C116 — [5.11— False Them]

Looking at Jiu Shu’s beautiful eyes that were slightly curved under his short black hair, Zero Three’s pupils slowly dilated.
In the face of such a nearly explicit invitation, he actually didn’t know how to respond normally.

 

 

He opened his mouth but couldn’t produce a single sound, and the sound of his own heartbeat was all that remained in his ears.

 

Zero Three had just seen the other idols in the bar enter those rooms.

 

 

Each one of them was a separate small room, and the movement inside couldn’t attract anyone’s attention in this noisy bar.

 

 

But with Zero Three’s sharp hearing, it was extremely clear.

 

 

Whether it was the sweet laughter of idols to their fans or the sound of fans kissing their idols and embracing the other, they all echoed in his ears.

 

 

Did Jiu Shu know that those things were happening in the room inside?

 

Zero Three looked at Jiu Shu’s clean eyes and was a little confused for a moment.

 

 

He wasn’t sure if he had misunderstood or not.

 

 

“It must be very painful; going to rest should make it better.”

 

 

The human idol looked somewhat sympathetically at Zero Three’s arm with the sleeve exposed.

 

 

The skin there hadn’t yet been completely repaired, and the blo-od-red texture underneath could be seen faintly.

 

 

For a human, it could almost be called a serious skin injury, but for a bionic, it was just a small, insignificant wound.

 

 

Jiu Shu must have thought he was human and felt sympathy for his injuries.

 

 

Letting him rest was probably out of sympathy as well.

 

Sure enough, he was overthinking it.
Zero Three looked at the signed item in his hand, his grip on it tightening slightly.

 

 

Only after a long time did he raise his eyes, wanting to politely refuse and leave.

 

 

As a bionic human who secretly protected humans, participating in the mission target’s support meeting was already overstepping his bounds.

 

 

He should leave now.

 

 

But looking into Jiu Shu’s gentle eyes, Zero Three found himself unable to say anything to refuse.
Tenderness was an emotion that Zero Three had never received from a human.

 

So it wasn’t until now that he realised that he simply couldn’t refuse this kind of tenderness from a human.

 

“Okay.”

 

 

Zero Three agreed to the invitation from Jiu Shu.

 

 

It was just the most common concern of an underground idol for his fans.

 

 

It shouldn’t be a big deal to agree.

 

 

It wasn’t the intimate and sticky contact that was happening in the other rooms.

 

 

He was the only one who would stay in the room for a few moments of rest.

 

 

“That’s good; I’ll probably be a while before I get there, so please wait a bit.”

 

 

The human idol smiled, still holding the black signing pen that he had just used for him between his bony fingers.

 

Turning slightly, he seemed happy that Zero Three agreed.

 

 

His peach blossom-like eyes brimmed with ambiguous watery light under the light.
Just like those idols winking at the fans who were generous with their money.

 

“!”

 

 

Zero Three’s heart began to disobey again.

 

 

Until he sat down in the room, Zero Three’s mind was still blank.

 

 

The support party outside the hall was still going on, but the number of people was much smaller.

 

 

Most of the fans who were stranded at the scene, even if they were reluctant to leave, had already been led out of the venue by the staff.

 

 

So that they wouldn’t block the passageway and affect the bar’s business.

 

 

Just now, behind him, there were only twenty people left, so he would soon be able to finish signing autographs.

 

 

Jiu Shu would be coming over in a while.

 

 

In a moment, they would be alone together, like the people in the other rooms.

 

 

After realising this, Zero Three’s body suddenly stiffened.

 

 

It was rare for him to be this overwhelmed.

 

As a bionic human with an extremely high mission completion rate and near omnipotence, he had rarely been this overwhelmed.

 

 

Zero Three raised his eyes to this room.
The Phantom Bar, one of the top bars in the lower city, was very spacious.

 

 

The room’s décor was also exquisite.

 

 

It was just that he didn’t know if it was intentionally intended to make the atmosphere ambiguous; the lighting in the room was very dim.

 

In particular, the warm-coloured light of the bedside table made the bed couch appear softer, instantly reminding people of some intimate images of physical contact.

 

 

There was also an electronic menu placed on the nightstand.

 

Zero Three subconsciously clicked on the menu and saw a few lines of text written in bold font.

 

[First grade charge: handshake

 

Second grade charge: hug.

 

Third grade charge: kiss.

 

Fourth grade charge: Hand Jiao

 

Fifth grade charge: mouth Jiao

 

Sixth grade charges:]

 

Under these few lines of bold text, there were even densely packed small letters stating the contents of the additional charges.

 

Some of the content charges regarding the various fetishes of humans were the first time even Zero Three had seen them.

 

Snap–

 

 

Zero Three closed the menu, his pupils trembling slightly as he stood still for a while before stiffly placing the menu back in place.

