People are in Xingtie, and I am their dead white moonlight?

"I can give you a more accurate answer now, Black Tower."

"I prefer violets that can be your ornaments to violets that are alone."

"That purple wildflower is not impossible, but I just feel...its price, appearance, and smell are not worthy of you."

Jiang Mo smiled nonchalantly, then continued to use a gardening shovel to dig a small hole for planting flowers.

After listening to Jiang Mo's explanation, Heita was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head slightly, watching Jiang Mo plant flowers while carefully chewing on the meaning of those words in his mind.

He seemed to care more about people than flowers.

Jiang Mo's likes and dislikes for Violet are actually just for the purpose of "making himself look better", as if to say...

——Rather than liking flowers, he likes...her as a person more?

Thinking of this, Heita felt his cheeks getting a little hot, and his heartbeat, which had just calmed down, began to speed up slightly.

She remembered... Didn't Jiang Mo say before that he was not interested in children of her age?

Why would you say this at this time?

Thinking of this, Heita turned his head slightly to look at Jiang Mo beside him, and found that at this moment he was still planting flowers with great calmness.

"It seems... I misunderstood? He didn't seem to have that intention..."

Heita pursed her lips. She didn't know what words to use to describe her feelings at the moment.

Are you as calm as ever, or a little depressed or unhappy?

She doesn't know it herself.

But compared to this, the Black Tower has another issue that deserves more attention——

"What kind of feelings do I have towards Jiang Mo?"

"That feeling of palpitations when I see him...isn't that also part of 'liking' him?"

For Heita, who has no emotional life to speak of, this problem is equivalent to the difficulty of the "solitary wave algorithm".

She had no established concept of these feelings, so when faced with this type of question...she naturally had no way of understanding it.

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However, with the experience of solving the problem of "Why do you want to keep Jiang Mo by your side", Heita decided to keep this new question in his heart and answer it at a certain time in the future.

Thinking of this, Heita nodded slightly, and an expression of "As expected of me" appeared on his slightly childish face.

However, just as she was about to take the gardening shovel from Jiang Mo and plant her own violet in the courtyard, a slightly anxious mechanical sound reached their ears.

"Mr. Jiang Mo, Ms. Heita, we have just received an invitation from the 'Boshi Society' to attend the 'Global Academic Symposium' to be held in a week."

Chapter 34: Black Tower: Do you need to see a maid costume to refresh yourself?

"I knew it..."

Jiang Mo held his forehead helplessly, then said to the housekeeper robot that hurried into the courtyard:

"Reply to them normally, saying that Miss Heita and I will arrive at the venue on time, thanking the Bozhi Society for the invitation, and then..."

Jiang Mo paused for a moment, his expression gradually becoming serious. "After sending this email, don't pay attention to any subsequent emails. Don't even read them. It's best to turn off the automatic reply."

Upon hearing Jiang Mo's order, the butler robot was stunned at first, then turned its head to look at the black tower beside Jiang Mo, waiting for the order from the person with the highest authority.

"Do as he says."

Heita said without hesitation.

From her current perspective, although Jiang Mo's instructions were a little strange, she believed that Jiang Mo must have his reasons for doing so.

As for the exact reason...I'll ask later.

"OK, relevant permissions have been obtained. Emails are being sent and auto-reading and auto-reply functions are being turned off. Please wait..."

After watching the progress bar appear on the panel of the butler robot and moving forward bit by bit, Heita turned to look at Jiang Mo beside him.

"Why would you do this? Are you afraid that the people from the Knowledge Society will harass us?"

"It wouldn't be harassment. If the content of those emails was just academic discussions... I wouldn't have to be so cautious,"

Jiang Mo squatted down as he spoke and continued his flower-planting career.

"What's the saying? 'Smart people love to backstab smart people.' These guys in the Knowledge Society are the perfect example."

"The solitary wave algorithm was born out of the "school war" within the Polytechnic Institute. Those guys would do anything to gain computing power.

