Players Invade Cyberpunk-Chapter 822 - 265: As a Priest, Isn’t It Reasonable to Carry a Morningstar for Self-Defense? (3)

"Where's Okada Wako?"

"She said her chronic cold legs are acting up. She's going to stay in the hospital for a while."

"Chronic cold legs?"

Juro Ishiguro instinctively felt something was off, but it was too late.

At the entrance of Yunding's lower level, 41st floor of the mega skyscraper.

A few slackers had already arrived at the entrance registration desk.

The blue-haired, bun-headed beauty at the reception desk wore a formulaic gentle smile and said to the visitors,

"Welcome to Yunding, guests. Would you like to connect to our terminal?"

"Members? No."

The silver-haired man at the front wore a sleazy smile, leaning on the desk and leering at the receptionist.

"Hey there, gorgeous sweet-voiced lady. It's my first time here with my friends. Can you introduce your awesome special services to me?"

Faced with the very impolite gaze, the receptionist was unfazed, after all, this is Yunding, and she knows all too well why people come here.

"You can connect to our terminal, choose your favorite, or let our program auto-match for you."

"Oh? That advanced?"

The silver-haired man was astonished, and then acted all shy in an exaggerated manner.

"Kind of embarrassing, it's my first time in a place like this, really shy about it. I'd like you to introduce it personally."

Ugh!

The wig behind him almost couldn't hold it anymore and was about to puke on the wall, but the receptionist remained calm as ever.

Just kidding, this is Night City, what kind of customers hasn't she dealt with?

A guy with "lecherous" written all over him, acting all innocent in front of her?

"Alright, may I ask what gender do you prefer?"

"?"

The silver-haired man's expression froze, muttering,

"Of course, it's women, who wants to cuddle with a guy?"

Then he glanced at the terminal in front of the receptionist, his eyes almost popping out.

Even the gender category had five options.

[Male, Female, Futaba, Machine, Beast]

Below that were sub-options like Top, Bottom, Gay, Omni-gender.

They're playing this big here?

It was Silver Hair's first time successfully entering this process. At other clubs, as soon as he chatted up the ladies and got handsy, he'd get thrown out of the game to cool down.

Such a pity!

Thinking about what he was there for made Silver Hair's heartache. Why can't he enjoy the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism first?

He can't even be bothered to go to Dog Town.

Guaranteeing he won't fall... that fast.

So he held back his inner sorrow, pretended to browse on the screen for a while, then disdainfully said,

"Nope, nope, these are all second-rate, not to my taste at all. It's gotta be Yui Aragaki, Hoshino Gen, or Airi Suzuki all together!"

Who?

The receptionist was dumbfounded. She hadn't heard of those names. Could they be some Neon Mewtwo stars?

This made her even more certain that these guys weren't here to spend money but to cause trouble, so she quietly alerted the security inside.

Thinking of the recent street rumors made her heart pound, of course, since the Yunding floor is quite high, and she's at work, she's oblivious to the chaos outside, else she'd definitely not handle the guests so calmly.

"That's unfortunate...look somewhere else, please."

The receptionist still maintained her expression.

"No."

Silver Hair shook his head.

"I'm not going anywhere today."

"Hey, enough's enough."

The cop who also didn't get into Dog Town was losing patience with Silver Hair's antics.

"You still planning to whore right in front of me, a cop?"

Silver Hair glared back.

"If I play with her and don't pay up, that's not whoring, is it?"

"Watch out, she might accuse you of rape..."

The cop scratched his head and realized,

This needs no caution; it's already assault! 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"You punk, don't let me catch you out here, or I'll have to lock you up for a beating! Must be a wanted fugitive."

"Huh? I'm a law-abiding citizen!"

"A law-abiding citizen who always thinks about whoring?"

"Even thinking is a crime?"

"Even thinking is wrong! Thinking is a crime!"

They were bickering away,

"Who's causing trouble here?"

A burly Tiger Claw enforcer came out, shirtless.

The leader of the entire Tiger Claw Gang was on the upper floors of Yunding discussing matters, and these fools dare cause trouble here?

Are they courting death?

Clang!

As he approached them, a cold glint flashed, and a blade tip was already at the enforcer's throat.

"Shut up, not your place to talk here!"

Silver Hair gripped the knife's handle in his right hand and barked at the cop without turning around.

"Oh, I get it. You're just jealous 'cause I'm naturally good-looking and charming, and the receptionist has a crush on me, right?"

"Go to hell! Dumbass! Obviously, I'm the hottest guy here. Don't you know I'm called Triple Andy Lau at the station, the man among men?"

"You?"

They continued to argue until Wig patted their shoulders and pointed at Yunding's entrance.

A dozen enforcers had already rushed out, eyeing them angrily.

"Shit."

Silver Hair cursed leisurely and threw a flirty wink at the receptionist.

"Hey there, beauty, I think orange hair would suit you. After today, are you interested in grabbing dinner with me and talking feelings? I promise it's purely Platonic."

"Huh?"

The receptionist was dumbstruck, do you really think you'll survive today?

She's never met someone so clueless.

Then, she witnessed a sight she'd never forget.

In a narrow hallway, barely wide enough for two people side by side, a flash of blade light, and a head fell, blood gushing.

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