Electronic Nezha

Chapter 59 Talking Point
When I heard Hao Hao say those words, I wasn't too surprised, but I had mixed feelings.

To be honest, I only understood a limited part of Liu Zhenhua's theory. I only understood that this combat chip is a powerful engine that can grant anyone powerful combat abilities upon contact with it. Hao Hao's awakening of human instincts is just a side effect of it.

In other words, Hao Hao is now a physical body with a vague sense of consciousness, but he is not Hao Hao. He doesn't know his own origins, nor does he know who the woman in the house who raised him with such hardship is. If this world is X, then he is the extra person, X+1.

I still asked, "Do you know who you are?"

"I don't know," Hao Hao said honestly. "I only know that this body had a problem before. I can only speak because of the thing I eat. I don't want to go back to that state. I want to speak. I want to know what the next thing that goes into my mouth is called and what it tastes like—" He whispered, "I have nothing left to chew. Give me another one."

I peeled another tangerine and handed it to him. Hao Hao put it in his mouth and said, "This is really delicious. What's it called?"

“You’ll find out eventually,” I said. Then I asked, “How well do you know about general knowledge?”

“It’s strange, some things are known naturally, while others are a complete blank.”

I thought about it, and it seems that his chip has knowledge related to combat stored in it, but he has to learn everything about daily life from scratch, similar to Ouyang Feng who practiced the Nine Yin Manual in reverse.

Hao Hao said, "The person you call Aunt Xu teaches me common sense wherever she goes. She knows I won't react, so why does she keep repeating it over and over again?"

"Because she's your mother!"

"Oh, I'm out of things, give me another one." He had to chew on a tangerine to cover up his words.

"Cheer slowly, I have a lot to tell you."

"Okay, number 0."

"You don't need to call me Number 0, just call me Brother Feng from now on."

"Ok."

"Do you know why you're following me?"

"I will protect you at all costs."

I got goosebumps all over.

Hao Hao suddenly frowned, pursed his lips as if to spit out the seeds of the tangerine. It's normal for these things to have seeds, and the seeds are bitter.

"Don't vomit!"

Hao Hao swallowed it without saying a word.

"You need to pay attention to these details in the future, so that no one notices anything amiss, especially in front of your mother."

"Why can't we tell her the truth? She's very weak, and I can help her."

"Because you are not her son."

"Brother Feng, didn't you say she's my mother? How come I'm not her son?"

"It's complicated," I said. "We need to take things slowly. You'll have to stay with your mom for a while, so you'll have to put up with the awkwardness."

"Oh, okay, my requirements for life are very simple. If I can't talk, I won't talk. Actually, I don't like to talk much anyway." That's the good thing about combat chips. They can fight but don't talk. If Xiao Wu had to interact with people every day but wasn't allowed to talk, he'd probably die right here.

I said, "One last question: what do you want me to do when you eat that stuff comes out of your stomach?" That's the most troublesome thing. We've agreed on it now, but I can't go to the toilet with him, can I? Even if Aunt Xu allows it, what happens after he poops out... let's not discuss that, shall we?

Hao Hao said, "I can control every part of my body, every muscle fiber. I can clearly sense where it is inside my body, and as long as I don't want it to leave, it won't leave." "Awesome! Then there's no problem."

"Q."

"Ok?"

"I still want to follow you as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll think of a way."

We have a lot of cardboard boxes in our house, piled up here and there. The reason we haven't given them to Aunt Xu isn't because we're reluctant to part with them, but because they have all sorts of strange uses. Sometimes we use them as tables when we order takeout, and occasionally they become cushions when other vendors come over to play cards. In the summer, when Old Wang finds his wire bed too hot, they can also be his bed...

Aunt Xu was panting heavily after tidying up for a while, so Lao Wang went in to help her carry things, jokingly saying, "Aunt Xu, you need to exercise. You should start doing square dancing."

Aunt Xu said, "I don't have that kind of luck. I'd be lucky if I could live another ten years without getting sick or suffering any disasters."

Li Ping said, "Look at what you're saying. Hao Hao will still be young in ten years. What will happen to him if you leave?"

Aunt Xu smiled and said naturally, "I've already thought it through. When I leave, I'll take him with me. That way, he'll suffer less and won't cause trouble for the country or anyone else."

Old Wang and Li Ping were both taken aback. Even with their ability to ramble on and on, they couldn't find a topic to change the subject.

Hao Hao was horrified when he heard this and complained to me, "Brother Feng, she's taking me away!"

"Shut up."

As soon as Aunt Xu said that, all the mystery and doubt about Hao Hao's whereabouts disappeared. The person who should have been consulted most on this matter was Aunt Xu.

With Hao Hao around, Aunt Xu might live for another ten or twenty years, but without Hao Hao, she can't live a single day.

This matter needs to be carefully considered!
With the last bit of tangerine still in his mouth, Hao Hao whispered, "Brother Feng, what about your safety when I'm not around?"

My only hope is that Sun Zhancheng and his men won't have time to come looking for me. But really, there's nothing I can do. After witnessing how the police handle disputes between ordinary people and mentally challenged individuals, I don't really want Liu Zhenhua to get me another chip. In this day and age, with cameras everywhere, the problems that force can solve are very limited.

If I had made the move at noon, Sun Zhancheng and his buddies might have been able to extort some money from me, increasing their net worth by a certain percentage...

Seeing that I didn't speak, Hao Hao continued, "I'm quite sensitive to vibrations from certain sounds, like those tin whistles. Aunt Xu and I only live within these two kilometers. Next time you encounter danger, you can blow the whistle, but it would be best if you could stick to a specific tune. Otherwise, I'll rush over to whoever blows it, which wouldn't be good."

Aunt Xu came out carrying a pile of cardboard boxes. I said, "I'll think about it when I get back, and we'll talk about it next time we meet."

Hao Hao and I were standing there peeling a huge pile of orange peels, which became our "talking topic." When Aunt Xu saw this, she said to me, "Brother Liu, you've gone to so much trouble."

Old Wang took an Aksu apple from the opened box and was about to throw it to Hao Hao, but luckily he reacted in time and stuffed it into Hao Hao's hand.

"Haohao, you should say thank you if you take something from someone," Aunt Xu taught her son common sense as usual.

I took the last chance to get close to Hao Hao and said to him, "If your mom can't take care of you, you'll have to eat the pit too!"

Aunt Xu led Hao Hao away to another place.

Old Wang swept up the orange peels on the ground and said, "Don't let an idiot eat like that, what if he turns into a little yellow man?"

I thought to myself that we hadn't gotten anything out of this conversation. If we were to have a long talk, we'd probably end up with a whole bunch of tangerines.

(End of this chapter)