It took a full two hours to walk from the teachers' apartments to the lakeside where they usually met. Tesla wanted to set up a street-side meeting spot closer to him, so the Leader would not have to walk so far and could recuperate properly.
After thinking it over, the rumors of hauntings seemed to be just right.
This was all Tesla's personal undertaking. She had never reported it to the Alliance from start to finish. As prideful as she was, she would never admit to something like this even if it killed her.
Who could have imagined that she would run into Zhao Bai?
The Titan had been parked there peacefully, but with a casual sweep of his hand, Zhao Bai briefly dragged it out of its quantum state and into reality. Tesla was utterly dumbfounded. After confronting Zhao Bai for quite a while, she finally activated the quantization procedure and pulled the Titan back into its quantum state.
Tesla was overcome with humiliation and indignation.
If word of this got out, she would never be able to face anyone again.
Getting Zhao Bai to give up was naturally impossible. Leaving aside the funding issue, just the thought of a Titan lying in the school's hazardous chemical storage room was enough to keep anyone awake at night.
That evening, he came here again.
However, Bronya was unexpectedly absent. Mei had confined her as punishment for secretly modifying a vacuum cleaner, so Heavy Cannon Rabbit 19C attended in her place.
"Because the vacuum cleaner was too powerful, Bronya got caught."
Heavy Cannon Rabbit played a prerecorded video. "Heavy Cannon Rabbit possesses basic intelligence. Bronya has prerecorded phrases for everyday communication, which it will selectively play. Heavy Cannon Rabbit is Bronya's friend. Heavy Cannon Rabbit being here is equivalent to Bronya being here."
Zhao Bai immediately understood. "Got it. I won't dock your salmon roe sausages."
"Good."
Heavy Cannon Rabbit stopped the recording and switched to a new video in response.
It looked like they really could communicate without any obstacles. Zhao Bai was rather surprised. He asked a few absurd questions, and Heavy Cannon Rabbit answered them all smoothly, without the slightest hint of robotic stiffness.
Was this what a big shot was like?
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Zhao Bai asked a few more questions, and Heavy Cannon Rabbit answered them all fluently.
"Will you truthfully report what you see and hear tonight?"
"Yes."
"If I wanted you to keep a secret, would you keep it for me?"
Heavy Cannon Rabbit did not answer for a long time, as though it had fallen into deep thought. Of course, that was impossible. It had no voice system; it was merely selecting the most suitable response from among many standard answers.
Zhao Bai changed his wording. "If this secret were exposed, my life would be at risk. In other words, if I were about to face death, what would Heavy Cannon Rabbit do?"
"Heavy Cannon Rabbit would spare no cost to protect your life."
"What if that cost was keeping the secret from being exposed?"
There was another long silence. Heavy Cannon Rabbit was performing even more complex calculations. Next, it would depend on Bronya: between Zhao Bai's life and the truth of the matter, which held the higher priority?
"Come on."
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