This must have been a long time ago.
Of course, it was much later than 2045, no, even later than 55.
Maybe it wasn't even the 21st century anymore.
But compared to "now," it was "a long time ago."
When the "resistance against tyranny" just began.
When they had just decided to package this "violence" with the more imaginatively accessible cultural element of "chivalry."
When they had just unfurled the banner of "Jianghu."
At that time, the earliest heroes had nothing but a cave in a mountain area in Eastern Europe.
Besides that, the only thing they could rely on was the high-performance prosthetic bodies they wore.
After all, everyone had once been wealthy and were technology enthusiasts, mostly following the "highest standards."
It wasn't until the return of a "top hacker" that they could modify records undetectably across the entire net and, relying on a powerful logistics system, gradually acquire controlled parts, weapons.
