Marvel: Becoming a Tech God with Silver Age Superman!
Chapter 33

A Stunning Robot Butler Is Born

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After killing Pierce, Loren finally enjoyed a relatively peaceful stretch of life.

However, because he had killed Freddie, the butler, much of the manor's work had fallen into a state of paralysis.

It had to be said that although that old fellow Freddie had been a spy planted beside him by his aunt Maeve,

as a butler, he had indeed carried out his duties conscientiously over the years, taking the role to the utmost extreme.

With him around, everything in the manor had run in perfect order, and Loren, the young master, had barely needed to worry about a thing.

But with Freddie dead, every matter in the manor now required him, the young master, to make the final decision, which annoyed him quite a bit.

After enduring that for several days, he could no longer take it.

So he shut himself directly inside the laboratory and began building himself a robot butler.

The Reconnaissance Robot technology the system had rewarded him with earlier was perfect for use now.

A butler's primary duty was handling the manor's internal affairs, so there were not many requirements for combat.

What was needed instead was powerful information-processing ability, which happened to be the Reconnaissance Robot's specialty.

Therefore, making a Reconnaissance Robot his new butler was undoubtedly an extremely correct choice.

Since he was building the butler himself, she naturally had to be pleasing to his eyes.

Although the former Freddie had been highly capable at his job, he was an old man, which did not meet Loren's aesthetic standards.

Thus, from the very beginning, he had decided that this robot butler had to have a female appearance, and her looks had to be no worse than Miss 2B's.

To meet that requirement, he racked his brains over many female characters he knew well.

After careful deliberation, he finally settled on the robot butler's appearance.

Then he threw himself wholeheartedly into the construction process.

Time flew by, and before he knew it, another month had passed.

During that month, Loren almost forgot to eat and sleep, devoting all his energy to manufacturing the robot butler.

It had to be said that the manufacturing processes for both General-Purpose Combat Robots and Reconnaissance Robots were extremely tedious and arduous.

That was also one of the reasons it had taken him so many days just to build one Miss 2B.

In truth, robots were not difficult to make; modular production was all that was needed.

But if he wanted to make an ultra-precise robot like 2B that could pass for a real person, manual intervention was essential.

2B was not merely a robot; she was also a nearly perfect work of art, and art could not be replaced by an assembly line.

The robot butler he was building this time likewise had to be realistic enough to fool people and not reveal that she was a robot.

That also consumed an immense amount of effort, requiring a great deal of time to adjust all sorts of parameters.

After countless days and nights of continuous refinement, his robot butler was finally born that evening.

In the manor's secret underground laboratory, Loren, dressed in a white lab coat, looked at the flawless body he had created. An uncle-like grin spread across his face, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

"This melon-seed face, this swan neck, these full... Ahem, ahem!"

"And this slender waist—lifelike, truly lifelike!"

Looking at the robot maid he had created, Loren could not help reaching out to gently stroke her pretty face as he sighed in admiration.

Just as when he had created 2B, the sight of this stunning work of art handcrafted by him still made his blood surge.

To him, whether a female robot was well-made enough to inspire improper thoughts in him had become a hard standard.

After all, men were all lustful creatures. If she could make him think that way, then at the very least, her appearance was a success.

If she could not even stir that kind of desire in men, then this so-called humanoid robot would be a joke.

"Boss, I detected that your heart rate is elevated again. What unhealthy things are you looking at now?"

At that moment, 2B appeared beside Loren without him noticing.

"What are you talking about? How could I possibly look at that sort of thing? I'm appreciating the work of art I put my heart into creating."

As Loren spoke, he circled the robot maid before him, his eyes full of pride.

As a technical professional, he shared something in common with all those tech nerds.

That was a natural sense of pride in anything they created themselves, along with the enjoyment it brought them.

Only then did 2B notice the robot butler before her.

"Boss, is this the robot butler you made? She's so beautiful! She's even prettier than I am!"

"Boss, now that you have this Reconnaissance Robot, will you still like me?"

Looking at the robot butler, 2B was first stunned, but then she felt an intense sense of crisis.

Before this, she had been the only humanoid robot Loren had personally created. In a sense, she had been one of a kind.

But now another one had appeared, and her looks were no worse than 2B's—she even seemed prettier.

Naturally, 2B became worried.

She worried that Loren's attention toward her would be stolen by another female robot, worried that Loren would no longer like her.

She even worried that he would discard her outright. In only a brief moment, countless terrible thoughts arose in her AI brain.

At that moment, 2B was just like the proper wife who had discovered that her husband had taken a concubine.

Her heart was anything but calm.

Hearing 2B's words, Loren was taken aback.

It had to be said that 2B was becoming more and more like a real human woman. Her jealousy was growing stronger too.

But that also indirectly proved that 2B was different from the rest, one of a kind—at least at this stage.

As for whether the robot butler before them would eventually develop consciousness of her own, that remained unknown.

"Don't worry, 2B. You will always be the most unique one in my heart. No one can take your place."

"Even though I've made another beautiful robot girl, her status will definitely come after yours. You can call her your little sister from now on. As her big sister, you must set a good example and teach your little sister more in the future."

"Mhm, I definitely will. I'll teach my little sister all the skills of how to serve Boss well. Then we sisters can serve you together."

"Hey!!! 2B, you... How am I supposed to praise you for that? Forget it, come here. Give your good husband a kiss."

As Loren spoke, he gently kissed 2B on the lips, and she immediately melted.

At once, she obediently nestled into Loren's arms like a girl next door, utterly docile.

"By the way, what is little sister's name?"

"Tifa!"

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