A few hours ago.

"Mom, why are you sleeping on the couch again? Why don't you sleep if you have a bed? ”

In the super skyscraper H4 of Santo Domingo, a teenager has just gotten out of bed, and a red-haired woman lies on the sofa in front of him.

The girl's movement woke the woman, and she rubbed her sleepy eyes, barely opening a slit under the harsh gaze.

"Good morning, David."

"Last year's night shift was too tiring, and there is no way to do it."

"Okay...... "Okay," David grabbed his cockscomb, "Anyway, I'm going to school first, and the washing machine is down again, remember to top it up." ”

"Well, leave it to me to deal with, remember to be safe on the road."

"By the way, did you say that the equipment used in your academy needs to be updated?"

"Well, I've got the prosthetic doctor to get it for me."

"Got it? Are you sure? You can't use pirated software. Gloria sat up from the couch.

"Don't worry, there will be no problem."

David sighed, they don't even have the money to recharge the washing machine, where is the money to update the expensive genuine software?

"Promise me, you must use genuine software, okay?" Gloria is still not worried about her son.

"I know, I know."

David kept verbally promising his mother, but he didn't think so, so he could only quickly put on his clothes and prepare to go to the academy.

At this moment, the news of N54 attracted the attention of both at the same time.

"Yesterday the cyber psycho James Norris of the Terrorist Task Force disappeared from his corpse ......"

The news immediately attracted the attention of the teenager, and deep down in his heart, he may have been chasing excitement.

"Wow! Mom, you were there too! It's amazing! ”

"No, the corpses there are piling up in a mountain, it's terrible......"

Gloria turned off the TV and hugged the yellow jacket in her hand.

"Alright, let's go to school!"

"Oh......"

After David left, Gloria looked at the yellow jacket she was holding tightly in her arms, and a blood-stained Sanwestein was wrapped in it.

That's when Mann's call came.

Out of the house, past the garbage and drunks, David jumped down the stairs that weren't too high.

Along the way, looking at the scenery that was too familiar to be more familiar, David arrived at the company square unhurriedly.

"Huh...... That's ......"

Out of the corner of David's eye, he caught a glimpse of a beautiful icy blue.

His instinct told him that you had to catch up.

However, when he hurried up to the second floor of the company square, the ice blue that attracted him was no longer there.

"Strange ......"

David touched the chip slot on the back of his neck, but didn't think much of it because he was getting late.

David, who realized it later, turned around and hurried towards Arasaka Academy again.

After reclining down in his chair, he put on his old version of the instrument.

Without exception, that nasty guy, Katsuo came in again.

"Why are you still using this old guy, can it be compatible with the new version?" Katsuo's tone was full of disgust.

"Yes, you don't have to bother."

"Hey, you don't even have the money to upgrade your equipment."

David disconnected from listening to the voice that had irritated him.

Then, he booted up the device.

"Please, it must be possible......"

But the ending was destined to disappoint him.

A virus invaded the classroom with his connection, and in an instant, all the students' instruments were destroyed, even the virtual projection of the teacher in the classroom.

Faced with the angry gaze of his classmates, David could only return an embarrassed smile.

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On the bridge back to Santo Domingo from Arasaka Academy, a small wrecked car is moving.

Sitting inside were David and Gloria, mother and son.

Gloria drove the car with a blank face, and David looked out the window irritably.

"I will compensate in full, please be sure to let David stay at Arasaka Academy to continue his studies......"

Thinking of what his mother had promised the dean just now, David couldn't help but feel irritated.

I really don't know how she agreed, knowing that the family can't come up with so much money......

"Didn't I tell you to level up?" After a long silence, Gloria was the first to speak.

"I'm sorry, that's my fault." David also did not hesitate to apologize, although his expression was still impatient.

"If you want to apologize, don't do it in the first place!"

"When I first asked you, you said you didn't have any money......"

"That's because it's not yet time to pay! Now because of you, we're going to lose ten times as much! ”

"I said—" David sighed, "I've been thinking about something lately. ”

"What's the matter?"

"I want to take a leave of absence and get some work, you know, we can't afford that much money."

"And you don't know anything about me at school, do you? It's impossible for the poor to be taken seriously, no matter how hard I try, I can't be like them, and I don't want to be a company dog. ”

After David finished speaking, there was silence in the car again.

"And what am I working so hard for?"

Gloria's voice choked slightly.

