Chapter 75 Popularity Period
I saw Masako Akiyama kneeling quietly in a sitting position, pressing his hands as if holding a sword in the air, pressing it behind the left waist, pushing the sword forward to the right with the thumb of his left hand, and interlocking the thumb and index finger of his right hand, forming a tiger's mouth. Holding the sword, after taking three breaths, he suddenly straightened up and waved his hand to demonstrate the action of drawing the sword and slashing.
Then he kept his knees slightly bent and reached a waist-down posture, and made another motion of waving the knife to revive blood and putting the knife into the sheath. Then he lowered his waist and slowly closed it, put his hands together, and knelt back to the floor with his knees.
This was regarded as sheathing the sword and completing the Iai style. Akiyama Masako turned his head and glared at Li Pan.
"...What? It's over? No, you're just teasing me! Seriously, show me your skills!"
Li Pan was also speechless, jumped over and moved Masako, and faced the still dancing Ex Machina,
"Here, dance Cut off Ling's head. Use some force! If you break it, I'll pay for it!"
Masako Akiyama hesitated for a moment, and felt that it was a bit perfunctory to just show off to a layman like Li Pan and wave in the air.
After all, if you want to sell a ten-million-dollar secret, you have to show some sincerity.
So she exhaled "hiss-hoo-", gathered the energy in her palms, swung the knife out, and cut out a strong wind.
Then the wind blade blew against his face, blowing a few strands of the robot doll's bangs.
Li Pan said, "Huh? That's it?"
Indeed, that's it...
He had just taken advantage of the situation and kept his hand on Masako's body. Li Pan had sensed Masako's breathing technique throughout the whole process, so he had already understood it.
Yijianliu...
rubbish!
No, what's there to brag about? Also the secret? This is just the most basic use of 'Qi', right?
Isn't it just a technique to use the Taiyin Lung Meridian in the left hand and the Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian in the right hand to move and breathe, and use the changes in strength to accumulate energy in the wrist to create a vortex-like 'air blade'? Even the Nine Yin Form Refining is more difficult than this!
Moreover, when this 'air blade' escaped, its strength was also the same. It greatly decreased with distance. In the end, its power was not as good as the real dragon break he released casually.
But the sword energy that the swordsman slashed before was not fake, right? Is it because Masako's cultivation is not enough?
No way. The calluses on Akiyama Masako's hands can be felt. Her swordsmanship is also meticulous and she has practiced hard every day. The first time she held a sword in her hand, she could feel Ling Ran's murderous aura. Why is she so weak now?
Is the other party hiding his true ability? Or is it because Li Pan's understanding is not enough? I haven’t seen this Yijian style. Is there any other hidden secrets?
No way, do you really have to spend 10 million to learn this kind of three-legged cat trick? ?
Akiyama Masako saw Li Pan's doubtful face and blushed a little, so he quickly explained,
"This, this move needs to be combined with a famous sword to exert its power! The more famous it is from ancient times, the better the effect!
Today my Kikuichimonji If you are not around, when you come to the gym and get a real sword for demonstration, you will know how powerful my Yida-ryu swordsmanship is!" "Oh, a real sword?" Hearing what Masako said,
Li
Pan was stunned, and suddenly an idea flashed Pass.
Yes, a real sword!
If there is any difference between the previous swordsman and Masako at this time, it is the sword in his hand!
So that's it, so this is the 'secret'!
Such a simple truth, shouldn’t it be said on the first day you join the company? He actually asked Akiyama Masako to remind him! How silly!
This time Li Pan completely understood.
Use a real sword!
Just use monsters!
It sounds confusing and confusing, but this is the rule of 0791!
This is the 'way of heaven' here!
The energy existing in other worlds will be converted into 'monsters' when projected into this world!
So when he had not yet developed his skills, when he attached the monkey sword energy to the blade, he could still encounter gods and kill gods, and see and kill ghosts!
But if you hit Zhen Long Po with bare hands, even if you hit your hand with cramps, it will have no effect. It will only be able to throw a big living person away!
In 0791, you have to rely on 'monsters' to be effective!
"That's it! Oh, Yijianliu's clever tricks are really amazing. I'll visit you another day and ask Madam for advice."
Li Pan now wanted to go and gather some monsters to try this conjecture, suppressing the impulse in his heart. , say goodbye to Mrs. Akiyama first.
Akiyama Masako was also a little disappointed. After all, there are so many opportunities to earn 10 million these days. However, Li Pan had already kicked out the guest, so he could only say a few more words about my Yiken style. In addition to Iai drawing his sword, there are many subtleties. Sword skills, murder secrets, Manager Li must come to the gym to check it out someday, so he put on his coat, turned around and left.
