Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 52 Vulnerability
"Finally woke up..."

Surrounded by Dorio's sighs of relief, Mann struggled a few times, finally broke free from the shackles of the dream, and opened his eyes.

"What's wrong with me?" He tried to sit up from Dorio's arms, muttering to himself, his dull eyes looking around in confusion.

The severe pain left in his head reminded him that in the dream just now, the endless torture like purgatory torture was not just a spiritual illusion, but also a physical pain that actually existed.

Severe pain invaded the brain in bursts, like an endless torrential tide surging, washing Mann, a small and stubborn stone, wave after wave.

He subconsciously stretched out his hands and grasped his head tightly, hoping to reduce the pain.

"Cyberpsychiatric... You almost went crazy just now." An unfamiliar low-pitched male voice sounded, answering Mann's confusion with some emotion.

Mann raised his head in surprise, rubbed his eyes, and the blurred vision gradually focused and became clear.

Only then did he see three people, a man, two women, sitting on the spacious sofa opposite, watching his every move.

"What happened?" Xita still owed Mann a favor, and now she was even more worried that something might happen to him, so she was asking worriedly.

It's hard to imagine that this originally sunny and burly big brother will fall into such a situation one day-struggling painfully on the edge of the abyss, and his whole body is crumbling.

"I'm fine... I just need to rest..." Mann said habitually.

As the big brother of the team, silently carrying all the burdens and sufferings on his shoulders has become a habit imprinted in his bone marrow.

"You look very bad..." Xi Tan said quietly, through those confused eyes, she saw Mann's inner frailty.

The sunglasses used to hide his emotions had already been taken off by Dorio when he fell into a nightmare.

It was only then that Mann came to his senses, smiled wryly, narrowed his eyes, and turned his head away.

He stubbornly didn't want others to see the fragility of his heart through these two windows.

"Sigh... There is a hacker girl in our team who was injured while doing a mission.... Seriously injured... If not treated in time, she may be paralyzed for life... In order to afford the high medical bills, the rest of our team , especially Mann, who has been working around the clock 24 hours a day for the past week, and has been busy completing various entrusted tasks." Dorio understood Mann's difficulties, understood his stubbornness, and opened his mouth to attract the attention of the three of them for him. Pay attention, and slowly tell the reason.

At this gathering where all members of the two teams were supposed to be present, only two people were present on Mann's side, which was also for this reason.

Sasha needs to recuperate in the hospital, and Rebecca stays with her the whole time, taking good care of the sick girl.

Rebecca's older brother, Pyla, received the original three-month order within a week, locked himself in the studio, and used the ability of technical experts to the extreme to make various items day and night.

Mann and Dorio were running around the streets, taking all kinds of commissions, white and black, as long as there was money to be made, they would never let them go.

"Hacker girl? Is it Sasha?" Xita frowned, rubbed her chin, and began to mobilize her stored memories, "That night? In the biotechnology building? I know..."

It took a few seconds to figure out the cause and effect, Xita patted his forehead in distress, "It's all my fault... I didn't let the floating car get closer to the window... Otherwise..."

"Xi Tan, don't blame yourself, no one wants this kind of thing..." Lucy on the side comforted softly, and kept patting the girl's back.

Yawei, who was sitting on Xita's right, only held the girl's right hand silently, using his own heat to warm the coldness of her palm.

"You saved Sasha? You saved her!" Mann, who had been listening silently and listening to their exchange with Dorio, suddenly became excited. He got up from the sofa, wanted to straighten his spine, and bowed to thank him.

Unexpectedly, just as he stood up straight, a strong sense of dizziness washed away his consciousness and became blurred.

"Mann!" Dorio has been watching her beloved man with concern, seeing that Mann is about to fall to the ground, she rushed over and hugged him in her arms.

"Calm down... Mann, your brain is very fragile right now... Any strong emotional fluctuations will immediately break the barely maintained balance and drag you into the abyss of madness."

Yawei shook his head, while calming Mann's excited emotions, he handed Dorio a blue diamond-like granular substance.

"This is the second one today... Feed it to Mann... If he shows any signs of mood swings later, please use more force to knock him out..." Yawei said to Dolly After Ou gave his instructions, he turned his head to look at the dizzy Mann, and sighed softly.

"We invited you to meet today because we want to get to know each other, exchange feelings, and consider cooperation in the future; we also want to remind Mann that the prosthetic body installed on your body has serious side effects..." Xi Tan shook Shaking his head, a little disappointed.

"It's okay, girl... I already owe you too much, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault."

Mann, who took the second drug, has recovered a lot.

He closed his eyes, comforted the girl who blamed himself in a low voice, and his tone gradually calmed down.

"Stop talking about these sad things..." After a moment of silence, he opened his eyes, and Dorio, who was beside him, put on the sunglasses for him understandingly.

"Your medicine... must be very expensive, right?" Mann scratched his head, and asked Yawei. At some point, the painful tornado had gradually disappeared into a weak breeze.

With such an immediate effect, the price is definitely not cheap.

"Don't pay attention to these..." Yawei shook his head, "This is an experimental drug, I have some on hand, and I'm trying to get rid of the side effects, just in time for your situation..."

Mann smiled knowingly, and was not dissatisfied with Yawei's "experiment".

It's just an excuse. They know each other well about the efficacy and side effects of the medicine.

The kindness has been engraved in his heart, and he doesn't bother to say other hypocritical words.

"I almost forgot to introduce myself... Aren't we from the exchange meeting?" Mann nodded to Yawei, changed the subject, and actively guided the atmosphere of the party.

He first introduced himself and Dorio, and then explained in detail the composition of the other members of the team.

Hackers, technologists, snipers, assaulters, it can be said that there are all kinds of configurations, everything that one expects to find.

"This is Yawei, my boyfriend, a hacker by profession..."

"The one next to you is Lucy, who is also a hacker by profession..."

Xita introduced his teammates in the same way as good as he was good.

"The composition of your members is quite strange." Mann couldn't help teasing. The pain that gradually dissipated made him feel good. Just as he was about to vent his emotions with a big laugh as usual, he was hit on the back of the head by Dorio for a moment.

"Ugh……"

With a sigh, he obediently lowered his head, took the wine bottle handed over by Dorio, and used gulps of alcohol to stabilize his ups and downs.

(End of this chapter)