"I work hard to make money, just for you to make ...... But you say...... You're so smart...... If you don't want to read anymore...... So what should I do......"

David could tell that something was wrong with Gloria's voice, and he looked at his mother, and saw that her tired eyes were already filled with tears.

"I'm sorry, I won't mention it again, don't cry." David sighed again in his heart, and he felt that today was the day he sighed the most.

The car was still moving, unaware of the approaching vehicles on either side.

"I actually know how you were treated at school, because my mother was treated like this." Gloria was still nagging.

But that's why you have to prove it to them! You have to work hard, become an elite, and stand at the top of the Arasaka Tower! I've always believed that you can do it! ”

"That's a light thing to say...... David said as he looked out the window.

He was stunned for a moment, and through the window, he saw a heavy machine gun.

In the next second, bullets flew and tongues of fire slashed.

Frightened, David quickly shrank down, and the bullets flew through their little wrecked car like a storm, and then shot at a luxury car driving on the other side.

"Damn, the company dog's car is bulletproof!"

"Let Nashabi taste this!" As he spoke, a man climbed out of the skylight with a bazooka on his shoulder.

And yet, at this moment—

Somehow, the driver's head, who was sitting in front of him and driving well, suddenly exploded.

As a result, the whole car lost control and swayed left and right on the road, and the body of the man on it was also shaking.

During the shaking, the man's fingers finally touched the fire mechanism of the bazooka by mistake.

The rocket flew only a little distance with its tail flame before slamming into the ground in front of their van.

Rumble!

Flames burst into flames, blowing the attacker's van into the air.

"Mom! Brake quickly! Brakes! ”

David shouted in horror as the van rolled towards him.

However, a car accident is inevitable.

After the violent collision, David's eyes went black and he lost consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw a raging sea of fire.

"Mom!"

At a glance, David spotted his mother lying unconscious on the ground not far away.

"Mom! Wake up! Mother! Damn it! David tried to open the door, but the overturned car looked like a prison and imprisoned him.

"!"

"Mom! Anyone is fine, someone is here to save my mother! ”

In the midst of the fire, only David's desperate roar echoed.

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"I advise you not to have any other thoughts."

Darth drove the vehicle, flanked by a silent White Star.

"I have a detector in my body, and if you do it to me and put your boss in danger, your team will immediately be on the company's cleanup list."

"Don't worry, I won't do anything superfluous."

Shirahoshi looked up at Das, the man who threw him the phone that day.

"Not good!"

Darth suddenly shouted, "The fools of the Animal Gang are going to do it!" ”

Bai Xing saw when he heard this, and sure enough, the van of the Animal Gang had already taken out a heavy machine gun and frantically strafed Sirzati's vehicle, and then directly moved out the bazooka to prepare for launch.

Without much time to think about it, his eyes wandered around the car before pulling his dagger from Darth's waist.

"Hey, what do you want to do, I warned you......"

"Don't worry, I just want to help your boss."

As he spoke, Shirahoshi opened the skylight and stood up.

After the avatar possessed him, a great force flowed through his body.

Shirahoshi stood firm, then pulled out of his stance, his body pressed down, his right hand raised, and the dagger in his hand.

"Hoo ......"

After exhaling a breath of turbidity, Shirahoshi struck.

His eyes locked on the driver of the van, and he saw that the dagger slashed a crescent moon in his hand, and then it was thrown by the white star!

At the moment of the shot, Das below clearly saw that the tail of the dagger suddenly burst into a circle of air, and the dagger with higher lethality than bullets disappeared from Das's field of vision in an instant.

The dagger flew out, and in a short time it caught up with the animal gang's van, then pierced the glass and burst the driver's head with lightning speed.

The two of them got out of the car at the overturned spot, and Das used his expertise to quickly check it out to make sure the enemy was all dead.

"The matter is settled, I'm going back to the boss." He said to Shirahoshi.

"Then let's go our separate ways here, I hope I won't see your face again."

After arriving at the car and leaving, Shirahoshi realized that he had been left on the bridge by a man.

"Damn, I'll have to go back by myself—"

Shirahoshi suddenly heard a heart-rending voice.

"Anyone is fine, who will save my mother——!"

After glancing around, Shirahoshi saw an unconscious red-haired woman in the ring of fire.

Shirahoshi sighed, scratched his head and said to himself, "I'm really sorry......