Cyberpunk Comeback: I'm the Final Boss, Angel of Death

A female doctor from an emergency response team inexplicably finds herself in a cyberpunk world.

Kidnappings, robberies, murders, and shootouts happen every minute in this cyberworld. With no idea where she is, how will she survive in such a dangerous place?

Fortunately, after surviving a brush with death, Irene manages to activate a System. But it's incredibly useless: aside from an inventory and a set of milestone missions she can't view, it doesn't seem to do anything else.

With nothing to her name, Irene can only carve out a place for herself through her own efforts, for her own sake and for her companions.

Traveling between two different worlds, Irene eventually grows into a world-famous ultimate boss.

Synopsis: It seems like everyone has one, so I'll make one too.

[The Scavenger Arc]

Edward stopped laughing. "Whether I'm human isn't for you to decide. I know what you're trying to say: that my actions make me an animal. But what's wrong with giving the useless parts to people who can put them to use? This is simply how the world works. The people still alive are like dead machines, no longer able to contribute anything to this world. And I take certain parts of this trash and give them to human elites so they can keep creating value for the world. What's wrong with that? And you, a mechanical monster, dare to criticize me, a living, breathing natural person. Who do you think you are?!"

Irene said with disgust, "Evil is evil. Don't use profit as an excuse for your dirty deeds. The people who died because of you are accusing you of your crimes from the abyss. So go to hell, you scum!"

The man spat blood. His face twisted with fear as he shouted furiously, "You know this is against the law, right? The local laws recognize me. My assets are legal. You can't kill me! What you're doing is against the law!"

The look in Irene's eyes was enough to make anyone who saw it shudder. The fire of rage burned fiercely in her very soul. "Tell me! What does it mean to kill someone illegally? You tell me what the hell it means to kill someone illegally! Explain what the hell killing is! What does it mean to break the law?!"

[Military Technology Arc]

Lying in his hospital bed, the man stared blankly at the ceiling. His eyes, which seemed able to see through the whole world, had grown dim. "In this world, you have to keep running forward just to stay in place. That's why I've worked so hard."

Looking at the medical report in her hand, Irene raised her eyes to the man before her.

She couldn't help asking, "...You're dying. Could you think about something else for a change? Like your family?"

Will looked at Irene, a trace of reluctance in his smile. He coughed twice before saying, "Keep moving forward. Turn this imperfect world into the ideal world you want. It's just... I can't go with you anymore."

Tears ran down Irene's face. Her voice choked as she said, "Goodbye... Will... I'll make them pay!"

The man in a detective's outfit said mockingly, "You ignorant, innocent child. Evil brings good people together, but no one thinks they're the evil one. At least, I don't think I'm the evil one."

Irene flew into a rage and snapped back, "You want to kill me, and I'm not allowed to fight back?! To hell with your evil!"

The director of the anti-terrorism unit lay before Irene, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Do you know how badly I was bullied? I had to climb my way to the very top! Only then could I make the people who looked down on me pay."

Irene crushed the neck of the man groaning beside her with one stomp. The sharp crack made the veins in the director's forehead twitch.

Irene stared coldly at the man, her revolver held steady against his forehead. Her voice was filled with acceptance and relief. "Now you have to pay for what you've done, too. For Will! Die!"

The military technology tycoon said, "If you don't want to lose, you have to win? Ha! That's the funniest thing I've ever heard. You don't have the right to choose whether you win or lose. There are only a few players in this world, and you're just pawns being moved around. You don't get to choose whether you win or lose."

A fist slammed into the military technology tycoon's face, making the powerful man let out a scream.

A twisted, manic expression appeared on Irene's face. Then she burst into uncontrollable laughter. "A pawn? Heh... Hahaha... I'll be the pawn who ends everything for the player."

[Arasaka Arc]

The factory owner was a bald man. Looking at Irene, who was furious beyond words, he said helplessly, "It's all business. No one will tell you what you should or shouldn't do, but you must never give up chasing profits. Want a better life? Chase profits. Want to be superior to others? Chase profits. Want people to envy you? Chase profits. There's no problem in this world that profit can't solve. If there is, then the profit isn't enough. Come, let's talk."

Irene glanced at the neatly arranged transparent bags. The powdered milk inside was a strange shade of pink.

A trace of madness showed in her eyes, but her voice was unusually calm. "This is what you call business? Unfortunately for you, you've run into a lunatic who's lost all reason."

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Arasaka Yorinobu's mouth. Then he spoke slowly. "If you have a dream, defend it at all costs. That may be the most meaningful thing you ever do in your life."

After checking the documents in her hand again, Irene narrowed her eyes and looked Arasaka Yorinobu up and down.

Looking at the Japanese man before her, Irene couldn't understand anything he'd done. Still, she asked the question on her mind. "Even if it means betraying Arasaka and losing everything?"

Arasaka Saburo looked calmly at Irene, as though a god were looking down on a mortal. "Life is a game. It's not like an ordinary game, though. You have to play whether you want to or not. And I'm just a spectator, watching you play forever."

