"I didn't mean that...... Alas, forget it, it's hard to say, it's not clear, the way is unclear. ”

Aya thought about it for a while, but finally gave up on explaining.

Hui Yue said: "Miss Ayasi, if you have the opportunity in the future, you can see the real life of the mechanic through your own eyes." She even became a mechanic as a humanoid girl, just like the oldest humanoid girl [Moment]. ”

Aya remembers very well that the Workshop facility had said something similar.

"Well, the future is full of unknowns, and there is indeed such a possibility." Aya looked up at the relief above her head, "It's enough for me to be happy with the people around me, and I don't want to be too extravagant." ”

"I see. Miss Ayasi, I heard that in a month, you will be saying goodbye to the ASEAN city completely. Do you really not want to explore those memories of the sleeping past? Hui Yue asked Ayasi meaningfully.

Although Aya Si was confused, she still said resolutely: "It's not that I don't care about the past, but I hope that the tragedy of the past will not be repeated." Selfishly, it may be that I am tired of running around day and night, busy with investigations. ”

"What Aya Si said does make sense, but ...... As the current head of the ASEAN Branch, I don't really want you to leave ASEAN. Hui Yue confessed.

"But if you want to build a reciprocal cooperative relationship, the status of Miss Aya and I is also equal, and I have no intention of keeping Miss Ayasi, but I am a little reluctant and unwilling."

Aya Si said responsibly, "This is a normal relationship, Minister Huiyue, you are not wrong. However, the world cannot make all people with different positions happy at the same time, so in the end, the desired result must be won back by themselves. ”

Hui Yue said frankly, "That's right. Everything has a price, and this is true for me as the head of the branch, and the same is true for Miss Ayasi, who has lost her memories of the past. ”

"We are all conspirators who don't want to miss the opportunity and don't want to live up to the trust of others. ”

"Miss Ayasi, wait for me for a while."

Hui Yue suddenly turned around, and said a little helplessly towards the fork in the road behind Ayasi, "Old Qing, you still come out openly and come with us." Hiding in the shadows and eavesdropping all the time made me a little unnatural. ”

Through Huiyue's reminder, Aya finally noticed the existence of the old lady with a hidden aura around her.

"Minister Huiyue, you are very observant, but it would be better if you used it in the right place." The old lady pursed her lips and reluctantly appeared.

Hui Yue said helplessly: "What the old man has learned is. ”

The old lady walked up to Ayasi's side and said kindly, "The tour of the first researcher of the two of you should be coming to an end. Then the old man will lead Miss Aya Si to a very interesting place. ”

"No problem."

……

1st Research Institute, Suspended Elevator.

The old lady expertly pressed the elevator switch of the First Research Institute, and then beckoned Hui Yue and Aya Si to walk in.

"This elevator has been used for more than ten years, but I didn't expect that it has been ten years since then, and it can still remain the same as it was ten years ago." After confirming that the elevator was not improved, the old lady complained to Hui Yue.

"Young and old, this also shows the high level of the predecessors from a side perspective. It's been so many years, and the life of the elevator has not yet reached the dangerous period. Hui Yue smiled

Do your best to get around.

The elevator carried Hui Yue and Ayasi, as well as the old lady, and slowly ascended, and the number of stairs went from small to large, and kept getting bigger.

When the door opened again, the elevator finally stopped at the topmost floor.

Huiyue sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Old Qing, are you going wrong, where are you going?" ”

The old lady frowned and said forcefully, "Shut up and follow me obediently." ”

The topmost floor of the First Research Institute covers the smallest area of all floors, and it is usually used to store some sundries that do not have much use.

This floor has not been renovated or renovated in the past ten years, and dim old-fashioned light bulbs can only illuminate the house number in front of each room.

The old lady raised her head and walked bravely in front, while Huiyue lowered her head and followed behind without daring to speak, and the status of the two was clear at a glance.

"Minister Teitsuki, in fact, I would like to thank all the ASEAN branch members who did not propose a transformation to the top level. It was this inaction that protected an important room. The old lady suddenly said something that made Huiyue unbelievable.

"Young man, I'm sorry, the negligence in the top-level maintenance of the research institute is my dereliction of duty." Hui Yue mistakenly thinks that the old lady is talking the opposite.

"It's really a dereliction of duty to maintain the vulnerability."

The old lady stopped in front of a room with a metal house number with '017' printed on it.

Aya, who saw the number clearly, thought about something, and said to the old lady in surprise: "Qing Lao, is this ......?"

