a few hours ago.

"Mom, why are you sleeping on the sofa again? Why don't you sleep on the bed if you have one?"

In the super skyscraper h4 in Santo Domingo, a teenager has just gotten up, and on the sofa in front of him lies a red-haired woman.

The boy's movement woke the woman up. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and barely opened her eyes under the dazzling eyes.

"Good morning, David."

"I was too tired from yesterday's night shift, so there's nothing I can do about it."

"Okay..." David grabbed his cockscomb, "Anyway, I'm going to school first, and the washing machine has stopped again. Remember to recharge."

"Well, leave it to me to handle it. Remember to pay attention to safety on the road."

"By the way, did you say that the equipment used in your college needs to be updated?"

"Um, I've asked the prosthetic doctor to fix it for me."

"It's done? Are you sure? You can't use pirated software." Gloria sat up from the sofa.

"Don't worry, there will be no problem."

David sighed. They didn't even have the money to recharge the washing machine. How could they have the money to update the expensive genuine software?

"Promise me that you must use genuine software, okay?" Gloria was still worried about her son.

"I know, I know."

David kept promising his mother verbally, but he didn't agree with it in his heart. He could only quickly put on his clothes and get ready to go to the college.

At this moment, the news from channel n54 attracted their attention at the same time.

"The cyberpsychotic James Norris was killed by the Terrorist Mobile Team yesterday, and the military-grade Sianwestein was missing from his body..."

The news immediately caught the boy's attention. Deep in his heart, he may have been looking for excitement.

"Wow! Mom, you were there too! That's amazing!"

"No, the bodies there are almost piled up. It's too bad..."

Gloria turned off the TV and hugged the yellow jacket tightly in her hands.

"Okay, go to school quickly!"

"oh……"

After David left, Gloria looked at the yellow jacket held tightly in her arms, which contained a blood-stained Sian Westin.

Coincidentally, Mann's call came at this time.

After leaving the house, past the garbage and drunken people on the ground, David jumped down from the not-so-high stairs.

Looking at the familiar scenery along the way, David arrived at the company square leisurely.

"Hey...that's..."

David caught a glimpse of a beautiful ice blue color from the corner of his eye.

Instinct tells him that you have to catch up.

However, when he hurried up to the second floor of the Company Plaza, the icy blue color that attracted him was no longer there.

"strangeness……"

David touched the chip slot on the back of his neck, but didn't think much about it because he was about to be late.

After realizing it, David changed direction and hurried towards Arasaka Academy again.

After lying down in the chair, he put on his old version of the instrument.

Without exception, that annoying guy, Katsuo, came in again.

"Why are you still using this old guy? Is it compatible with the new version?" Katsuo's tone was full of disgust.

"Okay, don't worry about it."

"Hey, this guy doesn't even have the money to upgrade his equipment."

David disconnected and refused to listen to the voice that made him extremely irritated.

Then, he started the device.

"Please, I must be able to do it..."

But the ending was destined to disappoint him.

A virus invaded the classroom along with his connection. In an instant, all the students' instruments were destroyed, and even the teacher's virtual projection in the classroom was not spared.

Facing the angry looks cast by his classmates, David could only respond with an embarrassed smile.

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On the bridge returning from Arasaka Academy to Santo Domingo, a small broken car was driving.

Sitting inside was David and Gloria, mother and son.

Gloria drove the car expressionlessly, while David looked out the window irritably.

"I will compensate you in full. Please let David stay at Arasaka Academy and continue his studies..."

David couldn't help but feel a little irritated when he thought about what his mother had promised the dean.

I really don’t know how she agreed, knowing that her family couldn’t afford so much money...

"Didn't I tell you to upgrade?" After a long silence, Gloria spoke first.

"I'm sorry, that's my fault." David apologized without hesitation, although his expression was still impatient.

"If you want to apologize, then don't do it in the first place!"

"When I asked you for the first time, you said you had no money..."

"That's because it's not time to pay wages yet! Now because of you, we have to pay ten times the amount!"

"I said -" David sighed, "Actually, I've been thinking about something recently."

"What's up?"

"I want to drop out of school and find some work. As you know, we simply can't afford that much money."

"And you don't know anything about my situation in school, right? It's impossible for poor people to receive attention. No matter how hard I try, I can't be like them. Besides, I don't want to become a company dog."

After David finished speaking, there was another silence in the car.

"Then why do I work so hard?"

Gloria's voice was a little more throaty.

"I work hard to make money just for you...but you say...you are obviously so smart...if you don't want to study...then what should I do..."

No matter how slow David was, he could tell that something was wrong with Gloria's voice. He looked at his mother and found that tears had already filled her mother's hard-working eyes.

"I'm sorry, I won't mention it again, don't cry." David sighed again in his heart. He felt that today was the day he sighed the most.

The car was still driving, unaware of the approaching vehicles on both sides.

"I actually know how you were treated in school, because I was treated like this, mom." Gloria was still nagging.

"But it is precisely because of this that you have to prove it to them! You have to work hard, become an elite, and stand on the top of Arasaka Tower! I have always believed you can do it!"

"That's easy to say...David said while looking out the window.

He was suddenly stunned. Through the car window, he saw a heavy machine gun.

The next second, bullets were flying and flames were spitting out.

David was so frightened that he quickly shrank down, and a storm of bullets passed through their little broken car, and then hit a luxury car driving on the other side.

"Damn it, the company dog's car is bulletproof!"

"Let Nashabi try this!" As he said this, a man climbed out of the skylight with a rocket launcher on his shoulders.

But at this moment——

Somehow, the driver's head, which was sitting in front and driving normally, suddenly exploded.

As a result, the entire car lost control and swayed left and right on the road, and the body of the man on it was also shaking constantly.

During the shaking, the man's finger finally accidentally touched the firing device of the rocket launcher.

The rocket only flew a short distance with its tail flame, and then hit the ground in front of their van.

boom!

Fire exploded into the sky, blowing up the attacker's van.

"Mom! Brake quickly! Brake!"

David watched in horror as the van rolled towards him and shouted hurriedly.

However, a car accident is inevitable.

After the fierce collision, David's eyes went black and he lost consciousness.
To be continued...