C120 — [ 5.15 — False Them]

“Help me… help me…”

 

On the ground, college student A was dying; luckily, the power in the playground was quickly restored to normal.

 

His companions also found him.

 

Only then did he barely regain his life.

 

 

His first reaction was to see if the camera equipment was okay.

 

 

And whether it had captured everything that had just happened on film.

 

That masked youth was really good-looking, and even with the mask on, one could still see his beauty.

 

 

If he recorded that scene, even if he said just a few simple words, the post could attract a lot of popularity.

 

So he couldn’t miss such good material.

 

 

His companions were all a little confused by his look and nodded with their camera equipment in hand.

 

 

The recording was safe.

 

But the young man wearing a mask didn’t speak at all; he just recorded them standing there.

 

 

“It’s okay; go look for him and see if you can still find him. If you can, record a few more scenes. If not, we’ll go back and handle it later.”

 

It was just that he didn’t speak; the solution was very simple.

 

 

He’d add a few eye-catching words in the edited version, such as him being full of sympathy for the bionics, that humans were all weak and incompetent and deserved to be robbed of their positions by the bionics, and so on.

 

 

With that person’s beautiful appearance, it’ll be a strong contrast.

 

It was sure to get a lot of attention.

 

 

A was very confident in attracting the attention of netizens.

 

 

His channel’s current size of ten million followers was all thanks to this kind of despicable tactic of his.

 

 

In the past, he had edited a passerby’s interview into a video in order to make it more interesting, resulting in the person’s sui-cide due to cyber violence.

 

A knew that with the current public opinion situation that hated bionics to the extreme, if he added those words, Jiu Shu and Zero Three would probably be cyber-bull-ied because of it.

 

But A didn’t care; instead, he felt happy.

 

 

Just now, those two actually ignored his pleas for help and left; they didn’t have a bit of sympathy, so they deserved to be hated.

 

 

The companions watched A grimace in pain, then his expression became vicious and mocking; they couldn’t help but look at each other.

 

 

But after all, they were of the same kind, so no one had any objections to A’s ideas. They all quickly went to find the couple.

 

 

At this time, Jiu Shu had already arrived with Zero Three near the ferris wheel.

 

 

In fact, Jiu Shu wanted to leave the amusement park directly and go back to properly check the injuries of the object of punishment.

 

 

In the end, he didn’t expect that Zero Three, who had been in a trance with a pale face just a moment ago, would lead him all the way to the vicinity of the Ferris wheel in the darkness.

 

 

After the amusement park resumed power supply, the Ferris wheel’s blinding neon light once again filled the entire amusement park.

 

 

After adapting to the dark environment and suddenly seeing the bright light, Jiu Shu’s eyes couldn’t help but squint.

 

Seeing this, Zero Three subconsciously held Jiu Shu in his arms, carefully using his pale palms to block the bright light for him.

 

 

Humans were different from bionics, a very fragile existence.

 

 

He couldn’t be disturbed in the slightest.

 

 

Zero Three moved carefully, very different from the man who had indifferently stabbed through the bodies of his kind with a steel spike during the day.

 

 

Jiu Shu was embraced in his arms, his height only reaching a little above his waist, so much so that his head rested on Zero Three’s solid chest.

 

 

The muscular and broad sensation caused Jiu Shu to be stunned.
 

Only then did he say somewhat helplessly, “It’s alright, I’m fine.”

 

 

It wasn’t as if he was vulnerable to this extent.

 

“Hmm.”

 

 

Zero Three nodded and confirmed that Jiu Shu’s eyes had adjusted to the brightness before releasing his hand.

 

 

Jiu Shu raised his eyes and looked at Zero Three.

 

 

His pale face still didn’t have much expression, but his pitch-black eyes stared straight at him without blinking.

 

 

There didn’t seem to be much difference compared to the person he was before the blackout.

 

 

“Were you uncomfortable somewhere just now?”

 

 

That momentary trance just now was by no means an illusion.

 

 

“…… It’s really fine; I just haven’t rested well recently. I’m a bit tired, probably because I got injured at work a few days ago.”

 

Zero Three’s gaze was a bit averted as he half-truthfully responded.
 

