Me! Cleaner!

Chapter 294 Generosity and Dad

"Okay."

Relying on the attentive service of the undead technician, after successfully breaking out of the encirclement, he squinted at the dock where ships were passing in the distance, and Leon took the initiative to stop:

"If we go any further, we might attract attention. Let's stop the power armor here. Thank you for your help this time."

“…”

I really don't want to help...but do I have a choice?

Seeing the Duke flipping out of the cockpit, the unfortunate little golden retriever endured it again and again, and finally said nothing. Instead, he resignedly turned the joystick and prepared to go back dejectedly, but...

"Wait, don't take the power armor back."

"ah?"

"The battery of the power armor...I mean the energy storage module. This thing is useful to me. Please help me remove it."

"But... without the energy storage module, I can't drive the power armor. How can I go back?"

"Take a boat. Isn't the dock right over there?"

“…”

"What's wrong? Any questions?"

"No...no..."

Facing the unreasonable request made by his own Duke, the little golden retriever adjutant lamented in his heart, resignedly flipped two switches, and opened the energy storage compartment of the power armor.

Then he climbed out of the cab with difficulty amid an unusually familiar creaking sound, and stood helplessly aside, watching his Duke pry open the energy storage module of his power armor.

"Well... there's a little bit of energy fluid left, but thank you anyway."

"No...you're welcome..."

Nodding dryly, and responding to the Duke's polite thanks, Steven Lane touched his empty pocket, and then said a little embarrassedly:

"Um...Mr. Duke, can you...can you lend me some money?"

"ah?"

"Before I went on the mission, I was sleeping in the barracks. I didn't expect to be robbed...and brought here by you, so I didn't bring any money with me. Can you lend me some money and let me rent a carriage at the dock? go home?"

"This... okay..."

Although he also didn't have much money in his hand, after looking at the pitiful little golden retriever in front of him and looking at the energy storage module on the ground that cost 10,000 gold wheels, Leon still didn't have the nerve to refuse his request and greeted Youha reluctantly. He threw his wallet out.

Hmm... But Anna kept most of her salary, leaving only part of the necessary expenses. She also bought a lot of supplies and stored them in the mirror world. She only had 4 silver wheels and 9 coins left in her hand. A bronze wheel…

"Why don't you hire a carriage?"

After looking at his shriveled wallet, Leon tentatively suggested:

"It just so happens that the dock is right over there. In fact, if we take a boat directly back to the capital, and then take two public carriages, we can reach the city."

"Alright... that's okay..."

"Then you take it, and you don't have to pay back the money!"

Seeing that the little golden retriever did not insist on renting the carriage, Leon, who was shy and could not refuse, couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Then he counted out 7 copper wheels and handed them over, and said with a smile:

"The ticket for the affordable class passenger ship costs 3 copper wheels. You can ride all the way from here to the Bunker River Pier to disembark, then take the public carriage that runs every 60 minutes on the Old Town Line. Then you spend 3 copper wheels and ride all the way to the end, and then you can enter. It's in the urban area of ​​the royal capital. The carriages there support post-payment, so you can charter a carriage home directly.

Or if you want to go to Lane Manor, you can also get off the bus one stop earlier, which will save 1 copper wheel. After getting off the bus, walk to the next stop, Westminster Abbey, and then spend 2 copper wheels to take the running carriage on Church Street. You can also get to Sequoia Street, which is just 7 copper wheels away. "…"

Facing the Duke who not only calculated the travel expenses clearly, but also gave thoughtful tips on how to save money, the little golden retriever who took the copper wheel couldn't help but feel a slight soreness in his nose, as if he had smelled the sour smell in the lower class cabin. The smell of stinky feet.

…

"Thank you... thank you..."

After thanking the Duke for his generous donation, the little golden retriever was so moved that his eyes filled with tears, he clutched the extremely precious 7 copper wheels and staggered away, while Leon walked down the path carrying the battery. I found a secluded place and took out the black 15-proof box containing Atifi 128.

Circular interface...then you should also need a circular connector...

After groping for a while on the energy storage module of the power armor and finding the pipe bundled in the slot, Leon removed the intubation tube on the energy storage module and unscrewed the protective bolt according to the method taught by Atifei 128 before. Push it to the interface behind the 15-proof box and fix it.

Soon, with a soft buzzing sound, the black frosted glass-like 15-proof box shook slightly. There were countless small connecting rods that were closely arranged inside and were several times thinner than a hair. In a wonderful way with big rules, they moved neatly and at high speed.

"Thanks for waking me up, Dad."

“…”

"Um...you should call me Mr. Lyon..."

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Listening to Atifi 128's sweet girlish voice, Leon, who was a little embarrassed, couldn't help but touch his nose and corrected:

"I...well...you just thought I was joking, okay?"

After "hearing" Lyon's words through the copper pipe, the gear sets in the fifteen-proof box were so dense that they could hardly be seen. They began to reverse rapidly in a special rhythm, and then drove tens of thousands of connecting rods and The hole puncher poked the ball with holes in the center for a while, conveying the message.

After the core ball twisted twice, it completed a similar operation in reverse, driving the dense gear set to rotate forward through the connecting rod, and hitting the copper pipe through the hammer set, simulating the sound of a human little girl, giving gave his own answer.

"Although I judged that you didn't seem to be joking before, but since you have requested it, I am willing to comply, Mr. Lyon."

“…”

Was that "calculation" just now? What is the principle of this thing?

Looking at Atifi 128, who accepted and understood his words in less than a second and gave a corresponding answer, Leon couldn't help but curiously said:

"How on earth are you talking? What are these parts in the box for?"

"The reason why I can speak is very simple. As a creature with a relatively simple vocal organ structure, 60-80 sounds is the limit of ordinary humans, and the scale recorded by a single gear in my gear set far exceeds this number. .

The text content is relatively complex. Your human writing can be roughly classified into four categories: ideograms, syllabic characters, pictophonetic characters, and symbolic characters, and the characteristics can be combined with each other. If 1, 2, 3, and 4 are used to refer to the arrangement, then , there are about 15 typical comprehensive text modes.

Each text pattern has an average of 250,000 to 670,000 valuable words. Commonly used words will be roughly reduced to between 3,000 and 11,000 according to individual and regional differences. Consider tone, voice, and corresponding emotion.

So even though the process has been greatly streamlined, if I want to output the corresponding characters in the conversation and attach the emotions to accurately express what I mean, I still need to use fifteen sub-gear sets and thirty to one hundred and ten wires each time. Short arc lever…”

"Okay, okay, don't explain the rest. Just pretend I haven't asked this question."

Leon, who had tried hard to listen for a long time but was still confused, wisely came to terms with himself, gave up wondering why she could talk, and instead asked the question he cared about most.

"Atifi, let me ask you."

He took out the big box previously issued by the bureau and stuffed Atifi 128 into it. Then he condensed the cursed silver into a dagger, dug a hole in the box, and put the copper tubes used for "speaking" and "listening" After getting stuck, Leon asked:

"What's going on in the Kingdom of Korok? What's going on with the Twin Branches of the Cleanup Bureau? Have you had any contact with Director Aquarius?"

(End of chapter)