Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 5 Gloria Martinez
In 2074, January 1th was the happiest day Xita Castei spent after he went into exile in Night City.

Whether it is the first time to get a mission reward exceeding [-] Euros, or to meet a strange AI who "want to become a human": Yawei, it is worth having a few drinks at the bar in the next life and celebrating it .

"How is it, little girl, did you complete the task well?" Claire Russell, the bartender in the next life, was wiping the wine glass, and when she saw Xita coming back from Rogge's handing in the task, she jumped up and down as she walked.

"Today is really great!" Xita quietly made a veiled gesture, and then giggled.

Claire looked at Xita who was showing a cute look, and also raised the corners of her mouth.

"I invited you today, girl." Claire said with a smile, today is indeed a good day worth celebrating.

"Ha! Thanks, Claire!" Xita looked happier, she didn't refuse the bartender's offer, and slowly sat down at the bar, "Give me a drink... I'll think about it..., give me two drinks" Qiang Ni. Silverhand'!"

"Two glasses of old-fashioned tequila, plus some beer and chili..." Claire quickly mixed the wine while reciting the recipe. Her craftsmanship has always been very good.

"Thank you..." Xita took two wine glasses from Claire.

"One cup, to all my friends in City of Night and the Afterlife, and to that rock legend with a fiery heart!" Xi Tan raised a glass of wine with a smile, looked around, and drank it all in one gulp without hesitation, feeling the liquid The fire fell into the stomach along the throat, the taste was sweet, mixed with a hint of spicy.

"Well done! Girl!"

"so cool!"

"handsome!"

Not only the bartender Claire, most of the mercenaries who often come and go in the afterlife know Xita, and they don't hesitate to applaud the girl's heroic appearance.

Although it has only been a few months since he came to Night City, Xita Kasdey is already well-known in the afterlife because of his proud beauty, kind and cheerful personality, and excellent task completion efficiency.Although Rogge took care of it secretly, in the mercenary business of Night City, those who have no skills have long been thrown into the garbage dump.

While feeling the taste of the spirits left in her mouth, Xita waved her hands around as a response.

"There's another cup I want to drink with someone," Xi Tan pursed his lips, and pointed to his blue eyes, which seemed to be in contact with someone.Claire and the other mercenaries wisely stopped disturbing and left a private space for the happy little girl.

In fact, Xita was just talking to Yahweh, and it looked exactly the same as talking on the phone, so as not to be misunderstood that he was talking to himself alone.

"Yahwei," Xi Tan glanced at the man sitting beside him, under the flickering neon lights, his figure was real and illusory, "this cup, I respect myself, and I also respect you when I met today..." It was still After drinking it in one gulp, a faint blush creeps up her cheeks.

"Xi Tan..." Yawei turned his body sideways, propped his head with one hand, watched the girl beside him with a peach blossom face, bright and charming, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Let's go... let's go home!" Xi Tan sat at the bar and rested for a while, the wine had a strong stamina beyond her expectation.

"I'll drive." Seeing Xita's dizzy look, Yawei decided to condescend to be the driving AI and escort the little princess home.

"Are you coming? Like Delaman? Awesome! Ha!" Hearing this, the drunk Xita declined Claire's offer of escort, saying that he had already been escorted.

Claire winked at Shita, jokingly, although curious about which guy was so lucky, she didn't ask.

"Huh... Xita really drank too much, what a child, he can't drink so much..." On the way to and from the outside of the health shop, Yawei followed Xita closely, muttering, anyone who tries to get close, don't Those with good intentions all automatically moved out of the way as if they were being manipulated.Seeing that Xita drank too much, Yawei decided not to care about the stupid behavior of comparing him with Delaman.

Yawei waved his hand lightly, and the door of Xita's beloved car, Tianqiu Hera, opened automatically. After watching the drunk Xita obediently sit in the passenger seat unexpectedly, Yawei followed suit and sat in the driver's seat .

After using Xita's personal terminal to connect to the network, Yawei seems like a fish in water, and can even influence the real world to a certain extent with a virtual body, if it is not because of the shackles of the elementary terminal network connection chip used by Xita...

