Chapter 593 Car Accident
"Um?"
David, who was worried about something bad happening, noticed the communication request appearing in his field of vision and wanted to refuse it. But after realizing that it was Xia Yu calling, he chose to answer it.
Xia Yu: "What the hell, you look so confident, I thought you could really make the device compatible and upgradeable."
David: "Stop talking. I didn't expect this. This is terrible. My mom will definitely scold me again."
Thinking back to what his mother had told him this morning, David had a headache. He still remembered that he said indifferently that he had asked a prosthetics doctor to take care of it.
The result is the current situation where not only did we fail to save money, but we have to lose more money.
David: "I regret it. If I had known this, I should have used the genuine product."
Xia Yu: "That's the truth. You want to connect to the legitimate version when playing pirated games? Unless you build a local area network yourself, you really are not afraid of trouble."
"well……"
David, feeling depressed, did not refute anything, but just sighed deeply. He wanted to drop out of school.
Xia Yu: "Honestly, seeing you like this reminds me of those old people who are reluctant to throw away spoiled vegetables. In order to save a little bit of vegetables, they eat themselves to the point of getting sick, and then have to spend more money on treatment. The key is that they know they are wrong but don't change. They will do the same thing again next time. Aren't they pure victims?"
David: "Is there such a thing? Why haven't I heard of it?"
Xia Yu: "Don't argue with me, you bastard. Forget it. Seeing how pitiful you look, I'll lend you some money. You can pay it back when you get a job."
As this sentence lit up on David's vision screen, his account suddenly increased by 20,000 Euros, which made him jump up with surprise.
However, this action of his naturally made him extremely conspicuous, attracting the dissatisfied gazes of others.
Feeling the gazes of others, David curled his lips, stood up, walked out of the classroom and came outside.
Anyway, I will definitely be called to the principal's office later, so I might as well come out first.
David: "Are you crazy? You transferred 20,000 euros to me at once. This is the first time I've seen so much money!"
After seeing that there was indeed an extra 20,000 euros in his account, David hurriedly shook his head to make himself clear-headed. This was not his money.
Xia Yu: "They are all brothers."
David: "Sometimes I'm really curious, how rich are you? You can easily take out 20,000 euros. Won't your family say anything about you?"
Xia Yu: "No one says anything to me, I'm an orphan."
David: “???”
David was really surprised when he saw this sentence. It was the first time he knew that his friend was actually an orphan?
Because Xia Yu's daily behavior was nothing like that of a child from a poor family, David always believed that Xia Yu was the child of a high-ranking official, but the other party did not have the same prejudice against the poor as other second-generation officials.
However, at this moment, he unexpectedly learned that Xia Yu was actually an orphan! ?
Did he lie to him?
David: "Don't lie to me. How can an orphan in Night City be so rich? I've returned the money to you. I'm not that poor yet."
Xia Yu: "Oh, why would I lie to you, bro? I'm really an orphan."
Xia Yu: "Also, you said you are not poor and destitute? You can lie to your buddies, but don't lie to yourself. It doesn't matter if you lie to your buddies, just laugh it off. But I hope you wipe your eyes after typing this, don't let your tears fall to the ground."
David: "I'm not as poor as you think..."
Xia Yu: "It's okay for me to believe what you said. It can also comfort you. But it's enough to just lie to you. If you're poor, don't force me to break your defense."
David: “…”
Damn, there’s no point in chatting today!
David really didn't know how to continue the conversation, so he could only hang up the phone with Xia Yu to express his dissatisfaction.
Xia Yu, who was still lying in the classroom, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw David directly hung up the call with him.
Wow, this kid is a bit like a money detector out of work - he has no money to count.
If someone dares to hang up on him, he will have to say something to this guy sooner or later.
David, you don't want your young, beautiful, dignified and pretty mother to be disappointed in you, do you?
Then he turned around and said to his mother.
Madam, you don't want your son to be expelled from Arasaka Academy, do you?
Tsk, what a pity that he has Huangmao’s ideas but not his identity. The only one who can make these words come true is Katsuo Tanaka.
After all, his father is a senior member of the board of directors of Arasaka Academy. With just a word, he can allow expelled students to return to school, and he can also expel students with just a word.
