Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

"After finishing this meal, you should be ready to integrate into this new group."

Boros raised the corners of his mouth stiffly, trying hard to mobilize all the muscles on his face, trying desperately to look kind.

His words were like the executioner who was about to lead the executioner to behead the condemned man.

The tone was cold, as if the God of Death was using his mouth to make the final judgment on the world.

Boros, who was over two meters tall, huddled in his chair. The normal-sized bowls and chopsticks were like baby toys in his hands. He reached out and put the drink glass to his mouth, as if he was drinking from a bottle of oral liquid.

A simple opening and closing of the mouth, and the vibrating sound in the throat made the entire dining table tremble.

What an exaggeration.

Melissa shook her head slightly and continued to chew the eroded synthetic meat filling in her mouth.

The huge shadow completely blocked the light. Melissa lowered her head, widened her eyes, and ate carefully.

Although the room was brightly lit, she felt like she was in the dark, and she was afraid that someone might not see clearly and accidentally stick the spoon into her nostril.

Melissa's thoughts were running, and she glanced at Rowena and Bit, who were already used to this situation, and nodded silently, which was a response to the captain's speech.

Boros scratched his head in embarrassment.

He is really not suitable for doing this kind of thing.

Even with what he thought was the friendliest smile on his face, no outsider could feel a hint of intimacy from it.

A fierce face, a paralyzed expression, a tall transformed body...

A complete killing machine.

"Anyway, let's eat first." He coughed slightly, but almost knocked the glass on the table into the air.

Even Rowena couldn't help but shiver, let alone newcomer Melissa.

"What are we going to do later? On a mission?"

After a long silence, Rowena put down the dishes, wiped his mouth with paper, and asked Melissa thoughtfully.

"Update the equipment, guys, and give our newcomers a lot of experience." When the professional field was mentioned, Boros became excited.

His voice became louder uncontrollably, causing Melissa to cover her ears in discomfort. Even Bit and Rowena frowned, looking uncomfortable.

Rowena quietly gestured to Bit, and the two enemies glanced at each other in tacit understanding, stepped forward at the same time, and left the table with the excited Boros on his left and right.

Melissa sighed and looked at the mess all over the table. The slight chill in her heart was washed away by the hot soup in her mouth, leaving only a lot of warmth.

Maybe the situation wasn't as bad as she thought.

A few lonely lunatics gathered together and hugged each other for warmth, which seemed a little more humane than the well-dressed normal people outside.

Melissa glanced at the empty seats, sighed softly, then picked up the spoon and bowl, and started swallowing the warm food in big mouthfuls.

2074, January 19, 12:30

Melissa didn't realize the time was passing slowly until she walked out of the hut and onto the wide rooftop, with the mild winter sun shining directly on her face.

The long sleep froze her in the broken time and space rift of ten days ago, and her consciousness drifted randomly in the deepest darkness.

Now, with a wave of the golden hoe, she was freed from the ice.

“Finally feeling alive!”

She couldn't help but straighten her arms, facing the breeze, and took a deep breath, as if she wanted to inhale all the golden mist into her lungs, which contained endless greed.

"Wait one more minute, the car to pick us up will be here soon." Rowena looked at Melissa's new life, and couldn't help but curl up the corner of her mouth.

"Float car?" Melissa shyly fiddled with her long bangs. She was a little embarrassed to see others because of her loss of posture just now.

Finally unable to bear the curiosity and scratching her heart, Melissa hesitated for a few seconds before asking.

"Look at the longing look on your face. Is it your first time riding a float?" Rowena and Melissa stood side by side, keeping the other two men at a distance.

"Absolutely... the feeling of flying in the sky... is more free than running on the ground." Melissa nodded and leaned lightly on the solid guardrail of the rooftop.

"While the novelty is still fresh, let's experience it later. From now on... you will be so excited that you feel like vomiting." Bit came over and spoke to Melissa, while looking straight at Rowena. , the tone of his mouth also seemed strange.

"If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute! Bit! When will you learn to speak human language?" Rowena frowned, holding Melissa in one hand and pointing at Bit's slightly crooked nose with the other.

"Wow, then I would like to congratulate our dear Miss Rowena for learning another language. She must be studying very hard to be able to argue with me in such a smooth manner, right?"

"I****" Rowena arched her nose viciously, glaring at Bit with both eyes, her red hair flying in the breeze, like the blazing eternal fire in its owner's heart.

Melissa stood aside and turned to look at Boros, who was far away and looked like it had nothing to do with him. Then she looked back at the two who started arguing again and laughed softly.

"You two look... more like a couple quarreling..." Melissa laughed and revealed her true thoughts without thinking.

"ah!?"

"ah?!"

The two rivals always had a strange tacit understanding.

They shouted in surprise in unison, even the angles of their mouths and the raised arcs of their eyebrows were so similar.

"Don't imitate me! Stupid dog!"

"Don't imitate me! You idiot!"

Their foreheads were touching, like two angry bulls about to gore each other to pieces, and like close lovers, the tips of their noses were touching each other, exchanging each other's breaths.

"They're always like this, you'll get used to it." Boros stood gently beside Melissa at some point.

Even though his voice was extremely low, the dull thunderous explosion still made Melissa feel dizzy and groggy.

"Why are they like this?" Melissa asked slowly while breathing calmly, patting her chest gently.

"Believe me, you don't want to know the truth..." Boros shook his head and did not answer directly. He just turned his back and left step by step.

No matter how affectionate and harmonious the madman appears, he is still essentially an out-of-control killing machine.

Even Melissa is no exception.

When she lost herself and stretched out two mantis blades from her arms, swimming in the ocean of flesh and blood...

Even if she was reborn ten thousand times, she could not escape the inevitable fate.

Boros thought and let out a long sigh.