Waves of pain washed over her, as though someone were driving steel needles into her scalp. Yucas struggled to open her eyes, only to find darkness before her... Rather than darkness, though, it was the flickering display of old equipment that had gone too long without maintenance.
The intense flickering left her unable to tell where she was for a moment. The virus was still affecting her, and she could distinctly feel the weakness coming from every part of her body.
"Fucking pieces of junk."
Yucas couldn't help swearing.
Most of her cybernetic implants had been purchased after the cruise ship incident. Ever since Jonas had gotten her that time, she had been particularly concerned about neurotoxins. Getting cybernetic implants had been a way to mitigate their negative effects to some extent.
Yet she had never expected that the next time she lost consciousness, it wouldn't be because of a biological neurotoxin, but because someone had hacked her implants and caused them to malfunction.
Remembering how the Cybernetics Doctor had told her she would no longer need to fear any kind of toxin when she had the Cybernetic Regulation Chip implanted, Yucas couldn't help wanting to call that doctor a swindler.
"Ah, Miss Yucas seems to be doing quite well."
A voice came from beside her. Although the virus had affected her hearing, she could still make out what the speaker had said.
Rubbing her head to ease the symptoms, she calmly asked:
"What exactly do you want?"
Although all five of her senses had been affected, her mind had not. Even now, she could still think calmly.
"To use you as a bargaining chip and see whether Mr. Jonas is willing to pay a price for you."
Noel's voice remained calm. Because of the virus, Yucas couldn't tell where