It was 10 p.m. when Xu Yang pulled over at a gaming arcade on Highway 90. He had already paid remotely, started up a virtual reality pod machine, and seated himself in it, connecting the machine to his neural wires. He expertly tampered with most of the service agreement, making it anonymous and confidential.
Inside the virtual pod, there were preset avatars. He chose a nondescript default male appearance, then used an access code shared by Kirino Reisei to enter a private meeting area.
He closed his eyes, waiting for the neural tuning process. Electronic circuits connected with biological neurons began transmitting and recoding photoelectric signals. Since he had pre-installed Digital Mind, this process was extremely fast.
