Game world survival starts from Resident Evil 2

Student No. 28 Martinez, I see you are amazing…

Morning in Night City.

The new day in the Dream City begins early, and the flow of people in those bustling streets is always endless day and night, like a colony of ants, repeating the same life every day.

But in Night City, being able to live a stable life with a foreseeable end is already a blessing.

Santo Domingo, super skyscraper H4, atrium.

Among the many identical apartment doors arranged neatly, one of them opened by itself, and a young man walked out.

He was not tall, with a brown punk hairstyle, and a striking Arasaka Academy uniform on his upper body, but with a pair of street pants, which looked a bit out of place.

"Okay, I know."

The boy said to the apartment with a little impatience, and was about to leave with his hands folded.

But then, a woman who looked about 30 years old chased out of the apartment.

She was wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and faded jeans, with her red hair casually tied up and swaying behind her head, and she was calling out to the boy in front of her.

The woman's appearance was actually not bad, but the lingering fatigue on her face and the dusty temperament all over her body made people unconsciously ignore this point.

"... You forgot your NCART city pass card again!"

The boy turned around and said, "Oh, that's right. Thanks, mom."

He took the subway card, turned around, waved his hand in a seemingly cool but actually meaningless gesture, and said, "Okay, I'm going to college. Mom, you just worked the night shift, so have a good rest."

The woman seemed to want to say something, but the boy had already put his hands in his pockets, turned around the corner quickly, and disappeared from her sight.

"Really, this kid..." The woman looked at the direction where the boy left, with helplessness in her eyes, but also a hint of pride.

However, when she saw him walking away, the expression on her face immediately restrained, becoming serious and alert.

After checking that there were no suspicious people outside the door, she closed the door of the apartment.

The news was being broadcast on TV: "… The military implant chip in the body of former lieutenant James Norris, who was shot dead by the terrorist mobile team yesterday, is missing..."

The woman listened to the news, returned to the sofa, and picked up the yellow work jacket covering it.

On the inside of the jacket, a vacuum bag was taped with tape, and inside was a prosthesis with a mechanical shell and an artificial spine. The indicator light on it emitted a green light. There was also a special chip next to it, which was the most critical component.

——Sian Westin.

The woman's eyes lit up with electronic light and dialed the call.

"… Mann. This is Gloria."

…

The boy put his hands in his pockets, with an indifferent expression on his face, walked out of the skyscraper, crossed the busy intersection, and took the subway to the municipal center.

He ignored all the various behaviors of the residents of Santo Domingo on the road. This scene had never changed day after day, and the boy was already tired of it.

A teenager of his age undoubtedly still has hope in his heart, and he also expects some adventure to change his monotonous life.

That is why he is very interested in the suspicious black super dream promoted by those cyborg doctors.

For example, the black super dream extracted from the brain of a cyberpsychopath who died only two hours ago, which the doctor showed him last night, made him feel indescribable excitement. That kind of feeling is absolutely impossible to experience in the dull and depressing daily life.

The boy's mother works as an emergency medical technician at the Night City Medical Center. The name sounds good, but in fact, she does the work of a nurse and a temporary worker. It is tiring and busy, and the salary is very low.

But even so, in order to give the boy a chance to succeed, his mother still gave everything to support him to study at Arasaka Academy.

Of course, the boy is also very competitive and has excellent grades. But because of his background, he has never been able to integrate into the academy, but he doesn't want to worry his mother, so he never mentioned it.

Such a depressing daily life will wear down people's spirit. So he actually envied his mother a little. Although her job was hard, she often went to the scene of major events and could see those "accidents" that he could not see at the closest distance.

For example, in the cyberpsychosis incident that he had just seen last night, his mother was one of the staff members on the scene. Even the news captured her and her colleagues carrying James' body.

But obviously, his mother didn't want him to touch these things, which were dangerous beyond the control of ordinary people.

"…It's time to go to the academy again."

The boy got off the subway, came to the municipal center, and continued to walk towards the conspicuous Arasaka Tower in the distance.

There were still people coming and going along the way, but except for passing by the blockade area where the battle took place last night, the boy stopped for a moment. Everything else was lifeless gray in his eyes, as if it was going to swallow up his whole world.

But at this moment, in the gray scene in front of him, a ray of color suddenly flashed, like a little light sprinkled by a rainbow.

The boy was startled, turned his head suddenly, and his eyes subconsciously followed the color.

The rainbow trail passed through the sky and finally settled into a beautiful figure leaning against the edge of the upper railing of the square. She had her back to the boy and his face could not be seen, but he was instinctively attracted to her and immediately ran up to her.

