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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Cyberpunk Chivalry","slug":"cyberpunk-chivalry-p6gszfpm","original_title":"Cyberpunk Hyeopgaekjeon - 사이버펑크 협객전 - Cyberpunk Swordsman - Pendekar Pedang Cyberpunk - จอมยุทธ์ไซเบอร์พังก์ - ตำนานจอมยุทธ์ไซเบอร์พังก์"},"chapter":{"number":3,"chapter_key":"3-2ur59c","release_date":"2026-11-08","last_updated":"2026-11-08T15:24:10.709Z","summary":"In Cyberpunk Chivalry Chapter 3, Ash and Akina come to Santa Claude's bar to get the letter of recommendation needed to become a Vanguard. After the introduction of Sanctum's order protected by the Veil, Z.O.T, and citizenship ranks, former Vanguard Santa decides to test Ash's skill outside after learning that Akina is a technomancer.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Cyberpunk Chivalry Chapter 3, Ash and Akina come to Santa Claude's bar to get the letter of recommendation needed to become a Vanguard. After the introduction of Sanctum's order protected by the Veil, Z.O.T, and citizenship ranks, former Vanguard Santa decides to test Ash's skill outside after learning that Akina is a technomancer.","key_events":["Ash and Akina visit Santa's bar to ask former Vanguard Santa Claude for a recommendation letter.","Santa Claude performs surgery in bar; Ash senses electromagnetic field from his cyberware.","Santa Claude demands a test of Ash's skill outside to prove he is a capable teammate.","Ash finds Sanctum dazzling, lively and alien while hearing complaint about breathing fee hike.","Akina reveals Vanguards split into Strikers and Technomancers and confirms she is a Technomancer.","Ash pledges to accompany Akina as Vanguard to repay his life debt to her.","Sanctum introductory broadcast explains Veil barrier, Z.O.T surveillance, citizenship ranks, and Vanguard recruitment."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WELCOME TO SANCTUM.\nSANCTUM\nHUMANITY'S LAST LIGHT, A CITY OF ORDER AND SAFETY! THE CRADLE OF YOUR TOMORROW!\nSANCTUM\nWORRIED ABOUT ION STORMS? FEAR NOT!\nSANCTUM\nSANCTUM IS SAFE!\nTHANKS TO OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART PLASMA BARRIER, , THE CITY ENJOYS COMPLETE PROTECTION AROUND THE CLOCK\n\n※ TRAVEL BEYOND THE VEIL IS RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED PATHFINDERS AND DESIGNATED PERSONNEL. ※ UNAUTHORIZED DEPARTURE MAY RESULT IN AN ADJUSTMENT TO YOUR CITIZEN RANK\nSANCTUM\nOUR CITYWIDE AI MONITORING SYSTEM, [Z. O. T], GUARANTEES YOUR SAFETY IN EVERYDAY LIFE.\nYOU NEED NEVER FEAR CRIME AGAIN.\nSANCTUM\nPOTENTIAL DISTURBANCES ARE DETECTED IN ADVANCE, AND THREATS ARE SWIFTLY ISOLATED.\n※ CITIZENS ARE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR EFFICIENT CITY MANAGEMENT. ※ MONITORING RECORDS MAY BE RETAINED PERMANENTLY FOR CITIZENS' SAFETY.\nSANCTUM\n\nTHE DREAM OF A HOME OF YOUR OWN! FULLY EQUIPPED HOUSING AND AMENITIES TAILORED TO EVERY CITIZEN RANK!\nYOUR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL NEVER GO UNREWARDED!\n※ CITIZEN RANKS ARE ADJUSTED MONTHLY BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION ASSESSMENTS. ※ A REDUCTION IN RANK MAY RESTRICT ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS, MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, AND FOOD RATIONS.\nSANCTUM\n★PATHFINDER RECRUITMENT IS ALWAYS OPEN!★ UNEARTH FORGOTTEN LEGACIES AND CLAIM THE REWARDS YOU DESERVE!\nSANCTUM\nSANCTUM\n\nYOU ARE SANCTUM'S HERO!\nSANCTUM\nTHE SANCTUM ADMINISTRATION IS YOUR FRIEND\nSANCTUM\nMR. ASH!!\n\nI hear they're raising the breathing fee again? How much are they going to squeeze out of us in the name of protection?