He hid his arm wrapped in bandages behind his back with a calm expression.

 

 

His expression remained calm and introverted, as usual.

 

 

However, there was an imperceptible paranoid morbidity in his restrained gaze.

 

 

In order not to reveal his bionic identity, he could only lie to Jiu Shu for the time being.

 

 

As a bionic human who was loyal to humans, this kind of repeated deception was a practice that was once despised by Zero Three as something only a rebel bionic would do.

 

 

But he had to do it.

 

 

He hadn’t confessed his love to Jiu Shu yet, and he hadn’t been with Jiu Shu yet.

 

 

So he couldn’t reveal his identity.

 

 

He just wanted to be with Jiu Shu forever.

 

In the final analysis, it was the video he had just seen that completely destroyed his sense of security.

 

 

The slight delusion that Zero Three had because of the ending of the film and the courage he had built up as a result all fell to pieces in front of the video.

 

 

The tragic current situation of that bionic star, who was shining brightly in the old film and was moving towards a bright future with humanity, seemed to have torn apart Zero Three’s ridiculously naive fantasies, telling him that everything was illusory.

 

 

Humans and bionics could never have a happy ending.

 

 

In order to get happiness, it was necessary to conceal his identity as a bionic.

 

Jiu Shu looked at Zero Three for a moment, seemingly believing his words for the time being, and didn’t pursue the matter further.

 

 

He understood Zero Three’s current uneasiness and trepidation.

 

 

What the object of discipline needed right now wasn’t a single-pressed question, but quiet companionship.

 

 

Only then could the object of discipline understand that he wouldn’t leave and would always be by his side.

 

 

No matter what his status was.

 

 

“Going on the ferris wheel?” Zero Three opened his mouth a little timidly.

 

 

He still wanted to ride the Ferris wheel with Jiu Shu.

 

 

Even though he knew that the so-called kiss at the highest point that would let them be together forever was just a legend, he still wanted to complete it with Jiu Shu.

 

 

Even if it was just the slightest possibility that he could be together with Jiu Shu forever, he didn’t want to miss it.

 

 

Zero Three was afraid of getting rejected.

 

Therefore, his tone was almost humble.

 

 

Jiu Shu looked at him, reached out his hand, stood on tiptoe, and touched his pale face.

 

 

Zero Three’s eyes widened slightly, as if he were somewhat flattered.

 

 

He saw the beautiful human idol in front of him agree to his request.

 

 

“Of course I want to. Who made you so cute?”

 

 

Jiu Shu’s tone was flirtatious, like that of a playboy who was bothering a good woman.

 

 

Jiu Shu knew that only this kind of undisguised fondness could best make Zero Three feel secure.

 

 

Zero Three looked into Jiu Shu’s translucent and beautiful eyes and somewhat blushingly lowered his eyes.

 

 

Instead, countless small flowers bloomed in his heart.

 

As Jiu Shu had predicted, Zero Three’s mood, which had been suppressed and gloomy just now because of the video, became calmer.

 

 

Yes, that was all he wanted.

 

 

He wanted to be loved by Jiu Shu; he wanted them to love each other just like those human couples.

 

 

And now he was about to get it.

 

 

To get what he craved most, Jiu Shu’s love.

 

 

The ride on the Ferris wheel went smoothly.

 

 

Due to the power outage earlier, many people had their hearts set on leaving the amusement park and stopped queuing.

 

 

So, they quickly got on this Ferris wheel that they would have had to stand in the queue for a long time.

 

 

Sitting in a cockpit that could only accommodate two people, Zero Three sat across from Jiu Shu, his fingers still interlocked with Jiu Shu’s ten fingers.
He didn’t dare look into Jiu Shu’s eyes and only dared to drop his gaze on his hand.

 

Jiu Shu’s hands were glistening white like jade, unlike bionics, and each finger was slender and beautiful.

 

 

This was the first time Zero Three had ever ridden a ferris wheel, and the first time he had ever been given the opportunity to ride a ferris wheel with a human.

 

 

More so, it was his first confession.

 

 

In order to appear more stable, Zero Three averted his gaze from Jiu Shu’s hands and looked outside the cockpit.

