Chapter 1

[Notification: Your apartment rent has been overdue for one month and five days. According to the agreement drafted on 2076/06/04, in 25 days our company will forcibly reclaim all property within your apartment and freeze your access card. Please make your payment in time. — Sender: Hengda Property Management Corp. | Recipient: Lin Mo]

[Dear Mr. Lin Mo, Company ID #102512 — Due to your recent unauthorized absence, and a total of five missed workdays over your three-year employment, your position has been terminated in accordance with company policy. Furthermore, your absence resulted in the failure of a key contract, causing damages totaling 35,000 eddies — which you are now liable for. We have initiated repossession procedures. All external cyberware has been confiscated, and your personal accounts have been frozen. You are required to pay the remaining debt of 26,000 eddies within five days, or a professional debt collection team will be dispatched to your residence. — Sender: Weixue Corporation | Recipient: Lin Mo]

[Yo, bro — the BD you ordered just got dropped at your door. Not gonna lie, this new reel is insane — three white-haired, red-eyed babes in all kinds of uniforms. Absolute heaven. Your taste? God-tier. — Sender: Li Weiko | Recipient: Lin Mo]