They used every possible means to snatch it away, broke their promises, and drove away marginal scholars who had applied for computing power. They simply did everything they could to achieve their goals.”

"But the result is that those who have the lion's share of computing power haven't made any progress, and instead this problem, which concerns the fourth greatest problem of the universe, was born in the hands of a fringe scholar."

"To this day, there are still corresponding schools of thought within the Polymath Society. Although the contradictions are not as sharp as in the past, they still exist."

"Both the survival of the school and the disputes it faces require the addition of new blood, and every new scholar who enters the scope of the Broad Knowledge Society will become the object of their competition..."

As he spoke, he glanced meaningfully at the Black Tower. "And for a group like us who can crack the Solitary Wave Algorithm, what do you think they'll do to us?"

Hearing Jiang Mo's words, Heita tilted his head, thought for a moment, and then tentatively replied:

"...Using any means necessary to force them to join your own school?"

"That's right," Jiang Mo glanced at the black tower approvingly. "Although I don't deny that there are many noble scholars in the Society of Knowledge, they are a minority after all."

"Rather than pushing yourself into the fire pit, it's better to stay neutral at the intersection of everyone, pretend to obey in the early stages, enjoy the benefits of being "co-opted", develop steadily in the middle stages, and as for the later stages..."

He glanced at the black tower meaningfully, and a rather relaxed smile appeared on his face.

The one standing before him now was the Black Tower, Growth Version, from "Genius Club" #83. While it still had some way to go before it could evolve into the Black Tower, Complete Version...

Picking just two of her achievements, which were as brilliant as the stars in the sky, would be enough to make those guys at the Knowledge Academy respect them.

Even though he knew that the two of them must be neutral, he would still treat them with respect and even give them a lot of benefits.

This is the Black Tower, and this is the absolute confidence that allows Jiang Mo to stand at the "intersection".

And Heita seemed to have noticed the trust revealed in Jiang Mo's eyes. She pursed her lips and did not ask questions like why he trusted her like she did that night. She just nodded slightly.

Since Jiang Mo trusts her so much, she should give him the same trust.

"Well, that's the whole reason I did this, but I'd rather focus on what's happening right now than on the trip to Pier Point in seven days."

Jiang Mo said as he handed the gardening shovel to the girl beside him. Just when he was about to teach her how to plant violets...

The transparent light curtain symbolizing "time acceleration" appeared before his eyes again, and the words like a narrator gradually appeared on the light curtain.

Under the pretext of celebrating and relaxing, you took Heita out of the mansion for the first time and arrived at the bustling commercial street nearby.

Here, she first learned about flowers, tried on a maid outfit, and faced her innermost thoughts...

More importantly, this was the first time she'd gotten to know your past and your thoughts—although she was a little unhappy with being called a "dressed doll," overall, she was quite satisfied with the conversation.

After all, she knew you wouldn't leave her, and you could even define this timeframe as forever... This gradually calmed her initially uneasy heart.

[Perhaps at some point in the future, this heart that was agitated because of you and then calmed down because of you will fall into the same agitation again, but the result at that time... will not be something you can predict.]

After returning to the mansion, news arrived from the Polytechnic Society—they invited you two, the team that pioneered the solitary wave algorithm in the academic community, to participate in an academic discussion.

You are well aware that the so-called academic symposium is nothing more than an auction for the exchange of computing power and academic resources between various schools of thought. And you, with your dazzling achievements, will become the hottest "commodities" at this auction.

You, or rather, you all, do not want to become vassals of any power, so you have already planned everything to counter it.

After everything was ready, you and Heita once again devoted themselves to the research of the Spark Model Conjecture.

[Of course, while waiting for the academic seminar, Black Tower is not only researching academic issues, but also gradually testing your "preferences", such as whether you should wear white stockings or black stockings when wearing a maid outfit.]

[After all, in her eyes, this is your wish. Since you have brought her a brand new world, it is only right that she should give something in return.]

