Chapter 39 The Dagger Revealed
011 vaguely remembers that when it was first designed, it was just a small mechanical ball, like a capsule toy.
Later, after devouring the surrounding energy, it took on its own form and turned into a red panda. At that time, he saw his companions around him gradually becoming super-large, but he was sad for a long time because of his small size.
It was not until he won every system competition that people realized that even though he was small in size, he was still the most powerful red panda!
So 011 faced the challenge without a trace of guilt. He snorted twice at the man's sullen face, then glanced around the mecha with a troubled look, "Who should I choose?"
He understood the dilemma he had felt that day when he faced a pile of peeled shrimp at the dinner table.
"Ha, you're bragging without worrying about hurting your waist. Are you able to choose from these mechas?" The serious young man looked unhappy, staring at the orange-red curly hair swaying in front of him, waiting to see what tricks he could come up with.
However, they didn't know that the mecha in front of them was shining with cold silver light, and everyone's voices were subconsciously lowered in front of the red panda.
011 remained noncommittal about the young man's words. He was looking at the red mecha in front of him, feeling somewhat troubled. A wave of consciousness invisible to ordinary people was transmitted into his mind, transforming into a deep male voice. "Choose me, and I'll definitely lead you to victory."
It is extremely large in size and stands majestically in front of 011.
Although the red panda didn't think that his large size was an advantage, he still looked over with starry eyes. If such a big creature went to the battlefield, he would surely scare the enemy so much that they wouldn't dare to move!
But before he could speak, another lazy and hoarse female voice came from the side.
"Hey, your parts are so broken! They're falling apart with a single blow. What if you get hurt?" The slender, artistically sculpted mech next to them scoffed. "My sister has always been one of the top five most popular mechs. I'm a Hexagonal Warrior. Your battle record is available. How about choosing me?"
But before it could finish its sentence, it was quickly squeezed out of the chat channel by another voice.
This time, the mecha spoke in a childish voice. Despite its massive size, it spoke softly, "Choose me, little kitty! I promise I can help you win this fight! Everyone says I'm awesome!"
The colorful mecha stood with his hands on his hips and puffed out his chest.
"Don't choose this brat, he likes to dismantle mechas with his bare hands. What if he breaks it and has to pay for it?" The slender mecha next to him clicked his tongue. His core was squeezed open many times and his temperature was directly red, but he didn't want to hit the child in front of so many people.
Its mechanical eyes, flashing red, scanned the area below, though it had no idea how its kind had managed to sneak among the humans.
But since it looks so weak, it still needs to be well protected.
011 didn't know what these mechas were thinking. Seeing that they were about to fight, he quickly waved his hands. He had seen this situation many times when he was in the system space. He hugged their mechanical legs one by one and patted them as if to comfort other big cat seniors.
"Are you begging them? Don't waste your energy. They won't recognize you as a human without mental power." The serious young man next to him seemed to be heartbroken and no one cared. He actually ran over and hugged the legs of the mechas, and suddenly shook his head with some pity and arrogance.
These mechas have bad tempers, and the boy will definitely be kicked out if he attacks them without knowing the consequences.
Then he'll have something exciting to watch.
Just as the young man was thinking this, he saw in the next second that the boy who looked like a little pearl was not kicked away. Instead, the mecha he was holding made a similar cautious movement and touched the other's fluffy curly hair with its big mechanical palm.
The young man, who was still covered in spikes, smiled slightly when he saw this scene, revealing dimples on his cheeks.
Is this recognized by all mechas?
No, it's impossible.
The young man comforted himself in this way. The mecha is also a man-made creature with thoughts. Naturally, it has its own aesthetic sense. Just like humans, it will have a good impression of things that are cute, soft and make them feel happy.
Perhaps it was because of this that the boy was not kicked out directly like the others.
Just when he was vaguely feeling uneasy, 011 had already made a difficult choice, specifically by covering his eyes and choosing who to go on the court with by calling out names.
