"Protocol… initiating. Commencing… Damn! It repeats every time—so annoying!" The robot in front let out a very resentful voice.
Seele's eyes widened:
"What did this robot just say?"
March 7th's pink-blue eyes were also full of surprise:
"This guy… seems to have a really bad temper…"
Off to the side, the three people wearing balaclavas watched the robot with rather displeased expressions.
It seemed that because the certain someone was wearing a balaclava, the robot didn't trigger an alarm after scanning him.
Sampo raised his hand:
"Wait a second—wasn't our plan already a failure? Boss, why are the two of us still wearing balaclavas!"
Zeig smiled: "Hm, if you don't wear them, my heart will feel very unbalanced! I can't guarantee what might happen then."
Sampo: "…"
Dan Heng's eyes beneath the black balaclava stared at the serious robot:
"This should be the second robot. I hope nothing goes wrong."
The irritable robot glanced at everyone and complained in a emotionless electronic voice:
"So annoying—let's get this over with quickly. Do you have level-one authentication? If not, get lost already. Don't waste my damn time…"
Hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in March 7th's eyes. She quickly pulled out her AK, pressed it against the irritable robot's head, and said coldly, word by word:
"Care to say that again?"
"I… I meant, the weather today is quite nice—perfect for authentication…" The emotionless mechanical voice immediately sounded.
"…"
Then, under everyone's gaze, March 7th showed the irritable robot the authentication in her hand.
"See it? If you see it, hurry up and start!" A certain someone said even more irritably.
"…"
"Yes, yes, yes. Fine, fine… I was wrong. I'm going to ask the question—listen carefully…"
The emotionless mechanical voice asked: "Question—Which part should the microcrystal unit be connected to?"
March 7th turned back and asked Dan Heng:
"Hey, Dan Heng—which part does it connect to?"
Dan Heng paused for a moment, his gaze deep beneath the balaclava:
"Hm… I'm not entirely sure either."
March 7th helplessly looked at the others:
"What about you guys? Anyone know?"
Everyone looked at each other, dumbfounded.
Sampo, wearing the black balaclava, suggested:
"Well, how about we go ask around again!"
"Hm, do we have to rely on asking every time? This question clearly isn't some internal gossip, right? Zeig, where's your phone? Hurry up and search!"
Reminded by March 7th, Zeig's eyes suddenly lit up:
"That's right—allow me to open Little Ape Exam Search. It's time to showcase my intelligence!"
Zeig pulled out his phone from his pocket, tapped wildly, and finally read aloud:
"Hiss… why are the questions so different? That's not the one I typed."
March 7th crossed her arms and urged:
"Is your intelligence reliable or not?"
Zeig waved his hand and continued:
"Wait a sec—I'll try Baidu search."
Zeig tapped wildly again, then read:
"Oh, there's a Baidu answer here that says it's the heat dissipation substrate!"
"Heat dissipation substrate, got it."
Then, March 7th reported the answer to the irritable robot.
After hearing the answer, the irritable robot turned away in disdain, back facing March 7th, its emotionless mechanical voice filled with disappointment:
"You can't even answer this? Trash. Come back after a few more years of school!"
March 7th's eyes widened:
"???"
"WDNMD?? Zeig, where's your intelligence? You can search and still get it wrong?!"
"Yeah! A bunch of people under that answer are cursing the poster for being an idiot." Zeig said matter-of-factly.
March 7th: "…"
No choice.
A massive burst of gunfire erupted at the scene.
"Clang clang clang clang clang—"
Countless bullets poured into the robot's body, producing a dense, rain-like roar.
Empty shells fell to the ground one after another, smoke rising everywhere.
Under the relentless barrage from Seele, Bronya, and March 7th, the irritable robot finally begged for mercy in the hail of bullets:
"Wait… stop shooting."
The emotionless mechanical voice now sounded pitiful:
"If you keep shooting… I'm going to die."
Only then did the three lower their gun barrels in unison.
Seele stared at the AK in her hands and praised:
"My god, this thing is really satisfying to use!"
Zeig was very disdainful:
"Tch, using it without a balaclava lacks soul!"
Sampo nodded vigorously and took three more black balaclavas from Zeig, offering them to the three girls:
"Here, here—one family should be neat and uniform."
But in return, he got a burst from March 7th that sent all three balaclavas flying.
"Get lost—who's wearing that crap with you? We're agents of justice—wearing that stuff would be a total loss of face!"
The irritable robot urged: "Hey… hurry up and stick your hand out—annoying as hell…"
Everyone's gazes turned simultaneously to March 7th, who was holding the AK.
The latter exclaimed:
"No way—why me again? It hurts a lot!"
When March 7th pulled her hand back from the irritable robot, she couldn't help sighing:
"Ouch—ow ow ow!!"
"Alright, one more authentication step left. Hurry up and go… I never want to see you again…" The emotionless mechanical voice urged once more.
Seeing March 7th raise her AK, the robot quickly scurried away.
"Heh, gotta say—this thing of yours is pretty effective, huh!" March 7th praised.
The three villains fell silent.
Ever since their AKs were confiscated, the three of them had been under strict surveillance—not allowed out of sight for a moment.
Because March 7th and Seele always felt that these three villains still wanted to kidnap Clara.
As for Bronya, though she didn't say much, she stood on the side of the other two.
She didn't want Zeig and the others to use such an extreme method to help Belobog—it would leave them with a tarnished reputation.
Thus, under the escort of the three girls, the three villains also followed to the final authentication.
March 7th said confidently:
"Hm, look! We've passed two checkpoints—this is the last authentication! It's going smoothly!"
Bronya nodded:
"Yes, these questions are still quite simple. Even if we can't answer, displaying force can get us through."
Dan Heng looked at the final authentication robot and said calmly:
"First, go scan the previous authentications on it."
When March 7th stepped forward, the entire authentication robot trembled nonstop, its parts buzzing loudly, giving everyone a very bad feeling.
Seele stared at the robot:
"This guy's acting weird!"
When March 7th showed it the previous authentications, a strange mechanical voice sounded:
"Protocol… in-in-in-in… in-ji ji ji ji…"
"Startup failed, attempting repair… shoo shoo shoo shoo… fu fu fu fu…"
Malfunctioning robot: "Shoo shoo shoo shoo…"
Zeig: "Ji ji ji ji~"
Malfunctioning robot: "Fu fu fu fu…"
Zeig: "Bei bei bei bei~"
Bronya stared at the robot's state, silently raising her gun, and said in a low voice:
"This doesn't look good…"
"Repair failed… core module damaged… external threat detected…" The emotionless mechanical voice trembled.
Suddenly, its gaze swept toward Zeig.
"Similarity… 99%… High-risk unit detected… Help… help…"
To everyone's surprise, the robot actually turned and ran!
"???"
…