\nWHAT ARE YOU STANDING AROUND STARING AT?\nI WAS TAKING IN THE VIEW. IT IS SO UNFAMILIAR TO ME.\n\nHAHA. PRETTY DAZZLING, ISN'T IT?\nINDEED IT IS.\nTHIS PLACE, AGLOW WITH A LIGHT OF ITS OWN,\nIS UNLIKE ANYWHERE I HAVE EVER LIVED.\nBRILLIANT,\nDAZZLING,\n\nAND UTTERLY ALIEN.\nYET NOT A SINGLE PAIR OF EYES IS LIFELESS.\nTHIS CITY\nIS ALIVE.\n\nINDEED IT IS. WHAT A WONDROUS WORLD.\nLET'S GO, MR. ASH.\n\nMISS AKINA.\nYES?\nARE YOU CERTAIN THIS IS THE PLACE?\n\nYES, THIS IS IT. WHY?\nDID YOU NOT SAY IT WAS AN INN?\n\nWHAT'S AN INN? THIS IS A BAR.\nThat is what I meant.\n...THOUGH IT LOOKS LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR WORKSHOP.\nAH! AAARGH! THAT HURTS!!!\n\nAAARGH! YOU CRAZY OLD BASTARD!!\nARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!\nI said it hurts!!\nSUCK IT UP. I'M ALMOST DONE.\n\nTHEN AT LEAST TURN OFF THE MUSIC! IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!\nWHAT? CAN'T HEAR YOU.\nAAAGH!!!!!!\nGRANDPA SANTA!!\n\nUgh... My arm...\nDAMN IT. YOU ACTUALLY WENT AND DID IT. ME AND MY BIG MOUTH.\nYOU STAY RIGHT HERE! DON'T GO ANYWHERE!\nACK\n\nIS THAT OLD GENTLEMAN THE ONE YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, MISS AKINA?\nTHAT'S RIGHT.\nI UNDERSTOOD HE WAS AN INNKEEPER. WHY IS HE PERFORMING SURGERY?\nUM... BECAUSE HE CAN?\n\nGRANDPA SANTA KNOWS HOW TO DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS.\nOH?\nHE SAYS HE PICKED UP ALL KINDS OF SKILLS BACK WHEN HE WAS A PATHFINDER.\nSO HE SELLS WEAPONS, FIXES CARS, PERFORMS SURGERY, INSTALLS CYBERWARE...\n...YOU GET THE IDEA.\n\nGODDAMN IT!! SEE IF I EVER COME BACK!!!\n\nHEY, GRANDPA! HOW ARE YOU?!\nHOW AM I? NOT TOO DAMN GOOD.\n\nTHE FAINT FLOW OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EMANATING FROM HIS CYBERWARE.\n\nHE IS NO ORDINARY MAN.\nSO,\n\nTHIS IS YOUR ANSWER?\nCOME ON, INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.\nTHIS IS GRANDPA SANTA. AND THIS IS MR. ASH.\nI AM ASH.\nSANTA CLAUDE. BARTENDER.\n\nANYWAY! YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU TOLD ME LAST TIME, RIGHT, GRANDPA?\n\nNOW WRITE ME THAT RECOMMENDATION.\nSO, YOU'RE STILL SET ON BECOMING A PATHFINDER?\nOF COURSE!\n...WITH THIS SCRAP-HEAP HUMANOID AS YOUR ONLY TEAMMATE?\n\nMR. ASH IS NOT A SCRAP HEAP! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW GOOD HE IS IN A FIGHT?\nHE WENT WHOOSH, WHOOSH, AND SLICED A GUY CLEAN IN TWO!\nLike this, see? Like this!\nI MEAN, CAN YOU IMAGINE CUTTING THROUGH SOMEONE WITH A PIPE? HOW COOL IS THAT? ISN'T THAT AMAZING?!!\nSO HURRY UP AND WRITE IT. MY. RECOMMENDATION.\n\nOH BOY... WHAT DO I DO NOW?\nI ONLY MADE THAT PROMISE BECAUSE I FIGURED...\nNO ONE WOULD TEAM UP WITH A LITTLE SQUIRT LIKE HER...\n\nNEVER DREAMED SHE'D BUILD HER OWN TEAMMATE AND BRING HIM ALONG.\nME AND MY BIG MOUTH. MY BIG, FAT MOUTH.\n\nNOW THEN, ASH, WAS IT?\nAS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, THIS KID\nWANTS TO BECOME A PATHFINDER WITH YOU AS HER TEAMMATE.\n\nHONESTLY, I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. THE OUTER IS ONE HELL OF A DANGEROUS PLACE.\nI AGREE.\nI, TOO, HAVE ONLY JUST LEARNED OF MISS AKINA'S INTENTIONS.\nJUST AS I THOUGHT. HE WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT THE KID IN DANGER.\n\nBUT...\nI OWE MISS AKINA A DEBT OF GRATITUDE.\nSHOULD NOT EVERY HUMAN BEING KNOW TO REPAY THE KINDNESS SHOWN TO THEM?\nHuh? Human? Kindness?\n\nBECOMING A PATHFINDER WAS CERTAINLY UNEXPECTED, BUT IT CHANGES NOTHING.\nI AM DUTY-BOUND TO REPAY HER KINDNESS,\nSO I SEE NO REASON NOT TO ACCOMPANY HER.\n...WHY'S YOUR FRIEND SO DAMN ELOQUENT?