 

Through the slowly rising Ferris wheel’s cockpit, one could see the bustling uptown area in the distance, with lights that stayed on all night and towering buildings.

 

 

It was already nearing its highest point.

 

 

Zero Three nervously gripped Jiu Shu’s hand and gathered the courage to look into his eyes.

 

 

Jiu Shu’s eyes were different from all the human eyes Zero Three had seen since the factory.

 

There was no murky desire, nor was there disgust.

 

 

There was only a gentle smile that Zero Three was finally able to look at.

 

 

Zero Three thought that he had become accustomed to the indifference and coldness of humans during these years of work.

 

 

He was different from the emotionally sensitive old model like Seven Two; he was a new model that wasn’t bothered by emotions.

 

 

There would be no excessive craving for human care.

 

 

But it wasn’t until now that he realized it wasn’t actually true.

 

 

He just cared too much.
 

The bionic’s emotion control system prevented him from releasing those suppressed emotions.

 

 

But that didn’t mean those emotions didn’t exist.

 

 

After getting a smile from Jiu Shu, he could no longer bear to lose Jiu Shu and go back to the stagnant water filled with indifference and abhorrence like in the past.

 

Looking at Jiu Shu, Zero Three spoke with a somewhat arduous voice, “Jiu Shu, I like you; can you stay with me?”

 

 

This should be the most universal confession for humans.

 

 

Zero Three pronounced every word clearly, as if he had practiced it hundreds or thousands of times, skillfully and calmly.

 

 

The fingers holding Jiu Shu, however, appeared stiff.

 

 

Jiu Shu could see Zero Three’s uneasiness and knew how to appease this uneasiness of his.

 

 

“Yeah, I like you too.”

 

 

He rested his cheeks on his head and looked at Zero Three with a light smile.

 

 

Without a trace of hesitation, he agreed to Zero Three’s confession without hesitation.

 

 

Even though he had already vaguely sensed Jiu Shu’s good feelings towards him before he came, when he actually heard those words, Zero Three’s eyes widened helplessly.

 

 

His pupils dilated.

 

 

He and Jiu Shu were in love with each other.

 

 

Such an ending was like a dream.

 

 

Beautiful, happy, and warm.

 

 

A warmth that he, as a bionic human, had never received before.

 

 

The memories of being disregarded and disliked by humans all became insignificant at this moment.

 

 

Because now he had received the love he wanted most.

 

 

Snapping-

 

 

Jiu Shu saw Zero Three stare blankly at him, his eyes slightly reddening.
 

Teardrops hit the back of his hand, and Jiu Shu gently raised his hand, his fingertips wiping away the tears from the corners of Zero Three’s eyes.

 

 

Zero Three finally blinked.

 

 

The tears continued to fall, as if the emotions that used to be suppressed by the emotional control system were instantly out of control.

 

He was bewildered by the tears in his eyes and wanted it to stop.

 

 

But he couldn’t control it.

 

 

It was the first time he learned that bionics cried when they were happy to the core, instead of the bright smile that had always been instilled in the chip.

 

 

Tentatively reaching out his hand, Zero Three hugged Jiu Shu in his arms, hiding the tears in his eyes.

 

 

The ferris wheel had reached its highest point.

 

 

He moved closer to Jiu Shu, his eyes still red and his expression pleading for a kiss.

 

 

Jiu Shu didn’t refuse.

 

 

Although the object of discipline in this world appeared indifferent and cold on the surface, he was actually very unloved and insecure.

 

 

Even a vain legend was enough to make him overcome his fear of possible rejection and ask for a kiss.

 

 

Zero Three’s kiss was very innocent; he just gently pressed against Jiu Shu’s lips, enamored with Jiu Shu’s soft lips.

 

 

It wasn’t until the cockpit slowly descended that Zero Three reluctantly ended the kiss.

 

 

But he didn’t let go of his embrace and kept holding Jiu Shu like this.

 

 

Knowing that the object of discipline wasn’t very stable right now, Jiu Shu patted his back soothingly.

 

 

There was no resistance to the confining embrace.

 

 

He had the illusion that he was soothing a stray large dog that was all over the place after an injury.

