Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 34 Poison

"Mr. Zhang, we have entered the territory of Night City."

The mechanical sound woke the man up from his long thoughts.

2074年，1月17日 14：14
The blazing sun tried to break into the interior of the floating vehicle and eavesdrop on a secret conversation, but was blocked by the special window.

"How's the cooperation between biotechnology and us going?" The man asked in a low voice, looking sideways at the passing scenery outside the car window.

"Biological technology has been plagued by scandals recently, and it has lost its military technology support, and it has no ability to stop Zhang's company from entering the market." The sexy-dressed woman replied lightly.

"Ah...the painkiller Securicine...a big scandal..." The man shook the wine glass in his hand and shook his head, "Miss An Xianyuan, I heard that your sister died from the side effects of this drug?"

"Zhang Xian'an, during work, I don't want to talk about personal matters." An Xianyuan gave the man opposite her a hard look, and took a deep breath.

"Okay..." Zhang Xian'an nodded slightly, and did not continue to provoke the beauty sitting opposite him.

"This city is so beautiful..." He looked down at the world outside the window and said softly.

The floating car passes through the huge 3D projection above the city, splashing blue ripples.

This chaotic city lay quietly on the ground, allowing the floating car to roar past its head.

"Have you already begun to dream about trampling this city under your feet?" She crossed her legs and swayed her toes, slightly mocking the man sitting opposite her.

"Arasaka in Japan can do it, why can't Zhang in South Korea?" He opened the skylight of the floating car, gently unbuttoned the collar of his shirt, and greedily breathed in the rotten scent of the city.

The rush of air rushing into the car disturbed her long blond hair.

She squinted her eyes and blocked the frivolity of the intruding sunlight with her hands.

"Just relying on the medicines extracted and made from pregnant women?" She frowned, and gently tapped the man's leg with the tip of her red-soled high-heeled shoes, her tone indifferent.

"Let's wait and see, Ms. An..." Zhang Xian'an grasped her temptation, and slowly took off the seductive sugar coating.

"Heh..." She laughed coldly and didn't continue speaking.

No matter how elegantly the well-dressed beast dressed up, it could not conceal the savage stench emanating from its bone marrow.

"Enough..." She calmly grabbed his hand that wanted to explore the secret further, without a trace of blush on her pretty face.

Zhang Xian'an sighed softly, and closed the skylight of the floating car.

"Has the laboratory been built yet?" With a helpless smile on his face, he changed the subject cooperatively.

"Isn't it good to just use the ready-made ones?" The woman asked coldly after wiping off the dirt on the soles of her feet.

"Has the laboratory been built?" He put away the smile on his face, and asked for the second time in a flat tone.

"Okay...in a hospital in Westbrook." An Xianyuan lowered her head and slowly put on her high heels.

"Westbrook?" Zhang Xian'an flipped through the information and nodded slightly, "It's a good place, there are no shortage of mice."

"Heh..." She smiled in a low voice, noncommittal.

2074年，1月17日 16：00
Yawei wandered around the shopping mall with two beautiful girls of similar height.

It's kind of boring.

"Aren't you tired?" He asked the two short-haired girls who had been maintaining a lot of energy, with a puzzled look on their faces.

"Is it okay to go this far?" Lucy turned her head and glanced at him, that kind of look was inexplicably irritating.

Yawei spread his hands flat, and showed her the big and small bags hanging on his body, and question marks were written all over his handsome face.

"Pfft..." Xi Tan turned her head and looked at her boyfriend's embarrassment, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Lucy shook her head helplessly, took out the tissue in her pocket, and wiped off the ink on his face who knew nothing.

Yawei glanced at the black ink marks on the tissue, and couldn't help clenching his fists.

"I didn't do it." The number one suspect, Xita, cleared himself of responsibility immediately.

"It's not me either." The accomplice Lucy threw away the tissue, also stating that she did not commit a crime.

"Alas..." Yawei shook his head and let out a long sigh.

Since noon, the development of things was beyond his expectation.

Xi Tan heard that Lucy was going to find a reliable prosthetic doctor to install a new prosthetic body.

Enthusiastic, she dragged Yawei to help her new friend.

He said he was here to help, but he obviously wanted to play.

On the drive to Westbrook, Hita and Lucy cruelly painted his face with question marks while he closed his eyes and meditated.

After that, the two of them took him to the shopping mall for several hours as if nothing had happened.

They happily buy, buy, buy.

With graffiti all over his face, he was carrying big and small bags, so busy that he was dizzy.

Yawei sighed deeply as he recalled this miserable afternoon.

Now, they are sitting in a little famous coffee shop in Japan Street, taking a short break.

"Are you angry?" Sitting next to him, Xi Tan whispered softly with her small head in his ear.

"No..." This was Lucy's answer.

Yawei rubbed his eyebrows.

The two of them have cooperated with each other, singing and harmonizing all afternoon.

Unexpectedly, the glamorous Bingshan beauty also unexpectedly has a talent for funny.

But he just thought they were noisy.

"Angry?" It was the two asking together.

"No." Yawei wiped the sweat off his face and replied softly.

Only pessimistic people will indulge in joy in the present moment.

Because they think they have no future to look forward to.

He was a little worried about the mental state of the two girls.

He was well aware of Xi's situation.

Lucy knew a thing or two about symptoms.

Grab an expert from the deep web another day.

He took a sip of the coffee, the delicate and silky taste was barely worth the fare.

"By the way... have you found a reliable prosthetic doctor?" He changed the subject, so as not to be caught by the sensitive Xita.

"I asked Jack." Xita answered vaguely while eating strawberry cake.

"Victor Victor, in the profession of prosthetic doctor, he can be regarded as a living legend."

"The name is quite a mouthful..." Lucy shook the bubbling drink in her hand.

"When I first came to Night City, I thought legends all had the word 'hand' in their names." Under Yawei's reminder, Xita wiped the cream stained on her face.

"Like 'Johnny Silverhand', 'Morgan Blackhand' and the like." She took a sip of her drink and continued to complain.

Lucy was amused by her, and the corner of her mouth couldn't help raising a beautiful arc.

"What about this doctor?" Yawei signaled the waiter to bring another plate of cake, "Victor. Victor. Master?"

Xi Tan laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist, and almost missed the cake brought by the waiter.

Lucy rubbed the corners of her mouth, "I'd better stop laughing, I'm going to be on the operating table later..."

"Ha..." Seeing Lucy's pretending to be cold, Xi Tan simply sat beside her and began to move.

Yawei couldn't help showing a gentle smile when he saw the two of them laughing and playing and loving each other like sisters.

How long will this happy day last?

Even he can't know.

(End of this chapter)