“…… Dear Rosen, I must warn you that there are some things that you do not know, in the past five years, the Rohms Group has secretly sponsored a large number of outstanding researchers in the Academy of Sciences, especially young researchers, for private research, so they have an excellent reputation in the Academy of Sciences, on the other hand, they also have a close cooperative relationship with the Space Army, so it is very likely that your request will be deliberately ignored, although this may be contrary to your creed, but for your safety, I strongly advise you to also copy this letter to the Kronos company, which is the secret contact information......"

- Rosen. Liu Lin, a friend of Boken University and head of the vibration control research group of the First Academy of Sciences of the Alliance, gave Rosen. Boken's reply, which was not accepted by Rosen because of the "system maintenance" issue. Boken received.

****

"I tried to track him down, but I never found him."

Helis was still squinting, the cat ears on her head twitching, her brain racing for thought.

Could it be a lie, with Professor Boken's ability, it's hard to believe that there is someone he can't find, but on the other hand, he has tried to track down the information of "J of Spades" several times, but he has been thrown off the same.

Helis was silent for a moment, and just as she was trying to find a new breakthrough, Professor Boken suddenly spoke.

"Still, I have a solution."

Professor Boken raised his hand, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and spoke in thought.

"Next Wednesday, the Wednesday after the prom, he'll come here and take all the data from the project, and erase all the backup data, and even if he doesn't come in person, he'll send his cronies, which may be a breakthrough."

Helis stared at Professor Boken's pupils, hoping to catch some dodge from them. And yet she failed.

It's dangerous, why are you helping me?

"Because this system is too dangerous, it's hard to convince me that this system is a good person, and you are the hero of the alliance, I choose to believe you."

An answer that was a little inexplicable, but perfectly matched Professor Boken's usual upright and old-fashioned style.

Very good. Then I'll be here then.

Helis nodded, of course she wouldn't say when or how she would come, but Boken could also guess that her ubiquitous little drone could naturally monitor any clues in the real room.

Are you really planning to get rid of this thing entirely, though......

Helis was silent for a moment, and suddenly, asked a somewhat sensitive question.

"I'm guessing you're just like me...... In fact...... I feel a little regretful, right? ”

Helis's pupils contracted slightly, and she wanted to calm herself, but the girl who subconsciously licked her lips still revealed her thoughts.

For a whole year. The reason Helis is here is because she has no emotion for this project, and she can feel that she is working on a project that has the potential to change the world!

You probably didn't tell anyone else what you thought, considering the power of the Rommons company, you would be very dangerous, and if you guessed the "Jack of Spades" from the greatest malice, he might have attacked you.

Helis took a deep breath to calm herself. Then the subject changed.

"I'm certainly not stupid."

Professor Boken waved his hand, "I have a few old friends at the Academy of Sciences. The Space Army is very interested in these things, and will secretly send people to protect me in the next few days, and besides, it is definitely not the president or the military who develops this kind of thing secretly, and the intelligence agencies will definitely intervene at that time. But that's not something I have to worry about, just delete the key code and I'll be on vacation. ”

I'll set up drones around here and, if you'll allow it, near your apartment.

Helis put her right hand in her pants pocket and stretched it out. A pair of black gloves have been put on, and a screen is projected from the palm of the glove.

"Okay, okay, I know you're the hero who saved Washington." Professor Boken shook his hand, but did not refuse, but abruptly changed the subject as he watched as Helis began to set up the equipment.

"Speaking of which, my wife also asked, do you need an evening dress?"

Then Helis suddenly froze in place.

***

"If I'm not mistaken, you've never been to a similar event, do you have an evening dress?"

Professor Boken looked at Helis with a half-joking smile, "You can't enter the auditorium for the ball without a tuxedo." ”

I...... Didn't plan to go to the ball.

Helis was silent for a moment, most of the time giving her opinion bluntly, and the girl who didn't care about the feelings of others rarely avoided the old professor's gaze.

Because there's a lot of work to be done, and you know I'm not here for ......

"Don't prevaricate me with work, can you be busier than me no matter how busy you are? Besides, what do you have to do before next Wednesday? ”

Professor Boken stood up and walked over to his bag, which was the theme of MIT's 300th anniversary in 2161, and the old professor pulled out an envelope from it, turned around and handed it to Helis, and then continued to speak.

"I'm officially inviting you as a mentor, no matter how busy you are, understand?"

But......

Helis pursed her lips and didn't reach for the invitation, but looked at her old professor.

