Chapter 25: Spoilers

"Do you need me for something?" Ren asked, bewildered.

"It's like this... My laptop is broken." Sakura took a laptop out of the backpack she was carrying and said.

Ren couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw Sakura take out a laptop.

'The current time in this world is equivalent to about ten years in my previous life. At that time, laptops were not yet an indispensable electronic device for university students.'

'The price of two or three thousand, or even seven or eight thousand, is usually prohibitive. I can only say she deserves to be a rich little woman?'

But...

"I'm not very good at repairing computers." Ren scratched his head. "Especially laptops, which are all delicate parts. It's fine to dismantle the computer case and change the hard drive and memory card..."

"But it's recommended to go to the computer district to repair them, right? It's safer." He shrugged and suggested sincerely.

"I have a plan. I was about to take it to the computer district for repair, but I'm worried that the technician will purposely rip me off when they see I'm a girl." Sakura looked at Ren and said slowly.

'So it's...'

It's true, especially in this world, where computer malls are still proliferating.

Without online shopping as competition, computer malls are ripping people off to death.

It's obvious that just cleaning the USB stick will fix it, but they have to trick people into ordering USB sticks, or even changing the motherboard. They are

even bigger scammers with customers who seem like laymen.

They can even make a 200 yen USB stick cost 800 yen.

Especially with girls, many unscrupulous merchants in computer malls start ripping off customers without even testing the waters if they see a girl.

The decline of computer malls in the past was also partly due to this. Besides the convenience of online shopping, there are too many unscrupulous merchants in the malls.

Ren blinked and immediately understood why Sakura had come to him.

It turns out that Sakura had come to him this time just to have a guy pretend to be an expert so that the unscrupulous merchants in the mall wouldn't dare to deceive her...

But would a rich woman like Sakura be afraid of being ripped off?

A normal person, even with such doubts, wouldn't be able to speak directly.

But Ren had no qualms.

Ren said indifferently: "Sakura, a rich woman like you, would you be afraid of being ripped off?"

Sakura frowned upon hearing this, but she didn't deny being a rich woman; instead, she said: "I can spend more money, but I don't want to be taken advantage of and spend money in vain."

"I see." Ren suddenly understood: "Hehe, I'm sorry, Sakura."

He's not a giant baby who doesn't care about others' feelings, but his personality is quite direct, and he doesn't think there's anything wrong with what he just said.

"I'm sorry, as an apology, I, Ren Amamiya, will let Sakura-san do whatever she wants!" Ren said, embarrassed.

Sakura looked at Ren helplessly, but she didn't blame him much.

After all, she had always thought Ren was a kind-hearted person.

"Woof, woof!"

At that moment, Ren barked twice at Sakura.

Sakura looked at him, and even blinked, feigning obedience.

Suddenly, Sakura smiled sadly: "Okay, then I'll ask Ren-san to be my 'technical advisor' today."

"Yes! Sakura-san!" Ren straightened up and saluted.

"Puchi..."

Sakura couldn't help but laugh.

Ren also laughed foolishly. Only Pochita, at their feet, didn't quite understand what they were laughing about and tilted her head.

"Ren, you said in the interview that cyberpsychosis is a result of external societal pressure. So, Maine... is he also due to later pressure?"

Sakura and Ren were walking down the street and suddenly asked.

Ren was carrying Pochita on his chest with a backpack and also held the bag where Sakura kept her laptop.

"Cyberpsychosis can be treated like depression. Patients usually have their own problems, but the main cause of the illness is in the external world, right?"

"As for Maine... Of course, Maine is the older brother of the entire team, so of course, he's under a lot of pressure."

Ren sighed and said:

"And the older brother, everyone wants to sacrifice themselves to the heavens."

Sakura shook her head: "To be honest, after seeing the plot of the latest episodes, I don't want Maine to die."

After these episodes, Maine's role as a good older brother has been established.

It can be said that he took great care of David and did not abandon him at the critical moment.

According to Sakura's current understanding of Night City, there are definitely not many people in Night City who wouldn't abandon their partners.

Not to mention all of Night City, even Maine's team members choose to abandon their partners at a critical moment, or even... betray them.

Isn't the female lead Lucy one of those people?

In the anime, when Maine and Dolio fought the Trauma Team and the NCPD, Lucy convinced David to abandon them and flee directly.

Not to mention Qi Wei, who directly betrayed David and Lucy for herself.

In this comparison, Maine and Dolio could be considered the few good companions in Night City... It should be mentioned that they are good older brothers and good sisters-in-law.

"Maine is a good guy in the world of Edgerunners. Although he kills people and commits illegal acts, he is willing to give David a chance and take care of his team members. He should be a good brother."

"Yes, compared to those evil and ruthless bastards in Night City, Maine is undoubtedly a good man."

Ren sighed.

"But never mind, it's Night City, and the real big shots are in the grave."

Sakura was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said: "Why do I feel that there's a bad premonition in your words... You... aren't you going to write everyone else on the team to death?"

Ren, helplessly, opened his mouth: "Ah, do you want me to spoil it for you?"

Sakura gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and made a decision: "Forget it, you just need to answer me one question. Lucy won't die, right?"

She wasn't worried about David. After all, David was the male protagonist.

Or the protagonist of a manga for men.

What manga for men would write a male protagonist to death?

Ren gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lucy will definitely live."

"Then... I feel relieved."

Sakura breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, you don't have to say anything else."

As long as the female lead isn't dead, it can be accepted...