Chapter 46: 2B and 9S
In the dilapidated and desolate commercial ruins, huge tree roots grow wildly, returning to the natural earth and once again showing their vitality.
In this desolate ruin, two white-haired androids were communicating , or rather investigating.
"This... seems to be the ruins of the commercial facility that Pascal mentioned. According to the records, this place seemed to be called a 'department store'."
One of the petite male androids was talking to his companions. He had a boyish face and wore a tactical goggles that looked like an eye mask.
The other female android did not respond to her companion's words. She just investigated carefully. After a moment, she spoke.
"9S, there's no way we can get through."
Hearing this, the male android named 9S looked around and suggested with a hint of excitement in his voice.
"Hmm, maybe there's some kind of mechanism here. Let's look for it, 2B."
The female android named 2B thought for a moment and nodded. Although she could force the door open with violence, since there was an easier way, there was no harm in looking for it.
After reaching a consensus with his companions, 9S excitedly searched the commercial ruins called "Department Store". He is YoRHa No. 9 S-type android, a hacking scanning reconnaissance robot.
As a reconnaissance model, their strong curiosity is their hallmark, so 9S is very active and curious about the facilities left behind by humans in the past.
2B was of course aware of 9S's thoughts, which was one of the reasons why she did not break the door open by force but chose to look for a mechanism. After all, they were colleagues, so it was okay to indulge him occasionally.
After searching for a while, 9S suddenly said, "If we were human, would we also come to a place like this to enjoy shopping?"
"There's no point in assuming." 2B replied coldly.
“Haha… 2B is really serious.” 9S smiled awkwardly, but did not stop searching.
Although he is an artificial human, he will express his true thoughts very frankly, but 2B is different from him. 2B has a calm and composed personality and generally gives people a serious and cold impression.
However, 9S knew that 2B was not good at hiding her thoughts and was a bit clumsy. Of course, this was his evaluation in secret and he didn't dare to say this in front of 2B.
Just as the two were about to search the upper floors, the auxiliary machine floating beside them issued a warning.
"Warning, there are many mechanical creatures reacting above!"
The YoRHa android's auxiliary machine has extremely powerful intelligence and its own logical thinking, and can make the best judgment in emergency situations.
Therefore, the two who heard the warning from the auxiliary machine immediately drew out the weapons floating behind them, and the next moment -
"Long live the King of the Forest!"
"Long live the King of the Forest...!"
A group of tall mechanical life forms suddenly jumped out from their hiding place in the ruins, shouting harsh slogans and launching a suicide attack.
"The King of the Forest...Who is that?"
9S couldn't help but complain while dodging the attacks, but the machine lifeform obviously had no intention of responding, and its energy bullets instantly blocked off the surrounding space.
"Don't let up, 9S."
2B chopped off the blocked energy bullets with a few sharp strikes, and in a flash of his figure, several nearby mechanical life forms were cut in half.
"Even if you say so, I'm a scanner type, so I'm not very good at fighting..."
9S left the battlefield and complained helplessly that it was too difficult for the android to let a scanner type fight. (A certain superman A Guang: I am just a scientist, I don't have the power they have.)
The mechanical life forms on the other side were still shouting "Long Live the King of the Forest", but soon, under the blade of the combat android 2B, they were turned into a pile of scrap metal.
Among all the mechanical life forms, there was one special one that escaped long before the battle began.
I don’t know if there was a problem with the system, but the special entity got stuck in the tree roots not long after escaping, and was unable to move.
Faced with this special entity, 2B didn't hesitate and chopped it down directly.
"Watch out, 2B, it's going to explode!"
Just as the blade was about to strike, 9S's warning voice suddenly came. The moment she heard the voice, 2B disappeared in a flash. The next moment -
“Bang…Bang…”
Sparks of explosion lit up all over the mechanical life form, and as the explosion occurred, the mechanical life form's round head rolled off its body.
As if with a purpose, the round head rolled in front of 2B. With a click, the outer shell of the mechanical lifeform's round head suddenly cracked open, and a round skull appeared from it.
Rather than a skull, it looks more like a round head that has lost its shell and turned into another strange round head.
Seeing this strange scene, 2B and 9S became alert, but the round-headed creature suddenly spoke.
“Ah! Where is this?!”
"What is this? Who are you?"
Hearing the childish question, 9S, who has always been wary of machine lifeforms, said, "He looks suspicious. Let's destroy him, 2B!"
“Wa ...
When the round-headed man heard this, he shook in panic.
But 2B made an attacking gesture: "I will destroy you."
“Wow! No way!!”
The next moment, the strange round head rolled up at an extremely unreasonable speed. Before 2B and the others could react, the round head had already smashed the closed iron gate and jumped into the waterfall pool.
“…”
"That...what is it?"
Although he asked this, 9S obviously didn't expect to get an answer, but the next moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the commercial ruins.
"That's one of the Emils among all the Emils, a very tragic character, but he is also a human being, although he may have lost his past memories a long time ago. "
"who!"
"Human?!"
2B and 9S' reactions were completely different. 2B was surprised that there was a hidden android nearby, but 9S heard the humans mentioned in the conversation .
"Analysis: YoRHa's special designated machine, a special android model [Poppola Deiwaara], is found to be an unknown existence. It is recommended to contact it." 2B's auxiliary machine suddenly issued a reminder.
"Agreed. Contact is recommended." 9S's auxiliary machine also agreed.
"A special designated unit?"
The moment she heard this, 2B clenched her weapon tightly. Although she hadn't seen anyone yet, she felt that a fight was about to break out.
"Hey...wait a minute, 2B." 9S noticed 2B was about to fight, and hurriedly stopped her, "The pod just said it's recommended to make contact, so don't get into a fighting stance!"
Although he didn't know who had just spoken, the fact that the other party mentioned humans was enough to arouse his curiosity, so 9S was more inclined to contact the other party.
After hearing 9S's words and thinking about the aux's suggestion, 2B relaxed her battle-ready stance, although she did not put down her weapon.
The next moment, the figure who spoke walked in from outside the commercial ruins.
