Chapter 167: Touching Porcelain
I am twenty years old and a social animal.
I feel really weird lately.
Specifically, some strange people and...animals began to appear around me.
In just fifteen minutes on my way home from get off work, I saw the same dog three times in a row.
It's following me, right?!
"Ding ding ding - I am the latest home smart pet. Sir, are you interested in adopting me?" Just as I was about to step into the apartment door, the dog finally rushed in front of me.
Although I asked whether I was interested or not, this half-human-height Husky had no intention of letting me refuse.
Was I the type of person who would get scammed along the way?!
"Sir, I eat very little. I use semi-bionic technology, and most of my energy comes from ultraviolet rays and special energy. You can definitely afford to feed me!" The Husky came over and almost knocked me to the ground with such force.
"I don't shed! I can use the toilet, walk myself, and even come with a six-month gift card for dog food."
A red card suddenly popped out of its mouth, which was holding the leash. No one knew where it came from.
I:……
I always feel that if I hesitate for a few more seconds, it will come up with a lot of more words.
Moreover, the eyes of the people around were slowly turning towards him.
I silently took the gift card and its leash.
Somehow it was brought into the apartment.
The moment I stepped into the house, I regretted it.
There's simply no room in my small apartment for a dog—even a bionic dog. I heard the annual maintenance costs are a fortune, not to mention that bionic dogs require special permits.
It is illegal to keep a dog without a license. You will be automatically judged by the commandments of the God of Law and fined 200-500 yuan. You will also need to provide the necessary documents within a week, otherwise you will be judged again.
I can already imagine how my precarious balance will disappear.
"...Do you have your own special permit?"
I looked at the Husky that had started running around since we got home. Although it was very tactful and avoided all fragile objects, I could feel that the sofa I bought at the second-hand market was whining.
How heavy is this dog?!
It's not a full alloy steel frame?
"I brought it, don't worry, Master!"
I sighed with some relief, took out my phone and started placing orders for various dog supplies. Since I agreed to keep it, I still need to provide it with a set of daily necessities.
"Do you have a name?"
The Husky paused, ran towards me, and then stopped at the moment when it was about to knock me out, and put its head on my legs very accurately.
"Master, please give me a name. I am the puppy born for you."
Its tail was wagging and flying.
To be honest, this is a bit difficult for me.
As a man-made person born from a breeding chamber, I don’t even have a name.
My name is just a factory number.
A-03542.
Although each artificial being can give himself a name, it doesn’t seem to mean much to me.
I'm just a social animal.
No one calls my name while I'm working.
Also, I had a car accident a year ago, so I couldn't remember anything that happened before that year, so it seemed even less important whether I had a name or not.
But I vaguely realized that I seemed to have a name.
Also, some people like to call me "Xiao Yu", but it's been a year and no acquaintances have appeared, so I think it might be a memory of a TV series or novel I watched.
It is easy for humans to remember experiences that they have witnessed as their own.
"Master, Master?"
"I'm not very good at naming, so you can think of one yourself."
I looked at the Husky lying on my legs. It was obviously just a bionic dog, but it was no different from a real dog.
...But I have never seen a real dog. On this backward planet, real animals are basically not seen. I guess real animals can only be seen on the capital planet or the territory of gods.
"I want you to give me a name, and what is your name?"
The Husky wagged its tail and stared at me with its bright blue eyes.
It’s so nice to have a look that is not influenced by the class atmosphere.
"My name is A-03542. I'm an android. You don't want to be called by a number, do you?"
The Husky blinked its eyes. I don’t know if it was my illusion, but I felt that it seemed a little sad for a moment.
"You can name yourself and me! My maker's last name is Ji, you can choose that too, and then you just need to come up with a name!"
Ji...
It sounds like the surname of Capital Star.
So this puppy is from the capital planet?
So is it abandoned?
...Is that why you find a master for yourself?
【Xiaoyu.】
The voice came back to my mind.
It seems to be calling me.
Then can I call you... Ji Yu now?
I looked at the puppy again, and it looked at me eagerly.
I don't know where it came from, but it took out an electronic chip, which projected its special license. However, the two boxes for name and owner were still empty.
…
I entered my name.
It's not because I want to give myself a name, but because I really can't stand the look in the puppy's eyes. I just need to report to the online citizen system and then I can use my new name. It's not difficult, and it's okay to satisfy the puppy.
