Arasaka Tower, 33 floors.

Sasha stared out the window in a daze.

Stunned.

Just.

The two stood in front of a panoramic glass window.

Tang Yu asked her if she wanted to see the fireworks.

She said yes.

Thereupon.

She followed the direction Tang Yu pointed and saw with her own eyes a flash of lightning lighting up the building.

It was a biotechnology company building, and a powerful electric current ran from the base through the building to the sky, and finally exploded into a brilliant fireworks.

This is the fireworks that Tang Yu said, the fireworks prepared for her.

Suddenly.

Sasha's pupils shrank, and the dazzling fireworks seemed to pull her into another world, the world of colorful kaleidoscopes.

Stupefied.

Countless flying scenes appear in front of you like a magic bubble, and they are full of color.

High-rises, explosions, fireworks, biotechnology.

The world of blue eyes and pink eyes is constantly changing, like seeing flowers in the fog, colorful and bright.

This moment.

Sasha seems to see more.

Those bubble scenes that are obviously unfamiliar, but extremely familiar.

It's like a dream.

Childhood, Mom, Ward, Painkillers, Biotechnology.

Gradually.

A layer of mist appeared in front of Sasha's eyes, as if the light had captivated her eyes, and the deepest memories in her mind emerged in the colorful world.

She seems to be observing a life through a kaleidoscope, a life of her own.

"Mom."

Sasha saw her mother, lying in the cold hospital room, with the bottle of painkillers on the table next to her.

She felt lonely and helpless, feeling that her mother was moving away from her step by step.

She tried to grab her mother's hand, but found that she couldn't catch anything, she couldn't do anything.

Sasha froze in place, wondering why her mother was lying on the hospital bed, closing her eyes forever and no longer smiling at her.

She suddenly looked down and found that there was an extra kaleidoscope on her hands, which was her mother's favorite gift.

She likes to see the world through a kaleidoscope, especially beautiful, very beautiful.

She prefers to look at her mother through the kaleidoscope and see the bright light surrounding her mother, who is smiling as bright as an angel.

Sasha looked down at the kaleidoscope lying quietly in the palm of her hand, perhaps her mother was waiting for her in a place full of light and brilliance.

She slowly picked up the kaleidoscope mirror, put it in front of her eyes, and looked at her mother through the colorful mirror curtain.

Yes.

She saw her mother's smile, still as gentle as ever, and her mother raised her hand to gently stroke the top of her hair.

But when Sasha put down the kaleidoscope and happily wanted to run to her mother, there was only a cold ward in front of her that had lost its temperature, and little Sasha who was standing still alone.

She knew that she had grown up.

In a trance.

Sasha found himself wandering the neon streets at night, past steel girder bridges, past rows of fluorescent billboards.

It was late at night, and Sasha couldn't help but yawn and finally arrived at the biotechnology building.

She infiltrated the company building, arrived at the upper office, hacked into the office system, and chewed red bubblegum in her mouth.

Just as Sasha was about to evacuate, he stumbled upon something familiar.

Analgesic.

The scenes of her childhood emerged, and she could no longer take her eyes off.

This moment.

She chose to open Pandora's box and check out the inside file of the painkiller.

Sasha learns the truth about her mother's death and instantly understands her inner choice.

When I was young, I was still waiting somewhere in my heart, looking at it all through a kaleidoscope.

Sasha was determined to upload this information to News 54.

She wants to expose this information and let her mother's grievances be avenged.

She believes that News 54 will appeal for her mother, after all, her mother fought for her country.

With firm conviction, Sasha chose to stay in the office of the Biotechnology Building, ready to meet the incoming enemy.

But one after another, the Kangtao battle robots began to launch a fierce attack.

Ultimately.

Sasha completes the data transmission, and he is forced to detonate the explosives and fall from a great height.

It's all over.

That moment.

She fulfilled her wish when she was young.

Suddenly.

Sasha felt a warm palm and gently rested it on her head.

