Chapter 592 David Martinez
【Good morning, Night City! 】
[Yesterday's death lottery ended with a full fifty! Thanks to the endless gang fights, there were more than twenty corpses on the streets alone.]
[In addition, more than a dozen police officers died. I think you all have to pay compensation because the NCPD will definitely not swallow this. There was another power outage in Santo Domingo. The power grid was damaged. It was done by cyber hackers again. ]
[Meanwhile, Westbrook's trauma team was still collecting the bodies of cyberpsychosis victims from the sidewalk. And in Pacific Island... well... Pacific Island is still Pacific Island. I'm your best friend Stan. Join me as we begin a new day in the City of Dreams! ]
"A new day..."
Listening to the emotional line on TV, "Let's start a new day in the City of Dreams!", Xia Yu curled his lips. It was thanks to Stan that he could always speak so passionately.
After turning off the TV, Xia Yu picked up the college uniform hanging on the hanger, put it on and went out.
His main job is a student and he has to go to school on weekdays.
His side job is being a mercenary, and his identity as a Ghost Walker is to help him earn tuition. After all, the tuition for Arasaka Academy is nearly 10,000 Euros.
But this is normal. Arasaka Academy is the highest-level academy in Night City. As the name suggests, there is an inseparable relationship between Arasaka Academy and Arasaka Corporation.
In Night City, Arasaka Corporation can almost be said to have omnipotence, so every parent with children hopes that their children can go to Arasaka Academy.
In this way, it is almost equivalent to having one foot in the company.
However, it is not so easy to get into the college. Almost all the students there are children of officials, and the parents of those who are not are also company employees.
But it is not absolute. As long as you can afford the tuition, you can study there.
After putting on his college uniform, Xia Yu faced the sunshine and boarded the suspended transportation rail car. It's not that he doesn't have his own floating car, but he usually prefers to walk to school.
There were not many people in the carriage. At this time, most of the employees had already started working, or had gone home to rest after working the night shift.
After getting off the rail car, Xia Yu walked towards the college on foot. When passing a street, he was surrounded by projected yellow warning lines.
There were a few policemen investigating something, and the scarlet bloodstains on the ground looked extremely eye-catching.
"The dog's stuff was cleaned up pretty cleanly. Apart from the blood, there's not even a trace of its internal organs to be seen."
Looking at the splattered blood on the ground, Xia Yu stopped and looked at it.
This location is the street where the Ghost Walker fought the Tiger Claw Gang yesterday. The traces of last night's battle have been almost cleaned up this morning, which is quite efficient.
"I suddenly realized... I feel like a soldier king in the city."
Xia Yu suddenly had a sense of déjà vu. Secretly, he was a cold-blooded mercenary who killed people without complaint, but in public, he was a student at a higher academy.
It's a perfect template for a novel protagonist. It would be even more classic if there was a school beauty who needed close protection.
Unfortunately, there is no such thing. There is no school beauty in Arasaka Academy who needs his personal protection. Even if there is a school beauty, it is not his turn.
"Oh my God, please send me a school beauty."
Xia Yu, who had already left the street, suddenly seemed to have a seizure while walking. He raised his hands high and shouted to the sky.
This shout also attracted the attention of the people around him, but when they saw the Arasaka Academy uniform he was wearing, they turned their heads back silently.
Xia Yu didn't care. The world had been sick for a long time anyway, so it was normal for him to get sick occasionally.
Xia Yu put down his hands and became serious again, then walked forward, but his peripheral vision inadvertently caught a glimpse of an icy blue light.
The dazzling color made him turn his head slightly to look.
The light looked like a rainbow, shining with light pink, ice blue and a hint of light green. If you looked closely, you could see the silver-white underneath the dazzling colors.
The owner of the flowing light is a tall girl, and the flowing light shining with various colors is her shoulder-length short hair. Under the sunlight, the short hair shines with shining rainbows.
The girl had a cigarette in her mouth, looking quite cool.
"Hmm? Graphics card girl, why is she here?"
Looking at the neon-haired girl holding a cigarette, Xia Yu paused. He knew this girl.
A graphics card girl who was trained by Arasaka Corporation since childhood. She lived a dark mining life in her childhood. After escaping from the company, she hid in Night City. Her dream was to go to the moon and live a free life.
