There was no doubt about it. Even with Xu Yue's four-thousand-dollar subsidy, Sam still ended up buying Bumblebee.
Bumblebee had received a message from Optimus Prime: there was a lead on the Seed of Fire on Earth, and that lead was a pair of Glasses.
Since they had to watch out for the Decepticons seeking that lead as well, Bumblebee needed to protect the important target—Sam.
In other words, as long as Sam went to buy a used car, he would undoubtedly end up buying Bumblebee.
Well, Bumblebee, with his goofy mutt-like personality, was a little dim too. He did not know to get the Glasses ahead of time and only dumbly stayed by Sam's side protecting him.
In that respect alone, the Autobots' intelligence network on Earth was somewhat better than the Decepticons'.
After all, the Decepticons had yet to find any clue about those Glasses. They only knew that the US military had related intelligence. After attacking the base, they were now working hard to board Air Force One and continue their search.
Meanwhile, the Autobots had already narrowed it down to the Glasses.
Uh, though those Glasses were pretty useless...
"You're saying you're kicking me out of the car now?"
Sam's best friend, a mexican youth sitting in Bumblebee's passenger seat, stared at Sam in disbelief and pointed at himself again to make sure.
It had all started because Sam spotted his goddess standing alone by the roadside and decided to pick her up. For that, he had even refused his best friend's request to sit in the back seat.
"Oh, if you get out now, you can still take the bus home or walk home. But if I miss this chance, it's all over for me. Pfft—like this."
Sam made an exploding gesture with his