Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 342 104. Cyborg

Under the guidance of Kenichi Shiro, Carl approached the mansion he had visited once, but before he stepped into the threshold of the mansion, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him closely.

The source of sight is
Carl followed the uncomfortable line of sight and his eyes fell on the left side of the house, where he saw a figure, covered in smooth metal armor, staring at him.

' Armor? ' Carl thought to himself.

Metal armor like this is really rare.

But he soon realized that his judgment was wrong.

Carl's brows slightly raised, he looked carefully, the streamlined armor covering the opponent's body not only showed the outline of muscles, but also exuded a cold metallic luster. It was not a close-fitting armor, but more like the result of sophisticated prosthetic transformation - a metal skin that resembled real muscles.

Looking more closely, I found that the man had a burly figure of about two meters tall. His face was covered by a mask in the shape of a ghost mask. Through the gaps between the eyes of the mask, there was a pair of blood-red eyes that were flashing red light.

When they looked at each other, the pair of eyes were very sharp, like a knife, piercing through the space and stabbing straight into Carl's eyes.

Karl had no intention of looking into those eyes for too long, so he looked away and looked at another part of his body. He found that the man's arm had an obvious lower bulge. According to Karl's experience, the 'praying mantis knife' should be installed there. Karl looked down again and found that there was a semi-elliptical bulge at the joint of the man's leg. This kind of cat-like leg modification was
'Lynx Claw', a prosthetic developed to imitate a lynx, can reduce the sound made by a person's feet when walking or running.

Mantis blade, lynx claws, plus the skin and muscles all over the body to transform it into a cyborg?

The word cyborg refers to the fusion of humans and electronic machines, also known as mechanized people or modified people.

In the past, this word was generally used to refer to individuals who had undergone mechanized modifications. However, as time went by, especially in today's era when prosthetic modifications have become common, the word "cyborg" has taken on a more specific meaning in street slang.

Cyborg, now the word, usually refers to a specific group of people who have undergone full-body Borg, full-body mechanization and weaponization transformation, and are almost indistinguishable from robots.

In 2076, there are quite a few people who have undergone full-body cyborg transformations. For example, the star Lizzie Weisz is a cyborg. However, there is a difference between ordinary cyborg transformations and full-body weaponized cyborg transformations, just like the difference between Lizzie Weisz and Adam Hammer.

The former were just singers that could be easily defeated by any reputable mercenary on the street, while the latter were those who could be hailed as legends if they could hold their own in battle for a period of time.

The person Carl is seeing now has obviously been modified all over his body. He is what is called a weaponized cyborg in street terms.

Mantis blade, lynx claws, and that metallic appearance that can easily sneak into a dark city at night, is that a ninja?

In Carl's impression, only Arasaka's ninjas are worthy of this kind of classic configuration.

When Carl was looking at the cyborg personnel, Kenichi Shiro noticed that he stopped and looked back, then followed his line of sight and saw the personnel. Kenichi Shiro subconsciously wanted to introduce Carl to him, but before he spoke, he remembered what he had just decided, so he held back the words.

However, he did not introduce Carl, but an 'acquaintance' took the initiative to help. "Boy, it seems that you are very leisurely. You even have time to observe the guards before meeting someone." The words sounded particularly familiar, but the tone of the voice was completely different.

Carl followed the line of sight and saw a middle-aged man with black hair and a pompadour standing at the door of the mansion, looking at him with a look that Carl was very familiar with. The look was filled with a strong sense of threat and tyranny, so familiar that after blinking for a moment, Carl almost unbelievably recognized this acquaintance.

"Adam Hammer?!"

Faced with this image that was completely different from his memory—no coldness of the mechanical body, no threat of weaponized body, no intimidation of the tall body, just a middle-aged man with flowing black hair and a handsome face. Although Carl found it hard to believe his subconscious feelings, his lips still involuntarily uttered the name.

"You can actually recognize me now? You are smarter than I thought, kid."

Adam Heavy Hammer, the guy with only his head left on his body, unexpectedly did not wear his iconic dragoon modified armor today. Instead, he appeared in the flesh and blood body of a handsome middle-aged man. Although his appearance had changed, the arrogance and tyranny he exuded remained the same.

Adam's Hammer appeared, and Carl's attention naturally shifted from the guards to him. However, looking at Adam's Hammer now, Carl felt more and more uncomfortable.

After getting used to Adam's other appearance as a hammer, looking at his current appearance as a handsome middle-aged man is, to be honest, quite disgusting.

"You know you can't pee your pants when beaten, so you changed to a prosthetic body that's more suitable for peeing pants?"

Carl used the words he and Adam Hammer said in the elevator when they were cleaning up Arasaka as the beginning to ridicule Adam Hammer.

"Do you think that you have the right to speak to me like this just because you took advantage of my carelessness a few days ago and destroyed the fur of a prosthetic that I normally use?"

Adam Heavy Hammer frowned, and a dangerous look appeared in his eyes.

"I don't know if I have the right to say this, but if you want to fight me, Mr. Adam Heavy Hammer, you'll have to at least get a prosthetic body. At the very least, don't use this flesh and blood body that was not developed by biotechnology."

It's not that Carl looked down on Adam Hammer now. With his years of combat experience, Adam Hammer is still quite strong even with this body. However, this strength is only good enough to deal with street people, and it's not impossible to win against ordinary cyber psychopaths, but it's not impossible to face Carl.
Carl really didn't think he would lose against Adam Hammer, who had no weapons on his body and not even any combat prosthesis.

"Boy."

Adam Heavy Hammer obviously knew this, but he did not show any intention of weakness. Just when the atmosphere between the two people was becoming increasingly tense, the door of the mansion was opened from the inside and Chiyome walked out.

She glanced at the people present and nodded slightly.

"Please come in, everyone. Mrs. Michiko and Miss Haruko are waiting for you."

(End of this chapter)