Second district, underground building.

At the eleventh meeting of the rebel organization "Shu".

"We built a shelter for mankind, but you broke this hard-won tranquility..."

In the dimly lit room, the adjudicators quietly watched the picture presented by the holographic projector.A total of ten of them, of different ages, sat around a round conference table.There were originally twelve seats at the round table, but now there are two vacant, one belongs to Rosie, the leader of "Skill" ten years ago, and the other belongs to Cheng Wen, the adjudicator who was killed just yesterday.

No one spoke until the screen was completely black and three lines of white characters appeared.During the period, the sound of individual adjudicators gasping for air can be heard because of Rosie's close-up shots.At the end of the film, everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances, and they all saw blankness in each other's eyes.

"What do you all think?" An adjudicator who seemed to be presiding over the meeting asked.He cut the clip back to a close-up of Rosie again, zooming in a bit, her blue eyes staring darkly at that pretty face.

"This is Robert's trick!" The old man with a red face stood up and slapped the table excitedly, "This shameless politician and liar is the best at making fakes. God knows if this is a bionic man produced by CyberRose, intentionally made into Rosie's appearance, the purpose is to scare us!"

"I don't think so. If Robert really wants to do this, why don't he just create a hundred androids that look like Rosie and put them in the second district? I tend to think this is the real Rosie that cannot be duplicated." A sweet female voice sounded, speaking was Piper, the only female among the Adjudicators, who was always good at debating.

"Didn't Luoxi die on the 'Blood Christmas' ten years ago? The government announced that he was shot dead, and Victor saw it with his own eyes. Could it be that the dead will come back to life?" Some people asked questions, and most people nodded, obviously feeling thatimpossible.

"That's right, it's been ten years and I haven't heard anything about Rosie. Although we all miss his demeanor as a leader, Piper, don't you miss it a little too much? This is obviously a prank by Robert."

Seeing that everyone supported him, the old red-faced old man softened his tone and turned to Piper: "Based on what you said, assuming Rosie is still alive, why would he kill Cheng Wen? Cheng Wen was the first person to follow Rosie, and joined the 'technical' before us, and with their friendship, how could Rosie do anything to him?"

He curbed his violent temper, although he felt that the other party was whimsical, but he did not want to embarrass her too much considering Piper's female identity.

Piper, on the other hand, looked ready for a long speech. He straightened his long blonde hair, then sat up straight and smiled."Gentlemen, I don't know if you have noticed a detail." She switched the picture back to the frame where Rosie was strangling Cheng Wen's neck. "What does Rosie's eyes remind you of?"

In the picture, Rosie's movements are clean and neat, but her eyes are blank, and even when she looks at Cheng Wen, she shows a look of resistance.

Someone in the seat hesitated and said, "It's empty...it doesn't look like the Rosie I know; besides, he seems to be resisting some kind of force."

"Yes," Piper nodded. "Exactly. Although there is no evidence at all, I have a guess. Maybe Rosie is not dead, but manipulated by the government."

She raised her hands and made a marionette pose, "Just now Bogdan questioned why Rosie wanted to kill Cheng Wen. What if the government is warning and showing off to us? They can even control Rosie and strangle us to deathThis group of ants is naturally extremely relaxed."

Bogdan was the red-faced old man before.He listened to Piper's words, the anger that had been suppressed rose again, and he waved his hand: "You are scaremongering again, Piper—you said that this is a bionic man made by the government, I believe it, but I never believe itWhat kind of technology can control people! If that's the case, 'shu' should be disbanded, after all, we can't beat the government, can't we?"

"Bogdan, don't be impatient." The person who presided over the meeting first spoke. When Bogdan was arguing with Piper, he looked around everyone in the audience with his eagle-like blue eyes., then slowly said, "Perhaps the two of you would like to hear my opinion."

Bogdan tried to calm himself down, his chest heaved violently, but he tried to remain respectful: "Please, Victor." Piper looked at them and smiled, without making a sound.

