Little Te: Another Day of Worrying About Little Xing

Hello, I am Tesla Zero, an intelligent bionic Armed Doll. For ease of address, my owner, Xing Kaslana, named me "Little Te".

As you can see, I have met a very good owner. Well, if we were to apply the same level of human treatment of pets to my relationship with him, Little Xing is indeed a very good owner.

Bathing the pet, taking the pet for walks, sewing clothes for the pet, and pricking my hands many times... Little Xing is really good to me. This is the logic derived by the machine after calculation.

However, Little Xing's logic is a bit hard to understand. He is a very smart person, but he has done many things that seem a bit foolish to me.

For example, during the last battle in Siberia, after learning that his friend's sister was inside an artificial Honkai Beast, he forcibly deflected the trajectory of his attack, putting himself in danger. In that situation, the two girls were beyond saving... But Little Xing created a miracle that exceeded the machine's calculation results.

This phenomenon became more frequent after Little Xing became a woman.

For example, she still keeps that Kane Kaslana...

Little Te sneaked into Kane's room, looked at the posters of Idol Lady covering the walls, and snapped a few photos.

For Little Xing's personal safety, we should send this guy away as soon as possible.

Little Te tiptoed out of the room and closed the door. Her sensitive hearing detected footsteps approaching, so she quickly hid in a corner and observed from the shadows.

Resident Kane walked over happily, carrying new posters and merchandise, muttering, "It's so great that my favorite idol is a friend of mine; I always get these things for free!"

Little Te: "..."

Operation failed!

—Little Te is still some distance from the technological singularity—

(Technological singularity is a term from "Kamen Rider Zero-One," which roughly means the state that artificial intelligence will reach when it evolves to a certain level, becoming a truly self-aware intelligent life form.)

In the underground laboratory of Luming's Courtyard, Little Te sat in front of the computer, completely absorbed...

What? You're asking about the Luming's Courtyard?

Little Te accessed the database and searched for past video records.

Some time ago—

"Hey, an invitation to a ball?" Luming received an invitation from an upscale ball that day, basically inviting her to sing and dance, but whether there were any unspoken rules involved was another matter...

Idol Lady hesitated for 0.1 seconds, looking at Brother Dawei's pleading expression that also seemed to hope she would refuse, before accepting the invitation. There was nothing wrong with freeloading off someone; if anyone dared to take advantage of her, they were doomed! She wasn't the kind of idol who would be bullied without any backing.

So, Luming dressed up carefully, picking out a few favorite pieces from the expensive clothes Eden had given her, and also putting on some jewelry. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and she couldn't afford to lose face. At least those wealthy young men, seeing her stunning beauty, wouldn't bother trying to strike up a conversation.

However...

"Luming-chan! I'm your fan!"

The unfortunate Idol Lady, while fighting off attacks from the rich girl, also managed to sneak some food to fill her stomach during the feast while holding Little Te.

PS: When she goes out, the Armed Doll take turns being held by her like dolls, so one of the characteristics of the Idol Lady is that she childishly likes to carry dolls with her.

The rich second generation isn't like the spoiled brats in novels, at least not all of them are. They've received a good education, so they naturally don't have to worry about finding any woman they want... Well, someone as top-tier as Luming is definitely hard to come by.

"Hello, Miss Chen Xilumeng, would you mind dancing with me?"

"Hello, Luming Lady, would you do me the honor of having a drink?"

"Hello, Luming Lady, I happen to know a hotel nearby with pretty good food. Would you like to come with me after the ball..."

Luming blinked, pulled an iron rod from under her skirt, dropped it, and clamped it between her legs. "Minors are prohibited from drinking alcohol, with a minimum sentence of five years, and most likely the death penalty."

The rich kids. "..."

What's the point of idols having such high fighting power?!

Finally, the Idol Lady, having eaten and drunk her fill, delivered Astra Yao at the ball, winning a round of applause. She returned home safely without any incidents.

Why bring this up? Don't worry, the important part is coming up later—when Luming Lady left her seat, she accidentally drank a small glass of wine.

And so—

"Hey, witch, what's going on here?" Kalpas, who was waiting for her at the door, frowned as always. Although it was not visible through the mask, he grabbed Luming's exposed wrist and pulled her over without saying a word, wrapping her up like a dumpling with cotton clothes and scarves to keep warm.

It's already past the twelfth lunar month, and the weather has turned cold. What's more, it rained tonight, and this little brat still dares to dress so lightly. Does she want to freeze to death? I'll wrap her up like a wild boar!

"Take it off! I'm not cold!" In a fit of anger, Luming pulled off her scarf and wrapped it tightly around Brother Jie's head. Like a rabbit, she quickly ran past him into the house, and before entering, she turned back to playfully stick out her tongue at Brother Jie, who had broken free of his restraints.

Thus began a chase between a volatile father and a rebellious daughter in the vast manor.