Without further ado, after understanding the secret, Li Pan also wanted to brush up on his daily life and test his conjecture.
But he didn't expect that he had just gone out and received another communication.
This time it was Orange.
no! What happened today! ? Could it be that I have entered the period of popularity?
"Crooked? Chengzi? What's the matter?"
"Are you free? Help me kidnap someone."
Wow~~ That's okay, Chengzi. You want to kidnap someone for ransom as soon as you get up? Then you must be free!
So Li Pan rushed to the location, a nightclub in the old capital area. According to the NCPA bounty introduction, the nearby bustling streets, nightclubs, casinos and hotels were all the venues for the Dongcheng Club.
Because of the financial and equipment support of Takamagahara and the Tokugawa family, unlike the out-of-town gangs who were driven to the suburbs, these business circles in the old capital area are basically the properties of the Tojo Association, and are escorted by the NCPA's gangsters. Even if they are besieged, Occasionally assassinations are okay, but you have to go all the way to the lair to ransack the house. The local gangs don't have that kind of Rambo.
Walking in from the intersection, there were quite a few gangsters, and they had to stand guard at the intersection to guard against attacks by gangs from other places. There are quite a lot of people gathered at this moment. Are they holding a conference taking advantage of the recent improvement in the Tokugawa family's war situation?
At this time, the deafening cry of a baboon came from a nearby bar. Li Pan took a glance and said, well, it's not a fire fight, today is the Explosive Ball Championship.
Well, it’s that explosive ball that explodes when you hold it in your hand, boom! As soon as they hit, the men and women in the arena exploded with bright red fireworks, and the broken limbs and arms flew everywhere. The gangsters also followed the explosion, howling and howling at the top of their lungs, and their barks were like waves. It was like a group of demons dancing wildly. He was so excited that he even caught a homeless man passing by during the midfield washout and disemboweled him. He took out his intestines and danced around him. He was obviously high on drugs. He was so happy. .
In fact, it's not just the underworld. The explosive ball competition is indeed one of the most popular tournaments in the world these days. Second only to mecha fighting and lightsaber duels, after all, the first two are aristocratic sports, while this one is for civilians.
Some people like to watch sports, some people like to watch beheadings, some people like to watch explosions, and some people just want to watch football. Wouldn't the combination bring infinite happiness? Yes.
So while everyone was watching the game and walking around, Li Pan found his Emperor 620 in a nearby parking lot.
Orange squatted in the car. She was still wearing the dirty NCHC jacket, jeans and work shoes, sunglasses and a spray-paint mask. She had her red hair tied into a ponytail. She had a police shotgun in her hand and a gun on her waist. There is a single molecule dagger.
Li Pan got into the car,
"What's going on? Cyberpunk's mission? But there are cameras everywhere, they will be found out. And what kind of equipment do you have? What do you want to do with these things? You are too prepared It's rough.
Who is the target? Are there no photos or videos? How does the middleman do the intelligence?"
Orange gritted his teeth,
"It's not a mission, it's Ian Campbell. I watched the whole way and saw him enter that nightclub with my own eyes. !"
"Oh, it's him..."
Ian Campbell, well, this guy's information was given to Chengzi by Li Pan.
This person is the director of the personnel department of Argyle Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Ye's Group. He has a son, Guy Campbell. Yes, he just has nothing to do and likes to use Huang Dahe as a punching bag to practice boxing. In the end, this good father took action and the Huang family was almost destroyed.
Is the first thing a cyberpunk should do when he debuts is to avenge his son? That's understandable, that's understandable, but...
"Chengzi, you don't want to just rush in and kidnap people, do you? Do you know why this nightclub has not been swept away yet? This area is a community designated for the Dongcheng Club. You see, even the dogs on the roadside have tattoos. Mud, this is too cruel.
In short, Campbell, the ancestor of his family, is the Duke of Argyll. He gained his first support because of his achievements in technological development. The promoted vampire elders are also important members of their board of directors."
Li Pan stared at Chengzi,
"This family is not their blood slaves, they are blood descendants, do you understand? Direct descendants, touch them, Ye family It will be regarded as a declaration of war.
And let's take a step back and say, you can't even be sure whether it is the opponent's real body or a prosthetic body inside, right? Even if he is captured, there are no hackers to help control him, so he is going to be operated on now , It will cause big trouble."
"Okay," Chengzi glared at him, "Then I'll do it myself."
I wonder, this woman is so stubborn, but she suddenly saw the initiator who ruined her family. I really hate it.
