Free Web NovelChapter 309: 309 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 20
I stood a short distance from the elevator and waited for Adam to come down.
DING—!
After waiting a moment, the elevator doors opened and Adam Smasher walked out. He did not attack immediately, but stood for a moment and spoke.
"I heard you were a cyberpsycho — I’m not sure if you’ll understand me. You see, I’ve been very bored ever since I caught ’Morgan Blackhand’. But then, interesting new opponents appear like this — for me, it is a very happy thing."
Because of his implants, there was no change in his expression, but from his atmosphere, you could tell that he was happy. As expected of Adam Smasher, I should say.
He, as a fanatic for implants, regarded humanity as outdated, and considered organic bodies like the human body as mere lumps of meat, inferior to machines. He tried to prove himself, who had replaced his entire body with a metal exoskeleton, only through combat, and that obsession was directed at Morgan Blackhand, the most famous mercenary in the past.
But this was the first time I had heard that Adam had caught Morgan Blackhand. It was content not in the original, so I wanted to ask various things, but unfortunately, he was currently cosplaying as Genji, so I couldn’t have a long conversation. Since Morgan Blackhand is a figure shrouded in mystery in many ways in the Cyberpunk worldview, I became even more curious about what had happened with Adam.
’I’ll catch him first and read his memories once.’
I held the dildo like a sword and took a stance. Then Adam, seeing that I was holding a giant dildo, was incredulous.
"Are you trying to mess with me now!!!???"
It was understandable that he said that. With an exciting battle ahead, his opponent had pulled out a giant dildo — just that alone would be sufficiently insulting. Moreover, since ordinary dildos are basically made of silicone material so as not to hurt a woman’s body, no matter how hard you hit Adam, who was surrounded by a metal exoskeleton, it would realistically be difficult to deal damage like in the original game. Rather, the dildo would naturally burst. So from Adam’s perspective, seeing his opponent holding such a thing, it would be absurd.
But if I use it, the story changes 180 degrees.
"I’m the fool for expecting anything from a brainless brat like you!!!"
Adam, whether angry or not, showed a very agitated reaction. That is, until he got hit with the dildo.
Ratatatat—!!!
Ting ting ting ting!!! THWACK!!!
"Guh! What is this!!!"
Adam raised his arm and began firing the machine gun installed inside his arm at me. I coated the dildo with [Armament Haki], deflected all the bullets, and ran straight to hit Adam’s head. Then he, despite his entire body being a metal exoskeleton, received a blow that bent his upper body down. Adam was extremely flustered by the unexpectedly strong attack.
"What kind of shitty situation is this!!! It wasn’t just an ordinary dildo, was it???!!!"
It’s just an ordinary, somewhat large dildo. I just coated it with [Armament Haki] a bit.
From then on, Adam also began to fight seriously. Not that anything was damaged yet, but the incoming strikes were at a level he couldn’t ignore. It was because it was Adam that he endured this much — if it were an ordinary person, his head would have burst like a firework.
When I tried to swing the dildo at Adam again, Adam used his Sandevistan to try to quickly get away from that spot. But he couldn’t escape from me with just a Sandevistan.
THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK!!!
I immediately followed Adam, who was using his Sandevistan, and massaged every corner of his body with the dildo. If he had a normal body, this sound wouldn’t have come out, but as expected of a hunk of metal, the sound resonated crisply.
"You fucking bastard!!!"
Adam poured out curses and tried to aim his heavy machine gun at me and fire. But this time too, I was faster — I knocked the heavy machine gun away with the dildo and immediately struck his chest hard.
THWACK!!!!
"Guh!!!"
From that blow, Adam could not keep his posture properly, and combined with the speed of his Sandevistan, he rolled several times on the floor and crashed into the warehouse wall.
CRASH!!!
Having crashed into the wall like that and stopping, he slowly got up from the floor and spoke.
"Is this pain? I really haven’t felt it in a long time..."
Adam’s body was grotesquely warped and dented here and there from dildo marks, but whether its functions were still working well or not, it still moved.
"What kind of implants do you use, to be able to catch up to a Sandevistan?"
He asked me. He seemed to think that I was using better implants than him, so I was moving faster than his Sandevistan. So I couldn’t help but say one thing.
"Cheap stuff! Just basic implants."
"So, so you’re not a cyberpsycho! And what the hell is an implant called ’cheap stuff’!!!"
When I answered, Adam seemed quite surprised. Moreover, since Adam was not Korean, he didn’t understand the ’cheap stuff’ joke. freewёbnoνel.com
I wanted to tease him a bit more because it was fun, but thinking that would break character, I didn’t talk any further, and slowly raised the dildo again and took a stance.
"Who sent you? Militech?"
"..."
