episode_0023

“This is something that can’t be helped. We all have to eat to survive.”

“What the hell, isn’t this crazy kid?”

Ji-hoon, who was truly angry, glared at the man in front of him.

The man I met through Sonagi’s guidance had a job called ‘Ripperdoc’.

“I told you, this kid is a real piece of shit?”

It was raining and he was making a face as if he was going to hit the man in front of him right away.

The place where the three were standing was Ripperdoc’s workshop.

The atmosphere was reminiscent of a dental clinic, with the floor and wallpaper being as white and clean as new, but the various cyberware parts hanging on the walls were far from ‘clean’.

The bed used for surgery was quite modern and stylish, but the mechanical arms on the left and right were covered in blood, creating a very strange feeling.

“You’re talking as if I did something bad…”

Ripperdoc shrugged. There was only one thing on his body that hadn’t been replaced with cyberware.

Except for his jiggling belly, his arms, legs, and both eyes were completely replaced with cyberware, and even had unnecessary flashing LED lights inserted to irritate people’s nerves even as he spoke.

Ji-hoon couldn’t even imagine how much a single cyberware arm would cost, but when he thought about putting a bunch of useless LEDs on an expensive graphics card, he knew that it was quite a luxury, an expensive item.

“Everyone.. Let’s eat and live-”

“개새끼야!”

Ji-hoon can’t stand it anymore and roughly slaps Ripperdoc’s cheek. Ripperdoc’s face turns to the side.

Ji-hoon, unable to control his anger even after slapping her, points his finger outside the door.

“This crazy kid. If you took the money, you should have used the item to perform the surgery. Isn’t it crazy to exchange it for a used item? ”

“No….”

“No, what is that? Huh? You know that women who come here and show off cyberware are living a miserable life, and you’re not a fraud. Right?”

A shower of rain hits the man’s greasy cheek. He lowers his face as if he has nothing to say.

“There’s only a little bit left…”

“You crazy kid. Leave this behind?”

Ji-hoon hit Ripperdoc on the head with his hand. The thud sounded unpleasant, but Ji-hoon clicked his tongue openly.

Ji-hoon reached out to the cyberware ‘Bojis’ on the shelf and lifted them up.

What should I call that appearance? It reminded me of the lower body of an onahole or love doll that you would see at an adult goods store.

According to Sonagi, the closer it is to the original form of the organ, the more expensive and high-performance it is. In other words, cyberware parts that look like they were made by cutting off the lower body of a love doll are all cheap and shoddy items.

“Hey.. This ratio is not normal. There are only two expensive ones here, and this, this is cheap, right? There are over twenty cheap ones…”

“They’re all used by other prostitutes. Isn’t that too much? If you’re a ripperdoc, you know how dangerous used cyberware is. ”

As Sonagi taps the man’s cheek with his palm, he nods slightly, as if he has finally given up on everything.

“Uh.. Where did you come from… . I said.”

“No one specifically told me to do it.. There were people who really didn’t like what the old man was doing.”

“Who…Who…”

“Mister. What does it matter who ordered it? Until you replace all the parts that the women you’ve scammed mentioned, here, the troubleshooter will come to see you every day.”

“This… . This is… . Heeek..”

Ripperdoc clutched his head with both hands, breathing heavily.

He had been performing surgeries up until now by using expensive items to strike the kara.

Where can he get the expensive items that women want and install them for them? Ripperdoc began to tremble, as if it was too obvious what his future would be like.

“Sir, you must have left a lot behind. Why are you so scared? I’ll come looking for you every day.. but you just have to finish it well within a month.”

“Ugh… . Ugh… . That’s…”

There’s no way. Once rumors spread that they did surgery with cheap parts by hitting Kara, it’s obvious that the number of people coming here will decrease.

There’s a guy who plays with ‘genitals’, not arms or legs. How many guests will come here with the intention of killing him, not just because of bad rumors…

“Yes, there’s no way it can happen!!!!”

Ripperdoc yells and throws a punch at Sonagi’s face. Naturally, the attack misses Sonagi.

“Oh really!”

The problem was the surgical bed. Chrome-colored robotic arms whirred and attacked Sonagi, briefly grabbing Ji-hoon’s shoulder.