[And so, time passed slowly between the entanglement of mathematics and the occasional interweaving of the limited edition maid Black Tower, and finally arrived the day when you boarded the spaceship to Pierpoint.]

As line after line of text appeared on the light screen in front of him, those skipped memories also returned to Jiang Mo's mind bit by bit.

Of course, it also includes the scene where Heita puts on a maid outfit and walks back and forth in front of him during his spare time from research.

However, just when Jiang Mo was recalling the wonderful scene brought by Dian Daqi Ke... that familiar voice came into his ears, interrupting his slightly monotonous thoughts.

"Why do you seem listless today? Did you not sleep well last night? Or..."

"You need to look at some other clothes to cheer yourself up?"

Chapter 35 Black Tower: How much does he like school uniforms?

"?!"

Hearing Heita's remarks which could easily lead to misunderstanding, Jiang Mo's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Heita, who was sitting next to him and saying these words seriously, in some shock.

From Jiang Mo's perspective as a "Heita behavioral researcher," he could tell that Heita was... serious.

She really felt that the reason she was sitting in a daze just now was because she didn't see Heita's outfit and felt a little listless.

No, sister, am I such a fool in your eyes? Is it because I didn't see you wearing a maid outfit and getting on the spaceship that I was listless?

This is no longer a question of whether it's a shrimp head or not! This is pure perverted teeth!

Jiang Mo's brain froze for a moment, just like a person who likes to beat around the bush and was stunned by someone's direct attack.

In a sense... he really likes to see Heita wearing a maid outfit. After all, this is one of the few things he can understand about Aha - the sense of contrast.

But no matter how much I like you, it’s impossible to go to this extent!

Thinking of this, Jiang Mo took a deep breath. Just when he was about to correct Heita's wrong thoughts in a serious tone, he felt several strange eyes staring at him.

——It was as if if I said something wrong the next second, I would be kicked off the spaceship as a pervert.

This inexplicable feeling made Jiang Mo swallow back the words that were just on the tip of his tongue. He knew very well that the more he explained at this moment, the more unclear it would become.

"So... what should I say now? Or should I keep silent until the ship takes off, so that these people can relax their guard against me, which shouldn't exist?"

Jiang Mo's brain was working rapidly, thinking hard about how to solve this problem next.

And at this moment, the red light curtain appeared in front of Jiang Mo very "appropriately".

[I smell some fun, let Aha help you~ Ahahahahaha~]

[1. Admit: I haven't seen a maid costume to replenish my energy in a long time, so I feel a little listless and need to replenish my energy urgently.]

[2. Talking tough: It's not because I didn't see the maid costume that I'm listless!]

[3. Denial: I prefer seeing you in "other clothes" rather than a maid outfit. For example... not wearing anything?]

Looking at the light curtain in front of him, Jiang Mo's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally died.

He knew that Aha would not let him go.

I'm so stupid, really.

Although Jiang Mo now has a mature system to deal with the options given by Aha, every time he sees the specific content of these options... he still feels a little overwhelmed.

"Are you so obsessed with watching me die socially? Or do you just enjoy letting me die socially and dragging Heita along with me?"

Jiang Mo curled his lips, then chose the option [Deny], and planned to use the method he had just tested to avoid Ahana's possible "punishment".

After making his choice, Jiang Mo took out his phone, opened the photo album and said:

"Compared to the maid outfit you wore before, I like you better in 'other clothes', like... this."

As he spoke, Jiang Mo placed the phone in front of Heita's eyes, showing her his imagination of what she would look like in a school uniform.

Looking at the youthful self in the picture, Heita blinked slightly, and a hint of surprise appeared on his calm little face.

It's not that she hadn't thought that Jiang Mo would let her wear other clothes, but... she really didn't expect the gap between clothing styles to be so exaggerated.

Last time it was a maid outfit, and this time it's straight up a school uniform? There's no transition at all?

He even prepared a rendering of himself wearing this kind of clothes, even though he didn't prepare any renderings of himself wearing a maid outfit last time...

'How much does he like this?'