But when he ran to the upper floor, he saw that although the girl who caught his attention at first sight was still leaning on the railing, there was another person standing next to her.

It was a young man wearing a retro gray windbreaker. He had regular features and a tall figure. There was no trace of prosthetics on his face.

In the eyes of the boy, his style is not so much outdated and out of place as it is too retro and can be regarded as another standard unique style.

The man was standing next to the girl, and the two of them were talking intimately.

And his sharp eyes seemed to sweep over the young man intentionally or unintentionally.

The young man immediately stopped and stopped moving.

He stood there and glanced at the two of them again. When he noticed that the girl's eyes were also directed towards him, he turned around and left without stopping.

——It’s time to return to the colorless daily routine.

...But what the boy didn't know was that a line of sight was watching his back until he disappeared through the gate of Arasaka Tower.

"...Did you invite me here specifically to spy on that brat?"

Lucy took a drag on the cigarette in her hand and asked indifferently.

Li You just smiled and said, "That's understandable."

"...You didn't say anything. You just said, 'Come to the company square tomorrow morning. I have a work assignment.' If I hadn't planned to come here, I wouldn't pay attention to you at all."

Lucy blew out a puff of light smoke, took another look at Arasaka Tower in the distance, and asked:

"Who is he, the son of the next mission target? Do you want to use him as a breakthrough?"

Although she was asking, it was obvious that she was not actually curious about the answer.

"Besides, why did you ask me to come over? Wouldn't it be nice to ask Sasha?"

Li You ignored her other questions and answered selectively: "He is not the target of the mission or anything, he is just a little guy I am very optimistic about."

Hearing this, Lucy finally became a little interested in the boy just now: "Is he actually worthy of you coming here to observe? It's interesting. What's his name?"

"David." Li You smiled, "David Martinez."

…

Lower level of Arasaka Tower, inside Arasaka Academy.

David ran all the way through the corridors of the college area and came to his classroom. All the other students in the class had already arrived and were lying on the benches that replaced desks. They all wore Mewtwo's headbands on their faces.

All the equipment at Arasaka Academy is top-notch, and classes are conducted by AI teachers through large-scale Mewtwo.

At this moment, the half-length image of the AI ​​lecturer, whose appearance is somewhat similar to Delamain, but is obviously more female, is floating above the classroom.

She first expressed satisfaction that no one was absent from work, and then reminded David of his failure to wear his uniform as required. After learning that David's only uniform was stained and there was no spare, he was asked to submit an exception application after class.

David, wearing an old-fashioned Mewtwo headband that was obviously different from the others, lay on the bench in the corner of the last row. Facing the troubles raised by his classmate Tanaka next to him, David ignored them. He was used to it.

However, at the moment when the AI ​​instructor connected all the students to the Mewtwo host, David's headband malfunctioned.

From the perspective of other people in Mewtwo, he has transformed into a data black hole, and it is still expanding, swallowing up the surrounding scenes!

"What's going on...!?"

"There's a virus—!"

——Two hours later.

David's mother, Gloria Martinez, sat with him in the principal's office.

"...I'm really sorry for the trouble caused by the dog. We will compensate you in full." Gloria sat upright and said to the principal.

"Eh...!?" David on the side was also surprised when he heard this.

"I don't think it's all about money..." The principal discussed with Gloria for a while and suggested to her that it might be better to change David's learning environment.

But Gloria firmly rejected the principal's suggestion, saying that she would compensate him in full and begging him to let David stay at Arasaka Academy to study.

——Shortly after this.

On the cross-river bridge from the municipal center back to Santo Domingo, an old, khaki-colored Tingwei Galena G240 was driving slowly.

The person driving the car was Gloria, and David was sitting in the passenger seat, shaking his legs with an unhappy expression.

"Didn't I ask you to give the software a genuine upgrade? What's going on?"

Gloria asked David as she drove.

"...It was wrong of me to go to a prosthetic doctor, but when I asked before, I said I had no money." David explained as he turned his head and looked out the car window.

"That's because it's not the day to pay wages yet, so of course the family doesn't have any spare money!" Gloria said, "And stop shaking your legs!"

David stopped, paused, and then said, "I was actually thinking that I might as well drop out of school and find a job."

"What are you talking about!?"

"Because, as you know, mom, we can't afford the maintenance fee. And I don't fit in in the class. Children of poor people don't get attention." David still didn't look back, "Besides, I don't want to be a dog in a suit. "

But after he finished speaking, he received no response from Gloria. When he turned around, he found a line of tears sliding down the side of her face.

Gloria's tone was choked: "...Then, why do I keep working?"

David was stunned: "Mom?"