When I said nothing, Adam, perhaps knowing that talking further was useless, took a stance and attacked by firing several guided missiles from the missile pod attached to his back.
"Die!!!"
KABOOM!! CRASH!! KRAAKABOOM!!!
I quickly dodged the falling missiles and approached Adam. Then he also, using his Sandevistan, trying to create distance, took out the machine guns from his arms and began firing. It seemed he was doing this because he knew that I only had melee weapons and that if I closed the distance, he would be at a disadvantage.
Ratatatat—!!!
Ting ting ting ting!!!
But this time as well, as I deflected all the incoming bullets with the dildo and kept sticking to him, Adam began to pour out curses.
"You goddamn dog!!! I said get off me!!!"
THWACK!! THUD THUD!! THWACK THWACK THWACK!!
Adam tried various things — swinging his fists, kicking — to separate me, but in the end, he was caught by me and began getting hit with the dildo again.
"Guh!"
After being hit like that for a while, Adam’s arms and legs began to become warped grotesquely. Now it seemed he wouldn’t even be able to move.
THUD!! THUD!! THUDTHUDTHUD!!!
"Good rhythm!"
Carried away by excitement, the words came out unconsciously. But well, it probably didn’t matter. Because Adam, having been hit so much with the dildo, seemed to be in a panic.
Now, thanks to his grotesquely warped arms and legs, he was sitting in a strange posture. Now I just had to finish him, but I thought, ’Do I really need to kill this guy?’ so instead of killing him, I used [Material Manipulation] to change the dildo I had been using into tungsten, and then began forcibly inserting it into his mouth.
"You goddamn bastard!! What are you doing... crackle!"
Crunch! Scrape scrape scrape!
This guy, being a full‑body implant, had something like a mouth, but it wasn’t a function for eating food — it was just for outputting sound. So of course, there was no space for the dildo to go in, but I, with my ability, forcibly shoved the dildo in, creating space. As I did that, the sound of tearing metal hurt the ears.
Having inserted the dildo like planting Excalibur, it became a sight like watching a circus performance of swallowing a long sword. I patted Adam’s head, read his memories, then left him as he was and secretly teleported outside.
But upon reading Adam Smasher’s memories, I learned something surprising. Because it was too different from the content of the original game. To be precise, ’Johnny Silverhand’s memories’ from the original and Adam Smasher’s memories did not match.
Unlike Johnny’s memories from the original, according to Adam’s memories, Johnny was shot by Adam Smasher with a shotgun in the Zen Garden (a Japanese‑style garden) installed at Arasaka, his upper body severed, and he ended his life there, and the person who fought Adam Smasher on the rooftop was none other than ’Morgan Blackhand’.
The surprising point is that it was Morgan Blackhand who received the nuclear bomb from Militech, and it was also Morgan Blackhand who planted the nuclear bomb in Arasaka Tower. Furthermore, the person who was captured by Adam, dragged before Saburo Arasaka, and subjected to Soulkiller, which digitalizes the soul, was also Morgan Blackhand.
The problem here was why Johnny thought Morgan’s memories were his own.
"I don’t understand... why is that? Why is there this much disconnect from the original?"
Clearly, I had come three years before Edgerunners started. So this is not a history that has been twisted because I got involved. Moreover, since the Leisure Life would not make such a mistake, this meant that this was the content of the original.
Thinking quietly, there were many parts that didn’t make sense. There’s no way a nuclear bomb could have fallen into the hands of a mercenary who just does a rock band, and even if there was a supporting faction, I didn’t think they would easily hand over a nuclear bomb to such a narcissistic guy. Moreover, the fact that Johnny’s combat ability was so high that he could fight like a one‑man army also didn’t make sense. If that’s the case, then Adam’s memories — that all of this was done by Morgan — were correct.
"The information is insufficient."
I decided to ask the survivors of that time later, and after washing my body with [Life Magic], I removed my disguise, teleported home, and lay down next to a soundly sleeping Lucy, seeking sleep.
When the next day came, I received a call from Yorinobu.
– I’d like you to come, as my security personnel is insufficient. Arasaka is in an emergency right now.
He probably also had a lot he wanted to ask about yesterday, but he couldn’t say it easily.
"Understood, I’ll go now."
I briefly woke Lucy and told her that a sudden rich person security request had come in, then took the AV and moved to Arasaka Tower. Then, this time as well, a security guard guided me to where Yorinobu was.
"Jin, welcome! You see, yesterday, Ryu Seung‑ryong broke into Arasaka and made a mess of Arasaka Tower. Moreover, even Adam Smasher was taken down by Ryu Seung‑ryong, and he’s in a state that needs repairs. That’s why I called you. I’d like you to guard me for the time being."
