Beastmaster: I am a true genius

Old slave...

A claw machine that calls itself a slave?

“It should be only three years old?”

Kitsune Shichi pointed at the chip of the claw machine and asked the inspector calmly.

"Yes, but the age of mechanical pets like these is not calculated according to human time."

The maintenance sister answered while frantically fixing the bug. Although her fingers did not leave afterimages like those on TV, her eyeballs kept moving up and down quickly, and her face was covered with a strange blue light.

"Thank you." It was unethical to interrupt someone while they were working. Seeing that she was so busy, Kitsune Yachi felt embarrassed to continue asking, so he simply picked up his phone and checked it himself.

Oh, it turns out that there is disagreement in this world regarding the age of mechanical pets.

Some people believe that a mechanical pet is born when it leaves the factory, and its age is calculated from the date of its birth; some people believe that the age of a mechanical pet is the time it can access the Internet freely; and some people believe that only when a mechanical pet enters the mechanical galaxy will it be recognized as an independent life form, and the concept of "age" will have meaning.

...Anyway, there are all kinds of opinions.

Kitsune Shichi simply flipped through it and gave up.

That’s right, let’s use the most unpretentious concept - this claw machine is three years old and is already a mature intelligence.

Loud music came from the east, and someone was setting off small fireworks. There was a "bang", as if someone had won a prize, and there were shouts of "Wow~" from envy.

Kitsuneya Nanashi stood there and thought about it, then simply called Alice.

"Hello?" Alice answered quickly, but her tone was not very good, as if she was coming to accuse someone. "Busy Kitsune Yashichi, you finally called me?"

Kitsune Shichi sighed lightly.

Miss, being tsundere isn't popular nowadays...

"I'm in your children's playground now. I've seen a claw machine and want to move it back. How can I buy it?"

Huh? Alice on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment. When did her family open a children's playground? How come she didn't know?

"Oh, you mean the child care center?"

A few seconds later, Alice suddenly remembered... among the places run by her father, there was such a place, which played cartoons on a loop all year round and was specially used to accommodate children aged 0 to 6.

But why did Kitsune Shichi end up here? And why did he fancy a claw machine? Are claw machines so fun?

Many questions popped up in Alice's heart.

"Just move out. If anyone tries to stop you, just say I told you to move. Is there anyone who doesn't recognize you now?"

“I’m not that famous…”

Kitsune Yashichi couldn't help but lower her voice. She looked around and took two steps to the corner before saying, "This is your family's business, don't you know? The staff are all dressed up as anime characters, but I don't need to dress up to look like one!"

Everyone is wearing full makeup and fake hair. At first glance, who can tell who is who?

"Who told you to go to the childcare center? Go to the first floor!"

Alice rolled her eyes on the other end of the phone.

"It was your father who threw me here!"

As soon as Kitsuneya Qi finished speaking, he realized that he had let something slip!

As expected, Alice exploded, her decibel level suddenly increased by five octaves: "My dad?!!!"

Ouch... Kitsune Yaqi was crying and could only hold the phone a little further away from his ear: "Don't worry, I can't be your stepmother. We are just friends. Can you still doubt me?"

"Then why would he look for you?"

There was the sound of a chair being dragged and rubbed against the ground from the other end of the phone, and Alice stood up.

"He wasn't looking for me."

Kitsuneya Nana also heard Alice stand up. Perhaps she was anxious, she suddenly became weak and made up reasons casually.

"I wanted to come to the casino to broaden my horizons and find a safe casino, and I happened to run into your father. I had nothing to say, didn't I? I asked him what I should play, and in the end he dumped me here... Think about it, he dumped me in the child care center, what could happen between us?"

Alice was stunned, thought about it, and it seemed to be the case.

After a few more seconds, she felt convinced.

"……Fine……"

Alice sighed and quickly walked to the dressing room to grab her coat.

"I'll come find you. Show me your slime."

Kitsuneya Nana: "...It's perfection. No, you just want to see perfection! You didn't come to see me at all!"

The friendship boat has been broken!

Alice was also very tough: "Yes! So what? Show me the slime and I'll give you five claw machines, okay?"

"No, thank you, I only need this one! I can't afford any more!"

"What?"

Alice slipped when she heard that and almost fell to the ground, but she managed to keep herself steady with an elegant posture, her rosy red eyes widened in fear.

The hand holding the phone began to tremble.

"What did you say? Is the next thing you want to contract... this claw machine you've taken a fancy to???"

……

……

It was a truly chaotic night.

But in the end, under the guidance of Alice who arrived quickly, Kitsune Shichi entered a real casino and gained some experience.

Actually, it was nothing. I just watched others play a few games of cards, guessed the numbers, and picked a few patterns... and ended up losing a few hundred dollars.

Anyway, with Alice's company, Kitsune Yashichi did not feel excited or stimulated, but only realized that "gambling is a waste of money."

Gambling is like this. Apart from the few seconds of anticipation before the prize is drawn, you get nothing. It's like spending money to buy fantasy and also buying disappointment.

"Generally, people who come here to play will bring [Forced Calmness], but this skill is not always effective. Once the skill is no longer effective, they will come back to gamble sooner or later."

Alice's eyes were filled with warning. She had seen too many gamblers whose families were ruined.

Some people are heavily in debt and firmly believe that as long as their friends and family help them pay off the debt, they can escape from their misery. However, such people have actually lost the ability to struggle. Apart from gambling on a "turnaround", their minds are no longer able to accommodate any other thoughts, and they will never be able to turn the tables.

"I've learned a lot, so I give up."

Kitsuneshichi sighed.

After losing hundreds of dollars in a row, she had given up because Crusoe had given her a blessing, and whether or not the blessing was valid in the casino, it proved that she was not supposed to win.

——From full of expectations to disillusionment with the world, all it takes is three games and 400 yuan.

That’s right, nothing is difficult in the world as long as you are willing to give up.

The good news is that Kitsune Shichi carried the claw machine away as she wished, with Alice there to protect her. The casino security personnel just watched them all the way. When they saw such a big machine being carried out of the door, no one came forward to ask.

After returning home, Kitsuneya Nana placed the claw machine next to the living room.

Then, while her enthusiasm was still there, she downloaded the novice programming software that was highly praised by netizens, and placed an order on her mobile phone for the programming textbook "Hello, World".

The seller quickly sent the electronic tutorial.

Kitsuneya Nana patiently read the long introduction.

Ten minutes later——

"No way, wait, I have to learn a language first? What is Beta language???"

A few dozen minutes later——

Kitsune Shichi left the study room with a smile on his face and inserted a USB drive into the port of the claw machine:

"I see that you are gifted. How about you first learn the β language used exclusively by your mechanical life forms?"