 

 

For this large dog that longed for affection and care, only an intimate embrace could soothe it.

 

 

Zero Three felt the gentleness of Jiu Shu and couldn’t help but hug him a little more closely.

 

 

But where Jiu Shu couldn’t see, Zero Three’s eyes were filled with obsession and paranoid possessiveness for the love of his life in his arms.

 

 

He knew that he was perhaps sick.

 

 

What was originally just a desire to extend his time with Jiu Shu a little longer was now a greedy desire for more.

 

 

He wanted to be the eternal lover by Jiu Shu’s side.

 

 

The symptoms of human delusion were evident in him.

 

But he didn’t want to cure it in the slightest; he just wanted to indulge in it.

 

 

After all, human delusion was nothing; as long as he could be with Jiu Shu, even if he was terminally ill, it didn’t matter.

 

The Ferris wheel finally reached the time to go down.

 

 

Zero Three held Jiu Shu’s hand and walked down the cockpit together.
 

After successfully confessing his love, there was a much brighter light in Zero Three’s eyes than before, which washed away the indifference between his brows.

 

 

Although he was still silent and sparse in his speech, he was obviously a lot more cheerful.

 

 

It didn’t matter if it was love that came only after hiding his identity; as long as he could keep hiding it like this, it would be forever.

 

 

Thinking like this, Zero Three suddenly glanced around.
 

He saw those familiar faces that were interviewing other couples not far away.

 

 

It was those mouthy college students.
 

They seemed to be looking for Jiu Shu and him, wanting to continue the interview that had nearly exposed his identity earlier; they wanted to keep probing.

 

 

 

Zero Three’s movements paused for a moment, as he looked at those humans, his pitch-black pupils seemed to have the same pure ki-lling intent as when he faced the bionics.

 

If he k-illed them, no one would probe his identity anymore, right?

 

 

“What’s wrong?” Jiu Shu straightened the roses in his arms and looked up at the dazed Zero Three.

 

“…… Nothing.” Zero Three withdrew his gaze, not daring to let Jiu Shu see the appalling murd-erous intent lingering in his eyes.

 

 

He didn’t know what was wrong with him; he had lost consciousness and developed a murd-erous intent towards humans.

 

 

That was against the nature engraved on his chip.

 

 

It was something that shouldn’t be there.

 

 

It must be an illusion.

 

 

Zero Three thought indifferently.
 

And there was actually no need to ki-ll; he’d just destroy the eyes that spied on them and the mouths that spoke evil words.

 

 

Zero Three’s fingertips trembled.

 

 

He vaguely felt that his thoughts had changed so much that they didn’t seem quite normal.

 

 

It was almost like one of those rebel bionics infected with a neurovirus.

 

 

Thinking of this, Zero Three’s gaze went to the smartwatch on his wrist.

 

 

Although its appearance looked the same as the smart watches that humans often wore, in fact, as a police officer in the police station, this wristwatch was specially made by the police department.

 

 

Not only could one communicate with the police station through the wristwatch, but one could also observe the physical condition of the police officers at any time.

 

 

It was also specially upgraded for bionic police officers after the last bionic mass m-urder incident.

 

 

It could detect the bionic’s mental state in depth.

 

 

Detecting whether or not a bionic police officer had been hit by a neurovirus.

 

 

It was just that this function wasn’t taken seriously by the police department, and Zero Three had never been asked to use it.

 

 

After all, as a new model, it was unlikely that he would be infected with a low-grade virus like the Resistance.

 

“Let’s go home.”

 

 

Jiu Shu’s voice interrupted Zero Three’s thoughts.

 

 

Zero Three tucked his wristwatch-wearing arm naturally at his side and nodded curtly.

 

 

The darkness in his eyes dissipated and was filled with thick love.

 

 

“Okay.”

 

 

It should be fine.

 

 

He’d only suffered some damage that affected his central control system, it wasn’t the viral infection.

 

 

It wasn’t the virus that humans disliked and kept away from.

 

 

Humans considered Bionics who had been infected with the neurovirus and lost their loyalty to humans as crazy, broken machines.

 

 

The only thing that would happen was that he’d be destroyed.

