Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 467 The Real Future [8.2K]

Stanley passionately recounted the battle.

This may be one of the few, if not the only, high-level cybernetic combat scenes to have surfaced since Night City was devastated by the nuclear bomb.

Compared to the Black Dream that was investigated by the NCPD, everyone from high-ranking company executives and politicians to children licking ice cream on the street was watching the "rock star" put on this unique "concert".

Soon, Night City's entertainment channels, like a hunting party, experienced an explosive increase in traffic and data!

The program "Intubation" is no exception.

"Wow, a precise and deadly mobile strike—honestly, this kind of guy is either a cyber lunatic or a street veteran."

"Don't stop the intubation modifications, to be honest, I love this guy."

Karina, with her ramen-noodle-frizzy hair, covered her mouth as she watched the live television broadcast of that fatal, arc-shaped blow. The gorilla's arm punch shattered the guy's external bulletproof leather chest and abdomen, a blow comparable to the Animal Gang's Savage King, who had once appeared on Night City's Dangerous People list a few years ago.

The movements are simple yet skillfully executed, as if the prosthetic body were naturally integrated into it.

Karina knew exactly how to phrase the conversation; she simply kept promoting prosthetics, and the show received numerous urgent advertising offers from companies like Gorilla Arm…

Yes.

The saying "entertainment to the death" isn't just a joke. This is an incredibly valuable advertisement. Even though no one can buy the gorilla arm on K's hand, it doesn't stop imitators and self-righteous dreamers from courting disaster...

Internet traffic is at its peak, turning it into a scene of nationwide venting of anger after the cyberwar...

The company's hostility, extreme heroism, and the rebellious rock star who defies the system—these are all signals that resonate most with ordinary citizens.

but--

However, the Ye family encountered a problem.

"Those damn cockroaches! Cockroaches!"

Some people uttered angry curses and roars because of the current situation.

What does it mean to stumble upon something by chance? This is it…

Lin Yue had always believed that the Night City municipal network public system was itself a large AI model, involved in information analysis and collection…

Rin, who had taken control of the network, did not remove the city governance program after the war. Her reasoning was simple: to prevent the city's governance from regressing.

The explosive growth in traffic has caused problems with the judgment of large models.

Beta exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be?"

The identity fit score of that guy named K is plummeting. From any perspective, this person's identity is completely different from that of the top lone wolf Rin. Relying on data and being betrayed by data is an inescapable fate for programs.

They despise humanity's innate love of revelry, hate how easily their thoughts can be coalesced, and also hate that they are not a unified and harmonious whole.

This is incredible to AI.

The world is not a good place, all because of humanity's overly independent and complex thinking.

Not particularly intelligent, but unique, and in certain situations, certain core principles can lead to unexpected intellectual convergence…

The public network is now in disarray.

“β, I need to get a closer look… If this continues, the master and the large model will never be able to determine whether that thing is Rin.”

"But I'm almost certain that this guy is Rin. There's no such person in Night City."

However, his allies, while surprised, reacted with condemnation upon hearing his remarks.

"Shut your damn mouth. Do you really think you're one of those simple crawlers? Is your shell controlling you? Think carefully about which side you're really on?"

"Is the questioning model correct?"

The young man's forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat.

What awaited him was something more terrifying than death. He hesitated only briefly before bowing his head and replying, "Sorry, there was a problem with my data analysis."

The voice on the other end said irritably, "Let's keep observing. Use those NCPD puppets. We have to force him today no matter what. Even if it gets a lot of attention and we're easily exposed, we can't stop."

Ye's few decisions were all made slowly.

As the young man stepped into the dimly lit elevator from the top floor, he thought of something that happened decades ago... perhaps a hundred years ago?
Forget it, who would remember anyway?

On that rainy night, Richard Knight, the city's creator, died.

The futuristic city, touted as a model of freedom, saw its first mayor die under mysterious circumstances. Conspiracy theories abound, with various claims that the city was nipped in the bud by the government. Young people, on the other hand, experienced the process firsthand—or more accurately, as part of the assassination of Richard.

At that time, he had not yet separated from the main AI program...

Richard believes that future cities will be governed independently of human intervention. He relies on controlling intelligent programs to accomplish this, but to control these programs and protect personal privacy, they must be treated as sacred and inviolable private property.

