How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

38. success

When the opportunity arises, you will have to apologize to the twins. The cheaply implanted thermo-optical camouflage device was used too well.

When it comes to fooling a single target, it’s not as good as a cognitive impairment hack, but it’s very useful when fooling an unspecified number of people, especially conditionally reactive surveillance devices.

Geeeing-

Schneider’s unmanned tactical weapon, also known as Automatic Turret, sat on a double-barreled 7.62mm box magazine and moved the camera to stare at Leonard. Leonard held his breath. Even the titanium & vanadium skeleton could not withstand the fire of the cannon. However, the limitations of unmanned weapons were clear.

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Jiing-

The muzzle returned to its original position. Humans would be suspicious of the strange refraction of light, but the unmanned weapon did not respond to shapes that were not clearly recognized as ‘enemies’. Otherwise, the misfortune of shooting smog or flying insects would happen every day.

‘Whew…’

Leonard sighed and moved again. You passed the first gate safely. However, the traditional defense system to compensate for the shortcomings of the automatic turret remained. It was a ‘security guard’ with a history of at least 4,000 years.

Leonard attached himself to the outside wall of the factory and tried to communicate with his brain chip.

“location.”

A helper who was monitoring with a high-powered scope on the rooftop of 25th-8th Avenue, close to the back gate of the factory, responded.

– The left corner.

“left?”

-No, no, by Mr. Leonard’s standards, on the right. Yes. where you see it now

He wasn’t a very reliable helper. Leonard lowered his stance and growled.

“Tell me clockwise! Clockwise!”

-Clockwise? how?

“Assuming north as 12:00 and the enemy’s position as a number… damn…”

I came up with a story that kids these days don’t know how to read an analog watch. Even if I had knowledge, I was not familiar with it, so it was difficult to use it in actual combat (?). There was a lot to teach. That’s when this job is done safely.

Leonard ran over the two guards coming out of the ‘left corner’. The one close to him turned his chin with a fist, and the one a little further away planted a hacking program. It was a savage yet smart suppression. Woodangtang-! thud-!

“great. next?”

– I can’t see it. Maybe opposite?

Then we had about 30 minutes. Leonard pulled out the guard’s memory chip and dragged it into the shade.

The number of guards King Schultz told us is seven in total. Except for one person in the computer room, there were two more groups. I moved to the side door to avoid the surveillance range of the CCTV attached to the outer wall. I followed the conveyor past the warehouse where metal parts were piled up.

“Have you been to Fox Tail?”

A guard’s voice was heard nearby. I lowered my body even further. The sound of the machine running was loud, so I didn’t notice it.

“This week, this is tight…”

“When you have the time, be sure to go. A new product came in this time, but it is no joke.”

“ah? The one in the ad?”

“It’s almost a person. Person. It’s so scrappy and incomparable.”

The Fox Tail was the most famous nightlife on 15th Street. It seems that Geari has introduced a new 30,000 credits. Leonard, who touched the tiger’s beard, couldn’t go and didn’t want to go. A hacking program was planted in the head of a distracted security guard and passed by.

The implant body, which can be mistaken for a human at first glance, got caught on a hanger and moved one after another. I didn’t buy anything in good condition in case someone thought it wasn’t a scrap factory. If there is no limb, it is on the compliant side, and there were also cases where only the torso was left.

‘Is it fully automated?’

After being transported on a trolley conveyor, they were divided by size, material, and manufacturer. Recyclable parts were separated as they were, and non-recyclable parts were disassembled and only the parts were taken out. Modified parts that were difficult to disassemble because the system was not perfect went straight to the disposal site. It will be the daily food for scavengers who rummage through the dump.

‘The body I’m looking for isn’t like this.’

Leonard continued up the conveyor. There were thousands of implants that were scrapped and gathered across the city. Even if a thousand were processed in one day, the factory would not go bankrupt because another thousand would come in tomorrow.

“J-4… No. J-4…”

It was where King Schultz, to be exact, was confirmed by King Schultz’s little friend. The alphabetical order is jumbled, so it’s not a substitute for numbers, it’s like Junior or Juvenile. As expected, the implant body that was classified first appeared because of its small size. It was a time of pure effort from here on out. I flipped over one by one and scanned the model.

-Mr. Leonard? Are you still far away?

Max urged. Since it is not visible from the outside, it seems impatient.

“Hang in there.”

– No, there is another patrol. We’re heading towards the guard we knocked down earlier.

“What? already?”

Looks like you miscalculated the patrol time. Or, since the previous group did not return, they went on a search. Leonard’s hands got busy. The photos stored in the memory chip were flipped through without comparing or analyzing them. Was it luck, or was it because the target was unique and couldn’t be overlooked? Shining Star’s old body was caught.

“found!”

– Wow! got caught! I got caught!

Leonard wrapped himself around his body and stood up. All you have to do now is get out safely. It was the most difficult part of this quest.

Weee woman Wheein-!

Intruder Out! Intruder Out!

Sirens went off both inside and outside the factory. He was a quick-acting security guard. I really didn’t have time anymore. Even if you take down the guards and turrets, the corporate police will come and surround you. The Federal Armed Patrol (FAP) could have been called in if they were unlucky.

