"I'm leaving. Goodbye."
As soon as they returned to Earth, Android 18 intended to leave.
Suddenly, Lin Chen caught her arm.
"Android 18, wait!"
"What is it?" Android 18 turned back warily.
With a friendly smile, Lin Chen took a set of casual clothes out of his System Space. He had prepared them for Hanasia when they visited Universe 6.
Although they had Hoi-Poi Capsules, they had often needed to evade Hit's pursuit, which sometimes made using them inconvenient. As a result, quite a few of their belongings had ended up in Lin Chen's System Space.
"Android 18, your clothes got torn up in that fight. Go inside and change before you leave."
Android 18 accepted the clothes with a bewildered expression, then glanced down at herself.
Sure enough, her original clothes had been torn to shreds during the battle.
Her face suddenly flushed, and she carried the clothes into Lin Chen's house.
Before long, Android 18 had finished changing.
"I'm leaving."
"All right. Good night." Lin Chen nodded, ready to go back to sleep.
But then Android 18 suddenly stopped. "Lin Chen."
"Hmm?" Lin Chen turned around.
"Thank you!"
An unusual emotion flickered in Android 18's eyes as she quietly thanked him.
"Also, call me Lazuli from now on. Aside from a handful of people, nobody here knows I'm an Android."
"Uh..."
After Android 18-or rather, Lazuli-left, Lin Chen stood in a daze for a moment, suddenly feeling a pang of regret.
Before crossing over, he had been a die-hard Android 18 fan, just like so many others.
He had never expected to end up recruiting Dr. Gero after crossing over.
That meant Androids 17 and 18 would naturally never appear in the future.
He had originally thought it was no big deal.
Now that he had met this