Node-Taker 「ノードテイカー」

Infamous hacker Joben Gima turned the New Japan government on its head with an ingenious scheme. Now, living under an alias, he's decided to die quietly working at a convenience store.

That is, until a femme fatale dead-set on dominating New Japan's cybernetics industry finds out where he's been hiding and takes him under her wing. Now, with his original body held as collateral Joben must commit to a life of espionage, subterfuge, and deciet if he has any hope of returning his life to normal.

Will be manage to survive the seedy world of New Japan's corporate underworld? Can he maintain his sanity as three separate personalities threaten to pull his mind apart? Or will the experience of living in a beautiful female body change the person he is... forever?

Cyberpunk! Espionage! Nyotaika! All this and more in... Node-Taker!

Prompt: Cyberpunk
Themes: High-tech, Dehumanization, Body Hacking, Corporate Wars, Antihero, Social Order Disruption, Dystopian Future, Countercultural, Metropolis, Cyborg, Reimaginization of Cultures, Neo Tokyo

Prompt: Cyberpunk
Themes: High-tech, Dehumanization, Body Hacking, Corporate Wars, Antihero, Social Order Disruption, Dystopian Future, Countercultural, Metropolis, Cyborg, Reimaginization of Cultures, Neo Tokyo

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GenreCyberpunk
UpdatedAug 31, 2022
Chapters13
Writing StatusFinished
Word Count36,617
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