How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

101. Restart

Leonard looked over the finished file and shook his head for a moment.

Elia didn’t investigate in earnest, but it was rumored in the industry, but similar things happened in A-038, A-040, and A-042 cities. Someone had robbed the local gang.

The subjects were slightly different. A fraudster posing as a corporate police officer gathers information, a wasteland fixer kidnaps a gang leader, and an anonymous businessman bribed a spy with a large amount of credit.

“It’s inconsistent.”

“Ha, ha, there is one thing.”

It was a foreigner with no connections in the city. Like Lowell and Rogers from the federal capital.

“Are you going to come out of the national gang?”

“Me, Nationwide?”

“There could be something like that.”

So, I didn’t know how to deal with it. Leonard backed up Elia’s temporary data and loosened his arms.

“Why do you think you are doing this?”

“War?”

There was no reason other than that. It would not be a hobby to investigate the size, funds, territory, friendly personnel and hostile forces of a gang.

“You don’t have to get involved in gang stuff, but…”

Being a resident of Junk Town, I couldn’t be too indifferent. More than anything, I didn’t want to lose my trustworthy implant doctor. It was still unfamiliar to call them friends, so I persuaded myself that way.

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Leonard sent the twins the confession of the bewildered broker and the Elia Garden data. In my personal opinion, I gently added that there are external forces targeting Junk Town and that they seem to be looking for suitable prey.

“Maybe it’s the Wild Kid gang?”

“It’s possible, but probably not.”

“Why?”

“There is no reason to touch the surrounding cities.”

Although the opponent wasn’t the Wildkid gang, I couldn’t shake the suspicion that A-044 City would be the first target.

It was the most recently pioneered city, and it hadn’t been long since the forces had been replaced, and the atmosphere was chaotic with the riots of the liberation front and bandits. Lately, even the middleman was reluctant to accept dangerous requests, so it was easy compared to the surrounding cities.

“A change of forces?”

“It’s only been three years since the Stonehead Gang collapsed.”

The existence of the twins is so great that they are often forgotten. Compared to organizations with a 20-year-old tradition, things like loyalty and solidarity were inevitably weak.

Leonard’s reasoning was plausible, but it was just reasoning. Lowell Lo Rogers, captured alive on 22nd Street, was the most important. Leonard stopped thinking for a moment when he saw Elia Garden looking around the office with the face of a dog in need of menstruation.

“You’re a gangster and an implant doctor. The twins will take care of the rest.”

Even if it wasn’t Leonard, there were people who treated guests well. Jake, the broker, brewed coffee himself and opened a cookie that looked quite expensive. I thought the guest family members would hate it because I was a random guest, but surprisingly they were happy. At this point, it seemed like they were trying to establish a new connection. I couldn’t digest what happened to Junk Town right now, so I was greedy. Being a broker and salesman by nature, I couldn’t help it.

“Your main job is gang work? Is there such a coincidence! I’m tight on this neighborhood gang business! Kwak-! I’m holding it! If you are interested in working here, please do not hesitate to contact us. No, can I contact you first?”

Well, Elaia Garden is the top class in the industry, so from the point of view of a broker with a shallow manpower pole, it was desirable. Not to mention, Jake, the broker, didn’t have a single A-level solver to entrust him with a big job, except for Leonard. It was not easy to roll because even one A-class did not receive a contract request that made a lot of money.

But not everyone liked the treat. Except when fighting, the dispirited black-haired fixer only rolled his eyes with an uncomfortable expression. Leonard helped subtly, adding coffee from the coffee porter to his cup.

“Do it in moderation. Did you forget what Dirty was through?”

“Ummm…”

The atmosphere today was somber. If you go out alone, checks will come in without hesitation. In fact, ‘Dirty’ wasn’t the only dirty thing. The middleman made a sound of pain, but couldn’t give up and started again.

“If there is a broker I work with, I will give you a hint…”

“stop! stop!”

As if listening to Leonard’s wishes, the number of cases to be stopped came. It was the twins’ phone call. Leonard showed the profile on the terminal and received it through the brain chip.

“Please say thank you with a credit.”

– Fixer! I have a new request!

Like an anti-social gangster, he lacked human resources. Leonard expressed the sound of cracks in friendship as a voice.

“I think I’ve been treated as a subordinate because I’ve done that a few times…”

-10,000 credits! With tax-free virtual chips!

“You can order it anytime, Captain.”

I could lightly endure the pathetic eyes around me. It was because the twins’ voices were urgent. It really was.

-Those bastards ran away!

“pup? Which bastard are you talking about?”

-Who must be the bastard here! I’ve sent a chase team now, but I think it’s going to be difficult! My dummy is also smashed and I can’t move!

Leonard turned down the volume and looked at his offline friends. I couldn’t overhear it because it was a brain chip call, but I seemed to sense the seriousness from the expression on my face. Leonard omitted profanity and delivered only the key points.

“I heard Lowell and Rogers ran away?”

Some of my friends touched their foreheads.

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Leonard, Max, and Elia Garden, who were accidentally classified as a party, seized the weapons.