This guy wasn’t managing his expression well. Clearly, with his mouth, he was talking about a serious incident, but he kept smirking.
"So that’s what happened. Well, I suppose I have no choice. Instead, you’ll have to pay me well."
"Of course."
I stayed in the room with Yorinobu, drinking and listening to Yorinobu’s stories about his gang days, passing the time. Then, after eating, when afternoon came, he asked me to step aside for a while, as he had some important business. Following a security guard’s guidance, I moved to a guest room prepared in Arasaka Tower. I had nothing to do, so I just watched TV and lazed around on the bed.
"Yorinobu‑sama’s business has concluded. You may resume security duty."
Then a security guard came and said that, so I went back up to Yorinobu’s room.
As I entered the room, Yorinobu could not hide his very excited expression. It seemed he had something he wanted to tell me quickly, but with many ears listening, he didn’t say it. Perhaps, from Yorinobu’s perspective, something very good had happened.
Thinking the security job might last a bit longer, I used [Stealth] while Yorinobu was sleeping and contacted Lucy. Lucy grumbled a bit, but there were occasionally requests that took time, so she just understood.
Then, when the next day came, Yorinobu said to the security guard.
"I’d like to eat out today, to get some fresh air as well. I would appreciate it if you could prepare it."
"Shall we prepare Embers again?"
"Yes."
Until dinner time, Yorinobu and I passed the time together, enjoying shooting or porn BDs (braindances). BD is a technology that records various information such as sights, sounds, sensations like touch, and emotions that another person has experienced, and allows you to experience that same event through neural transmission. For example, if you watch a killer’s BD, you could feel the killer’s emotions and sensations when they killed.
But since I didn’t even have basic implants, I could only enjoy it visually using my helmet. As a result, it was no different from the VR headsets you’d see in modern times. This was quite disappointing. But since I chose to ’go directly’, it was something I had to accept. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
When evening came, Yorinobu and I moved to the Embers restaurant. We sat down, and while eating and chatting about various things, Yorinobu suddenly tapped his own ear and then ordered the security guards to go to another floor. It meant he had something to say in secret.
"You have the shard you brought, right?"
"Yes."
I took out the security shard and handed it to Yorinobu, and was about to hack the CCTV, but Yorinobu stopped me.
– Just leave that. I brought a jamming device. If you keep breaking them, we’ll be more suspected. It’s not made by our company, so you can rest assured.
Yorinobu said that and took out some device the size of a Zippo lighter from his pocket and placed it on the table. It seemed to be the jamming device he mentioned.
– More than that, I never dreamed that you would be Ryu Seung‑ryong, you know. I was very surprised when I received the report.
– I’m not Ryu Seung‑ryong. I just imitated him. I don’t even know how to throw throwing stars or anything.
– Ah, so that’s why there were no scenes of throwing throwing stars!
It seemed Arasaka had already finished analyzing the video of what had happened at that time.
– Yes, so that’s why I had no choice but to pick up and use the guns of the guys I had dealt with. I had a hard time because of that.
– I see. And I never expected that you would subdue Adam. To be honest, I thought he would be too much for you, so I tried to buy as much time as possible with the security pretext. I couldn’t buy much because of Adam’s personality, though.
It seemed Adam’s late arrival was because of Yorinobu. Since Adam was the person who would have reacted first if Ryu Seung‑ryong appeared, I wondered why he had come down so late, but now I finally understood the reason.
– Anyway, here’s your payment. You did the job satisfactorily. Because of that, my authority within Arasaka has grown noticeably. Of course, a few high‑ranking executives lost their heads. Well, it can’t be helped.
Yorinobu handed me a credchip. Listening to his story, it seemed the reason he was so excited yesterday was because his authority had grown.
– And about the Relic — I will send someone, so please hand it over then.
– Okay.
– Let’s stop the conversation here. If we continue any further, we might arouse suspicion.
I finished talking with Yorinobu like that and finished the meal.
Another day passed, and whether Adam’s repairs were finished or not, he gave me the security fee and said I had worked hard, so I was able to return home on the AV. I had thought it would take at least a week, but perhaps because Adam Smasher was a main force of Arasaka, so they always kept Adam‑specific implants ready, his repairs seemed to have finished faster than expected.
A few days after that incident, the person who had delivered Yorinobu’s request before came again, so I was able to finish this request by handing over the Relic I had saved. With this incident, I earned the request fee, received the security fee, and even obtained various items, so I had made a huge profit.
And because it was a waste to enjoy the confrontation with Adam Smasher alone, I decided to turn the recorded video into a BD. Of course, I planned to entrust the editing to the best in this field. Actually, I could edit it myself, but I thought I should use this as an excuse to meet her once.
’Having come all the way here and not seeing her would be unreasonable.’
