, Karl asked tentatively.

"I shouldn't have any grudge against you, right?"

"Not really."

Melissa Rory walked calmly.

"Then why do you want to...

“When I meet my peers, I always want to try my hand at it.”

Melissa Rory's eyes flashed with uncontrollable madness.

"I can see that your hands are also covered in blood."

"I don't deny this, but just because of this inexplicable reason, I have to take action...

Carl sighed.

"Crazy."