"You witch, you stop right there! I'll spank your ass!"

"You're not my dad! My dad never hit me... but she seems to have. Fine, come on, try and catch me if you dare, you sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, stubborn, Tsundere male mother who won't admit it... (N words omitted)"

"Witch!!! If I don't catch you today, this house will belong to you!"

The onlookers, boys and girls, quietly retreated to a corner to avoid being caught in the crossfire. Finally, under Kalpas's grief-stricken gaze, Luming pulled Xingchen along and jumped into the wormhole to escape.

PS: Later, after sobering up and returning home, Luming Lady honestly apologized to Kalpas and admitted her mistake. However, she was still dragged into the room by Brother Jie and received a loving lesson. After coming out, she could only walk with her arms supporting the wall.

Since Luming herself didn't like the name "Chenxi Courtyard," a wealthy woman heard about it and called to suggest that it be called "Golden Courtyard." In the end, Luming decided to just call it "Luming's Courtyard," because it sounded better.

After officially deciding on the name, Brother Jie and Amo Kane efficiently made a new nameplate and nailed it to the front door.

After the name was changed, Eden happened to come to visit. Upon seeing the three Flame-Chasers there, he couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion, but he did not acknowledge them.

Timeframe: Before Kane was captured by the Jackal

When Luming asked, this is how Eden answered:

"The wrath of Kalpas never ceases; he burns himself to illuminate this place where he now dwells. If forgetting the past were a good thing for him... his past was far too tragic."

He was wearing a mask and laughing as he told the group of kids who were always bothering him to get lost.

"Cosmo yearns to be a hero, but we are merely [Flame-Chasers]. His initial dream was to become a champion of justice, for which he was willing to walk the line between light and darkness, but then what happened..."

Having forgotten his past life, Flame-Chasers reverted to his youthful self, yet still yearned to walk the same path.

"Griseo ...this child is the most pitiful and heartbreaking among us. She lost her parents because of the Honkai, and she almost lost her own life because of it. Although the Super-Transformation Surgery saved her life, it also prevented her from living like her peers..."

Having lost that formidable honor, the Painter, no longer easily adopting the colors of others, is now creating her own unique style.

"As for Pardo, heh, come here, little Pardo ~" Eden took the Canned Food Pardo from Luming and rubbed her chin with his fingers, and she made a comfortable purring sound.

"She's greedy, yet also incredibly selfless. All she wants is leisure time. Treat her well. Oh, and one more thing—" Eden lifted Pardo, looking at her two mismatched gem-like eyes, a wicked smile playing on his lips, "If Little Xing doesn't become a world-class idol in six months, I'll give you a Golden Courtyard ~"

Eden thought to himself, "I'll give it to you when I become a king; a Golden Courtyard doesn't cost much."

Pardo excitedly transformed back into human form on the spot and pounced on Eden, "Meow! Sister Eden is still as generous, kind-hearted, and lavish as ever... (N words omitted)"

Luming's face darkened. "You, Pardo, you turn your back on me the moment you have money, huh? Don't forget you still have my... cough cough, Stigmata on your stomach!"

Having witnessed all of this, Little Te blinked and further refined the information in the database.

"Humans are so strange. Hmm, this time I have another group of people to learn from."

After finishing browsing the history, Little Te continued her work. Out of curiosity about her master, she had been learning from humans, including showing a disappointed expression when her request was rejected, competing for favor with the new Armed Doll, asking for rewards after making contributions, and showing a sad expression when neglected. Even so, Little Te still felt that there was something she was not perfect about.

That's true. No matter how much the professor improves my program, I still can't fully understand Little Xing's behavioral logic. Sometimes she does really stupid things.

Little Te shook his head, finished maintaining the Knight's Belt, and began to conduct a post-battle analysis of the last World Serpent Base operation.

Object of analysis: Danger Trigger.

Intelligence: This is a Build enhancement device suspected to have been created by Jackal, a executive of World Serpent. According to the device's records, its ability is to amplify the intensity of Honkai Energy within a full bottle and increase the degree to which the user's body receives Honkai Energy amplification. Even the most basic RabbitTank Form can easily fight or even defeat the Bubble Rabbit Tank after receiving the amplification from the Danger Trigger.

The device appears to be incomplete and cannot be used directly. Based on post-war recovery data, it cannot be used directly on humans and can only be used by mechanical entities that receive a relatively weak amplification of Honkai Energy.

Based on the author's speculation, the incomplete Danger Trigger's performance was unstable, making it impossible to guarantee the controllability of the biological entity. Therefore, the Jackal chose to have it used by a mechanical entity. Furthermore, according to the examination of the mechanical soldier's remains, its ability to receive the amplification of the Danger Trigger was not fully realized, thus only demonstrating slightly stronger power than the Cross-Z Squeeze Mode. Its true combat strength remains to be verified.