Yawei shook his head, dispelling the idea that he had already given up. He had already made a promise to Xita, and he never intended to break his promise.

Yawei glanced at the girl's rosy cheeks, forcibly connected to the car system, and manipulated the co-pilot's seat to slowly drop to a comfortable angle.

As soon as he got into the car, it started to rain heavily in Night City.After Xi Tan got into the car, she was very quiet, she just glanced at him and then closed her eyes with peace of mind, as if falling asleep.

"Alas..." Yawei pretended to be driving. In fact, he forcibly invaded the two old Sky Heras through the Internet, and simply wrote a driving program, which did not require him to operate manually.Although it is not necessary to assume a driving posture, life still needs a sense of ritual to be interesting.Yawei seemed to realize something, and nodded slightly.

Xita Castei's den is located in the super skyscraper H4. Although the name sounds impressive, it is actually nothing more than a large apartment building.Some people here live in small rented rooms with meager income from work; some people can't afford to pay the rent at all, so they simply sleep in the corridor outside the apartment, covering the sky and the floor.

When Xita got out of the car, she was already half sober from the wine. Although she was very curious about how Yawei, who obviously only lived in her mind, did all this, she was not in a hurry to seek the truth.

She believed in Yawei for no reason, believed that he was capable of handling everything, otherwise she would not have been reckless and drunk in Night City, who was naturally vigilant.

"Let's go," Xi Tan watched Yawei get off the driver's seat with a smile, waited for him to lock the car door, then walked out of the garage together, and walked towards the stairs.

Yawei just said hello softly, and the virtual figure followed the girl not far or near.They tacitly refrain from communicating more outdoors, so as not to arouse the prying eyes of interested people.

The ground was wet and there were footprints everywhere. It seemed that many people didn't bring umbrellas and were soaked by the sudden heavy rain.Xi Tan thought about it, and bought a box of cheap boxed lunches and snacks from a stall near the stairs that was not closed. He was already hungry after being busy.

When I walked slowly to the elevator entrance, I accidentally ran into an acquaintance - Gloria Martinez.

The acquaintance of Xita and Gloria is a long story.

At that time, Xita, who had only been in Night City for half a month, had just moved into the super skyscraper H4.When completing the second task, Xi Tan accidentally scratched her arm by a flying bullet, because she didn't want to waste money to find a prosthetic doctor with high fees to treat the wound, so she just walked home holding the wound.

That is, at the elevator entrance, Xi Tan met Gloria who had just finished the night shift. Out of kindness and professionalism, Gloria healed the wound of this pretendingly strong girl without taking any money.

Xita Kasdeyi is a person who repays kindness, especially when Rogge scolded him angrily the next day in the next life-"It is good that Xin's wound is treated in time, otherwise this original arm will be useless. "

After that, Xi Tan regarded Gloria as one of her benefactors, buying some daily necessities for Gloria and her son David from time to time, and providing some free help.Although Gloria resolutely refused Xita's return at first, she couldn't stand Xita's nagging at home, so she had to accept the girl's sincere kindness.

Today, by coincidence, I met Gloria again at the elevator entrance, Xi Tan thought, and greeted Gloria with a smile, exchanged a few words, and said that she would come to visit her home when she was free in a few days. nagging nagging.

Gloria nodded in distress, and got off the elevator on the third floor without looking back, but the smile on her mouth still betrayed her true thoughts.

For so many years in Night City, the single mother Gloria Martinez naturally understands the sinister truth of the human heart, but it is always difficult for her to refuse the kind-hearted Xita.

"She looks tired, Xita..." Yawei watched the two communicate in silence, and he didn't speak until Gloria got out of the elevator, pointing to the back of the single mother going away.

"She is supporting her son to go to school...at Arasaka Academy...with her salary, it is really hard..." Xita sighed, and secretly made up her mind to get Gloria's family out of the sea of ​​suffering.

Yawei looked at Xita's side face, was silent for a while, then spoke softly,
"Don't worry, Xita... we agreed... I'm also here."

"Ding!" When the elevator arrived, Xita didn't speak, but just smiled silently, walked shoulder to shoulder with Yawei, walked out of the elevator together, and walked towards their nest together.

　The author is still in school, the update is a bit slow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)