“…You are so smart and talented, so I work so hard to earn money to train you. What should I do if you don’t want to study anymore?”

Seeing Gloria crying, David’s eyelids drooped weakly.

"…I shouldn't have said that, sorry. Don't cry."

The car was quiet for a while. Gloria calmed down, looked at the Alvarado that wanted to overtake in the rearview mirror, slowed down a little to let him pass, and said to David:

"I know how they treated you. I have experienced such things, so I want to prove it to them."

"I hope you can become an elite and climb to the top of Arasaka Tower."

Gloria smiled proudly and looked at David: "I know you can do it."

David was not as confident as her. He leaned back in his seat and murmured: "It's easy to say... huh!?"

On his side, a pink-painted freight van accelerated to catch up. A muscular black man loaded the magazine into the Type 31 heavy machine gun, then aimed at the Alvarado in the other lane and pulled the trigger without hesitation!

However, at this time, Gloria and David's Gallina were sandwiched between two cars!

"Da da da da da--!!"

The continuous sound of gunfire rang out, and the heavy machine gun fire easily tore the front windshield and the upper half of the car body of Galina, and left bullet holes on the Alvarado on the other side.

Gloria and David were so terrified that they leaned back as far as possible, fortunately they were not affected by stray bullets.

But the Alvarado used an electroplated anti-electric coating, and although it was riddled with holes, it was still able to drive normally, and even accelerated on the spot and rushed forward.

"Don't even think about running! The Animal Gang is not easy to mess with!!"

The pink freight chased after it, and another big man in the car roared, and actually took out a rocket launcher from the car and aimed at Alvarado in front!

David's eyes widened: "That's... Mom! Brake quickly--!!"

However, Gloria didn't know whether she was frightened or something, and she didn't react for a while, just watching the strong man shoot the rocket, which exploded at the rear of the luxury car!

"Boom--!!"    Flames and smoke shot up into the sky. In the eyes of the two people, the Alvarado that was blown away quickly expanded and rolled towards them!

"Mom--!!"

At this moment--

"Buzz--!!!"

Another roaring engine sound suddenly came, and in the corner of David's eyes, an eye-catching Kusanagi motorcycle rushed out from behind Galina and soared into the air!

As David and Gloria watched in astonishment, the motorcycle accurately hit the tail of the rolling Alvarado, knocking it suddenly to a stop and falling back to the ground. The heavy body of the car spun and hit the front end of Galina, and just forced them to stop.

"Bang--"

Then, a figure fell from the sky and hit the front hood of Galina in a superhero landing posture.

And David could see clearly that he jumped off the Kusanagi just now.

The man turned his head and glanced at David and Gloria. David also recognized the person he had met once in the morning: "... Is it you!?"

But the man did not say a word, just turned his eyes back to the front and reached out to hold the samurai sword at his waist.

"——The car was not hit! The dog in the suit may not be dead yet!!"

"Turn back and make up for them!!"

With the rude shouting, the pink freight car in front made an emergency U-turn and rushed over here again. The two strong men from the animal gang in the car also raised the heavy machine gun and the new rocket launcher again.

"Damn it, they also want... Mom! Get out of the car quickly!!" David pulled Gloria's seat belt and tried to drag her out of the car, but because of the collision, the buckle of the old car was locked at this time and could not be opened.

"Ah--!!" Seeing the machine gun and rocket launcher in front of them aiming at them, David couldn't help but let out a desperate roar!

But the next moment, he and Gloria saw a scene that they would never forget in their lives.

The man in front of them drew out the samurai sword from his waist slowly but quickly, and the blade had a glowing light like moonlight flowing and gradually condensing.

As the man swung the sword, the moonlight instantly turned into a blade of light and flew out diagonally, carrying a white airflow, and suddenly passed over the pink freight in front!

The next moment, the upper and lower halves of the pink freight van split and slid without warning, and even the animal gang strongman on the car was neatly split in two!

Not only Gloria, but also David was stunned.

But the lower half of the car body was still sliding towards this side by inertia, and there was still danger. But then, another armed Merrimack came speeding and hit it without avoiding it, knocking the half-section of the van directly away, and then slowly retreated as if nothing had happened and stopped next to Galina.

The man standing on the hood of the car turned around, squatted in front of David and Gloria, and smiled at the two stunned people:

"Don't worry, it's all right now."

With the sound of the door closing, Aggie jumped out of the driver's seat of Merrimack and walked quickly to Gallina.

She grabbed the stuck door and tried to pull it, then suddenly exerted force and pulled the deformed door open.

