Human beings are alien creatures, with an innate fear of the unknown, but even what is known is still the same, if you see a robot that is so similar to a human that you can't tell where it is different, even if there is a little bit of glare to see that it is different, then this originally harmless robot becomes extremely terrifying in the eyes of the surrounding people, like a walking corpse.

This, known as the Uncanny Valley Theory, seems to be intended to point out that humans cannot live in harmony with any human-like inanimate but movable object.

However, this is not reflected in Amy.

With slender white arms, soft and smooth cheeks, baskets in her hands, and the smooth movement of selecting ingredients, Amy walked alone in the crowd of supermarkets, as a bionic robot made by Kuraki herself, but did not cause any discomfort to the people around her.

Maybe they didn't recognize Amy's true identity as a robot, because his every move couldn't be connected to anything other than normal humans, and there was no sense of stiffness and sluggishness, and the only thing that caught the eye was probably the black and white maid uniform she was wearing.

Glancing at the vegetable shelf in front of her, Amy's computer accurately counted the most valuable and least polluted species among them, picked them one by one, and threw them into the basket.

She has been accustomed to this kind of action, although it has only been more than a year, but after coming to this place once, the database in her brain stores everything here, and she is already familiar with buying things here, but she has also encountered a few deliberate accosting of some young people, but Amy did not make any response.

Because in her central system, there doesn't seem to be a way to deal with that kind of ambiguous conversation.

Standing in line in front of the cash register, Amy put the shopping basket in her hand on the cash register and bowed slightly to the girl in front of the cash register.

The girl seemed to be a new employee, she looked at Amy in front of her curiously, turned her head to look behind, and after confirming that there was no one in line, she asked Amy, "Miss, are you cosplaying?" ”

Amy habitually recited the word, and the search engine spun into action at this instant, looking for an explanation for the problem.

"Cosplay is an abbreviation for costume play, which generally refers to the use of costumes, accessories, props and makeup to play the role of an anime, game, or other era." Amy said with a straight look, "I was wearing a traditional English maid's dress, which was my regular attire, and I didn't do the kind of activity you were talking about. ”

Amy's stern way of replying and her unwavering expression seemed to startle the new cashier girl, who stayed there for a long time without moving.

"Hello, please give change."

Amy's inorganic voice rang in her ears, and the girl reacted, looking at the bill that Amy handed over, and hurriedly began to calculate the price of what she bought.

Collecting money and printing receipts, looking at the direction of Amy's departure, the cashier girl exhaled a long breath, touched her forehead that broke out in a cold sweat, and muttered to herself: "How do you feel like a robot......"

Walking on the snowy street, Amy carried large bags of goods in both hands, because the preparation of ingredients and daily necessities is basically an integrated preparation every time, and she will directly buy things for more than a month, so the goods bought are also quite heavy, at least in the eyes of passers-by, it is already a miracle that this girl with slender arms can carry so many things.

The distance between the department store and Kuraki's home is about two kilometers, and Amy is used to walking, or she doesn't have the need to ride in a car, because she doesn't have physical strength or anything like that, it should be said that it is electricity or special energy.

Passing outside the bank, Amy turned and walked into the alley, a place that could save some time, and it was also the best solution that the electronic map in her mind had calculated and given the best solution.

Passing by a man in black, Amy kept moving forward, her goal at the moment was to go home, and anything else should be on second priority.

"Hey."

There was a sudden shouting sound behind her, Amy's figure paused, her eyes quickly scanned around like a monitor, and confirmed that there were only herself and the two people who made the sound in the alley, and then turned around and looked at the person behind her with her usual expressionless countenance.

Standing behind her was a young man in a black uniform, with blond hair and a face full of strange smiles that made him look a bit like a ruffian, and Amy's database had recorded people who had accosted her, many of whom were of this race. Book every day

"Yo, do you still have a cold expression until now? You have the best core chip in your body, haven't you tried to use it? The young man said with a smile.

This series of words drilled into Amy's ears, and Amy's high-speed processor suddenly stopped for a moment, and then asked, "Who are you?" ”

The young man stretched out his hand, but the back of his hand, which was indistinguishable from a human, opened a square opening like a floodgate, and a small display was embedded in it, on which were two lines of text.

"X-05, Rooney."

"Are you from the United States?" Seeing the familiar number, Amy said subconsciously.

"That's right, sir, let me come and see what you have become after the transformation." Rooney said with a smile, the expression on his face never changed, as if it had been created to be this smiley face.

"I'm a robot, my original owner is Kuraki, I'm his servant, and it's been set up from the beginning." Amy said expressionlessly, "There is nothing that can be changed, the program that has been set at this time, unless the master formats it and rewrites it, there will be no change." ”

Rooney smiled and shook his head, as if to make amuse of Amy's words.

"Ah,It seems that this system of yours is really a system that is difficult to start.,Sir, he tried to implant feelings on the robot.,And carry out fully automated autonomous emotional reading and writing and feedback.,It seems to be a little whimsical.。 Rooney looked at Amy, "You're supposed to be more of a human, but as a primordial machine, you're well-made enough, so it's no wonder you haven't caused a horror story effect in this area for so long." ”

"The host is still waiting for me at home to cook, if there is nothing else important, forgive me for not accompanying me." Amy bent down, bowed to Nero, and turned to leave.

"It's a pity, don't you have any feelings for your master?" Rooney stood behind her, the smile on his face becoming more and more playful, "I'm sorry for you, sir, he really wants to see the test in action." ”

For some reason, the data in Amy's processor at the moment suddenly began to become a little disordered, and something that could not be represented by a program appeared in her processor, which was beyond her original ability.

However, although she can't express it programmatically, Amy has a surprise idea, and she wants to press the fellow behind her named Rooney to the ground and beat him hard, warning him not to say anything bad about her master.

I shouldn't have been set up with such a violent system.,It doesn't seem like there's even a self-defense system.。 Amy's pupils continued to contract and dilate until the CPU began to function normally, and then left with the bag without looking back.

"Tsk......" Rooney shrugged his shoulders as he looked at Amy's back, but it was not at all clear from his face whether he was angry, helpless, or indifferent.

A red light appeared on the finger of his left hand, and Rooney put his finger to his lips, his gaze still resting on Amy's back, and said, "Please help me connect with Mr." ”

Location, located in San Francisco, USA, in the research room of a classified building, two beds for dissection are neatly arranged there, the room is dim, only the lamp on the table next to it is on, and a middle-aged man in a white coat is sitting at the desk recording something on his laptop, and the mobile phone in his hand rings.

"Hello?" Answering the phone, the man's pale blue eyes revealed a touch of deep and indifferent feelings, quietly listening to the phone and finishing the call, and responded flatly, "Continue to look at her, don't affect the normal life of the two of them, and don't live to cause any obstacles to them, danger?" …… They can figure it out on their own, and you don't interfere either. ”

After giving an exact answer on the other side of the phone, the man stood up, took off his white coat and threw it on one of the planing beds, stretched his waist, and suddenly his body fell to the ground as if he had lost his strength, and his eyes were hazy and took out a photo from under the planing bed he was leaning on.

The man stared at the photo, his eyes were distracted, he was staring not at Kuratsuki or Kuraki, but at the little girl in the middle, the only one smiling.

With his hands hanging limply, the man leaned his head on the planing bed, closed his eyes, and fell into a groggy sleep, he had not rested for five days, and after every previous tense experiment, he would lean on the planing bed, look at the picture, and fall into a coma.

A few years ago, he used a scalpel to cut open the body of his seven-year-old daughter on this planing bed.