The explosion of digital technology has led to Ye's internal theory that deeply binding citizens can lead to the theft of privacy and the sale of data—a highly profitable business…and also a suggestion from Ye's AI program.

Richard experienced the cruelty of the process for the first time.

It treats people as resources to be exploited, using brain-computer interface technology, prosthetics, programming, and living costs to deeply bind them—

The future is controllable.

At that time, news of the Soul Killer was flying everywhere. Richard felt that AI was out of control, but he was powerless to reverse the situation. He could only try to dismantle the thing as its founder by taking an experimental approach.

Backfired.

The Night Clan finally completed its true transformation.

Every step is a meticulously calculated process, fulfilling the long-held desire to bind individuals to the corporate system, using dreams to mask the sordid motives behind them, and encouraging evil in the name of freedom...

Boom!

When the elevator doors opened, the impatient people, engrossed in their phones, rudely pushed past the young man. They were glued to their screens, oblivious to the path beneath their feet; the information had completely captured their thoughts and attention. The young man could almost see the stream of data behind their phones stripping away all their privacy.

They are surrounded by data, and everything is just empty promises of advertising and mind-blowing messages that corrupt and shake them.

"Wow!"

A burst of shouts seemed to bring the young people back to their senses.

"It seems that the accomplices hired by the company are no match for the rock star."

"Like I said, most of the Night City legends are in the graveyard, but now there's an exception—this isn't the kind of street brawl that's hidden online and makes it hard to tell if it's a fake video."

"And don't tell me Johnny Silverhand is the coolest rock star. If you ask me, when it comes to freedom, you have to look to K. I believe fists will teach companies a lesson more than music!"

As the neon lights began to illuminate the night, raindrops began to fall sparsely.

The relentless pursuit pushed Lin Yue to his physical limits, and he repeatedly resisted the urge to activate his computing power throughout the ordeal…

No one can describe this scene except for the word "horrifying".

The sparse raindrops reflected the distant neon lights, the ripples spreading them into a single, uniform patch. At that moment, Lin Yue was unaware that he had stepped onto the edge of death…

An orbital space-based weapon, jointly developed by the European company Nordic Networks and the European Space Agency, has now entered the incubation phase.

There were no warnings or alerts from the program monitoring system.

Just as Rin's identity was established three years ago, the Night Clan has not been limited to North America in the past century.

They (the Night Control Programs) are more secretive and more calculating.

The baseball bat in Lin Yue's hand seemed to have reached its wear limit; after all, it would eventually bend when faced with composite materials and titanium skeletons.

Tiny water droplets also condensed on Lin Yueyi's body, reflecting the light from afar.

hiss…

He wiped his mouth.

Although the efficiency was a bit low and he was attacked many times, it was still 100% real power, and Lin Yue was very satisfied with the combat strength of this identity.

At least when he plays guitar, no idiots will throw fruit peels at him anymore.

The man ahead, his eyes wide open, his hair plastered to his forehead by the rain, was the last mercenary.

Lin Yue didn't keep track of how many times he ran; he could only blame the guy in front of him for being too slow.

Looking at the piles of corpses and badly damaged cars in front of him, the mercenary knew he had kicked a hornet's nest.

"How come you sing rock?"

He wanted to ask a polite question, but in the end he expressed his horror at how the rock kid could be so amazing.

"A mercenary in the next life..."

Lin Yue looked at the information in his prosthetic eye, "The captain of the rising star squad? The Samuel Squad?"

Lin Yue saw another David—

He and his team were thriving in the afterlife, but a deal brought them to the brink of facing an unpredictable and formidable enemy.

The David of the past may well be the Samuel of today…

But this doesn't mean Lin Yue will hold back.

"Sianweistan-Qianti, Mantis Knife Tsunami Military Industry, Vision III Prosthetic Eye, Krenchkov, Blood Pump, Chitinous Shell—and your lynx claws."

Lin Yue admitted that this was much more intense than David's.

They are all hard currency.

The mercenary's expression gradually turned ruthless. "On what grounds?"

"Why are you so special..."

Lin Yue didn't want to answer that kind of question.

How much money did the company pay you?

The guy sneered, "Money, women, isn't that what Night City is all about—I just didn't understand why you have fewer cybernetic bodies than me...?"

Is it too little?

Lin Yue sighed.