The old lady calmly replied, "Well, Miss Ayasi, it's just as you guessed. This is one of the studios that the genius boy once used. It is estimated that it is also the only studio related to him in the ASEAN city branch. ”

"Huh? That genius boy's studio? I don't know anything. Hui Yue scratched her head and sighed helplessly.

The old lady said seriously and responsibly: "That genius boy left the ASEAN City Branch, before you took office. At that time, you were still an ordinary member, and it was normal for you not to know about this private matter. ”

The old lady looked at Hui Yue's side, and it was easy to ignore Ayasi: "Miss Ayasi, this was indeed your master's private studio. From what I've seen and heard in the past, he likes to do his research in places that are extremely quiet, so he chose this place. ”

Aya Si nodded, "Well, Qing Lao, I still want to know more about him." ”

The old lady replied earnestly, "Since Miss Aya Si wants to know, then I will talk a little about that genius boy." Miss Ayasi, please listen carefully. ”

"Uh-huh."

The old lady said with great interest: "Although that genius boy, that is, the master of Miss Ayasi, has shown great talent in the process of studying as a mechanic, in ordinary life, he is like a child who must be taken care of. When he was sixteen, I happened to meet ......"

While the old lady was explaining, Hui Yue rummaged through the items left behind in the room, hoping to find some treasures.

……

"Come and see, what is this?" Hui Yue suddenly shouted loudly, interrupting the old lady's explanation.

The old lady who was interrupted walked over unhappily: "Minister Huiyue, what's wrong?" ”

"I found one

Big baby. ”

Kazuki's luck was good, and he found a large blue-gray box from the cluttered room. Weighing it with your hands, it was heavy, as if there was a big treasure hidden.

Huiyue tried all kinds of means, exhausted all kinds of methods, but couldn't open it. In the end, he used his brute force to forcibly break the big box.

"Alas, it took a long time, but it turned out to be a broken crystal." After seeing the "treasure" in the box, Hui Yue was disappointed and prepared to close the box.

A strong hand stopped him.

"Young Elder?"

The old lady said angrily: "Minister Huiyue, your taste is really not flattering, and you are too ignorant. This is obviously a precious work of art, and it is also the work of that genius boy, how can it be a worthless thing. ”

"Uh...... Sorry. After being slapped in the face, Hui Yue reopened the large box in a gloomy manner.

There was indeed only one item in the large chest - a crystal as transparent as a mirror, and a carved flower inlaid in the transparent crystal.

The flower in the mirror is dominated by bright red tones, and the overall shape is sonorous and powerful, and the sharp thin lines are staggered and overlapped layer by layer, condensing into one, forming a unique beauty.

The old lady carefully held up the [Flower in the Mirror] and walked up to Ayasi, "Miss Ayasi, I heard that before leaving the ASEAN City Branch, your master destroyed all the works. This one-of-a-kind work [Flower in the Mirror] should be the only work left by your master in the ASEAN City Branch. ”

"There is a theory that the work was overdone and he can't bear to destroy it, and there is also a theory that this work is a testament to his time in the ASEAN branch and that he will always remember this past. Whether that statement is true or not, this [Flower in the Mirror] is the brainchild of a genius boy. ”

Aya Si admired from the bottom of her heart: "This [Flower in the Mirror] is so beautiful. He deserves to be a genius boy who can create a humanoid girl. If I ever have a chance to meet him, I'll be curious to ask him questions. ”

"Well, although that guy did cause you a lot of trouble, Miss Ayasi, after learning that the branch had conducted illegal experiments on you in the past, the choice to give up everything really makes me admire." The old lady reminisced about the long past.

"At that point, there is no other way to do it. Obviously, he was a teacher who had made a high contribution to the ASEAN city branch, but because of me, he gave up everything. Aya felt ashamed.

"At that time, the situation was really complicated, but it was not yet at the point where we had to leave. I heard from the top of the original branch that the genius boy found a research organization that was more advanced than the ASEAN branch when he was out for an internship, so he wanted to break away from the ASEAN branch, and that inhumane experiment was just a convenient reason. ”

Aya Si hurriedly said, "No, it must not be like this. ”

"I'm also skeptical of that, anyway, after all these years, and now I haven't heard anything from him. It's like disappearing out of thin air and evaporating from the world. Hui Yue said frankly, "And in the face of the wrong behavior of the ASEAN City Branch, he chose to escape and leave the ASEAN City Branch; And I chose to face it and became the head of the ASEAN municipal branch. This is the most important of the countless points that I can't recognize him. ”