Night Hacker Chapter 38: Shopping
After a night of torrential rain, the sky cleared up in the morning, and even the air was somewhat fresh.
Huishou Street seemed to be a person who had been suppressed for a long time. He had recovered from the dead silence and was noisier than usual. All kinds of human voices disturbed early in the morning, and the ghosts that were dispersed by the night rain returned completely.
Last night, after Lao Cai performed the operation on Lorna's body, the three of them felt together and ended smoothly.
This time, there was no problem with the large group of empathy, Gu He basically did nothing, but the Cowherd value has risen to 95% of the second gear.
Lorna returned to her main body, and after using the new prosthetic body with no problems, she drank a glass of Fenggu wine, smoked a cigarette and walked away in the rain.
"I owe you a big debt." Before she left, she said to Gu He, "If you have a life, pay it back. If you don't, you can ask my sisters for it."
Gu Heyou advised her to avoid what Miss Caiyin said, but Lorna just said thank you without looking back.
At this time, early in the morning, Caiyin Kumiko came from Licai with Sakai Huaqing, and said to Gu He with a smile:
"The weather is nice today, Xiaohe, it's been your tenth day since you came to the fish pond. I heard from Xiao Zhuang that you haven't had a good time shopping since you entered the city. That's all right, Miss Sakai will take you today Go out for a walk."
Gu He was really surprised by this arrangement. Can he get out of the fish pond?
After he crossed over, he was in this izakaya all the time except that he was in the game hall at the beginning and walked for a while. Apart from learning about the world from TV and customers, I really haven't walked around.
But he is the kind of person who can stay at home for a few months, but he has another worry when he goes out for a walk.
"Miss Caiyin, I don't have a legal identity?"
What if I was caught by the police while shopping?
"He Sang, you don't have to worry about this." Sakai Huaqing chuckled and explained for Caiyin's mother: "There are at least 30% people in Huishou Street who have no legal status, you just need to be someone my mother takes care of. "
This time, Fan Debao didn't object either, he just said: "You go shopping, help Beiye's butcher shop, give this next week's list to Beiye, and tell him to return the money." The bill of lading was placed on the bar counter.
"Then you go." Cai Yin Kumiko handed the list to the two of them, and smiled like an aunt, "Miss Sakai, the money spent today will be credited to my account. Have fun."
"Hi, thank you mom!" Sakai Huaqing bowed joyfully.
Now, Gu He had no choice but to take his thermos bottle filled with goji berry water and follow Miss Sakai.
He was an ordinary wild dog when he came into the fishpond, but now he is an extraordinary cowboy when he goes out for the first time.
Sakai Huaqing is wearing a fashionable and beautiful black dress today. Although she is a standard internet celebrity face, she is also a beauty.
In contrast, Gu He's attire is much more casual. The oversized red casual jacket and jeans with the word "Dongtu" borrowed from Lao Fan, and carrying a thermos cup, are really ordinary. odd look.
He followed Ms. Sakai through the small alleyway and came to the main street of Shouhui Street. Cowherd.
【Today's main card: Jiaojiao】
At this time, a cowboy with a feminine face but a muscular body was shown on the advertising screen, with winking eyes and biceps bent.
"Jiaojiao is also a member of Licai Cowherd's Tiantuan." Sakai Huaqing praised and introduced, "He went to the double cow selling point, which has been remodeled. There are quite a few guests."
"..." Gu He looked away, just wanted to get out of here quickly, "Come on, Miss Sakai, take me to play."
"He Sang, where shall we go?" Sakai Huaqing asked enthusiastically, lacking any ideas at all.
"Uh." But Gu He looked confused, "I'm not familiar with this place..."
"Yes, yes, yes." Sakai Huaqing patted his head, as if his brain should be in order, "I'll take you for a stroll first."
The streets are very crowded and lively, people from all districts of Liuguang City and all streets of Kabukicho are crowded here.
Gu He followed Ms. Sakai and walked in one direction while keeping an eye on her surroundings.
Colorful neon lights, eye-catching big-character signboards, messy wires, and narrow alleys between the shops.
In an alley between a ramen restaurant and a convenience store, a man covered in tattoos is spraying new graffiti on the walls, water pipes and air conditioners: "The end is here, we are all sinners"
There are also people selling pirated videotapes, mysteriously wooing passers-by to buy them: "It's very good."