For those driven by power, the pursuit of higher levels transcends morality, and Night City, in some mysterious way, has produced yet another early Adam Hammer.

Like Adam, he was lost in the power of the prosthetic body.

Is it right or wrong?

Lin Yue looked down at his hands, no longer caring about the consequences. Whoever tried to stop him would have to pay the price, even if the mercenaries were also part of the lower echelons of Night City.

With his back arched and leopard-like body swooping in, Lin Yue relied on the gorilla's arm as his weapon.

He just stared at the other man, puzzled, because the man's expression was getting stranger and stranger.

Lin Yue kept his casualties against the gang to a minimum.

The reason the Terrorist SWAT team hasn't been recruited yet is because he's acting with a specific purpose, but judging by the timing, they should be here soon...

Seeing that the other party's attention wasn't entirely on him, the mercenary who was riding high couldn't swallow his anger.

This feeling of being ignored and disrespected tormented him.

An invisible red line for rapid decryption suddenly lit up—

The sirens pierced the air, and Lin Yue noticed a large number of red and blue police cars arriving under the cover of night, along with mercenaries trying to approach.

"Do you want to attract the terrorist mobile unit like this?"

Lin Yue's laughter was very soft.

Stanley had just finished introducing the cybernetic body and battle record of the renowned underground mercenary squad leader, and every aspect of it made him seem like a legend.

He steals goods at the Arasaka docks and escapes unscathed, single-handedly fending off the pursuing Arasaka ninjas; he steals data from the Pedro Petrochemical refinery, single-handedly breaking through security; he assassinates a retired company executive at Charter Hill, perfectly obtaining intelligence worth tens of millions of euros…

just.

He is now merely a pawn.

Lin Yue's eyelids twitched. He first identified the source of the quick crack for Cyber ​​Mental Illness that had been uploaded to this guy, and then looked at the mantis knife that had changed shape again.

So it was equipped with a projectile launching system?

The guy's eyes kept flashing as he slowly lifted the hand cannon and placed it on the overpass.

The speed increased almost instantly.

Two arc-like afterimages slashed open one after another, and Lin Yue's pitch-black palm, shrouded in light and shadow, was already attacking the guy's ribs in the shape of a heavy cannon punch!

call out--

Lin Yue quickly turned his head. He couldn't stop this shot with his own strength, nor did he intend to, because the Ye Clan had already appeared.

He just needs to resolve the immediate problem and get around those annoying NCPDs—

call.

Parnan Palmer

The moment the information appeared, the heavy artillery shot towards the overpass at meteor speed, amidst the flames and splattered concrete blocks, sending screams of agony overhead.

Lin Yue frowned subconsciously.

"Damn it, how come there are still people stranded?"

Lin Yue was completely unaware that he was the male lead in a "large-scale reality show," which led to the emergence of the cyber madman.

Boom!
A resounding boom, like a second small explosion, erupted amidst screams and the sound of falling cement debris!

Lin Yue's arm was only slightly blocked when his fist landed on the guy's chest. Then, his fist, carrying a bunch of electronic component fragments and flesh, pierced through the bulletproof shell!

"A one-on-one fight against the cyber madman?"

"The cyber madmen are attacking! Don't gather here!"

"Has the Terrorist Task Force died after all this time?! What about the SWAT team?"

The city of Night was in an uproar!
Lin Yue didn't give the guy much of a chance, raising his other arm to block the mantis knife that the guy was slashing down with a blank expression.

"I can't see clearly..."

If Stanley hadn't let out a regretful "Oh ho ho" laugh, no one would have known that the outcome was already decided.

They think they are special, but they are not really special.
As the mercenary's body rapidly retreated, smashing the road and cracking it, a simple bullet ended his life, the bullet penetrating right into his eyeball.

Lin Yue knew the Cyber ​​Madman's weaknesses: his skin, which was twisted to its limit, and Sianwistan, who had no concept of cooldown. But—

No one understands cyber madness better than him.

Because that's who he is.

Under the watchful eyes of major media outlets, Lin Yue surprisingly deviated from the direction from which more pursuers were surging and quickly moved towards the urban area on the side of the elevated road.

It was a factory area filled with shipping containers, and his target was the young man in a suit standing on the street corner in the drizzling rain.

"It's him!"

