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In the year 2177, the city of Neo-Tokyo buzzed with the hum of a million machines and the neon glow of holographic advertisements. The skies were perpetually overcast, a hazy orange hue masking the sun, a remnant of the decades-long climate catastrophe. Towering spires of steel and glass reached toward the heavens, home to the elite who controlled the corporations and lived far above the polluted streets below.

Kai, a rogue netrunner, weaved through the throngs of people in the bustling Shibuya district. His cybernetic eyes scanned the faces in the crowd, identifying potential threats and opportunities in a split second. Kai's target was Aria, a renowned AI engineer rumored to have developed a prototype that could change the balance of power in the city—a true artificial intelligence capable of independent thought.

The resistance, a ragtag group of rebels fighting against corporate tyranny, had hired Kai to extract Aria from the clutches of NeonCorp, the most powerful...