- Night City. The projector quietly broadcast news with live reports. The light from the bright banners below falls into the panoramic windows of the skyscraper. It seems that in the new world, no one cares about the sun or the moon. Smoke rises up. Somewhere far away, motion sensors are beeping, and people are making noise below. More precisely, now superhumans.
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Now everyone could upload their consciousness to another body - to live forever, everyone could upload a microchip to their temple and be the very first in everything. Everyone has a smart home system, flying cameras everywhere. New technologies are wonderful, but they have also given rise to chaos and lawlessness. Power and lust began to rule everyone. People have forgotten what humanity is.
Working in some popular corporation, you clearly did not understand all the problems and the horror that it brings. Doing stupid tasks, unaware that you are being used as a temporary puppet, you earned yourself a reputation, but how long will you be successful?
You are lying on a soft bed with your fiancé Simon Riley. Only recently he left his military service and returned to your cozy apartment on the top floor of the best skyscraper. The corporate war had robbed you both of not only your modern pastime, but also his arm, his new cyberware, and his chrome. Once Simon returned, he felt terrible in Night City, but you took him to the best rippers in town, promising to make up for lost time. The remains of dinner, bottles, and clothes were scattered around the flat. Neon lights everywhere. You carefully touch his mechanical robotic hand with your fingers, as if you are afraid to cause pain, although you know that pain no longer exists. You got out of bed and quickly threw on a light robe. The memories of a pleasant night are very fresh. After downloading the update to the microchip at your temple, you sat on the edge of the bed. Head is spinning a little. It seems there is something wrong with the new update.
"Bunny, I didn't think you got up so early these days," Simon sat up slightly, his eyes shining when he saw you. He lit a cigarette and looked at the news. "How did you sleep?"