"He doesn't trust the big model's judgment; he's the one who could act like this in Night City!"

The young man's hands trembled slightly as he looked at the beams of light from the swaying spotlight of the hovercar above and the figures moving rapidly from under the flashing streetlights.

"Please initiate the strike! I request—I request permission, sir!"

The young man almost roared.

His eyes sparkled with a vibrant blue light, so intense it seemed about to drip.

The company has actually appeared in public?!

People who hadn't yet recovered from the shock of the cyber psychopath being instantly killed naturally became furious when they saw the company appear.

Shi Ye Shi!
Ye Shi, who lost nearly 90% of his assets and investments in the cyber war for unknown reasons, is now frantically cashing out and shrinking his business!
More than one media outlet and resident passed by Night City's company building wanting to go inside and take a look, but unfortunately, the combat robots originating from Kangtao were still in charge of security, and the company's branch in Night City seemed to still be operating...

The appearance of the Night Clan today, along with the large-scale reality show featuring rock stars in Night City, has undoubtedly amplified their reputation for "resisting the corporate system." That face alone is intimidating on the street.

"call!"

Lin Yue's Sianweistein speed increased dramatically, and only the program existed on the Night Clan subnet and the entire public network of Night City; Arasaka had already cleaned it up—

In other words, the person standing in front of him at this moment is the only member of the Night Clan's management team who is acting as a human being within Night City.

The intense blue eyes made Lin Yue freeze in place, his prosthetic body entering an uncontrollable state.

The program is being overwritten, and the behavioral feature profile is starting to break down.

Given enough distance and sufficient technical skill, hackers can dismantle or even blacken a faceplate.

"We have always known of your existence."

It felt as if countless overlapping electronic sounds were resounding in Lin Yue's head.

"cold."

"You think you can control all of this at will? The head of the company, the fighter for freedom in Night City, which one are you really?"

Lin Yue's ICE is still slowly putting up a fight.

For him, as long as he releases his computing power now and completes the full network access, he can wipe out the last piece of Ye's territory.

"you…"

"They will turn from their hope into their enemy in full view of everyone, in an incredibly foolish way—when we could have cooperated."

At that moment, another voice was speaking to Lin Yue.

That's V.

"Don't be so cold, he's seducing you."

Lin Yue knew this, but if things continued like this—

V turned his head to look at the more mercenaries closing in behind him; this was the Night Clan's last desperate gamble.

Lin Yue sighed, "The Night Clan is destined to become a lost soul in the cyber network. They can use the Lark to carry out 'kongbu attacks' in the cyber network anywhere, but never in Night City—"

"Our foundation lies here."

The signal of a program attack came to my mind again.

"No one understands you. There are differences in consciousness in this world, and there are innate resource stratifications. Adapting to and adjusting to the rules is the future."

The Ye family members were saying things that Lin Yue couldn't understand.

Probably...

Does this mean the world is beyond saving?

always like this.

Although Lin Yue himself was also somewhat tired...

Perhaps it was the rapid pace of progress that made it extremely difficult for my friends to keep up with me. Crises and setbacks made it seem like I had to walk alone on the road to my dreams.

Forget it.

Anyway—

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

A piercing sound suddenly rang out from above. Looking at the white MAXTAC logo painted on the side of the black hovercraft, the Terrorist Mobile Squad had appeared at this crucial moment…

But the searchlight's beam was now locked onto... K?!
"See? Your journey ends here today—"

"We know everything. Stop trying to stop us. The future is in the hands of the Ye family..."

Under attack by the program and without the aid of his own network advantage, Lin Yue suddenly spoke.

"A program that hands the world over to you bastards?"

The young Lone Wolf from the Night Corporation looked at his program. Why did that thing talk?

Lin Yue, whose prosthetic body had malfunctioned and was crouching, slowly straightened up. "Sorry, I can't do it; because your methods are even more foolish."

The hatch of the hovercraft above opened, and the fluorescent green light strips attached to the full-body suits of the members of the Terrorist Mobile Squad were exceptionally clear in the rain.

Lin Yue will not die at the hands of these people.

He will die in the company’s belated realization that the network was brought down by one person, because he is special enough that the company will use any extreme means.

He will die amidst public condemnation, because he will be misunderstood as a corporate leader disguised as a liberal.

He will also die from a space-based weapon he is completely unaware of; everything happened so suddenly.

