In Wen Bai's villa dining room.
"You don't need to do anything else, just answer a few questions for me."
The rogue robot's eyes held a smile. "What does Master wish to know? I know many things, and I will tell Master everything I know."
Its tone gradually grew ambiguous.
At this moment, 575 had returned to Wen Bai's side, standing next to him, doing his best to suppress his hostility.
Wen Bai hadn't noticed anything amiss, merely asking with a blank expression, "Who turned you into a rogue robot?"
The rogue robot in front of him froze for a moment, as if it hadn't registered the question.
The one-sided ambiguous atmosphere vanished instantly.
Wen Bai finished the juice in his glass in one gulp, placed the empty glass on the table, and said coldly, "Don't you know many things? Didn't you say you would tell me everything?"
Wen Bai stared blankly at the rogue robot as it began to threaten him. "If you don't know enough, they probably haven't gone far, and it's still time to get you back to them..."
The rogue robot before him visibly panicked. "Don't send me back, I... I... I know! I'll tell you!"
Then, Wen Bai received the same portrait.
It was still the rogue robot hiding in the bushes from the hunting game.
"Do you know where it came from?"
The rogue robot now seemed dispirited. "I truly don't know. I only gained consciousness after encountering it."
"Were you in that hunting game that day? The day many people died?"
"No, I was in another venue, a venue awaiting auction. The auction that day was interrupted, so my turn didn't come up."
Wen Bai nodded and placed the drawing on the dining table.
System 001 had been observing for a while before speaking. "I knew something was off about this rogue robot, and it turns out it was this."
The rogue robot up for auction was outstanding in appearance and personality, and those being auctioned in such a place had naturally undergone other special training.
Wen Bai hadn't paid attention to the staff's booklet at the time, but System 001 had skimmed through many of them.
From the moment this rogue robot met Wen Bai, it had been trying to display its charm.
It was just that the object of its charm was Wen Bai, whose signals were completely blocked and received nothing.
System 001 didn't quite understand these human subtleties and only found it strange, very strange, but couldn't quite pinpoint what was odd.
The word "auction" being mentioned, System 001 instantly understood what the rogue robot had been up to.
System 001 discovered the other's intentions and immediately reported to Wen Bai. "Host, this rogue robot was clearly trying to seduce..."
At the same time, Wen Bai spoke indifferently, "Alright, you may leave."
System 001 paused.
Wen Bai: "System 001, what were you just saying?"
System 001 replied, "Alas~ It was nothing."
There was no need for a rogue robot that wouldn't be staying to occupy the host's attention.
The rogue robot panicked. "Wait, didn't you say you wouldn't send me back? I answered your questions as agreed!"
System 001: "Oh~ So you know what an agreement is."
Wen Bai: "I'm not sending you back. You are free now. You can go wherever you wish."
"But, I only want to stay by Master's side."
This human clearly had money. Since he wasn't interested in it and didn't have cruel, perverse tendencies, why should it go out and suffer?
If it went out and was captured by other humans again...
It might as well stay here.
Wen Bai was silent.
The rogue robot cried out, "You can't go back on your word."
Wen Bai impatiently emphasized, "Except for here."
This human was actually reasonable? The rogue robot, upon discovering this, began to test him, acting pitifully. "You promised! You promised!"
After a brief silence, Wen Bai said, "I'll find a place for you to stay."
Wen Bai made a phone call, and soon someone came to take away the rogue robot in front of him.
In a short time, the rogue robot had weighed its options numerous times.
Now, the rogue robot in front of him was unhappy, extremely reluctant to leave, making a final effort. "How do I know where you're sending me? I can stay by your side and help you with tasks, I'm very capable!"
575, at this moment, wished it could crush the rogue robot in front of it, to make sure it never appeared before its master again.
Wen Bai thought for a few seconds.
Tasks?
Tasks.
Wen Bai had the people he called to step aside first.
Wen Bai replied, "Alright."
"Master, you're willing to let me stay by your side now?"
System 001: "Host, are you serious? This rogue robot doesn't seem like a good robot, it was clearly trying to seduce him just now..."
Wen Bai picked up the paper on the dining table and handed it to the rogue robot. "The robot that turned you into a rogue robot, bring it here. If you find it but don't have the ability to bring it, tell me its location."
System 001 fell silent again.
The host was quite clever; it had been the one momentarily flustered.
This way, the rogue robot wouldn't pose a threat to the host, and they would gain a free laborer.
The rogue robot's eyes widened in surprise, as if it had received Wen Bai's approval and finally had a chance to be useful. "Okay, Master! Qi will go find it right away."
Then, the rogue robot named Qi, extremely excited, left on its own.
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That night, after Wen Bai had fallen asleep, 575 stood outside the villa, looking at the Bu Bu robot in front of him with silence.
The Bu Bu robot had never given up on 575.
The Bu Bu robot adjusted the sunglasses on its face, a new style, larger than its face. "I saw another robot."
575 was silent.
"Humans can have many robots; you won't always be the only one by his side. We robots should go to our own place. Will you come with me? We have more companions now, and we should stay far from humans. Humans won't tolerate our existence."
575 avoided the preceding topic thrown by the Bu Bu robot and directly gave it an answer. "You don't need to look for me again."
"You want to stay here forever? This isn't a good choice. I'll come back. I hope you'll change your mind then." After saying this, the Bu Bu robot turned and left briskly.
Watching the retreating figure as it climbed over the high wall of the neighboring villa, seeing the Bu Bu robot's increasingly skilled climbing.
575: "..."