How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

32. handshake

Leonard hit the fixer with the steering wheel broken.

“How mad are you going crazy!”

I really wanted to know, but no one could answer me. Ryan Bourne blocked the Wildkid gang from the rear with his body, while Elaia Gardens and Logan Mace fired back to shake off dirt bikes approaching from left and right. The twin pistols and assault rifles fired non-stop.

“Five! Five!”

Max couldn’t stand still. He leaned out of the passenger side window and fired a double-barreled shotgun. Normally, I would hold my back and sit down, but I couldn’t do that now. As Max said, there were five vehicles in pursuit. A medium-sized SUV that follows heavily and four dirt bikes that are like mosquitoes. As the saying goes, I had to borrow at least a cat’s hand.

“Reload!”

cried Logan Mace, leaning against the railing in the luggage compartment. It was already the third reload. The ammunition he had brought for a hefty price was exhausted.

Elaia Garden threw the automatic pistol out of the chamber and pulled out a new gun. It’s embarrassing to treat it like I didn’t buy it with my own credit, but thanks to that, I was able to keep my side. And the fixers in the luggage compartment were also dissatisfied.

“Can’t you go faster?!”

“Go, go, old car!”

Leonard refrained from blaspheming his horse. I got out of the outskirts of the city and left and right were all wastelands. It was a straight road with several kilometers open, so it was impossible to pass a light bike.

“Walker! Paste it to the right!”

Ryan Bourne threw back his empty shotgun and shouted. Leonard glanced in the rearview mirror and followed as directed. The Wild Kid gang, who had been chasing along the guardrail, quickly slowed down and escaped. intended that Ryan Bourne drew a HE grenade and removed the safety pin.

Baaam-!

The Wildkid gang was no ordinary bet either. I sped up and stuck close to the tail and sides. If you hold the delay time long and throw it, it gets out of the explosion range, and if you hold it short and throw it, the fixer party won’t be safe. As with all industrial products, it was not easy to hit the exact range. If you just throw it.

“Shoot!”

Ryan Bourne threw lightly, disregarding his high-powered body. In the meantime, the team’s breathing was shining. Elaia and Logan Mace turned their muzzles and fired HE grenades in unison. It didn’t matter how many shots were fired and how many missed. It took only one hit. Kwa-gwa-gwang-!

There were few fragments, but the impact was great. It was natural since it was a grenade made for anti-cyborg use. A dirt bike overturned, rolled over, exploded, and the SUV was pushed away. Leonard’s pickup truck was also very excited. Max grabs the assist grip and yells ‘Oops! evil! Ouch!’ screamed

Perhaps he was angry because he used a cheap wide-area weapon, and a bike slammed into the left side of the pickup truck. Leonard turned the steering wheel to the left to see the match with mass. However, this gang was braver than expected. He squatted in the driver’s seat of the motorcycle and jumped onto the roof of the pickup truck.

“…Are you a fool?”

He had courage, but lacked intelligence. Or maybe he believed that Leonard was a meticulous rich man, so he would have bulletproofed the ceiling. Leonard, who was not so wealthy, drew his revolver and fired it over his head. bang! bang! A tungsten bullet punctured an aluminum steel plate. The gangster above him also had several holes. It rolled two and a half times and was thrown into the luggage compartment.

“oh! Surprise!”

It was the first time Elia didn’t stutter. Well, the exclamations and screams were also strange to stumble upon. Logan Mace grabbed the scrap gang with one hand and threw it outside. Although not as good as Ryan’s, he had a great body.

“There are three now!”

Two dirt bikes left. Max asked as he reloaded the double barrel.

“You can’t hack cars? Or hacking a driving gang?”

“It is possible if there is an automatic drive system, but if it is manual, it is impossible because it is only analog. It’s hard when the rider is also running.”

It’s not impossible, but it wasn’t easy because the radio waves transmitted and received change depending on the location.

“Kuh-!”

Elia screamed again. This time, it wasn’t a level of surprise. Returning to the right, the Dirt Bike Gang opened fire with an Inglam submachine gun, taking hits in the left arm and side. It won’t die because it’s an implant, but the power is halved. Logan Mays continued his anachronistic comments.

“booster! don’t you have a booster? Like a nitro engine!”

“It’s just a transport truck!”

No booster, but brakes. Leonard yelled at me to hold on tight and then suddenly hit the brakes. The gang, preoccupied with reloading their submachine gun, hit the rear of the pickup truck, unable to adjust to the sudden change in speed. I flew by inertia, but Ryan, who was unwilling to accept it, struck me with a clenched fist. If it was a baseball, it would have been the least hit.

“Now two!”

“no! One!”

Max shouted confidently. Aiming to lose Elia Garden’s fighting power, he accurately hit the gang that approached from the right with two slug bullets. It was rewarding to go out to the wasteland every day to practice shooting. It was also because the gangster was careless because he was a child.

“Now only the big one remains!”

It was the truth to catch a big guy with a big gun. Ryan Bourne changed the exterior of his left arm. A Big Ground light machine gun loaded with 7.62mm rounds came forward.

