Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 9 Wine

"Good evening, Night City! Here's an urgent news bulletin. The Westbrook district is in trouble today. There were 32 crimes in just one day. The NCPD is exhausted and clamoring for a raise. In the past The tyrannical Tiger Claw Gang suffered heavy losses today, 41 core members died on the street, the same way of death! Ha!..."

"Buen trabajo (Spanish: Nice job)! Sister!" Jack Wells, who was sitting in the co-pilot, listened carefully to the radio broadcast, turned around and gave Xita a thumbs up, "It's really fun!"

"The scumbags of the Tiger Claw Gang never die. They are like cockroaches in the garbage dump. They are inexhaustible and inexhaustible!" V drove the car, glanced through the rearview mirror and sat in the back seat of the car. The short-haired girl who was on the phone with someone, "But thanks to Shita, it would still be disgusting to be bitten by these cockroaches."

"I'm just average, but my partner...boyfriend is amazing!" Xi Tan responded, arbitrarily defining the relationship between them, and she glanced nervously at Yawei beside her.

Yawei turned his head and smiled at her, and put his right hand in place without any intention of moving.

Xi Tan, on the other hand, was a little worried about gains and losses, and held his hand tightly with his left hand.However, considering that now is not a good time for in-depth communication, she sighed and turned to respond to the surprised gossip of the two people in the front row.

"Joooo!" Jack was astonished at the fact that Xita's "boyfriend" could easily and instantly kill 41 people without showing his face, even if he wasn't a legendary cyber hacker, he was not far behind.

V raised her eyebrows, she had watched carefully before, the 41 Tiger Claw gang garbage died in an extremely miserable state, as a senior employee of Arasaka Company, she subconsciously believed that Xita's "boyfriend" was an extremely dangerous and uncontrollable factor, But in the blink of an eye, she suppressed this professional instinct.

In Night City, being strong is the foundation of survival.For Xi Tan to have such a strong companion to protect her, V sincerely wished her best. She didn't want to hear that this cute little girl died unexpectedly.

Xita generously thanked the two for their unusual blessings, and said that she and her boyfriend still have private matters to discuss. V and Jack looked at each other and smiled jokingly, without continuing to chatter.

"Yahwei..." Xita moved to the left, turned around and looked at Yawei, getting closer to the illusory him.

"Xi Tan?" Yawei also turned his head to look at her beautiful violet eyes, and he felt that she was a little unstable.

Xita Castei is a very emotional girl.This is the conclusion drawn by Yawei through 24-hour uninterrupted observation.

The same was true for their first encounter, when she desperately inserted an unknown biochip into the interface behind her brain for some reason that Yawei still didn't understand.

She is as depraved as the alluring Asmodeus, the first anchor for his descent into the mortal world, but he is willing.

So he simply moved to the right to Xita's position, so that their figures overlapped.

Like this morning, even without the warmth of physical contact, the feeling of heart-to-heart connection doesn't lie.

Xi Tan pursed her lips, then turned her head to look at the flashing neon lights flowing outside the window.

In the blurry reflection of the car window, the short-haired girl's dimples were red.

Compared with Xita's cautious driving and Yawei's steady driving, V's driving style is particularly irritable.It wasn't until Ting Wei Mackinac stopped moving that Xi Tan recovered from the ambiguous atmosphere. She glanced at the time displayed on the car display in surprise. It took only 15 minutes for V to drive for half an hour. Just follow the navigation and send them to the next life.

"Speaking of which, this is V's first time here." Jack Wells got out of the car straight away, leading V down the stairs and walking towards the entrance of the afterlife.

Xita shook her dizzy head, got out of the car with Yawei, and walked side by side behind Jack and V.

"Hi! Emmerich!" Seeing that Jack and the security guard at the door of the next life seemed not to deal with it, Xita hurried over to say hello. She didn't want to be reprimanded by Roger again later.

"Welcome back, kid," said the ferocious Emeric, who also softened in the face of a good boy like Xita who often came and went in the next life.

Jack touched his nose, and followed Xita into the afterlife club under V's mocking white eyes.

"You would never have guessed, V," Jack whispered to V, "this place was a morgue decades ago!"

"Oh!" V replied perfunctorily, looking curiously at the unique decoration of the afterlife.

"Don't take it seriously! Sister," Jack patted V on the shoulder, "Can you imagine? Susan Forrest, Old Snake and even Morgan Blackhand are all regulars here!" The legends of the famous people, Jack is like a treasure.