No fragments of the prototype Danger Trigger were found. It's possible that the Jackal added a self-destruct device to it during the design process, or that the "World Serpent Cavalry Raven," which had been following it, retrieved it.

Analytical subject: "World Serpent Cavalry Raven".

Intelligence: According to Kane, he personally overheard Cocolia referring to Kamen Rider Grease as "Raven." Database data indicates that "Raven" was the codename of former World Serpent executive Natasha Siola during her time with World Serpent.

Because of her constant use of a voice changer and the fact that the Knight System alters her physical appearance, Grease's true identity remains to be verified, but multiple clues point to Natasha Siola.

This person had attacked Little Xing multiple times, intending to kidnap her and hand her over to World Serpent. For unknown reasons, Little Xing showed no hostility towards her and even harbored special feelings for her.

According to Little Xing, Natasha Siola moved here shortly after we arrived in Sky Dome City. Natasha herself explained that this is the original location of her bar, but the veracity of this claim remains to be verified.

According to "Raven," Gray Serpent's mission was to mediate the conflict between Little Xing and the Jackal, though the ultimate goal remains unknown. However, considering Raven's consistently lax attitude towards Little Xing and the others, her lenient approach during battles, and her failure to reveal Little Xing's hidden identity, it's highly probable that this person is Natasha, given their special relationship.

On the day Little Xing went to the World Serpent's secret base alone, she told Natasha her address. When she returned home, she received a letter from the World Serpent.

The possibility of a sophisticated World Serpent information network cannot be ruled out, but Little Xing has always acted cautiously. When she arrived here, she wore an information shielding device throughout and even transformed... There is a possibility that she joined the voyeur "Raven" to track her around the clock.

Natasha Siola is of great significance to Little Xing. On the advice of Kane Kaslana, who provides intelligence, the unit temporarily cooperates with her to investigate the true identity of "Raven" and keeps relevant information from Little Xing during this period.

Little Xing once captured Jackal, an important member of the World Serpent, and used his life to blackmail Natasha Siola into leaving the World Serpent. According to Little Xing, that seemed to be the life Natasha longed for.

If he betrays Little Xing's kindness, and while he officially resigns, he secretly continues to serve as a World Serpent executive, using this as an opportunity to get close to Little Xing and monitor her at close range... this unit will carry out an extermination mission against him within the appropriate scope, regardless of the cost.

Little Xing said, it is unforgivable to take advantage of other people's kindness for personal gain, no matter the reason.

By Tesla·Zero, December 12, 2014

——Shrimp Gate——

Tesla sat at his computer desk, his long fingers typing rapidly on the keyboard, his red eyes bloodshot, and his face full of worry.

"Danger Trigger... This thing, you can tell from the name it's some kind of forbidden item, that Dog-headed Strategist really dared to make something like this... This genius should speed up the research and development. Hmm, I don't have any inspiration for Build's enhancement items for now, so I'll try other Knight System first."

With a push of his legs, the roller skates spun and floated into the safe. Tesla opened the door, took out a bright red Drive Armor with motorcycle handlebars, and his eyes gradually became fanatical.

"Well, this genius has built so many armors for you guys, it's time for me to go down and have some fun myself, right?"

Tesla looked at his lobster ID and imagined himself dominating the scene, his mouth almost sticking out in a smile. This time, he was determined to show his Rabbit Assistant the fighting power of a researcher!

"Ha~ I should get some rest first, otherwise this genius will die from overtime..."

The red-haired lobster-eyed girl rubbed her sleepy eyes, yawned, and prepared to catch up on her sleep. Booster Buckle, which she had just finished, back into the safe.

"Hmm, I actually completed so many enhancement items in such a short time, although many of them are still templates... but this genius is indeed very strong!"

Under Tesla's proud gaze, all that could be seen was—

Several gold-colored buckles with throttle handles;

It's a driver book that's a size larger than a regular fantasy driver book, but it's completely blank, so it's probably just a template that's been made.

A lock type that is one size larger than the regular lock type, but it is also blank;

A memory with additional devices;

Two somewhat strange stamps (?), but they are also blank templates;

A large-sized cartridge is also blank, needless to say. Lobster Doctor hasn't decided what Yugi to use as the design subject yet.

"Heh, what kind of trash is Jackal, daring to look down on this genius... Ugh, no, I'm so sleepy, I need to go back and get some sleep first."

Lobster Girl was defeated by her biological instincts after uttering a few harsh words. She quickly slipped into bed, kicked off her leather shoes, threw off her coat, and fell asleep under the covers without even taking off her white stockings.

May Tesla, who is overworked, get a good night's sleep. After all, she has been working day and night developing items and she is really tired. It has only been a few days and she has already made so much... Please be sure to work harder. As long as you don't die, the Gem of Stillness can fully restore your health.

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