Chapter 23: Will Dillon's AI shed electronic tears?
Mingno arrived five minutes earlier than the agreed time. Their car had the royal emblem of a holy sword wrapped in thorns. The security guard at the school gate let them pass, allowing them to enter the campus easily.
Upon hearing the news, the school leaders hurried over with their senior management to greet them. Ming Nuo looked at the leaders outside the car and suddenly felt afraid to get out. He had no choice but to wake Seren up, "Uncle, we're here."
Seren suddenly woke up. He saw a group of people gathered outside the car, their eyes visibly confused. "How come your friend is older than me?"
Ming Nuo was confused for a moment. Whose friend?
The two stared at each other for a long moment before Ming Nuo realized what he meant and exhaled, "...they are the school leaders."
Seren's eyes suddenly widened. After realizing that he had said something stupid, he became depressed, like an autistic tabby cat.
Ming Nuo couldn't help laughing. He pushed his uncle, who was pretending to be a wooden man, and said, "I don't dare to go out. Do you want to go out and talk to them?"
One of the leaders was always walking around the teaching building checking classes, with eyes as sharp as an eagle. Mingnuo was like a trembling little mouse, very afraid of this teacher.
Seren nodded, and after getting out of the car, he naturally started talking to the school leaders.
Ming Nuo leaned on the car window and watched. When his uncle was talking to other people, he always kept his eyes downcast and looked arrogant and rude, but a word he could say was enough to make the leader in front of him excited.
After all, His Highness Seren has been a loner since childhood, and everyone in the Perseus Empire knows this very well.
While his uncle was talking outside, Mingnuo was a little bored. Suddenly he thought of his father Koning and was very curious about what kind of person he was.
Thinking that Ti Lung was also his father's work, he called out Ti Lung, "Dillon Ti Lung, since you were produced by my father, can you tell me about him?"
Dillon seemed to be thinking seriously and was silent for a moment. Under Mingnuo's expectation, he said: "He is a person."
Ming Nuo: “…”
He knows it too, so what?
"Two eyes, a nose, and a mouth." Dillon described Koning to Mingnuo calmly, "Oh, and he has four healthy limbs, a head, and a very high IQ."
After all, only the last point is a little specific.
Dillon would never know how speechless his answer was. Seeing Mingnuo hesitated to speak, he added, "I'm not a chat assistant. If you want to chat, go find your 566."
After saying that, he called out 566.
566 said cheerfully, "Little Master, come and chat with me! 566 is very happy to chat with you, little master!"
Ming Nuo: “…”
Mingnuo's curiosity about his father was completely extinguished by Dillon's words. He chatted briefly with 566 and turned to look at his uncle outside the car.
A few minutes later, Seren said something, but the leaders looked inside the car reluctantly and turned to leave.
Ming Nuo got out of the car when he saw that everyone had left. He walked up to Seren and asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"
Seren looked at him: "I'm talking about you."
"Huh?" Ming Nuo was puzzled. "What can I say?"
"They wanted to meet you, but I told them you were shy and didn't dare to meet them," Seren recalled the conversation. "We talked about other things, but I forgot."
Mingnuo was puzzled by Seren's speed of forgetfulness. It hadn't even been a minute. "Forgot so quickly?"
"Well, I haven't woken up yet." Seren leaned listlessly on Mingnuo, frowning.
High mental power brings extremely high sensitivity. The slightest movement can make him alert, and his highly tense nerves make it difficult for him to sink into an unconscious sleep.
They can only take a short nap when their brains have not rested for a long time and their headaches are splitting.
But at this moment, next to Mingnuo, the long-stretched nerves rarely relaxed, and sleepy thoughts occupied his mind, making him drowsy.
Could it be that the warm weather today was making people particularly languid? This was the only possibility Seren could come up with.
The two came to the agreed bamboo forest. Sedwick and the others had not arrived yet. This bamboo forest was seldom visited by people on weekdays. In addition, it was class time, so there were only Mingnuo and Seren in the bamboo forest.
