How To Live as a Cyberpunk Solver

15. friend

I could understand enough, and I could guess enough.

With the company’s cargo arriving safely and no news of the gang member being plotted, it was only natural that there be extreme anxiety. At times like this, it was only natural that when the fixer who handled the messy work knocked on the front door, he would be greeted with a 12-gauge buckshot loaded into a tactical shotgun rather than a kind word and a kind smile.

“Clean up the gun! I didn’t come to harm you!”

Anticipating a violent reaction, I was out of the door, so no damage was done. However, we had to be careful to avoid damage in the future. It was difficult for the implant that was fitted today to break today.

“It’s a headache.”

Leonard checked his surroundings. It was at the end of the hallway, so no one passed by, and the only escape route was a window that could not be opened. I don’t know how good Liam Fault’s implant body is, but it’s probably not good enough to jump from a 7th floor height. With an implant like that, he would have sold his body rather than corporate cargo information.

“Wait, do you have a window?”

People can’t fly, but the machines that took people’s jobs flew every day. Even now, when I look at the sky, I go around busily making a buzzing sound. Clever Max picked up on Leonard’s plan by the look on his face and the direction of his gaze.

“Hacking corporate drones? Then what if the FAP pops up?”

“People are mistaken, but drones don’t have alarms. There is an alarm device on the cargo box loaded on the drone. Otherwise, every time you bump into a bird, the busy FAP will have to mobilize.”

“That’s it! Oh, isn’t it?”

If only the cargo was not damaged, armed patrols were not dispatched due to ‘wait’ deviating from the route or ‘waiting’ malfunction. If it is not returned for a long time, it may be judged to be malfunctioning and a recovery team may be dispatched, but it is not a problem to borrow it for a while.

By the time Max could barely comprehend, Leonard’s mind was flying out the window across the seventh-floor hallway. The brain chip radio waves that occult maniacs claim to be ‘spirit’ just happened to interfere with Airholes’ K-022177 cargo drone flying over 21-9 streets. In a sense, the soul of the cyber age was right. Leonard’s hacking program took over the cargo drone’s main system and manipulated its aluminum body at will.

“Have you already hacked?”

“Compared to tactical drones, it’s like eating a liquid energy bar.”

The hexagonal dilated pupil synchronized with the cargo drone’s camera to send real-time information. A-044 As a low-cost drone that only operates in six digits in the city, the image quality is not good and there are a few incontinence, but it was not to the extent that it was useless. In conjunction with the navigation, the current location and target location were identified. Slowly lowering the altitude, he approached the window of the prickly guarded Liam Fault.

“But what are you going to do with the approach? Can you break the window and overpower it?”

“How does a precious drone do such a thing? We have to.”

If you grasp the interior structure, it is a success, and if you distract yourself even for a moment, it is a great success. Leonard’s fingers went up and down. A cargo drone descends along the outer wall of the villa, illuminating the interior of the seventh floor. As expected, it was a mess.

Tables and chairs were overturned, as if they were trying to build a barricade, and carriers and junk were scattered around, as if they were trying to escape at night. However, I was cowardly and indecisive, so I couldn’t do anything right. A heap of cheap alcohol bottles and electronic drug chips proved it. There was a reason why the twins sent a solver.

Leonard slammed the window with the propeller cover and made a mechanical sound through the speaker.

“Hey, Mr. Fault.”

“Hee-!”

The response was hot. Specifically, it was about 1,500 to 1,800 degrees. A spark exploded from the muzzle and a 37-gram iron ball flew into it. Whether it’s a person or a drone, if you get hit, you’ll hear ‘Ouch!’ It was a speed that would never end. So I raised your drone in advance. Windows were broken and screams were heard in the streets, but no machinery was broken. I had one implant that was going to fail.

Leonard straightened up as soon as the gun was removed from the front door. It took two seconds for Liam Fault to figure out the situation, pull the pump, and aim at Leonard again. That was enough.

“stop!”

He kicked the tattered front door and shouted. Liam Fault, who was frightened and turned the gun again, stopped abruptly. It’s not like he’s a good gangster who listens well, but the hacking program was uploaded the moment we met eyes. It was a tight timing.

“Uh… uh… uh…”

Hacking was wrong, I couldn’t vocalize. I wondered if the tongue and airway were also implants, so I checked and found out that they were not. He just looks a bit surprised.

Beep beep-! Beep-!

Cargo drones peeked out through the broken windows. Leonard checked to see if the cargo box was damaged and unlocked it. When the automatic driving system rebooted, it spun around and returned to its original place. Even if you don’t know who ordered what, you will receive it on time.

“Uh… are you done? Did you catch it?”

Max poked his head out from behind the smashed door. Leonard pushed the carrier with his foot and said to take the valuables. I didn’t mean to rob the loot. Even if they evacuated, they had to take their valuables with them.