When she came back to her senses, she realized that she was standing in front of a panoramic glass window, looking out at the extinguished biotechnology building.

I don't know when, the tears have moistened the eyes and flooded out of the corners of the eyes.

Her gaze gradually focused on the front of her, on the warm palm.

It's Tang Yu.

Sasha just looked at him stupidly.

She seemed to see Tang Yu through a kaleidoscope mirror, and her body seemed to be surrounded by bright brilliance.

His smile was so warm and so reassuring.

Suddenly.

Sasha understood everything.

I understood the meaning of fireworks, the meaning of the concert, and everything Tang Yu did.

"Don't cry, I'll do the rest."

Sasha saw Tang Yu touching her cat's head and comforting herself softly, and she couldn't help but shed crystal tears.

She smiled.

After the fireworks.

Tang Yu saw Sasha standing in place in a daze, crying unconsciously, and knew that she must have remembered something.

Maybe it was the emotions of the primordial consciousness that affected her, or maybe Sasha saw the memories of the primordial consciousness.

Two souls that were originally close to each other had a certain kind of interaction.

Tang Yu's words.

Sasha stopped crying.

Tang Yu saw that she was so well-behaved, and he also knew that Sasha was still that Sasha, so he asked softly, "Is your head uncomfortable?" ”

In general, in the case of this kind of memory fusion, Sasha will have a significant headache and need to take drugs that suppress brain activity in time.

Sasha shook her head slightly.

She knew that every time these strange and familiar scenes appeared in her mind, she would feel a headache.

But this time, she didn't feel anything unusual.

The images that popped up in her mind seemed to have been hidden in the depths of her memory for a long, long time, and she didn't remember it until today.

It's like walking on the beach and picking up a shell.

"Sasha doesn't have a headache."

"It's just remembering some things, and some more familiar and unfamiliar memories."

"Sasha doesn't understand it, but the memories are so real."

Obviously, Sasha in front of Tang Yu did not have any brain changes, and her original consciousness was still asleep.

But what's going on with the memory that pops up?

Could it be that the original consciousness actively transitioned and fused part of the memory into the current Sasha.

Seeing that Sasha's emotions have not calmed down, these questions can only be considered later.

Sasha looked at Tang Yu seriously, seemed to have mustered up his courage, and muttered.

"Mr. Tang, Sasha wants to thank you."

Tang Yu didn't know for a while which Sasha she was talking about, but she didn't say much, just raised her hand again and touched her cat's head.

In fact.

Whether Sasha understood the meaning behind it or not, he would go to Kerry for a concert and plan to start this riot.

Because all people need a fire to light the torch in their hearts.

Kerry, who has been silent for a long time, needs this fire to rekindle the blood of rock and roll, break through the depression in his heart, and have a hearty rock concert, announcing to the world that the martial arts band will never die.

Mann, who has been bound to himself for a long time, needs this fire to reconcile with his past self.

He has always been trapped in fear, afraid of losing his best friends, afraid of losing the people around him.

He tried to try to protect everyone around him by becoming strong enough.

Now, the fire had told him that Sasha's choice didn't have to be borne by him.

Equally.

Everyone who has seen the crime of biotechnology needs this fire to dispel the gloom in their hearts.

Tang Yu just didn't expect that Sasha would gain part of the memory and part of the memory from the original consciousness.

It dawned on him that this might not be a good thing for Sasha now.

Sasha gradually accepts the memories of fusing her native consciousness, and from another point of view, does it mean that her current proprioceptive consciousness is being overwritten.

Just like the RELIC biochip, it will forcibly override the original owner's consciousness over time.

In this special case, Tang Yu could not give a very accurate judgment, and could only make two judgments.

The first is that the original consciousness is being fused and covered, and when the brain completes the repair, the current 'Sasha' consciousness will cease to exist, and the body and soul will be unified again.

The second is that Sasha has absorbed some memory fragments of the original consciousness, and the memory absorption is generally produced by some kind of stimulation, and does not affect Sasha's current consciousness.

