"Hello, unknown gentleman."

Shirahoshi answered the phone, and from the other end came a voice that was slightly familiar to him, but he couldn't remember when he heard it.

"To be honest, I never thought it would be so hard to find someone in Night City, I don't have a name...... No contact details...... There are no records...... It's like a ghost—"

"Who are you?" Shirahoshi interrupted him suddenly.

"Mr. Unknown is really easy to forget, we met yesterday, didn't we?"

Yesterday?

Shirahoshi began to recall the events of yesterday, asking for food, wandering, and being kidnapped......

Oh yes!

He remembered that it was the man who appeared in a hurry at the door of the warehouse, dropped the bag of prostheses and chips, and then hurried away, and it was also the guy who was supposed to die instead of his hapless substitute.

"I'm sure you've remembered who I am, right?" "To add a sense of trust between you and me, allow me to introduce myself. ”

"My name is Sirzati, I work in the R&D department of Arasaka, and I wanted to jump to another large company with some 'valuables', but unfortunately fate made me fail, and this is really thanks to Mr."

Sirzati's tone sounded extremely regretful, and he paused and continued: "I guess you know what that 'valuable' is—the chip, where are you?" ”

Chip?

Shirahoshi remembered the chip with Arasaka's match, he touched his pants pocket, and took out the chip from it, probably subconsciously stuffed it into his pocket just now.

He looked at the chip in his hand and said, "Listen, I'm not interested in any chips, and I don't want to get involved in the of your companies, if you want chips, you can come and get them now, I'm in-"

"Don't be so impatient, my friend, I don't know your name yet?"

“……”

"It's really sad for me to be so cold, how can I say that I saved you once, right? Otherwise, do you think NCPD's police dispatch efficiency is really that fast? ”

“…… White Star. ”

"Okay Mr. Shirahoshi, I have a small request, I wonder if you can help me?"

"Could you please keep that chip for me for a while?"

"What?" Shirahoshi is a little suspicious that there is something wrong with his ears, you are an employee of the Arasaka company, and you don't want to recycle Arasaka's important items, and you still want me to be an outsider to help keep them?

As the saying goes, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and Shirahoshi still decided to refuse this request.

"I'm sorry, I refuse, I suggest you take it yourself."

"No, Mr. Shirahoshi, don't be so anxious to refuse, as the so-called everything is difficult at the beginning, although it was a little difficult to find you at first, but as long as you find it, you will be locked firmly all the time, no matter what body you change, it will not help, no one can escape Arasaka's cage in Night City, if I hadn't interfered with it, Arasaka's secret service has now come to the door."

"What the hell do you want to do?" Shirahoshi asked impatiently.

"I said, I just want you to keep the chip for me for a while."

"Do you think I'm going to believe this kind of nonsense? Trick me like a three-year-old? ”

"Of course I didn't mean that, I'll contact you again when the time is right. As for now, you just need to protect that chip, of course, I won't let you work in vain, you take the money first. ”

Anyway, the news of the remittance came in front of Bai Xing's eyes, and 10,000 euros were called like this, which is not a small amount, and these company dogs can easily take it out.

"Oh yes, one more thing, it's a small gift I gave you, the people who attacked you just now were a group of mercenaries from Saint-Domingo, and the two you killed yesterday were their men. As far as I know, they still hold a grudge, and I don't think they will let you go, and one of the strongholds that have been used a lot lately is a broken community south of Santo Domingo, and the address will be mailed to you, good luck. ”

With that, Sirzati hung up.

“……”

Bai Xing looked at the mobile phone in his hand that had turned off the screen and was silent for a long time, and finally stuffed it into his pocket with the chip, and then left here without stopping.

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As night falls, the colors begin to obscure Night City, and Shirahoshi, who came out of the hospital early, sits on the roof of a house and nibbles on the energy bar he just bought.

"I have to say, this thing is really unpalatable......"

But Bai Xing, who had been hit by his stomach, still kept eating one bite at a time, and soon, an energy bar was stuffed into his stomach, and he was waiting for his goal at this time.

The "Platinum Star" appeared behind the boy, his microscope-like eyes firmly fixed on his target, the mercenaries who attacked him this morning.