 

 

He repeated in his mind that this must be a mistake on the part of the bar.

 

But already the image of the young human with a smile in his eyes, approaching him, came to mind.
Was this what Jiu Shu meant when he told him to wait in the room?

 

 

As an underground idol, it seemed like a normal thing to do.

 

 

Zero Three just couldn’t imagine Jiu Shu’s snow-white and beautiful face revealing an expression that was just like any other human’s, coloured red by desire and sinking into depravity.

 

 

That kind of Jiu Shu must be very beautiful.

 

 

Zero Three sat on the edge of the bed; his fingers tightened violently, and he lowered his eyes, not daring to look at the things on the bedside table again.

 

 

His eyes were a little out of focus; one didn’t know what things he thought of, the tips of his ears were flushed with a redness that was visible to the eye.

 

 

As a bionic human with an emotion control system, this kind of emotional expression had obviously reached the threshold.

 

It was only after a while that he slowly calmed down.

 

 

Only his face still carried a fleshly, visible nervousness.

 

 

For both bionic people and humans, it was possible to have close contact.

 

Because from the very beginning, humans’ position towards bionics was to facilitate human life and make human life better.

 

 

So there was the existence of bionic human companions.

 

 

Although Zero Three was a military combat-type bionic human, some of his basic functions were still there.

 

Technology had developed to the present, except for the fact that the bionic human was still a soulless machine in the eyes of humans. The bionic human was actually similar to a human in every aspect, from the exterior to the interior.

 

Although he hadn’t yet heard of any bionic humans or human children being born, in recent years, amidst the wave of hostility towards androids, s-ex androids had remained a popular commodity.

 

 

It was enough to demonstrate the level of intimacy between androids and humans.

 

 

And Zero Three had never had any experience of intimacy with humans before.

 

 

Faced with the current situation, he didn’t know how to make preparations.

 

 

How would he do the most intimate thing with the human idol?

 

 

“Sorry, have you been waiting long?”

 

 

The door to the room that suddenly opened interrupted Zero Three’s thoughts.
His pupils narrowed slightly, and he stood up stiffly, looking at the late Jiu Shu.

 

As well as the medical kit in his hand.
“Why do you keep standing? Just sit down; let me help you apply the medicine.”

 

 

Jiu Shu opened the medical kit and took out the bandages inside; his smile was clean.

 

It was out of place in this dim and ambiguous room.

 

 

There was no so-called deal.

 

 

There was no intimate contact.

 

 

Zero Three froze for a moment before humming and sitting down next to him.
Outwardly, he was seemingly calm, but the palms of his hands resting on his knees tensed.

 

 

It was a misunderstanding.

 

 

Zero Three couldn’t say what exactly the emotion in his heart was—loss or celebration.

 

 

It should be a celebration.

 

 

After all, if he really had to engage in intimate contact, his bionic identity might have been exposed.

 

 

It would also go against his professional ethics.
“I’ll just do it myself.”

 

Watching Jiu Shu approach him with a bandage, Zero Three finally spoke.

 

 

There were still remnants of the code on his injured arm, which would be exposed if it was seen.

 

 

As a new model bionic human, his coding was written in the core chip, and even if he lost his arm, it would reappear when it was repaired again.

 

 

There were already traces of it on the skin that hadn’t grown back yet.

 

 

Jiu Shu’s beautiful eyes blinked, not forcing the issue, he handed the bandage to Zero Three.

 

Zero Three took the bandages and skillfully began to wrap them.

 

 

Although these bandages were of little use to him, as a military bionic, first aid knowledge and techniques were things that were instilled into the chip and would never be forgotten.

 

“Did it hurt when you were injured?”
Looking at Zero Three’s silence as he bandaged his wounds, Jiu Shu sat on the bed next to Zero Three and asked with concern.
When Zero Three didn’t notice, a look of pain flashed in Jiu Shu’s narrowed eyes.

 

 

“It doesn’t hurt.”

 

 

Zero Three paused in his movements, his voice calm.
His pain perception system was able to feel pain just like humans.

 

 

However, his tolerance for pain was far beyond that of humans.

 

 

Even when his limbs were cut off, he was able to remain conscious.

 

 

Only when repairs were performed would he go dormant.

 

 

“I hope your injuries heal quickly.”
The human idol spoke softly.

 

 

His voice seemed to be filled with pity.
It was normal for Jiu Shu to feel compassion for him.
He was such a kind, gentle, and compassionate human.
Compared to him, Zero Three knew that those thoughts he had just had were too dirty.

 

 

“Thanks.”

 

 

Zero Three was silent for a moment, then thanked him seriously.
To be able to speak so much and lean so close to Jiu Shu today was already lucky enough for him.

