Edoto, since the Imperial Restoration, has been the political, economic, and cultural center of the former Wa Kingdom.

Even after the division of rice, the bankruptcy of the old country, and the corporate war, it is now 2088.

Edoto is still the most prosperous metropolitan area in the 11 wards.

In other words, with the bankruptcy of the old country, the national land was acquired and divided by several multinational companies,

The "aborigines" who have lost their land can no longer stay in the private territory of other people's families, and most of them have to choose to move to the big cities.

The already bustling metropolis of Edo has become more and more lively.

Today, Edo is roughly divided into four districts: the upper district, the lower district, the outer district, the suburban area, and well, the central area of the upper city.

Among them, the upper and lower districts are called "castle area", which probably includes the land of the former 23 wards of Edo, while the former Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Tama areas have been reduced to "outside the castle".

Since most of the headquarters of multinational corporations and large conglomerates are concentrated in the central area of Edoto, the closer to the central area, the better the city's security and public services.

On the contrary, outside the city, it is a city of freedom through and through, and the level of chaos is comparable to that of Night City on the other side of the ocean, and it is not normal for dozens of people not to die in one night.

And the apartment for rent in Aragaki Nagisa is located on the edge of the lower town, very close to the outer city.

Although it is still a marginal area under the jurisdiction of the TCPD, it belongs to the kind of gray area that can be managed, and the law and order cannot be said to be very poor, but can only be said to be almost none.

Usually, Aragaki Nagisa has to wear a hood when he goes out, and try to avoid such as "what are you worried about" and "just look at you", otherwise there will be nowhere to reason if he is beaten.

Although Nagisa Aragaki was already careful, he had just left the apartment building not far from when he was recognized and stopped by a group of uninvited guests.

"Yo! Isn't this Nagisa-kun? In such a hurry... Where are you going? ”

The first guy with the long hair of the Rogue, a row of nose rings on the right wing of his nose, and a pair of squinting eyes came towards him with a smile, and four attendants also surrounded him and blocked all the way of Aragaki Nagisa.

The corner of Aragaki Nagisa's eyes twitched, this "nose ring brother" was the "good friend" who sold virus chips to Aragaki Nagisa before, and they were obviously deliberately waiting for Aragaki Nagisa here.

When Nagisa Aragaki noticed who it was, the clues in his memories began to connect, and he immediately figured out the cause and effect.

Secretly scolding the original owner is really a criticism, Aragaki Nagisa took a step back, his body instantly tensed, his eyes under the hood were full of vigilance, and he pretended to be puzzled:

"Takahashi-kun, why are you here?"

The nose ring brother named Kazuo Takahashi shook his head and smiled, and said in a strange tone:

"Of course I'm here to visit Nagisa-kun, I don't know if that Athena chip is still good? This batch of chips has passed through several middlemen halfway, and there are still certain safety risks, since I helped you get the chips, the after-sales service will naturally have to be done well~"

Nagisa Aragaki's face sank, Nima's, this guy didn't say anything like this when he sold chips to himself, and the group of bastards in the Crow Gang clearly wanted to let themselves test the risk of chips! These vampires!

The Crow Gang is the gang that Nagisa Aragaki "interned", to be exact, the periphery of the gang.

Most of the members are thugs and hooligans, and they can only be pretended to be on the edge of the lower city, and the real crow gang members are actually concentrated outside the city.

If Nagisa Aragaki guessed correctly, the so-called "advanced chips" are actually the "community benefits" that the Crow Gang outside the city threw to this group of peripheral members.

But the chip itself may be risky, and no one wanted to try it, so they turned to Nagisa Aragaki as a "periphery within a periphery" to do human testing.

If there was really no problem with the chip, this group of people would probably snatch it back from their hands, otherwise they wouldn't have squatted here early in the morning.

After Aragaki Nagisa figured out the joints, he only felt a burst of anger, this original owner was inevitably too unlucky, and he was stupid, he believed what others said, and he didn't repent after being deceived three or four times!

Are you tm some kind of Asasi's light male protagonist?