"First of all, I want to make it clear that I did witness Rosie being shot and killed by the government ten years ago," said the blue-eyed Victor. "There is no doubt about it, so Piper's conjecture is not valid."

Piper immediately retorted: "Why? What you say must—"

"You can doubt what I said, but you can ask other people here whether they believe it or not." Victor said coldly, and following his sharp gaze, the other adjudicators nodded obediently.So he continued quite satisfied, "As for the 'Rosie' we saw, it's just a bionic person produced by CyberRose, or it's simply a fake of image synthesis."

Piper shrugged his nose indecently, folded his hands over his chest in a defensive gesture.Victor ignored her gesture and continued to express his opinion: "What we should discuss now is not the old matter of 'Blood Christmas', let alone whimsical, Piper. My point is that the bionic man killed Cheng Wen and his alternates in a row., It is undoubtedly a great insult to us."

"That's right, we should fight back with fire." Bogdan said gruffly, "The Cecina government wants us to panic, so we should take revenge and let them see the strength of the second district."

"Enough," said Piper, her expression was already very impatient, "Tit for a tooth, an eye for an eye, do you group of terrorists still do less? Cheng Wen was sent by you to carry out such tasks,Was killed in the main city... Victor, is this your real purpose? Who is going to be killed next? Is it me?"

"Piper, watch your words." The other adjudicators reminded.

"I can pay attention to my words. May I ask our respected acting leader, can he pay attention to his behavior?" Piper stood up, holding the round table with both hands, and his tone gradually became agitated. "During the ten years that Victor served as the acting leader, twoEvery mouse in the district is ashamed of himself, every fly in the second district is inferior to him for pocketing his own money, and the garbage disposal station in the second district is inferior to him to hide dirt! Do you know what people in the city call us?They call us terrorists, and only terrorists plan terrorist attacks!"

"Have you finished?" Victor's face became more and more gloomy, he pressed his lower lip tightly, and subconsciously reached for the holster on his waist.

This action was keenly captured by Piper, who immediately sarcastically said, "Why, are you afraid that I will reveal your deepest secret? You are eager to deny my whims, but you are worried that Rosie is not dead yet, and you are afraid that he will come back and threaten your status.Then I'm even more certain that you didn't see Rosie at all during the 'Blood Christmas' ten years ago..."

"Get out." Victor stood up abruptly, drew his gun and pointed it at her forehead, "You have seriously violated the order of the meeting, according to the internal regulations of 'Skill', nonsense and fabrication of rumors will lead to fifteen days' imprisonment."

Piper glanced at him lightly, then took a step back, raised his hands and bowed, put his hands on his chest, and made a gesture of curtain call.She opened the door of the conference room, "I accept the punishment, but you'd better pray that I die in prison. Once I come out, I will definitely go to Cesina to investigate thoroughly and bring back our leader who has been dead for ten years, maybe?"

The door was slammed shut, and the Inquisitors looked at each other.In the awkward silence, Bogdan was the first to break the silence: "This woman is a lunatic, biting people everywhere! She should be expelled from the eleventh meeting!"

Victor frowned, put the gun back in place, walked to the table and sat down."This is a bad example," he said bluntly, "I hope that everyone can abide by the rules of 'technique' in the meeting, otherwise it is difficult for me to be sure what will happen."

Except for Bogdan, the other adjudicators did not dare to express their anger, and lowered their heads to avoid staring at each other.They knew in their hearts that the arrogant woman Piper would not be assassinated in prison because she had the largest ammunition depot in the second district under her jurisdiction.Rosie assigned that area to her ten years ago, perhaps to protect her right to speak.

——However, Victor's patience is limited after all, how long can he bear Piper?

"The agenda continues. Regarding the android, I think we should..." The acting leader with light blond hair and cold blue eyes sat there, planning inwardly.

Someone should go to the main city, Viktor thought, Rosie or not, he had to kill the android to avoid further trouble.

Deng Huailing opened the door of her apartment, and the bright sunlight came through the blinds. There was a vase on the window sill, with two eternal lilies inserted, and the shadows of the flowers swayed on the wall.

