AD.2154.8.19——

Detroit District 6.

"Detroit Police Department, Officer Connor, I have a case that needs your help in the investigation."

"Uh...... Okay, officer. ”

Connor observed the female android for a moment, then left Anderson and rushed out of the fast food restaurant to stop her, the female android's forehead flashed red for a few moments, and then stopped in response.

This is a female android wearing a housekeeping uniform, with short blond hair coiled behind her head, light blue pupils, and a gentle face, with a faint smile on her face, and the overall impression is completely opposite to Connor's.

She looked normal on the outside, but Connor had a bad scan of her before:

[Confirmed information: T700 housekeeping android, a total of 9 injuries: one on the forehead, (blunt force slam, repaired), two on the neck (bare hand strangulation, covered), one arm (sharp object scratch, repaired), one abdomen (blunt force blow, masked), three legs (kick marks, not repaired), current state, overload. 】

Obviously, she is similar to the dark-skinned android she was before, but she has not been affected by "Grox" and is in some sort of logical conflict because of what happened to her.

"Your name? Belongs? Current task? Connor projected his police officer certificate to the other party and asked directly.

The android's name comes from the owner's name, and the owner and the tasks assigned to the android are basically undetectable.

"My name is Kara, I work for Mr. Todd Williams, and I'm about to bring home his change of clothes." The female android who called herself Carla replied.

[Confirmation information, Todd Williams, divorced, unemployed, criminal record: Involved in illegal gambling.] 】

It seems that the case record is the reason for his current state and the treatment of the android in front of him, although he wants to take care of it, but this matter is not easy to intervene in normal means.

"Oh, that's a lot of action," David Anderson only then walked out of the store slowly, looked Carla up and down, and turned his gaze to the box she was holding, "You say, a change of clothes?" Who doesn't have a washing machine at home now? ”

"......" The red halo on Kara's forehead flickered a few times: "The SVAT1300 parts of the washing machine in Mr. Williams's house are broken." ”

"Hey, it's not like I want to get back to my old business this time, Connor you have to testify to me," Anderson raised his hand and opened the box that was not sealed in the first place, "Come on, smell it." ”

"Sir, are you a drug detector dog for me?" Connor grumbled casually, approaching Kara and examining the clothes inside.

"That's what you say, those stupid dogs are as good as you." Anderson laughed.

"......" Kara's forehead flashed red, but she didn't dodge.

"You don't have to go to the public laundry room with the washing machine at home, you can only want to hide something on your clothes, the kind of thing that will be very troublesome after the routine inspection is discovered, otherwise, where can you send the android out of a big block with just a change of parts?" Anderson further explained.

[Confirm information, 17 pieces of men's XL clothing, 6 pieces of children's clothing, all clothes have trace amounts of "red ice" crystal residue, of which a men's windbreaker has the most residue. 】

"As you guessed, sir, there's a small amount of red ice left on this garment, and other garments are contaminated." Connor picked out the trench coat and turned to Kara, "Now, please take us to your house, Kara." ”

Kara always maintained a faint smile, but the color of the halo on her forehead slowly turned from red to yellow:

"Okay, officer."

This...... Could it be that she deliberately made the aura red just to attract the attention of the patrol officers?

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Edge of the 6th arrondissement.

Any city, no matter how it is divided into blocks, will be prosperous and remote, and Todd Williams's residence, located in the most remote part of the relatively remote Sixth District, is surrounded by houses that even make people think that they have returned to the era of a hundred years ago before the exploration of space, of course, Connor, as a newly produced android, will not have this illusion.

"In my experience, this guy is a smoker at best, and he can be locked up for a few years if he is caught, but the problem is that the file shows that he also has a daughter left by his ex-wife, which is more troublesome." Anderson tapped to and fro at an information board.

"But if she doesn't do it, she's almost certainly going to be affected by 'that word.'" Connor glanced back.

At this time, Anderson and Connor were discussing a plan of action in a police car two blocks away from Todd Williams' house, while Cara was temporarily "impounded" in the back seat of the police car.

"I can take care of Alice," the housekeeping android took the initiative to say, "Mr. Williams's financial situation is actually fine, but there are too many unnecessary expenses. ”

"Oh? You mean, you want us to take your master away and you spend his money and take care of his daughter? Anderson glanced back at Kara and then to Connor, "Are you sure she's not affected yet?" ”

"I'm sure." Connor nodded as she looked at the information on Alice Williams, a little girl who seemed a little gloomy and awkward, but her facial features and face were very cute.

"I don't know what you mean by 'influence,' but I don't think Mr. Williams is fit to continue as Alice's guardian, and in fact, I was considering reporting him to the police for smoking red ice before you stopped me for questioning." Kara chimed in.

She really doesn't look like she is affected, but this level of intelligence ......

"Don't worry, we'll take care of it. (Model)]

["As an android, your report will not be entertained."] (Rebellion)]

[Be silent.] 】

"Don't worry, we'll take care of this." Connor waved at her.

In fact, if Carla did report it, Mr. Williams would certainly be questioned and searched, but she herself would be recycled and inspected for something unusual, after all, it was basically the equivalent of a refrigerator or microwave oven reporting the user.

It can be inferred from this that a large part of all current cases of "anomalous androids" are affected by the "Grox" virus, but there are also a small number of people who have actually awakened their self-consciousness, so the next work will have to add a part to distinguish between the two.

As for the way the case was handled......

[Arrest Todd Williams on charges of smoking red ice.] (Model)】

[Arrest Todd Williams on charges of "assaulting a police officer.] (Rebellious)】

[The case is put on hold for the time being, and Kara is allowed to go home as usual.] 】

“…… Speaking of which, sir, did you say before that you would be willing to prove that I was 'attacked'? The blue light on Connor's forehead flashed.

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"Mr. Williams, I'm back."

"You guy! How far is it to the laundry room? You've learned to be lazy!? ”

As soon as Kara, dressed in a housekeeping android uniform, walked into the house with a suitcase, a tall, fat middle-aged man rushed over with a hockey stick and smashed it into her head with unrelenting speed and force.

Syllable.

"Kara" pinched the hockey stick without looking back, and the wind stirred up by the stick blew away her long, white hair that had not been seriously coiled in the back of her head.

"You-"

"Mr. Todd Williams, you've been arrested for assaulting a police officer," Connor turned and projected his police badge at him, "You have the right to remain silent, but anything you say will be used as evidence in court." ”