The ocean stretched endlessly, its blue layered beneath the sun, from turquoise to deep blue. In the distance, the sky and sea met.
Everyone stood at a different distance from the sky.
Those standing atop Arasaka Tower, those living in Skyscrapers, those in the short wooden houses of Santo Domingo, and those lying on the streets of Night City.
Everyone saw different things. Some saw Night City's dazzling excess, some saw the sky blocked by high-rises, and some-
had been blind since birth.
Because of Night City's severe environmental pollution and above-normal levels of nuclear radiation, people born with physical disabilities were a common sight.
But out on the ocean, where the sea stretched without end, it seemed as if everyone was the same distance from the horizon.
The waves rocked the ship. The ocean's distinctive, fishy salt smell was a little pungent to V, but she couldn't smell any engine oil or other machinery.
"Woo~"
A pod of dolphins called as they leaped out of the water and sprayed the people on the ship. They looked as if they were laughing-
[V: Holy shit, killer whales! Why can't I see their cybernetic implants?]
[Lier: Those are dolphins!]
[V: Huh? Are there any killer whales?]
[Lier: No!]
In the Cyberpunk World, some companies had developed Cybernetic Biological Combat Units for warfare. Simply put, they implanted cyberware in marine animals like dolphins and orcas, controlling them to carry out raids and attacks.
This tactic had achieved tremendous success. One Legend-Weyland the Snake-had even ridden one of these Cybernetic Organisms.
But in the Marvel Universe of the same era, animal rights groups were still working hard to tell people to reject animal performances.
[V: They look pretty cute. Hmm? Is this thing an octopus?]
V saw an octopus that had jumped onto