There are hot sandwiches on the table and a glass of orange juice to go.The bed in the bedroom was clean, and there were some reproductions of landscape oil paintings on the wall. The original messy pieces of paper were put away and replaced by an electronic calendar board, which is very convenient to input and retrieve information.

Since Deng Huailing promised Rosie that he can take care of his apartment freely two days ago, the bionic man seemed a little happier.So today when he came back from his mission, the room had changed drastically, which made him suspect that Rosie's real identity was actually a domestic bionic person.

The person who changed the layout of his apartment was now dormant, curled up on a cushion in the corner.Deng Huailing walked over, felt the temperature of the sandwich, and immediately came to the conclusion that Rosie heard him open the door and pretended to sleep.It looked like he didn't want to see him.

Holding the sandwich in one hand and the orange juice in the other, he came to the bionic and sat down leisurely.Even if Rosie was really dormant, she should wake up when she sensed his approach, but the other party remained motionless, as if she could see a bit of silent stubbornness from it.

"I'm going to the black market tonight," Deng Huailing took a bite of his sandwich, leaning against the wall and said, "I'm considering whether to take you there."

The android's shoulders trembled slightly.Deng Huailing's brows and eyes relaxed, and he couldn't help laughing, but he still said calmly: "But Rolla warned me that it would be dangerous to take you there—why don't you forget it?"

"Mr. Deng!" Rosie suddenly raised her head, her expression very angry, "Did you do it on purpose?"

"So it's not sleeping." Deng Huailing muttered as he chewed his food, "So this is holding grudges against me?"

Rosie looked at him with clear eyes and didn't answer.He had set a trap for Rosie in the ghetto two days ago, purely to test himself against that deep program, to ensure safety in the future.He thought that the bionic man would think with a program and would obey him unconditionally, but what he didn't expect was that this bionic man had his own emotions.

"I had a cat before. It was very ugly and had very few hairs, but it had a big temper. I often did something wrong, and she jumped out of the window and ignored me." Deng Huailing smiled, recalling while eating, "You kind of resemble her."

He looked at the cushion Rosie was sitting on. It was a cat cushion. The android insisted not to build an extra bed, so Deng Huailing found it.It was still dirty when it was pulled out, with a few cat hairs stuck to it, and Rosie washed it clean.

"I'm not a pet." Rosie emphasized, but her eyes softened and she asked, "Have you ever had a cat, Mr. Deng?"

"I know you're not a pet, just as an example." Deng Huailing said, "You want to say that I don't look like the kind of person who can keep cats?"

"Yes." Rosie couldn't help chuckling, "Not like."

"I used to raise Cesina's wild cat. Once I saw her rummaging through the trash can and threw a small piece of bread." Deng Huailing stretched out her hand and made an oval, "She just stuck to me and never left.Then I got so fat."

"So, where's your cat? When I came to the apartment, I didn't see a cat."

The bounty hunter was questioned.He didn't show much sadness, just curled up the corners of his mouth.The unique introverted smile of the Chinese people - the complicated past is contained here, and the sadness is hidden behind a shallow smile.

"Dead," said he, "I provoked her as usual, and she jumped out of the window. When I went down to find her, she was cut to pieces by my enemies.I took on tasks that others dared not take up. So my friend and the cat died, and that was the only time I regretted what I had done."

Rosie looked at him for a long time, Deng Huailing felt a little uncomfortable, stood up and wanted to change the subject.

It was the first time he brought up these past events, which was impossible for ordinary Deng Huailing.He was afraid of other people's sympathy, and those nasty eyes and words could almost suffocate him to death.He thought Rosie would do the same, but she didn't.

Rosie thought for a while, and seriously proposed: "Mr. Deng, if you like cats, can you get another cat?"

"...What?" Deng Huailing was stunned for a moment.

"I will take care of it for you. I will protect it when you can't take care of it," the bionic man said softly, "because I am as powerful as you."

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