How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

88. floor

An unidentified trio of people using psycho chips, now one of them reduced to a duo, shouted. If it was a fake to distract Leonard, it was a success.

“Public security?”

It is called public security, but in reality, the armed group that only cares about the well-being of companies is not welcome, and the solvers are the same. Leonard was startled and scanned his surroundings. However, the only ones caught by the Hexagon module were the dismembered psycho cyborg and the residents of 28th Street who were startled and hid from the gunfire.

“Could it be me?”

They seem to have mistaken Leonard and Max for security agents. Just thinking about it, it could have been. It wasn’t common to be a gangster or a scavenger, but it wasn’t common for people to chase a psycho cyborg in a lawless zone. The luxurious coat and body, which are hard to find in Junk Town, also played a role. Leonard groaned at the unpleasant misunderstanding.

“Federal Armed Patrol (FAP)! Turn around and kneel!”

Even if you curse at corporate dogs, power is a good law. As soon as the opportunity arose, I impersonated it. However, not everyone cooperated with public security. The worse the quality of the crime, the worse it was.

“Not many! Kill and escape!”

“uh? uh huh Am I a public security?”

When Leonard revealed his true identity (?), it became even more heinous. There seems to be a reason why it should never be caught.

The vicious duo split left and right and charged. It was pretty effective at zig-zagging to avoid sniping. Max’s shot hit the bare floor.

“It’s going very far.”

Seeing the harsh reaction, I guessed his true identity. Still, it was better to capture it for confirmation. Coincidentally, the implant hacker was a master of capture.

“Public Safety Hacking Beam!”

As if he secretly liked the public security impersonation, he spat out something. Hacking was real though. As long as I had enough time, I uploaded all the tolerable programs. Suicide, overload, jamming, nerve block, implant tuning, etc. were selected appropriately and performed. The two-member visual sensor was broken and their feet were twisted, so they fell down.

Leonard retreated slightly to avoid the rolling duo. It’s not that I don’t have confidence in punching, but it was difficult to use because it was an implant borrowed from a gang.

“Certainly the brain chip is not broken. So is it a half-psycho cyborg?”

The ‘real’ Psycho, whose brain chip had melted, was impossible to hack except to block radio waves from each implant part. Other than a hacker like Leonard, they couldn’t pick up radio waves from a broken device, so they were generally immune to hacking.

“If hacking works, the psycho chip isn’t too much of a threat… Huh?”

The duo was strangely silent. I thought that I was silent because I was ashamed of tripping over my own feet, but I came to the conclusion that it couldn’t be.

“Grrr.

“Keuheu-!”

The duo let out a sound that I didn’t know if it was laughter or crying. It was a scene I often saw while acting as a solver.

“Max! Shoot!”

-Yes? didn’t you catch it? did you put the gun in?

It sounded like it was coming down from the roof of the building. Leonard gritted his teeth and drew his revolver. One arm was not alert, so I was a little late. When the gun was aimed, the target disappeared. hacking is done

“Oh, what…”

All the programs I tried to upload disappeared. No, the device itself was not caught. The word ‘Unknown’ came to mind on the hacking system window that was open in sight.

-Mr. Leonard? Mr. Leonard! What happen?

Leonard was unable to relay the situation. This is because one of the two who disappeared from sight attacked from above. I dodged by rolling forward. It wasn’t something I thought about, but it was appropriate. Had I dodged backwards, I would have been crushed by the cyborg’s fist several times faster than usual. The sound of the wind cutting was creepy.

“Really?”

The possibility of strengthening the firewall or jamming radio waves was remarkably low. When it penetrated the device, it was confirmed that there was no special security program. The red-hot implant eyes foretold new possibilities.

“Did it really melt?”

The brain chip melted. He became a real psycho cyborg.

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Just a moment ago, I warned Max of the dangers of psycho chips, but he was exposed to them. I didn’t have time to calmly reason about why this happened. The opponent was a two-person group. In addition to the one who jumped up, there was another one running forward. It was right after the front roll, so I couldn’t escape. He covered his face with his right arm and supported it with his left arm. Psycho Cyborg’s fist hit the guard. bang-!

Leonard’s implant body was lightweight. Even if it is lightweight, it is slightly over 100kg, but it is light compared to the average implant weight. The body rose in the fist of the psycho cyborg.

‘It’s a borrowed arm…!’

The difference in weight class was too great for a hand-to-hand combat. Even there were two of them. Before any part of his body touched the ground, the psycho cyborg that rushed ahead approached him. thud! A strong shock came to the nape of the neck, and the body was fixed in the air. I choked and the visual module momentarily crashed. Psycho Cyborg grabbed his neck from behind.

Leonard reflexively wrapped around his neck, but he couldn’t release the Psycho Cyborg’s power. Due to the difference in physique, both legs trembled. It was like a death row inmate hanging from a gallows. No, things were worse than that. The gallows rope is not spun with will.

“Kuh… Ghh…”

Not being able to breathe was a secondary problem. Before that, it felt like my neck bones would break. It could have been pulled out along its spine. I thought I wouldn’t see anything good if I continued to act as a fixer, but I didn’t expect it to be such an absurd end.

“Mr. Leonard!”

