Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 95 A Matter of Life and Death (4.3K words, first update)
"Welcome to Lizhi, sisters."

The thugs from the "Mokx Gang," sporting bun hairstyles and carrying baseball bats, stepped aside to clear the door.

Sasha blew bubble gum and carried her little handbag without any hindrance as she walked, waving to the sisters of the Mox Gang along the way. She even greeted the X-Puppet Sister who was waiting for customers at the door, and received another round of praise: "Sweetheart, you're here really early today."

Sasha was very polite. She would give a slight, earnest bow and then skip and hop into the automatic door next to the Liz bar. Liz's servers and subnet were in the basement. She had been working at Liz for a long time, maintaining the subnet and similar tasks. As a reward, the Mox Gang would give her a considerable amount of money and priority access to Mewtwo.

The Mox Gang has the best Mewtwo editor, without a doubt.

Sasha hurried down the stairs, opened the VIP room she often used for online activities, where several computer screens displayed data from various programs. She took out a pink pistol from her bag.

She modified the gun herself and named it "Lizhi".

Its color scheme and power had made Rebecca envious for a long time, and she kept pestering me to let her play with it.

Phew, it's been so long since I've seen Rebecca.

Sasha composed herself and had just plugged the data cable into the brain-computer interface when the automatic door opened from the outside.

"Why didn't you come to say hello to me today, Sasha?" Judy leaned against the door frame, looking at Sasha tenderly.

Sasha stood up somewhat awkwardly. "Ah, well... I made an appointment with the boss's men to do a big job."

Judy became interested upon hearing this. "Was it your old mercenary squad?"

Sasha shook her head. "No, Sister Judy... is a new middleman I met. She has a great reputation in Pacific. I've done a lot of jobs with her. This time, I'm working with one of her very efficient lone wolves to discuss the details and get the job done."

Judy pointed to the ground.

"Right here? You want that guy to go around the girls' dressing rooms to get in?"

Then, in a rather helpless tone, she said, "Sasha..."

Sasha was an expert at this, clinging to Judy's arm and acting coquettishly, "I need to do this job well, this is the first time the boss has trusted me—you'll support me, right? Besides, I'll go pick him up, don't worry!"

Judy ruffled Sasha's hair. "Okay, okay, just don't let me see it. I... you know what I mean."

Sasha blinked; she knew, of course, that her sister Judy didn't like men, and quickly half-pushed Judy towards the door.

"I know, I definitely won't show up in front of you."

After Judy left, Sasha quietly worked on various data on the computer. Sasha was very serious when she was working, taking every detail into account. Just like when she was meeting her boss for the first time, she was a little nervous.

When Sasha was handling the commission, she noticed the unusual relationship between Lin Yue and the boss. Mann and the others also seemed to be afraid of Lin Yue, and most of the time they would obediently listen to Lin Yue.

That's why Sasha asked the boss to send Lin Yue this time.

Once this is done, we can smoothly enter Dogtown, and then Mann and the others won't be able to say anything.

Just as Sasha was engrossed in organizing the mission details and preparing to call Lin Yue over, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Sensing something was wrong, she rushed out the door. "Sister Judy! I need to use the chair in the hacker room!"

Judy rested her chin on her hand. "What's wrong, sweetheart? Why are you in such a hurry? Look! The door's open."

Judy, who was used to Sasha's way of doing things, didn't suspect anything, shook her head, and continued editing the various Mewtwo data in the main unit.

Many of the Mewtwos in the Moxie Gang are created by Judy. Without her high-quality Mewtwo production, there would naturally be no such booming business as Liz.

Sasha lay back in the hacker chair, brushed her hair back, and quickly plugged in the network cable.

With a slight tremor, he quickly sank into cyberspace.
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Lin Yue tilted his head to one side, and the wind from the bullets rippled across his face.

He turned around and fired at the agent behind him.

Boom boom boom!
That guy's every step he took was as absurd as a stop-motion animation.

Lin Yue's pupils suddenly dilated—

S.A.W.S.?
By the time Lin Yue realized what was happening, a bullet had already been fired from a gun and was heading straight for his forehead.

Lin Yue's attribute points played a significant role at this moment. Although he didn't know the model of the other party's S.A.S.A.S., Lin Yue was still able to figure it out.

The confident smile on the other side vanished. Although Lin Yue's subcutaneous armor couldn't withstand high-tech weapons, it could still handle these subsonic kinetic bullets.

Lin Yue quickly raised his arm to shield his face, the force of the bullet causing him to take a step back.

Before the tingling pain in his arm had subsided, the guy had already rushed to his side, his fist raised high. Lin Yue was sent flying to the side, crashing into many shelves and bottles in the prosthetic clinic.

Lin Yue's prosthetic eye quickly spotted the figure in the distance!

