The Sword in the Stone traced a trajectory like flowing water, leaving a blue phantom in the sky on the road, and finally slowly stopped in a parking lot not far from Twisted Street.
The car door moved up, and Kitagawa Hiroshi stepped out of the driver's seat with a satisfied look on his face. He put his palm on the car door, gently stroking the smooth mirror-like door, as if admiring a delicate but domineering queen.
"Stop playing, go find Wakako first." Lin Mo reminded, closed the car door, and it automatically locked.
There was a bit of regret on Beichuan Hao's face, and he followed Lin Mo towards the direction of Twisting Street, still looking at the sky-blue Phantom with some reluctance.
At the same time, I silently made a decision in my heart that if I have a chance in this life, I must buy the same sports car.
The two walked into Twisted Street.
It has only been a week since I last came here. Although it is no longer the first time, the scene on the street is still full of memories and aftertaste.
Before the peak season at night, there are occasionally a few sex dolls standing on the street smoking cigarettes with uninterested eyes, looking tired, as if they are just holding on to attract business.
And those little gangsters who were wandering on the streets also disappeared at this time.
Their habits are like nocturnal animals. Only at night will they pick up thick sticks, water pipes and other weapons from the shadows everywhere. When they find customers who don't pay, they will hit the sticks and go up to perform physical torture.
threats.
"Wuxian Street, I haven't been back here for a long time. Everything is the same as before."
Kitagawa Hao followed Lin Mo, wearing a thick bulletproof jacket that hid his figure, and a plain mask on his face.
Lin Mo wasn't surprised when he heard this.
After all, he used to be a member of the Tiger Claw Gang, and Twist Street is an important revenue base for the Tiger Claw Gang, so it’s not surprising that Beichuan Hao would like to know something about it.
"What? Do you think there will be any big changes here?" Lin Mo asked.
"No, the roots of Night City have long been rotten. No matter how good it is here, it can't be much better. I'm just surprised that the management ability of the Tiger Claw Gang is pretty good. At least this place is still as bad as before, and it won't become worse.
It's the same as in other urban areas." Kitagawa Hao said with a sarcastic smile.
"Twisted Street is already considered a relatively stable area." Lin Mo also commented.
Beichuan Hao smiled disapprovingly, walked a few steps quickly, came to Lin Mo's side and walked together, whispering:
"Lin Jun, do you know enough about this place?"
"I've heard a little bit. I lived here...for a while, but it was a long time ago. I rarely come here."
Seeing that there was still some distance from Wakako's pachinko shop, Kitagawa Hiroshi pondered for a while and then asked:
"Lin Jun, are you interested in hearing me talk about what happened here in the past?"
Lin Mo also became interested, and he would never refuse an opportunity like this to increase his knowledge.
"Appreciate further details."
"You should know the 'specialties' of Twisted Street. It is precisely because of these specialties that Twisted Street has become one of the top entertainment places in Night City. Although there are other entertainment venues here, it is undeniable that this 'specialty'
This is the pillar industry of Twisted Street.”
Kitagawa Hiroshi's eyes swept over several sex dolls dressed in coquettishly without leaving any trace.
"I understand." Lin Mo said.
"Night City is the city of dreams. As the freest and most unregulated international metropolis in the world, it attracts countless ignorant people to come here every year, even though it is as rotten as shit.
But the most incredible thing is that this piece of shit is actually quite shiny, and if you are lucky, you can dig out some gold from it." Kitagawa Hiroshi mocked.
"A very vivid metaphor." Lin Mo smiled dryly with a hint of coldness.
"It is precisely because of this that countless people flock to Night City. Guess what they will do?" Kitagawa Hao said.
Lin Mo first ruled out the company option. Being a company dog in this world is undoubtedly the most rare blessing for ordinary people.
Ordinary people are not qualified to be company dogs.
"Set up a stall, become a gang member, become a homeless person, do some dirty deeds, do odd jobs, and eventually eliminate most of the people." Lin Molu listed some cases.
"That's true, but you can actually add another profession to it, and that is sex dolls."
"In the past, there might have been restrictions on appearance, but now, regardless of men or women, this kind of profession only requires changing your face, replacing it with some cheap sex doll prostheses, and inserting a sex doll chip into your head.
