How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

99. neurons

The Twins were quite embarrassed when the confident assault team was wiped out.

There can’t be only two squads in the combat unit of the giant gang that took over Junk Town, but I didn’t think it would require more power, so I didn’t mobilize it. The rest of the gang surrounding the commercial building was meager in terms of weapons, training, and implants, making it difficult to maintain a siege. Dealing with a skilled killer in a crowded room was virtually impossible.

“Should I light a fire?”

“City arson is a first-degree crime. Take responsibility and go to Orange Prison or shut up.”

Leonard put his hands in his coat pockets and approached the gang headquarters. It was clear that the gang remaining outside was ragtag. There was no gang to block outsiders’ access to the operation area. Gangs were gangs, even if they imitated the military.

“Then blow it up with a bomb!”

“Where is the bomb? Did you bring anything secretly from me?”

“Ah… no.”

“If you keep talking bullshit, I’ll put you in there first.”

Finding the person in charge wasn’t difficult. Confused about whether it was a cyborg or an android, ‘something’ looked up at the abandoned building with a disapproving expression. If you scan it, it’s 100% machine, but I wasn’t sure there was not a whole body implant cyborg. Leonard thought for a moment before approaching.

“Is that the captain?”

The full body cyborg turned his head at a minimal angle and looked at it. The movement of the lens was natural.

“Leonard Walker?”

“Do you know me?”

“It’s me. They are twins.”

There are many twins in the world, but the person who is called ‘twin’ as a referential noun was probably the only one.

Leonard thought it was the Triplets, not the Twins. It’s not impossible because there are at least three memories mixed in the implant brain…

“This is a Dummy.”

“ah…”

It was the implant body for the twins’ outdoor activities. The main body—rather, the body that I like to use—is probably connected to the port equipment of the clinic. This is why not many people know the identity of the twins.

“Your work must be done? what’s the matter?”

“The request has not come in yet.”

“yes? I guess I forgot because I was distracted.”

The twins’ dummy implants said sullenly. However, the request was not sent.

Transferring credit wasn’t terribly difficult, and it was obvious why the author with the equipment to control the pile remotely still wouldn’t do it.

“What do you want?”

“You guessed it too.”

Leonard sighed. I thought it would be like this, so I didn’t leave and came back, but I had nothing more to say to say that I was waiting for it because I knew it would be like this.

“I am not asking for free help. Are you paying an extra fee? Aren’t you embarrassed if you can’t catch them too?”

Couldn’t finish it here ‘Are you the one who gave the information to the gang!’ I thought it would be a headache if I came to pick it up.

“How much will you give me?”

“Is it okay if it’s hot?”

It was a total of 20,000 credits. That was enough to revive his broken will. However, the pro was not able to move lightly.

“If you die, even 200,000 is useless, not 20,000.”

The twin dummy laughed mechanically.

“Is the best fixer in Junk Town killed by a nameless bastard like that? I haven’t seen you like that, but are you secretly timid?”

“Boss, shall we call the broker? A broker I know well is working with Ryan Vaughn.”

The twins were pros at scratching pros. Leonard snorted, but didn’t readily answer. When Leonard was halfway over, the twins wedged themselves in.

“I’m not asking you to go in alone. Just back up my kids. It won’t be easy to fight if the hacker looks after you.”

“Anyway, I think it’s possible.”

I feel a little cheated, but the additional request has been established under good conditions.

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Leonard grabbed one of the Twins executives and asked if they had a military drone. The executive made a face that said, “What kind of bullshit?”

“Do we look stupid? If there was such a thing, I put it into action a long time ago!”

Flying an unlicensed drone in a city center was a 4th degree crime. This is because it disrupts the company’s cargo transportation. It’s funny how the gang abide by the law, but with the pro-corporate Twins, it seemed possible. In the end, I rented a few corporate drones flying overhead without permission.

“Hey! Did you just hack the cargo drone? That’s a crime!”

“…Are you guys really gangsters?”

As with everything people do, information is power. Leonard linked the implant eye to the drone camera and sent it to the second and third floors of the shopping mall.

The second floor is a dining room with a large round dining table, and the third floor is an office with a few cabinets, both messy. Bullet marks continued intricately from wall to wall, and furniture that looked like it had been cut with a cutter rolled across the floor. There were also several traces that seemed to have been smashed with demolition equipment.

“Now, where are you?”

It wasn’t difficult to find a knife and a lump of iron. It was the largest room on the third floor. A woman with a long sword in her hand was sitting on the edge of the desk, and a tall man over two meters was sitting on the bare floor in an upright position.

His expression was calm despite being besieged by a triple-digit gang. They seem to be talking, but the sound is small and the drone is not in good condition, so I couldn’t hear it. Leonard’s fingers flicked slowly. I got close enough to overhear the conversation. But it didn’t work out as intended. The giant’s eyes moved toward the drone. The unavoidable attack came with a large, blunt cargo drone. The connection was lost in an instant.

“You have an interesting body.”

Leonard put the remaining drone out the window and watched the gangsters. In the meantime, the second assault team was prepared. Although not as well armed as the first gangs, they were slightly outnumbered.

