How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

10. repair

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Junk Town is a half-abandoned slum, but it was not a place where it was okay to run out in broad daylight. At least Leonard has believed that. ‘Gunsmith,’ Layla shouted in a tearing voice.

“Faster! Step on more! Step on it!”

“This is top speed!”

Whether love or faith, when faith is broken, it is heartbreaking. The Wild Kid gang’s van did not hesitate to drive in reverse and clung to the pickup truck.

“Stop the car! Car, it’s a baby! ”

I listened to the public security with the back of my ear, but I couldn’t hear the gangster. I stepped on the accelerator to the maximum. A little faster, but not a huge difference.

Wildkid’s cooperation went into action right away, as if he hadn’t expected it. The sliding door was wide open and a Big Ground 9mm submachine gun was handed out.

“Damn it-!”

Leonard protected his head with his left arm and lowered his upper body. Catch up…! The gunshots were blown away by the wind, but the bullets flew in a straight line. It’s a mystery of physics, but I couldn’t afford to admire it. The hollow bullets embroidered at 12 rounds per second scratched the body of the car. The action in the movie of hiding behind a car door and taking cover was a lie. The non-bulletproof aluminum sheet was simply punctured. Several shots also landed in Leonard’s shoulder and upper arm.

“Keuuugh-!”

Leonard blocked the pain from the gunshot wound, drew his revolver, and fired back. bang! bang! Kwakwang-! Although the rate of fire was slow, the power per shot was much better. The van wobbled from side to side and fell behind.

Baaang-!

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Just in time, a car coming from the opposite side honked. The Wild Kid van couldn’t come forward and saw an opportunity from behind.

“Run as it is!”

‘Gunsmith’ Layla knocked on the roof again. Leonard shouted that he could hear it well even if he didn’t hit it, and hacked the traffic lights ahead in turn. The gang ignores the signal, but ordinary citizens do not, so a major accident could have happened.

Thanks to that delicate hacking and consideration, I was able to maintain a constant lane and speed. The gunsmith took out Schneider’s 5.56mm ‘Shooting Star’ rifle from the gun holder, pulled the loading handle, and put the bullet directly into the chamber. The reason why he did not ask what he was thinking with only one foot was because he was distracted by driving and hacking. As a result, I did well not to ask.

Taaang-!

A single gunshot rang out. It was difficult to check due to the black tinting, but it was immediately clear that the driver was hit. The Wildkid gang’s van lost balance, slid sideways, and overturned under the weight of the body. pop-! If it exploded with a sound, it would be a scene in a movie, but the vehicle did not explode so easily. Kiriririk-! thud-! He groaned and sat down in the middle of the road.

“Wow!”

Leonard praised the gunsmith with an exclamation. The gunsmith set aside his used rifle and sat down on the floor of the luggage compartment. I subdued the gangster in one shot, but I wasn’t happy. The car chase wasn’t very exciting.

“Whoa… I thought I was going to die…”

We met for the first time today, and our opinions matched well.

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The suburbs of A-044 City were divided into Head, Wing and Tail regions. It’s not an official place name, but it’s more intuitive than the 12273-1 Federal Bureau of whatever address, so the regular broadcast announcer also referred to it as “Processed Food Factory on 1st Street North of the Light Wing.” At this point, the city may have to deal with the administration, but it remained a good example of the administration failing to keep up with the reality. Anyway, Leonard and the gunsmith arrived at a hardware store on Third Street south of Tale.

Kung-Koo-Gung-Peo-Seok-

Cloudy dust from the wasteland and black powder from the mines covered the area. Just across the street is a tavern where old miners and sick prostitutes hang out, but the air pollution doesn’t look like it. It was a good neighborhood for people to hide. Even if prayers and lungs do not agree.

“How did you arrive…”

Leonard opened the car door and ripped it apart. It’s not that Leonard’s power suddenly got stronger, it’s because the gun shot by the Wild Kid gang broke a bad place.

“My, my favorite horse…!”

Not only was the car broken, but Leonard’s body was also broken in one way or another. The gunsmith asked why he was so slow, then swallowed when he saw the hole in his coat.

“Did you get shot?”

“Oh, no big deal.”

One shot on the shoulder. I was hit twice by the bicep that wrapped around my head. A fatal injury to living humans, but temporary dysfunction to implant cyborgs.

“I’m worried about the repair cost.”

Leonard sighed. At 3,500 credits, it was already in the red. If he fixes his left arm and repairs his car, he won’t even be able to pay for noodles. Still, the commission had to be completed. Uncomfortable, he pulled down the gun and the bullet box.

“This is the hardware store my mother ran.”

As if the business had been closed a long time ago, there was about 3 cm of dust. The reason the homeless did not hide is because it is a mining town with an extremely low population density.

“This way. Take it to the basement.”

I couldn’t move it by myself because my hands were uncomfortable. The gunsmith groaned and helped. Knowing that he was shot because of himself, he worked hard for a client. After six or seven round trips, miscellaneous things disappeared and only War Machine remained. At that moment, Leonard attained enlightenment like a master of martial arts.