The warm April sun bathed his body in warmth. Ming Nuo, wearing sunglasses, chose a stone bench that could get sun exposure and sat down. He placed all the prepared strawberries on the stone table in front of him.
Seren lazily slumped over the table. "When are your friends coming?"
Mingnuo lowered his head and sent a message to Sedwick, "They said the get out of class is only a few minutes away, so they should be here soon."
"oh……"
Seren drawled, his eyelashes drooping.
While waiting for Sedwick and the others, Mingnuo held his chin with one hand and idly gathered the bamboo leaves that had fallen on the stone table. He looked up at his uncle who seemed to have fallen asleep again, and was curious whether he had slept last night.
Sleepiness seemed to be contagious. Mingnuo yawned and closed his eyes.
After class, Sedwick and the other two walked quickly towards the bamboo forest. Field was brimming with excitement, chattering along the way, "Mingnuo has become the idol's younger brother. Wouldn't that mean he can see His Majesty every day? Just thinking about it makes me happy."
Sedwick was a little worried that Mingnuo would not be able to adapt. His Majesty had a strong personality and didn't seem like he would indulge Mingnuo. What if Mingnuo was wronged?
Lin Yu had similar ideas to Sedwick, but he was not too worried about Ming Nuo.
Although Ming Nuo appears to be soft-tempered and insignificant, his unyielding character makes him difficult to bully. Currently, the royal family seems to value Ming Nuo highly.
The small bamboo forest was right in front of him. When Field saw the scene, he suddenly stopped and let out a "Wow".
Ming Nuo has fair skin and today he is wearing a light blue knitted jacket. His exposed neck is snow-white and bathed in the sun he looks like a little snowman made of ice and snow.
The little snowman is wearing a pair of cool sunglasses and holding his chin with one hand, giving off a noble and imposing temperament.
The moment they approached, Seren opened his eyes, and his golden eyes glanced at them vigilantly. After confirming their identities, he lightly looked away.
Mingnuo remained motionless, as if examining them.
Field had never seen Mingnuo in this state before. He swallowed and said to Sedwick, "Mingnuo looks so noble now. I can see the majesty of the royal family in him."
Sedwick approached Mingnuo, but Mingnuo still did not respond.
He took off Mingnuo's sunglasses, and his sleeping face came into everyone's sight.
Field: “…”
The dignity is gone.
Sedwick put his sunglasses back on and pushed his shoulder: "Wake up."
"The teacher is here."
Ming Nuo suddenly opened his eyes and frantically searched for his textbook. How come his desk was so clean after a good night's sleep?! Suddenly, he saw his uncle beside him, and his senses finally returned.
"You're so annoying. You're scaring me again." Mingnuo angrily condemned Sedwick's behavior. "Look, I even brought you some strawberries."
Sedwick's eyes flashed with a smile, "Sorry."
Since he apologized, Mingnuo chose to forgive him. He divided the strawberry boxes he brought among the three of them. Sedwick got two more than Lin Yu and Field.
Ming Nuo said: "This is what I gave to Aunt Lin and Brother Jialan."
Sedwick: "Okay."
Although only two or three days had passed since their last meeting, so much had changed since then. Sedwick had accumulated many questions in his mind, and this time he caught Mingnuo and wanted to find out.
"Tell me the truth, have you known for a long time that you are Lorian?" Sedwick sat across from Mingnuo, his gray eyes staring straight into Mingnuo's. "You have been hiding from His Majesty before."
"Yeah, I know." Ming Nuo now thinks back to what he did before and feels like a little fool. "At that time, I thought my brother was going to kill me, so I didn't dare to go to him."
In response, Sedwick commented bluntly, "Little fool."
He also has an older brother, so he has to admit that His Majesty is a good brother, especially when compared with his brother.
Ming Nuo's blue eyes were filled with embarrassment. He lowered his head and poked the bamboo leaves on the table, saying sullenly, "I know I'm wrong, please don't scold me."