After passing this alley, in the depths of another alley, there was a lot of noise, and passers-by in a circle were watching and shouting.
"There is street wrestling there." As a local dog, Sakai Hanqing knows all about the activities of rats and ants in every corner of the street, "But us extraordinary people generally don't participate in this kind of wrestling. .”
She took Gu He to the end of the alley and squeezed into the crowd to watch the excitement.
Gu He saw a muscular woman with dreadlocks and a muscular man with a bald head. The muscular woman had been beaten until her mouth was covered with blood and her face was swollen. , the people around suddenly shouted excitedly again.
After watching for a while, Gu He thought it was **** and didn't want to watch it, so Sakai Huaqing took him away again.
Soon, Sakai Huaqing stopped, and they stood outside a movie theater.
On the advertising screen on the outer wall of the cinema, the glare is overflowing, changing posters of popular movies, one of which is "Speeding" starring Chiba Gibson, she has a pistol in each hand, There was a sassy look on her pretty face.
"Miss Gibson is my idol." Sakai Huaqing once again sighed with admiration.
Anyway, Gu He felt that this Chiba-Gibson had the aura of a big star in his previous world.
After a pause, Miss Sakai continued to walk, and Gu He saw more things.
In front of an animation store, there is a circle of otaku, they are dressed in strange clothes, cosplaying various comic characters.
Not far away is a motorcycle repair shop, surrounded by a group of gangsters who are not easy to provoke. "Hirata Group, Hyakki".
A muscular guy who should be the leader is printed with "Hirata Group, Team Leader". His feet seem to have been modified, and they seem to be connected to the strange motorcycle he is sitting on.
"It's Mr. Hirata, he is also a transcendent, the 'motorcycle occupation department' of the side door, and pursues the integration of motorcycles and vehicles. Ordinary people can also transform their bodies, but this level is unbearable, only transcendents Only then."
Sakai Hanaqing also spoke with some admiration, and she didn't have the sense of superiority as a master extraordinary person at all.
"Mr. Hirata!" She obviously knew the group of gangsters, and greeted loudly, "Good morning, everyone."
Including Mr. Hirata, the gang of bosozoku just nodded at them and continued chatting among themselves.
Soon, the two who continued to go shopping ran into an acquaintance again. They knew each other again, and it was the old dog Jackson.
The two of them passed by the Flying Scissors Barbershop. The small shop had a good business, and the old dog and other black hairstylists in women's clothing were busy at the barber chair. The old dog's eyes were sharp, and when he saw them, he laughed and shouted, "Dad, Miss Sakai, let's go shopping!"
"Yes, old dog, mother asked me to take He Sang for a walk." Sakai Huaqing stopped.
"Good morning, old dog..." Gu He lifted the thermos cup to express his greetings, but he was still not used to being called daddy in public.
They had no plans to cut their hair today, so they left after chatting a few words.
Not long after, the two came to a particularly lively street corner, where the old neon lights were flickering and the music was loud and boiling.
However, there is a street band performing, playing electric guitars, beating electronic drums, and singing rock songs.
The lead singer shook his blond hair and said hoarsely, "You have no future, and neither do I!"
A large circle of people on the street listened, homeless and street children, some listening intently, others talking and laughing, while scantily clad young prostitutes yelled frantically, "Fuck me!"
Gu He saw again, not far away, a few bald monks in yellow cassocks sitting cross-legged on the side of the street, holding Buddhist beads in their hands, muttering something, quietly in the busy city Practice.
And on this street corner, there is a young girl in shabby clothes, who is also holding a microphone and shouting:
"Technology has killed us. It's the junk electronics that have turned us into slaves and information junk! We've had enough of TV, enough of those commercials, enough of those things that make us addicted to fantasy. Show!
"Don't let mobile phones and computers swallow us up further, those **** will only dehumanize us! Throw away your electronic products, reject Santo, reject Seth, as long as we don't buy them, capital will not be able to use them. Exploit us!"
Sakai Huaqing leaned closer to Gu He's ear, and introduced: "She is a member of the 'low-tech family'. They advocate a retro life, and the slogan is 'high-tech, low-life; low-tech, high-life'. The Ke tribe has some influence in the city."