Leonard is a human too, so he will die someday, but that wasn’t today. This is because Leonard’s party is also a two-member group. Max jumped off the roof of the building and fired his shotgun. I was very nervous because the bullet was shot while breathing heavily, but luckily it missed Leonard.

The psycho cyborg that was clamping down on Leonard’s neck was pushed back by Slug’s enormous power. I was barely able to get out of his grasp.

“The two of you cowardly…”

He’s not a psycho who can understand what people say, but even if he did, he wouldn’t mind. As proof, he responded to the gunshot, not Leonard. Leaving Leonard gasping for breath, he rushed at Max. It was clear that the first shot was a fluke. Max freaked out and fired a second bullet, but it missed.

“Mom!”

Being a young and soft biological human, even a collision would cause bones to shatter. However, as I mentioned earlier, Leonard’s party was also a two-member group. In danger of breaking his neck, Leonard desperately activated the hack he had planted. The Psycho Cyborg’s right leg twisted as it emitted sparks. He stumbled and rolled sideways, about a meter ahead of Max. He was slammed into the outer wall of an unknown building and covered in cement powder.

“Finish it!”

Leonard shouted at Max and focused on the Psycho Cyborg, who was hit by a slug bullet. The right arm that had been cutting Leonard’s throat was broken as if it had been eaten with a big bite.

“Shall we see each other again?”

“Aagh!”

Psycho Cyborg charged like a beast. But it didn’t mean sticking with fists. Leonard picked up the revolver ‘Army’ and fired. bang! I didn’t think I would be stopped with one shot, so I kept shooting. bang! bang! Kwak! bang!

The psycho cyborg’s body staggered from side to side with each shot of fire from the muzzle. However, the psycho cyborg was a psycho cyborg. 45 caliber tungsten bullets hit six times, and finally came to the front.

“There is still one tablet left.”

That wasn’t the original line, but one shot was appropriate since there was no way he would die with one shot. I threw ‘Army’ on the floor and pulled out ‘Air Force’. Even though he didn’t have reason, he had emotions, so his expression was worth seeing. Leonard had his revenge time with a bright smile. bang! bang! Kwakwang-!

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A total of four scraps were created, including the first target, the solver Psycho Cyborg. It was handled so roughly that there were no parts worthy of credit. This area scavenger will be very disappointed.

“This is also broken.”

Leonard pulled out the psycho chip that was plugged in instead of the memory chip. Of the first trio Max sniped down, only one chip was intact. Other than that, when the brain chip melted, it melted and became black charcoal.

Leonard flipped the rumored psycho chip back and forth. I somehow retrieved it, but I didn’t have the courage to plug it into the socket. You will have to check with an external device.

“It is true that the Liberation Front made it.”

“How do you know? Is there a logo on it?”

Max put the gun bag on the floor and sat down on it. I pretended to be fine, but my legs were shaking. I didn’t ask if it was because I was sprinting on the roof or because I almost died.

“You really hate public security.”

“Where is the resident of Junk Town who likes public security?”

Leonard tossed the intact psycho chip to Max. It was the only loot for this quest.

“There are risks with that chip, but the timing is tricky.”

“Timing?”

“Because they both became psychos at the same time.”

The danger of the psycho chip was probability. It was similar to Leonard’s favorite gamble. ‘Just one more time’, ‘one more time’, ‘one last time’ and become a psycho cyborg. Thus, the odds of both being psycho cyborgs at the same time were as low as the odds of winning the jackpot at the same time.

“Then, like in Snowball, who controls it?”

Max jumped up and looked around. It was the place Leonard had already scanned.

“You’ll have to analyze it to find out, but the conditional command must have been planted.”

“What conditions?”

“Probably a hack.”

When the hacking file was installed on the brain chip, the psycho chip seemed to ignite. It was similar to the program used in Snowball, so it must have been the work of the Liberation Front.

“This is my second snowball.”

“Worse than that.”

“Because you can’t use hacks?”

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Just like dealing with a psycho cyborg, I had to hack the implant parts myself. Although difficult, it was not invincible. But there was another reason for the trouble.

“Because a psycho is not a drug-soaked back alley scavenger, but a fixer wearing military implants.”

That was a bit creepy.

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With nothing to buy and no car, I packed up my psycho chip and returned to the broker’s office.

I briefly explained it wirelessly, but due to time constraints, I had to repeat it. The broker was depressed when he learned that the new face he had cast had died. Leonard laid his arms loosely on the back of the sofa and comforted me.

“This floor is short-lived. If it wasn’t for the psycho chip, he would have died soon after.”

“Is that comforting?”

Max looked at him strangely. But consolation was right. The intermediary is ‘Is it so?’, ‘Is it true?’ I cheered up while doing it. If you stay on the floor for a long time, it seems to go away.

“What about that psycho chip?”

The broker’s request for 2,000 credits was for the dead solver, so the three-member loot that had nothing to do with the request belonged entirely to Leonard.

“If there is nowhere to dispose of it, give it to me cheaply.”

“why? to sell?”

“Uh huh, I’m going to hand it over to the police. They’re not very trustworthy, but I got burned during snowballing, so I’ll take care of it.”

Leonard refused. The broker was not trustworthy. And I didn’t set out to take a broker’s pennies.

“If you’re going to hand it over, you have to grab the body and hand it over. Wait, how much did you say the bounty for the Liberation Front was?”