Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Doesn’t Want to Become a Night City Legend

Chapter 16 Pacifist Lu Mingfei
Although the two struggled for a while, it seemed that they finally formed a united front.

But the negotiations did not go smoothly.

"What are the chances of us all pretending to surrender and taking a long-term approach?"

"zero."

"Then what about us using love and peace to influence the other side?"

"zero."

"Damn it! Damn it! Do we have to fight this war? Can't we just kill fewer people?!"

Behind the container, Lucy and Lu Mingfei had a huge argument.

The woman pointed at Lu Mingfei's head and said impatiently, "I almost doubt if this is your first day in Night City! You showed mercy to your attackers, and you didn't set up defenses against the Whirlpool Gang!"

"What do you mean?" Lu Mingfei tried to seek guidance from Lucy.

"Your hostage tactics are completely useless against the Uzumaki Gang. Most of them are mentally damaged, practically teetering on the edge of cyberpsychosis. I hope they'll think like you, and their logic is flawed from the start."

Lucy reloaded her ammunition and spoke very quickly.

"Also, with all this commotion, tell me who you've offended recently."

"Uh, the young master of the Arasaka company's top executives, and the kidney-stripping guy."

".You are quite capable of handling things, but let's not talk about the one in front for now. The answer should be the scumbag group behind." Lucy put her ear to the iron sheet, confirming the footsteps, and then her eyes flashed with countless dense streams of information.

"Although they're called kidney-strippers, they don't just sell kidneys. They even sell more than just internal organs. Prosthetics are also within their purview, and they're even more common."

She picked up a piece of broken glass from the ground and looked at the situation at the door through the reflected light.

"And the biggest dumpers of this scumbag group are the Uzumaki Gang, the crazy people who have over-modified their bodies. These guys will install any prosthetics they can, regardless of the source. Even if they're company-owned, they'll take them in. How many people have you killed?"

Lu Mingfei answered honestly: "Dozens."

Swah——

Lucy, who was still investigating the enemy's situation, suddenly turned around with a look of disbelief on her face.

"You! This isn't really your first day in Night City, is it?!?"

"What did the master say?" After the above long speech, Lu Mingfei was completely convinced. He thought it was the automatic AI explaining the city background to him and asked humbly.

After some hesitation, Lucy turned her gaze back to the mirror and began to explain.

"While everyone applauded the death of the Kidney Slasher, the only exceptions were the Kidney Slasher's customers, as the goods they wanted simply rotted at the Kidney Slasher's place, and most of the time, they had already paid a deposit."

"In other words, if you kill dozens of kidney-strippers, you're guaranteed to make dozens of enemies. If even one of those dozens of people is a small-time gang leader, you'll know how serious the problem is."

In the mirror, Lu Mingfei and Lucy could already see the soldiers gradually advancing towards the interior of the factory. Lucy said casually, turning her head to the side, "And I guess you only removed the surveillance footage of the murder scene, left the evidence of the murder untouched, and escaped without burning the brain?"

"."

To be honest, I didn't even remove the surveillance.

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth and closed his eyes, feeling extremely guilty. Lucy accidentally caught a glimpse of his expression and guessed something. She rolled her eyes and felt that the person she was facing was definitely not a native of Night City.

But Lucy was a hacker who had once hacked into Lu Mingfei's brain. She knew that Lu Mingfei was a former student of Arasaka Academy, so everything didn't seem so unreasonable.

In addition to being a student, she also saw him on the city's high-speed rail on the day Lu Mingfei killed the kidney-stripper.

Death of Parents

【Residential Demolition】

【College Dropout】

(It does look a bit like him.)
(No, even this silly look of mine right now is a bit like me when I first arrived in Night City.)
Lucy shook her head, stopped thinking about that, and turned her attention back to the battlefield, summarizing.

"In short, although I'm reluctant, it seems to be retribution for my attempt to steal your goods. You and I are now in the same boat. These psychopaths don't care about killing passersby."

what?
so good?
Lu Mingfei felt that this girl was kind and beautiful.

After all, it was agreed that the previous sneak attack would be settled with money. It would be fine if they were willing to teach him some common sense about Night City, but they also planned to help him defeat the Whirlpool Gang on the opposite side?
And why was this woman suddenly looking at him so tenderly? As if she'd met an old friend? What? We're long-lost siblings, or mother and son?
There is always a reason to help others. Although he didn't know what Lucy was thinking in her mind, Lu Mingfei still planned to be on guard and listen to her plan.

"Although the hostage plan can be scrapped, the decapitation plan is not a problem."

Lucy signaled to Lu Mingfei with her eyes that her target was a member of the Vortex Gang who broke into the factory.

He was a gang lunatic whose entire face had been transformed. His entire face had lost the color of flesh and blood and turned into an alloy silver-gray, with scarlet electronic circuits used to outline the facial curves and eyeballs.

He was huge, probably because of the built-in prosthetics that supported his bones and flesh. He was over two meters tall, and his arms were as thick and thick as tree stumps.

At the end of the arm, it is wrapped in layers of black iron shell, and it is unknown what kind of prosthesis is installed.

He was already a little dazed and slow in his movements, which was a characteristic of people who were overly addicted to cyber transformation. Usually, these lunatics had to rely on drugs to stay 'awake', but today seemed to be an emergency, and they probably didn't take enough drugs.