“This is the first room on the 3rd floor. I don’t have a gun, but don’t let your guard down. It’s not an ordinary implant cyborg.”

“It’s good if you’re not scared in this situation.”

Knowing the location of the target, there was no need to waste time from the first floor. The gang hesitantly climbed the stairs. Leonard followed behind with an unreliable face. To be honest, the gangs added more. If Leonard hadn’t come, I wouldn’t have been put in like this.

“I’m so fucking nervous… Nimiral…”

“Do it, I can only trust the solver hyung!”

It was foolish to trust others in Junk Town. As proof, the leading gangster was killed in an instant. A bright red blade came out from the corner of the stairs and stabbed the gang in the neck before quickly disappearing. Gang, whose prosthetic eyes were not good, could not see properly. Only belatedly confirmed the body of a colleague who collapsed spurting blood and lubricant.

“Whoa! fuck! out!”

“right! right!”

The gangsters who couldn’t climb all the way up the stairs recklessly raised their guns. Leonard rubbed his forehead. Gunfire erupted loudly, but the target was unlikely to hit. It didn’t come out from the shooting angle in the first place. He knocked on the concrete wall and produced only unhealthy cement powder.

The second attack started from the left corner. The hammer head flew like a spear and smashed the head of the second gang. The gangs turned their guns belatedly, but the 8 to 30 round magazines had already run out.

“Did you tell me to solve it from the beginning?”

It felt like playing with twin tricks. Leonard suddenly charged a cargo drone waiting outside the building. It was a drone missile that I like to use when I don’t have to worry about credit. It wouldn’t be able to subdue the monstrous combination, but it could create a gap for a while.

As expected, the cargo drone was immediately smashed. Leonard drew his revolver and hurled himself to the top of the stairs. Blades and hammers flew half a beat late. The tip of the knife grazed the back of his head, and a lump of iron passed between his armpits.

This was the speed at which it responded after destroying the drone flying from the side, so it was truly terrifying. However, looking at the physical speed alone, the bullet was about 14 times faster. Leonard fired both sides simultaneously with the revolvers in both hands. thump-! thump-!

Leonard fired two shots at a time, not overconfident in his marksmanship. And quickly rolled forward. It is because the scene unfolded that I wanted to see properly. 45 caliber tungsten bullet with the blade and bounced off the body.

“Isn’t the right guy here?”

“It must be the hit man hired by the gangsters.”

I was dumbfounded, so I was speechless. It reminded me of a talented person who flew and crawled in the back alley of Junk Town.

“Noah Lucas? Ryan Bourne?”

“What?”

The appearance and implants are completely different, but the fighting style is similar. It means to use a sharp sword with an ultra-light body and to deliver a heavy blow while enduring with a heavily armored body. The swordsman slung his long sword over his shoulder and asked.

“Are they famous in this city?”

Leonard pulled his revolver to his feet. The wind blew through the broken window and blew the hem of my coat. Both sides could not move hastily, as they were surrounded from the left and the right as well as from the front. There was no opportunity to talk except at times like this.

“You’re not from here, are you?”

“Oops! Were you caught?”

I don’t think I had any intention of keeping it a secret, but I decided to hang out.

“A-044 City Fixers as famous as Leonard Walker.”

“And you must be Leonard Walker?”

I didn’t know what it looked like, but I liked the wit. Leonard bought some more time for the gang to scramble to change magazines.

“I don’t know where the older brothers are from, but they must have made a big mistake.”

“Specifically?”

“You messed with the Twins gang in Junk Town.”

“It’s just a street gang, so they make mistakes?”

A new human citizen who is not afraid of gangs, it seemed that he came from another world, not from another city.

“Actually, there are real mistakes.”

“A real mistake?”

“Whoa… It’s my first time in this city, so it seems like I don’t know anything.”

“So what? What do you not know?”

I’ve had enough time Leonard’s eyes widened in hexagons. Hacking program upload is finished.

“For talking to Leonard Walker for so long.”

“Implant Hacker!”

The lump of metal stretched out its right hand. My shoulders and elbows increased to 2nd and 3rd gear, and my fists flew like bullets. It was not a speed that could be seen and avoided. However, hackers who have been hacked had no reason to avoid it. Just before his fist touched Leonard, he stopped. Once I figured out what principle the implant was, it was easy to take control away.

“die!”

The swordsman lowered his stance and stabbed the blade. As fast as Noah Lucas. However, it could not be faster than the electrical signals transmitted from neurons. Since the software was a factory default model, there was no resistance. As his nerves burned, he collapsed with a terrifying scream.

Leonard pointed the revolver just in case, but after confirming that it was completely incapacitated, he slowly released the gun. The gang belatedly grasped the situation and hurriedly climbed the stairs. If they didn’t act as a cannon fodder, it was Leonard who would suffer, so he had no intention of blaming him.

“I don’t have anything to say about the current mood, but…”

Leonard spread his arms slightly to the distraught swordsman and to the metal being beaten by the gangsters.

“Welcome to ‘Sodom’ City.”