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【Start connecting subspace...... The connection is successful. 】

[Positioning Cloudsdale ...... Positioning. 】

[Login request sent...... Get permission. 】

[Begin projecting consciousness...... The projection ends. 】

"Hmm......" Connor looked at the lakeside garden that she hadn't seen for a few months, and was in a trance for a moment, "I thought I really had something unusual and was turned away." ”

"[If you are indeed 100% anomalous android by SCP standards, but we have deleted the data about you,] Matthew's voice came from afar: "[You should know the way, I won't pick you up.] 】”

As soon as the words were heard, a new task was refreshed:

[Go to the rest place and meet Matthew.] 】

Maybe "yourself" is still asleep? Connor identified the location, then walked towards the gazebo.

The environment of the garden is exactly the same as the last time I visited, the only difference is that the originally clear sky is somehow shrouded by the churning dark clouds, could it be that this "virtual space" also rains?

"[Of course it doesn't rain here, it's just a small feedback on 'reality.] When Connor arrived at the pavilion, Matthew, who was standing on the side of the road, replied as if he knew her question.

"Feedback?" Connor asked quizzically.

If so, where is the location?

"[It's not the weather, it's a feedback on something,] "Matthew gestured sideways into the gazebo, "[Look]. ”

Connor looked into the gazebo, and unsurprisingly found Sophie still asleep on the table, but for some reason Emile had fallen asleep on the back of her chair.

"Hmm...... Is it also because she made a new 'avatar'? Connor remembered what Matthew had said about why Sophie was asleep.

"[She's just ......]," Matthew paused, as if considering the wording, "[It's just a light rain for someone else.] 】”

"Light rain?" Connor looked up at the sky.

Click, drop, rustle –

Almost as soon as she looked up, the ethereal rains fell silently, almost imperceptible, except for the subtle sounds of the surrounding flowers and plants and the ripples that fell on the lake.

"It's not big, indeed." Connor nodded.

"Although they are not really asleep, it is not appropriate to talk like this," Matthew raised his hand and pulled out an umbrella from the void: "[Walk with me?] 】”

"My pleasure." Naturally, Connor walked over to take the umbrella and put it on for the two of them.

“【…… Hey? Matthew was stunned for a moment, unaccustomed to it: "[So Sophie also has such a side?] Or did you actually learn it in Detroit? 】”

"I don't know if she has one, but there's no one in Detroit who obviously wouldn't do anything gentlemanly to a droid cop." Connor responded.

"Hmm...... In the past few months, you have been checking yourself a lot because of the influence of 'Grox', so we haven't intervened too much on your side for the time being, if you don't mind, can you talk to me? Matthew walked out of the gazebo first.

"Through my own practice, I can basically determine that the 'memetic virus' will only cause effects when it is activated, and it will disappear after changing the underlying logic," Connor followed closely with an umbrella, "This is also the reason why anomalous androids behave differently after infection." ”

Seeing that Matthew just nodded and didn't interject, Connor continued:

"I had already written down in a report on how to control the virus, but for some reason the SCP didn't respond at all, which led to an increase in anomalous android incidents in recent months, and Vice Captain Anderson and I were very busy with it."

"[About this ......]" Matthew seemed to laugh and paused, "[While reading your report, SCP-O5-13 was hit by his own smart table, and is currently investigating which item will cause the table to come to life, I'm afraid it will be a long time before I think of your report.] 】”

"Wait, this is a serious incident, right?" Grox' already has the ability to influence smart machines? Connor's eyes widened, and even the halo on her forehead turned yellow.

"Actually, the table is a 'geth', which is a more troublesome problem, but that's not something 'you need to worry about now'. Matthew shook his head.

"So I'll have the opportunity to get involved with it in the future?" Connor reacted almost immediately: "With whom?" David Anderson? Allan? Marcus? It can't be Nick Fury, right? ”

"Hmm...... Ah......h

"......" has no relevant database, and Connor, who can't connect to the stalk, can only remain silent.

The two walked around the lake, and when they saw the familiar gazebo again, the light rain that kept drifting from the sky finally stopped, and Matthew snapped his fingers, and the umbrella in Connor's hand disappeared in an instant.

Although she knew that this was not reality, her action was still very handsome.

"[Basically, due to the increase in anomalous androids everywhere, your director will most likely have to give you orders to search Sector 13, so you'd better be careful when heading to that dangerous zone. Matthew said to Connor.

"Me? No matter how you think about it, it's Captain Anderson who should be careful. Connor wondered.

"[I mean, you have to be careful not to put yourself in when you rescue Anderson,] "Matthew's expression became serious, "Of course we can 'make' another you, but whether that 'you' is still not 'you', we don't know.] 】”

Other words...... If they accidentally allow themselves to be destroyed, they will create a Connor with the logic of "Sophie", which will probably be the kind of "VI" who encounters the direct anomaly of "Grox", rather than an "AI" like Marcus.

"I'll be careful." Connor nodded to Matthew.

"In most cases, whoever we want to protect, then he or she will be fine," Matthew looked in the direction of the pavilion, "The only thing we can't do is the sacrifices we make to protect others. 】”

"I see." Connor confirmed.

"[Good luck]."

[Disconnecting from the conscious body......]

【Exiting the subspace ......】

[Synchronizing with hardware......]

[Done.] 】

——AD2155.2.2——

Earth, Detroit, David Anderson House.

"Vice Captain Anderson? It's time for us to get on a mission. ”

Connor, dressed in a sassy uniform, knocked on Anderson's door.

"Oh! Hell, don't come in! I'm not wearing pants! ”

"......" Connor silently returned to the living room and sat down on the sofa.

[Unstable software]