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The expressionless Barney was driving to the Central Building. He was very skeptical when Danny said in the morning that he could get permission. After all, Barney has never seen Danny solve such a complicated problem over the years of partnering with Danny. problem, so he took it for granted that it was his task to hack into the system and get them permission. Just as he wanted to say that he would never help Danny do this, Danny smiled and said that he had already got the permission.

Hesitantly, Barney drove Danny to the company, but the task they were assigned today turned out to be the maintenance project of the central building that should be directly responsible for by the top management.Not to mention that Barney didn't believe it, neither did the staff in charge of distributing the task list. He carefully checked the system information several times before handing over the access card to Barney and Danny.

That's why Barney is driving the car with a look of lovelessness, but he is the only one who is in a gloomy mood. Danny, who is sitting in the passenger seat next to him, is humming a ditty happily Use the holographic screen to look at the illustrated book of marine life.

It's been less than 24 hours since the countdown ends, and Barney thinks that the only ones who can hum a ditty knowing what will happen after the countdown is over are probably only bionics.No, maybe no android other than Danny can do it.

"You can crack the program yourself, why drag me into the water?" Barney angrily slammed on the brakes before a red light.

"Of course I can't do it by myself, otherwise I will complete the task by myself." Danny looked at Barney with a natural look, but soon he turned his attention back to the illustrated book On, "I have done a rigorous analysis, and you are the most suitable candidate."

"It took you less than a minute to get us the access control card. You have to have confidence in yourself."

"This is not a problem that can be solved with confidence. If it can't be done, it can't be done."

"Hey, where did I fall in love with you at the beginning? It really blinded my dog's eyes."

"What are you talking about? I was directly assigned to you by the company, and you didn't choose it on your own." Danny, who wasn't paying attention to the conversation, didn't understand the meaning of Barney's words.

"It's nothing, let's look at your illustrated book." In order to change the subject, Barney took the initiative to put the topic on the illustrated book Danny was looking at, "Is that a blue whale?"

Danny brought a picture book from behind to the front, "Yes, this is your favorite sperm whale, and this is next," Danny clicked another picture book, "This is my favorite killer whale."

"I didn't expect you to like small animals."

"You should know that they are really not small, and yes, I do have my own preferences, which is one of the many functions of the artificial soul program."

"Instead of explaining your function, why do you like orcas?"

"Because they look cute, but they are quite ferocious. I think this is probably what you mean by contrast."

"So you like this? Have you ever seen a real killer whale before? Not the holographic one."

"No, I spend most of my time doing tasks."

During the brief silence, Barney glanced at Danny's earnest look at the holographic image, and blurted out, "After we solve the countdown problem, I'll take you out to sea to see killer whales, real killer whales. It’s okay to watch the stars.”

"Okay." Danny gave Barney a big smile. This was the first time Barney saw Danny smile so happily and so genuinely.

Seeing that Danny was as happy as a child, Barney suddenly stopped being distressed. For such a smile, let alone saving the world, even if he wanted to create a brand new world, he would go through fire and water.

The seed that was planted at an unknown time back then is no longer just sprouting without Barney's knowledge, it has grown into a towering tree.

After arriving at the central building, the two used the access control card to enter the control room smoothly, which was only the first step in the plan.

The central computer that concerns all the electronic terminals in the country cannot be placed unprotected where ordinary citizens like Barney can easily access it.

Barney tried to use the switchboard to find the location of the central computer, but found nothing.Not only that, but he didn't find any useful information even after checking all the files.

Barney, who was pulled by Danny to participate in the plan without asking the details, suddenly regretted it. He had already figured it out, and it was no problem for him to participate in it, but in such a situation where there was no plan or only Danny knew the plan It doesn't look like a wise decision to participate in it.

From the idea of ​​cutting the leads, it is not difficult to see that Barney's thinking is simple and rude, which means that he usually solves the problem in the most direct way. If you can't find the door, open a window.Barney was about to smash the wall with a sledgehammer—use the switchboard of the Central Building to hack into the terminal where any possible confidential information was located—and Danny, who had downloaded all the information, stopped him in time for his behavior that might reveal the operation.

"Let's go upstairs."

"Upstairs? But these materials don't mention where the central computer is at all. Wait a minute, I'll be able to..."

"Combining the data of this switchboard and the data of the Space-Time Management Bureau, I calculated that the target should be on the top floor, and the accuracy rate is as high as 90.00% or more."

"..."

"By the way, I just linked the switchboard to your personal terminal."

"What is this for?"

"Because there will be people patrolling up there," Danny replied as a matter of course. "We need to rely on the switchboard to create an incident to attract their attention. That's why we have to come to the control room."

"Shouldn't you tell me about your plan in detail?"

"Random changes."

"Are you serious?!"

"Of course, let's go."

To retract the foreword, Barney thinks he'd rather go home and play with Jim than save the world with Danny.

Having said that, Barney still followed Danny to the high-speed elevator.

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