, it can be said that the lower limit is very low and the upper limit is very high.”
Kitagawa Hiroshi continued to say in a sarcastic tone:
"However, people will only look at the part with a high upper limit..." Lin Mo said sharply.
Kitagawa Hao nodded in approval.
As if he had reached the point of worry, he took out a cigarette from his pocket, pulled down the mask and put it in his mouth. The arm with the metal prosthetic hand implanted was stretched out in front of his mouth, and he flicked it open with a finger and ignited it with a small flame.
cigarette.
Lin Mo was really amazed by this scene.
"Lin Jun, you are right. People only tend to look at the bright side, and that is understandable." Kitagawa Hao blew out a circle of smoke and put a little distance away from Lin Mo to prevent the smoke from getting on him.
Lin Mo didn't care much about it.
He doesn't smoke, but he doesn't care if others smoke. In other words, in Night City, when people are competing with each other, smoking can be considered a relatively "civilized" bad habit.
"So, it's not surprising that sex dolls are considered a respectable profession in Night City." Lin Mo continued.
Kitagawa Hao nodded in agreement, "But Mr. Lin, have you ever understood? Outside the Night City, that is, in the Badlands, there are many people who have never seen the bustling scene of a big city, and many people will let their children go into the city to be sex dolls.
.”
"These parents will save money to buy a set of not-so-cheap sex doll 'equipment' for their precious children, and then let them go to the city to make a living. For these people, their biggest wish is to enter Genting and become sex dolls. According to legend,
People there can earn tens of thousands a month."
Lin Mo fell into deep thought, and then sighed quietly:
"I never understood."
"Let me tell you clearly, Mr. Lin, sex dolls here are just a kind of consumables. People no longer regard themselves as human beings. In order to compete with others, sex dolls constantly upgrade their equipment, faces, and figures.
Better sex chips, some people even take out loans to invest in them."
"After all, the company will always develop new prosthetics, and the equipment will always be updated and iterated. If yours is not as good as others, who will come to you?" Kitagawa Hiroshi said.
"This is too complicated." Lin Mo was a little surprised.
He really had never been exposed to this information, whether it was when he was playing games or the years he lived on Twisted Street.
Kitagawa Hiroshi paused for a while. Although he didn't know what "volume" meant, he could roughly guess the meaning.
He continued:
"However, if something goes wrong in this process, then they will fall into an abyss of eternal destruction."
"If the prosthetic body is damaged and there is no money to repair it, then you can only bite the bullet or find some second-hand goods to repair it. The business will be affected and the quality of life will also deteriorate. Then the damage will continue and the repair will continue. If
If you get sick during this process, congratulations, you have boarded the express train to hell and will never return."
Lin Mo's face became more solemn.
Because he guessed what would happen next.
"Life is like a rope. Once it is broken, there will be many consequences for these sex dolls. For example, the sex doll's chip may malfunction, leading to personality disorder and mental illness; failure of the prosthetic body may lead to disorder of the body's major tissue systems, and eventually death.
In the corner of the corner..."
"You should know what will happen next." Beichuan Hao gave Lin Mo a meaningful look.
Lin Mo pondered for a long time and said in a bitter tone:
“They were treated as scrap, and their prosthetics were stripped off and sold to prosthetists, who then sold them to other people who were short of money. Ignorant people continued to pour into the industry, and the cycle repeated.
....."
"It's like a reincarnation full of stench."
Kitagawa Hiroshi continued to take a puff of his cigarette, flicked the cigarette ashes, and said, "All hits."
"You also know why the scavengers are keen on picking up garbage, because there is never a shortage of market in Night City."
Lin Mo sighed: "But in Night City, which industry is not tainted with the smell of blood and the stench of the sewers?"
"Yes, just because of this, I wanted to save money to escape from here and take my sister to other places, but you also know what happened after that." Kitagawa Hiroshi threw the cigarette to the ground and stamped it out with his foot.
"Okay, this is the end of the fun little class, we've arrived."
Lin Mo looked ahead. The door of the pachinko shop was open, welcoming customers. Siren songs were playing inside the shop, which was an ocean of desire.