Lu Mingfei thought that when he first encountered the Whirlpool Gang after entering this area, his face had probably been identified by the other party and then passed on to his companions, but they did not attack him directly in order not to alert the enemy.

Damn, why do these lunatics have their brains disappearing all the time?

"Okay, if you've seen enough, listen to me." Lucy interrupted Lu Mingfei's thoughts and gestured. "As you can see, I'm a network hacker. I specialize in techniques like rapid cracking and synaptic fuses. If it were any other gang, I can guarantee you I'd fry their brains in five seconds, but this is the Whirlpool Gang."

The Vortex Gang is the oldest gang in Night City - they even existed before Night City was founded.

It's okay that they have a deep foundation, but there are so many of these weird cyborgs. It's okay that they can't control them, but it's also troublesome if others want to invade.

"That big guy will take me at least fifteen seconds to hold them off. Shouldn't that be a problem?"

Lucy said competently, ready for battle.

"Then three, two, one, let's start. Three, two." "Wait, wait, wait!!"

Lucy was about to stick her head out to activate her own cyber puppet, but was suddenly pulled back by Lu Mingfei.

"Hey you!——"

"No, sister, how could you think I could hold off these guys by myself? In a pile of gunfire! For so long!" Lu Mingfei complained at the top of his lungs, and then couldn't help but say at the end, "And what's the next step after 321? A fight?!"

"——What are you talking about! Can't you dodge my sneak attack in such an extreme state?!" Lucy was also puzzled.

"Given your skills, this short period of time shouldn't be a problem, right? Trust your prosthetics! What type of subcutaneous protective layer do you have?!"

This was 'common sense' in Lucy's mind.

In her opinion, the actions that Lu Mingfei performed could only be caused by the installation of prosthetics, and the level of prosthetics was not low. The subcutaneous protective layer of first-class mercenaries who had been modified with prosthetics would always help them to avoid most non-fatal injuries.

However.
"What is the subcutaneous layer! There are only red blood cells and other things under my skin!" Lu Mingfei said anxiously.

Lucy wanted to disbelieve it, but time waits for no one. She suddenly pulled Lu Mingfei's sleeve open and touched his arm -

"Hey hey hey! Stop taking advantage of me! Sister, aren't you a married woman?" Lu Mingfei cursed while covering his chest with a shy look on his face.

But Lucy didn't care about these awkward emotions.

She is now shocked.

No.

There were no signs of prosthetics, no sutures, no sharp edges, nothing at all.

That guy doesn't have prosthetics?

They're not even biochemically modified like the Beast Gang.
What kind of original monster is this? ! ! !
Alright alright.

Feelings and surprises - leave them for later.

The problem now is
"Then what should we do?" Lucy asked blankly.

Excellent answer: I don’t know.

Although he wanted to say something mean, Lu Mingfei looked at Lucy's pale face and knew that if he provoked her any further she would explode with him.

That.
Lu Mingfei took a deep breath after hearing this.

"The decapitation plan has been canceled. Stop targeting that big guy and help me cover for him. Get rid of all the hackers who might launch a cyberattack against me, and then..."

Lu Mingfei pulled out the gun from his waist and exhaled.

"I'll go and kill them all."

Say it.

The boy stomped the ground hard.

The golden pupil pierced the darkness like a gas lamp cutting through the fog, and the body dove down like a cat bursting out at the moment of prey! Before the Whirlpool Gang could react, their target had already stopped in mid-air before them!
Raise the pistol.

His eyes were fixed.

【--Bang!】

The metal bullet swept through the wind and crashed into the enemy's head.

The impact flipped the hard skull over, and the accumulated energy exploded, and the round forehead instantly exploded and scattered! The slightly harder bones were even pulled apart like a rose!

The blood stagnated in mid-air, and the round skin reflected the boy's face.

what!
Lu Mingfei's golden eyes concealed a hint of excitement in the blood-red.

The heartbeat starts to speed up.

It felt like blood was constantly rushing to the tail end of the spine.

Excited and high-spirited.

However, it shouldn't be due to killing, it's just a natural reaction to being in danger.

After all, I, Lu Mingfei, am a pacifist, a coward, yes, yes, yes.
"Ha ha ha ha!!"

Still unable to hold back a sound, the flushed-faced boy shot out the brains one by one, laughing happily.

People don't change that easily.

A young man with youthful pain will not suddenly become a fan of killing your whole family.

But at least, Night City managed to make Lu Mingfei change a little.

[As for the idea of ​​'killing people', this loser doesn't even have the slightest aversion to it.]

Eat or be eaten.

The legendary British military strategist and the legendary Tokyo gourmet said -

It's not my fault, it's the world's fault.

"Hey!"

Killing people will make you feel guilty, but if you kill in order to avoid being killed, then it is for a sense of security, which is masturbation - a defensive behavior of self-comfort!
That's right! The long way is my shortcut! To make Lu Mingfei feel at ease, continue to be my coward! Be my youthful and painful teenager! All of you, go to hell!
Just kill them all! I won't kill anymore!

Killing for the sake of not killing. Yes, Lu Mingfei, at this moment, is the kindest and most innocent person on earth!
King Lu, you are really gentle now!

(End of this chapter)