I'm not Yingjie

take care of?

Does it mean caring like a friend?

Lin thought about this and nodded firmly: "I will, and everyone who trains with me will take care of Ying."

"……Together?"

Ling's expression froze. She asked in disbelief, "Brother Lin... could it be that... there are a lot of people working out with you now?"

"Of course." The gym couldn't be too deserted, and the people Lin was talking about working out with were actually Kevin and his friends, so he said calmly, "We learn from each other and improve our skills."

"How can this be possible?!"

"Why not?" Lin frowned, thinking that Ling must have felt that it would be a stinky scene for multiple people to exercise together, and that it would be easy for women and men to exercise together, so he thought about it and said, "In fact, they are all women who are about the same age as your sister, so you don't have to worry about your sister."

"...What? Then Brother Lin, you are the only male?" Ling's tone had completely dropped.

"Yes." If you are lying, you have to tell the whole truth. Lin replied without hesitation, "It's just me."

“Scum… scum…” Ling’s chest heaved rapidly. She gritted her teeth and wanted to say something, but she held back.

Ying, who was standing by, didn't hear anything wrong with what Lin said, but she could tell from Ling's tone that something was wrong with Ling, so she quickly winked at Lin to end the conversation.

"If you have nothing else to do, I'll hang up first."

"Wait a minute! I won't allow it! I won't allow my sister to be with you! How can you do this? What on earth happened while I was away?!"

Lin was stunned and didn't know what to say. He just felt that Ling's tone suddenly became much more radical. Why didn't they allow them to exercise together? When he thought about the conversation just now, there should be no problem. So he continued to "cajole" her: "Actually... if we exercise together, the gym will have additional group subsidies."

"For money?! You used money to trick your sister? You scum! I trusted you so much before!"

"..."

“Wuwuwuwu…Give my sister back to me…You scumbag…”

Ying snatched the communicator and quickly appeared in front of the camera: "Ling! What's wrong with you!"

"Sister...how could you do that for money...I thought...I thought you finally found someone to rely on...but..." Ling burst into tears, while Ying and Lin were completely confused.

But even if Ying didn't know what was going on, she wouldn't allow her sister to cry in front of her. She quickly comforted her, "It's not what you think. Lin and I just met by chance, and we are now discussing when to come to our house again."

"Really……"

"real!"

"Isn't it...exercise?"

"Look at me, I'm not sweating, I'm not out of breath!"

"Hmm? Then just now..."

Lin and Ying looked at each other in bewilderment.

They also didn't know what had happened just now.

Chapter 7: Like Only One Person

"So, you are planning to go to the home of the female killer named Sakura?"

Kevin, who was doing the bench press, stopped and glanced at Lin who was standing next to him, his expression still uneasy.

The only person who could make Lin experience firsthand the changes after the Great Purge and the Sixth Collapse was probably Kevin.

At some point, the boy who used to laugh out loud with his big white teeth showing has now turned into an expressionless young man. An aura similar to Lin's comes towards him, as if there is no emotional fluctuation in him.

But unlike Lin, Lin covered his face so other people's indifference to him was limited to his rare words, while Kevin's exposed face fully conveyed his cold change to others.

When Lin was still in the ward, Kevin would occasionally come to visit him, but Kevin seldom said much to Lin. The communication between the two seemed to have reached a certain deadlock, even less than the conversations between Lin and Ying. Sometimes they didn't say a word during a visit, they just looked at each other for a while and then Kevin left.

Kevin became a "three-no" man in the popular sense.

Just now Lin told Kevin that due to a communication misunderstanding he had to visit Ying's home.

"Ling is Sakura's sister. She doesn't know that Sakura is in the Fire Moth. I'm going to go out for a while to dispel her suspicion."

"Oh."

Kevin nodded when he heard these words and continued to start his exercise.

It's been half a day.

Kevin's training time has not stopped from six in the morning to noon. This is longer than the time he and Lin practiced together before. And it's not just today. As long as there is no mission, he will stay in the gym to exercise, like a machine that can't feel tired.

Lin looked at Kevin silently for a while, then turned around and wanted to leave. At this time, Kevin behind him spoke.