【Dinalas Anvestan Type 1 - Green】

[Military Technology - Gorilla Arm - Blue]

【…】

The parameters for these prosthetics were quickly retrieved from the database of the Arakasa subnet… Lin Yue’s high intelligence points allowed him to instantly calculate the guy’s downtime in his mind:
Lasts for 8 seconds, cooldown is 30 seconds!
Lin Yue timed it perfectly, bracing himself with his hand on the ground as he swept his leg, but the guy's Sianwistan made him move instantly to dodge the attack.

Unsurprisingly, Lin Yue was shot in the head again.

The subcutaneous armor prevented him from suffering fatal damage, but it still caused a ringing in Lin Yue's ears!
All of this attack occurred within just five seconds.

3 seconds —

Lin Yue drew his gun and dodged. Although his high reaction points allowed him to dodge one or two attacks, Sianwistan's time-stop prosthetic body could still completely suppress Lin Yue, who only had ten reaction attribute points.

The agent was also somewhat terrified. He was certain that the Asian man who had barged in did not have a time-stop prosthetic body, or even a Krenchkov—but his speed was astonishing. If it weren't for S. Anvestan, he probably would have been grabbed by the man's powerful hand.

屮!
2 seconds —

Time seemed to stand still as the agent slid past Lin Yue. He decided to shoot Lin Yue in the ear canal, where even subcutaneous armor would be useless.

In that instant, in the hazy, dreamlike scene, Lin Yue was like a motionless wooden figure, and the sounds around him began to distort rapidly, becoming slow and low like a broken horn!

it's over!
call out!
The bullets slowly exited the muzzle, and when everything returned to normal flow, the dust settled!

The agent's sinister grin was already reflected in the gleaming surface of the gun in Lin Yue's hand—

Lin Yue's dazed pupils trembled slightly as they instantly locked onto the agent beside him.

Cruelty lurked within those dark, tranquil pupils.

"Depend on!"

The agent's muffled voice had barely escaped his throat when Lin Yue suddenly activated!
1 seconds —

Lin Yue sneered; it was finally his turn.

[Rapid Advance]! In that instant, his speed was almost half that of S.A.S.A., and the bullet grazed the back of Lin Yue's head!
Then all movement speed suddenly resumed!

Lin Yue's stamina remained undiminished, and he immediately pushed off the wall to begin his second charge—

The agent hurriedly turned his gun, but the bullet struck Lin Yue squarely in the shoulder. His "You Can't Hit Me" perk made him as slippery as an eel; the bullet merely grazed the skin beneath his armor. "Damn it!"

The agent was thrown forward by the impact, and Lin Yue's gorilla-like arm tightly gripped his neck. The agent, who was also a company soldier with a gorilla-like arm, immediately swung his fist and punched Lin Yue in the temple.

Lin Yue easily blocked the attack with his arm raised.

“Seanwistan needs a rest, my friend.”

Lin Yue muttered to himself, while S.A.S.S. behind the agent hissed and released a steaming heat of sweat!
With a twist of his wrist, Lin Yue crushed the guy's gorilla-like arm!

Then he grabbed the agent by the neck, lifted him up, and slammed him against the wall.

"You're Arasaka's dog? I'll f*** you!"

The guy gritted his teeth, the pain stimulating his brain, and his voice was somewhat shrill.

Lin Yue pressed his hand on the guy's spine, feeling a burning sensation—

Ever since he got the gorilla arm, Lin Yue has become unlike himself when he strikes; he always uses the most ruthless methods to finish off his opponents.

"Seanwistan? Eggtan!"

Lin Yue's voice was like a devil's whisper as his fingers dug into the agent's skin on his back. Amidst a flash of electricity and sparks, the agent threw his head back and howled.

"what!!!!"

The piercing screams stopped abruptly.

The pain of a shattered spine made the agent kneel down in a second. It wasn't until Lin Yue completely crushed Sianwistan that blood began to gush out from the man's back, and his body went limp, sliding to the ground like melting candy.

"Are you from the Joint Logistics Command? Where's the doctor here? If you want to get going quickly, just say so!"

The man's body was convulsing uncontrollably, and he was cursing incessantly in a hoarse voice.

Just as Lin Yue was about to continue interrogating him, the man seemed to have been poisoned, and a bitter almond taste came out of his mouth before he died.

The loyalty of dogs in New America is truly unique.

Lin Yue sighed and loosened the guy's collar.

He surveyed his surroundings with a heavy gaze: If Farida is missing, and New America's agents have reappeared here, does that prove that Farida has been taken into custody?
After a moment's thought, Lin Yue, fearing that other new American agents might have followed, quickly got up and searched the room. The room seemed to have been carefully cleaned. He turned over the guy lying face down on the hospital bed by the door and found that the man had been shot in the stomach and was already dead...