– Mr. Leonard, hurry up! Quickly!

“I know!”

Leonard went back the way he had come. Naturally, too many obstacles blocked the way. A foxtail regular security guard raised a rifle.

“That way!”

It would have been better if we couldn’t see each other, but there was no way when it came to this. I detonated the bomb planted in my brain chip. The visual module burned and the spinal nerves twisted. The security guard collapsed convulsively as if he had been electrocuted by high-voltage current.

“Let’s borrow this.”

Leonard picked up the rifle and picked up the Shining Star’s old body that kept slipping. I don’t like Rykov’s products, but I was disappointed with the firepower with a single revolver. Indeed, it came in handy right away.

“It’s Area C!”

“Open fire!”

A third guard opened fire outside the plant. Too-ta-ta-ta-ta-!

Leonard fell under the conveyor belt. Bullets pounded implants and mechanical equipment hanging from the ceiling. It’s absurd to destroy an expensive facility just to keep an old-fashioned body, but I couldn’t convince them that it was wrong. Well, from the security guard’s point of view, the security responsibility was more important than the facility. The cost of repairing the factory was the responsibility of the owner of the factory, and if the intruder could not be removed, everyone would be unemployed.

“Corporate bastards…”

He started hacking immediately, but progress was slow as he went into alert mode. The connection has been disconnected several times due to radio interference. The level of security was different from gangsters using street programs.

I raised my rifle on the conveyor belt and fired back. A 5.56mm bullet developed for anti-cyborg use was fired in three bursts. The security guards, who believed in the firepower of the company’s weapons and were firing at them, took cover left and right in surprise.

“Aren’t you a scavenger?”

“no! You stole an ally’s weapon!”

Leonard fired 18 to 21 shots and moved quickly. When the counterattack slowed down, the guards turned and attacked again. It was exactly where Leonard had been shooting. His shooting skills and reaction speed were amazing. But the ‘solvers’ were a little more amazing.

Taang-!

Gunshots rang out farther than the factory entrance. The guard on the right knelt forward.

“sniper?!”

The guard left alone turned the gun in the other direction. Captured a sniper outside the factory with a high-powered implant eye. However, they did not see any intruders running into the factory wearing thermal-optical camouflage devices. Leonard put a gun to the guard’s side and fired, as expected, with a three-pointer. Tata Tang-!

Even the implant cyborg was not safe with six or so holes. He blocked his sense of pain so he didn’t scream unsightly, but he couldn’t keep his body still and sat down. Leonard pointed at his head and stopped. It’s late, but the hacking program has finished uploading.

“There is no malice.”

I downed the guard’s brain chip and threw the cumbersome rifle aside. He used thermal optical camouflage and cognitive impairment hacking, so he won’t remember his face.

– Mr. Leonard! Hurry up! The public security patrol car is coming!

Max warned, pulling the bolt of ‘Winterfield’. It’s the first time I’ve used it in real combat, but the workmanship was excellent.

– Shall we shoot? Can I shoot now?

However, self-control was a little lacking.

“Are you going to fight the whole city? Get in your car and start it!”

-oh! old story!

Leonard gritted his teeth and ran. The camera lights on the automatic turrets were bright red. All the guards were knocked out, but the alarm was not disarmed. So glad it was. Corporate public security did not come this way.

Time was tight. As soon as Leonard left the factory, a police vehicle pulled into the factory grounds. Going around the building, blocking the front and back doors, barricading and pulling out various guns.

aaa-! aaaeng-!

“You are surrounded! Disarm and come out!”

It’s a scene I’ve seen often in movies, but experiencing it in real life made me feel intimidated. Again, the thrill was proportional to the number of guns. However, if you know the truth, it was a comedy. It wasn’t ‘you’, and I couldn’t go ‘out’. because it’s already out.

Leonard went around two alleys and unlocked his thermo-optical camouflage. The sound of sirens tickled the back of my head. So the laughter came out.

“Wow, did you really succeed?”

Max opened the pickup truck window and stuck his head out. He met his master well and played the role of his assistant. Of course, it wasn’t enough to leave the steering wheel.

“come out.”

“Huh…”

Leonard loaded the implant body into the luggage compartment and secured it with a safety belt. It was a cargo of 9,000 credits, so I had to cherish it. After sitting in the driver’s seat, the tension was relieved.

“Shall we go eat noodles?”

“You only know noodles?”

I don’t like it. It was the Walker family’s new rule to serve a bowl of noodles upon successful completion of the request. Max asked, fastening his seatbelt.

“But how do you get that? agency? Broadcast stations?”

“I have to ask the client to come.”

“What?! Do you know Shining Star’s phone number?”

“Is the teacher ‘Mr.’ and the client ‘Nim’?”

The brokerage fee was not paid, so the income was good. Even after subtracting the information fee given to the twins and the three boxes of potatoes given to the scavenger king, 8,500 credits remained. When combined with the credits collected earlier, it amounted to a down payment for the hotel business.

“Now is the beginning.”

“What?”

Leonard left without answering. It was also the spirit of improvement that moved humans.