 

 

Zero Three dispelled the gloomy emotions in his heart, no longer bothering with his previous nonsense.

 

 

That was insulting to Jiu Shu.

 

 

He might have had his brain injured in the previous explo-sion, which would explain why he had so many dirty fantasies and misunderstandings.

 

 

If Jiu Shu knew about it, he would definitely show a disgusted expression and turn away.

 

 

There wouldn’t even be an ounce of sympathy.

 

 

“Ah~”

 

A woman’s ambiguous shout suddenly came from the next door of the room.
It seemed particularly obvious in the quiet room.
Zero Three, who was still immersed in self-examination, suddenly froze in his movements and inexplicably tensed up.

 

 

The bandaging movement had a large lurch and accidentally knocked the electronic menu on the bedside table to the ground.

 

 

The electronic menu’s voice button was even touched, and it began to automatically read the menu aloud.

 

 

“First grade charge: handshake, second grade charge…”
The bandage in Zero Three’s hand crumbled from too much force, and his fingers trembled slightly; he didn’t stop trembling until he turned the menu off completely.

 

He then placed the menu back on the bedside table.

 

 

This electronic menu wouldn’t have even started the voice-reading if it hadn’t been turned on beforehand.

 

 

Jiu Shu must have known that he had just read the menu.

 

 

Zero Three was silent, dropping his eyes, not daring to look at Jiu Shu.

 

 

He was waiting for him to issue a disgusted rebuke.

 

 

Just like any other human.

 

 

The room fell into dead silence.

 

 

“Your ears are so red.”

 

 

Jiu Shu’s soft laughter broke the silence.

 

 

It seemed like he didn’t mind Zero Three’s offensive demeanour just now at all.
Zero Three listened to Jiu Shu’s words and raised his head with some hesitation and uneasiness.

 

“It’s cute.”

 

 

The dark-haired, dark-eyed human smiled and narrowed his eyes, the corners of his lips rising into a smile.

 

 

It grew more and more alluring under the light.

 

 

It was the most beautiful scene Zero Three had ever seen.
 

It was also the first time anyone had ever praised him for being cute instead of the other adjectives of spite and loathing.

“I’m getting off work, so if you don’t mind, would you like to go for a stroll together?”
 

Jiu Shu’s tone was soft, like he was inviting a close friend he’d already known for a long time.
 

“……”
 

Zero Three froze for a moment before replying, “Okay.”
 

At this moment, Zero Three was a little annoyed that he wasn’t able to say more sweet words.
 

Jiu Shu’s eyes curved from the force of his smile, he picked up the medical kit, and walked out of the room.

 

Zero Three also followed behind.
 

There weren’t many fans left in the hall now, with only the unstopped movement still coming from the other rooms.
 

Zero Three withdrew his gaze and left the bar after Jiu Shu.
 

Everything that happened tonight was like a dream to Zero Three.
 

He didn’t know why Jiu Shu was so nice to him, and could only try to maintain this good time, wanting to keep this moment a little longer.
 

 

Even if it was just a dream, he hoped that it would end later.
 

Walking down the dark streets, under the faint lights of the road, Zero Three carefully walked on the outside, making sure that Jiu Shu wouldn’t be disturbed by the traffic on the road.
 

Speaking of which, Jiu Shu didn’t seem to know his name.
 

 

Zero Three guessed that Jiu Shu might ask for his name in a while.
 

If he just said his real name, Zero Three, then he could logically add Jiu Shu as a friend online and transfer all his money to him.
 

Zero Three had been using Zero Three to sign his name when he sent gifts recently, so Jiu Shu should be familiar with that name.
 

Perhaps there was already some goodwill.
 

Even if it was just a little bit, it would be enough.
 

Zero Three looked down at Jiu Shu, his tall body making him look a bit petite.
 

Jiu Shu was watching the street vendors with interest, and occasionally there was a holographic warning sign set up by the police station playing a warning message on a loop.
 

Today’s warning was Beware of Stalkers.
 

Due to the recent deterioration of the economy in the lower city, many people had become mentally stressed and started to become psychopaths, preferring to follow some pretty-faced men and women and plotting against them in the name of giving gifts.
 

There had been many victims.
 

[Be careful of some gifts that appear out of nowhere at the door, most of them are the tactics of stalkers!]
 

The slogan on the warning sign flashed on high.

Seeing the human on his side looking thoughtfully at the warning sign, he watched as Jiu Shu suddenly smiled, “Speaking of which, I’ve been getting gifts a lot lately too.”
 

Some roses that inexplicably appeared at the door.
 

It was exactly the same characteristics as those written on the warning sign.
 

“…… “Zero Three, who was already prepared to say his name, looked at the warning sign and said nothing.
 

He clearly seemed a bit bewildered.

 

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