Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Red and blue were clearly running in parallel, spreading beyond the field of vision to the infinitely distant end of pure black.

She just walked straight along this road, silently watching the glazed characters floating in the sky.

Maybe a long time passed, or maybe it was just the blink of an eye.

Unconsciously, she came to a narrow black space.

"You came……"

Plain male voices sounded from all directions, but they didn't seem noisy.

"Where's this month's salary?" she asked, imitating a similar tone.

"Haiji..." The male voice became helpless.

As the words fell, the entire black space turned into pure white.

Hai Ji squinted her eyes slightly, waiting for the dazzling light to slowly dissipate.

"I'm not here to talk to you about these mundane things..."

"I only like clichéd things, Samuel." Hai Ji opened her eyes and stared coldly at the man who suddenly appeared in front of her.

"...Forget it..." Samuel sighed and did not dwell too much on this topic. "A big shot is coming to Night City recently. Please pay more attention..."

"What level?"

"Uh... almost the same level as me."

"In the name of the network supervisor, or in my own name." Hai Ji glanced at the man's light blue pupils.

"In the name of the Internet Supervisor, but you need to take personal action..."

Haiji heard what he meant, "Strictly keep it a secret?"

"Strictly confidential." Samuel thought for a moment and added, "Including your little follower Mullin, you can't tell him about this."

"You have to give me a promotion so that I can send him to some other remote place..." Haiji curled her lips with a cold smile, "Otherwise, even if it were me, it would be very difficult to completely escape his attention. Difficult things.”

"Forget it, just you two."

"So hasty? It doesn't seem to be a difficult matter, so I won't participate..."

"Haiji..." Samuel rubbed his eyebrows, "I know you are not in a good mood because of the death of your friend..."

"It's good that you know." Haiji nodded, not hiding the surging anger in her heart.

"The culprit is also dead. Can you stop trying to get into trouble?"

"Just because Boros is dead doesn't mean that my anger will cease..."

"So you want to kill everyone?"

"No, his death has nothing to do with me..." Haiji shook her head, "I wouldn't be so despicable as to release an uncontrollable electronic virus."

Samuel stopped smiling and stared at her.

"I gave you permission not to check these things..."

He spoke word by word, as if he was chewing on the zero-degree ice between his lips and teeth.

"Okay, okay... don't worry, I won't participate in the game of big shots like you..." Hai Ji shrugged and raised three fingers above her head.

"Oh... now is a very good time... You'd better not mess around, otherwise I won't care if you die one day." Seeing Hai Ji's attitude, Samuel's tone softened.

"What's the meaning?"

"It's nothing..." Samuel shook his head, "At least you shouldn't know."

As if he had read Haiji's thoughts, he added, "Even if you use all the authority at hand, you can't find it... So don't waste time and focus more on the tasks I gave you. …”

"Oh." Haiji responded perfunctorily, obviously not listening.

"It's almost time, you can go back." Samuel didn't say any more, just waved his hand.

Then the pure white space was dyed with twilight and turned into pitch black again.

Haiji also closed her eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, there was a translucent glass hatch in front of him.

She rubbed her eyes, stretched out her hands to push open the crescent-shaped glass layer, and slowly sat up straight.

"you're awake?"

A male voice said hello softly.

"Nonsense." Hai Ji just replied coldly and took the warm coffee handed over by the man.

"What are you looking for, boss?" Mullin moved his head closer, wanting to stick to her body.

"First of all, stay away from me," Haiji shook the coffee in her hand and finally gave up the idea of ​​pouring it on someone's head. "Secondly, don't call him boss...it sounds too weird."

"Finally, we have something to do."

"Are you working? What are you doing? Working overtime again? Do you get overtime pay?" Mullin seemed to have only heard the last sentence and asked repeatedly.

A series of noisy questions made her head buzz, as disturbing as the chirping of cicadas in summer.

"Shut up." Haiji frowned and placed the clean coffee cup on Mullin's head.

"Okay, okay..." Mullin nodded repeatedly, took down the porcelain cup on his head with a smile, and touched his hair, but he didn't feel any dampness at all.

"The coffee tastes good, but it doesn't mean you can be unscrupulous, understand?" Facing Mu Lin's confused gaze, Haiji's eyebrows ached, and she had no choice but to explain.

"I understand! Have you been promoted? You are becoming more and more fond of giving orders." Mullin remained stubborn, still talking nonsense.

"You'd better shut up." Haiji rolled her eyes helplessly, turned and walked out of the room.

"By the way..." Mullin suppressed his laughter and handed Haiji a data chip with a serious face, "Please take a look at some of the information I recently searched."

"That's pretty much it..." Hai Ji nodded and took the chip.

"Are you sure you got it correctly?" She pointed to the words etched on the chip and said with a rare hesitation, "What does 'Ten Years Collection' mean on it?"

"I*!" Mullin was a little panicked. Before Hai Ji could react, he quickly snatched the chip back from her hand, "I took it by mistake, I took it by mistake..."

"Forget it if you have some personal hobbies. You don't need me to tell you about the distinction between public and private... Don't read these things when you are at work..." Haiji complained, took the second chip he handed over, and checked it carefully. Then it was inserted into the interface at the back of the neck.

"How is it?" Mullin gasped, obviously still a little shaken.

"It's somewhat similar to what I have here, but there are some new details. Considering your ability, it's pretty good." Hai Ji pulled out the chip and handed it back to Mullin.

"Before you came, I was one of the few masters!" Mullin puffed up his chest, looking very proud.

"How many people are there in total? Counting down can be considered a handful." Hai Ji gave him a middle finger and walked to the elevator door.

"Our relationship... don't expose me..."

"Alas..." Haiji shook her head, and while Mullin was still dreaming, she silently sneaked into the descending elevator.