New Century Anime Warrior

Mann was frail and sickly from a young age and was often bullied by those around him. So he worked hard to train and even participated in underground boxing matches. In the end, he used the money he earned from boxing to modify his right hand.

By chance, he was recruited and, after retiring from the military, became a mercenary in Night City.

After joining the Edgewalker squad, David learned to drive from Mann, firearms from Rebecca, hand-to-hand combat from Dorio, and adult-level Mewtwo training from Pila...

David developed friendships with everyone on the team, and these bonds brought them all together.

He was now officially integrated into Mann's team.

Wang Xianren astutely grasped the key point: "Wait a minute, the immersive experience setting of Mewtwo can indeed be used for some special purpose!"

but……

"This sudden shift to a more harmonious portrayal of the Edgewalker Squad... I hope there's some angst involved?"

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Chapter Two: The Road to Legend

One day, Rebecca is kidnapped by the Vortex Gang, and the entire Edgewalker team is dispatched to rescue her.

The scene ends with Lucy stylishly using nanowires to slice the Whirlpool Gang members into pieces, successfully rescuing Rebecca.

The entire Mann team was enjoying the rare peace that comes with surviving a disaster. After celebrating, as they crossed an intersection on a sidewalk, they encountered a passerby urinating on a shipping container.

But no one noticed the strange look in the passerby's eyes. Rebecca's brother, Pila, who was excited, ignored everything and started cursing at the passerby.

[Pila: It's so noisy!]

They even climbed onto the shipping containers and shouted slogans at passersby.

Bang!

Caught completely off guard, the passerby did not hesitate and immediately raised his gun, firing a shot at Pila's head.

Brain matter mixed with blood splattered in the incredulous gazes of the crowd.

"Holy shit! Holy shit!"

"My brother-in-law is gone just like that???"

"Is he just standing around like a random passerby? That's so casual!"

A chaotic brawl inevitably broke out, with Rebecca venting her anger like a madwoman, enduring the firepower of the crazed bystanders, and Mann couldn't even control her.

Lucy also faced numerous dangers while hiding under the shipping container.

Only by having Qi Wei reset Rebecca's system could the situation be stabilized.

Finally, David activated his ability, rushed to the crazed passerby, and pointed a gun at the passerby's head.

As he fired the shot, David saw his mother Gloria's smiling face in his mind.

[Option: Fire!]

[Option: Don't fire!]

"What the hell?! What kind of lousy option is this?!"

"You have to tell me your reasons for shooting and not shooting!"

Wang Xianren was truly dumbfounded. This lousy game by Si Hua Xiaozhe felt like he was being tortured like a Japanese person.

After much deliberation, he finally decided to fire, splattering blood all over David's face. This seemed to be the first time David had killed someone with a gun.

Only then did David notice Lucy and quickly peered over to ask if she was safe.

David: Lucy!

Lucy: I'm fine.

At this moment, blood began to flow from Lucy's forehead.

David: You're bleeding...

Before David could finish speaking, the container suddenly extended the modified arm of a crazed passerby, and the dark muzzle of a gun was pointed at David.

In the nick of time, Mann leaped up and punched the passerby, sending his head flying straight to Rebecca's feet.

[Rebecca: I'm the only one qualified to kill Pila!]

The incident ended with Rebecca firing wildly at the heads of passersby before finally shooting Pila in the last half of his head.

"call……"

Like all players who encountered this scene, Wang Xianren sighed.

Death and madness are inseparable; is this the world of cyberpunk?

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A new chapter begins.

Mann arranged the follow-up matters in an orderly manner. David, whose face was covered in blood, once again felt the reliability of his good older brother. Although his face was exhausted, his eyes were full of trust and peace.

After receiving treatment from the cyborg doctor, Lucy took David to the rooftop, where the two sat down under the city's neon lights.

[Lucy: You'll be an excellent mercenary. I knew that from day one.]

David: Lucy...

[Lucy: But David, what will make you famous worldwide won't be your glamorous cyberpunk life... but the tragic moment of your death in battle.]

Lucy: This kind of life isn't for you.

David: But I'm no different from you!

Lucy: We are ultimately completely different people.

David: What's the difference?!

[Option: I'll take you to the moon!]

[Option: I understand... I'll listen to you.]

Wang Xianren really wanted to find some kind of medicine to lower blood pressure.

These two-choice options have had no impact on the plot so far, and he's no longer interested in the differences between them.

It's highly likely that this choice won't change anything.

"The old folks say, 'Listen to your wife and you'll have food to eat.' Since it's Lucy's advice, I'll listen to you!"

Wang Xianren then chose the second option.

Then came a rapid switch between static images. First, David resigned from the team, returned Sianwistan to Mann, and officially left the team.

Then David takes over his mother's job and becomes a member of an emergency medical services company, moving further and further away from cyberpunk, and his mother Gloria's wish for David to climb the Arasaka Tower is no longer possible.

On this day, David, who was returning to his ordinary daily life, heard someone knocking on the door. When he opened the door, there was a gunshot. In the last moments of his life, David recognized the person who came in as Arasaka's man.

This was followed by several newspaper screenshots or news footage.

First, there's a scene of a cyber madman torturing his lover, and on the ground appears to be Mann's modified arm.

Next came the news headline about the Vortex Gang trafficking in the corpses of young girls.

Finally, a breaking news report stated that Arasaka Corporation had successfully arrested a long-missing female hacker traitor and eliminated all her criminal accomplices.

【THAN】

Wang Xianren, who witnessed this scene, was clearly still in shock.

"what?"

"Huh?"

"That's it?! What kind of fucking ending is this?! So rushed?!"

Enraged, Wang Xianren immediately logged into his new account, "New Century Otaku Cannon Fodder".

Suddenly, I felt that the nickname of this new account, which was trying to piggyback on Si Hua's Weibo ID, was so glaring.

"What a piece of trash is 'The Edge Walker'? It's full of choices that have absolutely no impact on the plot... and then there's that anticlimactic ending. Can't you at least show some respect for game development, you little thief?!"

The new blog post also included a screenshot of the final ending.

Soon, netizens began commenting on this Weibo post.

"Hey friend, why is your ending screen different from mine?"

"Are you a hater? This story is so exciting and tragic, how did you come to the conclusion that the game is trash?"

"This script is a masterpiece, you're the one who's trash!"

"One look at it and you know this guy didn't get to the final outcome. People these days really have no patience at all."

"The person upstairs isn't a shill for Si Hua?! I got the same ending too, the whole team was wiped out in a mess, is this some kind of joke?!"

Is it possible for a visual novel to have multiple endings?

When Wang Xianren saw the last comment, it felt like a bolt of lightning had struck his head.

Oh right, this is a visual novel...

The sound effects are perfectly timed, the animation segments are seamlessly connected, and the dynamic comic frames are incredibly impactful.

As Wang Xianren continued his journey, he felt as if he had read a wonderful visual novel.

The plot of the first half is completely fixed, and the choices are optional, which reinforces this impression.

Ultimately, this made him overlook the fact that "The Edge Walker" is essentially a visual novel.

"Damn, that was too hasty."