Her real name is Lucy. She doesn’t know him, but she knows Ghost Walker.
As a mercenary, Ghostwalker will naturally deal with cyberpunks like Lucy. In fact, Ghostwalker can also be considered a cyberpunk.
In this world, cyberpunk is not an abstract concept, but a profession similar to that of a mercenary , doing shameful and dirty work to earn commissions.
Whether it is V in the game or Lucy's team in the animation, they can all be called cyberpunk.
In the few seconds when Xia Yu's thoughts were distracted, Lucy, who was originally in his sight, suddenly disappeared, and then a young man entered his sight.
The boy had a hairstyle with shaved sides and long hair in the middle, and he was wearing the same Arasaka Academy uniform as him, and he looked a bit carefree and uninhibited.
The young man who suddenly appeared looked around as if he was looking for something. When he didn't see the stunning figure, he showed a somewhat lost expression.
Seeing the boy becoming depressed again, Xia Yu grinned, strode forward, and hooked his arms around the boy's neck.
"Hey, David, you've watched too many pornographic movies and finally can't hold back your sexual desire?"
The boy, who was originally feeling a little lost, was caught off guard by the sudden attack. He looked up hurriedly and was about to explain when he noticed the gazes coming from all directions.
Even though he didn't care about these things, the boy's face turned red and he hurriedly pulled Xia Yu away from there.
After leaving there, the boy glared at Xia Yu with some dissatisfaction: "I told you not to say that kind of thing in public, okay? You have no shame, but I still have some."
"Oh my, the guy who sells Black Mewtwo actually said he has dignity. He must try his luck."
Xia Yu chuckled and punched the boy. Hearing this, the boy rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to Xia Yu's teasing.
The boy's name is David Martinez. He attends the same Arasaka Academy as him, and the two are good friends.
"Okay, you look so depressed and you don't seem to be in heat. I made a small profit yesterday. I'll go check it out after school."
"Forget it. I have something else to do this afternoon."
David smiled helplessly at Xia Yu's suggestion. This man who spoke strangely and was a little eccentric was his only friend in Arasaka Academy, no other.
Arasaka Academy is an aristocratic academy, and a poor kid like him cannot fit into this group. He relies on his mother working hard from dawn to dusk to earn tuition fees so that he can study at Arasaka Academy.
This invisibly widened the distance between him and other students, and only this weird guy named Xia Yu was willing to play with him.
Maybe it's because they're both weird.
Xia Yu would occasionally say some strange words that no one could understand. Only after he had been in contact with him for a long time did he gradually understand the general meaning of those words.
Just like the intestinal turmoil just now, in layman's terms, it means going to eat something delicious together.
According to Xia Yu's explanation to him, if one has not eaten good food for a long time and suddenly eats something good, the stomach and intestines will definitely not be able to bear it and will have diarrhea, which is the so-called intestinal turmoil.
So another way of saying "turn your stomach over" is to go out and have a good meal together.
Although he still didn't understand why he would have diarrhea after eating good food, he had never had diarrhea even after eating so many delicious foods for free with Xia Yu.
By the way, the term "freeloading" was also told to him by Xia Yu.
Just feed your mouth and don't worry about the rest. This kind of behavior is called freeloading.
"You kid don't give me face, right? It's rare for me to make a small fortune, and someone is treating me, so why don't you take advantage of me? You are a bastard, don't you understand?"
"Yes, yes, I am that bastard."
David said perfunctorily that he actually had nothing to do in the afternoon, but he didn't want to follow Xia Yu around and eat and drink for free, so he could only find an excuse not to go.
He would feel embarrassed if he was always treated to a meal.
The two of them arrived in front of the Arasaka Academy building while arguing. The building looked like a long iron box with mechanical patterns outlined on it, and in the center was the Arasaka logo.
It was a line extending upwards, and then three branches extended out from the line, with a circle at the top of each branch, forming the Arasaka logo.
"You bastard, you're going to have to enter this iron coffin again."
Xia Yu looked at the iron coffin box that towered into the sky and couldn't help but complain.
But there is no other way. If you want to learn the knowledge of this era, you have to enter a professional college and then use the Mewtwo Ring to acquire knowledge.
The so-called Super Dream is to transcribe the content into a digital format, and then play it directly in the viewer's nervous system after special amplification. It is a common form of film and television movies and video games in the second half of the 21st century.
