Within the crystal of his pupils, the terrified, despairing expression on the face of the slightly overweight internal affairs supervisor's corpse kept enlarging before being recorded.
A230385 did not know why it had done such a thing. It was an action that bypassed its fixed commands... but it seemed not to conflict with them.
As long as an action was not explicitly forbidden, it should be allowed, right?
"A230385! A230385!"
The female puppet's voice kept ringing in A230385's ears. It slowly turned its head. "What is it, A230403?"
The female puppet immediately said, "Didn't you hear? The human master told us to leave this place immediately and not linger. They've already left."
"They" naturally referred to the puppets who had finished work and were preparing to return for recharging. A230385 looked around and found that most of the puppets who had gathered to watch had indeed left. The rest were merely waiting for the path to clear.
The puppets were extremely orderly and would not disperse in a panic... Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
"All right. I'll leave immediately." A230385 spoke slowly and turned away.
The female puppet also turned away, but its pupils blinked... because just now, it had clearly seen A230385 reveal a smile of indeterminate meaning.
That was not within the range of the professional smile fixed for puppets.
It was thinking.
Its thought-processing level was insufficient. Abandoning thought... switching to normal mode—it should go recharge.
All the puppets had left. Only several stewards from Taihu Hall remained at the murder scene—and later, three more Taihu Hall stewards arrived.
"Judging from the wound and the lingering aura, it must be that runaway, out-of-control Mermaid Immortal."
"Damn it! It actually happened right under our noses!"
"But how did it come ashore...? There aren't any obvious traces