Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 47 Apocalypse: Red
"NCPD! Keep calm! Don't hurt the hostages!"

Taking advantage of the time when the police colleagues distracted the criminals, Simon panted heavily and tried his best to rush to the roof of the tall building as fast as possible.

This is facing the Chinese restaurant, which is an excellent sniping position.

Taking off the "lover" on his back - the sniper rifle: SPT32 Ice Storm, Simon moves professionally and quickly to prepare for the sniper.

The graceful, slender, athletic beast awoke from a long sleep.

Every time it raises its head and screams, a vicious criminal will fall to the ground and fall into an eternal sleep.

Simon Heye, 70 years old, a sniper, was enlisted in the army in 2022. He has experienced the fourth corporate war and the unification war.

After the Unification War, he was honorably discharged in 2070 and served as a security consultant for military technology and biotechnology companies for 4 years.

A total of 437 "safety incidents", large and small, were resolved before and after.Among them, 44 times, he personally shot, bypassed layers of obstacles, and sniped and killed armed thugs and cyber lunatics through the partition wall.

This time is no exception.

The matter is of great importance. One of the major shareholders of biotechnology and the sole heir of the Bettencourt family was taken hostage!

The major media rushed to get the first-hand information and the clearest live broadcast picture.

The old Simon, who had lost his glory in the past, had to rush to the frontline battlefield according to the order of the top management of the biotechnology company.

Fortunately, he is not alone.

Old Simon turned his head sideways, glanced at the other two snipers in the building next door, and smiled.

At the age of 18, despite his parents' objections, he resolutely enlisted in the army. When he finally returned from the battlefield, he had no relatives or reasons.

He simply accepted two apprentices, a man and a woman, and taught them all the sniper skills.

The two apprentices did not live up to the high expectations he had placed on them. They grew up rapidly in just a few years and solved various major cases brilliantly time after time.

Next month, this pair of outstanding snipers will join hands and enter the palace of marriage.

Old Simon was very pleased, and often couldn't help fantasizing that in the near future, he would quit his job, stay away from blood and fire, and concentrate on helping the couple with their children, trying to train another sniper genius.

This is not the first time he has teamed up with his apprentices to solve a case.

Hope it's not the last time.

Old Simon slowly recovered his breathing, adjusted the beating frequency of his heart, and stared fixedly through the scope at an armed gangster standing beside Bonnie Betancourt.

His withered fingers ran back and forth on the trigger without trembling.

The whole world seems to have become quiet, only to hear the beating of my own steady and powerful heart.

"Three, two,..." He ordered to his apprentices through the communication channel, and then there would be three roars all raised to the sky.

"one……"

His finger was firmly pressed on the trigger, but he could no longer pull it down.

he died.

The figure of No. 003 came to the tall building at some time, standing quietly beside the veteran.

It was Qiandai's "Reality Distortion" Sianweistein 5 trial model that allowed him to escape the shackles of time and space and fly here.

This high-end product can only be tested in actual combat to test its true quality.

This is also one of the reasons why Kangtao Company has the confidence to let the three of them build a stage with flesh and blood according to the plan, and lure the violent terrorist mobile team to face off.

No. 003 lowered his head in pity, watching the veteran's head fall to the ground like a broken watermelon, blooming bleeding flowers.

This metaphor is not appropriate.

In Night City, well-cultivated fresh watermelons are hard to come by, much more expensive than a human head.

No. 003 sighed, the price of running at high speed was unbearable even for his body of steel.

Signals from No. 001 and No. 002 came from my ears.

The other two snipers have also been dealt with.

No. 003 was leaning on the guardrail of the roof, the barrel of the "comrade's hammer" in his hand was hot.

Several news drones were circling him like annoying flies.

He sighed, and the hood was blown off by the howling wind on the roof, revealing the hideous mechanical skeleton face and the text logo of Kangtao Company underneath.