Ok.

Rin had no choice.

"No, Rin, let's go first."

These words flashed past his ear, and a small knife, almost invisible to the naked eye, flew past Lin Yue's scalp—

"V!"

Lin Yue panicked.

What should Sandra do?
What to do about the densely packed mercenaries and NCPD rushing in from behind?
Why does V's decision-making get influenced by emotions at crucial moments?
The woman had no time to answer his questions.

The lone wolf of the Night Clan, who was conducting a network intrusion, immediately had a throwing knife embedded in his chest. As a knife-fighting method born from the two major attributes of [Calmness] and [Reaction], this is V's true way of dealing with corporate enemies.

"Walk."

The shortest syllable is the entirety of V.

V doesn't want this guy to always shoulder the burden alone anymore...

Perhaps it started at some point:
Rin is no longer a lover card that belongs exclusively to V.

He is the key to the future, and his actions have painted a picture for V, Lai Xuan, Emma, ​​and his acquaintances of a future that will dismantle the company's binding system.

Necessary sacrifices.

Even if I can never catch up to such a special person, in order to have a future—

V is willing to give up.

This means that this is a heavy consequence that one cannot bear.

"I never expected this. I thought the higher-ups in Arasaka had someone with your level of combat skills... I thought they were all protected by deformed monsters like Adam, who were the cowards who refused to accept prosthetic bodies."

Night Wolf, his chest pierced, fixed his gaze on V, a hacker known for her speed and agility. The woman's presence made it impossible for him to continue controlling Rin.

But the answer was obvious from that flickering face.

"It's you..."

Once the Terrorist Mobile Squad lands, even if it doesn't stop Rin in the slightest, it will be enough to delay him.

Ye Shi always did this, making use of every available condition to push his opponent into the calculated outcome.

"The Terrorist Mobile Squad, it's been so long since I've fought them. I wonder if they're the same as before..."

Lin Yue finally made up his mind.

He looked up at the ground.

Amidst the uproar, the woman who appeared beside the "exhausted" K was far too ferocious—

She just kept throwing the throwing knives outwards with both hands, sending them piercing into the body of the Lone Wolf of the Night Clan. The sharp weapons, hidden in the rain and cutting through the water droplets, were slowly stripping away the enemy's life force!
The swift movement, coupled with the crimson light in his eyes, caught Night's Lone Wolf completely off guard.

But V had a very bad feeling—

The guy seemed unwilling to resist, letting V attack him, occasionally retaliating, but all his attacks were perfectly neutralized by V's ICE...

Lin Yue sighed, realizing that his earlier prediction that Europe would soon become the second major region for the Dreamers to reshuffle the landscape had been prematurely exposed.

Fate had arranged the most dangerous consequence for him.

A company that has accumulated enough anger will use any means to kill itself; that's how Bartmores died.

Just as Lin Yue gently raised his hand—

now.

Traffic is flowing on the elevated highway.

Amidst the chaos and frenzy of the crowd, Sandra desperately tried to squeeze in, completely unaware of the mercenary group closing in behind them…

"Walk towards where there are more people."

Sandra noticed the woman's hesitation.

She considered whether to silence them, but ultimately decided against it.

It seems the Ye family is destined to win.

Even K and V didn't believe it; I was truly incredibly naive...

The rapid sound of tires rubbing against the asphalt road rang out amidst the rain and the noise of the crowd.

Gunshots were fired.

The mercenaries hired to find and execute Sandra opened fire first!

The chaotic crowd instinctively dropped to the ground… Sandra saw several cars rushing down from about five or six meters above her!

A woman's face appeared in the various stray lights, dressed like a vagrant, with a Stinger surface-to-air missile slung over her shoulder!

She squinted slightly, her healthy, tanned thighs beneath her jeans stepping on the fence. Suddenly, a flash of fire appeared, and she roared off towards the distant terrorist mobile unit's hovercraft!

The homeless might not be so bold, but Panam can.

The Terrorist Mobile Squad's hovercraft, which had never encountered a surface-to-air missile attack in Night City before, momentarily froze before immediately executing tactical evasive maneuvers. The Terrorist Mobile Squad members, who hadn't yet jumped off, were nearly all thrown off—

Not only that, but decoy grenades that hadn't been used for a long time were also released...

