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"Haha... I didn't expect you to be so unaffected..."
Mann said somewhat awkwardly.
"Stare~"
"However, I've been controlling this ability just fine, haven't I? There haven't been any problems."
Mann grinned, looked at the silver wolf beside him, and said confidently.
Sure enough, I'm not a weakling; I can control this kind of thing.
However, the next moment, he felt a moment of mental confusion.
The next moment, he saw the silver wolf in front of him suddenly begin to twist, its head split open, and countless alien shapes made of guns and cannons began to distort and appear in his eyes.
In just a moment, a hideous and terrifying gun-wielding demon appeared before Mann.
"Wait, what kind of monster are you! Don't come any closer!"
Seeing this, Mann's expression changed drastically. He quickly used his hand cannon to blast the silver wolf in front of him to pieces in an instant.
"Go, hurry up! Dorio!"
Mann wanted to leave this eerie place, and instinctively grabbed Dorio and Lucy beside him, wanting to leave.
However, it feels cold to the touch.
The next moment, he saw that Dorio and Lucy's faces also began to change, turning into hideous and terrifying gun-wielding aliens, and the hand he was holding in Dorio's hands had now become a cold gun barrel.
"Ughhhhh! Get out of here! Where are my teammates?! Where are my teammates?!"
Mann finally couldn't hold back any longer. He frantically unleashed firepower from his hand cannon, killing both aliens.
However, when he came to his senses, he found that... Dorio and Lucy, as well as Gloria and David, were all in a state of being smashed to pieces by cannon fire.
"Did I...do all of this?"
Only then did Mann realize what was happening.
Then, his vision began to distort rapidly, the whole world began to become grotesque, the walls began to twist, and blood and flesh seeped out from within.
On the ground, twisted tentacles grew out, scattered with disgusting eyeballs.
The brutal fusion of flesh and blood with guns and cannons created one distorted scene after another.
"Hmph... um... I'm so hungry!"
Mann let out a frantic scream.
However, in the next instant, everything around them disappeared.
When he opened his eyes again, he found Silver Wolf standing beside him, raising his eyebrows and looking at him.
Dorio, Gloria, and the others also looked concerned.
"Are you alright, buddy? What happened to you? You're so pale..."
Seeing the concerned look on Mike's face, Mann breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, in the next moment, from Mann's perspective, Mike's head split open from the middle, and a chainsaw stained with brain matter and blood pierced through his skull, rushing wildly toward him.
"Don't come any closer! Aaaaaaah!"
Mann screamed and struggled frantically as he retreated.
The next moment, he woke up in a cold sweat, and everyone around him looked at him with concern.
"Are you alright, buddy? You're sweating a lot."
Mike said with concern.
Instinctively, Mann wanted to pull out his hand cannon and fire.
However, Silver Wolf gently tapped his body from the side: "Calm down, this is reality now."
Silver Wolf looked at Mann, who was covered in cold sweat and looked terrified, and said calmly.
Meanwhile, Mann's body went limp on the sofa as if out of control, unable to make any movement.
"I'm... back?"
Mann looked at the silver wolf and asked with some lingering fear.
"Hmm, how was it? What was it like to be a cybernetic psychopath? Everything that just happened was in your consciousness. In reality, you just took a nap. However... if you insist on wearing this prosthetic body, it won't just be an illusion anymore. It will become part of your reality. You will become indiscriminate and kill anyone who gets close to you, including your closest people."
As Silver Wolf spoke, he reached out and removed the prosthetic body that had been fused to Mann's back.
"Is this... what cyberpsychosis feels like?"
After a moment of silence, Mann spoke.
“That’s right. I just accelerated the process for you. What you actually saw was all simulated by your own mind, so it was incredibly realistic.”
Silver Wolf shrugged, then kindly reminded him, "By the way, you're already showing some early symptoms, though they're not obvious. If you don't control it, your consciousness will rapidly plummet into the abyss within a month, and then no one will be able to save you."
This cyber psychopath is similar to the demonic incarnation of the Celestial Ship, except that the insanity of the demonic incarnation is even more outrageous. It is a genuine blessing of abundance, far beyond the mere madness of this world.
"What exactly did you see, Mann?"
Dorothy said with concern from the side.
"I saw monsters, monsters everywhere, and then I went berserk and killed you all..."
Mann looked somewhat dejected as he looked at Dorio, a hint of fear lurking in the eyes of this tough, hardened man.
Will his world become like this afterward?
He wasn't afraid of death, but rather afraid that he would harm his companions after he went mad.
Despite being a cyberpunk character, Mann values his relationships with his companions.
In this respect, he was somewhat out of place in Night City.
"It seems I'm not cut out for this..."
Mann looked at the prosthetic body in Silver Wolf's hand with some regret, sighed, and said, "Long-term retention of the prosthetic body + VIII second pull."
I originally thought this thing was my enhancement device, but I never expected it to be my death warrant.
Although Mann knew that this device would cause a rapid onset of mental illness after installation, he didn't expect that, given his constitution, he would experience an attack so quickly...
Of course, cyberpsychotics are often unaware that they are having an episode, and Mann's current condition is very dangerous.
"However, although you can't use it, there are people here who can."
Silver Wolf said with great interest.
"That has to be me!"
Yuan, standing to the side, chuckled and said.
His body was covered in traces of cybernetic modifications, and most of his body was gone. He was truly a gifted individual. If anyone present could withstand such treatment, it would probably be him.
No, it's him.
Silver Wolf said, pointing at David.
"I?"
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In an instant, all eyes were on David.
"Him? What can this kid do?"
Although Mann was still somewhat shaken, he still spoke with some resentment when he saw Silver Wolf pointing his finger at David.
"Don't underestimate him, David's talent is better than you think, well... he's quite impressive among ordinary people."
She looked at David, scanning his body, and nodded.
"no!"
"Gloria said defiantly from the side."
“David is still young, and he’s still in school. It’s too early for this kind of thing. Besides… this prosthetic body is just too dangerous.”
Gloria spoke while looking at David with concern.
She always cared about David; otherwise, she wouldn't have worked so hard to support his schooling.
David was indeed talented, but the poor and the rich in school were born into a class difference, which made David a target of bullying at school.
"Yes, it is indeed dangerous. After all, this prosthetic body is still an experimental product and is not something that humans can use. Even for someone as gifted as David, the final result after being fitted with it would not be good."
Silver Wolf shrugged.
If that's the case, why bother having David...?
Gloria looked at the silver wolf seriously.
To be honest, if Silver Wolf hadn't just saved her and her child's lives, Gloria would have been furious with him.
If a dangerous prosthetic body is implanted in my son, won't that kill him?
“Gloria, after today, you can never go back to your previous lives.”
Silver Wolf toyed with the prosthetic body in his hand and said calmly, "Besides, I'm not stupid. I won't harm David. Others would die if they installed this prosthetic body, but David definitely won't. This prosthetic body is an experimental one, but it is also very malleable. With just a slight modification, I can minimize its side effects. With David's talent, he can use this thing without any loss."
Silver Wolf spoke with a confident smile on his face.
In the original story, the S.A.S.S.S. that David used was actually just an experimental model, which was much worse than the official version used by others. Even so, David was able to endure the severe side effects for a year.
Now, with the Silver Wolf's transformation, David can do even better.
“That’s true. The incident at the hospital today caused quite a stir. Gloria, even if I have the hackers erase your information now, others will still be able to easily find you and your child. Why don’t you listen to David’s opinion?”
Dorio patted the somewhat nervous Gloria on the back and then slowly said.
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