The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

So he really had no idea how the system would judge.

"But it has come to this..."

After a brief hesitation, the split blue slime immediately squirmed its round body and rushed towards the light curtain.

【Warning! You have crossed the permitted...】

Just as the clone crossed the light screen, the voice that suddenly appeared in his mind made Lin Qiao's heart skip a beat.

Fortunately, the system seemed to be stuck in the middle of speaking and suddenly stopped.

[Failed, no violation of rules, please continue the game]

The moment the system finished speaking, Lin Qiao had already made it clear that his next goal was to make big news.

Chapter 309 We Are Partners

"Lucy, dear~"

Just like in some anime when one calls a close person's name, Lin Qiao's deliberately elongated voice sounded extremely clear in the villa.

"Brother, I made you some delicious coffee. It's not bitter at all~"

"..."

However, facing someone's intimate call, the white-haired Lolita's attitude was unusually cold.

He just glanced with disdain at someone who was trying to perform a "little flying stick is coming" move, and then turned his head away silently.

Seeing this, Lin Qiao, who had made herself boring, shook her head helplessly.

Put the coffee in your hand on the coffee table...

Then he hesitated for a moment, and in line with the principle of not wasting, he drank the special Nebula coffee in one gulp.

Lucy, who saw this scene, looked at someone with even more disgust.

He returned to his room and slammed the door shut.

It was the second day since he returned to Night City after testing the system's range mechanics.

But Lucy has ignored him since yesterday.

——In a sense, he deserves it.

After all, he was talking nicely just now, but then he knocked the person out or something... Even though when the latter woke up, Lin Qiao had already brought her back from the Wild Wolf Bar.

For this hacker loli, the whole process was nothing more than a nap.

But from that time on, the child began to feel sulky about Lin Qiao.

——The specific manifestation is not talking to him or locking yourself in a room.

"Only this kind of angry behavior can make her act like a normal child..."

Lin Qiao sighed with a complicated feeling.

But before you lament about this kind of thing, you should think of a way to coax her.

I'd die without kisses and hugs from the cute white-haired loli... Well, it won't reach such an exaggerated level, but it's not a good thing to continue like this.

He walked to the door of the room and knocked gently.

dong dong dong-

"Lucy?" he asked tentatively.

But there was no response from inside.

Judging from the heat reaction in the room, she was lying in her bed.

The knock on the door just now only made her turn over.

Although with his ability, it was easy for him to pass through a wooden door which was only as thick as his little finger.

Or to put it more simply and conveniently, directly deleting the other party's related memories is also an effective method.

But Lin Qiao still chose this most cumbersome method.

dong dong dong.

He knocked gently on the door again.

"....What?"

After a long while, a small response came from inside.

"I just want to come in and talk to you... Can I come in?"

“…”

Lucy in the room did not make any response.

But after a few seconds, the locked automatic sensor door automatically opened to both sides - this was considered a consent.

Lin Qiao walked into the room.

Lucy was lying on the bed, with only the back of her head, which had been transformed by a prosthetic body, exposed to him.

As if to avoid a sleeping cat, Lin Qiao sat carefully by the bed.

"I'm really sorry about what happened yesterday."

".....Why apologize? Qiao didn't do anything wrong, did he?"

Listening to Lucy's angry words, Lin Qiao scratched his head.

He pulled the thin blanket up on her body.

The air conditioner in the room makes the temperature inside a little low. If you are not careful, you might catch a cold.

"Although I really want to say something like 'I'm doing this for your own good', but when I think about it, it would be too arrogant to ignore your opinion."

Imposing one's will on others, although Lin Qiao doesn't mind doing this, it's better to forget about it when it comes to one's relatives and friends.

"Anyway, I'm sorry for knocking you out so suddenly..."

"That's not the case. I'm not angry about this kind of thing...although I was a little angry at first."

Just when Lin Qiao was about to say something, Lucy suddenly spoke.

She, who had her back to Lin Qiao just now, suddenly sat up from the bed.

There was a complicated look in his eyes: "I just feel...I am useless..."

"Why do you say that suddenly? You've helped me a lot during this period."

"Different."

"the same."

"Different."

She shook her head slightly, and her short white hair swayed.

This is a very clear and easy to understand thing - it can be seen with just a little comparison.

During the time she had been in Night City, Lin Qiao first helped her solve her identity problem, and then she moved into a luxurious villa in the North Oak District that ordinary people could never afford even if they worked hard for ten lifetimes.

And what about her?

Apart from occasionally helping Lin Qiao hack into the surveillance cameras, the most he did was to pay the money for the latter who did not have prosthetic implants.

"We are not partners....I am simply being taken care of by you."

If she could still deceive herself before, then the incident of being knocked unconscious by Lin Qiao and taken to the Wild Wolf Bar yesterday made Lucy completely clear about this point.

It was as if the two had never met in the first place, then Lin Qiao could still use that unknown method of controlling people to thrive in Night City.

And she could only continue to wander around, wandering between cities, avoiding Arasaka's pursuit.

Partners help each other - but unfortunately, she can't help her at all.

After figuring out the reason why the girl was sulking, Lin Qiao pinched her chin and said, "Well... I can understand that you want to leave me behind and go solo?"

"certainly not!"

"In that case, then we are partners." This conclusion was naturally drawn.

Lucy said in a self-deprecating tone, "But if you want, you can definitely find a better hacker than me."

"Different."

"the same."

"Different."

Lin Qiao smiled, then moved forward and hugged her, rubbing Lucy's head.

"But if we only look at value, then Kaoru Fujioka and I should be partners, right?"

Although it is undeniable that the executive director of Arasaka "helped" the two of them, to Lin Qiao, he was just a tool.

Even after figuring out the scope mechanism of the system, the value of this tool man has dropped a lot.

"That is....."

Lucy was speechless for a moment at Lin Qiao's rebuttal.

"As a partner, besides helping each other, the most important thing is to be able to trust each other with your back."

"Unfortunately, until now, you are the only person I can trust in this world."

It is undeniable that Jack Wells is a good brother in the game...but it is only limited to the game.

In reality, the two met no more than five times and chatted for no more than an hour, most of which was filled with lies and the personal emotions were dominated by the attitude of being a bootlicker.

To put it bluntly, if all this were revealed, Lin Qiao would not be surprised if the other party turned against her.

"...Even if I can't help in any way?"

"It's too much to belittle yourself." But the other party obviously didn't want to listen to his argument.

"And think about it from another perspective. There aren't many cyber hackers who can reach your level at this age. How about having some confidence in your future?"

"But that will take a long time, right?"

"Sometimes...waiting is also a kind of happiness."

"Ah."

She nodded slightly, then hugged Lin Qiao with her two slender arms.

"Come to think of it, does this count as forgiving me?"

"No!"

He shouted incoherently, clenched his right fist, and hit Lin Qiao hard.

Then I hugged him tighter.

"Do you trust me that much?"

"We are partners after all... and I have already prepared a training plan for you."

.....

Putting aside the chaotic order and various slums, Night City is definitely an ultra-modern city.

Even though it had been dark long before, the dazzling lights made the entire city even more dazzling.

On a street with not many people, a white-haired girl was jogging at night.

It's Lucy.

It wasn't a whim. It should be said that since she settled down in Night City, she has developed the habit of running at night - she is too sleepy during the day.

It was just postponed today because of Lin Qiao, and the person who usually accompanies her on night runs was not around to protect her safety.

On the road nearby, there was a jeep following.