V2/Chapter 13: Such a strong gravity
For Ai Yue, Sakura's request was a very important matter.
On the one hand, Sakura's willingness to entrust her most important family member to Ai Yue not only shows that she recognizes Ai Yue's ability, but also shows that she is willing to trust Ai Yue, so she exposes her most critical weakness to Ai Yue.
On the other hand, Rin herself is also very special.
In the original plot, she is the host of the twelfth Herrscher, the "Herrscher of Corruption", and looks no different from an ordinary person. However, after Rin's death, the ultimate virus called "Herrscher of Corruption" will awaken, becoming the last straw that completely crushes human civilization.
If possible, Ai Yue naturally hopes to avoid such an ending. Even if it is impossible to prevent the appearance of the Twelfth Herrscher by protecting Rin, at least it can change the tragedy that the sisters once experienced.
Therefore, he chose the safest option at the moment.
The next morning, Ai Yue was awakened by the doorbell. He rubbed his eyes and went downstairs, and saw the projection of Prometheus floating out, rubbing her eyes. "It's Miss Sakura outside the door. Strange, why did she come to see you so early?"
"Maybe she's a little impatient." Ai Yue smiled and looked at her strangely, "You don't feel tired or sleepy, do you? Why are you rubbing your eyes?"
"This is the way I want to learn to become a human." Prometheus blinked, and a yellow bean-like expression with rolled eyes appeared on her head. "Because humans do this, so I have to do it too."
"That means you didn't sleep well last night, right?" Ai Yue nodded thoughtfully, "Prometheus, I should have told you not to play games too late, right?"
Prometheus instantly put away the expression on her face, then turned around and floated into the laboratory as if nothing had happened: "I have to get busy with work. Goodbye, Dr. Ai Yue."
'This guy, I'll replace the optical fiber with a telephone line later.'
After complaining about his internet-addicted AI in his heart, Ai Yue quickly opened the door. The fox-eared girl standing straight outside the door saw Ai Yue, who looked tired, and immediately reacted: "Sorry, Dr. Ai Yue, I'll come back at noon."
Her mind was full of her sister's affairs last night, but she ignored the fact that Ai Yue must be very busy as well, and ended up disturbing his rest.
"No, come in and sit down." Ai Yue, who had slept for almost fifteen hours yesterday, waved his hand and invited Sakura to come in. "We can leave after I pack up. Prometheus, you entertain Sakura."
"Well, excuse me for disturbing you." Sakura hesitated for a moment, but finally walked in. Then she looked at Prometheus who floated out again, "Well, there's no need to entertain me."
"What a shame! I wanted to try saying 'coffee or tea'." Prometheus shrugged and then said, "Ms. Sakura, you came here for your sister, right?"
Sakura was not surprised that Prometheus knew about this. Even though she was not good at using the Internet, she knew very well how powerful Prometheus was. As Ai Yue's only and most capable assistant, she would probably play an indispensable role in this matter.
"Yes." Sakura nodded, a gentle smile on her face, "My sister, Rin, she is a very cute child."
As she spoke, Sakura took out the photo that she had placed close to her body and handed it to Prometheus, as if she wanted the artificial intelligence to also understand how cute Rin was.
"I'm sorry, Miss Sakura, my current image is just a projection." Prometheus showed a yellow bean expression on her head, wiping sweat, "If you want to show me something, you need to put the photo in this position."
As she spoke, she pointed to the soles of her feet. Sakura lowered her head and discovered that there was a movable device on the ground that looked like a sweeping robot. It was the projector on top of it that was projecting the image of Prometheus.
"Sorry, I forgot." Sakura nodded, then squatted down and placed the photo in front of the camera, "Can you see it like this?"
"Of course, Miss Sakura." Prometheus nodded. "From a human perspective, this is indeed a cute child."
Sakura also smiled, as if she really enjoyed hearing people praise her sister.
"Well, Miss Sakura, I have a question for you." Prometheus waited for Sakura to stand up before continuing, "What does 'family' mean to you?"
"Well...if I'm going to use Rin to explain," Sakura thought for a moment, then said, "My family is everything to me."
"Everything?" Prometheus repeated, "It seems that Miss Rin is really important to Miss Sakura."
"Rin and I escaped from our hometown. Our father and mother... stayed there." Perhaps because she was facing the artificial intelligence, Sakura became a little talkative. "Rin is the only one left in my family. The reason I joined the Fire Moth and the Poison Pupa was so that Rin could live a good life. This is my responsibility as a sister."
"If there is no sister, then the sister will naturally cease to exist, right?"
Prometheus' expression did not change at all, but a thoughtful expression appeared on her head: "Ms. Sakura, your words are a little difficult to understand."
"I'm sorry, I'm really not good with words." Sakura blushed slightly, "Please forget about this, it's not something important."
At this time, Ai Yue finally came down from upstairs: "I'm ready, let's go."
"Dr. Ai Yue, your 'cleaning' time has been shortened by another twenty seconds." A skeptical expression appeared on Prometheus's head, "Are you really taking good care of yourself?"
"Men go out so quickly, not to mention that someone is waiting for me today." Ai Yue waved his hand, not caring about these trivial matters, "Let's go, Sakura, Hua will be here soon."
"Okay, Dr. Ai Yue." Sakura nodded, then looked at Prometheus again. Although she knew that she was just a projection, Sakura still looked into the other's eyes out of habit. "Then we'll take our leave."
"No need to say goodbye, Miss Sakura." The projection of Prometheus disappeared on the spot, but the voice came from Ai Yue again, "I will go with you."
Sakura was slightly stunned, but didn't say anything else.
But Ai Yue took out his cell phone.
Prometheus told him through text: [Dr. Ai Yue, I found that Miss Sakura is a very heavy woman.]
"...Where did you learn this from?"
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