Afterward, Berry's small head rested on the cold bar counter, her eyes vacant, and wet traces still around her mouth, looking completely broken.
She was defiled.
Berry was in agony.
Having been forced to drink that toilet cleaner-like substance, she was no longer clean.
Berry looked like a deflated tsukumogami doll, with a faint dark aura visibly surrounding her.
But this did not stop the heartless few next to her from continuing to drink and enjoy themselves.
"...I still think that place we went to last time was good. The prices were reasonable, and the food was substantial."
V, Jackie Welles, and Viktor were already chatting like old friends.
When people relax, they naturally start talking about food.
The three of them were happily discussing Night City's street food, leaving poor Berry to the side.
Berry thought bitterly to herself.
Viktor Vector.
Jackie Welles.
Ms. Valerie.
They are all traitors.
She finally understood that the threat to the Honeycomb was not in Arasaka Tower, but in the Honeycomb Bar itself.
Of course, after some mental venting, Berry didn't have the ability to make the three of them kneel for half an hour under the 'extortion' sign at the bar.
However, just as Berry was harshly criticizing the three in her imaginary world, two ladies walked over one after another.
It wasn't Jackie's or Viktor's imagination; the two ladies indeed walked towards them and sat down nearby.
Jackie looked back, holding his cup, and his eyes widened like balloons.
He had been busy chatting and hadn't noticed, but seeing these two, he realized they were old acquaintances.
"Judy. Misty."
V, on the other hand, pushed up her Gold-Rimmed Glasses and casually waved to the two.
She had known they were coming.
"Mm, V."
The two sat down, but Jackie still hadn't fully recovered.
"Hi, Jackie."
It wasn't until Misty greeted her Little Girlfriend that the big guy finally reacted.
He looked at V with a questioning gaze.
"What, are you surprised to see your Witch Sister here?"
Seeing Jackie's simpleminded look, V couldn't help but joke.
"Damn, V, what kind of power do you have to invite Misty? She usually doesn't come to places like this."
This was why Jackie was so surprised to see his girlfriend here.
Because he deeply understood Misty's temperament.
Although Misty had black eyeshadow, fluffy hair, and a purple crop top, looking very punk, she was actually quite conservative in her ways.
She spent all day guarding her small shop, and when she went out with Jackie, they would visit less crowded attractions, disliking noisy places like this.
According to Misty, Nightclubs and bars were full of chaotic energy, making the field energy unstable.
However, the sun had risen from the west today; Misty had also come.
"Berry invited me. After all, it's your first time doing legitimate business, so I had to come at least once."
Misty still had that melancholic gaze, looking at everyone with a calm scrutiny and pity. This expression suited a Fortune-Telling Shop, but in this bar, it seemed strange.
However, the words spoken by this saintly Misty were quite sharp, directly targeting their past Mercenary profession of killing without bothering to bury.
"Hehe..."
Jackie scratched his nose, remaining silent.
Well, so that was the surprise Berry was talking about.
She brought his Little Girlfriend.
"...Speaking of which, what were you two doing out for so long? Having a cigarette?"
V rolled up her suit sleeves, wiping the bar counter, but her eyes were curiously fixed on the two.
Judy and Misty.
If she remembered correctly, this was their first meeting, wasn't it?
"Nothing, I was the one who pulled Ms. Judy along."
Misty was the first to explain that the two who arrived early weren't sneaking off to slack.
"I'm very interested in braindance technology. I believe that in the virtual world, people who let down their guard are more likely to be frank about their desires and pain, and this can be used to adjust their fate..."
The rest were incomprehensible words, like 'heaven-human induction' and 'fate,' things she couldn't understand.
However, Berry, who was lying motionless nearby, felt she understood perfectly.
Isn't it just Cyber World digital fortune-telling? She understood that.
"So, Judy happens to be an excellent Braindance Technician, and I'm discussing some possibilities with her."
"Oh, so that's how it is."
V nodded, but she didn't believe it at all.
She knew that some things weren't as simple as they appeared on the surface.
Especially Judy, whom she understood very well.
Judy was someone just like her.
Her first impression of Judy wasn't very good.
Judy always gave her the feeling of wanting to steal her girlfriend.
So, at first, she was very wary of Judy, keeping a close eye on Berry and not giving the other party any chance.
Berry was still too young to understand this society.
These bad things would be blocked by her, the responsible older sister.
It sounded noble and righteous, but it couldn't conceal the reality that V, having the advantage of proximity, wanted to weld the car door shut after getting in.
After all, what responsible older sister would take care of her younger sister all the way into bed?
V was a shameless lolicon.
However, later on, V's hostility towards Judy dissipated because, relying on the radar unique to people like them, V discovered that Judy no longer had that intention towards Berry.
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