How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

89. restore

The twins made strange faces. It was a lively expression for a full-body implant.

“At most they lend me a new one, so they break it in one day, what are you saying?”

Leonard waved his motionless left arm below the elbow.

“This is a bad product. It just grazed my fist, but it’s okay.”

Max let out a deep sigh, inappropriate for his age. I was curious about when the body floated and flew away, if it was just a brush.

The twins crossed their arms and glared at each other. I don’t get wrinkles because I have chrome skin, but for some reason it reminded me of my cheon (川) character and 8 (八).

“As promised, pay tenfold.”

“If you help me this time, I will compensate you a hundredfold, not tenfold?”

“yes? So 240,000 credits?”

“…Thinking about it, ten times seems appropriate.”

24,000 credits is a lot of money, but it was enough to pay as long as you caught the liberation front. This is because, like a first-class criminal group that committed corporate terrorism, an unprecedented bounty was put on them.

“If you can prove that you are a Liberation Front terrorist regardless of life or death, 100,000 credits for each. Up to 1,000,000 credits for key figures in the organization.”

“Up to 1 million? Was it 350,000 last time?”

“I got up because of this.”

Leonard rolled the Psycho Chip between his fingers. Corporate public security was not an idiot, but guessed who was behind the distribution of psycho chips.

“Is that it? A new drug that turns you into a madman?”

Strictly speaking, it is not a drug, but the illegal electronic chip distribution network is there, so electronic drug dealers treat it as a commodity.

“But can I track it with that? Among our kids, there were kids who prided themselves on being smart, but they couldn’t even catch their tail.”

“Then you’re not smart.”

About 30 percent of the implant’s brain expressed displeasure with the gangster twins. I hated the prejudice that all gangs were stupid. Being a gang member and an implant doctor, he could have made such a claim.

‘But you’re not a pure gang, are you?’

It should be seen as an exception because it is a hybrid with the memories of a gang, doctor, and entrepreneur mixed, but it was not mentioned for smooth interpersonal relationships.

“It’s not to say that experts are different.”

“Hmm…”

There are more people who regard the fixer as a gangster who is only good at fighting, but as expected, he did not mention it for interpersonal reasons. Social life was like that.

“If you are confident of a solver like you, you should believe it. great. What can I do?”

It’s not free, but it didn’t matter. I had enough confidence to pull out the cost. First, the back side of the psycho chip was shown.

“To the extent that memory sockets are used, the basic frame is a memory chip. Get me a simulation brain, a data analyzer, and some e-drug dealers.”

“What are you asking for so much?”

The most difficult part of the implant procedure was the ‘brain’. Among the many doctors in Junk Town, the twins were the only ones who could handle implant brains. He himself was the evidence and witness, so there was no doubt. As you might have guessed, we had all the equipment we needed. Max looked at him strangely.

“Is this the brain?”

“It’s for simulation.”

At first glance, the large and heavy-looking body, the blunt monitor, and the three-fold keyboard make it look like an old-fashioned computer from a century ago. The twins wiped the dust accumulated on the main body after-! blown away Max’s suspicion deepened.

However, unlike what it looks like, cutting-edge simulation equipment was correct. The twins split the triple keyboard to create input values for a virtual brain to simulate. My fingers bounced wildly like showers.

“If the purpose is to extract information, the subject is not so important, but it is difficult if it is a newborn baby or a deaf old man. great. I set it to be the most normal cyborg in my twenties. Can we test the psycho chip now?”

“It is important to read memories. If possible, try to restore the record before it is formatted.”

The twins inserted the psycho chip into the simulator body. I think I should hear the driving sound of Tdi-Dik-Tit-Dik-Wheein, but there was no noise from the cooler running because it was a state-of-the-art equipment.

“Is it a Rycorp memory chip? It’s the cheapest among the brands, but it must be burdensome for a scavenger to use. 300 credits these days, right?”

“200 credits. Doesn’t the person who sells implants even know the most basic implant prices?”

“Because they don’t handle such small products.”

The twins were as great as the cutting-edge simulation equipment. We restored the deleted memories of the Psycho Chip while having fruitless chatter. It may not seem like a big deal, but it was a task that would take several days for the technical team, which is said to be the company’s best.

“Should I see for myself?”

“If possible.”

The twins turned the largest of the monitors on the operating table toward Leonard. Leonardo da Vinci’s human body proportions are on the desktop, but they quickly disappeared.

-…Gold is being tested. Identification number H-098. Yes. No problem.

A video with a lot of noise came out. The sound also hummed and cut off every 1 or 2 seconds. The picture quality was not suitable for the 21st century.

“Why is this?”

“It’s because the data is corrupted. Because I erased the old memory and reprogrammed it.”

Except for the bad quality, it was quite a novelty. In particular, it was the first time that Max, who was not a cyborg, experienced ‘the vision of another person’.

“Who is this?”

“The last person to use this chip. Although it is the simulation brain that reproduces memories now.”