"Let me see your condition." Before Gloria and David came to their senses, Aggie pressed on them, quickly but carefully checked their injuries, and then said to Li You:

"It's okay, both of them only have superficial injuries. But I don't know much about prostheses, so it's better to send them to the hospital for a check-up."

Li You waved his knife, cut the seat belt, and asked Aggie to help Gloria get out of the car: "Then let's go to the medical center."

Gloria woke up at this time, and her first reaction after hearing this was: "No, no, I'm fine... Where's David!?"

She turned her head to look at her son, David had also gotten out of the car, and he looked fine, except for a few scratches on his face.

But Gloria still rushed over and hugged him: "David! Are you okay?"

In fact, her physical condition was much worse than David's. At this time, she was a little unstable and could only stand by pressing her body on David to support herself. David supported her helplessly and said, "I'm fine! You are the one who needs care."

Gloria was relieved: "I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay..."

She wanted to stand up, but her body swayed and she almost fell backwards again. Fortunately, Edge quickly supported her.

"...Mom!?" David looked at her worriedly and asked Edge, "What happened to her?"

Aige said: "...If it's not a malfunction of the prosthesis, it should be overwork and the shock just now, which led to exhaustion."

"Mom..." David murmured.

Then, he turned around, facing Li You and Aggie's eyes, and solemnly requested: "Please, please help me take my mother to the clinic, I will definitely pay later!"

Li You looked at him like this, and said with some emotion: "No, let's go, I'll take you to the hospital."

David bowed his head heavily: "Thank you!"

Gloria was supported by Aggie, and she was a little dazed, but she still said: "... I don't need to be checked, but David does, please..."

"Mom!" David was a little angry, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Okay, get in the car." Li You had already opened the door of Merrimack, "It's safest for both of you to go!"

David helped Aggie carry Gloria to the back seat of the car, and sat in it himself. Li You then stepped on the accelerator and turned around and left.

Soon, they arrived at the Night City Medical Center in Watson District, which is a hospital operated by the trauma team and is already the largest and best medical service provider in the city.

If Gloria's idea was followed, David would only need to be sent for a checkup, but David was just the opposite.

However, there was one thing in common, they originally thought that they could just go to a medical station or something like that. Gloria worked at the medical center, so she naturally knew how ridiculous the charges here were.

But Li You ignored their opinions and brought both of them here.

"Both of you should get a full-body checkup! No room for negotiation!"

At this time, Gloria was almost unconscious, and David wanted to refuse because he was worried about the money, but Li You had already paid the full cost of the checkup.

So several doctors and nurses rushed out immediately, pressed the two people - especially David - on the bed, and pushed them into the clinic.

However, it must be said that the medical center is worthy of being the largest medical service provider in Night City. The checkup fee for just two people cost him several thousand euros. At this price, ordinary people can't afford to see a doctor.

In the animation, after Gloria had a car accident, David was forced to send her to an underground clinic for treatment due to financial reasons.

Although there is no evidence, many players once suspected that the clinic was a black clinic. They even believed that Gloria's death was not due to exhaustion, but that the black clinic took away her prosthesis and organs... It is unknown whether this speculation is true.

But in Night City, this kind of thing is really not impossible.

Let alone the underground clinic, even in this trauma team medical center, some nurses will do similar things to patients who do not have senior members. This can be found in an NCPD event record in the game.

So no matter what the results of the examination are, Li You will not let David and Gloria be hospitalized here.

The two of them had just entered not long ago, and they had to wait for a while until the examination was completed. Li You was about to sit down when he received a call from Lucy.

"The work is done, remember to transfer the money to me."

Li You's forehead veins jumped: "How dare you ask me for money? I told you to keep an eye on the surrounding surveillance and tell me immediately if you find anything wrong. How late were you? Do you know that something almost happened?"

Just now on the bridge, the reason why Li You arrived so late was not because he wanted to be a spotting artist, but because Lucy was not active enough in her work and did not tell him the news that David and Gloria had left Arasaka Tower in time.

Although his memory is very good now, it is impossible for Li You to remember the details of which road David and Gloria took to go home in the animation. So in order to arrive in time when needed, he asked Lucy to help watch the surrounding streets, and he waited at a nearby intersection.

As a result, when Lucy sent the message, David and Gloria had already boarded the bridge.

If Li You hadn't reacted quickly and realized that it might be too late, he directly chopped down a general who was passing by the Tiger Claw Gang, snatched his motorcycle and rushed all the way, I'm afraid Gloria wouldn't have simply collapsed, it would have been better to be like He was lying in the hospital with serious injuries just like in the animation.

"...Sorry, I didn't expect this to happen. I will pay attention to this kind of work in the future."