The audience who were watching the live TV broadcast screamed in surprise.

"Kangtao Company is really good! Hurry up and buy shares, and wait for it to take off!"

Someone is yelling, but there is a million times more noise.

The stock price of Kang Tao Company rose all the way, surpassing many rivals in an instant.

The guy who really knew the goods even secretly bought some shares of Qiandai Company.

No one cares about the complete annihilation of this NCPD unit.

The number game that keeps beating on the account is their lifelong pursuit.

Just like the wind that was howling in 003's ear, it was cold and ruthless.

He looked up, scarlet light piercing the clouds.

Five hunters fell straight from the sky.

Terrorist Mobile Squad, here we come.

He smiled softly, threw away the gun in his hand, drew out the two long knives behind his back, arrogantly against the light and wind, and wanted to trample the entire sky under his feet.

Thousands of "Reality Distortion" vs. Krenchikov.

In the battle between the fast ones, the slow firearms are just a drag.

They will travel through the tunnel beyond time and space, biting each other to death with teeth, claws, and knives. They will decide whether to live or die among the flying sparks and when a quarter of the lightning flashes across the sky.

No. 003 stood stooped, with five sharp blades piercing through the steel body.

Five heads rolled to the ground.

He won.

The cold steel body does not need to be afraid of pain.

The live news broadcast only paused for a few seconds, and in the blink of an eye, the winner was already decided.

The top hunter who dominates Night City also kneels before him.

No. 003 is a little tired.

The scarlet lights flickered and might go out at any moment.

His will was a little slack, and he finally couldn't help it, and took the initiative to call the girl.

"Hello? Uncle! You finally called! Let me tell you, I was kidnapped today! The three kidnappers are so scary. After killing the NCPD team, I don't know where they are now, otherwise..."

He heard her voice still full of vigor and joy, but his heart was cold.

"Wow! Uncle, do you have a TV by your side? Watch the live broadcast! These kidnappers turned out to be combat robots from Kangtao Company! I'm fucking..."

No. 003 just stared blankly at the camera of the news drone. The reflected figure had a ferocious face, the scarlet electronic eyes were silent, and there was no trace of flesh and blood on the dry steel bones.

"Oops! Uncle is not talking anymore! Those two robots are coming back!...Uncle, if I can survive...I want to say...I love you!"

The phone hangs up.

He stood silently on the rooftop, corpses were strewn across the field under his feet, and blood flowed profusely.

His steel body trembled, he raised his head, and let out the most ear-piercing roar to the sky.

It was a miserable cry that even the ghosts in the deepest part of hell could not utter.

He tried to cry, but found that he didn't have this function at all.

So he squatted down, beside the corpse of the veteran, on the corpses of the five hunters, he stained his cold mechanical fingers with blood, and wiped it on his dry eye sockets.

Bleeding and tearing like a ghost.

Gripping the two knives tightly, he turned on Qiandai's "Reality Distortion" at full power.

The strengthened mechanical feet jumped up, he ran wildly in the air, the high-speed shadow flashed past, his body was gradually cracking and turning into dust, but the sharp double knives had already fallen.

Surrounded by strong wind and lightning, he wanted to kill his former partner on the spot.

Just for her.

Even until the end, they never really met each other.

The scarlet lights went out.

In the falling gust, it seemed that someone was sighing softly.

2074年，1月18日，21：00
"No. 003 is missing, No. 001 and No. 002 are scrapped..." Zhang Xian'an sat on the office chair, counting the reports, and talking on the phone, "Three robots, the stock price of Kangtao Co., Ltd. doubled and skyrocketed in exchange, it is a good deal."

"Us? Biotech companies can't compete with us now. This is the best reward."

Facing the inquiry on the other end of the phone, Zhang Xian'an just smiled faintly, and threw the last image of robot 003 falling from the sky into the trash can at his feet.

　Welcome everyone to join the group!There are so few people!

　　By the way, ask for a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)