\n\nHE DOES HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS.\nA DEBT OF GRATITUDE, HUH...\nALL RIGHT. IF THAT'S HOW IT IS, SO BE IT.\n\nAKINA!\nYOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN OUR DEAL, HAVE YOU?\nI SAID I'D WRITE YOU A RECOMMENDATION IF YOU BROUGHT ME A \"CAPABLE TEAMMATE.\"\nTHAT'S WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU! HE TOOK OUT THOSE R.E.S.T GUYS ALL BY HIMSELF...\n\nI'LL NEED MORE THAN YOUR WORD FOR IT.\nCOME OUTSIDE. LET'S SEE JUST HOW CAPABLE YOU ARE.\n\nMISTER!!\nARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS? SHOULD WE CALL IT OFF WHILE WE STILL CAN?\n\nTHERE IS NO NEED.\nYOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. GRANDPA SANTA IS SERIOUSLY STRONG!\nHE'S FAMOUS AROUND HERE!\n\nI'LL JUST FIND ANOTHER WAY.\nI'LL GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM SOMEONE ELSE. NO BIG DEAL.\nYOU'RE BEING SO PETTY...\n\nMISS AKINA.\nYES?\nSOMETHING HAS BEEN PUZZLING ME.\nI THOUGHT ANYONE COULD BECOME A PATHFINDER.\nWHY, THEN, DO YOU NEED A RECOMMENDATION?\nWELL...\nPATHFINDERS FALL INTO TWO BROAD CATEGORIES.\n\nASSAULTS, WHO HANDLE COMBAT.\n\nAND TECHNOMANCERS, WHO EXTRACT DATA FROM ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS.\nAS FOR ASSAULTS, ANYONE WHO CAN SHOOT OR SWING A BLADE WILL DO.\nBUT TECHNOMANCERS ARE DIFFERENT.\nTHEY'RE EXTREMELY VALUABLE.\n\nYOU SEE, THESE TECHNOMANCERS...\nARE HUMAN COMPUTERS WHO BEAT INCREDIBLE ODDS TO SURVIVE CYBERBRAIN CONVERSION.\nTHEY USE THOSE ELECTRONIC BRAINS TO ACCESS THE CYBERSPACE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS.\n\nTHEIR JOB IS TO EXTRACT CAREFULLY HIDDEN DATA AND RESTORE FORGOTTEN TECHNOLOGY.\nTHE PROBLEM IS, THEY POUR ALL THEIR RESOURCES INTO THE CYBERBRAIN MODULE,\nSO THEY CAN'T INSTALL ANY OTHER CYBERWARE.\n\nTHEY'RE SO FRAGILE THAT EVEN STAYING ALIVE IS A STRUGGLE, NEVER MIND FIGHTING.\nI, TOO, AM FAMILIAR WITH HOW PATHFINDERS OPERATE.\n\nIS THAT NOT WHY RENOWNED TECHNOMANCERS HIRE ASSAULTS?\nTO PROTECT THEM.\nBUT WHAT DOES THIS CONVERSATION HAVE TO DO WITH...\n...MISS AKINA, ARE YOU A TECHNOMANCER?!\n\nWouldn't it be stranger if I were an Assault?\nYES, I AM.\n\nNOW DO YOU SEE WHY SHE NEEDS A RECOMMENDATION?\nWE CAN'T LET A VALUABLE TECHNOMANCER LIKE THE KID DIE A POINTLESS DEATH.\nTHEY HAVE TO WORK AS A TEAM WITH A SKILLED ASSAULT.\n\nAND AN OLD-TIMER LIKE ME HAS TO VOUCH THAT THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH TO STAY ALIVE...\nBEFORE THEY GET APPROVED.\nDOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS?\n...IT DOES.\n\nTHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THIS SPARRING MATCH?\nCOMPLETELY.\n\nGOOD. SHALL WE BEGIN?","bubble_count":167,"pages_count":48,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Cyberpunk Chivalry Chapter 3, Ash and Akina come to Santa Claude's bar to get the letter of recommendation needed to become a Vanguard.","spoiler_summary":"In Cyberpunk Chivalry Chapter 3, Ash and Akina come to Santa Claude's bar to get the letter of recommendation needed to become a Vanguard. After the introduction of Sanctum's order protected by the Veil, Z.O.T, and citizenship ranks, former Vanguard Santa decides to test Ash's skill outside after learning that Akina is a technomancer."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/cyberpunk-chivalry-p6gszfpm/chapter-3-2ur59c","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Cyberpunk Chivalry #3","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-08T16:28:58.604Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/cyberpunk-chivalry-p6gszfpm"}}