This also means that knowledge can automatically enter the brain just by meditating.
While there are legitimate Mewtwo, there are also illegal Mewtwo, that is, black Mewtwo. Rare sexual fetishes, violence, sadomasochistic fantasies, and even death are the most common themes of black Mewtwo.
This type of Black Mewtwo cannot be circulated through formal channels and can only be circulated on the black market. In order to supplement his family income, David once secretly sold Black Mewtwo in the academy.
"There are many people who are trying their best to get into the iron coffin you mentioned."
David was speechless at Xia Yu's words. You know, in order to enter this iron coffin, his mother only had a few hours to rest.
"Hey, please don't be like this, okay? Please, I was just complaining and you..."
“Aaaaaaah!”
Listening to Xia Yu starting his nerve-wracking chatter again, David covered his ears and ran into the building screaming. He really didn't want to listen to Xia Yu talk for even a moment longer.
“…”
Xia Yu opened his mouth, looked at David's extreme reaction, shrugged and followed him. This kid's psychological quality was not good enough. He fell down before he even exerted any strength.
Not long after, Xia Yu entered the classroom one step behind.
This is a high-tech classroom. The gullies around it are lit up with a faint blue light, and the students' seats are simple reclining chairs.
At the podium, there was no teacher teaching, only a projected bald woman who was responsible for their acquisition of knowledge.
"Good morning, classmates!"
The bald woman scanned the classroom and confirmed that all students were lying down. Then she said, "No one is absent. That's great."
Although she said yes, there was no fluctuation in the woman's voice.
"David Martinez, you are not wearing the Academy uniform."
The woman suddenly said that David, who was lying down, was only wearing the jacket of the college uniform, without the matching lining and pants.
Hearing his name being called, David replied in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry, I got my uniform and pants dirty this morning."
"Don't you have a spare?"
"No, sorry."
"Understood. Please submit the Uniform Exception Application Form after class. Let's start today's class now."
At this moment, a male student with short blue hair next to David looked at David with displeasure, and a glimmer of data appeared in his eyes.
On David's side, a communication request suddenly appeared.
Seeing this request, David wanted to hang up directly, but after thinking about it, he decided to answer it.
Shengnan: "You're not even wearing a uniform, are you serious? If it were me, I would be too embarrassed to come to the academy."
David: "I don't feel embarrassed. I'm more concerned about my homework."
In response to the short-haired man's ridicule, David directly responded.
This man's name is Katsuo Tanaka. He is considered to be a second-generation official with a relatively high status in the school. His father is a senior executive of Arasaka Corporation.
Because they looked down on him for his poor background, they often humiliated him and mocked him whenever they found something to do, just like now.
Shengnan: "Why are you still using that old version? Is it compatible with the latest upgrade?"
Looking at the Mewtwo ring on David's face, Katsuo Tanaka said sarcastically that the school's teaching system is often upgraded, so they also need to upgrade the Mewtwo devices used in the academy from time to time.
David: “I made him compatible.”
Shengnan: “What do you mean?”
David: “That’s what I mean.”
Shengnan: "You don't even have the money to upgrade, how can you come to school?"
David didn't reply, silently waiting for the teaching to begin. His Mewtwo Ring had been processed by the cyborg doctor, who guaranteed that it was compatible with the latest system.
"All students, please log in to the 'Green Classroom' and prepare to meditate."
After the teacher finished speaking, everyone immediately entered Mewtwo. However, a data hole suddenly appeared at David's position.
Then a red warning box popped up in front of everyone, indicating that a virus had been detected .
The next moment, everyone's Mewtwo Rings instantly overloaded and exploded, emitting green smoke from overheating, and the projection teacher at the podium was directly transformed into a ball of black data stream.
Seeing this scene, everyone looked at David unhappily, and David was also embarrassed and at a loss.
Xia Yu rubbed his forehead and took off the still smoking Mewtwo Ring. It was a bit unlucky. David would have to pay a lot of money now.
How about lending him some money?
Anyway, his demand for money is not that high. Even if he is really short of money, he can earn some anytime and anywhere.
If poor David wants to pay for the system repair costs, he will have to pay a huge price. He might even have to sell his ass, which will cost him even more.
In order to help his friend save his own ass, Xia Yu sent a communication request to David.
