The Supporting Characters in the Game Have Become Obsessed Chapter 24 – Rainy Day (3)

[Translator – Peptobismol]

Chapter 24 – Rainy Day (3)

Let’s talk about the past for a mont.

It’s the story of when I had just entered Neon City.

Escaping from the garbage dump.

I had just started wandering with Catherine as a low-level rcenary.

There was a restaurant in the neighborhood run by Asians, so I went there to have a al.

In my heart, I was expecting Korean food.

But contrary to my expectations, the restaurant was a cyberpunk-style fusion Japanese restaurant.

The food wasn’t bad compared to what I had expected.

I beca a regular custor and visited the restaurant every day.

There was one female employee at the restaurant.

She was the owner’s daughter.

Until then, I didn’t think much of her.

Just thought of her as a strong woman.

We exchanged so light jokes whenever our eyes t.

That’s all it was.

If only I could rember that she was a character from the ga I played, things might have been different.

She was kidnapped a few days later.

It was a common occurrence in the lower levels.

But I didn’t expect it.

There were no clues, and at that ti, I lacked the abilities. Her rescue was delayed.

It wasn’t until quite so ti had passed that I could finally rescue her.

She was a woman with a cheerful laugh who enjoyed joking with the rcenaries who visited the restaurant.

Maya had been modified with chro throughout her body.

According to the story, she was forcibly used for illegal activities and experints.

And after seeing Maya like that,

I rembered.

She was a character from a sub-quest in the ga I played.

And that quest involved dealing with Chro Psycho.

If I had rescued her imdiately after she was kidnapped, the story might have been different.

Or if I had paid a little more attention to prevent her from being kidnapped, wouldn’t it have been okay?

I thought of various things.

But the bitter reality was already in front of .

It was undoubtedly my negligence and forgetfulness that caused this situation.

‘You ca to rescue , right? I believed in you!’

‘…I’m sorry, I was too late.’

‘No, you’re not late at all.’

She was already broken.

‘After all, there’s only you. I’ve seen many rcenaries, but sothing was different about you. I believed you would co to save . But why did that woman co with you again? Why? Why are you sticking with her? Is it okay for to be with you now? I’ve beco stronger now. Look! It’s not working. My father told that n should take good care of won. If you want to be together forever, it’s okay even if you only have your neck left, right? Isn’t it? Now I’ll save you. Just stay still.’

And she ended up imprisoned, as far as I know.

It was a long ti to live in this world.

As I dodged the rushing blades, I thought so.

* * *

One thing to make clear.

I am by no ans weak.

It was simply the limit of my position.

I am ant to support the team or provide long-range fire support.

It’s impossible for to firmly hold a position on the front lines like the others.

So it was a natural fact that I couldn’t fight one-on-one on equal terms with a woman like Maya, ard with cyberware all over her body.

A curved blade aid at my throat.

I barely managed to step back.

I almost got split into head/body.

Indeed, she’s tough.

The blades started from Maya’s wrists.

Small and long blades moved back and forth, adjusting their length fluidly.

For her, it might be a playful movent, but for , it was a taste of death.

There was no room for a counterattack, let alone gathering mana.

But she must have realized the ti limit for playing like this.

Because the NCPD response would be quick in the Central Plaza as it was the mid-level.

So, as ti passed, her movents beca sharper and more aggressive.

At least that’s how I felt.

Although it seed like I hadn’t faced her for long.

I already had many wounds on my body.

My torn coat fluttered around.

I thought if that coat didn’t have bulletproofing, I would have died and collapsed by now.

Any more bleeding than this could be dangerous.

I opened my mouth with the intention of buying ti.

“…How on earth did you escape from prison?”

Honestly, I was curious.

Pelicanus, being a high-security prison for major criminals, would have been thorough in its security asures.

Maya’s red eyes blinked.

Sotis, it seed like she was having seizures, and the blades rotating from her wrists felt unnatural.

“I don’t know either?”

Her appearance seed to reflect the chaotic and complex ntal state of Chro Psychos.

Nevertheless, she continued her response to my question.

“Does it matter who helped escape? It does. They provided equipnt, and even told your location. It matters. I’m grateful.”

…I didn’t expect this.

She says soone told her my location.

I couldn’t be sure if her words were true, but they didn’t sound like lies.

Lying was a basic skill for citizens of Neon City, but considering Maya’s unstable ntal state, it didn’t seem likely that she would go that far to deceive.

Perhaps Maya herself felt sothing was off.

For a brief mont, she continued to twitch, occasionally muttering to herself, showing symptoms of Chro Psycho disorder.

I gained a little ti.

During this ti, I needed to find so way out.

“…Eve, is there no good solution?”

[Unless there is complete proximity to the target’s cyberware signaling system, hacking is impossible, I explain.]

“So, stalling for ti seems to be the best option after all.”

[However, conducting data mining based on the target’s movents. Synchronizing with the visual interface data … Completed.]

As Eve finished speaking, Maya rushed at again.

But one thing had changed.

Graphics resembling Maya appeared in my visual interface.

A translucent figure.

It showed the anticipated path of her movents and attacks, making it much easier to dodge her attacks than before.

While avoiding her attacks, I spoke.