【Special License for Bionic Pets
Name: Ji Tongtong
Owner's name: Ji Yu
Gender: Male
Date of manufacture: ******** (confidential due to special regulations)
Model: ******** (confidential under special regulations)
Other information: Not displayed according to the Confidentiality Regulations]
After I filled in the two names, the following messages also appeared, and then all turned into asterisks.
There's something wrong no matter how you look at it.
How can a dog have such a high level of confidentiality?
What kind of dog did I adopt?!
What will become of my peaceful life???
"...Master, are you complaining silently in your mind?"
Ji Tongtong looked up at me. I don’t know if it was my illusion, but its fur seemed to look brighter.
"How do you know..."
I feel a little guilty.
"Because I just took a lot of special energy at once...Now I feel like I need to go out for a walk to burn it off."
It said with some sadness.
"I was trying to get you to make me some fresh dog food tonight—but now I can't eat any of it!"
I:……
Is there something wrong with this dog?
It clearly said something different downstairs, so it must have been all planned, right?!
…
This is the whole process of how I adopted Ji Tongtong, but as mentioned before, in addition to the dog, there were also some strange people around me.
I work as a salesperson in a machinery company on this industrial planet.
In the past year, I have been working from 9 to 6, with one day off a week, but starting this month, I inexplicably started to get promoted and get a raise, and my working hours were reduced to 9 to 5, with two days off a week.
This led to me meeting a lot of people I had never met before.
For example, the young president of a certain chamber of commerce named Angel would be stunned for a moment when he saw me, looking a little surprised, and then try to give me money when I looked puzzled.
I refuse.
There was also a guy wearing retro clothes, carrying a peach wood sword, with his hair tied in a bun, who looked like a young master from a big family. He liked to stare at me without saying a word, and his gaze continued to follow me until I left.
I walked faster.
There was also a mysterious person who looked like a non-mainstream person, with black and red highlighted hair and dressed in black. He didn't look like a good guy and seemed to be a gang leader. He would be waiting for me at the intersection, but he would disappear at the intersection as soon as I looked over.
And this one in front of me.
Looks like a scammer... doesn't look like a human child.
Instead, it was a little mermaid with white hair, red eyes, and a blue-purple tail, which was quite rare in the entire galaxy.
He sat in a half-person-high fish tank with wheels and stretched out his hand to me with a calm expression.
"Open the door and let me in."
How on earth did he end up at my door?
——So, did I really suddenly develop a tendency to get scammed?!
The moment I opened the door, a black and white shadow rushed over -
"Owner--"
Very enthusiastic, then stopped abruptly when he saw the fish tank behind me.
I saw a complicated expression on one dog's face.
"Tongtong, I don't know how he showed up at my door."
"But according to the cub protection regulations, I can't refuse his request."
Ji Tongtong stopped wagging its tail. It stood up and touched my head hard, then glared at the little mermaid.
God willing, one day I will be comforted by a dog.
Then he helped me push the fish tank into my house, making my already small apartment seem even smaller.
"...I don't know how you came to me, but I can't support you."
I said to the little mermaid sincerely.
"Mermaids are rare creatures. I am not qualified to raise a mermaid baby."
Besides, I already have the trouble of Ji Tongtong and cannot afford another one.
I now wonder if I'm involved in some strange incident, otherwise strange... things wouldn't appear in my house one after another.
Although they acted well, I could feel it.
They know me.
...I thought about it over and over again. With my background, what must I have done before I lost my memory to have met so many strange people!
Could it be that I have done something that has angered God and people, and this group of people are here to kill me?
The mermaid in front of me looked at me with some anger.
Then, he supported the fish tank with his hands and began to grow slowly, gradually becoming an adult, and then his fish tail turned into legs...
“Ah ...
I yelled and threw the blanket from the sofa next to me at him.
Homunculi cannot see strange things before signing the adulthood agreement. This is not in line with the socialist concept of planetary harmony!!!
If you are caught by the Apostle of the God of Harmony, you will be forced to undergo mosaic punishment!
From then on, everyone I saw below the neck would be blurred - this punishment was horrible.
I have to sign the terms of adulthood tomorrow, and I can't fail today!
I don't know what the purpose of this rule is, though—in this world, you can be a social slave at 18, but you can only watch content below the neck at 20. Isn't that too unreasonable???
"...Master, are you complaining in your mind again?!"
I heard Ji Tongtong's painful voice.
It’s over, it can’t eat its dog food again today.
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