The head wearing sunglasses is called Holly, and the degree of prosthetic transformation is not small, it can be said that he is fully armed, he is the most threatening, and secondly, the firepower of the guns in the hands of those younger brothers must also be reduced.

Shirahoshi stared at each other as he retreated into the shadows.

"Boss, today's wave is too thrilling, Lao Tzu was almost shot in the head by that stinky Shabi."

"Hey, I said why can't you kid die, or Lao Tzu will give you a shot here now, and then replace your implant body with Lao Tzu."

"Huh? What did you say? Are you looking for death? You think you're pretty good, right? I'm going to crush you now! Cerebral palsy! ”

"That's it!" At this moment, Hawley, who was at the front, spoke, "We're here, let's all go and rest, tomorrow we have to go to trouble." Forgot? Adi and Amin's revenge has not yet been avenged! ”

As soon as Holly spoke, all the little brothers who were chattering behind him also fell silent, and one of them suddenly stood up and bowed to Holly.

"I've never thought about trusting people or being trusted in Night City, and I didn't expect to have a few companions in this hellish place who wouldn't stab people in the back. I...... Uh......" He suddenly got stuck in the middle of his speech, and he hesitated for a long time, and finally he could only hold back one sentence:

"Thank you, Boss!"

Hawley slowly took off his glasses, revealing a pair of eyes full of vicissitudes, he raised a kick and kicked his little brother's ass, and said, "Hurry up and TM in!" ”

After all the younger brothers had entered, Hawley took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and took one out of his mouth and put it in his mouth.

I really didn't expect that I, who had been wandering, would be able to find a home in this night city.

He took out his own lighter again, blocked the evening breeze with one hand, and lit it twice but there was still no flame, "This broken thing, why is it like this again!" Hawley flicked the lighter twice in the air, then leaned in front of the cigarette again.

Bang Bang –

Boom!

Hawley was stunned, the wind and waves from the violent explosion blew his greasy hair, and the crumpled cigarette in his hand did not ignite, but fell straight to the ground, and the house in front of him was in ruins, and only the roaring tongue of fire told the cruel truth.

His eyes suddenly turned bloody, and he pulled out the pistol at his waist.

"Bastard! Shabi! You're going to give it to Lao Tzu! Look at Lao Tzu and don't beat your head to pieces! Flush down the drains in Colorado! ”

In the blink of an eye, a figure appeared in Hawley's eyes, and the distance was about to be attached to him, and before he could be stunned, his right hand with a gun had already been scrapped.

A sudden force slashed his right hand off the base of his shoulder, and blood rushed out, pain attacking Hawley's nerves and recovering him from his astonishment.

Fortunately, Holly is also a battle-hardened person, so he hurriedly activated the implant in his leg, jumped forward, and pulled away from Shirahoshi 5 meters away.

“…… It's you...... boy."

Hawley recognized the person who came, it was the revenge object they had attacked this morning, and he actually came to the door at this moment, and this ghost-like attack, was it really Sianweistan......

After all, he didn't know that there was such a thing as a "stand-in".

"First Adi, Amin...... And then so many of my brethren ......"

No one can use Stanwestein continuously, Hawley thought.

"Die! Brat! ”

Holly suddenly burst out, and the only remaining left forearm "swooped" a long knife popped out, and the knee joints of both legs also cut through the trouser tube and popped out sharp blades, revealing metallic legs.

He crouched down slightly to accumulate strength, and section by section of blue light lit up from the sides of his legs, and then the violent air was released, and the whole person stabbed straight towards the white star like a flying knife.

Shirahoshi took a deep breath and used the eyesight of the "Platinum Star" to observe the opponent's actions, and the skill of stopping from time to time would have to wait a few seconds before he could use it again, so he could only take this move.

With a very small voice sounded—

Hawley's offensive came to an abrupt halt, and he observed the situation on the field for some unknown reason, "This...... What the hell is this ability...... You guy...... What the hell is in it? ”

His expression was full of disbelief, this attack on Shirahoshi did not use Sianweistan's ability as he expected, but the situation was not much better, only to see that his body was strangely fixed in mid-air, obviously ...... It's just that little close...... He was able to plunge the blade into Shirahoshi's head.

