After dinner, the damaged humanoid robot was transported to the workshop at the base, and the girls all gathered around it curiously.
"Can it be fixed?"
Looking at the mechanical girl lying on the workbench, Shokuhou Misaki asked uneasily.
"Hmm..."
Fang Zheng reached out, and with his movement, the mechanical girl's damaged limbs gradually began restoring themselves. However...
"Interesting."
"Interesting?"
"Yes. At the end of the day, it's just a machine. Logically speaking, once I restore it, it should start up. Yet even now, it shows no sign of activating. Of course, I imagine you can all see the reason..."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng pointed to the hollow cavity in the mechanical girl's chest.
"Her energy core is damaged beyond repair."
"Then we just need to replace the core, right?"
"No, no, that isn't the issue."
Faced with Shokuhou Misaki's puzzled response, Fang Zheng smiled and wagged a finger.
"You know, my Time Manipulation can restore anything, except souls. It's like chopping someone into eight pieces—I can use the Power of Time to put them back together, but I can't bring them back to life."
"Wait... so you mean..."
Shokuhou Misaki was no fool. The moment she heard that, she understood what Fang Zheng was getting at.
"You mean this child has a soul?"
"Yes, which makes this very interesting, doesn't it?"
"It certainly does."
Shokuhou Misaki now looked at the mechanical girl with a hint of intrigue. As Mind Control, the most powerful ruler over humanity's mental and psychological aspects, she had always been deeply interested in exploring souls. But she had never expected that a mere machine could develop one.
"So what do we do now?"
"Replacing it with an ordinary power source won't work, but a power source with a spiritual status should be fine... You