How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

35. star

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Jake, the broker, pointed from side to side with a heavy body. Like a 7-year-old who did a good deed, half joy and half expectations were buried.

“Good location, good view, and with this, it fits the conditions perfectly.”

It was a construction site at the top of Junk Hill, 18th-8th Avenue, Junk Town. To add a little bit, it was a construction site where construction was suspended. The broker swiped under his nose and said.

“Originally, a waste disposal plant was supposed to come in, but the construction company and investors all went bankrupt, so it’s been neglected for four years.”

“4 years?”

“The Stonehead gang.”

His stone head wasn’t even a tiger, but there were a lot of things left behind.

Leonard looked around the perimeter of the factory. According to the broker, the prospects were good. If you look far away, the skyscrapers of White Town rise like the world tree of ancient mythology, and if you look close, you can see Junk Town’s mole den buzzing with temporary buildings.

“If no one bought it for 4 years, would it be cheaper?”

“Heh. Don’t be surprised. That’s only 330,000 credits!”

Leonard was stunned to no avail. It wasn’t the good side.

“What is so expensive!”

“What? 330,000 for a lot like this is free!”

The Stonehead gang was ruined, but the right did not go anywhere, and there were many things to stab here and there. said the broker.

“It’s only the land price, but it costs extra to raise buildings, pay taxes, and start a business.”

“Dirty Capitalist Commonwealth. Shall we take down the company first?”

It was a sound that Liberation Front terrorists would be happy to hear.

“It’s not a place that will sell right away, so think about it slowly. You’re not going to beat the fixer today, are you?”

That was the truth. People had to work.

“Because I have to eat and live.”

@

A lot of people who are new to society and freelancers agree, I didn’t suddenly come up with a job because I wanted to do it. The self-proclaimed best solver was no different.

It’s been five days since Jugeotchin’s request, but there has been no news. Junk Town’s scavenger is tight with gang warfare, and entrepreneurs don’t look for junk town fixers unless it’s a special occasion. Requests such as assassination, intimidation, revenge, and punishment are in steady demand, but they have not been supplied to good solvers who avoid contract killings.

“Whoa… Is it time to break your faith…”

“If it breaks so easily, don’t call it a conviction.”

“How about millet? It breaks well.”

Machines and humans made fun of cyborgs. It was a comfortable combination because there was nothing to take responsibility for.

“Did you clean your gun?”

“It was cleaned like new.”

“Then go to your room and study.”

“crying…”

Max entered the room crying. I started secondary education not too long ago, and I had a lot to study.

Leonard turned on the TV and flipped through a few channels. Fort Bionic’s new implant advertisement – Find the ‘real’ body you lost as a child! – Azdec’s purified potato advertisement – Guaranteed 7.7% taste and nutrition that cannot be filled with energy bars – etc. .

“yes?”

Leonard’s fingers stopped. Not because of the funny commercials, but because of the familiar sentences.

“Shining Star?”

Maxficial was the hottest rock singer these days. It seems that there is enough recognition to advertise implants on corporate broadcasts. Sigma opened a window in the corner of the TV.

“Shining Star. Jane Kurt. A-038 from City. A rock-singer who debuted seven months ago with her first album ‘After the War’.”

I had never heard the song, but the iridescent hair and innocent implant face had a strange charm.

“Are you popular?”

Sigma changed the data and launched it

“I don’t know about people like Leonard, but he ranked #1 in official and unofficial web popularity polls, #1 celebrity you want to date, and #1 woman you’re likely to have sex with.”

“What is someone like me? Oh, don’t tell me. It must be a dog scratching his stomach.”

Leonard turned his attention to idle fads and changed the channel. Breaking news came out that a psycho cyborg attacked a truck owned by a company, and the FAP mobilized and turned it into a hive in 7 minutes and 30 seconds. The riot police armed with two war machines and heavy weapons were bloody.

“The psycho cyborg problem is serious.”

“Is it because of the snowball?”

“There is no physical evidence, but it must be so under the circumstances, right?”

Leonard thought of the Volcano Gang. If the problem grows, companies will use their hands, so I wondered what kind of guts they had. No, even if the public security condoned it, it was not good for business to have such a decrease in regular customers. Why don’t you stop selling?

‘Should I dig it?’

Curiosity aroused a little, but died quickly.

‘It’s not like anyone gives credit. Let’s quit.’

Pros don’t work for free. No matter what anyone said, he was not interested in talent donation.

Ding-dong-!

“There’s another one that imitates a tiger.”

Leonard shook his hand with a disgusted look on his face. At such an impolite time, there was no other guest than the one downstairs. After waiting for a while, the bell rang again. Ding-dong- Ding-dong-

Sigma checked the front door camera and squared his lips together. It was unclear whether they were surprised or teased by the limitations of the second-generation Android.

“Mr. Leonard, this is your guest.”

“A person without credit is not a guest.”

“I think it’s going to be big by my calculations.”

Then it wasn’t a chin. Leonard connected the brainchip’s vision sensor to the front door camera. I wore a cap and covered the hood, but I couldn’t completely hide my features. Like rainbow colored hair…

“Is that hair fashionable too?”