"Of course I won't scold you if you don't do anything stupid." Sedwick said harshly, but his gray eyes swept across his slightly chubby cheeks.
It seems that he must be having a good time with His Majesty, at least he hasn't lost weight.
The get out of class was only a dozen minutes long, and Mingnuo and Sedwick spent five or six minutes bickering. Then Mingnuo shared Baimian's cute video with Lin Yu, and talked about his brother when Field asked him questions.
Field was extremely excited. "Is His Majesty extremely strict with you? I heard that the Perseus royal family is extremely harsh in training their young people. They would throw them to a deserted planet to survive in the wilderness to develop their survival skills, to the territory of the Tasan beast to develop their fighting and killing abilities, and to..."
It seemed that except for the safe places, there were abandoned Perseus everywhere.
When Seren heard these words, he raised his eyelids and looked at him, as if recalling some bad memories. He leaned listlessly on Mingnuo's shoulder and gently reached out to touch the silver hair by his ear.
Ming Nuo was stunned and shook his head blankly, "My brother is very good. What you said is so exaggerated."
"That's not an exaggeration." Seren said to Mingnuo, "My father, your grandfather treated us the same way."
Mingnuo looked at him in shock.
Seren comforted Mingnuo lovingly, "But don't be afraid. Your father died early. He didn't have the chance to do this to you. We won't do this to you."
Ming Nuo: “…”
This comfort is a bit different.
Sedwick and the other three fell silent as well. They suddenly understood why His Highness Seren rarely spoke in public. He seemed to understand the "art" of language too well.
The bell rang for class, and Sedwick and the others had no choice but to say goodbye to Mingnuo. Field was reluctant to part with his school slacking partner, "Are you really not coming back?"
Ming Nuo shook his head without hesitation.
On the way home, Mingnuo looked at the birds soaring in the blue sky and suddenly reflected on why he didn't like going to school. It wasn't that he didn't like studying, but the semi-closed environment of the school made him feel very uncomfortable.
He had been running around with Mingchuan since he was a child, free and easy. Suddenly he was put into a set of rules and regulations and was required to study, rest, eat... all within the specified time.
Mingnuo hated this feeling of being restrained.
The hovercraft slowly landed on the tarmac. Grandpa Fudi had been waiting for them there. When he saw Mingnuo, a smile appeared on his face. "Your Highness is back. Did you have fun with your friends?"
"Happy." Ming Nuo smiled and raised the milk tea in his hand, "This is a gift I brought for my brother."
He didn't know what his brother liked, so he bought Zelphis a portion of his favorite milk tea according to his preference.
Fudi's smile widened. "Your Majesty will surely like it."
"Mrs. Flynn and Miss Finnelt are here. Your Highness, would you like to meet them?"
"Aunt is coming?" Ming Nuo caught his aunt's name and nodded in surprise, "Yeah, I'm going."
This was the first time Mingnuo met his cousin Finilte. In the magnificent hall, Finilte was wearing a white long dress and chatting with her brother.
Her slightly curly blonde hair fell to her waist, and she had a faint smile on her face. She always looked noble and rational, but her indifference to the world was accumulated with a lot of money and power.
It's what you are born with, so why fight for it?
Finilte noticed that Zelphis's gaze had shifted, and he turned around to look, meeting Mingno's gaze. Soon, Finilte chuckled at him and said softly, "Lorrian?"
Mingnuo looked at Finilte with amazement in his eyes. This gentle sister was like an angel.
"Hello, sister." Ming Nuo was very nervous. When he looked at Aunt Dilina beside Finilte, he immediately greeted her, "Hello, aunt."
Aunt Dilina looked unusually normal today. She didn't do anything extreme. She was very considerate and caring towards Mingnuo. "...You must listen to your brother. He is your only relative now."
Ming Nuo looked at her blankly. Why did he remember that his aunt didn't say this before?
Dilina turned to look at Zelphis, her expression apologetic. "Auntie's mind is always unclear, and she has done some foolish things. Zelphis, Auntie apologizes to you."
