Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 3 Quarrel
Night City is the City of Dreams.

Gloria Martinez is no exception.

Her dream is to hope that her son can successfully graduate from Arasaka Academy, and then join the Arasaka Group until he stands at the top of Arasaka.

She always firmly believes that this road is the brightest future.

For this dream, she almost used all her strength to work hard, and used many meager salaries and thrift in life to support David's study at Arasaka Academy.

She also always firmly believes that her children are the smartest and best, and that her hard work will be rewarded.

She is willing to use her own fire to illuminate David's dream path of entering Arasaka.

However, what happened today poured cold water on the fire of her dreams.

She was trying to find a new part-time job in the Heywood Valley area, but unexpectedly received a notice from Arasaka Academy.

Her son was ordered to drop out of school!
She had to give up looking for a new job and rush to school to deal with the matter.

Only then did I learn that my son had installed a black market pirated program of unknown origin to upgrade the Chaomeng head ring. As a result, when teaching remotely, it caused a virus in the college's online education network system.

The entire online education system directly collapsed, and the Chaomenghuan of other students were also burned and shut down.

Facing the rhetoric of the headmaster of Arasaka Academy wanting to expel her son, she could only humbly beg the other party and promise full compensation.

After obtaining the consent of the principal.

Gloria drove away from Arasaka Tower with her son David.

She drove smoothly on the viaduct.

Even though I told you repeatedly.

David was told to upgrade the genuine software, but something went wrong, and he was almost ordered to drop out of school.

She knew that David was trying to save money, and it was not his intention to burn down the school's online education network system, but she still couldn't help mentioning it.

"Didn't I tell you to upgrade the Super Dream Ring?"

David didn't dare to face his mother directly, so he could only weakly admit his mistake.

"It was my fault for going to the prosthetic doctor."

Gloria's tone hardened.

"You make up your own mind, now we have to pay ten times as much!"

Faced with his mother's aggressive words, David could only look out the window to hide his helplessness.

"sorry"

"If you're going to apologize, it's better not to do this kind of thing in the first place!"

"When I first asked, you said there was no Oujin, so..."

"That was the day before the salary was paid. Of course we didn't have a lot of money lying around at home!"

She felt that her good intentions were not understood by her son at all.

"Also! Stop shaking your legs!"

Hear the mother's reprimand.

David sighed helplessly.

The incompatibility with his classmates, the burden of family poverty, and the expectation of his mother all weighed on his heart like mountains.

He wanted to break free from such a quagmire, so he tried to express the truest thoughts in his heart, even though he didn't report any hope of success.

"Actually, I've been thinking about it lately"

"Considering what?"

"I can take a break from school and look for a job or something."

"what are you talking about?!"

Gloria's emotions instantly became more agitated.

"Mom, as you know, we really can't pay for the maintenance of the system."

David still frowned and looked out the car window, his feet trembled subconsciously again, but he still insisted on speaking.

"And I was pretty out of place at the academy."

"Mom doesn't know anything either."

"As long as they are poor, it is impossible to be valued."

"No matter how hard I study, I can't become like them."

"Also, I don't want to be them."

silence
The whole car fell into silence.

In fact, Gloria's deepest hope.

It is to let his son David.

Able to graduate from Arasaka Academy and successfully enter Arasaka Company.

He has been promoted to the top of Arasaka.

You don't have to be like her anymore, you can only work hard every day and get tired of coping.

Even the most basic life cannot be guaranteed.

In Gloria's eyes, David deserves a brighter future, a better future.

And this bright and future is to enter the Arasaka Company!

In fact, she didn't blame David for installing pirated software. What she really cared about was that David was expelled from Arasaka Academy.

Everything she did was for David to graduate from Arasaka Academy.

David is still young and has not experienced social hardships, so he naively thinks that finding a job casually is better than studying at Arasaka Academy.

Big mistake!

Gloria deeply understands that joining a large company in Night City is the best future, and studying at Arasaka Academy is a shortcut to joining Arasaka Company.

Arasaka Academy not only has the highest quality education, but also has many children of high-level Arasaka students studying there. These may be the tickets and connections to the high-level Arasaka circle in the future.

In fact, David also understood his mother's good intentions.

It's just that studying at Arasaka Academy not only failed to integrate myself into the circle of Arasaka's high-level children, but also became the target of their bullying and teasing.

He can't see the future at Arasaka Academy, he can't see friends and friendship.

Being isolated and targeted by his classmates is only because of his background.

a long time.

Gloria choked up.

The grievance and discomfort swelled and blocked in my heart like cotton candy.

"Then why am I working all the time?"

"I worked so hard to make you..."

"But now..."

"What do you think I've been doing all this time?"

Gloria was almost crying, and the previous blame and dissatisfaction turned into tears at this moment.

David couldn't help turning his head to look immediately, and was surprised when he saw the tears glistening in the corners of his mother's eyes.

The always strong and independent mother actually shed tears!
This was the first time he saw his mother cry.

"You're so smart and talented."

"That's why I worked so hard to make money and cultivate you."

"If you don't want to study."

"so what should I do?"

Gloria was driving, tears streaming down her cheeks.

She didn't feel sorry for herself, but because David was born at the bottom, but she didn't know how dark her future was.

She didn't want David to do the same menial job as herself, or even risk doing illegal things.

David didn't know how to comfort his mother, so he could only give in again.

"I shouldn't have said it."

"I'm sorry, don't cry."

At this moment, a black business car and a pink off-road vehicle were gradually approaching from the left and right sides behind them, and the two people in the car were completely unaware of the imminent danger.

Gloria understood that David needed more comfort at this time, and she had to cheer for her son no matter how much she was hurt.

"I know you were out of place in school and how your classmates treated you, because I've been through the same thing."

"That's why we have to prove it to them!"

She raised her hand and pointed upwards.

"I hope you will work hard to become an elite and climb to the top of Arasaka Tower!"

When she mentioned this dream, hope was rekindled in her eyes, and her pupils were full of expectations for a bright future.

Gloria looked sideways at David.

"I know you have such talent, you can definitely do it!"

David seemed to be familiar with the dream his mother mentioned, he just sighed lightly, and leaned on his seat with some irritability and said.

"Easy to say"

"Um?!"

David suddenly found that a heavy machine gun appeared by the car window at some point, facing his window!

"mom"

Before he could remind his mother.

The heavy machine gun fired wildly at the black business car on the other side through the car window, and the terrifying firepower instantly tilted out!

David could only watch helplessly as countless bullets passed by, smashing the windows and doors of the car.

"This damn gang fight!"

(End of this chapter)