Otherwise it would be a real tiger.

@

Max opened the door and peered out. Even when I was told to come out and sit down, I shook my head as if I was shy. Are you ashamed of your messy hair and childish pajamas?

“Nothing expensive, would you like some counterfeit coffee?”

Leonard glanced at the bodyguard or manager and suggested it. It’s probably both. He categorically refused to drink unknown drinks.

“Thank you, I will drink.”

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Jane Kurt of ‘Shining Star’ willingly accepted the coffee, whether she believed in such a bodyguard or was just being polite. Real coffee, like all real luxury goods, was expensive and could not be obtained, and was a cheap drink with only coffee aroma. To be honest, I didn’t like the taste.

“Why do you look at me like that?”

“Ah, excuse me. I’m curious.”

It means that it is strange to see a millionaire sipping flavored coffee, but Shining Star took it differently.

“You were surprised to come to me so suddenly.”

“No, more than that…”

Leonard pointed to the coffee cup. Shining Star’s face turned slightly red. It was also a millionaire’s implant.

“I grew up in Junk Town too. I am more used to this than fine food.”

It was possible because he was a surprise star who appeared like a comet. Leonard looked at the bodyguard again.

‘Then that friend must be a new friend too.’

Although I never met celebrities, I often handled requests from celebrities. All of them were dishonest requests. If it was the same this time, I would have come to find it myself because I had no one to trust.

“Is there anything I can do to help?”

I didn’t come here to drink coffee, so I said it whenever I asked. But it was an opportunity to look inside. Shining Star looked at the bodyguard, not Leonard. It was an appropriate answer. Leonard’s pupils turned into small hexagons.

Gying-

It was Leonard who heard the sound, but the bodyguard responded. I hung my head and passed out. Shining Star screamed in surprise.

“oh! Mr. James!”

Leonard said, putting the coffee away.

“The bodyguard lacks vigilance. You don’t know that I am an implant hacker, do you?”

“That, that’s because I lied about meeting a friend.”

“It seemed like that, so I put it to sleep for a while.”

Shining Star was relieved after checking to see if James and his party were breathing.

“Failures don’t last long. Let’s talk about work before the brainchip reboots. What can I ask for?”

Even if I didn’t realize it with my head, I saw hacking skills and improvisation skills at the same time. It was enough to trust the solver named ‘Leonard Walker’. Shining Star got to the point without hesitation.

“Please find my implant body, my old body.”

It wasn’t a request to kill someone, but I liked it. And I liked the commission fee even more.

@

Leonard put Shining Star’s material on TV and crossed his arms. The difficulty was quite high, but it was a 9,000 credit quest.

“Whew…”

Max, on the other hand, sighed. Over 20 times this morning alone. Leonard was slightly annoyed.

“What are you complaining about? Isn’t that the job of your favorite top star?”

“Star… Star…”

Max sighed again.

“Stars are beautiful when seen from a distance. If you get close to it, it’s just a lump of sizzling stone.”

“Oh, the effect of secondary science education is coming out.”

It was not a statement that sparked a passion for science. It was a remark made because of Shining Star’s old implant body.

“The star I imagined is not like this!”

The appearance of a shining star on stage and in advertisements was a lie. In reality, or the past, it was ugly because it was ordinary. With a big face and a full torso, he wasn’t even attractive. The first body tends to fit the living body, so if it’s not overdone with a unique aesthetic view, that’s the real look. Leonard reprimanded quietly.

“Is the only thing you liked about implants?”

“It’s not…”

“Look at the character, look at the talent, look at the effort. Because Shining Star is a real star.”

Max quietly raised his head.

“If a singer who enjoys cheap coffee, worries about the safety of his friends first, and puts effort into making his soul resonate with talents that cannot be made by machines, what is a singer if not a star?”

A look of admiration crossed Max’s face. Respect for the mentor rose slightly.

“But Leonard, you’ve never heard Shining Star’s songs, have you? Does your soul cry? Really?”

“…If you don’t cry, I’ll beat you and make you cry. Does it matter?”

Shining Star’s request is to find the old implant body. It was abandoned by the agency and flowed into the black market of Junk Town, but no celebrity with a star sign from another city could be found. The agency not only did not cooperate with the past because it could be a scandal, but even attached surveillance to interfere. So, as a last resort, I hired a fixer.

Leonard Walker, the best solver in A-044 City you can trust.

“I became a star because I had a good eye. It is very good to spend.”

“I don’t think so…”

Leonard didn’t care, organized the data and saved it to his phone. Some people, like Max, didn’t have a brain chip, so an external output device was needed. Max raised a newbie-like question.

“But what way? The black market in Junk Town is huge. There are thousands of scavengers collecting scrap metal?”

“Scavengers are like that.”

Leonard shared the wisdom of a veteran with his young mentee.

“Anyone can pick it up, but transplanting can only be done by experts.”

“aha! An implant doctor?”

I just knew the best implant doctor in Junk Town.