"Lin, are you feeling better?"

"……fine."

"When I first joined the Fire Moth, I saw the changes in you and Mei. You became the taciturn person you were before we became friends, and Mei smiled more and more but showed less and less emotion. I was very scared at the time, but I had to accept it because I knew these changes were inevitable, and sooner or later I would also undergo some changes that I didn't want to undergo."

"..."

"Lin, you have changed again now. I hope this change... is good for you."

"Same to you, Kevin."

The two best friends who were once extremely close didn't even look back to say goodbye. Lin opened the door and turned his head slightly to glance at Kevin, but the other party didn't look at him again, his eyes were as cold as a piece of ice.

……

"Hahahaha...Lin, what do you think? Does our Chuhao-chan now meet your aesthetic standards?"

"..."

If there is anyone else that Lin can't do anything to besides Alicia, it's probably only Wei Erwei.

Her jumping thoughts and the fact that her brain is never on the same wavelength as others mean that sometimes even if she does something out of line, Lin can't do anything to her.

"Look, this costume was designed by me. Don't underestimate me, my aesthetic level is comparable to that of professional fashion designers. Besides, artificial intelligence doesn't need to wear uniforms, so it's great that they can wear whatever looks good." Weiwei put down the writing board in her hand and admired Prometheus who was standing there blankly.

"..."

After all, artificial intelligence doesn't need to wear uniforms, and in fact, it doesn't need to have a body. Lin actually couldn't quite understand the ideas of Velvet and Prometheus, but fortunately he now had plenty of time and interest to ask these questions.

"Why did you want to give Prometheus a body in the first place?" Lin asked without hesitation.

"At the beginning? At the beginning, Prometheus wanted to take care of you since you were unable to move on your own, so he gave her a body."

"But you made the body before I became paralyzed."

"Let me think..." After hearing what Lin said, Wei Erwei put down her pen, closed her eyes and thought carefully, "Yes, the first time I tried to make a bionic body was earlier. Eh? Do you know what happened?"

"That's what I'm asking you."

"I forgot."

"..."

"Hey, if you had asked me before, I would have been able to answer it, but now I'm very busy, who can remember something so long ago." Wei Wei was more open-minded, she smiled awkwardly, "Who would have thought you would ask now?"

"..."

Now...ask?

Yes, if it were in the past, Lin would not have asked such a meaningless question, but Wei Liwei was very free at that time, so free that she could make a bunch of weird things while still remembering the original intention of equipping an artificial intelligence with a body.

But now that Lin asked this question, Wei Erwei no longer remembered it.

"But Prometheus should still remember the information she stored in the database..."

"The database was damaged in the sixth collapse, and this part of the record is missing." It was difficult to see any changes on Prometheus's face, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years.

"Is it true? Let me show you... Uh, forget it, I still have a lot of things waiting for me~"

Weiwei looked a little depressed. After the end of the Sixth Collapse, her status and authority were improved, and she was in charge of the crucial God's Key Project. However, this was undoubtedly an unacceptable constraint for her who was used to being lazy. From the free and even ignored Minister of Engineering to the person in charge of the future direction of the Fire Moth weapon, the change was so great that she didn't even adjust her mindset in the first place.

"Anyway, I've checked No. 1 three times, and her body is adapting very well, even better than the previous one. You can take her away. If you have any questions, just come to me." Wei Liwei picked up the writing board and started to drive people away. It can be seen that she was planning how to allocate her time next.

Lin looked up at the Spiral Workshop, which had undergone a major change. Compared to the small workshop that was previously filled with all kinds of Weiwei's own gadgets and had a bit of the feel of a storage room, it had now expanded to twice its original size. Those useless works were piled up in the corner, and the atmosphere of dim lighting all year round was dispelled by the chandelier that was so bright that it looked like direct sunlight.

Because of the shortage of staff, Weiwei worked alone before completing the initial plan of the Key of God. Only after the rough prototype was made did the headquarters assign people to assist her, but the venue had already been set up for her in advance.

"Huh? Aren't you leaving yet? Is there anything else?" Seeing Lin still standing there, Wei Erwei asked puzzledly.

"Party, coming?"

