I Run a Restaurant in Honkai

It would take a full two hours to walk from the teachers' apartments to the lakeside spot where they usually met. Tesla wanted to create a street location closer to him, so the Alliance Leader wouldn't have to walk as much and could rest properly.

After thinking it over, the rumor of hauntings seemed like the perfect fit.

These were Tesla's personal actions, and she hadn't reported them to the Alliance at all. Being as proud as she was, she'd rather die than admit to something like this.

Who could have imagined she would actually run into Zhao Bai?

The Titan was parked right there. With a casual swipe, Zhao Bai had briefly pulled it from its quantized state into reality. Tesla was stunned. She remained frozen in a standoff with Zhao Bai for a good while before initiating the quantization process, pulling the Titan back into its quantized state.

Tesla felt utterly ashamed.

If this incident got out, she wouldn't be able to live as a human anymore.

For Zhao Bai to give up was, of course, impossible. Setting aside the funding issues, the mere thought of a Titan lying in the school's hazardous materials storage room was enough to make him lose sleep.

That evening, he came here again.

However, Bronya was absent. She had been punished by Mei and confined for illegally modifying a vacuum cleaner. Heavy Cannon Rabbit 19C attended in her stead.

"Bronya was taken away because the vacuum cleaner was too powerful."

Heavy Cannon Rabbit played a pre-recorded video: "Heavy Cannon Rabbit possesses basic intelligence. Bronya has pre-recorded common conversational phrases, which it will play selectively. Heavy Cannon Rabbit is Bronya's friend. Heavy Cannon Rabbit's presence is equivalent to Bronya's presence."

Zhao Bai, understanding immediately, replied, "Got it. I won't dock your salmon roe sausage."

"Good that you know."

Heavy Cannon Rabbit stopped playing and switched to a new recording to respond.

It seemed like genuine, unhindered communication was possible. Zhao Bai was a bit surprised. He asked a few nonsensical questions, and Heavy Cannon Rabbit answered them all fluently, without any robotic stiffness.

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Chapter 18: I'll Kill a God For You to Eat!

Zhao Bai asked a few more questions, and Heavy Cannon Rabbit answered them all flawlessly.

"Will you truthfully report what you witness tonight?"

"Yes."

"If I wish for you to keep a secret, will you keep it for me?"

Heavy Cannon Rabbit didn't answer for a long time, as if deep in thought. Of course, that was impossible; it didn't have a voice system. It was merely selecting the most suitable response from many standard answers.

Zhao Bai rephrased his question: "If this secret is exposed, I could face death. In other words, if I were on the verge of death, what would Heavy Cannon Rabbit do?"

"Heavy Cannon Rabbit will protect your life at all costs."

"And if that cost is to prevent the secret from being exposed?"

There was another long silence. Heavy Cannon Rabbit was performing more complex calculations. It was now a matter of whether Bronya, Zhao Bai's life, or the truth of the matter held higher priority.

"Do your best."