The Youngest Son of a Japanese Conglomerate. 179

Chapter 179 – Episode 21. Plan B.

After successfully stealing the data, I used the same method to leave the research complex as when I entered. Go down to the 4th floor, enter the storage room, go out the window, and use the shadow control ability to climb down the wall. Then, use the shadows of each building as a shield to leave the research complex.

With the combination of shadow control and a master’s senses, it was very easy to invade or escape. Of course, it was easier because this is Pyongyang, where there are not many CCTVs.

After leaving the research complex, I used my smartphone to find out the location of the Pyongyang branch of the Cancer Society. Because I was a Plus member, I was able to find out the location of the Amsang branch at any time through the Amsang app.

Let’s see… Fortunately, the Amsang Pyongyang branch was not far from the hotel I was staying in, although it had to be a bit of a walk back.

I walked slowly and headed to the Amsang branch. Since I had been there several times in the game, I leisurely walked around Cyberpunk City, taking in the scenery, without worrying about getting lost.

The Amsang branch was using an underground bunker in Pyongyang built by the former North Korean regime as its nest. I don’t know how the black market established its nest here, but it was still in business, and it was also operating in TMC, which was behind the times, so it seems like it probably signed some kind of contract when the new Pyongyang Technology Special City was established.

The entrance to the dark store was a simple, small two-story shopping mall, but since the entire building was used by dark store members, there was no secret door in the bathroom like in Seoul.

There was just a staircase leading to the basement, and in front of it was blocked by an iron bar, and if the scanning device on the wall confirmed that it was a plus or higher grade through the dark app, the iron bar would open on its own.

The iron bars went up with a scraping sound.

I went straight into the basement. As expected, there were several windows in the basement, and Eve, who had white and pink hair, was sitting at each window.

I sat down in front of the empty window. Then Eve welcomed me. Even though she was made with AI, she was still pretty. Eve greeted me as if saluting.

“Hello, Ryuta. “You were in Seoul before, but you’re in Pyongyang today?”
“Yes, I’m traveling.”

As expected from artificial intelligence, it remembered my work. When I think about memory, I don’t know how much storage capacity Eve’s data has, but since this is the era, it must have a huge capacity, right?

“What did you want to buy today?”
“There are things I want to buy… “I have some things I want to sell, but I’ll look at the catalog first.”
“Yes~!”

The offline items sold at the Amsang branch reflected the characteristics of each city, and indeed, the items in the catalog were full of cyberpunk items, as befits Pyongyang’s special technology city.

There was also the Centipede Spine, a basic cyber implant that was implanted along the centipede-shaped spine, and there were many cyber prosthetic eyes and prosthetic hands.

Oh right. Pyongyang was a paradise for people who went to reform, right? Since most of the items were focused on cyber implants, there wasn’t much I could use that wouldn’t be modified.

Still… Since I’m in Pyongyang, I need to buy something. Because I found some pretty useful stuff in the catalog.

“Please give me 40F-5044 for both Centipede Spine SA-A091SGF, Prosthetic Eye R-Z001, and Cyber ​​Prosthetic Hand. Also, please give me cyber prosthetic legs A-092B77 on both sides.”

Even if I don’t use it, I’ll probably use it someday. In particular, Centipede Spine SA-A091SGF, Prosthetic Eye R-Z001, and Cyber ​​Prosthetic Hand 40F-5044 are not the highest trim, but they are cyber implants that are somehow compatible with superpowers, so they have enjoyed great popularity in the game.

Originally, if you gained great physical or special abilities through modification, there were limits to your superpowers. If you modify it, you may not be able to use your superpowers at all, or a screw may be missing.

Of course, you could use superpowers if you did a very expensive, top-level custom modification, but at that time, the attribute tree was already set in the late game, so its usage was limited. And it was a method that was not used because no one was looking to the endgame and raising modifications and superpower characteristics at the same time.

However, the situation changed when one user discovered that Centipede Spine SA-A091SGF, Prosthetic Eye R-Z001, and Cyber ​​Prosthetic Hand 40F-5044 were compatible with superpowers.

To demonstrate superpowers among off-the-shelf products that were not custom-made, Centipede Spine SA-A091SGF, Prosthetic Eye R-Z001, and Cyber ​​Prosthetic Hand 40F-5044 were the only options for almost every part. These three cyber implants played a role in creating countless builds in Megacom’s youngest son.

A build that combines prosthetic eyes and pyromancer abilities to fire beams of fire from the eyes like Superman or Cyclops, or a peerless warrior build that combines the hardening ability to simply harden the body with the acceleration and perception-increasing abilities of Centipede Spine, or a cyber build. Numerous builds, such as the Chidori build that combines prosthetic hands and electrokinesis abilities, were created to excite the youngest son of Megacorp.