Aragaki Nagisa frowned irritably and said:

"That chip has a virus, and it has been burned out along with my brain computer, if you still want it, you can go directly to the room with me to get it."

Kazuo Takahashi raised an eyebrow, a little surprised by Nagisa Aragaki's reaction, this little ghost seemed to be different today, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Oh? Well..."

The pupil of Kazuo Takahashi's right eye suddenly split, and the slightly weird electronic compound eye that flashed red scanned back and forth on Nagisa Aragaki several times, and he was looking for the electronics on Nagisa Aragaki's body.

Even in this 11th ward, where etiquette is broken, this kind of forcible scanning of others is very rude, and it can easily lead to a street fight, but it is clear that Kazuo Takahashi does not care about Nagisa Aragaki's feelings.

"Didn't even go out with a brain? It seems that it is really broken, Zhu Junling is really unlucky, the only one of the 3 chips we sold yesterday had a problem with you, it should have been very safe..."

Kazuo Takahashi retracted his gaze, shook his head and sighed.

“......”

A one-in-one chance of an accident, you tell me it's safe? Nagisa Aragaki held back his anger and lowered his head and said, "

Can I go? What else do I have to do to make money to pay off my debts? ”

As soon as Nagisa Aragaki said this, the few thugs around him couldn't hold back their laughter.

Kazuo Takahashi also leaned forward and leaned back with a smile, and his nose ringed:

"Nagisa-kun, you're really cute~ You don't even have a brain now, how can you make money? As far as I know, you don't have any deposits anymore, right? Your rental is due tomorrow, so will you still be able to get a job? ”

Seeing the other party's reaction, Aragaki Nagisa became more and more vigilant:

"I naturally have my own way, don't worry about you, let me leave."

"Hehe... That's not going to work~"

Kazuo Takahashi restrained his smile and saw the poor dagger:

"Don't be so troublesome, Nagisa-kun, come with us, our Crow Gang will introduce you to a good job, with this job, you can pay back the money quickly."

Several of the thugs around him also showed malicious smiles, and even one guy kept looking at Nagisa Aragaki's ass, laughing so much that his saliva was about to flow.

Nagisa Aragaki felt a chill down his spine, and he only felt a chill, this group of bastards really didn't plan to let go of themselves easily.

But don't say that the other party is now overwhelmed, even if only Kazuo Takahashi comes alone, the current Aragaki Nagisa can't be beaten, if it really falls into the hands of this group of scumbags, he will really be finished!

"Let's go, Nagisa-kun, you will be a real member of our gang in the future, haven't you always wanted to officially join our Raven Gang? What a great opportunity, what are you waiting for? ”

Kazuo Takahashi smiled evilly and stretched out his hand towards Nagisa Aragaki to restrain him under his elbow.

"Don't touch me! I don't care about you! ”

To the surprise of a few gangsters, Nagisa Aragaki, who has always been honest, actually launched a rebellion.

Nagisa Aragaki flicked his arm to block Takahashi's outstretched hand, and took out the knife that had been hidden in his hand from his coat pocket, and his eyes under the hood were fierce.

Takahashi was stunned at first, as if he didn't expect Aragaki Nagisa to dare to resist, but when he saw the knife in Aragaki Nagisa's hand, he still couldn't help laughing:

"Hahahaha! Nagisa-kun, you don't think you can fight us with a fruit knife, do you? ”

"I'm laughing to death, you don't even have a gymnastics chip in Aragaki, right? Come on, come on, I'll let you have two hands, come and stab me! ”

One of the thugs laughed and turned around and slapped himself on the ass at Nagisa Aragaki.

There was even a thug who shouted at the patrol officer at the end of the road:

"Help~~Police Crisp~~! Someone is robbing~~! ”

"Hahaha-"

This group of people is not afraid at all, they know very well that Nagisa Aragaki is just a weak chicken with no prosthetic chips, and his combat effectiveness is basically zero, and there is no threat at all.

Letting the other party laugh at him, Nagisa Aragaki said expressionlessly:

"Who said I'm going to cut you with a knife?"