Finally, he accidentally pointed at an inconspicuous blue mecha in the corner.
"Then let's go on stage together." 011 didn't expect that he would point in that direction. Just as he was about to go over, he heard the human behind him start to chatter at him openly again.
This time she started to threaten him again, "This isn't a game. Don't just go over there like that. His consciousness isn't a rational human being. It's a beast or a jackal. Be careful, it'll break your arm if you go over there."
The tone was completely intentional to scare people.
"?" 011 could naturally see the consciousness of the mecha. He glanced in the direction of the blue mecha. It was clearly just a large dog, and its tail was wagging all the time, almost spiraling into the sky. It didn't seem to have any intention of biting anyone.
The two ears that were originally standing up alertly turned into obedient airplane ears in the instant he looked at them.
He felt that this human must be jealous of him, and he snorted, "He is a good dog, and much better than you. At least he didn't bark at strangers as soon as they met."
011 has been following the protagonists and those eccentric villains for so long that he has learned a few sarcastic words.
"Hey, stop talking nonsense here. If you have any questions, let's talk on the battlefield." He felt that this human must be afraid of being humiliated after being defeated by him in front of so many people, so he kept saying strange things to delay time.
011 turned his head, bent down and rubbed the consciousness's head.
He didn't notice at all that the handsome and solemn young human male behind him suddenly turned pale, but for some reason, after he thought of the words "good dog", his originally ugly face turned red again because of the rapid increase in body temperature.
He subconsciously cleared his throat and forced himself to look away from the young man who was as bright as a pearl.
My kindness is really taken for granted.
"I'm not calling you hello." The young man's proud and serious demeanor somehow failed to hold up in front of the boy. Seeing that the boy really didn't look at him, he took the initiative to speak again, "I allow you to call me by my name. My name is Robert Edward."
He felt that the boy's personality was quite to his liking. He was not the kind of docile person who loved money and curried favor with the powerful, which he hated.
"Okay, carrot." 011 listened to his mumblings but all he heard went in one ear and out the other. He was busy dealing with the big dog with extremely smooth grey fur who always wanted to stuff his long muzzle into his hand.
He finally understood why humans always wanted to touch him.
It turns out that petting furry animals is quite interesting.
Robert was completely ignored. He, a living person, was not as attractive as a mecha standing here. Unknown anger surged in his mind, making him almost forget that he came here to cause trouble today, so he could only breathe a sigh of relief.
never mind.
No matter what, it seems the boy is destined to lose.
When the time comes, he will bring this ignorant young man with him and torture him severely.
See if you dare to ignore him again.
011 was still unaware of the evil intentions of humans and gradually became annoyed by the enthusiastic big dog. So he grabbed the dog's muzzle and rubbed its ears fiercely, saying fiercely, "Stop licking me!"
If I had known this earlier, I would have chosen other mechas that were not so sticky.
Seeing that the big dog's ears had turned into airplane ears again, and this time its tail was drooping pitifully, he stood in front of the mecha with a deep dark blue shell and pondered how to climb into the cockpit.
As 011 was thinking this, he saw the cockpit in front of him open by itself, just like the other mecha he had seen last time.
He immediately jumped into the cockpit excitedly, looking at the series of buttons in front of him and fiddling with them. He also pulled the ears of the big dog next to him, whose tail was shaking like a fan, and asked, "But among so many buttons, which one is the start button?"
After 011 came up, he remembered that he didn't seem to be very good at driving this.
But he was not discouraged. It was just a mecha and he would be able to drive it soon.
Just as I was thinking about looking for a driver's manual or something, I saw the dog next to me suddenly stand up alertly, run to the small drawer on the left side of the driver's seat, nudge it with its muzzle to signal, and howl twice.
"Wow, you mean the driver's manual is here? What a smart and good dog." 011 rubbed its head with his soft white fingertips. "Although it can't bark, it's still a very qualified puppy."
When the red panda needs others, its dimples are shallow and its mouth is very sweet.