Having his first assistant job, Max gladly robbed the house. It was already a mess, so there was nothing to mess with, so it was almost a playground. Leonard dealt with his target, ignoring his young assistant who would destroy anything he could to relieve stress.

“I said it earlier, but I didn’t come here to harm you. Quite the contrary.”

“Do it, do it, if you don’t want to harm it…!”

“I have come to help you get out of Sodom.”

It was because he was timid, but he wasn’t stupid. After a few words, I understood the situation.

“Did Wildkid send you? Me, save me?”

“You don’t know gang gang. Why can they save you?”

“Then who? Who sent you!”

“That’s a secret, but one thing is certain: if you don’t go now, you’ll be found dead tomorrow.”

Max gave a mischievous salute as he dragged the bloated suitcase.

“Boss! I got it all! Shall we start a fire now?”

City arson was a first-degree crime worse than murder. Leonard looked at Liam Fault, ignoring Orange Prison’s burgeoning buds.

“I shot, so the police will come. Decide now if you’re not going to evacuate to the detention center. Are you going with me?”

I had no choice. Because Max had already left with his luggage.

“Go, I will go with you! I’m going with you!”

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The twins told the subject to send them to the place they wanted, but there was only one place they could go to with common sense.

“The Wildkid gang?”

“I thought this was smart…”

“just joke. What kind of loyalty does the gang have?”

Gangster Liam Fault gave a shit-chewed look. Since he was a traitor without loyalty, he had nothing to say.

“Who told you to get me out? Are you really not going to tell me?”

“Your tone has become very polite?”

“If you’re the real Leonard Walker, you won’t kill me.”

Leonard made a triumphant look toward the passenger seat. It was a testament to his prestige. Max was genuinely amazed.

“It’s rumored to be a Hogu all over town, right?”

I hit one unless I was driving. I hit it very hard. Liam Fault asked, glancing down the street.

“So where are you going now? Do you know where I am?”

“It’s not a place you know. Unless Twins got their frontal lobes pierced, they’re not going to pierce their acquaintances first.”

“then…”

“I’m going to A-040 City. It is a place with many immigrants, so if you change your face and name and hide for a few years, you will be safe.”

“Change the implant? Where is the money for that?”

Leonard took a credit chip out of his coat pocket and threw it. It was a disposable credit wallet temporarily issued by the bank.

“It was given to me by the client. It contains about 5,000 credits, so get an external treatment and use it as a settlement fund.”

This was the reason why this request was worth 10,000 credits. Liam Poult, who didn’t know that Leonard was getting twice as much, was very grateful.

“Who is the replacement client? Who am I…”

“Oh, well, I can’t speak.”

It was thorough because the reputation of the solver was at stake. However, the solver was also curious. I glanced in the rearview mirror and said.

“If you’re bored, let’s talk about that. How did you get into the gang and how did you betray it?”

Liam Fault sighed as he clutched his credit chip, which was like a lifeline.

“What is your reason for being a gangster? Because I was just living my life, I got entangled with gangs and became a gangster. All of these bottom people are like that.”

“Following a friend to the ground, something like that?”

“A friend… that’s an interesting word. That’s right.”

It became a vague expression that did not match the harsh impression.

“I had a friend who I used to roll with in Junk Town. We used to rob stores together and steal money from old friends, but unlike me, he was smart, so he was often called by a high-ranking official in Stonehead.”

‘Don’t glamorize such a crime as a memory’ muttered Max. Leonard asked just in case.

“Is that friend also involved in this incident?”

“No… He died four years ago. He was shot while raiding the 17th Street detention center.”

So it seems not. I couldn’t figure out what the relationship was with the twins. Liam Fault muttered in a sleepy voice.

“He was my only friend. it was family I couldn’t let him die in vain. I even tried transplanting implants into the brain to save it somehow… Ha, how can a guy like me succeed. I only threw away valuable equipment.”

“Implant brain? Would that be enough for 40,000 or 50,000 credits?”

“It wasn’t the right thing. Another memory had already been uploaded, and that too was out of order. Originally, it should have been discarded, but I thought I might be able to save a few pennies.”

Leonard, a former hacker and programmer in his own right, was dumbfounded.

“You transplanted your friend’s brain to such a defective product? Are you sane?”

“Isn’t it better to be lower? He’s going to die anyway, but if he does well, he can live, right? hehehehe… I forgot that this place was Sodom.”

A god-forsaken city of sin. There were no miracles because there was no God.

“So what did you do with that implant brain? Do you still have them?”

“I sold it right away. The illegal clinic doctor gave me 25 credits.”

“That was four years ago?”

“3 years and 7 months? Probably.”

Leonard counted the dates in his head. It was around that time that the Stoneheads fell and the Twins came along.

‘Implant doctor, gangster, twins, detention center, 3 years and 7 months, friends…’

It seemed like something could be caught, but I was afraid to catch it.

‘Ah, could it be?’

There are things in the world that are better off not knowing.