When a cyberpunk funny guy meets a scary guy from the Underworld Ferry Club
On a rainy night, the light of Neon City was turned into blurry blocks of color by the rain, and the leaky billboards sizzled, casting a strange pink-purple halo on the wet streets.
Lin Xiaoman was holding a black umbrella that was about to fall apart, standing at the door of a small shop with a sign that said "Ah repairs prosthetic body, no charge if it can't be repaired", with a despairing expression.
The death ticket in his canvas bag was getting hot, indicating that there were dead souls stranded nearby, and they were quite angry.
The door was suddenly opened, and a young man with hair that was half silver gray and half fluorescent green poked his head out, his left prosthetic eye flashed with snowflakes, and there was a data cable in his mouth.
"Brother, should I hide from the rain or build a prosthetic body? Let me tell you, my prosthetic eyes, don't look at the old frame, can read people more accurately than tell fortunes - Huh? Why are you so cold?"
The person who came was none other than Ash.
Lin Xiaoman pushed up his glasses and whispered: "I... Looking for someone."
What he was looking for was a young man who had just died of prosthetic overload. He was still unwilling to die and refused to leave in this repair shop.
Ash looked him up and down and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh! I see! Are you here to collect a debt? No, I just paid the electricity bill last week!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a harsh electronic noise suddenly came from the store, and the parts on the shelves fell down.
A translucent ghost with electric sparks all over his body floated out and roared with a ferocious face: "Give me back my prosthetic body! Pay me the modification fee!"
Ashiu was so frightened that he jumped three feet high and grabbed Lin Xiaoman's arm: "Holy shit! It's haunted?! Are you a Taoist priest? Take him in now! I'll give you a 20% discount!"
Lin Xiaoman staggered under his tug. He reluctantly took out a mint candy from his canvas bag and handed it to the grumpy ghost: "I'm already dead. Stop making trouble. Why don't you take a candy first to calm your nerves?"
Ghost: "..."
Ash: "... Are you using mints too much?"
"What else?" Lin Xiaoman said matter-of-factly, "He has a lot of resentment. He can calm down by eating sweets."
Ashu was dumbfounded, seeing that the ghost that was so menacing just now actually floated over. Xuxu touched the mint, and his emotions calmed down visibly.
"You... What do you do?" Asiu asked softly.
"Part-time job in the underworld, ferryman." Lin Xiaoman opened the "Guide to Getting Lost in the World", "He died in your shop, I'm here to take him away."
Ash's eyes suddenly lit up: "Awesome! Work within the system? Five insurances and one housing fund? How about we cooperate? I'll help you repair those broken props, and you can help me get rid of the dirty things in the store. It's a win-win situation!"
Before Lin Xiaoman could refuse, Ah Xiu had already pulled him into the store in a familiar manner. He opened a bottle of soda with a modified prosthetic leg and handed it to him: "From now on, this will be your stronghold in Neon City! If there are any ghosts that you can't deal with, just call me! I'll modify a small ghost exorcist speaker, guaranteed to be more effective than peppermint candies!"
The death ticket in the canvas bag fell silent. Lin Xiaoman held the soda in his hand and looked at the chattering young man in front of him. His prosthetic eyes were still flashing advertisements for earthworms. For the first time, he felt that he was not so lonely in this cold cyber city.
Since then, Neon City has had a strange pair——
A funny cybernetic who builds prosthetics during the day and helps catch ghosts at night.
A ferryman who hides from society during the day and chats with ghosts and cyberboys at night.
Occasionally, when encountering a difficult spirit, Ah Xiu would take out a modified jammer and let the other party dance on the spot, while Lin Xiaoman calmly handed mint candies to the side, ferrying one person, one ghost and the other, causing a lot of ridiculous things on the strange rainy night streets.
Concept: A whole group of weird and cute family members
