Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 89
She stood in a void with a pure black background, and countless grids spun and flew past her, like meteors piercing the night sky.

Unpredictable neon graphics linger in front of her eyes, constantly changing shape along with her gestures, and in this way, passing the torrent of retrieved data.

"What are you looking at, Hiji?"

The man's voice sounded behind her, but it caused a grand reverberation in all directions of this space.

"Although I'm new...but we are at the same level, Mullin, you have no right to ask me what I do."

Hai Ji frowned, and the colorful neon patterns in front of her also stopped changing.

"do you know him?"

Mu Lin didn't take her threatening tone to heart, just waved his hand towards the void, and a triangular neon pattern obediently flew into his palm.

"A... Sa... Ke?" He muttered about the data information of the pattern owner, "It's just a beggar struggling to survive... Do you have any secret hobbies?"

"*You*" Hai Ji cursed in a low voice, turned her head and gave the man a fierce look, "I warn you one last time, don't mess with me!"

"OKOK," Mu Lin spread his hands, "If you are not satisfied with your desires, you can come to me at any time... I have installed the latest big steel gun... I promise to let..."

Before he finished speaking, his head was punched by the angry Hai Ji and exploded into scarlet crumbs.

"***!" She stared at the corpse that collapsed in the void, her heart still gushing out unsatisfied anger.

Finally, looking around the boundless black space, she closed her eyes, put her hands on her head in a suspended position, and made a "take off the helmet" movement.

As a result, the endless darkness quickly faded away from his eyes, and the cold white light filled the vacancy in front of him.

She slowly opened her eyes.

She woke up.

Regardless of the hot feeling of dizziness and pain remaining in her mind, she gritted her teeth, stood up, clenched her fists, and swung at the man in the next cabin who also just sat up.

"No. 174, No. 175, stop your inappropriate behavior immediately! Repeat! Stop your inappropriate behavior immediately!"

The cold mechanical voice was especially deafening in this small room.

"*! You are lucky this time!" Hai Ji abruptly stopped her forward pace, and slammed her fist on the hard black wall, making a dull and heavy sound.

Compared to venting anger on his own, excessive electric current flushing is a little more terrifying.

"Calm down, Hai Ji." Mu Lin touched his neck with lingering fear, "Haven't I already been killed by you once? We owe each other now."

"*!" Hai Ji pointed her middle finger at the man who smiled obscenely.

It's just scary to look at, but the advanced equipment of Night City's network surveillance is enough to protect them from any limited harm.

It doesn't matter how many times those avatars in cyberspace die.

"Okay, okay, big sister, calm down..." Seeing Haiji panting heavily, Mu Lin ran to her with a nod and bowed his head, and kept showing courtesy, "I'll invite you to eat Japanese food later." cooking!"

"The one in Japan Street!"

"Japanese Street?" Mullin scratched the back of his head, "Isn't the authentic high-end Japanese restaurant in the city center good?"

"On Japan Street, there is no need to discuss." Hai Ji said firmly while injecting a dose of nerve medicine into her temple.

"Okay, okay... tonight is up to you..." Mu Lin touched his chin and didn't continue to argue.

Although the restaurant in Japan Street is not worthy of their status as a senior Internet surveillance agent, who makes a certain barbarian's fist harder.

He didn't want to be beaten to death by her in reality.

◎

"Sophia?"

In the silent blackness, it seemed that someone was calling her name softly.

The thick and slender eyelashes fluttered a few times, and a pair of beautiful light blue twin flowers bloomed proudly and slowly against the night.

What catches the eye is still the familiar pure white ceiling.

She is still at home.

Rubbing her throbbing head, Sophia poked her head in doubt, looking for the source of the strange cry.

"Sophia..."

This time she heard clearly, a voice as cold as steel was calling repeatedly under the bed.

Like a ghost returning from the abyss after stepping through the underworld, it was lingering around her lingeringly.

Sophia shivered, wrapped the thick quilt around her body, stepped on the cold floor on tiptoe, squatted down cautiously, and cast curious and fearful eyes towards the dark bed.

Fortunately, it wasn't some frightening looking dead soul.

Just an ugly little robot.

Sophia breathed a sigh of relief, slumped on the ground regardless of her image, rested for a while limp all over, and then stretched out her flexible feet to hook the little robot out from under the bed.

"What just happened, little robot?" She lifted the little robot up, her hands tucked under the armpits of its tiny mechanical arms, and it swayed left and right in the air from time to time.

Like an ugly and cute goose.

"Sophia..." the little robot said every word, and the cold mechanical voice echoed in the dark room.

Sophia stood up, hugged the little robot in her arms, and listened patiently, while quickly running to the wall and pressing the light switch.

A warm light enveloped the room.

The body of the little robot reflects a soft luster, making it look even cuter.

"Sophia... just passed out."

"Having fainted? Why do I have no memory at all?"

Sophia sat back on the soft bed, resting the little robot between her legs.She frowned, carefully recalling her previous memories.

"I remember I promised Bonnie to go to school... then I picked you up... and then..."

She clapped her palms, as if she had remembered all the past.

"In this case, you will follow me from now on!"

The little robot tapped its own head slowly with its mechanical arm, making a "bang bang" sound.

"Why, am I wrong?" The girl tilted her head and held it in front of her face.

The soft golden hair brushed over its ugly stitched body, and the subtle sweet smell lingered and was within reach.

"No, Sophia."

The little robot just stared into its round blue eyes and turned its head.

At least, that's enough for now.

"By the way, the current robot is so advanced...it can still communicate with people normally..." Sophia sighed softly, tapping on its body with slender fingers nimbly, trying to play a gorgeous movement with these worn-out steel .

"There are many different models of robots..."

"Ha, I know! I've seen it in the movie...the housework type, the fighting type..." Sophia hugged the little robot back to her chest, "you are so small, you can't do it just by looking at the fighting power ?”

The little robot just turned its head silently, without answering.

(End of this chapter)