Hely obediently wiped her tears and went home.
"Such a sharp child. Even if the appearance is almost identical, even if we can retrieve Teddy's memory... I guess [Teddy 2.0] is still just another Bangboo to Hely..." Qingyi couldn't help but exclaim.
Wise, on the side, nodded. "The preciousness of life lies precisely in this irreplaceability."
"Al... right. I think I understand a little now. So, I say, humans are truly an interesting species." Qingyi was a little dejected for a moment but quickly pulled herself together. "Thank you for helping me cover up just now. I will repay you later."
"Hm? Repay me? For example..."
"How about I treat you to a cup of tea?"
Alright, although I had already guessed it would be this kind of repayment, it seems pretty good too. A chance to taste Qingyi's tea.
"But next, I will have to enter a Hollow for the rescue. For a store manager, it's far too dangerous. I'll figure it out myself. I'll be leaving first." After saying this, Qingyi left directly.
Afterward, Wise also told Belle and the others that the Teddy 2.0 operation had failed and they had to go into the Hollow to find the real Teddy.
"I wonder if Qingyi can handle it alone? Brother, why don't you take Aurelia and Odette with you to check on her?"
"I was thinking the same thing. But with so many people, it would be easier to be discovered, right? It's better if I go alone."
So, Wise asked Qingyi for the specific time to enter the Hollow. But until it was almost time for the previous community service, Qingyi still hadn't replied to either of their communications...
Just as they were getting anxious, there was a sudden knock on the door—
"Hello, excuse me! It's the Public Security Bureau's community service."
Hearing the familiar words, the siblings subconsciously thought it was Qingyi. Wise got up to open the door, but outside was a strange female officer.
"H-hello!" The officer was clearly stunned after seeing Wise, but she quickly came to her senses and finished her sentence.
"We had an appointment with Qingyi. Do you know where she is?"
"Ah, yes. Officer Qingyi took a leave of absence today. She said she had important personal business."
Hearing the officer's answer, the siblings were a little surprised. They never thought Qingyi would also take a leave of absence. But they quickly connected it to Teddy's matter. So, the two of them hurriedly saw the officer off. The latter, upon learning that Wise was only looking for Qingyi, was a little dejected.
...
"I tried contacting Qingyi again just now, still no response at all. I have a bad feeling..." Wise's tone was a little deep.
Hearing this, Belle exclaimed and couldn't help but guess, "Could it be that she went into the Hollow by herself without applying for a [bot]?" To do such a thing, she's quite a hot-blooded old AI! Mmm, that's a bit too rude. I can't let Qingyi know.
Wise immediately asked Fairy to search the Proxy Net for posts that seemed to be from Qingyi.
"Understood, Master. You really care about her. Search complete. There is a very suspicious post. The full text is as follows: [Esteemed Proxy, this is to inform you of a commission requiring a Bangboo rescue in the Cratilus Hollow. According to data analysis and pattern recognition results, the target may be in the T8-AE32 area. Interested parties please leave a message, details to be discussed in person. Looking forward to a meeting that will effectively promote work progress.]"
"[Data analysis and pattern recognition] and this old-fashioned tone, it must be Qingyi..." Wise was quite familiar with Qingyi and was certain of it.
But Fairy suddenly reminded him, "This is bad. The post has not received any replies from any Proxies yet. The poster's last message was 13 minutes ago, and the content is—arrived near the Hollow, one last confirmation, if no one takes the job, then forget it."
Hearing this, how could the siblings dare to delay any longer? They immediately dispatched Aethel to the target area.
"Master, Officer Qingyi has been found."
As the Bangboo controlled by Wise bounced over to Qingyi, the latter naturally also noticed him. "Ah, a rather familiar Bangboo. We meet again, Phaethon. As the number one wanted person on the Proxy Net, isn't it a bit careless of you to take a job?"
Hearing Qingyi's words, of course Wise couldn't tell the truth. "Actually, I wanted to see why the Public Security Bureau was recruiting Proxies. Just consider it as pre-storing some friendship points, so that I can ask for leniency in the future." (In reality, it's not as simple as friendship points.)
Qingyi on the other side was a little surprised, then looked at Wise with a scrutinizing gaze. "Hm? What, did you already know this was a Public Security Bureau job when you took it?"
"Officer Qingyi, to be honest, your Proxy Net post was written too suspiciously..." Wise was a little helpless. So Qingyi didn't deliberately write it like that? Because after hearing his words, the latter's eyes widened.
"It was that obvious? No wonder no one took the job. In that case, why would Phaethon—you, are you actually a good person?" Qingyi's tone was shocked, but speaking like that was a bit hurtful.
"Thank you, but the compliment would be more effective if your tone wasn't so shocked."
"Ahem, never mind. I need to borrow your power right now, so of course, I should be a little more polite." At this time, Qingyi had already found traces of the suspicious vehicle related to the case and needed a Proxy to provide navigation inside the Hollow. "Please assist my investigation."
Qingyi's words were very sincere. And Fairy had already been collecting data since entering the Hollow and soon found a Bangboo distress signal. However, after Wise passed through the final catapult mechanism, the mechanism actually broke down. Qingyi, seeing this, immediately told him not to run around and to wait for her to fix the device and come over.
But Wise didn't listen to her. He went all the way to the location of the signal and finally, with Fairy's prompt, found a damaged Bangboo head under a pile of garbage. At the same time, a person came out of nowhere, calling himself something like [Bang-Bang-Bang-napper], his behavior was very strange, and he even tried to grab Aethel. But with Wise's consciousness enhancement, Aethel was no ordinary Bangboo. It went up and knocked the person down with one punch.
Just as he thought he could go back to find Qingyi, his vision suddenly went black, and the connection with Aethel was instantly lost.
"The screen suddenly went black! Did the sync with Aethel get cut off? Brother, are you okay?" Belle, seeing that something was wrong, immediately went forward and asked about Wise's condition with concern.
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