Chapter Twenty-Five: The Prosthetic Doctor

Watson District, Little Chinatown.

If you go back a dozen or twenty years, this urban area was once the beating heart of Night City, and it was the second most prosperous area after the city center.

But it all ended in 2069, when Arasaka Corporation descended on Night City, bringing a financial crisis to the city.

In order to thank the Arasaka Company for its help in making Night City truly an internationally independent metropolis, the mayor at the time, Ryan, the congressman who had asked for Arasaka's assistance when the New American Federation sent troops to besiege Night City, also waved his hand and divided one of the four major areas in the city into the management of the Arasaka Company.

Today, the area has been renamed Arasaka Seaside, and it is an excellent bay that belongs exclusively to the Arasaka Company.

It is precisely because of its influence and status that Arasaka Company has bloodied major companies and factories in Watson District in the business war, and many companies have closed down, and countless people have lost their jobs and been displaced.

Seemingly overnight, Watson went from a thriving city to one of Night City's poorest districts.

Lin Mo is very familiar with this urban area, because at the beginning of the game, the area where the protagonist is active is within this Watson District, in a sense, it can be called a novice village in the game.

And their destination, Little Chinatown, is also one of the four major areas of Watson.

Like Japantown, it is a general name, and it is said to be a "street", but it is actually a large area.

The two remaining areas are the Johoku Industrial Zone, which is the territory of the Uzumaki Gang, and the Kabuki District, which is a more prosperous commercial district.

As the name suggests, Little Chinatown is home to a large number of predominantly Chinese Asian immigrants, but compared to Japantown, this area does not have the blessings of Japantown, which is an impoverished area of Night City.

Of course, in some ways, most of Night City is in fact poor.

If there's anything special here, it's that Night City's medical center is located here.

Every time he comes to Little Chinatown, Lin Mo will have an inexplicable sense of familiarity, most of the style of this area has been replaced by Asian ethnic feeling, and there are many shops with Chinese names in the streets and alleys.

Eventually, they took a Delamain taxi to Bradbury Street in the Little Chinatown area.

There aren't many pedestrians on the streets, and there are only a few of the most common sex clubs and Mewtwo Experience.

Two of the most popular business assets can be found in Night City, followed by bars and casinos.

On Bradbury Street, in the midst of so many shops, there was a strange shop that was out of the ordinary.

The exterior of the store is decorated with a fantastical element of the occult, and the sign on the top of the door reads "The Secrets of Misty".

"Psychic house? Lin Jun, could it be that this prosthetic doctor is still a fortune teller? ”

Kitagawa Hao picked up his sister, who was still in a coma, from the back seat, and came here under the leadership of Lin Mo.

When he saw that the storefront in front of him was actually a psychic house, even if he had been in Night City for so many years, his head couldn't turn around.

Could it be that this doctor was not only responsible for treating the sick, but also made a cameo appearance as a mourner when the patient died, taking out a few occult books and reading obscure eulogies?

"No, the person we're going to meet is in the back alley behind the shop, where there's a basement." Lin Mo walked up and pushed open the door of the store.

The atmosphere of the restaurant is dark purple, and it is more like the home of a mystical master who is isolated from the world than the golden cans of the sunset outside, and the dim light evokes reverie and the orange light makes you feel warm.

As soon as he walked in the door, Kitagawa Hiroshi smelled the incense in the store and saw the orange candles placed in various places.

A woman is leaning over a soft chaise longue and whispering to a guest who is leaning on a soft chaise longue.

Kitagawa looked at the young woman, there was no one else in the store except her, which meant that this young woman was the owner of this psychic shop.

Before entering, he thought he would see an old lady with gray hair and all kinds of strange ornaments.

The woman's face is not too pretty, but it is also unique, with short dark blonde fluffy hair, and a face that is typical of a white face.

He is also dressed in a strange way, wearing a tooth ring around his neck, a light blue off-the-shoulder long-sleeved shirt, and dark purple lipstick on his lips, giving people a mysterious but melancholy temperament.

With the last few gentle whispers, the guest seemed noticeably more relaxed, and actually leaned back in the chaise longue and fell asleep.

Misty turned around, looked at the two uninvited guests who entered the door, glanced at them, and finally stopped at Lin Mo.

"Lin Mo, why are you here?" There was some surprise in her tone.

"It's a long story, I'll tell you later, Sister Misty, I need to find Uncle Victor now to check on this sister's condition."

Lin Mo turned his head to look at Beichuan Hao.

Following his field of vision, Misty also noticed the girl on Kitagawa Hiroshi's back, covered her mouth and whispered:

"Poor girl... Victor should have a way, he doesn't have any guests now, he's watching TV there, you guys go over first. ”

"Thank you, ma'am, for your help." Kitagawa Hiroshi hurriedly carried his sister on his back and walked into the back alley through the back door of the store.

When he came to the back alley, he saw a staircase leading to the underground, and walked down without much hesitation.

Lin Mo wanted to follow, but after thinking about it, he found that it was not necessary, because he had already sent a message to inform Victor in advance.

Even if it is the past, he is just an irrelevant bystander.

"What's going on, can you tell my sister?" Misty walked up to Lin Mo, patted him on the shoulder and asked softly, with concern in her eyes.

Lin Mo did not hide it, and told Misti what happened today.

This gentle big sister with a mysterious temperament is not an outsider in his eyes.

As the main supporting character that occupies much of the game's plot, Misty, like Doctor Victor, can be called a relative of the protagonist V in the game, even though they are not related by blood.

Therefore, since crossing over to this world and being adopted by Xu Wanxue, when he grew up and gained the autonomy to go out on his sister's side, Lin Mo also tried his best to get in touch with these two main supporting characters.

The reason is also very simple, such as the failure of your basic prosthesis, or the need to implant the latest smart link to help upgrade the learning software, etc.

As for why the two of them are befriended, in fact, the reason is very simple.

The positioning of these two characters in the game is pure good people, and they will never lose money by making friends, and they may be able to connect with the game character V in the future.

Even in a city like Night City, where humanity is worn out, it is not an exaggeration to call them saints with the brilliance of the humanity of the two of them.

Now Lin Mo doesn't know how many times he has been in contact with the two of them, he has come and gone, and the number of visits he has visited, and the relationship between them is enough to be called acquaintances.

"I see. For that gentleman, it was really unreasonable for my sister to be suddenly arrested, fortunately, you helped, Lin Mo, my sister is proud of you. ”

Misty's face was a little downcast, as if she was saddened by Kitagawa Hiroshi's misfortune.

"By the way, Lin Mo, do you want my sister to help you with divination, don't worry, you don't need money." Misty suddenly perked up and pulled out a deck of tarot cards.

Lin Mo's face changed, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, Sister Misty, I don't really want to divinate now, next time, wait until next time." ”

"Alas, every time you say that, do you dislike my divination?" Misty sighed.

Lin Mo vetoed it repeatedly:

"No, it's impossible, Sister Misty's tarot divination is definitely the most effective I've ever seen, but I really don't want to experience this kind of divination... I always feel weird. ”

Joke, as one of the few occultists in the game, Misty's divination can even predict the player's future outcome in the plot, in other words, predict the future fate of the game character V!

It's a fortune teller!

And the reason why Lin Mo didn't want divination was mainly because he had a better simulator, and he was really not interested in this kind of godlike metaphysical technique.

In case Misty calculates his original fate, that is, the end of being cut off by the scavenger in that simulator experience......

He didn't even know how to face Misty.