There was nothing wrong with the "dog" in front of him from its coarse gray hair, pointed ears, and long muzzle that was different from that of ordinary dogs.
011 concentrated on studying the novice driver's manual in his hand. "It seems that to start, I need to press this button first."
He clicked the red button in the upper right corner and instantly felt the surroundings shaking. Although he did not feel dizzy in the cockpit because of the mecha's built-in balance system, the feeling of his vision being suddenly elevated still made the little panda swell up.
011 controlled the mecha forward and seemed to see the expressions of admiration on the human's face from afar, and immediately became extremely proud.
He was in a hurry to get on the stage to show off to the host, and didn't notice Robert's sneer outside the cockpit, or the look of relief and confidence on his face.
Because both sides have already selected their mechas, the simulation training ground automatically generates a battle mode.
011 followed the AI's voice instructions and trudged to his seat. When he caught sight of the host below, he excitedly waved, "Host, host! Look at how awesome I am! This carrot looks rich. If I win, I'm going to extort a fortune from them."
Then he will have money to buy more delicious food!
Because it was an internal communication channel, his voice was unrestricted and quickly reached the ears of the gloomy young man below the stage. The other party still looked a little worried, but because once the training ground was opened, there was no way to destroy it from the outside, he could only helplessly condone it.
[Be careful.] In the end, Lu Tai only sent four words.
The red panda's cheerful and sweet voice, like a bird, did not dispel the gloom between his brows. His fingertips twitched unconsciously and nervously, but he slowly concealed the violent emotions in them.
011 didn't notice anything wrong with the host's four words.
He was now concentrating on studying the driver's manual, striving to overwhelm his opponent with his momentum as soon as the fight started. The next second, he heard his opponent's mocking voice, "I agreed to give you ten hits, and I'll stand right here. But if you lose your balance and fall, don't blame me."
As Robert said this, he could almost imagine this idiot falling flat on his face.
He is definitely going to win this time.
Hadn't he always refused to look him in the eye? Then he could just make this idiot his servant, staying with him 24 hours a day, even to take a shower.
"You said it yourself, Carrot. If you lose, you have to agree to one of my requests." 011 didn't care what this human was thinking. He was only thinking about the star coins that had not yet reached his pocket.
How much would be appropriate at that time?
I'll ask the host later.
Although the red panda hasn't figured it out yet, he is already quite confident that he will win.
As the red countdown in front of him ended, 011 was still holding the driver's manual to figure out which button was the attack button, and then for the first time, a very strange calm and harmony appeared in the venue.
No one meant to attack.
The people watching the excitement in the audience suddenly became excited.
"Could it be that Yao-student still doesn't know how to fly a mecha? People are standing right here letting him hit him, but why doesn't he move? Is he scared and hiding in the cockpit crying?"
"What do you know? I think Yao is just an upright person and therefore too kind-hearted. I don't want him to suffer any loss."
"I think so too. What bad intentions could that little sweet girl with orange curly hair and big caramel eyes and dimples have? She must be thinking about the other students!"
…
Lu Tai sat next to them.
When he heard the first sentence, even though he was a relatively tolerant person, he couldn't help but want to refute it.
But I didn’t expect that these people could praise it with their eyes closed.
Although he also thought Yaoyao was cute, these people seemed to have too thick a filter for the red panda. Based on his understanding of red pandas, he should think that they were naive and were studying the driving manual in the cockpit and then surprising everyone.
Thinking of this, the gloom between Lu Tai's brows was gradually replaced by a hint of indulgence and helplessness.
011's host had actually guessed correctly. He studied the training manual for a long time, finally getting the other player impatient. "Delaying is useless. If you had just admitted defeat earlier, you might have avoided all this pain."
"I, it's not that I can't let you go." Robert leaned on the backrest of the cockpit and pressed his temples.
He should have said three minutes.
He insisted on saying it would take ten moves, but the little bastard just hid in the cockpit and pretended to be dead. If he had taken action in advance, would the Edward family still have any face left?
