Free Web NovelChapter 310: 310 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 21
In Cyberpunk 2077, there are a total of 4 characters you can romance. In the case of male V, you can romance ’Panam Palmer’ as a female, and ’Kerry Eurodyne’ as a male. In the case of female V, there is ’Judy Alvarez’ as a female and ’River Ward’ as a male. But I have no interest in men, of course.
In the case of ’Panam Palmer’, she is a character very famous for her sexy posterior. Even I felt like I wanted to slap that luscious butt once — she had such an appealing back figure. Hearing only this might make me look like a pervert, but I think anyone who has played the original would understand that feeling.
Ahem... anyway, the introduction was long, but Panam is from a Nomad background. Nomads refer to groups that live as nomads, like in Mad Max, in the desert outside the city called the ’Badlands’, and distinguishing them from gangs inside the city, they were called Nomads. Although they are treated as barbarians outside civilized areas, not all of them are vicious criminals.
Even among Nomad groups, there are different tendencies — the Nomad group called ’Aldecaldos’ that Panam was in were relatively gentle Nomads who communicate quite well. They exist not only in Night City but also in various places across America, traveling around in vehicles, setting up camps in suitable places, and living.
Panam was a Nomad who left her group due to a difference of opinion with ’Saul Bright’, the leader of the Aldecaldos group settled near Night City, and drifted into Night City. Perhaps because the timing isn’t right, I haven’t met her yet, but Panam will later work as a transporter based on the experience she built up in the Nomad group. She also occasionally takes requests from Rogue, so I think I can just see her at the Afterlife.
The problem is the cute BD editor, ’Judy Alvarez’. Judy belongs to the Mox, and the Mox is — although it’s a gang in name only — it should be seen as an organization formed by sex workers to protect themselves. So, among gangs, they are the weakest.
Their work was just protecting sex workers from violent customers and pimps. But they couldn’t run the organization with just that, so they also coaxed customers into getting dead drunk and picking their pockets, or seduced them and overcharged them. But in Night City, where murder happens as often as eating meals, it should be considered a cute level.
The work that Judy took on at the Mox was editing the porn braindances that sex workers made. She has excellent skill, so it would be no exaggeration to say that most of the BDs produced at the braindance club ’Lizzie’s Bar’ where she works pass through Judy’s hands.
Judy is a genuine lesbian who became aware of her identity from a young age, so unless V is female, romance is impossible. Moreover, considering the situation at the time, the possibility that she was already in a deep relationship with Evelyn was very high.
That doesn’t mean I thought I could never seduce Judy. But Lucy is quite possessive, so she wouldn’t tolerate that kind of relationship, and I also have no intention of that. So in the end, I decided to just watch and let the lesbians continue their good love. As a Cyberpunk 2077 fan, I just wanted to see her once in person.
Anyway, Judy was working in an editing room in the basement of Lizzie’s Bar, and it was almost no exaggeration to say I had no connection with her. So, unlike Panam, I needed to go find her myself. But the problem was that I was too famous.
These days, just by me walking down the street, people all stare at me. In such a situation where attention is focused on me, if I personally went to Judy and asked her to edit a braindance of me humiliating Adam Smasher — probably, the Mox gang members and Judy would most likely be found as corpses the next day.
So, I planned to use my [Transform] ability to change into the form of a woman, who Judy would be less guarded against, and go to find her. And since I was transforming anyway, I decided to change into the exact same appearance as the ’White Commander’ from NieR: Automata, one of the quite beautiful women in my opinion. I decided to leave the hairstyle as is except for the accessories, and for clothing, to wear jeans, a t‑shirt, and a jacket, which is not too flashy.
’Without the accessories, it feels a bit lacking.’
I drove my car directly to ’Lizzie’s Bar’. At Lizzie’s Bar, female gang members belonging to the Mox were guarding the entrance with bats. When I tried to enter, they blocked the entrance and asked me.
"Ooh~ never seen such a pretty cutie like this before. You here for work? Or to enjoy some braindances?"
"I came to find someone. You have Judy Alvarez, right?"
"She’s here, but why are you looking for Judy?"
"I heard that Judy is the best at BD editing. So I came to ask her to take on a job."
"If that’s the case, you’re always welcome. Go in. If you get bored, enjoy some braindances while you’re at it. Well, I could also help you have a hot time, you know. For a cutie like you, I could even do it for free. If you’re interested, say so."
The gang member stepped aside and flirted with me. Even though I had transformed into a woman, hearing this from a woman — as expected of Night City, I thought.
Anyway, I just ignored those words, went inside, and went down to the basement where Judy was. It was a place I had gone down countless times while playing the original game, so I almost had the way memorized.
Arriving at Judy’s workshop like that, she was busily editing BDs and didn’t even notice that I had come.