 

 

If he really was infected with the neurovirus, even if Jiu Shu was as friendly as he could be to bionics, he wouldn’t come near him again.
 

So it must be impossible; he was just injured.

 

 

Thinking so, Zero Three hid his bafflement and led Jiu Shu to avoid the college students who were looking for them inside the amusement park.

 

 

The two of them left the amusement park together.

 

 

At this time, the night was getting darker and darker, but for the residents of the uptown area, the nightlife had just begun.

 

 

Holding hands with Jiu Shu, Zero Three’s eyes were filled with warmth, and in his other hand, he cradled a large bouquet of roses that Jiu Shu had just held.

 

 

On the other hand, while holding hands, Jiu Shu looked down and flipped through his mobile phone.

 

 

Recently, he was quite busy.

 

 

Not only did he have to deal with the affairs of Paradise Technology Company, he also had to pay attention to the work of the original owner’s office.
 

The day after tomorrow was the interview program.

 

 

In fact, Jiu Shu could have refused at any time; after all, he had been too busy lately.

 

 

But looking at the location of the recording studio where this talk show was located, Jiu Shu revealed an interested look.

 

If he remembered correctly, this seemed to be the location where the main female character, Lian Qi’s agency, was located.
 

At that time, he should be able to meet the female lead and perhaps find out where the AI was along the way.

 

 

Zero Three looked at Jiu Shu for a long time before withdrawing his gaze and looking at the watch on his wrist.
 

It was displaying the results of the data from the test.

 

 

As well as a black virus symbol that signified his infected state.

 

Zero Three looked at the smartwatch, and with an indifferent expression, he cut off the data that was about to be uploaded to the police station.
 

The wristwatch was broken.

 

 

He was not infected.

 

 

Because an infected bionic would be filled with malice towards creatures other than himself, especially humans.

 

 

And he knew that he would always love humans.

 

 

He loved his Jiu Shu.

 

 

The malice towards those humans just now wasn’t very good, but it was just because he was in a bad state today, and he had recovered now.
 

There would be no more malice.

 

 

Zero Three lowered his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the roses in his arms, his movements gentle.
 

“The new model will be available soon! Do you gentlemen want to try it out? Please take a look; this is a new model designed by the military this year; demand exceeds supply.”
 

Suddenly, the staff of the Bionic Human Boutique on the roadside blocked Jiu Shu’s path.

 

 

Jiu Shu raised his eyes and saw that various bionic human projection advertisements were being broadcast in the street-side shop, and there were also physical bionic humans placed in the storefront.

 

 

This was very common in the uptown area; bionics were extremely cheap tools that could just be replaced with new ones when they broke without having to be repaired.
 

That was why it led to so many bionics being discarded.

 

 

Jiu Shu had always been interested in this world’s bionic human technology, so he nodded and walked to the side to look at it.

 

 

All of them were new models that were more advanced than Zero Three, and although their specific functions might not be as good as Zero Three’s, both their appearances and the materials used to make them were all cutting-edge technology that was more advanced than Zero Three’s.
 

Zero Three saw a bionic human beside Jiu Shu flash a smile towards Jiu Shu and make an elegant greeting.

 

 

In turn, Jiu Shu also flashed a smile at the bionic man.

 

 

Zip-

 

 

After the sound of electricity, the holographic projections in the shop all flickered and disappeared.

 

“Welcome… welcome Zi Zi Zi you Zi Zi–” The bionic man that was bowing malfunctioned and stopped operating.

 

 

The shop owner nearly collapsed.

 

 

“It seems like it’s all broken.” Jiu Shu stood on the side of the road and watched as the owner checked the shop’s new model bionic people one by one.

 

 

Due to the higher cost of the new models, there were only a dozen bionic people in total in the shop, and now all of them had lost their ability to operate.

 

 

“Yeah, they’re all broken, too bad.”

 

 

Zero Three intertwined his fingers with Jiu Shu and stood at Jiu Shu’s side, agreeing.

 

 

There seemed to be regret in his voice.

 

 

But when he lowered his eyes, the twisted pleasure that inadvertently flashed in his eyes was expressing the opposite emotion.

 

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I got a cold, I feel a bit better by today so updates continue 🎉.

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