"Damn it, I can't stand it. With such an identity, he just acts like a second-generation rich man who likes to bully his classmates. He has no pursuit and no ambition. He is really classless."
As he was thinking about it, Xia Yu suddenly felt that the woman raised by Tanaka Katsuo was a fool, which was an insult to his yellow-haired predecessor's identity.
"Tanaka Katsuo, you must be the singer!"
Xia Yu suddenly shouted, then stood up from his seat and came to the confused Tanaka Katsuo.
Looking at the idiot in front of him with a stupid look in his eyes, Xia Yu slapped him with his backhand. With a "slap", Tanaka Katsuo covered his face in confusion.
what happened?
Feeling the burning pain on his face, Katsuo Tanaka was bewildered. Even though his body had reacted, his mind still couldn't believe it.
He was actually beaten?
"It hurts so much! How dare you hit me?"
Katsuo Tanaka covered his stinging face, looked at Xia Yu in disbelief, and threatened: "My father is a senior member of the college board of directors, you dare to hit me!?"
"Tanaka Katsuo, you are the singing girl, right? Remember what I said. I just hit you, so what? Just go and seek comfort from your father like a little baby."
Xia Yu poked Tanaka Katsuo's head and pointed at him, causing Tanaka Katsuo to take two steps back in fear.
He is a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. He only dares to be arrogant when facing those who dare not resist. If someone is not afraid of him at all, he will be afraid instead.
"Ha, that feels good."
After his daily madness, Xia Yu exhaled a breath. It felt like he had just finished cursing at the original critic on Tieba, and then secretly hid in bed in the middle of the night to start Genshin Impact.
He was not afraid that Katsuo Tanaka would ask his father to deal with him. If old Tanaka really came to annoy him because of this little thing, the Ghost Walker would not mind assassinating another person.
Anyway, in Night City, no one who can get to the top of a company is a good person, and you might even be able to make a fortune from it.
You can earn money again if you lose it, but if you lose your conscience, you will have to earn more.
"Hey~ Visiting the mountain at night, whose hand is that on the shoulder~ If you have the guts, just follow him, and do it~"
Xia Yu hummed a song that only he understood and strode out of the classroom.
The teaching equipment has been damaged by a virus. It looks like I can't have classes today. Since I'm staying here anyway, I might as well go out for a walk.
David had already left the classroom, probably because he was upset and didn't want to stay there. Xia Yu didn't go to look for him. It was better to let the child be alone at this time.
He wasn't upset because David hung up on him. If David didn't apologize to him first, he would ignore him.
"Happiness, anger, sorrow and joy are all in the heart~Forget about emotions, forget about morality, forget about the past and the present~"
Xia Yu left Arasaka Academy in a shaky step, ready to find the Graphics Card Girls team. He had even issued a mission to that team.
Help him find a person, whose gender, age and identity are unknown, only a code-like name is known.
That’s right, the person he was looking for was the protagonist of Cyberpunk, V-Zero.
V, whose flesh and blood are weak and mechanically ascended, can't even produce two taels of meat when cooked into a dish in the later stage. He is really an awesome guy, or an awesome girl.
In this world, he doesn't know whether V is a man or a woman, and he can't use the official character design as a reference, because the official directly gave the character design pictures of male V and female V, so it is possible to be male or female.
Moreover, V had three identities at the beginning, and he knew none of them.
Therefore, the only clue he could give was that the man's code name was V. He might be a company employee, a vagrant, or a street kid.
Just when Xia Yu left Arasaka Academy, David sent a message to his mother in a depressed mood. It was impossible to keep this matter secret.
He couldn't even afford the compensation for the equipment.
"Well, maybe I shouldn't go to school."
David looked at the clear sky and the fish swimming in the air, and he became more and more irritated. The frequency of his right leg shaking gradually increased.
Soon, Gloria, who was notified, came to the school and met with the principal with David.
"I am very sorry for the trouble this has caused my son."
Gloria Martinez apologized to the principal in a very humble manner right from the start. As she worked in Night City cleaning up corpses, she did not have a very high social status.
Because I often work overtime until late at night, my face is filled with deep fatigue.