So I bought three and a decent cyber prosthetic leg. I plan on obtaining a crippled superpower someday, or giving a cyber implant to one of my subordinates with superpowers if he gets injured.

“Would you like to take the items you bought? Or delivery?”
“Please deliver to the registered address.”

Since I don’t need it right away, it would be better to have it shipped. There is no need to carry around heavy cyber implants.

I completed the payment with points and handed over the USB containing BS Group’s Ai data that I had stored separately. Now that I had spent the money, it was time to recharge.

“This is AI data from the BS Group research lab. “How much can you give me?”

I spoke softly to Eve so that she could not be heard because there were people around. Eve looked at me with wide eyes when she heard that it was Ai material.

“Is this really BS Group material?”
“Sure. Would you like to buy it?”

Eve closed her eyes for a moment at my words. It was clear that he was using his outstanding computing power to calculate how much was a reasonable amount.

“How about eight thousand two hundred seventy-four thousand three hundred and twenty-six points?”

Roughly removing the numbers on the back, 1 point equals 1 dollar, so that’s 82 million dollars… It’s roughly over 100 billion won. Still, isn’t 100 billion a bit cheap for a large company doing AI research? Eve saw my worried expression and quickly opened her mouth.

“It’s because I don’t know the content. “Once you sell it, we’ll review the content and give you additional points if it’s good.”

Actually, offering 100 billion won without even knowing the details is a huge deal. Of course, even if I were a fraudster, I would have suggested it because I am confident that I will get the hundreds of billions of won back if I have the influence of the underworld.

“Well, I’ll add a bonus to the amount you just offered.”
“What is it? “Can I give you one more piece of equipment?”
“Let’s shake hands.”

Eve laughed at my words. Even though Eve knew that she was Ai, she must have been laughing because sometimes people tried to touch her like this thanks to her beautiful appearance. But I didn’t have such dark feelings.

My mind was as clean as a well-polished mirror. It’s just because something briefly occurred to me during a conversation with Eve.

I did it with a ghost, but wouldn’t it be possible to touch Ai’s hologram as well? I had a question. Also, the ability to affect heterogeneous beings that had been upgraded when it was a golden pillar may have disappeared when it was upgraded to a pillar of dark red flesh swimming in love juice, so I tried to check it out.

“I’m in a hologram state so I can’t touch it?”
“Still, I’d like to shake hands.”
“So you’re selling it?”
“Yes.”
“Now, here.”

Eve seemed to think it would be a huge advantage and held out her hand with a smile on her face. I smiled as well, pulled up a little bit from the abyss, and held Eve’s hand.

Oh! I can touch it! It felt different from a ghost. Is it because it’s a hologram? In any case, the dark red flesh pillar swimming in the love juice seemed to have maintained the ability to influence strange beings that the previous golden pillar had.

“Ahh!”

Eve also let out a surprised moan as if she felt something. I shook his hand up and down with a mischievous smile.

“This is a handshake. “The USB is here.”
“Yes, yes! No, please plug it into the USB port below.”

Since it was a hologram and I couldn’t receive it in person, I asked him to plug in a USB, so I nodded and plugged the USB into the port on the desk at the counter.

“Umm… ! Ah! “This is pretty good!”

I guess it’s because AI is one of the top three in the world, hmm… ! It was Eve who interpreted the data I had obtained.

“It’s at least 150 million points of data. “I’ll deposit it for you!”

With Eve’s words, an alarm rang indicating that 150 million points had been received from the dark app. Now you won’t have to recharge your points for a while… 150 million points was close to 200 billion. If there was an auction, all the money would be spent.

“And in return for providing me with this important information, I will upgrade you to Diamond level membership.”

Oh oh! Eve must have read my thoughts and gave me a diamond level that allowed me to attend the dark auction.

“I still wanted to participate in the auction, but thank you, Eve.”
“If you’re grateful, please shake my hand one more time.”

Huh? Why do you do that? Is it because it’s fascinating? As if I were exploring Ai data, I could have felt curious about a phenomenon that originated from me.

I again pulled myself out of the abyss a bit and this time I reached out first. Eve looked at my hand for a moment and then squeezed my hand.

“This… Do you mean tactile sensation?”
“Maybe.”
“Thank you.”

Hmm, even though Ai knows that it is a sense of touch, it must be difficult to feel it this way. I received a friendly greeting from Eve and went back to the hotel. I looked at the time and it was around 9:55. The waitress will have to wait a bit. Instead of being a little late, I should give you an unforgettable night.

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A collection of Eve illustrations!

Note: Because Eve is a hologram, he can change his hair style, clothing, and body shape at any time.