At that split second, the fat ripperdoc screams and runs out through the door on the left instead of the one on the right.

“Hey! Jihoon! You stay still here! That kid will definitely come back here!’

Sonagi shouted as she smashed the mechanical arms attached to her. She quickly started running after the Ripperdoc.

“…Can you follow that?”

Ji-hoon clicks his tongue. He knows very well that Sonagi’s arms and legs are not ‘cyberware’. Sonagi had only asked her limbs to be implanted with drugs or hormones that strengthen her muscles.

“What the….”

If you give orders, you have to follow them. Ji-hoon takes out the gun on his waist, checks that it is properly loaded, and leaves Ripperdoc’s operating room.

The small waiting room where there should have been customers was, of course, empty. There was no one checking in at the counter either, and it wasn’t because it was unmanned; it was because the fat ripperdoc was acting like a dog and hadn’t come to work.

“Why would someone who makes a lot of money… touch the butt of a counter employee…”

Why can’t you just go to a place like the 69th floor and buy a woman with money? Ji-hoon sighed and leaned back in his chair at the guy’s incomprehensible actions.

Although he thought the troubleshooter’s work would be difficult, the bizarre events that occurred in Neo Seoul, the cyberpunk world, were quite tiring for Ji-Hoon.

He closed his eyes because he needed some time to rest.

─Ding dong.

“…”

The moment he closes his eyes and tries to get some sleep, the automatic door opens. Ji-hoon has no choice but to open his eyes and look at the door, where he sees a woman standing there.

It was a girl wearing a pure white patterned T-shirt and jeans.

Her face looked quite young, so she definitely looked younger than Ji-hoon.

The girl sighs deeply at the fact that there is no one at the counter and no other guests on the sofa except Ji-hoon.

“Excuse me… Sir… Oppa, is it because it’s dinner time that the teacher isn’t here?”

“…Are you here for surgery?”

Ji-hoon frowns and gets up from his seat. There was no noticeable cyberware equipment on her body as she stood awkwardly near the door.

Both arms and both legs were intact, and there were no strange lumps of steel embedded in his chest or shoulders.

“Is that so…?”

“The ripperdoc here is a really bad kid, so my older sister is scolding him. Miss. He’s trying to get some kind of surgery.”

Ji-hoon smiled and spoke, but the girl didn’t seem to have any intention of saying anything. She bit her lips reflexively.

‘This is so obvious… But, you don’t look like you would work in a bar? Your makeup is also plain.’

What kind of surgery would a woman with healthy arms and legs receive? Ji-hoon could easily guess after hearing that plastic surgery is done at a hospital that does plastic surgery, not at a ripperdoc.

This woman, like the other prostitutes who came to this shop, most likely came to get some sort of cyberware done.

“Miss, I’m a man and I know that only old farts do things to advise others.”

“…You know?”

“The surgery you’re trying to get. You shouldn’t get it from the guy here, and you shouldn’t get it from anywhere else either.”

“What kind of surgery do you think I’m getting? Sir, do you know me?”

The girl blushes for no reason and fan herself with her left hand. Ji-hoon’s mouth waters at the sight of her playing so cutely.

“I don’t know what they’re going to use it for, but men just need a vagina to poke at. They don’t even think about cyberware vaginas.”

“Ugh…”

“Are you getting it because of your boyfriend? It’s not like you can go somewhere and get waxed. Is there a need to spend millions of won to change your genitals?”

“That’s because you don’t know. These days, among kids… there’s no one who doesn’t do this.”

The girl turned her head with a groan, and turned her head away to see if Ji-hoon’s words had backfired.

‘Oh my… I thought about it so much and gave it to someone…’

Ji-hoon cursed inwardly and thought, “Do whatever you want,” and got up from his seat, unconsciously putting his hands in his pockets.

“Uh…”

At that moment, a thought flashed through Ji-hoon’s mind like a spark.

‘Wait a minute… That girl, she came here to get a cyberware implant from Ripperdoc, right? Then…’

Ji-hoon immediately touches his smartphone.

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[Do you want to hack Lee Ji-ah (Jia-0250)?]

