Augmenter A.K.’s fingertip brushed against the layered texture of the blade’s surface🔹; etched neon rain splashed against the chrome-alloy curtain wall outside, shattering into fine silver mist🌧️. This 3D-printed blue-blade is his secret weapon—a custom-made trump card for newcomers to the underground fighting arena🛠️. Back in the old days, metal daggers had long since been reduced to inert scrap by electromagnetic pulse fields controlled by corporations🧲; but this polymer-composite blade won’t set off the city’s security scanners or metal detectors🚇. Its hollowed-out design cuts weight by 40%, while the vertical grooves on the handle are perfectly tailored to fit a modified neural prosthetic hand🤖, ensuring it never slips on the slick, anti-slip-treated fighting ring💦. A.K. slid the blade across the walnut bar, and the newcomer in her retrofit work suit instantly locked her fingers into the grip groove; the implanted holographic aiming reticle in her pupil automatically locked onto the blade’s center of gravity🔍. “Underground fights in Night City’s North District don’t allow firearms,” A.K. said, tapping his cold-silver–shimmering half-eye👁️. Through the rain-soaked haze, a flying car from the Arasaka Corporation swept by with its blue searchlights💡, and the blade’s pale-blue sheen blended seamlessly into the bar’s shadow—no one could tell that this unassuming plastic blue blade would, just three days later, bring down the entire illicit cybernetic trade network in the North District🌪️.