Cyberpunk: Legendary Life - Chapter 252

c247 Postscript 3: V opens his mouth

Tang Yu held a silver safe in his hand and stood in front of the underground prosthetic clinic. A slightly dim red light shone through the gate, indicating that it was open for business.

“Lao Wei?” He opened the iron gate and looked inside, and saw Lao Wei standing in front of the sink, cleaning surgical tools.

Tang Yu said hello and walked in.

Lao Wei was wearing blue overalls, with a stethoscope hanging around his neck, a slicked back hair and dark sunglasses, looking like an old uncle.

“Well, you’re here, sit down. Is V here?” He took the surgical knife and washed it under clean running water. The cuffs were rolled up, revealing his thick arms, but the muscles were slightly loose.

His boxing career gave him a strong body, but now he has nowhere to use it after changing careers.

Tang Yu made an appointment with V to go to Lao Wei to perform prosthetic implant surgery on her.

He recently got a good product and was thinking about installing it on V.

“It should be soon.” Tang Yu placed the suitcase he brought on the counter.

Lao Wei wiped his hands clean and opened the suitcase. Inside was a leg-reinforced tendon refrigerated, which was composed of two parts. The reinforced bionic muscle fibers were bundled into the middle section of the tendon, and the active force pump connected the head and tail sections to provide sufficient power transmission.

“It’s still legendary quality. This product is not cheap. I don’t work in the company. It must have taken some effort to get this product.” Lao Wei put on the auxiliary exoskeleton surgical glove, picked up the object and inspected it carefully, and then restarted after confirming that it was correct. Put it back in the box and close the lid.

Tang Yu waved his hand and said bluntly: “This doesn’t matter. I am now without an official position.”

“You have always had an optimistic attitude. You are an energetic young man at an enviable age. Night City is enough for you.” Lao Wei knew Tang Yu’s abilities. Even after leaving the company, he was still able to thrive. This He never worried about a piece.

The two were chatting when a familiar greeting came from outside the door, clear and sweet.

“Good morning, Lao Wei!”

The energetic young man looked for the pleasant voice and glanced at Beauty V. She looked full of energy today with no make-up.

The upper body is covered with an old-style rivet punk jacket, and a sleeveless pure white T-shirt is worn as a base. The hem is tucked into the waistband of the trousers, which highlights the slender waist and round hip line, showing off the figure comparable to that of a supermodel.

The long black ponytail is tied behind the head, and paired with a simple street style, it is full of sassiness.

V strode into the clinic, full of interest, and saw that Tang Yu had arrived one step earlier than her. After looking at the electronic clock hanging on the wall, he teased: “Huh? You’re quite punctual after getting up so early. ”

Tang Yu replied casually: “Seeing that you are missing a leg, I didn’t mean to deliver it to you personally.”

V walked straight to the operating chair, sat down on his own, and said, “Thank you very much. I have lost my golden job. You still remember that I am missing a leg. How much are you going to sell me for this time?”

“Am I so stingy in your mind?” Tang Yu thought for a while. In order to change the stingy impression, he couldn’t ask for money for this leg, but had to pay hundreds of millions.

V chuckled twice.

Lao Wei held a medical plate and placed it on the cabinet next to the operating chair. Inside was a sterilized reinforced Achilles tendon.

“Girl, feel free to use it. If Tang asks you to pay back the money, please remember it to me first.” Lao Wei said with a smile while operating the electronic screen.

“Thank you, Old Wei, you’re the best.” V glanced at the reinforced Achilles tendon on the plate and realized that it was indeed a high-end prosthesis with good quality and high price. The key is that it is original and fresh.

She faced Tang Yu and asked pretending to be serious: “Where did you get such an expensive prosthetic body? I don’t even work in the company anymore. It’s not cheap to buy it on the market. If you give it to me, won’t your pocket be empty?” ”

Seeing V’s innocent look, Tang Yu said disdainfully: “Just open your mouth and come. After all, I have worked at a high level in Arasaka. How can the inventory for so many years be empty?”

“Ha, if you have such a tough mouth, you don’t know if your legs are so tough.” Since V got rid of the debt dispute, his attitude towards Tang Yu has become more and more arrogant. He broke his hands and legs for his job, and just rushed to this job. It was Tang Yu’s turn to retaliate for the fateful friendship.

“It will become clear if you try it.” Tang Yu was amused by her.

V rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: “You are really afraid that my iron fist will break your leg.”

While preparing for the operation, V remembered that Lao Wei had been in trouble before. He looked at Tang Yu seriously and asked: “You have been busy with the company’s troubles before. Do you know that the scavenger came to the clinic again a while ago?” ?”

“Is there such a thing?” Tang Yu felt a little surprised, and then looked at Lao Wei and asked: “Lao Wei, they didn’t do any tricks, did they?”

