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He recognizes the Sandevistan on video and notices that, unlike the previous owner, David is not suffering from cyberpsychosis.

Perhaps it would be useful to bring him in as a tester.

On the Subway, David catches Lucy stealing chips from the passengers.

David takes advantage of his new tech to get revenge on his bully. Doing it at school gets him expelled, of course, but that's not the problem. His Sandevistan augment is visible on camera, and his bully is the son of Mr. Arasaka, head honcho of a major corp.

Did you know cremation costs over $1000 in the real world today? God only knows how much it costs in Night City.

No one will buy the cyberware for a reasonable fraction of its value. David decides to install it instead.

Among his mother's things from the hospital is a suspicious piece of cyberware.

David scrambles for money to cover the debts.

The next day is worse: bullies beat him up in an attempt to make him drop out of school, and his mother takes a turn for the worse.

On the way back from school, they're caught in the crossfire of a drive by shooting. David's mom is in the hospital, and David is stuck with the bill. Also, he's locked out of the apartment because the rent is late.

David's mom is a paramedic and was at the scene with the cyberspycho.

David's bootleg gear is infected with a virus and brings down the school network. They're now on the hook for 10x as much as the upgrade would have cost.

A VR recording of the fight is stolen, and our boy, David, is enjoying (?) the experience.

David argues with his mother about an upgrade he needs for school. He says Doc has hooked him up. She wants him to buy it legitimately.

We open on a cyberpsycho slaughtering cops. His enhanced spine gives him outrageous reflexes and speed, but even that can't save him when police hackers disable his systems. The cops provide enough firepower to get past his defenses and kill him.

You can watch this on Netflix.

The last two installments of _Ghost in the Shell_ forgot what they were doing. Maybe a TTRPG can pick up the flag and run with it.

_Cyberpunk: Edgerunners_

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