Judy Alvarez, as in the original, had a cute face with a two‑block short hairstyle, and her hair, which started with teal and ended with pink, was swept to the right. On top, she was wearing a short white tank top tied below her chest, exposing her navel, and on the bottom, she was wearing leather suspender pants. As expected of someone belonging to the Mox, her body was covered with various tattoos.
I was so moved to see Judy that I watched her work without disturbing her for a while. Then, Judy, perhaps sensing that someone was beside her, turned around and spoke.
"I’m busy right now, so come back later... gasp! Who are you? This place is off‑limits to non‑personnel, you know." freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Coming as a woman was the right choice, as expected. If I had come as a man, she would have screamed and caused an uproar. Then the Mox gang members would have swarmed and given me a headache.
"I announced myself. You’re Judy Alvarez, right?"
I smiled at Judy, extended my hand, and asked for a handshake. Then, flustered, Judy also accepted the handshake and spoke.
"Ye-yeah, that’s right. And you are?"
"I’m White. Nice to meet you. I came to ask you to take on a job. I heard you’re the best at BD editing."
"Well, that’s... but... I’m kind of busy... I have a lot of work, you see."
Judy scratched her head, troubled.
"I don’t mean to force you. This job is high risk, high return."
When I said that, Judy became interested.
"What kind of BD is it that you say that?"
"I can’t give you the details, but it’s a rather interesting video. So, that’s why."
Then Judy slightly frowned and spoke.
"I don’t handle XBDs."
I thought for a moment. Whether this was really an XBD or not. In a way, it was comedy, and in a way, it could also be seen as an XBD.
"Hmm... I’m not sure. It seems a bit not to be called an XBD..."
When I said that vaguely, Judy became even more curious and spoke.
"Can I take a look at the video once?"
"Sorry, but no. You can only see it if you agree to edit it. The payment is about this much."
I said that and held out a note with the compensation written on it to Judy. It was about 10% of the money I would get from one request, but even that amount was very large.
"Gasp! This much? What kind of video is it..."
Judy looked at the paper with the payment written on it for a while, then thought.
"Haa... fine, I’ll take it. Of course, you can’t edit it here, right?"
"Right. So you’ll have to do it at your place. You can edit at home, right?"
"I can. Then I’ll give you my address, so come in the evening."
"Okay."
"And I wanted to say this because it’s been bothering me — with such beauty, why do you dress so manly? How about wearing something other than sneakers? It would be better to pay a bit more attention to fashion. It’s painful to watch."
As expected of a lesbian comment. But I only transformed into a woman temporarily because of Judy — I had no intention of wearing women’s clothes.
"Sorry, but I like comfort. And keep what I said today a secret from others."
"Got it. Anyway, see you in the evening."
When evening came like that, I went to Judy’s house. I found it easily again, as I was familiar. I could find Judy’s house and the Nomad camp where Panam was with my eyes closed.
"Welcome."
"Yeah, nice to meet you."
As I entered Judy’s house, Judy admired greatly.
"Wow... you really are a beauty! Seeing you in a bright place, I can tell for sure. I’ve never seen a beauty like you in my life. But your clothes..."
Judy was complaining about my clothes again.
"I told you earlier too — I like comfort. I don’t intend to look good for anyone. More than that, can I look around your house?"
Having come to Judy’s house, looking around the house was a must. Because a lot of things happen here too.
"Yeah, it’s a bit messy because I’ve been busy lately, but you can look around."
I looked around the house here and there. There was nothing different from the original, but seeing it in person was a different kind of fun.
"You do scuba diving?"
"Once in a while — when I feel a bit trapped or something."
"You have a good hobby. I don’t do scuba diving, but I like swimming. But since the places are all polluted, it’s hard to do it easily."
"Right. The sea and the lake are both like that."
I finished looking around like that and held out a shard to Judy.
"This is it. To be honest, it is a BD, but it’s just video."
When I handed her the shard, Judy went into her workshop and checked the video. Of course, I had edited and removed the content that shouldn’t be seen.
"Uh... huh... what is this... some guy is gleefully beating a robot with a giant dildo?"
Judy didn’t recognize either of them well. Well, for an ordinary person, it would be understandable not to recognize them.
"Don’t be surprised, and listen. The person doing the beating now is Ryu Seung‑ryong, and the person being beaten is Adam Smasher."
"Wh-what!!!??? Ryu..."
In case the neighbors might hear, I quickly covered Judy’s mouth. As expected, even if she didn’t recognize them, the names were too famous, so she knew them.
"Come on, I told you not to be surprised."
Only now did she realize how dangerous this BD was.
"Yo-you want me to edit this?"
"Yes. I told you, didn’t I? High risk, high return."