Or rather.

The second is more like the original consciousness actively 'gifting' memories to Sasha now, allowing her to regain human memories and thus help her refine her emotions.

In either case, Sasha will also have a part of the past in the future, and will live more like himself.

Tang Yu still needed to know how many memories Sasha had absorbed, so he asked, "Sasha, do you remember who Rebecca is?" ”

Rebecca?

Sasha searched her mind, trying to find the bits and pieces of memories of Rebecca.

A moment later.

Sasha shook her head in disappointment, apparently she still didn't know who Rebecca was.

"Sasha doesn't remember Rebecca, Rebecca should be a very good friend of Sasha."

"She was really surprised and happy to see Sasha, but Sasha couldn't remember it at all."

Sasha said, a hint of apology flashing in her eyes, as if she was sorry for not being able to remember who the other person was.

These emotional expressions prove that Sasha's own emotions are gradually budding.

Until now, Sasha didn't know that there was another primordial consciousness in his mind, and he didn't understand why he lost his memory, and he really thought he was 'Sasha'.

Tang Yu felt that such ignorance was also the best for her.

Whoever suddenly knows one day that they are not themselves, but the consciousness that occupies someone else's body, I am afraid that they will fall into strong self-doubt.

Tang Yu gently touched her cat's head and comforted: "Don't blame yourself, because Sasha once had a serious illness, and I can't remember many things, which is normal." ”

"But the illness will gradually get better, so Sasha can remember the past."

When Sasha heard this, he immediately raised his head to look at him, nodded seriously, and said, "Well, Sasha's illness will definitely be cured, and he will remember everything when the time comes." ”

She had always believed in Tang Yu's words, and the knot in her heart suddenly dissolved, and her eyes returned to their former clarity and brilliance.

Tang Yu looked at Sasha, who was pure-minded in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, if there was really a day when she woke up, would she still be like today?

Today's Sasha is like living in a bubble, simple and beautiful, but it is so easy to break and dissipate.

Besides.

Sasha has memories, pasts, and secrets.

This secret will bring her danger, and this danger comes from Arasaka.

The various changes and visions of the consciousness body are closely related to Arasaka's RELIC development experiments.

Tang Yu can't completely rule out the potential danger in this regard, if Komi Chiko or Arasaka's relevant R&D executives know about it, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to Sasha.

If discovered, there is a high risk that they will be in danger and will suffer the same fate as Ottcunningham.

Except for Tang Yu, no one can know about Sasha's memories and must be taught to keep secrets.

Tang Yu said in a deep voice: "Sasha, activate the highest user permission." ”

Sasha immediately complied, and his prosthetic vision turned, activating the Supreme Clearance mode.

Tang Yu then opened her storage area settings, encrypted and locked some of the memory caches related to biotechnology, painkillers, and mothers, and added destruction prevention procedures.

Once set.

This part of the memory content can only be read by Tang Yu, even if someone hacks into Sasha's database, they can't access this part of the content.

If you forcibly hack this part of the key content, the memory cache will be automatically destroyed, and Sasha will automatically lose this part of the memory.

After turning off the maximum privilege mode, Tang Yu told her seriously: "Sasha, don't talk about your memories in front of anyone, even me, understand?" ”

Sasha blinked his blue eyes, although he didn't understand a little, but he nodded very obediently and replied: "Sasha remembers, and he won't mention anything about memories to anyone." ”

After dealing with Sasha's memory, Tang Yu returned his attention to the company square.

The riots continued, but gradually entered the final phase.

Kerry's concert officially ended, and he boarded the float under the escort of bodyguards and left the venue safely.

On the concert site, there were some people lying around, they were dizzy and drunk, and they fell to the ground and were still struggling and shouting.

The open flames on the street of the company square have been initially controlled, and only sporadic fires are burning.

After the initial heat of the crowd faded, the momentum also decreased a little.

Biotechnology began to mobilize more security robots, armed with stun guns, soft rubber guns and other weapons to enter the arena and throw smoke bombs to drive away the rioters.