《ICE Rating: Common》

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‘Okay, I’m killing two birds with one stone by completing the quest.’

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● Receive quest reward: Y ☜

[Unlock new hacking program]

“Do you want to be the husband of a beautiful woman? Here is the simplest way. Switch roles with the person you want. It’s that simple.”

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‘I was thinking of hinting at it… Well, I guess it’s better if I just turn into a Ripperdoc. Even if I eat it, it’ll still be considered a piece of shit that Ripperdoc did, right?’

Ji-hoon checked his smartphone to see that the girl was still sitting on the chair, then went into the operating room.

Of course, the woman looks at Ji-hoon with eyes like, “What is that?”

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[Hacking…]

[Hacking Completed!]

[Please select the cyberware and implant to hack]

《Brain Chip》☜

[We will now hack the ‘brain chip’ implant.]

[Please select the program to upload]

《Role Change》

〔Strange Person ↔ Ripperdoc〕『Duration: One hour』

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“Good..!”

From now on, Lee Ji-ah thinks of Kim Ji-hoon as a ripper. He may be more handsome and slimmer than she knows, but she has no doubts.

Because Lee Ji-ah was hypnotized.

“Ahem… Then where…”

Ji-hoon glanced around the operating room, grabbed a nearby white gown, and put it on. There was no mirror, but if he came out of the room wearing a white doctor’s gown, anyone would think he was a ripperdoc.

“Hmm… why isn’t the next customer coming in.”

When Ji-hoon opens the door and comes out, acting sloppy, Lee Ji-ah is startled and gets up from her seat.

Until just now, she had thought of Ji-hoon as nothing more or less than a ‘strange person’, but now it’s different.

She approaches ‘Ripperdoc Ji-hoon’ as if she has completely forgotten her memories and actions from before.

“Lee, Dr. Ripperdoc… I have a surgery I really want to get. Can you do it for me cheaper? Can you do it for me in installments? ”

Lee Ji-ah’s voice was so sad that it almost seemed cute. She held Ji-hoon’s hand tightly with her eyes shining.

“Hmm… I didn’t even think about getting a refund. You should tell me what kind of surgery you’re getting. Should I get you an extra arm?”

“Oh, no! Teacher, that’s not it. These days, all my friends have installed ‘Venus-32’. I really want to install it too…”

Jia’s eyes sparkle.

‘This isn’t some kind of double eyelid surgery…’

What kind of lives do people in this day and age live? Ji-hoon was dumbfounded, but he cleared his throat and slowly walked inside, holding Ji-ah’s hand.

“Venus-32 is a pretty expensive product, but can you afford it with installments? I don’t recommend it if you’re installing it for a friend.”

“Ah.. Really. It’s okay. I’m getting an allowance, and it’s really, really okay.”

No matter where you look, it’s not okay. Jia’s eyes sparkled as she quickly brought her butt down to the operating table and her eyes sparkled.

“Then wait a minute…”

Ji-hoon touches a few holograms in front of him with his fingers. When the fat ripperdoc says, “Oh! I told you, our store doesn’t have any items!”, Sonagi has given him a proper education, so he has already learned how to use them.

“Lucky… . Venus… . Lucky.. Let’s see. Venus… . 32 two.. one. Ten, hundred, thousand… . Ten thousand… . Hundred thousand.. Hundred… . Ten thousand… . What the fuck?! One thousand, five hundred…?!”

This is crazy! Shit! Ji-hoon cursed inwardly and pressed his head with both hands. Of course, this fat ripperdoc’s operating room didn’t have such expensive parts.

And Ji-hoon doesn’t even know how to perform surgery.

“Miss. I need to check your vagina before I do this surgery.”

Ji-hoon decided to come forward very shamelessly. If he knew that he could make a man happy without having to look at cyberware and that he could have fun too, wouldn’t he lose the desire to install it?

He smiled as he thought about that.

“Oh, I heard that…”

“I have to do a test. Take off your skirt and panties.”

Lee Ji-ah hesitated for a moment at Ji-hoon’s shameless words, but then put her hand on his jeans.

Taking off your panties to have vaginal surgery is a natural thing to do, without needing to be hypnotized or anything.