Captain Dragonfly said with a solemn expression:
"What you just said was the greatest insult to me, the robot Captain Dragonfly. I am the fairest and most impartial referee robot."
Dai Yueheng and the other three were numb.
Yes.
Numb in both senses of the word.
"Wait, what?"
"We..."
"Vina, didn't you just say Captain Dragonfly was neutral?"
"Why did he electrocute us?"
Vina looked as though she wanted to laugh as she said:
"There's nothing I can do about that. Captain Dragonfly actually has a very good temper, but questioning his fairness amounts to a very grave insult to his character."
Huo Yuhao scratched his head. "Isn't he a robot?"
"Does he even have a character to insult?"
"Never mind that."
Vina said earnestly, "I can guarantee that Captain Dragonfly is absolutely fair and impartial."
Captain Dragonfly patted his chest:
"As a referee, I have three principles."
"First, fairness."
"Second, fairness."
"Third, still goddamn fairness."
Dai Yueheng and his companions gazed at him resentfully.
It's your Arena, so whatever you say goes!
Why don't you just declare her the winner, then?
Inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said earnestly, "Yu Hao, there must be a whole bunch of experts living inside her head."
Electrolux said with a perfectly straight face, "Indeed. I only just worked out the answer myself, yet she managed to beat me by several seconds."
"There's definitely something wrong here!"
Huo Yuhao was stunned to hear this. "Good heavens, Elder Yi, you actually worked it out just now?"
Electrolux said modestly, "I did all right. I'm not what I was in my younger days. Back then, I certainly could have beaten her by another three seconds."
Just then.
Captain Dragonfly said, "I now declare Vina's team the winner of the first