Cyberpunk: 2075

"thief...:"

Gaius looked at the blue-haired girl and showed a look that he didn't quite understand.

"I seem...:.:"

As soon as he opened his mouth to say something, the girl interrupted him:

"I felt strange, so I went back and checked the surveillance of the corner where we collided. When you were moving forward,

There was a slight pause in your figure, and then as if you knew I was coming from the other side, you bumped into me at a speed that was just right for you, and just after the moment your hand was covered by my figure , the traces of fluctuations in appearance caused by the vehicle chip in my pocket have also disappeared. "

The girl with blue hair stared at Gaius tightly with her purple pupils: "After that, you also made a flip movement that just blocked your palm, as if you were hiding something. There is nothing in my sleeve, so I am convinced that you are a thief. You stole my chip and then gave it back to me on your own initiative."

"That's it."

Gaius didn't say anything about evidence, because in this year 2075, things are never really about evidence. Once the other party is convinced, there is really no need for him to argue verbally. He is just a little curious. , why did the girl block herself after she was convinced that she was a thief.

"so what?"

Gaius crossed his arms. Psychologically speaking, this was a defensive gesture during a conversation, but when Gaius showed it, he looked a bit like a girl in front of a threat.

But the girl didn't have any intention of being forced by Gaius's slightly understressed posture. The light in her purple pupils flashed, and then she said: "I have blocked the surveillance cameras here. , creating a false picture.”

Does this conflict with what I'm going to say next?

What shouldn’t be watched when ordinary students are chatting...,

"Apologize."

The girl looked at Gaius, pointed to his head, and then pointed to his waist: "Bow me ninety degrees and apologize to me properly. I thank you for deceiving me. Please apologize properly."

"ha?"

Apologize?

You checked the surveillance, blocked me, and blocked other people's prying eyes. The result is to make me apologize for the bad things I did?

According to the usual routine, shouldn't you start suing me at this time?

This was such a normal and considerate request that Gaius couldn't believe it, so he blinked a few times and asked:

"You just want me to bow?"

"I care about the thanks I say. Yesterday, you tricked me into saying thank you."

The girl stared at Gaius: "So, I have to ask you to apologize and come back."

"If that's the case, I don't care. It's my fault in the first place. It's reasonable for you to seek an apology when you find out that you were deceived by me, but..."

Gaius was a bit concerned with what the girl proposed: "Ninety degrees is too humble. It doesn't matter if it can be thirty degrees."

Ninety degrees has almost become the standard for repentance and apology.

"Don't you understand the rules of Arasaka Academy?"

"I understand very well and have remembered it all, but the rule of bowing ninety degrees and apologizing at every turn, to me,

It's like a superficial procedure. It's too easy to get rid of guilt and the like through a 90-degree apology. "

Gaius said to the girl very seriously: "At least I am serious."

"That..

The girl didn't know what she was thinking. She stared at Gaius, hesitated for a moment and then said: "Sixty degrees."

"Forty-five degrees, cut it in half."

"this...."

The blue-haired girl's persistence in this regard was not as firm as seeking an apology. In other words, for her, this kind of apology required negotiation from different angles. This might be the first time.

Seeing her hesitation, Gaius felt relieved in his heart.

It seems that he is just a "clean" student whose family environment is superior and well protected, so he has not been exposed to any pollution.

She showed immaturity from the beginning.

When she was convinced that she had been stolen and that the other party wanted to get close to her, she actually dared to meet the other party alone, and even took the initiative to block the surveillance. From this point, the girl's innocence can be seen. In her subsequent actions, she actually just I struggle with the idea of ​​thanking people who don’t need to be thanked...:

A student of Arasaka Academy, in form, is already equivalent to half of the people prepared by Arasaka employees. When he finds someone who can be threatened and exploited, he has no idea of ​​threatening and exploiting the other person. He just wants to get an apology from the other person.

Are you still a student with a Japanese education?

Seeing the girl hesitate, as if she was struggling with whether or not to give in forty-five degrees, with an expression that seemed like she had never bargained before, Gaius smiled, and then bent down deeply.

"I'm very sorry. I teased you yesterday."

Ninety degrees.

The standard of repentance and apology.

Why reach this angle?

Because it was indeed my fault. I made fun of a fairly "clear" student and did something wrong.

The girl looked at Gaius who bowed deeply. She had obviously asked him to make such an apology before, but now, she was surprised.

She gently covered her mouth and took a step back, then realized something, put down her hand, and wanted to help Gaius up.

When the other party sincerely apologized as she asked, she seemed to be embarrassed again, "What's your name?"

Before the girl's hand touched Gaius, Gaius took the initiative to straighten his waist and looked at the girl.

"Now, I really think that it's good to know someone in Arasaka Academy."

"You...:"

Looking at Gaius's smile, the girl's face was a little strange: "Are you apologizing for deliberately approaching me?"

"No, the apology is honest, but the approach now is really real. Don't worry, I don't have the idea of ​​​​flirting with you, and this apology is not fake. I just suddenly feel that it's interesting to see a rare lotus blooming in the mud in Night City."

Gaius stretched out his hand.

"Gaius, a trainee of Arasaka Academy, Gaius Brutus."

The girl looked at Gaius's outstretched hand, and then looked at Gaius' face:

"I heard that some boys would attract attention by bullying girls."

"Childish behavior is sometimes the most effective. Although I didn't have this idea at first, now you are really interested in me, right, good boy, don't you mind the bad boy's handshake request?"

"I mind..."

The girl reached out and gently shook Gaius's hand.

"But you are indeed the first 'bad guy' I know in the academy.'

Why do children always use tricks to attract other people's attention?

Because quiet children do not get more attention, they have to be more 'well-behaved'.