Listening to the noise from all around, Gu He felt that the song sung by the band was a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere...
Suddenly, the ear-piercing sound of motorcycles rumbled past, and it was the group of Hirata-gumi runaways passing by just now.
It was also at this time that a group of street children running past were about to bump into him, Sakai Huaqing hurriedly pulled Gu He away.
"He Sang, you should be careful when you see these children on the street. They are the best at stealing things. They will take everything away if you bump into them. I used to be like that. Lao Cai's clinic is nearby. I'll take you there to have a look."
After passing by a convenience store, a tattoo shop, and a sauna room, Gu He saw something before arriving at Lao Cai's clinic.
It was an electrical appliance store that was not in line with the style of Shouhui Street. It was luxuriously decorated and tidy. The employees inside were dressed in formal suits. There were telephones, TV sets, freezers, etc. on the shelves. He also saw desktop computers.
The neon signboard of this store is a letter S, which is beautifully designed.
[Seth video phone, 10% off price]
"Seth video phone." Sakai Huaqing whispered, "Ordinary people can't afford one with three months' wages."
"Seth Group." Gu He already knew from TV that Seth is also a giant consortium, which is as famous as Santo Company.
"Well. Every penny you spend in it will become Miss Sterling's vomit after attending a party."
Sakai Huaqing shook her head and laughed, and pulled Gu He to continue walking, "Mother once said a word: They live in a perfect but false world, while we live in a broken but real world."
Looking at the street children jumping all over the street, Gu He gradually understood this sentence.
They couldn't go far, they entered another alley, and walked around to the entrance of an underground shop like a basement.
Sakai Huaqing took Gu He and pushed the door and walked in. The store hall is brightly lit and equipped with complicated equipment. Every wall is covered with posters of various celebrities and models. Chiba-Gibson's poster is the largest and posted in the most conspicuous position.
I saw Lao Cai standing next to an operating table in the center of the store hall. There were many messy wires connected to the operating table, and Lao Cai's hands were in the state of eight mechanical arms, and electric sparks were flying everywhere.
Lao Cai is wearing a mask, and is doing plastic surgery for a woman on the operating table.
The woman had obviously been under general anesthesia, lying motionless on the stage like a corpse.
"Mr. Chase." Sakai Huaqing greeted.
"Hey, are you here?" Lao Cai looked back, "Sit whatever you want, I'll finish this client first and then greet you."
Gu He now knows that Lao Cai will pay attention to aseptic operation when performing surgery on ordinary people, but he will pay more attention to it...
For Sakai Huaqing, it seems that this plastic surgery clinic is the most fun and worthwhile place on Shouhui Street~IndoMTL.com~ But the more Gu He looked at it, the more afraid she was, afraid that she would not be able to resist Lao Cai's flickering on the spot Where is the mess again, and said: "Old Cai, we just stopped by to see you, Miss Sakai, let's go first, don't disturb him for the operation."
"Oh." Sakai Huaqing had no choice but to nod, and followed him out of the clinic.
After returning to the street and not far away, Gu He somewhat recognized the way.
There are some arcade machines on the street, surrounded by some young people playing, and a circle of street children around the outer layer to watch.
Next to it is a large game hall, with neon signs changing lines of text in different languages:
【Hell Game/HellGames/Hellゲーム】
It's the territory of the Game Gang. I wonder if Brother Zhuang has released it?
"He Sang, let's go in and have fun!" Sakai Huaqing was very interested, and only then did he gain the aura of being a transcendent, "You are different now, who bullied you before, we Go and get back the place."
"Uh..." Gu He really didn't have this idea. When he crossed over, the beatings of the muscular men had already ended.
But Miss Sakai insisted on going, so he followed into the gate of the game hall.
The foyer was also very noisy, with guests of various skin colors, clothes, and professions lingering around, playing various game consoles, and the sound of tinkling and clanging could be heard endlessly.
Suddenly, at this time, Gu He saw a strange figure that he hadn't seen for many days, with a head of flesh and blood on one side and metal on the other.
Brother Zhuang also noticed him, with a strange smile on his face, and he walked quickly and enthusiastically, followed by several muscular men.
"Miss Sakai, Master Gu He! Welcome, let me ask why the weather is so good this morning?"