Chapter 251

So he really had no idea how the system would judge.

"But it has come to this..."

After a brief hesitation, the split blue slime immediately squirmed its round body and rushed towards the light curtain.

[Warning! You have crossed the allowed...]

When the clone crossed the light curtain, the voice that suddenly appeared in his mind made Lin Qiao's heart jump.

But fortunately, the system seemed to be stuck halfway through and suddenly stopped.

[Failed to judge, no violation of the rules, please continue the game]

At the moment when the system's voice fell, Lin Qiao had already made it clear that he was going to make a big news next.

Chapter 309 We are partners

"Lucy~Dear~"

Just like in some anime when calling the name of a close person, Lin Qiao's deliberately prolonged voice was extremely clear in the villa.

"Brother, I made you delicious coffee, it's not bitter at all~"

"......"

However, facing someone's intimate call, the attitude of the white-haired loli was unusually cold.

He just glanced at someone who wanted to perform a "little flying stick is coming" with disdain, and then turned his head away silently.

Seeing this, Lin Qiao, who had asked for boredom, also shook his head helplessly.

Put the coffee in his hand on the coffee table...

Then he hesitated for a moment, and in line with the principle of not wasting, he drank the special Nebula coffee.

Lucy, who saw this scene, looked at someone with even more disdain.

He returned to his room and closed the door with a "bang".

It was the second day since he returned to Night City after testing the range mechanism of the system.

But Lucy had ignored him since yesterday.

- In a sense, he deserved it.

After all, he was talking nicely just before, but he turned around and knocked someone unconscious... Although when the latter woke up, Lin Qiao had already brought her back from the Wild Wolf Bar.

For this hacker loli, the whole process was nothing more than a sleep.

But from then on, the child began to be angry with Lin Qiao.

——Specifically, she would not talk to him or lock herself in the room.

"Only this kind of angry behavior can make her like a normal child..."

Lin Qiao sighed with a little complexity.

But before sighing about such things, she should think of a way to coax her.

I'm going to die without a cute white-haired loli to kiss and hug... Well, although it can't reach such an exaggerated level, it's really not a good thing to go on like this.

Walked to the door of the room and knocked gently.

Dong Dong Dong——

"Lucy?" He said tentatively.

But there was no response from inside.

Judging from the heat source reaction in the room, she was lying on her bed.

And the knock on the door just now just made her turn over.

Although with his ability, it was easy to pass through a wooden door that was only the thickness of a little finger.

Or to put it simply and conveniently, directly deleting the other party's related memories is also an effective way.

But Lin Qiao still chose this most cumbersome way.

Knock, knock, knock.

He knocked on the door again.

"....What for?"

After a long while, a whispered response came from inside.

"I just want to come in and talk to you... Can I come in?"

"....."

Lucy in the room did not make any response.

But after a few seconds, the locked automatic sensor door automatically opened to both sides - this was considered an agreement.

Lin Qiao walked into the room.

Lucy, lying on the bed, only showed him the back of her head after being transformed by the prosthesis.

Like to avoid a sleeping cat, Lin Qiao sat carefully by the bed.

"I'm really sorry about what happened yesterday."

".....Why apologize? Qiao didn't do anything wrong, right?"

Listening to Lucy's angry words, Lin Qiao scratched his head.

Pulled the thin quilt on her body up.

The air conditioner in the room made the temperature a little low. If you don't pay attention, you might catch a cold.

"Although I also want to say 'I'm doing this for your own good', but think about it carefully. It's too arrogant to ignore your opinion in this way."

Although Lin Qiao doesn't mind imposing her will on others, she doesn't mind doing this for her relatives and friends.

"Anyway, I'm sorry for knocking you out suddenly..."

"It's not like that. I'm not angry about this kind of thing... Although I was a little angry at the beginning."

Just when Lin Qiao was about to say something, Lucy suddenly spoke up.

She had her back to Lin Qiao just now, but suddenly sat up from the bed.

There was a complicated look in her eyes: "I just feel... I'm useless..."

"Why do you say that suddenly? You have helped me a lot during this period."

"It's different."

"It's the same."

"It's different."

She shook her head gently, and her short white hair swayed.

This is a very clear and easy to understand thing - just a little comparison can be seen.

During the time she had been in Night City, Lin Qiao first helped her solve her identity problem, and then she moved into a luxurious villa in the North Oak District that ordinary people could never afford even if they worked hard for ten lifetimes.

And what about her?

Apart from occasionally helping Lin Qiao hack surveillance, the most she did was to pay for the latter who did not have implanted prostheses.

"We are not partners... I am just being taken care of by you."

If she could still deceive herself before, then the incident of being knocked unconscious by Lin Qiao and taken to the Wild Wolf Bar yesterday made Lucy completely clear about this.

It was as if the two had never met in the beginning, then Lin Qiao could still use that unknown method of controlling people to get along well in Night City.

And she could only continue to wander around, wandering between cities, avoiding Arasaka's pursuit.

Partners will help each other - but unfortunately, she can't help each other at all.

After figuring out the reason why the girl was sulking, Lin Qiao pinched her chin: "Well... I can understand that you want to leave me and go solo?"

"No!"

"In that case, then we are partners." It is natural to come to such a conclusion.

Lucy said a little self-destructively: "But if you want, you can definitely find a better network hacker than me."

"Different."

"Same."

"Different."

Lin Qiao smiled, then leaned forward to hug her and rubbed Lucy's head.

"But if you only look at value, Fujioka Kaoru and I should be partners, right?"

Although it is undeniable that the executive director of Arasaka "helped" the two, to Lin Qiao, he was just a tool man.

Even after figuring out the scope mechanism of the system, the value of this tool man has dropped a lot.

"That's..."

As for Lin Qiao's rebuttal, Lucy was speechless for a while.

"As for the so-called partners, besides helping each other, the most important thing is to be able to trust each other with your back."

"It's a pity that until now, you are the only person I can trust in this world."

It is undeniable that Jack Wells is a good brother in the game... but it is only limited to the game.

In reality, the two met no more than five times, and the chat time was no more than an hour. Most of the time was filled with lies and dominated by the position of being a dog.

To put it bluntly, if all this was revealed, Lin Qiao would not be surprised if the other party turned against him.

"...Even if I can't help at all?"

"It's too much to be self-deprecating." But the other party obviously didn't listen to his rhetoric.

"And think about it from another angle. There are not many network hackers who can reach your level at this age. How about having some confidence in your future?"

"But that will take a long time, right?"

"Sometimes, it is also a kind of happiness to develop...waiting."

"Yeah."

Nodded slightly, and then hugged Lin Qiao with two slender arms.

"Come to think of it, does this count as forgiving me?"

"No!"

She shouted insincerely, clenched her right fist, and hit Lin Qiao lightly.

Then she hugged him tighter

"Do you trust me so much?"

"We are partners... and I have prepared a training plan for you."

.....

Apart from the chaotic order and various slums, Night City is definitely an ultra-modern city.

Even though it was dark a long time ago, the dazzling lights made the whole city more dazzling.

On a street with few people, a white-haired girl was running at night.

It was Lucy.

It was not a whim. It should be said that since she settled down in Night City, she has developed the habit of running at night - she is too sleepy during the day.

It was just that today it was postponed a little because of Lin Qiao, and the person who usually accompanied her to run at night to protect her safety was not around.

On the road next to her, a jeep was following.