Lao Wei just shook his head, his voice was as hoarse as ever, and said: “It’s all trivial matters. Those low-class guys are still young. They just said a few harsh words, don’t worry about it.”

After debugging the electronic program, he handed the biological neural interface to V. After confirming that it was connected correctly, he began to perform the operation.

V’s right leg has undergone cybernetic transformation. It is not difficult to replace the Achilles tendon prosthesis in the leg. It only requires a local anesthesia injection.

She explained seriously for Lao Wei: “The scavengers are just like psoriasis. Although they dare not take any serious action, they are very good at disrupting the dirty business. They have been obstructing and sabotaging it, which has greatly affected Lao Wei’s work.”

Tang Yu knew the scavenger’s methods very well. He would grind down the strong ones slowly, and swarm the weak ones when he encountered them.

Many prosthetic clinics are threatened by scavengers. Only by purchasing black market prosthetics through their channels can they avoid harassment and infringement.

For this reason, some prosthetic doctors will choose to pay high protection fees, obtain protection from gangs in the city, and cut off pieces of flesh left and right, which will cause pain no matter what.

A person like Lao Wei, who is not prone to filth, will never be able to talk to these scum.

Tang Yu decided to become a vigilante in Night City for free and said bluntly: “I will solve this matter.”

After Lao Wei replaced and strengthened the Achilles tendon, he said after finishing the work: “The scavengers are mixed, and there is no precise point when they come and go. It is not easy to clear them out.”

V added: “I have killed them once before, but I didn’t expect that I didn’t have a long memory. Later, I went to several strongholds to find scavengers. Not long after I killed them, they started to grow like weeds. There was no way to eliminate them fundamentally. solve this problem.”

Tang Yu thought for a while. If he wanted to solve the problem of Laowei Prosthetic Clinic, he had to kill the scavengers in the entire profit chain of prosthetic selling and turn the scavengers’ attention to other places. In this way, Laowei Prosthetic Clinic To get peace.

“Lao Wei, are her legs done?”

“Well, the implantation went smoothly, and there was no obvious rejection reaction. There may be some discomfort and soreness in the nerves in the legs in the first few days. Just take the inhibitor on time.”

Lao Wei packed up the surgical tools, turned around and went to the sink, and continued: “If you have anything to do, go and do it first. I will have a few more orders later.”

V jumped up from the operating chair and kicked his right leg, which was very comfortable to use.

Tang Yu on the side couldn’t help but marvel when he saw V’s talent. For a guy who was born for implants, changing to a cybernetic body was as normal as drinking water, and only changing to a strengthened tendon was obviously a waste of her talent.

“V son, come with me to meet someone.”

“Does that guy have a way to deal with the scavenger?”

“Not only does he have methods, but he also has many good things.”

The two of them said hello to Lao Wei and left the prosthetic clinic.

V followed Tang Yu to Westbrook Twist Street and entered a prosthetic clinic. The dark purple lights in the hall were dimly fluorescent.

“What are you doing in a place like this?” She saw some famous artifacts that made people blush, but her heart was not disturbed. It was obvious that she was past the age of a shy girl.

“Brother Finger, this guy is a well-known prosthetic recovery doctor in Night City. He has deep dealings with the Scavengers and the Tiger Claw Gang. It’s right to arrange with him.” Tang Yu explained casually.

V cursed: “Why don’t you kill this scumbag doctor?”

“Don’t worry, Brother Finger is not that bad. On the contrary, most of the customers who come to him for prosthetic transplants are poor and prostitutes. In addition, he has good repair skills and is willing to take credit. He is considered the best in this area of ​​Twisted Street. .”

Tang Yu gave Brother Zhi a beating because of Judy, which broke his heart.

Later, I realized that Brother Zhitou had a lot of original high-end products and was not a very evil person, so he spent some money to win back Brother Zhitou’s heart and took away the inventory in his safe.

After standing at the door and waiting for a while, I heard a buzzing electromagnetic sound and a strange groaning sound coming from the consulting room.

“Hmm. Something doesn’t seem right. It feels loose after I put it on, and the suction power isn’t very strong.”

“Oh, don’t worry, it’s not sagging, it’s because the owner of the original version has a wider waist and hips, so it comes with a larger model, which makes it easier for you to use.”

“Really”

Not long after, the door to the consulting room opened. After the woman inside came out, the two of them walked in first.

Brother Finger stood in front of the sink, squeezed out a squirt of hand sanitizer from the water bottle on his waist, put it under the faucet and started rubbing it. His bright red and slender nails were particularly conspicuous.

“How can I help you, you two?”

Tang Yu knew that his finger was a cartilage, so he directly enveloped him with a heavy pressure field and said: “Tell me the scavenger hiding place that asked you to buy back the black prosthetic body. It’s not the one who shot Black Mewtwo, and then told them to prepare to wait for death. You found it.” Helpers are coming to kill them.”

“Ah?” Brother Zhi Tou was trapped in place, unable to move at all.