“wait? Wouldn’t it be enough to lower the gun with that?”

“Ah… ah!”

How the body suffers when the head is bad. In this case, I didn’t use my head much because I was in good shape, but I wasted calories anyway. Leonard and the gunsmith looked at each other pathetically and finished the job. The giant body of War Machine disappeared into the basement, and the iron gate came down heavily. thud-!

@

‘Gunsmith’ Layla was a cyborg with a conscience that was rare in A-044 City.

Although he did not pay more credit than the commission fee, he compensated for the 45-caliber armor-piercing bullets he shot at the gang and gave him a strange business card called a premium membership card. I wonder what kind of membership card it is for a gunsmith the size of a snot, but since it offers discounts of up to 20% on guns and bullets, if you’re a regular customer, it’s worth getting at least one. Sigma said, putting away the business card that looked like an old-fashioned relic.

“Since we have secured regulars who will come to the suburbs, isn’t that an advantage?”

“Ugh, I don’t like the habit of being suspicious.”

Leonard took off the energy bar wrapper with his right arm while keeping his left arm still. Since the brain and heart and other major organs are human, they could not live on chargers like anyone else. Sigma opened the artificial muscle with the retractor and retrieved the bullet fragment with tweezers.

“From Mr. Leonard’s reaction, I guess the client is a beauty.”

“A beauty is a beauty. It’s not that important.”

Anyone with credits could become a beauty, so the value of beauty was not high. This was especially true on ground with high implant rates. Leonard’s liking came not from his looks, but from his marksmanship. Sigma pulled out one of the broken fragments.

“Ugh…”

Max, who was watching, frowned. Since it is a mechanical arm, there is no grotesque scene where blood vessels are torn and bones are exposed, but there is a psychological reluctance to stir a human body. It was all the more so because it was a hollow bullet. There were a lot of things that had to be taken out because the tanja was broken into pieces.

“This is a temporary measure. I recommend that you go to the clinic as soon as possible.”

“If the request fee comes in.”

Sigma scanned the fragments of bullets taken from the wound and virtually assembled them.

“Three rounds of 9mm pistol bullets from Big Ground. removed all. It closes the wound.”

It wasn’t a body that could get stuck in a needle, but it was mercilessly shot with an industrial stapler. If I hadn’t shut off my senses, I would have passed out unsightly.

“Damn it… It’s an expensive body…”

It was an ambiguous expression. It didn’t matter which way it was accepted. Just then, Jake, the well-timed broker, called. Leonard lightly turned his sealed shoulder and received it.

-I just got a call. did you handle it well? Good work.

“Thanks for your concern, how much is the price?”

– Taxes and fees were deducted and sent to the account.

Leonard lowered his ugly broker profile and opened a bank account. The credit numbers went up pleasantly.

“If you don’t pay for repairs, there’s nothing left.”

– Why don’t you get insurance at this point? Aren’t life insurance, accident insurance, missing person insurance, and imprisonment insurance essential for tough jobs?

“Who do you like?”

There was no occupation with higher insurance premiums than a fixer. Since he had no family, he had no one to pay for death insurance. Max ‘Walker’s bright eyes flashed for a moment, but he ignored them.

“What about Wildkid?”

-Those crazy guys, they’re going to suffer from public security for a while because they shot at corporate vehicles. I think there will be an investigation on you too, but since we have the details of the request and the video record, we can handle it in self-defense.

“Please take good care of me.”

– Because that’s my job. Don’t worry and get some rest.

It was also convenient to have an intermediary. It’s because they take a lot of fees. Leonard muttered like a sigh as he closed the miscellaneous windows blocking his view.

“Can’t Jake serve until the car is fixed?”

“Isn’t Leonard’s body first before the car?”

“My body is precious, so I don’t entrust it to just anyone.”

As I spoke while chewing on a cheap energy bar, I lost my persuasiveness. Max, a human with a weak digestive system, was a cyborg who could not eat food.

“Shall we go shopping?”

“page? market?”

“Mr. Max needs a lot. Bed matrices, pajamas, toothbrush, toothpaste, outing clothes, cereals, food ingredients, vitamins and drinks…”

“I am your master. care so much about me And you know what it’s like…”

Leonard looked at Max, who was dead, and put his back into his lungs. Listening to it, it was a necessity for survival beyond the necessities of life. If you add up the commission fee you received from Jack Turner and the commission fee you received from the gunsmith Leila, you could manage to buy the clothes.

“Put this on the ledger. You will have to pay it back later.”

Leonard gave permission, and Sigma and Max were dryly happy.

“I told you that Mr. Leonard is kind, unlike what he looks like.”

“Wow! It’s really different from what it looks like! thank you!”

“How did I look? And since you don’t have any spare money, buy the cheapest one.”

As Sigma said, life was a series of consumption. Even if there was no profit, the expenses were steady, so I needed a new job. I swallowed the energy bar and opened the call list.

“I don’t like this job, but I need to put out the fire urgently…”

As long as he was involved with gangsters, he had to contact him at least once. I frowned and pressed the send button. The bad mood wasn’t because of the communication cost that I made the phone call first.