“I don’t think it’s all about the money.”
The headmaster, who looked very wealthy, crossed his eyes, his glasses looking like a hawk, and said without any emotion: "Although it does cost a lot of money to repair the college system."
"Of course, I will compensate you in full."
Hearing this, David, who was standing next to him, felt even more upset even though he knew the result would be like this.
Next, Gloria lowered her attitude. Even though the principal had suggested that David change his learning environment, Gloria still refused to give in.
This made David next to him more and more annoyed. He was not only disgusted with himself, but also with the academy.
After everything was discussed, Gloria drove David home.
Due to the family's tight financial situation, their car is just the most common Tronco G240, which is sold for 13,000 Euros and has a top speed of 117 mph. It is a rather shabby car.
It is an unmodified version of the Ranger car. Its only advantage is that it has good handling and is cheap.
In the 21st century, cars have become a necessity. Without a car, you can't go to work, take your children to kindergarten, or escape when gangs fight over territory.
Therefore, Gloria had to buy the cheapest car for transportation.
On the way back, Gloria couldn't help but scold: "Didn't I tell you to upgrade?"
"It was my fault for going to the prosthetic doctor."
David, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked out the window, shaking his legs and making insincere apologies.
"You acted on your own, and now we have to pay ten times the money."
"sorry."
"If you're going to apologize, you might as well not do it in the first place."
“When I first asked you, you said there were no euros…”
"That's because it's not payday yet! We certainly don't have a lot of money sitting around . Also, stop shaking your legs!"
Hearing this, David sighed and stopped his right leg which had begun to shake unconsciously due to irritation.
He had this habit whenever he was nervous and irritated. He would start shaking his legs unconsciously, as if this would make him feel more relaxed.
"Actually...I've been thinking recently that I could take a leave of absence from school and look for a job or something."
"What on earth are you talking about?"
As soon as these words
"Mom, you know we really can't afford the maintenance costs of the system..." As he spoke, David's legs began to shake again.
"Besides, I was a complete misfit in the academy. My mother probably didn't know anything about it. As long as we were poor, we would..."
At this point, a smirking face suddenly appeared in David's mind. He was also his only friend in the academy.
But after a pause of one second, David remembered the other students' indifference towards him, and he still said the rest of the sentence.
“…It’s impossible to be taken seriously.”
“No matter how hard I study, I can never be like them, and I don’t want to be like them.”
The car suddenly fell silent, with only the roar of the vehicle echoing in the ears.
"Then why have I been working all this time?"
There was a hint of sob in Gloria's voice, and David, noticing this change, couldn't help but turn his head to look.
"I work so hard just for you...but now, what do you think I have been doing all this time?"
"mom?"
David caught a glimpse of tears in his mother's eyes.
"You are so smart and talented, so I work so hard to make money and cultivate you..."
As she spoke, the tears in Gloria's eyes finally flowed out along with the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time, and her voice also carried a hint of grievance and helplessness.
"If you don't want to study anymore, what should I do?"
Feeling the emotions expressed by his mother, David couldn't help but relax his tense eyes.
Although the mountain-like expectations weighed on him a little, he did not want to disappoint his mother, and he wanted to respond to these expectations.
He has no dreams, but he can make other people's dreams come true.
What's more, this is my mother's dream.
"I shouldn't have said that."
David looked calmly at the endless stream of cars in front of him, and his gradually irritable emotions were restrained again, turning into a calmness as still as a tranquil well.
"I'm sorry, please don't cry."
Feeling that her son had changed his mind, Gloria wiped away the tears from her eyes and said again: "I know how they treated you, because I have experienced the same thing, so we have to prove it to them. I hope you work hard, become an elite, and then..."
As she spoke, Gloria raised her hand and pointed her index finger upwards: "Climb to the top of Arasaka Tower!"
Gloria looked at her son, with hope and expectation in her eyes: "I know you have the talent and you can do it."
David leaned back in his chair and sighed at this deep expectation: "That's easy to say..."
However, before he could finish his words, he inadvertently glanced and suddenly saw a loaded heavy machine gun out of the corner of his eye, which immediately made his eyes widen in shock.
The next moment, countless bullets poured out.