"Good evening, Xita," the bartender Claire greeted the guests as usual, "and Jack Wells and..." She hesitated appropriately, kindly leaving space for the new faces to introduce themselves.

"V, just call me V." V nodded to Claire to express his gratitude.

"Okay, Jack, V, would you like a drink?" Claire put away the glass she had just wiped, "Hey, you're not allowed to drink, and Rogge specially told that girls who can't drink are not allowed to drink!" She squinted and smiled , pointing to not far away.

"Hmm..." Xita stood on tiptoe and made a cute grimace at Rogge, who was watching the movement, but he didn't reject Rogge's kindness.

Jack and V were a little surprised by the afterlife queen Rogge taking care of Xita, but they didn't say much, and let Xita sit on the other side, just to give the little girl and her partner who was talking a little private space.

"Two glasses of old-fashioned tequila, with some beer and chili." Jack gestured with the number "two", which was so funny that V couldn't bear to look directly.

"Two glasses of Johnny Silverhands, here we come," Claire quickly completed the bartending skillfully.

"It seems that someone has done enough homework here." She approved, and pushed the wine glass in front of Jack and V.

"That's right, chica." Jack took the wine glass.

"What nonsense are you guys talking about?" V looked at the two in a daze and said something she couldn't understand as if they were having an underground meeting.

"It's the old rules here." Xita, who was sitting on the side, took the time to explain.

"That's right, the drinks here are all with the names of regular customers." Claire smiled and cleaned up the bar and wine glasses, adding, "If you want to die particularly wonderfully, it's best to make a big ticket and hang up halfway through." , the people of Night City will remember his name."

"I want to make a set for myself," Jack took a sip of the wine, the sweetness mixed with spicy taste made him exhilarated.

"The price is too high..." V shook his head, somewhat incomprehensible.

"Everyone is mortal! I'd rather be a big man than die of old age with nothing to do!" Jack took it seriously, with a look of pride and ambition.

V didn't answer, just raised his glass towards Jack.

"To the City of Night! To the afterlife!" They clinked glasses boldly, and drank it all in one gulp.

Sitting on the other side, Xita also politely raised a glass filled with ice water to signal to the two of them.

"My name is Jack, Jack Wells," Jack wiped the drink from the corner of his mouth, "Do you want to leave one of my recipes?" He asked Claire.

"Okay." Claire hesitated for a few seconds, not disappointing Jack.

"One vodka, with ice, lime juice, ginger beer," Jack paused, "and most importantly... some love."

"Okay, I remember." Claire nodded, turned around and asked V beside her, "What about you? Miss V?"

"I'll forget it..." V shook her head. If there were no accidents, she would have to spend most of her life in the Arasaka Company, which is really not related to a legendary life.

"I want it, I want it!" Xita waited at the side.

Yawei was also very curious about what recipe Xita wanted to keep, since his drinking capacity was so poor.

"Okay, okay..." She couldn't resist Xita's nagging, so Claire reluctantly agreed.

"One piece of mine, one piece of my boyfriend's!" Xita began to push forward again.

"I really can't do anything about you..." Claire was helpless and curious about the formula of wine in Xita's little head.

"A cup of Xita Casdeil! The recipe is a glass of neo-tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice, coarse salt, and ice!" Xita waved her hands happily in the air.

"anything else?"

"Also... wait for me to ask." Xi Tan frowned delicately, and turned to look at Yawei who had come to her side

"Yawei, what's your surname?" She asked in a low voice, she didn't even know his surname, Xita's big mistake!
"Yahwei Kasdei" Yawei was courteous, looking at Xita's cute face that suddenly turned red, he was very satisfied with her cute reaction.

"... Yawei Kasdeil! The recipe is..." She forgot her words in excitement, "A glass of gin, vermouth and vodka, with lemon zest and olives!"

"The King of Cocktails and Queen of Cocktails?" Claire smiled exaggeratedly. "They share the same surname... It seems that our little Xita has grown up too..."

"Hmm..." Xi Tan felt as if his face was going to melt away.

Jack and V looked at each other, and both thought Xiao Xita was very interesting.

"Anyway, toast to Night City!" Jack and V exchanged glasses, and Xita also substituted water for wine to join in the fun. Yawei sat beside her, watching everything silently.

Under the green light of the next life, the joy and happiness on their faces are so eye-catching and fascinating.

　Company V and Jack in the game are already old acquaintances at the beginning, so they just changed it.

　　I also thank my friends for their support. I have received a notice from the website and I can sign a contract. After signing the contract, there will be a big update on the plot. I always feel that the relationship between Yawei and Xita is a bit flat.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)