The gangsters in the SUV freaked out and opened fire, but they couldn’t penetrate Ryan’s armor. Ryan’s only weakness is his non-implanted head, which he wasn’t good enough for headshots from moving cars. Even if I tried to rely on luck, time was not enough. The light machine gun fired bullets back and forth repeatedly. Tung tu tu tu tu tu tung-!

Max stuck his head out the window and admired incessantly. Windshields shattered, headlights shattered, the driver convulsed, the engine compartment cover disappeared, and flames and smoke billowed one after another. In the future, I can boast that I have seen a car being driven by bullets.

Ryan emptied 150 rounds in an instant and stored the hot gun. The Wildkid gang’s SUV sagged behind them and hit the guardrail and stopped. After a while, a faint explosion was heard. Kwakwang…!

The wasteland, without gunfire, was eerily quiet. The car body distorted by gunfire, shell casings piled up on the floor of the luggage compartment, and Elia Garden whimpering while holding a broken arm proved survival.

“7,700 credits… 7,700 credits…”

The battle was over, but Leonard’s spell did not go away for long. The sound of grinding teeth is probably tinnitus caused by shooting a gun for a long time.

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The request Leonard received was to procurement of weapons and escort to the safety zone. By dropping Ryan Bourne and his party at the 3rd secret base in Wing Town, the Big Ground Company request was completed. There was no need to go all the way inside to discuss the next operation.

“Why don’t you join us in exterminating gangs that have come this far? I recommend it to Big Ground.”

Ryan suggested quietly. It must have been a shame since there weren’t many solvers like Leonard.

“I will not accept commissions to kill.”

“What about the people you killed today?”

“Something like an accident that occurred while carrying out a commission.”

Ryan shook his head as if he didn’t understand. However, since each of them had their own way and policy, they could not be forced. Leonard took out a lollipop and said as if passing by.

“There’s a good gunsmith on Third Street south of Tail Town. If supplies are urgent, go see it.”

“It’s okay since Big Ground supplies weapons and ammunition. It is the best advantage of corporate commissioning.”

Other than work, there was nothing to say. When Leonard scratched his face and turned around, Logan Mays offered to shake his hand. He doesn’t have a word around, so he seems to show his liking through his actions.

“Your katana is really good.”

It seems that there is also a sense of homogeneity with a swordsman. Leonard stopped trying to say it wasn’t mine. We don’t see each other often, so it was annoying to explain.

Elia Garden was at a loss as to what to do with her broken left arm removed. When I put my hand in my hand, I didn’t have enough hands to shake. When fighting, he was like a wildcat, but when he was like this, he was like a puppy.

“Does the company repair implants?”

“That, that, that…”

“That’s a bit embarrassing. Good luck with your repairs.”

Goodbye, see you again, today was a little sick, etc. There were no greetings. Only young, innocent Max waved from the passenger seat.

“If you go the way you came, there will probably be an uncomfortable meeting, so let’s turn around and head towards Head Town.”

Leonard started the engine three times with difficulty. It was a request that I took on suddenly, but it was resolved nicely. It was commissioned overnight and the income was good. Excluding the weapons and ammunition brought in, pickup truck repairs, and broker’s fees, you’ll have about 3,000 credits left.

‘Did I have about 10,000 credits?’

After opening an account and doing some addition and subtraction, it was about 9,700 credits. If the slot machine hadn’t been fattened up, it would have been over 10,000 credits, but it was a pity.

“Credits can do a lot.”

“Not gambling?”

“Don’t gamble.”

Leonard tapped the brain chip to make a call. At the urging of the entrepreneur, ‘broker’ Jake, who had been anxiously waiting for a call, quickly received it.

– How did it go? did you handle it well?

“I’m not hurt, thank you for your concern, what’s the hard work between us.”

The agent cleared his throat as Leonard muttered.

-A-044 It goes without saying that the best solver in the city is safe. So what about the request? Is Ryan Bourne’s group all right?

“The company will contact you.”

-Ahh! come now! Also! Also Leonard Walker! I believed you!

The broker was unusually excited. It was not new to know that he was struggling to get in line with the company. Leonard checked the call time and got to the point.

“I also have a request, isn’t it time now?”

-It’s difficult if it’s a long story. you know but…

While being extremely wary of wiretapping from companies, it was contradictory to try to accept subcontracts from companies. Even if that is human nature.

“Come to the 11-1st office tomorrow. lunch or dinner anytime. I’ll boil some potatoes for you.”

-Then let’s go in the evening. I’m busy these days with a lot of work to do.

There was no greeting this time either. It cut like a knife before a minute was up. Max looked suspiciously.

“What about the middleman? Do you want to take a bite?”

“The other side has to pay. Thanks to someone, I’m sweeping the credits.”

The day was long because I had been running since dawn. I was envious of Max yawning as he hugged his shotgun. Leonard also wanted to sleep well for about 10 hours on days like this.

“Those who can sleep should sleep comfortably.”

It wasn’t just about Max. Leonard made a new plan while driving on the open road. It was a slightly more important plan than the lunch menu.