On the other hand, it was a familiar sight to the implant hacker Leonard. When examining the scavenger’s memory chip, it would often peek at the user’s video records. This time, he only uses an external device due to the risk of becoming psychotic.

– All good. Reusable. After clearing the memory, change the mode.

The noise got worse. Max let out a pitiful exclamation.

“Is this the end? Anything else? Something like the memory of the previous owner?”

The twins’ hands became even busier. Collecting fragmented data and restoring it as a video was not an easy task.

“I could have stopped. There is no way they captured the owner of the memory chip alive and retrieved it right before the experiment.”

I don’t know if it was stolen from its previous owner or bought on credit on the black market, but it’s probably just a small, lightweight memory chip that was transported to a lab – or a manufacturing room. Even if I tried to restore my previous memories, it would be a trivial daily video.

“Let’s start with this. Go back to the beginning.”

The twins rewinded the video without saying anything. It was strange to do as the big gang boss told me to do. However, I couldn’t enjoy it because I had to find clues about the Liberation Front in the 1 minute and 20 second video.

“storage? Construction site? Could it be a nuisance?”

“Doesn’t that sound like a cozy place?”

The twins did their best to reduce the noise. The results appeared little by little. There are still some cracks and distorted places, but I managed to see the background.

“Is this B?”

“what?”

The twins made a high note. It could be misunderstood, but it was a real misunderstanding.

“No, I didn’t score it, this fellow. A liberation front terrorist who introduces himself as ‘B’.”

“Oops? Really?”

′′ you’ve never seen it too. Was it before you came to the office?”

Leonard watched closely the memory chip user in the video, to be exact, the right-frontal man whose simulation brain was ruminating. The video was broken, so the waist and chest were dislocated, and one shoulder was drooping, but it was certain. He was a self-proclaimed liberation front soldier who washed his mouth after putting in a request for 100,000 credits.

“Good start.”

The heart attack turned into a physical symptom. It became clear that the Psycho Chip was a Psycho Cyborg terrorist group.

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Leonard pointed out the clues like a self-confident ‘expert’.

“First of all, it is not a white town. Because such a messy building doesn’t exist, and even if it does, corporate public security is patrolling from time to time, so it’s dangerous.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Can you hide there without going crazy?”

Even if it was only dark under the lamp, there was no hiding the gunpowder that would burn brightly in a small fire.

“And it’s not even downtown. Even if the video recorder is attached to the corner of the wall, a space of this size is over 230 square meters.”

“Ah, there are many large and spacious construction sites in Junk Town, right?”

“A place like that is a scavenger’s lair.”

There was no way a homeless tramp would leave such a nice place alone. Scavengers can be driven out by force, but rumors cannot be quelled by anything, so it wasn’t even a junk town.

“Then Head Town? Wing Town? Could it be Tail Town?”

“What time was this video recorded?”

Leonard’s question was directed at the twins. As long as record storage is the main focus, time certainly remained.

“From 17:22:25 to 17:24:43.”

“It’s 5:30 in the afternoon…”

Even if I told them a specific time, it was disgusting to receive it casually.

“Sunset is a bit later in the summer.”

“What do you mean?”

Leonard didn’t answer, focusing on the memory image. After running for a total of 2 minutes and 18 seconds, it stopped when the recorder turned his head. There was no glass, so the sun was visible through the empty window.

“A-044 City is a very big city.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Because the population of Junk Town alone is close to 10 million.”

It is impossible to make an official count because there are many scavengers without citizenship, but if it is more than 10 million, it is more than less.

“The head town and the tail town are located in the northeast and southwest, so there is a difference in sunset time.”

“Hey, wait a minute. Are you trying to find the location with the sun that came out briefly over there?”

“There is a clock and there is a sun, but there is no reason not to find it.”

Of course, the people to find were twins. Such troublesome calculations were not for Leonard. Then one of the twins growled, as if splitting itself. The other nodded and ran the computer, and even though they shared the same implant brain, it seemed that there was something special about them.

“This is such a crazy idea, but I think I can do it.”

“wow! Really?”

“I still need some more information. There may be errors depending on what floor this is on.”

“First floor. No matter how tall it is, it’s on the second floor.”

Leonard was sure. As Max and the twins looked at him, he elaborated.

“Those who run away do not hide in high places. Hide underground or close to the ground.”

“Uh… Come to think of it, I guess so?”

“Because I instinctively avoid exposed places. You should be able to run away at any time.”

“Well, if you hide on the 20th or 30th floor and get caught, you’ll die.”

It was a know-how that came from experience. The twins admitted a bit of professional pride. Then, the sun’s altitude was calculated from the date and time remaining in memory and the average ground height in A-044 City. Even so, it’s only a few minutes difference, so you have to take into account the error, but it was a clue to start something.

“You’re right. It’s Tail Town.”

After all, a smart solver was better than a smart gang. The tail of up to 1 million credits was caught. Now it was time to work with the body.

“Before that, find the truck first. You’re not going to walk.”

It was time to take care of the overdue work.