Now that Chengzi had made up his mind, Li Pan had no choice but to shrug,
"Okay, I can help you, but there are three terms of agreement: listen to my command, listen to my command, listen to my command! Do you
agree? If you don't agree, I will knock you out immediately and take you away. "
Chengzi loaded the shotgun and nodded silently.
"Okay, I'll tell you the plan and I'll lend you this."
So Li Pan pulled out the black kite and handed it to Cheng Zi,
"I'll rush in later and kill everyone standing, leaving him alone. You wait." Signal, a hacker will contact you and give instructions on the unmonitored route, then you can enter the village quietly without any shooting, just drag them out and kidnap them."
Cheng Zi looked at the big gun, took it and inserted it into his belt.
"Is this your plan? What are you doing?"
Li Pan took out a handkerchief from his pocket, rubbed it on his face for a while, and checked to see if there was no response. Then he took out a silver key from his pocket and put it into the handkerchief. Just plug it in and the key disappears, like magic.
"What other plan do I need? Just load up all the equipment and go in with A all the way. The plan is for you.
This is called taking advantage of the chaos, exploiting the weakness and having no master. Follow and enter the banquet in the dark."
Cheng Zi, " What?"
"Fish in troubled waters."
Then Li Pan covered his face with the handkerchief. The next moment, his face was completely covered, turning into a white, smooth, faceless, eyeless face. There are vaguely human-shaped steamed bun-like things.
Chengzi shuddered violently. When she came to her senses, Li Pan had disappeared from the car door. When she suddenly turned her head to look, she saw a lanky man suddenly appeared on the road in front of the nightclub under the lights. silhouette.
Under the cool night breeze, black formal clothes loomed in the interlaced light and shadow, as if some light refracted from the void collided with the neon lights of the night city, casting a quiet darkness.
"Fuck! What, what! When did you stand there! You scared me to death!" "
This is... a virtual projection? Has a hacker hacked into the system?"
"There is a shadow, a human? What about you? ! Talk to me, you lunatic!"
The bodyguard at the door was no fool either. Looking at the strange man in formal attire with his head wrapped in white cloth, he immediately pulled out his gun and roared.
Cheng Zi lay on the car window and looked out. Suddenly, he felt that the air around him had cooled down. The breath he exhaled formed a layer of frost on the car window. Gray mist poured out from nowhere, covering the earth with a layer of frost. chiffon.
Then Chengzi and the bodyguards saw the man in formal attire suddenly raised his arm, held the tiger's mouth in a virtual grip, and pointed straight at the main entrance of the nightclub, as if he was holding an invisible javelin in his hand.
Then,
sting.
At this moment, a wall suddenly appeared on the road.
No, it's not a wall, it's a high-pressure, high-speed sonic boom that broke through the sound barrier, penetrated the atmosphere and haze, and created a crack.
It was as if something had been shattered, penetrated, and the vibration that broke through the restrictions spread out toward the sky and earth along with the dust, pink mustard and gray fog, like spreading ice flowers.
"Boom——!!"
It was like a dragon roaring.
Strong winds, sonic booms, and thunder swept across.
The nightclub of Dongcheng Club disappeared, along with the houses in a straight line, and a huge gap appeared on the surface of the night city, like a rail gun fired from the ground, and the strong wind of steel rolled up the alloy concrete land into rolling waves.
The cracked ground is like the sea that was parted by Moses, with layer after layer of cracks and blooms, like a torn layer cake, exposing underground pipelines and waterways. At least three blocks of land were penetrated by the blast, and nearby tempered glass was shattered by the sonic blast.
If you look down from a high position, you can see the cracks that were suddenly imprinted on the surface of the City of Night, like a dry river valley, like bursting lightning, and like a dragon that had just arrived.
After a brief silence, the security system's alarms screamed throughout the city.
"Phew! I'm in a trough! It's so good!"
Orange, with his chin open, turned his head and saw that at some point, Li Pan had folded a handkerchief and sat on the passenger seat.
"Wow..."
Looking at the ruins across the street, Li Pan also smiled bitterly,
"My pot, the calculation was a bit wrong, I just gave it a try, but I didn't expect it to be able to exert its full power, and I also got a double bonus... But it doesn’t matter, that guy is probably not dead yet, and the plan has not failed yet! Let’s go to the hospital and drive!”
Emperor 620 trotted away and automatically navigated to a nearby hospital.
Only then did Chengzi realize what he was doing, "Huh? He's not dead yet?"
