Chapter 19: The Unaccepted Twins
The world of NieR: Automata.
After returning to the shelter, Xia Yu received another hamburger set. He was not full yet. Fortunately, Marvel Xia Yu bought several sets in advance and put them all in the group red envelope.
“Huff, huff…”
“Gurgle gurgle…”
"Hiccup~~~~~"
"Phew, much more comfortable."
After drinking the last sip of happy water, Xia Yu burped for a long time, then collapsed on the ground in an ungraceful manner. But after a short while, he moved again, arching his body and crawling little by little to the side of the hibernation capsule.
"Hey!"
With an effort, Xia Yu turned over and lay down in the hibernation capsule. No matter what, lying in the hibernation capsule was better than lying on the cold floor.
"It's easy to feel sleepy when you're full, so you should take a nap first."
Xia Yu mumbled something incoherent and closed his heavy eyelids. He just wanted to have a good sleep.
In a short while, the shelter fell silent, leaving only the sound of slight breathing.
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Outside world, desert.
The withered yellow desert stretches to the end of the horizon, the scorching sun shines brightly on the land, and only a few weathered and broken buildings still stand firmly there.
It seems to be telling the glory of mankind in the past.
Everything was quiet. The occasional clicking sound was just some mechanical life forms wandering around, tirelessly searching for their enemies.
At the edge of the sand dune, two red-haired androids were supporting each other as they moved forward.
"Poppola, how long will it take to get to the next camp?"
One of the red-haired androids with long curly hair asked her companion. Although she asked this, her tone was very calm.
"I don't know, Divara."
Popola, who had long straight hair, answered calmly. There was no fluctuation in her tone. She just answered simply.
"Is that so..."
There was silence between the two again. They just held each other's arms tightly and continued to walk forward on the soft sand.
"……ah!"
"Danger!"
As they moved forward in silence, Divara's feet suddenly sank into the sand and she staggered, but Popola next to her immediately supported her body.
"Are you okay?"
"Sorry, sorry, I was a little distracted."
Divara smiled bitterly and gently rubbed the foot that had tripped. There was a bandage on her white ankle.
"The bandage is loose. Is it time to change it?"
"It doesn't matter, let's keep going. It's going to rain if we don't hurry up."
"That's true, but it would be terrible if sand got into the gap. Changing the bandage is also for the sake of safety, okay?"
Seeing Popola's concerned expression, Divara nodded reluctantly.
Seeing this, Popola supported Divara, found a rock nearby, and the two sat down in the shadow behind the rock.
Under the loosened bandage, you can see the severely damaged artificial skin, and the movement circuit under the skin is also slightly damaged, which also causes some loss of control of the ankle.
Looking at the wound on her ankle, Boppola silently wrapped a new bandage around Divara. In the barren desert, there were no tools or materials available for repair. The most urgent task was to prevent the injury from getting worse.
"I'm sorry..." Divara whispered guiltily.
"Don't apologize, it's not your fault." Boppola wrapped the bandage silently and carefully so as to prevent sand from leaking into the wound. This was the best treatment she could do at the moment.
"sorry……"
"Why should Popola apologize?"
The two of them apologized to each other, and told each other not to apologize. Being in such a terrible situation yet repeating the same boring conversation made the two of them laugh softly.
But the chuckle disappeared in the gradually cooling desert wind in an instant.
They are mass-produced androids used for Gestalt Project management tasks. In order to make the Gestalt Project more successful, they were designed in twin form.
The Gestalt Project is the last self-rescue plan for humans in the NieR world, and the Divala Popola model is the executor and caretaker of this plan.
But the plan ultimately failed, and humanity inevitably went to extinction. As a result, the Gemini machines were also hated by other types of androids.
After the failure of the Gestalt Project, the [Divara Popola] model was considered the culprit for the failure of the plan, and most of them were scrapped. The two of them were the only [Divara Popola] models that remained.
Even though they were not the twin machines that caused the plan to fail, their models were exactly the same, so they were also the target of anger from the other androids.
Because they were of the same model, they both believed they had joint responsibility and silently endured the anger of their fellow androids.
This was the nth time they had been looking for a new campsite, because every time they arrived at a new campsite, the other android companions would not treat them well after learning of their identities.
This will often lead to unbearable anger and persecution, and when it becomes unbearable, it is time to leave.
After all, once they resort to violence, they will not stop easily, and it will surely happen again and again. Before being brutally killed, it is better to simply disappear.
This was the best resistance either of them could offer.
The sky was covered with thick clouds and there was not a trace of sunshine. The weather in summer was so strange. There was sunshine not long ago.
The two continued to walk forward, and the cold wind mercilessly took away their body temperature.
Because they are artificial humans created in imitation of humans, they have everything that humans have, except that they cannot give birth to life, and even the body fluids are completely imitated.
Both of them shrank because of the drop in body temperature, but they did not stop in order to find shelter before the rain.
"Divara, why do you think we are being persecuted?"
"Because we are the same species as the androids that caused the extinction of humanity. There is nothing we can do about it, Popola."
"But we are who we are, unlike those [Divara Popola]."
“But they don’t think that way.”
As Divara spoke out the cruel reality, raindrops began to fall.
"...Divara, are you cold?"
"It's okay as long as Popola is here."
"Me too."
The weather was unusual and the temperature dropped suddenly without anyone noticing. The scorching heat turned into a biting cold. The two of them leaned on each other and smiled to encourage each other as they continued walking.
As long as they cross this desert, they can reach the new resistance camp, and as long as they can get there, they can repair Divara's ankle.
But...is there really anyone on this planet willing to accept us?
Bobo La was thinking about this silently. Diwa La seemed to notice her abnormality and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
"No, nothing." Although Popola felt uneasy, she still answered with a smile .
The rain was getting heavier and the cold was getting stronger, but the two of them still kept moving forward at their own pace, unwaveringly.
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"Tsk, it's raining."
Standing at the entrance of the passage, Xia Yu looked at the violent storm outside and felt a little unhappy. It was sunny before he went to bed, and he didn't sleep for long.
Of course, because there was no clock, Xia Yu didn’t know how long he had slept, but he felt that he had only dozed off for a short while.
"Hmm? What's that?"
Xia Yu narrowed his eyes at the door, looking at a hint of red in the heavy rain. Although he couldn't see it clearly, he could tell that the red was moving towards him .
"Artificial human? What a coincidence."