But we can't just sit here and do nothing all the time.
011 hummed twice at his words, feeling that he had learned almost everything. "I don't need you to give me ten moves. I can definitely beat you to a pulp right now. Just come on."
He felt that he was terrifyingly strong now.
But when the dark mecha on the opposite side attacked with fierce wind and coldness, 011 was subconsciously startled and looked for the dodge button, but because of the nervousness and confusion in his brain, he couldn't find the position.
Just when I thought I was going to get through it.
The mecha carrying him suddenly started moving on its own, flipped over and jumped neatly, then like a running beast, it pounced on the back of the dark mecha at a very tricky angle and punched the mecha on the head.
"Wow, I didn't expect the mecha to be automated." 011 looked at the display screen in front of him as if he was watching a special effects blockbuster up close.
The mecha on the ground was pressed down by the big dog's claw. He instantly felt a big furry head squeezed into his palm, shaking its head and tail and rubbing against him as if asking for credit.
At the same time, it does not delay the battle between mechas.
011 touched its head encouragingly, and angrily wanted to see how the human would laugh at him this time. He would remember his face and take a detour next time. Let's see if Luobo would dare to challenge him so blatantly in the future!
The opponent didn't expect that he would be pinned down.
"There's something wrong with your mecha. It couldn't even walk properly just now, how come it can move so freely all of a sudden?" Robert watched the mecha he had built at great expense being held down, and immediately connected to the communication with the mecha opposite.
He couldn't see that the mecha consciousness next to him rolled its eyes, with disgust written all over its face.
A defeated dog with broken defense.
What if the kid doesn't have a good impression of him either?
Robert didn't realize he'd been secretly scolded by his mecha hundreds of times. As soon as the communication was connected, he opened his mouth to question, "Are you secretly using any drugs? I won't blame you if you tell me."
He felt that all this was extremely strange. First, all the techniques were so obviously showing favor to this young man who had no mental fluctuations at all.
Then the mecha, which was originally unable to walk steadily, suddenly became stronger and pinned him to the ground.
Who would believe that there is no shady dealings behind this?
"I took some vitamins this morning. Will I be thrown into jail for taking vitamins here?" 011 felt a little strange when the enemy suddenly said something out of nowhere, but he still answered politely out of respect for his opponent.
Just like although he didn't know why his system needed to take vitamins, he believed that since the host did so, there must be a reason for it.
The little panda completely forgot that it was he who had hugged the other person's waist and begged him to have a taste of it.
011 had no idea that his every move was being broadcast live on the big screen. He rubbed the pointed ears of the dog in his arms with starry eyes, "What a useless enemy! So, have we won now? We two are really powerful!"
When he first saw this person being so arrogant, he thought he was quite powerful.
"..." Robert didn't know if he was playing dumb or if he really didn't understand what he was saying. Just as he was about to point it out, he saw a few words pop up on the virtual screen in front of him: [Useless human, I advise you not to break your defense.]
From his mecha.
Why do the mechas have elbows that turn outward?
But this made him even more certain that the young man in front of him must have used some dishonorable means to attract the attention of the mechas in the venue, so he directly pressed the button on the panel specifically used to report the opponent's violation.
The young man must have rigged this game.
So 011 soon discovered that a passage had gradually opened up in the virtual training ground that was originally isolated by a transparent barrier. Several uniformed school faculty members walked in with professional equipment and stopped in front of his mecha.
"Student, your opponent reported you for taking illegal drugs during this test. Please cooperate with us in taking the test."
An extremely familiar voice sounded, and 011 curiously looked around and saw a familiar handsome face. The red-haired man winked at him with a lazy smile on his face, then knocked on the glass of his cabin door.
It was Qin Buyang wearing an instructor's uniform.
When 011 heard his words, he realized that he had been reported for drug cheating. He immediately became angry and rubbed the dog's ears to make it open the hatch. Then he looked at him unhappily and said, "Then please take the test."
