Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past.

Chapter 21 The Ship of Theseus (I)
If a person loses his memory, is he still the same person?
Xi Tan rubbed his chin repeatedly, his delicate brows slightly frowned.

"...I think therefore I am, Xita..." Yawei sat on the co-pilot seat, looking sideways at the red sea wrapped in the night.

2074年，1月13日 20：00，一个不寻常的委托。

"Memory is an integral part of a "person"..." He seemed to hear Xita's inner voice, stroking her silver hair back and forth with his hands, and whispering to her softly.

"Our client..." The air flow penetrated into the soft ear canal, and the itchy feeling made her shrug her shoulders, "There is really a problem..."

Turn back the time to this morning, and everything starts with Rogge's phone call.

2074年，1月13日 6：20
"Regina said that you have completed an earth-shattering event..." Rogge smiled and praised, and then continued, "Now more and more commissions are nominated for you to complete..."

"For example, in this commission, a couple found that their best friend Joel Kerry became trance-like after a treatment, and seemed to have symptoms of amnesia. They specially issued a commission, please investigate the reason. Available The clues include: Joel's medical records, various hospital records including the Night City Mental Health Center, his personal network, and..."

"Hohohoho..." Xita hilariously imitated the laughter of the female villain in a famous Mewtwo movie, "I used to be a garbage man, Tiaozi... Now it's detective Xita's turn to appear!"

"Be careful, Xita, don't let your guard down... Finally... I wish you good luck." Rogge rolled his eyes, but couldn't help but care about her.

"Goodbye, Rogge!" After Xita hung up the phone with a smile, she immediately rushed to Yawei who was sitting on the sofa.

"Baby, let's come to work! Come out with me, sister will show you the world!"

Yawei often thinks badly, if one day Xita falls ill, will he be able to tell the truth from the false.

Reluctantly, he pushed away her approaching face, seeing her cute playful appearance, he couldn't help laughing.

"So what is our commission? Detective Miss Xita?" He cooperated with Xita's small detective theater.

Out of respect, he didn't eavesdrop on her call with Roger.Although Xi Tan will not hide something from him.

"We want to keep an eye on a person——Joel Kerry, assistant Mr. Yawei." She said with a straight face, pretending to be serious, but the clothes on her body were askew, which was funny and cute.

"Okay, okay..." He smiled and took her into his arms, and carried the thin girl to the sink to wash.

"Dengdengdengdeng...dengdeng...dengdeng..." She stretched her teeth and claws in Yawei's arms, but she was still humming the classic opening music of a Super Dream movie in her mouth.

"Xitan, the music is wrong!" Yawei put her on the side of the sink and tapped on Xita's head lightly, "This is for agent Xita, not for detective Xita..."

"Oh..." Xita blushed, lowered her head and brushed her teeth.

2074年，1月13日 8：00
Xita drove Yawei in the dilapidated Skydome Hera to the residence of the entrusted target——Westbrook District—Charter Hill—high-end apartment.

"Speaking of which, when I met the Tiger Claw Gang before..." Xi Tan parked the car on the side of the street, intending to pass the boring time of stalking by chatting, "You used the same method in the morning...that perspective to kill Are they?"

"Almost..." Yawei put down the co-pilot's seat and lay down comfortably, while thinking and answering, "I don't need to bother... I just need to think, it doesn't matter if you open your eyes or close them." ..."

"In the blink of an eye, they died in an instant!" Xi Tan also followed his example and lay down.

Her eyes glowed and her tone was excited, "It's so handsome!"

"Don't even try to do this, it's too much of a burden for the human brain..." Yawei pinched her rosy cheek angrily.

"What time is it?" He asked the time, hinting that Xita should cheer up.

"[-]:[-]...I saw the target!" Xi Tan didn't have time to pay attention to someone's double-standard behavior, she had already marked the other party with her prosthetic eyes.

"What is he going to do?" Yawei pointed to the gloomy man with a slender figure and a long trench coat who walked out of the apartment building.

"The information says that he takes the No. 08 subway in Night City to go to work at around 30:[-] every day." Xi Tan flipped through the information sent by Rogge.

"Do you still remember going to work after losing your memory?" Yawei raised his eyebrows, "Has the memory of social animals penetrated into the bone marrow?"

"This joke is so hard to laugh..." Xi Tan frowned, looking at the black-haired man in the distance.

His long hair, which hadn't been done for a long time, covered his eyes, making it impossible to see his eyes clearly.

What kind of vision would a person with amnesia look at the world with?
Xita thought curiously, and got out of the car with Yawei.

They kept a distance of about 50 meters from Joel Kerry, so that the target would not be suspicious, nor would they be easily lost.

Xita and Yawei walked side by side on the streets of Japan, arm in arm, like an ordinary couple.

She sometimes thinks that it would be nice if they weren't in Night City, if they didn't live in this era.

She wants to live in a seaside town with him in an ordinary way, get up together in the sunshine of Hexi, and take a walk together under the sea breeze, without being busy with commissions or worrying about the world.

Just the two of them lived away from all the hustle and bustle and troubles until they were old.

Maybe many years later, she and he will live this kind of life.They managed to set the whole world on fire, burning out all evil, and starting everything from scratch.Then they retreated into the rivers and lakes, never to be seen again.

Maybe many years later, she has become an old lady, and she can't even recall the present when she was young, but as long as he is by her side, it is enough.

Unfortunately it was all but a dream.

"Xita? What are you thinking?" Yawei's words woke her up from her fantasy.

"I just thought of...a very, very far future...our future." She wiped her eyes with her empty hand, and replied nonchalantly.

"Didn't realize the dream, wandering people..."

"Chasing phantoms, abandoning friends and people..."

"This song is suitable for the occasion..." Yawei listened attentively to the Japanese music, and held her hand even tighter.

"Isn't that Joel Kerry just a homeless person?" Xita calmed down and said softly.

"Dreams are nothing but beautiful bubbles... Rather than indulging in the ideal land, it is better to cherish the present, Xita."

"I can no longer tell the difference between you and a human being, Yahweh..." She let him hold his hand and dragged her forward, her eyes lost in the warm morning light, morning mist and neon lights on the street.

"I will ride on the ship of Theseus, across the endless sea, sailing towards you..." He whispered, but it seemed to be singing, "Don't be confused, Xita, I'm just me, the only me, the only me that belongs to you ..."

"Okay..." Xi Tan nodded with a chuckle, and firmly grasped his hand that seemed to protrude from the clouds, but was as warm as a dream.

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