"Haa... I wondered what kind of angel had descended... but that figures, it was a reaper."
"If you don’t get caught, you could be an angel, right? So, you must never show any sign that you edited the video, and you must not distribute it. If that happens, you’ll know the consequences without me explaining."
But Judy, her head hurting, grabbed her forehead and went to the kitchen, speaking.
"Haa... my head hurts, you know? I need some coffee."
"Two sugars, two creamers."
"So just dump everything in?"
"Huh... you don’t know the true taste of dabang coffee."
"Dabang? What’s dabang?"
"There’s a place like that. It’s an old‑fashioned neighborhood café. It’s the golden recipe used at that café. Coffee two, sugar two, cream two."
"Really? I’ll have to try it."
We drank coffee and continued our conversation.
"So, will you do it? I’m giving you one more chance — I don’t normally do this."
"Angels are kind. I’ll do it — since it’s come to this."
"Good. Then how long will it take?"
"I don’t know? About a week?"
"Then I’ll come back in a week. And I’ll say it again — it’s best not to leak it at all. Not even to close friends. I trust you know the reason."
"Got it. I’ll be careful. More than that, that dabang coffee thing is not bad."
"Right?"
I left the job with her like that and returned home. I wasn’t thrilled about transforming into a woman, but I was glad to have seen Judy. freewebnovel.cσ๓
A week passed as I took requests with Lucy, and I contacted Judy again and went to her house.
"Is it finished?"
"Yeah, I hope you like it."
I sat in a chair and checked the BD. She had even slowed down the fast movements and edited it nicely to be enjoyable. At this level, it seemed that anyone could see how Adam Smasher got beaten. Certainly, Judy’s editing skill was excellent.
"Good, I like it."
I paid Judy the payment immediately.
"Thanks. It was worth the nervous week of hard work. So, what are you going to do with that BD?"
"What else? I’m going to scatter it around. It’s a waste to keep something like this to myself."
"What? Really?"
"Yes. Even if I get caught, your name won’t come out, so don’t worry."
"I’m a bit uneasy, but I’ll trust you. Could I see you again sometime?"
"Sorry, it’ll probably be impossible. After I scatter this, I’ll leave far away. That will be safer for you too."
When I said that, Judy seemed extremely disappointed.
"Even so, we might meet someday, at least once."
"Maybe? Anyway, thank you."
I decided to end my first meeting with Judy around here. Because the atmosphere had become somewhat strange.
Anyway, after receiving the BD like that, I duplicated it into thousands with my [Material Copy] ability, and using my [Transform] ability, I changed into nonexistent middle‑aged men, middle‑aged women, or grandmothers, grandfathers, and whenever I felt bored, I began scattering BDs around Night City. This way, tracking was absolutely impossible.
"Hey, did you guys see that? The BD of Adam Smasher getting beaten with a dildo by Ryu Seung‑ryong!"
"I saw it too. Getting beaten with a dildo — it was so funny. I’ve watched it dozens of times!"
"Hey, say that quietly! Adam Smasher might come looking."
"No way, would he? Anyway, in the strongest fighter debates, Adam Smasher is out now."
"I guess so. Two are left now — Ryu Seung‑ryong and Jin."
"And also, you know — the rising rookie, I think it was David? And Morgan Blackhand might reappear too, you know."
"Ah, come on... David is still at human level, and at the god level, it’s a stretch. Plus, Morgan is probably dead, right? Even if he’s alive, he’s too old, so it’ll be hard for him to fight them."
"Is that so? Well, it has been a long time since Morgan was active."
As expected, it came up. The pointless ranking battles. Which is stronger, the lion or the tiger, or the wolf or the dog... everywhere you go, people have a lot of interest in such stories. Perhaps because of that, Adam Smasher, whose pride was quite hurt, tried to hire gangs to collect the BDs and catch the distributor, but they couldn’t find the distributor, and since the amount circulating was so large, the gangs just gave up.
Then, Adam went on a rampage and began relieving his stress by wiping out gangs for a while. Because of that, gangs also had to be cautious, trembling in fear for a while. There were rumors going around that Adam Smasher had finally become a cyberpsycho, but due to Arasaka’s official announcement that they were conducting a gang suppression operation, it eventually passed over without any conclusion.
I was passing the time watching such interesting events when suddenly, a translucent window appeared from the Leisure Life.
[You can no longer progress the story. The story will be connected to Cyberpunk 2077. Would you like to start Cyberpunk 2077?]
Seeing this window appear, it seemed that the Edgerunners story had ended. It seemed to be the time when, in the original, Lucy arrived at the moon and thinks of David. The current Lucy is just lazing around on the bed without a care in the world, though. Anyway, I selected ’Yes’ and ended the Leisure Life.
