Hao Ren looked down at the blonde girl in his arms. Her cold body showed no response. He gently shook her, and her dangling arms swayed helplessly in the air. Hao Ren sighed. "...She still won't move."
Even Nolan, who always wore an impassive expression, seemed unable to accept the scene. She walked over, lowered her head, and said softly, "I understand how you feel, but she really is dead. Give her a proper burial. It'll be better for both of you. If you keep this up, you'll only become more and more insane."
Hao Ren was so anxious that tears were almost coming to his eyes, but if they actually did, the situation would become even more disastrous. Under these circumstances, he couldn't tell her, "My tablet possessed this girl, so I have no choice but to hold her like a necrophiliac." If he said that, people would only take him for an even more deranged lunatic who had suffered an excessive shock. So he could only put on a mournful expression. "Stop trying to talk me out of it. I really can't put this girl down..."
The Data Terminal was still running its mouth in his mind. "This is what you get for throwing me around like a brick all the time!"
Given the current situation, nothing Hao Ren said could possibly clear up the misunderstanding. Nolan gazed at him with sympathy and pity. "You... never mind. Ulanov, just bear with it for now. I'll have the 'doctor' go over to your place later and at least do something about this... girl."
Hao Ren guessed she was talking about things like embalming, but the subject felt so damn bizarre in the current circumstances that he didn't get involved. He followed the dispirited Ulanov out, and before they had