Lin Yue stared at it for a long time but still couldn't figure out which family this guy belonged to.

Just as Lin Yue was thinking of looking for clues elsewhere, an unexpected phone call came in.

"Lin Yue, there's been a change in what I told you in the text message before—are you still in Dogtown?" The cat on the other end sounded anxious.

Lin Yue denied it, "Go ahead and say it, I'm in Night City."

The cat was silent for a moment. "We're going to take action on the boss's matter tonight. The detection program I left behind has discovered that other hackers are looking for your boss's prey—no... not just two."

Lin Yue walked out while on the phone, only to find the door locked. He punched the automatic lock, smashing it open. "What's going on? Which company is it? Can you tell?"

“I don’t know which side it is, I’ll just say it straight. Our boss is from Arasaka, right?! Arasaka’s hackers are also watching the target, but they’ve been held back by those newcomers… It’s a mess now, even the people from Dogtown have gotten involved—come to Liz Bar, I’ll be waiting for you.”

Depend on!
Lin Yue not only failed to track down Farida, but even the counterintelligence department's work went awry.

But for now, we have to put aside the issue of saving face and quickly resolve V's situation.

Feeling somewhat annoyed, Lin Yue quickly got into the car and sped off towards the [Lizhi Bar], which wasn't far from Erle Street.

Lin Yue drove his car out of the bright lights of Sartre Street. The classic dancer sign at the entrance of the Liz Bar was doing cheerleader high kicks, and the whole place seemed to be coated with a hazy pink by the big sign.

Lin Yue closed the car door, turned away several X-shaped figures who surrounded him, and made a phone call to the cat.

"Don't wander around recklessly right now, these girls are very discerning about looks."

Alright alright.

Lin Yue leaned against the car and gave a reply, then crossed his arms and waited patiently.

"Hey~ handsome, want to come in for a drink?"

A hand landed on Lin Yue's shoulder, and the woman's pink cybernetic eyes dazzled him. Her smooth skin paired with those pieces of fabric that could hardly be called clothes—it was indeed quite a sight.

"I'm waiting for someone."

Lin Yue smiled slightly, not pushing the woman away. Several members of the Mox Gang were watching him from a distance, so he could only try his best to show goodwill.

A woman's fingertips traced across Lin Yue's chest as her deep, alluring voice rang out, "Were you waiting for me? We can be anywhere, or... you like Mewtwo? Trust me, Mewtwo with me is as amazing as the new 'toy' from Twisty Street—how about it?"

Lin Yue coughed lightly, somewhat speechless, "Sorry."

Damn... I guess I'm just not knowledgeable enough. Dogtown doesn't offer this service.

"Well, how about this—look at my car, it's pretty shabby, isn't it? I don't have much money, so… how about I go find that girl over there?" As soon as Lin Yue said this, the woman giggled and blew him a kiss. "I can give you a discount because of your face, but if you're not interested today, then maybe next time."

She also made a "Call me" gesture in my ear before swaying her serpentine waist and walking away.

The Watson District, near Japantown, is overflowing with people working in the sex industry. The city's residents' brains have become addicted to pink and Mewtwo, a condition commonly known as "Mewtwo Addiction Syndrome." It was even so severe at one point that it was considered a form of illegal activity, but now, it's probably only legal behavior that's illegal.

The word "Honkai" can be seen in every corner of the Night City machine.

If I remember correctly, the Mox Gang was formed because of the death of an X-worker—the Tiger Claw Gang seems to have gone quite far. Backed by the Mewtwo Club, the power of women was united and thus grew. These women, who prioritize neo-kitsch, are bold in style and colorful in color. Latex is a must-have for them, which results in the girls having fair and even somewhat slippery skin.

Lin Yue glanced behind him and saw a hapless guy who hadn't paid his debts being dragged out by Mox's men and thrown into an alley, where he was given a beating with baseball bats...

Just as Lin Yue was observing all of this, the cat finally replied to his text message.

"Where are you?"

Lin Yue looked around.

At that moment, a slender girl with ear-length hair, dressed in a pink and black tight-fitting outfit, stood at the bar entrance. Her face was full of anxiety. After searching several times, her eyes met those of the man leaning against the car, and she smiled and quickly waved.

"This way!"

Lin Yue looked at the girl's face and was stunned. A sense of absurdity, as if he had been tricked by fate, welled up in his heart.

……

　【Mokx Gang】: A gang formed in 2077 by sex dolls and other low-level female workers.

　　【Judy Alvarez】: Mewtwo technology expert, whose studio is located in Liz's basement.

　　【Neo-kitsch】: Celebrities, dream experience stars, business tycoons, corporate heirs and some company executives have abandoned the cold, extreme elegance of militarism and returned to the origins of kitsch, but with a new look.

　　
　
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