Many people poured into the biotech building, and after wreaking havoc, they began to flee the scene in droves.

Some of them had electronic screens in their arms, some had prototypes in their hands, and some had various chips in their pockets.

The NCPD sheriffs just stood on the sidelines and watched, without the slightest intention of stepping forward to stop them.

At all the major crossings in the company square, the wanderers of the tribe also finished the group fight, returned to the car to start the engine, and left the scene at a gallop.

The large disc of the transportation hub began to slowly resume traffic, and the traffic flow merged into the disc again, forming a flowing light and shadow.

The riots and fires burned down half of the biotechnology building, whatever the fire could be.

But tonight was good enough.

A number of media reporters have already arrived at the scene and have begun to rush to report the news.

News 54 floating cars arrived at the company square, and the camera team immediately got out of the car, found a relatively open field of view, and prepared to start live broadcasting.

The intelligent levitation drone lens automatically adjusts the focus and aims at the host not far away, with the biotechnology company building in the background.

The host in the blonde pink skirt immediately raised the microphone and said: "Hello audience friends, this is the scene of the riot in the company square, and I am Jillian, an outfield reporter for News Channel 54." ”

"Right now, behind me is the biotech building, where the riots are taking place."

The camera of the intelligent hovering drone is then adjusted to a wide angle, encompassing the entire biotechnology building into the frame.

Gillian continued: "As you can see, the fire has spread to the middle of the biotechnology building, nearly half of the floors have been affected by the fire, and the fire on the façade of the building has been extinguished, but the riot inside the building continues. ”

"Biotech companies have mobilized a number of floating vehicles and are carrying out emergency firefighting operations, but there is a clear lack of control over the rioters."

"In addition, it can be seen that a lot of rioters have begun to evacuate, they have taken property from the biotechnology building, and it is clear that the whole situation is out of control."

The host, Gillian, saw that in the distance, there were three or five rioters rushing towards this side, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop them and asked.

"Okay, I'm an outfield reporter for News 54, can I interview you for a few minutes?"

Unexpectedly, the other party cursed directly: "What a stupid *54 unit, I didn't see that it was busy,!" ”

"Painkillers, biochemical weapons or whatever, those immoral things done by biotechnology, you know better than anyone else, what is there to ask?"

"It's just, the company*, not a good thing!"

After a few people scolded the camera, they ran away without looking back, and they didn't bother at all.

Gillian was a little embarrassed, and then asked the director to cut the scene, and then smiled at the camera again.

"Judging from the situation at the scene, the riot in the company square is mainly aimed at biotechnology companies."

"It is reported that the main cause of the riots is related to a number of biochemical and pharmaceutical projects of biotechnology companies."

"This station has received relevant materials from various sources, which mainly show that a painkiller once developed and marketed by biotechnology has neurodegenerative side effects, but it has not been disclosed, causing many veterans to suffer from neurological diseases."

"At present, Military Science and Technology has issued a statement that it will seriously pursue the responsibility of biotechnology for this matter, and will set up a pension fund to help veterans who have taken such drugs."

"There has been no statement from biotech companies about the riots, as well as the many projects that have been widely questioned."

"Our reporter Gillian is reporting for you on the spot."

After the end of the shooting, Gillian's professional smile disappeared immediately, and she looked at the effect of the live broadcast just now.

After confirming that there was no problem, she walked to the next corner, lit a cigarette and smoked it.

As a veteran reporter and host of News 54, I have long heard about this incident.

This painkiller project information was sent to the news station many years ago.

At that time, she also specifically asked her superiors whether she wanted to broadcast the relevant content of the information.

Due to some force majeure factors, not only could it not be broadcast, but even the information was taken away and encrypted by the radio station.

It was just a small episode in her media career that she remembers from countless memories to this day.

Gillian was already numb to these things, and spat out the smoke ring with a blank face.

"Maybe that's why my colleague Regina Jones left."

There will be a change later.

(End of chapter)