Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 25 Sisyphus (Ⅲ)

2074年，1月13日 18：15
Clementine took Joel's hand and walked on the streets of Japan filled with neon colors.

"Life is alive, there is nowhere to stay, the world is just a dream..."

"Having hatred in my heart is endless, the world is called love..."

She paced slowly, humming softly to the music playing on the street.

The wind also cheered for her softly.

Clementine straightened her long blown hair with her free hands, and looked sideways at the man following her.

"Do you speak Japanese?" Joel asked proactively.

"A little bit." She nodded, and put her index finger on her lower lip. "I work in the bookstore in Charter Hill. When I'm not busy, I use the Japanese chip to learn pronunciation and so on..."

"The bookstore in Charter Hill?" Joel raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I often go there to buy books, and occasionally I can find some old paper treasures..."

"No wonder I always feel that I have seen you somewhere..." He breathed a sigh of relief, and the doubts in his heart finally dissipated completely.

"Déjà vu is just an illusion, do you take it seriously?" She raised her head slightly, mocking him with her nostrils without any scruples.

"From the very beginning... I figured it out later." Joel couldn't help retorting stiffly.

"Oh oh oh..." Clementine rolled her eyes perfunctorily, and squeezed his palm hard.

"They are quite optimistic..." Yawei shook his head and said to Xita who was sitting in the driver's seat.

After learning the news that the target was going back to Westbrook from the Heywood area, Xita and Yawei got on the subway for the return journey ahead of time, drove the Tiandome Hela parked on Charter Hill to the subway station of Japan Street, and quietly wait.

"Humans always like to deceive themselves and others..." Xi Tan lay on the driver's seat, looking at the two men and women who had just left the subway station in the distance.

"Obviously there are so many doubts, but I can deceive myself to ignore them with peace of mind..." She shook her head, sighed helplessly, started the car, and followed the two from a distance.

"The results of the comparison came out. There are three hospitals that the two have visited together. Among them, the time of visiting the 'Night City Mental Health Center' together is the closest. Clementine had a visit record a week ago, and Joel was Two days ago..." Yawei spent a while searching the medical system records of Night City.

"It basically coincides with the time when the client discovered Joel's abnormal behavior..." Xita rubbed his sore neck, "After I write the mission report, let's go to the 'Night City Mental Health Center'."

"Okay..." Joel didn't hesitate this time, and agreed to Clementine's request to stay at his house tonight.

"Why aren't you shy this time?" Clementine patted him, teasing with a smile.

Joel scratched his head in embarrassment, and led her towards the apartment building in Charter Hill.

"What's the matter?" He felt his hand being pulled, turned his head quickly, and was surprised to find her stunned in place.

"It's okay..." Clementine shook her head lightly, "Let's go..." She took the initiative to wrap his arms around him, strode up to him, and plunged into the apartment building.

"Déjà vu..."

The hustle and bustle of the night in Night City drowned out her soft whispers mercilessly.

"Do you think Clementine is aware of the truth? Yawei?" Xita silently watched the two walk into the apartment building through the car window, and let out a faint breath.

"Maybe she is confused, but she still subconsciously chooses to believe in the man she has forgotten..." Yawei supported his chin with his hands, and his blue eyes silently took in everything.

"Have you realized the complexity of human emotions again?" Xita rarely saw a "depressed" expression on his face, couldn't help laughing, and gently pinched his cheek.

"Hmm..." Yawei replied vaguely.

"The report is being sent..." She let go of her mischievous hand, and changed the subject empathetically.

"The 'Night City Mental Health Center' address is in Civic Center..."

"Wow, the prices there are not cheap..." Xi Tan made a face in the direction of the co-pilot, and as expected, Yawei rolled his eyes.

2074年，1月13日 19：20
"This is the 'Night City Mental Health Center'?" Xi Tan slammed the old car door shut, and turned to look at the single building in the alley.

"It looks quite ordinary..." Xita kicked the trash can that fell on the ground back into the trash can on the street.

"The footwork is good." Yawei stared at the graceful arc of her legs when she exerted all her strength, and nodded slightly to express her affirmation.

"Is this the point?" Xi Tan rolled her eyes, and the tension in her heart eased a lot.

She tightly held the hand he extended out, and walked into the building side by side.

"Welcome two guests..." A stylishly dressed lady nurse with blond curly hair sat at the front desk, routinely welcoming potential customers with a polite smirk.

"Please wait in line here." The beautiful blond nurse pointed to the two unoccupied seats by the door.

"There are still a lot of people here..." Xi Tan curiously looked at the other four customers who were sitting and waiting, and was surprised to find that most of them were sad, and each of them was holding a large box in their hands. kinds of sundries.

"Hello, beautiful lady and handsome gentleman. Are you two together?" A doctor walked down the stairs on the second floor, with a smile on his round face, and walked straight towards Xita and Yawei.

"Yes." Yawei stood in front of Xita, shielding her behind her covertly.

This doctor has a fake smile on his face, which is disgusting.

"Hello, I'm the doctor's assistant, Elijah Wood..." The round-faced doctor smiled coyly, and quietly withdrew his outstretched hand, "May I ask if you two are here for amnesiac treatment?"

"Amnesiac? Can you explain in detail?" Yawei looked up and down the doctor indifferently, making sure that there would be no threat to himself and Xita.

Elijah Wood shuddered inexplicably, and subconsciously shrank his neck, looking like a round-faced turtle.

"Our clinic is affiliated with the 'Night City Health Center', and has in-depth cooperation with many large companies such as biotechnology..." Dr. Wood routinely recited the hospital's slogan.

"Get to the point!" Xita said viciously, lying on Yawei's back.

"Yes!"

Yawei's ruthless blue eyes seemed to have caused great pressure on Dr. Wood, and he quickly nodded in agreement.

"Amnestic erasure technology... To put it simply, it is to use technology to erase all the customer's memories of a designated person..."

"Who are holding what in their hands?"

"Yes... yes..." Dr. Wood wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and quickly glanced back, "It's all related items about the person they want to erase their memory..."

"Only erase all memories about a certain person?"

"Yes."

"After erasing the memory, is there any possibility of recovery?"

"This... we have no precedent... The human brain is too complicated..."

Dr. Wood was trembling uncontrollably. After seeing Yawei's gesture of boredom, he quickly bowed and ran back to the second floor.

"Why does he seem to be afraid of you?" Xi Tan leaned close to Yawei and whispered softly.

"Perhaps...he believes in God..." The corner of Yawei's mouth curled up in a mocking arc, silently watching the back of Dr. Wood leaving in a panic.

(End of this chapter)