Lucy apologized honestly, but only for not doing her job well. As for the two people in the hospital, Lucy didn't know them at all now, so naturally she wouldn't feel anything.

Li You heard what she meant and twitched the corner of his mouth: If you in the original world line knew about this, do you think she would want to strangle you to death?

"Okay, anyway, since you made a mistake, don't blame me for deducting the money. I will transfer the reward to you later." Li You also knows that there is no need to rush to match up David and Lucy now. Anyway, as long as they are destined, The world line will eventually be closed.

…I guess so.

He casually transferred 2,000 euros and regarded it as the appearance fee. Anyway, Lucy really didn't do anything. If he had known earlier, Li You would have brought Sasha with him.

Lucy seemed to have no objection and hung up the communication without saying anything.

As for Li You, after he and Aggie waited in the lobby of the medical center for more than half an hour, the results of David and Gloria's examinations finally came out.

David was fine except for a little trauma. And Gloria didn't have much of a problem. There was no malfunction in the prosthetic body. It was indeed the same as Aggie's judgment. It was caused by exhaustion and fright. She needed to take a good rest.

Gloria was wheeled out in a wheelchair, and David followed behind with a few extra Band-Aids on his face.

Seeing Li You and the other two, David stepped forward and thanked you again: "Thank you for your help. Well, as for the money, I hope you can be extended for a while..."

Li You just waved his hand: "No, I force you to do the inspection, and the money is mine."

"...Huh?" David was stunned, "No, how can this be..."

"...This won't work." Gloria also turned her wheelchair and came here, talking to Li Yao, "You have saved our lives, but we can't ask you to pay for us again - I will pay back the cost this time. yours.”

Li You looked at Gloria, who although her face was pale, but still maintained a minimally upright posture, was not surprised that she would reject him.

Gloria has a very strong character. Li You wants to pay for them for no reason. It is actually close to charity and she will not accept it.

——Then as long as there is a reason, right?

So Li You cleared his throat and said, "Don't get me wrong, I didn't help out of sympathy. Of course I have my own reasons."

"Huh?" David and Gloria both looked at him.

Li You turned to David: "This is not the first time we have met, do you have an impression? I know you have recognized me before."

"David?" Gloria looked at him in surprise.

David hesitated for a moment, then admitted: "Well, you are the person who was in the company square this morning, right? I saw you when I was at school."

"Yes, I also saw you at that time." Li You nodded, and then said, "Actually, it's like this. Although we have only met once, I think you are extremely talented and amazing. There is no other martial arts prodigy in the world, so I just want to ask - are you willing to become my teacher?"

David: "...Huh?"

Gloria: "...Huh?"

The two people were dumbfounded.

It was Gloria who reacted first and declined politely: "No, this kind of thing... is still not suitable for this child. He should still study hard in school and join the company in the future."

As for David, when he heard Li You proposed to accept him as his disciple, his first reaction was naturally surprise. But he quickly recalled what he had just seen, Li You slashing a car through the air, and a trace of fire could not help but appear in his eyes.

If he could really learn that mysterious sword technique, what would he be dissatisfied with?

But before he could ask more questions, Gloria had already refused.

The enthusiasm in David's eyes seemed to be instantly extinguished by ice water, and his whole person became silent again, but Gloria did not notice this.

Li You had a clear view of the two people's reactions and already had an idea in his mind.

"Mrs. Martinez." He looked at Gloria, "I can understand your hope that David can climb to the top of Arasaka Tower and hope for success. But have you ever asked David what he wants? What kind of future?"

"What do you mean?" When it came to David's education, Gloria's tone immediately became tougher: "Although you are our savior, this child's future has nothing to do with you."

Li You said: "Don't worry, I don't intend to interfere with the path you choose for him. The suggestion I just made is not in conflict with you letting him study at Arasaka Academy. What I want to teach him is just some things beyond this." It’s just an external skill.”

"Is that so?" Gloria was also stunned, "But..."

"There's no need to rush to answer." Li You smiled, "I'm just making a suggestion. You can consider it slowly. I have plenty of time."

"You don't have to pay back the money for the examination. Just like what I said, it's because I like David as a child, so I use this to express my goodwill to you - it doesn't matter even if you decide to refuse in the end.

"When you decide, you can contact me at any time. This is my number."

Li You gave them his phone number, and without giving them a chance to refuse, he turned and left with Edge.

"Let's meet next time - but I actually have a lot of friends, maybe we'll meet soon."

After leaving these words, Li You drove away from the medical center.

Gloria and David looked at each other, and David said, "... Let's go, Mom, let's take the subway home."

"... Okay, let's go."