Li Pan explained,
"Campbell is at the ministerial level. His salary is not as high as that of a member of the medical insurance team, but at least he is a Level 5 prosthetic body provided by the company. Even if his whole body is beaten to pieces, the brain insertion can usually be preserved and repaired in time. The prosthetic body can still be transferred after surgery.
The security bureau and the three-headed dog will come over later to enforce security, and there will be no time to find anyone. However, according to the regulations, in large-scale public safety incidents, the injured will be sent to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment as soon as possible. You Aren't you wearing the NCHC uniform? Sneak in later, follow my instructions, and continue 'fishing in troubled waters.'"
Chengzi still glared at Li Pan, his eyes falling on the handkerchief he folded on his chest,
"...what the hell is this. "
"If I tell you, one month's salary will be deducted."
Li Pan thought for a while, fuck, you can deduct the two thousand five thousand, who cares.
"This is a monster. Our company specializes in collecting this kind of thing. As you can see, the power of this shot is not bad, almost the same as a cruise-grade railgun." Chengzi swallowed hard and wanted to look away,
but But he still couldn't help but cast his eyes on the handkerchief.
Li Pan looked at her and smiled,
"What, you want to stop? Okay, it's still too late to return to a normal life."
Chengzi was stunned, raised his eyes to look at Li Pan, gritted his teeth,
"I can't go back now. We're gone."
Li Pan shrugged and lay down on the seat,
"If you want to be more open-minded, you can start over at any time."
Fortunately, they ran in time, and in about thirty minutes, the streets were blocked by various emergency engineering police. It was clogged with military vehicles.
Although generally speaking, the Security Bureau will not intervene in the gang wars in Night City, especially the underworld community, a group of social scum, who will be beaten to death and brought down. But someone actually used a level seven naval gun! A flat shot of the business district! This nature is still too bad!
Soon, there were a lot of broken gangsters who were dragged to the hospital by the emergency drone. The hospital's drone also came to automatically hand over and directly scan the pupils. If the team leader had cash, he would drag them into the operating room. Emergency rescue was conducted, and those without cash were thrown outside the hospital to die.
Chengzi, under the guidance of Shiba, had sneaked into the hospital through the back door to fish, while Li Pan wandered to the front entrance, waiting for an opportunity to support her action.
Then when he saw this pile and that pile, wow, it was all money, he immediately smiled, pulled out the silver awl from his waist, rushed forward and killed the gangsters one by one with the awl.
"Hey! What are you doing! Stop!"
Li Pan looked up and saw that he was an acquaintance again.
"Oh, isn't this the policewoman of the Night City, the Legian Police Department? I have admired my name for a long time." "
What is my name that I have admired for a long time! You are Who is this person! He actually committed a murder in broad daylight! I want to arrest you!"
Angela Regan was so angry that she looked at the dozen wounded people who had been stabbed to death, and pointed a gun at Li Pan.
Why can't you recognize me without breaking my skin, right? The ninth generation police officer really has no discernment.
Li Pan was also speechless and showed her the bounty hunter license,
"Officer, I am not committing murder, I am helping to maintain the security of the Night City. See for yourself, isn't this a reward offered by your NCPA? You see, the tax bureau gave me a reward of 4,250 yuan." "
Ah, this...gu...it won't work anyway! These people are seriously injured and unconscious! It's too despicable to do a last-ditch attack at this time! There is no resistance at all "Yu Li, it's so unfair!"
Angela had obviously just come to support, and then she realized that the people lying on the ground were all gang members with bounties of one thousand or five hundred.
Li Pan rolled his eyes, "Wow, police department, you have such a sense of justice. Even the underworld is treated fairly."
Angela straightened her back, "That's right! That's right! The underworld should also be arrested and brought to justice. Fair trial! Anyway, I am here and you are not allowed to kill anyone in front of me again!" "
Haha, that's right, okay then." Seeing a group of gloomy-looking NCPA patrol officers coming around, Li Pan also smiled and put away the silver cone. , "But the police department, judging from your appearance, haven't you heard of the joining ceremony of their Dongcheng Club?" "
Joining..."
"Bang bang bang!!"
Before Angela could finish her words, gunfire suddenly rang out behind her, and she was shocked. She had to turn her head.
I saw the NCPA patrol officers who arrived, pulling out their personal firearms and pointing expressionlessly at the gangsters on the ground. Smart bullets are not fatal. Those who did not bring private firearms picked up their batons and beat them to death. He was beaten so hard that his brains exploded and chips were scattered everywhere. The bodies were then dragged together, poured with gasoline, and burned.
A complete massacre.
(End of chapter)