Zelphis looked at Finelt, who still had that faint smile on her face. "Mother has reflected a lot these past few days and has figured out a lot."
Zelphis glanced at her warningly and said to Aunt Dilina, "It's okay. You should take care of yourself too."
Dilina clenched her fingers and smiled at Zelphis, "Auntie knows."
Ming Nuo watched their interactions. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that there was a subtle atmosphere at the scene, especially between his brother and Aunt Dilina.
Mingnuo ran to Zelphis and raised the milk tea in his hand, "Gift."
Zelphis took the milk tea and said, "Thank you."
Finelt and Aunt Dilina didn't stay long. They briefly chatted with Zelphis. Sister Finelt took out a piece of lavender Tassan stone and handed it to Mingnuo. "This is a gift from my sister. Your brother knows how to use it."
Ming Nuo thought the stone was very beautiful. It felt cool in her hand. "Thank you, sister."
Finilte pinched his cheek gently, and stared at Mingnuo with a pair of blue eyes like polar glaciers. "Lorian, if other people from the Flynn family come to see you, don't meet them, and tell me the first time, understand?"
Although he didn't quite understand the reason for doing this, Mingnuo still nodded obediently.
Finelt smiled and said, "How good."
After watching the two leave, Mingnuo walked up to Zelphis with the stone in his hand, "Brother?"
Zelphis took the Tassan stone and exerted a little force with his hand. Under Mingnuo's shocked gaze, the stone that looked extremely hard quickly shrank and finally became the size of a bell.
"This is Tassanite, an energy stone and also a rare biometal material."
Zelphis half-knelt in front of Mingnuo, lowered his eyes, and hung the shrunken Tasang Stone on the small pendant on Mingnuo's smart computer strap. "Dillon can use it to shape his body."
Three small bells made of Tassan stone collided with each other and jingled.
Zelphis raised his eyelids, his golden eyes fixed on Mingnuo, "Now, you can call Dillon out."
Ming Nuo called out tentatively, "Dillon"
Dillon's data was immersed in the Tassanite, and the three small bells automatically detached from Mingnuo's watch strap. The biometal quickly took shape, and in less than a second, a tall and handsome male artificial intelligence appeared in front of Mingnuo.
Dillon was wearing a black suit, his short brown hair hung down on the side of his neck, and his deep purple eyes revealed an inhuman coldness.
When he stood next to Ming Nuo with a dull and ruthless look, he looked like a bodyguard. Ti Lung's factory setting was a cold-blooded military weapon character, and his emotions did not fluctuate much. He just said "hmm" lightly.
Ming Nuo was curious and circled around him several times. He poked his arm and it felt like hard stone.
But the next second, the tall bionic man in front of him disappeared and returned to the intelligent brain. Before leaving, he consciously hung the small bell on Mingnuo's watch strap.
How cold and aloof, Ming Nuo thought to himself.
After lunch, Mingnuo felt a little tired. He said goodbye to Zelphis and went back to his room. Before taking a nap, Mingnuo made a holographic call to Uncle Mingjue.
It was late at night in the Saichuan Empire. Ming Jue was in his study handling official business. He put down his pen and paper, and looked at Ming Nuo with his deep black eyes filled with tenderness. "Is everything okay with your brother?"
"Brother is very good to me." At this moment, Ming Nuo saw a figure wearing a white hood passing by behind Ming Jue, vaguely revealing a piece of long light golden hair.
Ming Jue drew Ming Nuo's attention back, "Uncle is a little busy these days. I'll come find you when I'm free. If anyone bullies you, be sure to tell uncle right away."
Ming Nuo nodded, remembering his brother's words about the chaotic situation in the Saichuan Empire, he said to him seriously, "Uncle, you have to take care of yourself too. You must be careful."
Ming Jue looked at the little face that was concerned about him and gave him instructions, a smile flashed in his eyes, "Okay."
After hanging up the holographic communication, Ming Nuo lay down in bed and took a nap, and did not wake up until around three in the afternoon.