This was probably the first time he met Qin Buyang in real life in his human form.
Considering that the other party had teased him several times before, 011 stood at the cabin door this time and looked down at the red-haired man. He raised the corners of his lips in pride because he was finally much taller than the other party, and his evil intentions were written all over his face.
Qin Buyang licked his itchy canine teeth and began to miss the soft touch of the red panda.
This was indeed the first time he had seen one. Although he got a photo of the red panda immediately, it was far less shocking than seeing a living person next to him. He resisted the urge to pinch the other person's face and cleared his throat.
Then he took out professional equipment and started pretending to test it.
011 waited for a while bored, not noticing that the red-haired man kept rubbing his hair unintentionally and pinching his face secretly during the inspection. He decided to give that carrot a good beating after the inspection was over.
The test was quickly over, and he was about to act according to his plan when he heard that annoying carrot speak again.
"In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, I hope he can change a mecha before the matter is investigated clearly." Robert looked at the test report which showed no abnormalities, but still didn't believe that the other party really didn't use any means.
Then it must be a problem with the mecha.
Just replace it with a mecha that will definitely not cause any problems.
011 didn't comment on his words. In his eyes, they were able to defeat the opponent because of the efforts of him and the mecha. He wouldn't be afraid even if someone else did.
He glanced at Qin Buyang next to him and knew that his expression was unhappy. He subconsciously tugged at his sleeve as if he were his host, "It's okay, it's just a change of mecha. I'm so powerful that I can definitely beat them to a pulp!"
Completely unaware of the red-haired man's handsome features that softened suddenly and looked a little dazed, 011, like a happy little bird, once again controlled the dog mecha and rushed into the group of mechas.
This time, he selected a large, colorful mecha with a somewhat childish voice.
Robert on the opposite side immediately sneered.
This classmate's aesthetic taste is really unique. The first time he found the irrational Wolf King among a pile of mechas, and the second time he directly found a child whose consciousness was not yet mature. He just didn't believe that his mecha couldn't even beat a child.
Robert walked onto the stage very confidently this time, although he was still a little scared when he saw the crooked walking posture of the person opposite him.
But he quickly comforted himself.
As a result, he was pinned to the ground again with his mecha before the third round of fighting. The mecha bound to the opponent this time was obviously more wanton than the last time. Robert soon saw a line of words appear on the transparent display in front of him.
[After inspection, the parts loss and repair costs will probably reach 100,000 star coins. Please arrange your expenses in advance.]
Robert: ...
He couldn't understand how he lost to someone who didn't even have any mental fluctuations, but in front of so many peers in school, he could only accept defeat and jumped down from the mecha and stood in front of the boy.
I don't know what kind of demands the boy will make of him.
After all, in his opinion, the boy was not such a greedy person.
Then why did you agree to fight him?
Could it be...
Are you interested in him?
"Since you've lost, then fulfill our agreement and agree to one of my requests." 011 didn't know why the human in front of him suddenly blushed again, but as a red panda who had long been accustomed to humans' strange behavior, he remained calm and said, "I want lots and lots of star coins!"
"Too many star coins to spend."
011 had no intention of being hypocritical. After all, he was originally a villain system, so what if he liked money?
Sure enough, the other party was immediately shocked. Just when he thought he would be scolded for being greedy like in other novels, he heard the carrot's unnatural and awkward voice, "I promise you."
Not only was 011 a little surprised that he agreed to his exorbitant request so easily, but some people who knew Robert's character were also a little puzzled.
Although most of Edward's family were involved in politics, Robert was a businessman through and through.
Be cautious and don't release the eagle until you see the rabbit.
Never do business that doesn't make a profit.
Why are you so generous all of a sudden?
Just as they were wondering about this, the next second they heard one of the most outstanding descendants of the Edward family say to the little boy with a serious expression, "I promise you, there will be an auction on Park Street in a few days, and the items there will be priceless."
"Come with me then, and I'll buy you whatever you want."
Now the real purpose is finally revealed.
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