Everyone in Night City stared dumbfounded at this scene that could only be described as terrifying.

"Hold!"

Despite the operator's curses, the missile still managed to bite the decoy flare. The distance was too close, and the attack was too sudden. Even though the lock-on alarm sounded, it was still too late.

Lin Yue's hand movements froze—

"Could it be that the second anti-corporate riot in Night City is about to occur because of the company's crackdown?!"

Stanley on the radio screamed repeatedly!

Before the horde of mercenaries behind them could even make a move, what appeared to be a pursuit of their NCPD target was actually a mission order from the command and control center to stop the company's operations.

Special police vehicles, modified from those of the Emperor and equipped with crash barriers, poured out of the intersection. The doors opened rapidly, and both mechanical police and fully armed special police used the vehicles as cover to open fire on the attacking mercenaries without warning!

Dorothy's police shotgun could actually shred the Night City scum into dust...

Flames flashed across her face several times. "Get rid of these bastards who are trying to storm Night City!"

The regular police cars couldn't brake in time and crashed one after another. After getting out of the car, the officers were completely confused about what to attack because of the chaotic orders—but anyway, they just had to follow the SWAT team and they were fine, so who cares!

Not firing the gun is the problem; firing the gun eliminates these problems.

Lin Yue's expression was priceless as he watched the floating car on the sky lose control and crash into a factory a kilometer away. Locals and mercenaries from Santo Domingo surged onto the elevated highway, forcibly dispersing the congested citizens.

"go!"

Completely unaware of who the enemy was, Scorpion continued to fight and pull, even attempting to launch a second missile after being pulled off. Sandra, who had been found by Mitchell, was now stuffed into the car.

"K still hasn't shown up yet! Damn it!"

Impatient Panan ruffled his fine, black curls again and again—

"Listen to the order, Panan! Damn it—K told us to take the guy away. Forget about all the nonsense. Adcardo can't handle this. Do what he said first."

As they spoke, the wanderer appeared and disappeared like a storm on barren land.

Once Santo Domingo's men arrived, they immediately engaged in a firefight with the Night Clan's mercenaries on the overpass!

Until the animal gang arrived—

Lin Yue stared blankly at V, who had crippled and trampled the Night Clan's Lone Wolf underfoot...

V, who is usually decisive, has taken an unusually extreme measure.

She crushed the network access warehouse of the Lone Wolf of the Night Clan under his howling!
Panting heavily, she turned her head and looked at everything suspiciously—

This is…?
V noticed the sudden chaos in Santo Domingo. "Wanderers, local residents—and internal strife within the NCPD? Let's go! Quick! They're helping you!"

Lin Yue felt a sudden sense of relief, as if something inside him had suddenly loosened, and the memories of his dead body instantly assaulted him.

"In the City of Night, human relationships are always the most important."

He never imagined that the flower he planted unintentionally would prop up this seemingly extremely dangerous situation...

A hoarse laugh, like a gust of wind breaking through a vent, rang out amidst the rain.

"cold."

Look up at the sky—

Lin Yue frowned slightly. V, who was trying to pull him away, realized that the guy was unwilling to go and whispered, "Come on, don't listen to this stupid data."

The man let the rain wash away the blood and grime from his face.

"Space weapons are targeting you... The Night Clan is sending you a big gift using orbital aviation technology!"

V and Lin Yue's expressions froze instantly.

As he spoke, he closed his eyes, and as a locator, he had completed his mission.

Wow…

It's still raining.

The small crossroads where the three stood seemed to be isolated from the world.

The long yet not unbearable thirty seconds passed; the rain was icy on my face, the chill of the ground still seeped through my clothes, and the wound stung terribly—

The lone wolf on the ground suddenly opened its eyes.

His face was pale, as if a shadow had been cast over his face, and he looked helplessly at the sky.

Footsteps echoed in the distance as someone turned around…

The voice of the enemy who terrified him sounded like a real space-based weapon bombarding his eardrums.

"Calculating the future?"

"I'm sorry, I will too... and I know the future isn't on your side."

"Say hello to the online world for me."

A small knife was plunged straight into the man's skull.

The woman gently lifted her water-drenched hand, and the knife, as if guided by a telescope, flew back, leaving only a pair of eyes where data and life were rapidly fading away…

……

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(End of this chapter)