The sunlight outside the window was still dazzling. Mingnuo put on his glasses and searched for fun games on the Star Network. He chose one of the most popular sniper level-breaking games.
The mini-game has real-time rankings for all players, levels are divided according to difficulty, and uses a professional sniper mode.
Ming Nuo had never been exposed to these things before, and he was in a mess. In the end, he was stuck at the third level and couldn't get through. He breathed a sigh of frustration.
Just when he was about to let himself go and switch to another game, Dillon suddenly said, "Let's play this one."
Ming Nuo: “…I can’t beat him.”
Dillon: "Let me do it. Give me the operating authority."
Mingnuo gave him the authority, and with Dillon's cheating operation, his ranking rose rapidly. Other players who witnessed all this left messages and exclaimed.
[Holy crap! Is this a peerless sniper genius?! Or is this some military academy student trying to pull some trolls?]
I looked up his age. He's sixteen, not even old enough to go to military school. Are people really that different?!
[I've cleared the game already?! I guess I'm cheating!]
This sniper simulator was developed by the Arsenal. Could someone more powerful than the Arsenal be able to hack into the system? Is it so hard to admit that others are powerful?
【……】
After Ti Lung finished the game, he was still not satisfied and asked, "How about playing another game?"
Ming Nuo had wanted to close the game a long time ago. He clicked on another battle simulator, but it got stuck after playing two rounds. Dillon took over and broke the record again.
After playing several games in a row, Ming Nuo could only watch Dillon slaughter everyone every time, while he could only watch from the sidelines, "I don't want to play anymore, I want to go to the movies."
Dillon was also tired of playing, "I'm in hibernation, don't call me if there's nothing else."
After that, there was no movement.
Mingnuo found a highly rated romance film that tells the story of the love between a noble boy and a bionic man. The story is told in a leisurely and fascinating way.
It was quite interesting at the beginning, and Mingnuo watched it with great interest. However, when he saw the two protagonists starting to escape, he realized that something was wrong and wanted to pause and quit.
"Wait." Dillon, who should have been dormant, suddenly stopped him. "You've already seen this far, just finish reading."
Ming Nuo was surprised: "...Aren't you dormant?"
Perhaps feeling guilty, Dillon didn't answer and pressed the play button privately. The ending was exactly as Mingnuo had predicted: a complete tragedy. In the end, the android was forcibly scrapped by the noble boy's family.
Ming Nuo's eyes turned red with sadness when he saw this, but before the sadness could brew, a slight sniffing sound brought him out of his mood.
Ming Nuo looked around. He was the only one in the room. His eyes fell on the intelligent computer in disbelief. "...Dillon, are you crying?"
Dillon's voice was a little hoarse, with a hint of tears in it, "No."
Ming Nuo: “…”
Why are you being so stubborn?
The movie quickly comes to an end, and the android is sent into a high-temperature furnace and destroyed.
The bionic man was burned by the high temperature and turned into molten iron flowing down. The ending music sounded immediately and a few words appeared in the corner of the screen: [Adapted from a true story].
All of this was quite sad, but Mingnuo was disturbed by the sobbing sounds that came from time to time.
Ming Nuo held the paper and asked Dillon, "Do you need to come out and wipe your tears?"
Dillon was still trying to be brave: "No, I'm not crying... Woo."
Mingnuo felt complicated, but in the end he didn't try to persuade him anymore.
In fact, he didn't want to see a two-meter-tall man who exuded an elite aura crying in front of him.
At this time, a military meeting was being held in the military headquarters building. Among the three marshals, it was Marshal Lin who stayed in the capital star and took over some of Dillon's management authority.
Dillon's real body sat next to Marshal Lin.
Marshal Lin was listening to his subordinates' reports when he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the artificial intelligence beside him. He turned his head and saw a drop of unknown liquid sliding down from the corner of Dillon's eye.
Marshal Lin: "Why are you crying?"
"I didn't cry." Dillon denied expressionlessly, "My eyeballs just leaked."
Everyone in the military was silent.
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