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The scene changed, and David and Rebecca were carrying out the assigned mission.
But unlike the previous two missions, this time they fought directly with others on the street.
Rebecca held a heavy machine gun, and her small stature was ludicrous.
The barrel spewed bright flames, tearing apart the body of the enemy in front of her.
"Hahahaha!" Rebecca laughed crazily. "Here's some minced meat!"
Under David and Rebecca's powerful sweep, dozens of enemies were practically gunned down.
Even if an enemy threw a grenade at them, David, who reacted very quickly, directly detonated it.
However, at that moment, an enemy hidden behind cover stood up with a weapon.
But at that moment, in front of David, who was already bloodthirsty, he was so scared that he didn't shoot immediately, but stood there with a panicked expression.
David observed the fear on the enemy's face and couldn't help but fall into a trance.
He had an illusion in front of him: the terrified face of the innocent mother who had appeared earlier at Arasaka Corporation.
At the same time, the hand holding the gun trembled.
At that moment, the enemy reacted in fear, raised his weapon at David, and was about to...
However, at that moment, a bullet was fired and pierced the enemy's head.
It was Rebecca!
She changed weapons in time and continued firing.
The powerful kinetic energy of the weapon directly impacted the unfortunate man and sent him flying, while his body spun in the air.
Combined with Rebecca's irritable, constantly firing style,
the scene was inexplicably... a little funny.
At that moment, Rebecca, a little worried, scolded David: "How dazed you are!"
But she was worried about David, and her scolding reflected more fear and concern.
"Ah... I'm sorry."
David apologized somewhat slowly.
But the operation ended smoothly.
After the driver Falco took him home, Rebecca and Kiko told him they wanted to get out of the car.
After getting out, Rebecca caught up with David directly.
"David!"
"?" David asked curiously.
Rebecca smiled and said: "It's not fun drinking with old men and old women."
'Old men and old women?'
Kenji Tanaka thought of Falco and Kiko in the car a moment ago, instantly understood, and burst out laughing.
Falco was fine; after all, he had a beard, and it was fine for the middle-aged man to say he was old.
But Kiko?
She looked quite young, although her face was a little scary, but being called old was too much!
But think about it, Rebecca is a loli, and she is very young, so calling Kiko old... is barely reasonable.
"I can't guarantee it will be more interesting," David replied with a smile.
"Don't underestimate yourself... Hey, do you want to take a walk?" Rebecca said.
"What? Okay...", David replied.
On Night City's beautiful, long street, Rebecca suddenly asked: "Are you alright?"
"What do you mean?"
"What's wrong with you today?"
The scene flashed back to where David was dazed and almost got into trouble.
"What's wrong?"
"Stop talking nonsense."
"It's nothing..."
David continued to cover up and pretend to be nothing.
"It's not the first time. Do you think I didn't notice?"
"Let's just leave it at that..."
"Don't underestimate girls."
"Where are the girls?" David suddenly said jokingly.
"Kill you."
Rebecca also joked, and then the two laughed together.
But at that moment, Rebecca suddenly said: "I only pay attention to you, you know?"
"David, what's wrong?" she asked seriously.
Kenji Tanaka observed the plot and sighed with some regret: "It's a pity that David already has Lucy."
Indeed, ever since Rebecca appeared on stage, everyone had a good impression of Rebecca, the irritable loli.
And with Maine's departure and David becoming the team leader, Rebecca has been constantly showing her feelings for David.
But this is the first time Rebecca has clearly shown it to David.
It's a pity... David has Lucy, otherwise, everyone would be willing to support Rebecca to become the female protagonist.
The conversation between David and Rebecca continued.
"It's nothing," David said softly.
"Do you still want to lie to me?"
"It has nothing to do with you, Rebecca."
"It's better to have nothing to do with me, but I put my life in your hands."
Upon hearing this, David regretted it.
Yes, Rebecca put her life in his hands...
"I'm sorry..."
At that moment, Rebecca approached David and said: "That... I said David."
"Hmm?"
"Don't use the prosthetic for now."
Rebecca smiled in front of David and made a powerful gesture with her blue and red iron arms, equally exaggerated.
"I'll protect you!"
In an instant, Kenji Tanaka, a burly man, felt his heart race.
A girl said she would protect you, which not only makes people's hearts race, but everyone's too! Rebecca was especially worried about David. She also knew that David was worried that if he didn't install the prosthetic or downgraded it, he wouldn't be able to protect the team or himself.
So she said she would protect David.
"You?" David asked with a smile, thinking Rebecca was still joking.
However, Rebecca's small and delicate face looked very serious in the image at that moment, something completely different from her usual crazed appearance.
"I'm serious."
She looked at David and said.
At that moment, she also talked about the homeless cyberpsycho who killed her brother Kiwi. She didn't want David to end up like that.
Everyone can feel Rebecca's feelings for the manga, and at the same time, they feel envious...
It's great to have such a beautiful loli who cares about you and pays attention to you all the time! All manga fans are full of good feelings for Rebecca at this moment.
Indeed, after this episode, Rebecca's popularity quickly increased that week, and she even temporarily surpassed the female protagonist Lucy.
It even triggered a dispute between the factions, because some thought Rebecca was acceptable as a female protagonist.
After all, according to the current plot of "Edgerunners", it seems there's a high probability that Lucy will be 'knifed' in the end.
It even seems that David and Lucy are both dead, or the protagonist group has been completely annihilated. This direction is possible...
"Uh... Okay."
Faced with Rebecca's concern, David hesitated and said.
On the other hand, Lucy continued to infiltrate Arasaka Corporation's network and noticed that Arasaka Corporation was still sending hackers.
Then, David was dazed in the elevator on his way home, and he remembered the scene of entering the Arasaka Corporation building that night.
This time, the manga shows David's first-person perspective at that moment.
After sneaking in and killing General Manager Evans, a gun barrel appeared in his eyes on General Manager Evans's exploding head.
Needless to say, this is definitely David's hallucination! When Kiko and David communicated synchronously, the image in front of David also showed obvious noise and illegible characters.
This is truly... Cyberpsychosis!
Exactly the same situation as Maine at the beginning!