"The previous one? Uh... I don't seem to have much time recently..."

Lin shook his head and said nothing, just like he remained silent when Kevin shook his head.

Chapter 8 Prayer

How long has that person been gone?

A month? Or two months?

I can't remember clearly. She had no concept of time. She slept and ate all day long. When she had nothing to do, she would go out for a walk. A day passed in the blink of an eye.

Paddo was lying on the rooftop, basking in the sun, bored. Around her were a circle of wild cats from Dusk Street. They all came to the house spontaneously and were one of the few ways for Paddo to be company.

Ever since the man who was missing an eye and a leg left, Padu had never encountered anyone disturbing her living in this house. In the first month, she went out to find food, steal things to sell, and secretly delivered some things to the nursing home as before. Her life was nothing more than a change from being homeless to having a house to live in.

However, in the second month, she discovered that there was often more food in the kitchen for no apparent reason.

Moreover, these foods are not the dry food that people are tired of eating or the unpalatable and spoiled food, but a variety of fresh and high-quality ingredients, including fish, meat, vegetables and fruits. The meat is so tender that it looks like it has just been cut from the cow.

At first she thought that someone was using the house as a base like her or was secretly sending some things to the poor. Later she discovered that the food was exactly the amount she needed for a week. It would neither allow the ingredients to spoil or deteriorate when left for too long, nor would it make her so stingy that she dared not eat a lot of meat. The regulations were just right.

Paduo immediately thought of Lin who had left, and she instinctively realized that these things were secretly given to her by Lin.

So she had a bold idea.

Today happened to be the day when the food needed to be replenished after being eaten, and she lay on the roof to bask in the sun to tell the person who delivered the food that "she is not in the house now."

In fact, she closed her eyes, but listened to the movements of the cats around her.

Wild cats are generally more alert than domestic cats. Their senses, developed in harsh environments, can perceive many things that humans cannot. This is why Pado brought them here specifically.

"Tick tock..."

Time went by little by little. Padu was actually very uncertain. If she didn't think about anything and just basked in the sun, the half day would pass quickly. But now she was worried and felt that time was incredibly slow. Her patience was being worn out. And unlike her patience when she sneaked into a mansion to steal treasures, her patience for something that was uncertain was pitifully small.

"Meow~"

A cat meowed.

Paddo opened only one eye and looked cautiously at the calico cat that was licking its paw and meowing softly.

Was it just a random shout?

“Meow~” “Meow——”

Padu suddenly opened her eyes and looked vigilantly at several cats standing on all fours with their hair tied up. These cats were the most capable stray cats. She learned some skills from these cats. At this time, they should have noticed the movement in the house.

She moved very quietly on the roof without making any sound, and then she pressed her whole body against the outer wall, holding onto the railing and climbing down backwards.

She squinted her eyes and looked carefully inside the window. She wouldn't be able to see anything wrong unless she looked carefully. However, this time she made some special adjustments to the door.

Before going out, Pado bent the door handle down two centimeters, but it would not return to its normal position naturally. Now, the door handle has returned to its normal position of 90 degrees.

Someone went in!

Paddo hurried back to the roof, and after thinking for a while, she drove away the cat, then jumped onto the wall, landed lightly on the ground, and walked out without looking back until she disappeared around the corner.

"..."

There was no sound in the quiet big room.

About ten minutes later, a man walked out of the room. He glanced at the list in his hand and confirmed one last time that everything had been delivered, then left the house in another direction.

But he did not notice that the girl who had already left to rob the rich and give to the poor today was staring at him at the corner with a piece of mirror fragment on the ground, and after he left, the girl followed him quietly.

Padu didn't know why she did this, but when she changed her habit of sleeping on the floor and went to sleep on the bed, she always felt that the house was too spacious. Sleeping alone on a bed that could accommodate three people, she felt empty.

Just think of it as going to meet the person who helped you, at least say thank you. As for whether it is Lin... we'll talk about it later.

……

"Are you sure you still want to take her in? There are already more and more people here."

The masked man put down the sundries in his hands and glanced at the nun who was talking to the dirty little girl with purple streaks on her face.

“…Yes, this is…”