Before he could hesitate any longer, under the heavy pressure, his two thin knees could no longer bear the pressure, and he knelt on the ground.

“I said, I said”

Tang Yu collected his magical powers and learned from Brother Zhitou about the hiding place of scavengers selling black prosthetics. He watched him with his own eyes and called the scavengers to tell them to wait for death.

After this matter was completed, Tang Yu asked Brother Zhi to quickly take out the high-end goods at the bottom of the box.

Brother Zhi Tou could only make a grimace and limped into the room to get his belongings.

V saw that Tang Yu was very familiar with this place, and Brother Zhitou had no chance to quibble. He joked: “You are very good at dealing with people like Brother Zhitou.”

When Brother Zhitou packed up the high-end prosthetic body and delivered it, Tang Yu left a message: “I know it’s not easy for you to save such a fortune, so I’ll just treat it as permanent protection money for you to open a store.”

Brother Finger said with a sad face, “But I worked for the Tiger Claw Gang, and I even got a kickback from the scavengers.”

Tang Yu left a message before leaving.

“The Tiger Claw Gang will take you back. The scavengers will not dare to come to you in the future, don’t worry.”

After a while.

On the roof of an old high-rise apartment, Tang Yu and V were sitting on the edge of the rooftop, chatting.

“I killed twenty-six people just now, and you had fewer than me.”

“So tonight you go up and down, do you have the initiative?”

“Hey, stop talking so much, I’m afraid you’ll faint if you rock the car.”

While speaking, V turned his head to look at Tang Yu and found a drop of blood on his cheek. He stretched out his hand to wipe it clean. He suddenly thought that Tang Yu had been missing for a while after the Fleeing AI attacked Arasaka Tower, and he wanted to know what happened in the meantime.

Previously, the reason why she didn’t give Tang Yu a good look was because he played this disappearing trick again. Although there were near misses every time before, she still had to be cautious in everything. If something really happened, she wouldn’t even get a letter. No, it makes people unable to feel at ease at all. It is an irresponsible behavior.

“You have been staying in Arasaka Tower all this time. Why did it take you so long to come out?”

Tang Yu thought for a while. After starting the soul killer program in the Arasaka Tower Mikoshi space, he lost consciousness and fell into a coma. As for what happened between the soul mark and Ultra, he had no idea. When he woke up, he saw Sasha in the room. beside.

“Forget it, bygones are bygones, why bring it up?” Tang Yu ruthlessly refused to answer.

“It seems that some people’s legs are too hard and they want to taste the iron fist.” V clenched his iron fist and became more ruthless.

Tang Yu had no choice but to summarize the whole process, omitting the details of the indescribable exchange with Michiko after waking up, and omitting the activity of shooting balls in the office of half a football field.

“Who asked you to take such a big risk? Use Soul Killer to burn your brain. What if the program Saburo Arasaka gave you is a fake?” , “It’s up to you, I don’t care about you.”

Tang Yu can naturally tell the authenticity of the program, and can even distinguish V’s worries and good intentions. She does not care about the program but his safety.

“We’re already here safely. Now that we’ve left Arasaka, I can’t be blamed for the trouble in that stall.”

V knew that Tang Yu couldn’t be blamed for this. The AI ​​swarmed into Night City and the whole world had to be destroyed. Moreover, Arasaka was still putting pressure on him. Unless everything was broken, there would be no solution to this matter.

“Oh, if you really want me to live for two more years, please inform me first of all what you are going to do in the future. You will have a good sleep, and we will be out here in vain.” V saw that Tang Yu had given in and stopped dwelling on the matter. It was Ti who said: “By the way, Rogge has returned to Night City and said he wanted to meet you.”

Tang Yu judged that the matter might not be that simple, and asked: “Is it Rogge who wants to see me, or Johnny.”

V said bluntly: “Both, I think. What Rogge means is that Johnny knows that you haven’t fucked in Arasaka anymore, and wants to ask you to have a big fight together after getting Rogge’s body.”

“Let’s do something big? A concert? It’s a good idea to reorganize the Samurai Band.” Tang Yu nodded slightly, it was pretty good to make music, and he still had a lot of good songs in his head.

V turned his head and looked at Tang Yu’s expression carefully, realizing that he might really not want to live a life of fire, and sighed softly. With his ability, he shouldn’t sink into this.

As she passed by the alley, she was attracted by the scene in the alley out of the corner of her eye, and found that in a dark corner, a group of street gangsters were beating up a costumed clown, and the bright yellow arrow dart billboard shattered to the ground.

V suddenly laughed, smiling with relief, and asked: “Are you interested in serving as a vigilante in Night City for a while?”

Tang Yu asked: “Are you the kind of vigilante who drives a sports car in the morning, kills people with a gun, and shackles and tortures you at night? If so, count me in.”

V: “Heh, let’s see how many rounds you can withstand.”