Large guns, small guns, and similar-looking guns were taken out, combined with accessories, and neatly attached somewhere on the body.

“Why are you armed?”

The broker, who did not go to the scene, also loaded his gun. It didn’t seem like he was just caught up in the mood.

“He might come here to retaliate!”

I loaded the 12-gauge anti-cyborg shotgun I had bought at the gunsmith and hadn’t used before, and pumped it twice. The expression on his face was so determined that he was confused as to who the solver was.

“I’ll be busy avoiding the gangsters, but will I come all the way here? And there’s Sigma. I’ll put you back in battle mode, so stay hidden.”

Sigma’s eyes turned red, and he took out the firearms built into his arms and stowed them away. It was well maintained and worked flawlessly.

“I was right next to an angular guy and I was right… How could it have happened like this?”

“If anyone hears it, they’ll know how many hits it took. If you’re uneasy, call a few fixers and put them on standby. If you give me a job, they will come running quickly.”

“The most trustworthy thing right now is the fixers.”

The last word I couldn’t say because I was shy was ‘except for you’. Max tightened the touch fasteners on the chest rig and slung the gun bag over his shoulder.

“I am ready!”

“Me, me, me too…”

Leonard slid his revolver and army knife into a shoulder holster and slid over his hood. The scan device, the thermo-optical device, and the hacking program were tested just right.

“Sigma, I will authorize Internet access, so keep an eye on the situation. The top priority information is whether public security and FAP are dispatched.”

“Yes. Mr. Leonard.”

“Max, take that too. It would be nice if there was nothing to write about, but just in case, let’s take everything we can.”

“A brownie machine gun? Oh okay!”

“Me, me, me?”

Elia asked with her eyes twinkling. Something like teamwork seems cool.

“It’s not their request, so there’s nothing to overdo.”

“Of, commissioned money, 3, 30% is enough.”

“This is four, and that is one, but 30% is too much, isn’t it? Let’s make it 15%.”

The broker pointed a finger at him. ‘Is that including me?’ Even if it was a 4:1 ratio, 20% was hit, but it was 15%. No, before that, Max, the assistant, and Sigma, the android, hadn’t even received commissions. Completely fraudulent, the naive Elaia Gardens were tricked.

“Joe, okay. 15%.”

If you use A-040 City’s best solver certified by Big Ground for 1,500 credits, it’s a big deal. Leonard gave a sneaky smile and pulled out his car keys.

“To the underground parking lot.”

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While starting the car and setting the heavy machine gun, we saw how Lowell and Rogers had escaped. It was a purely ignorant gang mistake. Believing in Leonard’s hacking restraints, he did not even simple restraints.

I’m not saying Leonard’s lock was lax. Perhaps, if access was blocked by jamming or a firewall in the first place, the system could not be revived in the usual way once the authority was taken away. in the usual way.

“I rebooted the system.”

“100 million?”

Simply put, I turned the power off and on.

It’s a very simple method when you think of it as an old-fashioned computer, but it’s crazy when you think about it as a brain chip connected directly to the pituitary gland. If the main chip is forcibly downed without a backup device, side effects such as loss of function and memory may occur, and in serious cases, brain death may occur. Best of all, it was defenseless during the reboot. It wouldn’t have been a situation where he would be safe just because he was sane, but it wasn’t something that could be easily attempted.

“I don’t know… it’s amazing, isn’t it?”

Max, the living human, asked cautiously. Leonard and Elias gave up after thinking about how to explain. A Paleolithic man who relied solely on his brain for body functions could not understand it.

“All the files planted through the backdoor are gone. That means it’s a headache.”

“Is it difficult to hack again?”

“I won’t give you a second chance unless you’re an idiot.”

Knowing that Leonard was an implant hacker, he would have raised the firewall to the highest level, and if an external program infiltrated, he would do anything to physically block it.

“It’s also a problem that we don’t know where we are.”

Since the program was completely initialized, even simple operations such as location tracking could not be performed. But Leonard had Junktown’s biggest gang and the original AI to grind the newest android cheap.

-Currently on the run from District 23. Blocked 7th, 8th, and 9th avenues, so they won’t come that way.

– A public security report has been received from 23-5 Avenue. A duo of scavengers are on the run after robbing a lorry.

Leonard bent the steering wheel violently. The navigation map that came into view was quickly corrected.

“If you go to the overpass from 23-5 Avenue, you can go straight to Wing Town. I intend to run away to the suburbs.”

Max squeezed the passenger side handle and let out screams and questions in reverse.

“Wouldn’t it be safer to hide in Junk Town? why?”

It seemed normal when the screams came out and questions lingered in my head, but when it was the other way around, he seemed strangely calm. Anyway, it was a valid question. Overpasses and federal highways were public places, so they were not good places to avoid pursuit.

“Either you’re scared and you’re running away without thinking…”

It was unlikely that the solvers who dominated a city would do that.

“There must be something to believe in in the suburbs.”

It was clear that he believed very firmly, even to the point of being pursued by fixers, gangs, and corporate police. It also meant that it should be caught in the city where possible.