Broken Soul {Cyberpunk 2077 fanfic}

Chapter 3

Penthouse
City Centre
01:32am

It's been a day and I still haven't found this Jackie Welles. Finding out the location of a person I don't know is harder than it seems. Especially the fact that I have no clue how he looks.

Rubbing my tired eyes I turn to the large monitor.

Let's do this.

I decide to look through the camera feed. Luckily it was on the computer. However, no progress. Looking through the different cameras make me realise how much gunfights happen in Night City. But still no information regarding Jackie Welles.

Bzzt...bzzt

"Yoshi, you should be asleep," I answer my telecommunication cybermodem. Personally I would say the most convenient way to contact people. Automatically answering calls without having to do anything.

I remember uncle Yorinobu mentioning how they used to use cell phones back then. This makes me shiver at the thought. My mother gave me the cybermodem. She said it's not something that you can just buy in some shop.

"Just making sure you're okay, I wasn't sure if you were coming back...you've never been out this late," He sighs. I clear my throat.

"Just helping my mother with some work," I mumble out, not really intending to tell him the details.

"Well don't let me keep yo-"

"-wait can I ask you something quick?" A thought enters my mind. I could ask Yoshi for help in a subtle way.

"I'm looking for...a friend and I can't find them,"

"Don't you have their contact-"

"-that's the thing...I lost it," I cut him off. Hoping he believes me, I hold my breath for a second.

"You don't lose things Y/n," He clarifies suspiciously. I release a breath.

"Yoshi please..." Yoshi ask too much questions sometimes.

"Alright, can I have your friend's name, maybe I can ask around-"

"No!" I tell hurriedly. If Yoshi knows who Jackie Welles is, it might help but it's probably best he doesn't know.

"Uhuh, okay don't tell me, but I'm not sure how I can help then..." I furrow my eyebrows. There has to be a way I can gain his help without raising suspicion.

"There has to be a way to find them, Yoshi you have to help me," I sigh desperately.

"Use the NET." He deadpans. I roll my eyes. As if I hadn't thought about that.

"The NET is always being supervised by the authorities.." I mumble out. This makes me remember how grandpa Saburo always mentioned how the NET was a horrible use of technology.

"Well you can use the NET anonymously if you have use your cybermodem, just jack into it when it's connected to your computer and let it do the rest," Yoshi informs me. Wow that helps a lot.

"Thanks Yoshi," I hang up. Now with let's hope this goes according to plan. Following Yoshi's instructions, I jack into the cybermodem and wait. Immediately my screen changes.