After finishing speaking, Nagisa Aragaki flashed fiercely in his eyes, and then under the shocked gaze of several people, he grabbed the knife with his backhand and stabbed it down towards his stomach without hesitation, and the blood instantly stained his pure white shirt.

Several people looked at this scene in a daze, and before they could react, they saw Aragaki Nagisa and then shouted in the direction of the patrol officer:

"Kill-man-la-——!"

“？？？”

Takahashi and the others were very confused at this time, they had been on the streets for many years, and they had never seen any scenes - this kind of scene had really never been seen!

How can there be a stupid* self-stabbing ???

But the situation at the moment did not allow them to think too much, because the patrol officer who had just been attracted by them had already walked towards this direction.

Although these corporate police generally don't bother to pay attention to the street fights of the gangsters, this is why they dare to block Aragaki Nagisa on the street,

Even if a few of them dragged people away under the noses of the police just now, the police would not be nosy.

But once you see blood, the nature is different, the patrol officers of these companies also have their performance evaluation standards, if someone dies in their own jurisdiction, they will be deducted wages!

So despite his reluctance, the patrolman walked over to the group with a curse:

"Hey! A few over there, standing with their hands raised to the side! Otherwise I'm going to shoot!! ”

Takahashi's faces were very ugly, and he secretly cursed for bad luck, and then slipped away, and before escaping, he also put down cruel words to Aragaki Nagisa:

"Don't think you can hide, boy, wait for us!"

The patrolman, who had fired a few symbolic shots at the gangsters, raised his gun and came to Aragaki Nagisa's side, and several data streams flashed in the ring-shaped technology glasses, and he frowned and asked:

"Didn't bring a brain computer? Report your resident ID! ”

Even if it's a company policeman, you can't ignore some things, and if Aragaki Nagisa doesn't have a proof of residence in the city, he will be invited out of the city by this patrolman.

"I'm going to buy a new one, my ID is: XZ1009955*****"

The patrol officer confirmed Nagisa Aragaki's identity, and when he saw that Nagisa Aragaki was a "temporary resident" that would expire tomorrow, and that he had not purchased any security services, he unconsciously showed an impatient look on his face.

Nagisa Aragaki's face turned a little pale from the loss of blood, and he forced a smile and said to the white patrolman:

"Officer, I was playing with them just now, the blood is fake, you see, I'm not injured at all, if it's okay, I'll leave first..."

The patrolman glanced at Nagisa Aragaki's abdomen, which was red and shaky, but there was indeed no wound.

The patrol officer was too lazy to care about the things of "homeless people" like Aragaki Nagisa, and since he knew that no one could die, he waved his hand and said angrily:

", don't let me catch it next time!"

"Okay, thank you, officer!"

Aragaki Nagisa hurriedly ran away in the opposite direction, he ran a little weakly, and he was a little afraid that he would fall to the ground if he didn't hold on, but if he didn't run quickly and waited for the gang to catch up, it would be even more complete.

Aragaki Nagisa could only run forward with his head bored, cold sweat on his forehead all the time, this superpower is powerful, in fact, he didn't lose much blood just now, it's just... It hurts so much, he really stabbed himself just now.

Super powers can restore his injuries, but they can't make him forget the pain of his injuries, Aragaki Nagisa said that this super power should be used less in the future, he doesn't have a hobby of masochism...

"I didn't expect you to use that method to get out of the siege, I didn't know you were so decisive at this time... But if you hadn't stabbed that fast, I'd have saved you. ”

“woc！ Who??! ”

Nagisa Aragaki was walking with his head buried in his head, and the sudden sound in his ears almost scared his soul.

Nagisa Aragaki looked to the side in horror and saw a woman dressed in sexy clothes who didn't know when she was standing next to her - no, her instinct told Nagisa Aragaki that she had been standing here all along!

Nagisa Aragaki's scalp was numb, and cold sweat instantly soaked the back of her clothes, who is she? Why is she here? What did she know?

Ignoring Nagisa Aragaki's brainstorming at the moment, the mysterious lady who suddenly appeared raised her hand and took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes with a complicated smile, and she asked softly in a strange tone full of emotion:

"Little... Nagisa Aragaki, do you recognize me? ”