Irene looked up at the holographic image before her and smiled with scorn. "You always think you're above everyone else. But you're still human. Even if you live forever, you're just an arrogant, ignorant human."

Adam's body had lost power and could no longer move. Hearing those words, his eyes filled with confusion. He seemed to recall something very important and murmured, "Those words sound so familiar. Hahaha... He said the same thing before he disappeared. Protecting this world would lead to an even more tragic fate. Only by unifying this world could it have a chance to survive, and I was the only one who could protect it and become the ultimate victor. Anyone who stood in my way deserved to die! For the world's last hope!"

Irene's gaze was calm, and her voice was mocking. "Protect it? Hahaha... Are you insulting the word 'protector'? Your protection caused even more disasters. Countless people died because of you. Is that what you wanted?"

Adam looked up at Irene and laughed heartily, as though he had let go of everything. "Bearing a terrible name and never being redeemed? Compared to the thing I wanted to save, the thing I wanted to protect, that's nothing."

Irene's gaze was terrifyingly calm. She looked at Adam without a flicker in her eyes and said in an even voice, "So... they're all dead. You destroyed everything I wanted to protect!"

Adam looked at Irene, his eyes burning with fervor. "If you want something, you have to pay a price for it. And for the world's last hope, no price is too great. No matter how painful or maddening it is, you have to keep going. There can only be hope if you persist, even if you die."

Irene raised the Nue in her hand and said quietly, "See you again... Adam!" But we know in our hearts that we'll never meet again.

[Biotechnology Arc]

A company soldier from the 7th Armored Division who had survived looked down at the lifeless crowd and shouted with all his might, "Everyone thinks I'm a war hero, but I'm just a soldier who doesn't want to die. To the corporations, we're all disposable pawns. This time, let's fight for ourselves!"

A bloodstained Mantis Blade sprang from the chest of one of the surviving company soldiers. In disbelief, the soldier used the last of his strength to turn around and saw a familiar face, perfectly calm.

The Mantis Blade was pulled from the surviving soldier's chest. That familiar face remained calm as it said, "There are no victors in war, only losers. Don't you understand?"

The biotechnology tycoon said, "I'm different from you. You're just a bunch of ants who don't understand the importance of rules. You're like dead machines with nowhere to go, only able to fight and kill. You'll never become truly important people."

Irene raised her hand and shot the secretary standing beside the biotechnology tycoon in the head. Then she shifted her pistol slightly and pointed it at the tycoon's head.

Irene smiled calmly. "You kill people, I kill people. You rob people, I rob people... But the only difference between us is that... I choose whom I kill or rob, while you destroy everything in your way and leave no room for retreat. So now you've blocked my path. What do you think I should do?"

Test Subject S-002's eyes gradually lost their light. They stared blankly at Irene. "I had no choice in whether I went to heaven or hell. I could only wait to be chosen."

Irene pulled the spear from the other person's chest. She looked at their face with pity and said gently, "Heaven and hell can't comfort you. We're all small and lonely, struggling and fighting against one another. I pray to myself, and only to myself. I have never believed in heaven or hell!"

Test Subject F-69352 looked at Irene with wide, innocent eyes and quietly asked, "Big sister, is life always painful? Or is it only like this when you're little?"

For a moment, a similar scene flashed through Irene's mind. Without thinking, she answered, "No. It's always like this."

[Kang Tao Arc]

The Kang Tao CEO struggled to speak. "This world is insane. If you want to succeed, you have to be ruthless. If you try to reason with people, you'll only get yourself killed. If you want to survive, you have to give up a lot of things."

Irene stared at the dying man with a twisted expression. She ignored the shuddering of her body as every cell sensed that life was about to disappear. Her gaze held both relief and release. "There are only two kinds of people in this world. Some don't live just to exist, but to burn. Others watch everyone else burn forever, using their light to illuminate themselves. And you extinguished every bit of light I had."

Seeing Irene's expression, the Kang Tao CEO immediately understood. He looked at her with terror as the light of life left her eyes, and cried out, "Calm down! You're the world's unrivaled Angel of Death! Stay alive and you'll see this world's final salvation, and together we'll become its rulers!"

A crazed smile spread across Irene's twisted face. Looking at the terrified man, she spat out a mouthful of steaming, pale blue blood. "Hahaha... You're all afraid of me, hahaha... I don't live just to exist. I live to protect the things I want to protect, and you idiot want to destroy it all! This will be my final blaze. So... let's perish together. Hahahahaha!!!"

Irene lay on the floor as everything around her slowly grew dark. She kept repeating, "I wanted to stop all this, but I couldn't. Heh... So this is fate…" A vague voice seemed to reach her ears. "Did you know? We live twice. Once when we stop breathing, and again when the last person who knew us says our name for the last time. Death isn't the end. Being forgotten is…"

Hope is a good thing, perhaps the best of things, and no good thing ever truly dies.

Theme: The things that leave us dissatisfied in real life are beyond our power to change. Even when we're small and powerless, all we can do is rage helplessly. I can only bring these feelings to life in the world of my novel.