“Seriously, I promise. If I make it out of here alive, I’ll definitely broadcast it.”

[Since it’s not the credits I earned, I quietly ask if it matters.]

I’m not sure about that.

“What are you talking about!!”

Maya shouted, seeing talking to myself.

I still didn’t have an opportunity to attack.

To incapacitate Maya in combat, I needed powerful magic, but I was still busy dodging her attacks.

Shooting her with the pistol I had wouldn’t even leave a scratch on her exterior.

I needed to find sothing around .

How much ti was left?

My brain raced.

Then, one thod popped into my head.

“Why… do you keep… dodging?!”

To survive.

Seeing continuously evade her attacks by the skin of my teeth, Maya’s movents grew increasingly erratic.

Over-emotionality.

A typical symptom of Chro Psychos.

I cast a simple spell.

Her increased movents made it much easier to cast.

A brilliant flash erupted from my fingertips, illuminating the street.

A specially crafted flash spell.

If only it could buy enough ti, but unfortunately, Maya’s ocular cyberware seed to recover incredibly fast.

But that’s okay.

Even a split second would do. My goal was to montarily halt her movents.

‘I believe in you, Drake!’

At the sa ti, I clenched my fist tightly.

The loose cuff of my coat showed muscles filling it up.

Instantly inflated muscles.

It was a new cyberware implant that Drake said that could lift even orcs.

Although I wished to knock her out with a punch to the face, Maya, who was blinded by the flash, instinctively guarded her vital spots.

That was fine.

My target wasn’t her vital points to begin with.

My swung fist struck Maya’s abdon directly.

A punch.

The first since leaving the garbage dump and the lower levels.

Suddenly, I heard a cracking sound coming from my wrist.

Maya’s body flew far away from the impact.

In that direction…

There was a cyberware specialty store from which I had just bought sothing and ca out.

As Maya’s body flew, the automatic door shattered.

The sound of nurous turrets’ gunfire imdiately followed the shattering of the door.

I had confird it when I entered the store.

Instead of ard guards, several turrets were guarding the store.

Since the door had been broken, it would have activated automatically, even without an employee pressing the button.

The thunderous gunfire of the turrets echoed through the street.

It sounded like at least 7.62 caliber bullets.

This ant that even with Maya’s reinforced exterior, she couldn’t completely block them.

Eventually, the noise ceased after a brief mont.

[Translator – Peptobismol]

“Did that get rid of her?”

[…No, I deny.]

Eve’s words were accurate.

Stepping on broken glass fragnts, Maya walked out.

Despite visible cracks and wounds all over her exterior,

she appeared much more intact than I expected.

“It’s been a while since I last saw you. You’re so wild, aren’t you?”

It was a complint of content I had never heard before in this world.

Unknowingly, I nodded my head.

…No, focus.

The woman in front of was soone who wanted to grab my neck and kill everyone around .

I prepared for a second round.

With Eve’s help, it was easy to anticipate her movents, and I had inflicted so damage.

I felt I could sohow get out of this situation.

But before the battle could continue, a very faint sound emanated from the building’s gaps.

It was the sound of sothing flying.

[Information. NCPD tactical drones are incoming, I inform.]

That ant the Chro Forces would arrive shortly.

Maya seed to have heard the sound too as she glanced over her injured body.

Could she have regained consciousness after being hit by the turret?

There was no trace of her previous instability.

“…Anyway, today ends here. I’m wounded, and you wouldn’t want to see in this state too, would you?”

With that, she lightly leaped.

Her landing spot was atop a tall lamppost.

“Next ti, I’ll definitely co back.”

Without waiting for my reply, she disappeared into the building’s gaps.

Watching her disappearing figure, I took out a nano ampule from my pocket, ant for first aid, and injected it into the worst wound.

Unintentionally, I let out a sigh of relief.

“Haah…”

Then I thought.

Should I chase after her?

No.

Considering her physical abilities, it was almost impossible to follow her.

Then should I let her go like this?

Also, no.

Letting her go like this could endanger the people around as well.

“Eve.”

[I’m standing by.]

“Can you track her location?”

[I have already stored the target’s biosignal. Tracking is possible, I confirm.]

“Good.”

Then there’s no need to postpone it.

[Confird. I will begin tracking.]

“No, wait. First, let’s stop by ho.”

[Do you have any other items to collect? I inquire.]

“Not really.”

Since I had already prepared all the necessary items before leaving.

The reason for returning ho was…

I picked up the bag I had set aside for a mont.

Fortunately, its contents were intact.

I had been careful to protect the bag from any harm, even while covered in blood.

Honestly, that’s why I thought I took a few more hits from her blade.

“I went out because of this, I couldn’t let it get damaged.”

[…]

First, I’ll put the data module neatly at ho and then start tracking.

Anyway, I can walk ho quickly.

My goal was to finish the job before Catherine returned ho.

* * *

Andrea ca over to the house.

“Hey! Catherine said she went out for a mont? It’s good timing, so I ca to hang out. I’m on vacation too.”

“…Can’t you just go back?”

“I don’t want to. …Hey, why are you injured? What happened?”

My plans to go alone had gone awry.

[Translator – Peptobismol]