Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

"Rowner..." Melissa rubbed her tense eyebrows, "Do you remember the plot of the movie we discussed together before? The Riddler always dies miserably..."

"Bah, bah, bah! It's the Chinese New Year, don't say such unlucky words! What if the crow talks?" Rowena glared at Melissa angrily and knocked her on the head lightly.

"So why did you suddenly pull me out?" Melissa folded her arms, shaking all over, and exhaled a few mouthfuls of white mist along with her words, "In winter, in the middle of the night, it's windy and rainy, and I freeze to death. ”

As a pure rookie who had just joined the Terrorist Mobile Team, Melissa was not like her predecessors, who were filled with all kinds of strange modified prosthetics.

"Look at your embarrassment..." Rowena chuckled, stretched out his hand and pulled Melissa into his arms.

It's like the feeling of wrapping your head in a soft, hot quilt in the cold winter, and all the bones and flesh in the whole body soften comfortably.

"Hey, does this count as workplace sexual harassment?"

Melissa said dullly, deliberately rubbing her cheek back and forth.

"Then you are a female hooligan!" Rowena said viciously while holding the head that kept bouncing back and forth in her arms with her arms, "Can you still talk now?!"

"I give up...I give up..."

"Hmph..."

Rowena let go of his arms, looked at Melissa, whose face was red and was breathing heavily, and laughed in a low voice.

Melissa rubbed her face, glared at someone who was looking very proud, and then quietly glanced down at her chest.

In any case, she was lost.

"So, you pulled me out and made love to each other outside here because you wanted to prove that you are actually a jerk and have no interest in that guy Bit, right?"

"First of all, I'm not embarrassed..." Rowena gritted his teeth and spoke word by word, rolling his eyes angrily.

The magical imagination of our newcomer is really going to reach the sky.

"Secondly, I'm really not interested in that guy Bit...don't laugh!"

Seeing Melissa's suppressed smile, Rowena's fist almost became hard.

"at last……"

She sighed suddenly and did not continue.

The two looked at each other, but no one continued to speak.

There was sudden silence between heaven and earth.

I could only vaguely hear the crazy laughter of thousands of raindrops hiding in the endless darkness.

The lively comedy atmosphere was ruthlessly washed away by the cold and biting wind, without a trace remaining.

"The preparations have been long enough... I believe you are mentally prepared." Rowena said softly, raising his head slightly, and looking at the dark sky that attracted countless water columns to flow upstream.

"Um."

Melissa's whispered response was lost in the wind and rain.

Rowena didn't hear her answer and didn't need to.

She fiddled with the hanging red hair and spoke to herself.

The words fell to the ground along with the raindrops, breaking into transparent foam.

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"Hey, Hai Ji, is there something wrong with your head? Didn't you take your medicine today?" Mullin approached the woman with a natural look and asked with serious concern, but with a biting taste.

"Before you ask me, you should think about whether you are taking medicine..." Hai Ji leaned back a little and tapped her head with her index finger.

"Holy shit, I really forgot today." Mullin slapped his thigh, sat back quickly, and searched for the potion in his pocket.

The Japanese food boss, who looked awkward just now, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"I have plenty, use mine..." Hai Ji shook her head and threw the nerve agent in her bag to Mullin who was like a vicious dog gnawing at it.

"Now you see, my friend has some brain problems... I'll pack some food and go back to take care of him." Haiji turned to the boss and explained in Japanese. Mullin couldn't understand it anyway, so he wasn't afraid of his misunderstanding.

As a senior Internet surveillance agent, his authority and abilities far exceed those of ordinary people, but he still has to consciously abide by the rules he should abide by.

At least that's what Haiji thought and did.

"Hey, Haiji, what were you and your boss talking about just now?" Mullin touched the pinhole and asked with a twisted expression.

Each network surveillance agent's nerve agent is injected with a specially customized needle.

For him, Haiji's needle was just too thick.

"It has nothing to do with you..." Hai Ji shook her head and just shook the large insulated food box filled with exquisite Japanese food in her hand. "I'm going to see a friend. You can go back by yourself."

"This can't be done. How can I let you walk alone in the dark night?" No matter how Hai Ji intimidated and threatened, it didn't work. Mullin insisted on following her.

"Forget it……"

In the end, unable to get rid of Sticky-footed Nougat, she had no choice but to agree and let Mullin follow.

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Rowena opened the back door, held Melissa in one hand, and carried the steaming midnight snack in the other, and returned to the safe house.

The warm heater in the room enthusiastically welcomed them home, diligently driving away the dank smell from their bodies.

"Where's the captain? Where did he go by himself?"

Rowena glanced around the room and saw only Bit sitting in front of the computer, playing video games very immersedly.

"Bit?" She raised her voice, her tone subconsciously showing some anxiety.

"Ah? What's wrong?" Bit stretched his neck and poked his head out from behind the computer screen.

"Where is the captain?" Melissa took a step forward gently, stood beside Rowena, spoke for her, and asked the same question again.

"What's going on? What's going on?" A thunderous voice came from upstairs, followed by heavy footsteps quickly following.

"Melissa and I came back with a late-night snack... Let's eat some together?" Rowena chuckled and shook the piles of large skewers of barbecue in the plastic bag.

"Okay..." Boros was stunned for a moment, then smiled and took the portion from Rowena's hand that was enough to feed four people, "Hey, where did you buy it? So much?"

"It's a newly opened shop downstairs..." Rowena glanced out the window and said softly, "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it's not easy for others, so I just helped her clear out all the inventory."

"Sometimes being kind-hearted is not a good thing..." As usual, Bit took the opportunity to start scolding Rottweiler, "Who knows how long this meat has been stored, don't wait until you have diarrhea after eating it."

"I'm just asking you if you want to eat?"

"Eat, eat... of course..." Faced with three unclear glances, Bit decided to give in, "I'll shut up..."

"Do you have any beer at home, Captain?"

"There should be some in the refrigerator...I'll go check it out. You clear the table and eat it while it's hot."

Boros put down the steaming bag in his hand and strode towards the refrigerator not far away.

Everything is so normal.

It's like a soothing prelude to a grand piece of music.