In Hawley's invisible perspective, the "Platinum Star" stood in front of Shirahoshi, grabbing the opponent's left arm with one hand, and the blade on the opponent's right knee with the other, and the last blade was also avoided by Shirahoshi's adjusted figure.

Hawley's eyes suddenly lit up with blue light, and then those blades automatically fell off from the prosthetic, taking this opportunity he hurriedly distanced himself from Shirahoshi again, but Shirahoshi didn't want to let him go easily, seeing him distance again, he also hurriedly threw away the sword in his hand, and ran towards the other party with his legs.

…… With San Westein and that strange ability, Hawley knew he had encountered the most formidable foe in his life.

Certain...... There must be some limitations......

Hawley couldn't help but think that there was no reason why this powerful ability could be used indefinitely, just like Sianweistan, after using it once, it would have to cool down for a while before it could be used again, otherwise it would cause a drastic burden on the user's body.

Not everyone can be like Adam's hammer, transformed to a primitive brain and can move freely.

He looked at Shirahoshi running towards him, and his head kept brainstorming.

For example, the electromagnetic pulse EMP type of weapon, after activation, can destroy all electronic equipment in range, and because in the current world, no one does not have something in the body, so the lethality is huge.

That's right! Distance!

Hawley suddenly understood something, as if a spiritual light flashed through his mind, and his ability must also have a range!

Although I don't know how far it is, at this moment, I must not be within the effective range of the other party! Otherwise, Shirahoshi wouldn't be so eager to get close to him!

Thinking of this, Hawley kept pulling away as he raised his left hand and shot at Shirahoshi, the implant's fingers all barrels that could shoot bullets with the same power as a rifle.

"Platinum Star!"

At the same time, Bai Xing saw that the other party was constantly distancing himself from him, and he also understood that Holly probably already knew that his stand-in had a limited scope.

The "Platinum Star" suddenly opened its arms behind him, as if embracing the world in its arms, and the clock rang and stopped, and the world fell to a standstill.

The two-second countdown began, and Shirahoshi had only one goal - to get close to the enemy, and he did not change his course, but rushed directly towards Hawley, while controlling the double to divert all the bullets floating in his path to both sides.

This is obviously not difficult for a normal person, the distance that Holly pulled away was good, not too far, and at the end of the two-second stop, Shirahoshi ran right in front of Holly.

"Ora!"

The Platinum Star let out a roar of rage and struck with a lightning punch that shattered Hawley's chest and burst through his back.

Scarlet blood gushed out from the hole in Holly's chest, and he looked at Shirahoshi with some unwillingness, "Huh...... Does Snwestein cool down so quickly......"

After that, as if he couldn't bear it anymore, a mouthful of blood flowed up his throat, and he vomited "wow".

Suddenly! Shirahoshi's body took a step back, and the arm of the "Platinum Star" was withdrawn from Hawley's body, and he silently looked at the dying Hawley on the ground, and the "Platinum Star" waited behind him like a patronus, and one left hand wrapped around Shirahoshi's forehead.

There's a bullet that's still hot!

It was just when Holly spat blood from his mouth, and the bullet that shot out of his mouth at that moment!

This bullet was mixed in blood, and if it weren't for the incomparable speed of the "Platinum Star", I was afraid that I would be dying here at this moment.

Shirahoshi threw the bullet to the ground, a crimson running down his brow, and he walked over to Hawley, ready to give him one last shot.

This guy should be loaded with an implant like biomonitoring in his body, and he still breathes a sigh of relief.

"Ahem...... You won......" Hawley said suddenly, "Actually, I don't blame you...... I should have ...... Occur...... ...... one day."

"That's what it is...... Life in Night City...... Licking blood on the edge of the knife...... ...... life Provoked ...... Better than yourself...... Guys...... I can only accept my fate......"

"But...... Even in this disgusting ...... Broken place...... There are always some people...... I have my own principles......"

Shirahoshi's pupils shrank suddenly, and a fist-sized cannonball tore through Holly's shirt, revealing a pitch-black barrel from his stomach.

When! Have you been hiding under your clothes before!

Bai Xing didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly activated the ability, that cannonball was not the type of contact detonation, and Bai Xing's vision could almost see the powerful energy contained in it from the cracks on the metal surface of the cannonball.

"Platinum ......!"

Rumble!