But even if I went, I wouldn't have a dance partner.

"Huh? Hahahahaha-"

Professor Boken was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed as if he had heard something happy, and he placed the invitation on the table, turned and picked up the glass.

What a faux pas, Mr. Boken.

Helis frowned, looked at the old man unhappily, and changed his name at the same time.

"Speaking of faux pas, you came to me so recklessly to be a student, but you broke my old bones, do you think it took me a lot of effort to refuse those agents to install bugging devices in the real room? I'm about to quit. ”

…… Sorry for the trouble, but you can say no.

Helis put away her unhappy expression, took a breath, and frowned.

By refusal, she was referring to the fact that Professor Boken could have refused to be her mentor. Because of his special status, the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) must monitor himself, especially after Ling Yu no longer serves the allied military.

Naturally, these surveillance methods could not be concealed from her, but she also knew that this was the price she had to pay, and the CBI people were very restrained in not listening to their communications or trying to put surveillance equipment in their apartments.

Of course, it is more likely that they feel that they can't hide it from themselves at all and give up.

"Why should I turn down the opportunity to work with the legendary 'Digital Princess'?" Professor Boken turned and slowly walked to the chair next to him and sat down. Holding the glass of water from his bag, "You've helped me a lot, I've learned from you something that is hard for people my age to learn, as well as a different perspective on the program itself...... The reason why I always want to mentor students is because I feel that it is a process of mutual learning. ”

"It's just that, in addition to that, I see something in you, something that I am familiar with, and I feel necessary. In return, something that helps you at once. ”

Helis didn't answer, and looked at Professor Boken sitting in his chair, waiting for the other to continue his explanation.

"You have someone you like, right?"

Helis was stunned for a moment, frowning at Professor Boken, but there was an unnatural hint of confusion in his eyes.

"Programmers only want to change themselves when they fall in love with someone else, and then they find themselves more like a computer than a human. So there are a lot of things that need to be changed, and a lot of things have to be started all over again......"

"Maybe at first. It's not your purpose, but over the past year, you've been unconsciously changing yourself, not for yourself, but for someone, and you want to make yourself the way he wants. As the saying goes, 'In love, it's hard to change others, it's easy to change yourself'. ”

"But anyway. Your semester is over, Ivanova, so, your final exams are not today. ”

Professor Boken stood up, picked up the invitation on the table again, and handed it to Helis.

"Don't say you don't have a dance partner, your dance partner has been set a long time ago, this is your admission ticket, all your efforts and expectations in the past year are all on this night."

Helis took the invitation letter from Professor Boken with some indifference, and tried to refute it, but did not say anything.

"It's a favor for me, my wife has always liked you, because she has no granddaughters but grandchildren, and if you don't agree to let her help you prepare an evening dress, I'm afraid she will be able to nag me into the coffin."

Professor Boken stood up and put the cup in his bag, zipped it up, hung the folded lab coat in his hand, and patted Helis on the shoulder.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you something."

Professor Boken walked to the door, pressed the switch on the electronic door, then turned his head, remembered something, and spoke.

"I was also chased by my wife back then, not to mention my dance partner, I can't even dance as a programmer."

Then, Professor Boken smiled wryly and shook his head and walked out of the room, leaving Helis alone, looking at the gilded invitation in his hand.

There was silence for a long time.

***

"Yo, Helis, you're back."

The moment Helis got off the commuter bus with her backpack on her back, she saw a familiar face sitting in front of her house, waving politely at her.

Ethan?

Herris raised an eyebrow and glanced at Ethan's glasses hanging from the bridge of his nose, which went straight into the system opening.

"Well, this is the takeaway you ordered, a total of twenty-five dollars five."

Ethan naturally pulled the pen out of his jacket pocket and blinked as he handed it to Helis.

Although Helis hesitated at first, she quickly reacted, cleared her throat, took the pen naturally, signed her name on the receipt, and then wrote the number 27 in the "tip" column.

"Thank you for your patronage!"

Ethan took the order and bowed to Helis, the smile on his face no different from that of any courier who was overjoyed by receiving a large tip.

Helis shook his hand, took the insulated lunch box handed over by Ethan, walked to the door of the apartment, raised his hand and waved at the door, opening the electronic door disguised as a solid wooden door, and Ethan stepped on the electric car and drove directly to the exit of the community.

Helis walked into the door with a lunch box, and a cylindrical machine that looked like the "garlic" of Ling Yu's family turned the wheel and walked to Helis's side, and caught the insulated lunch box with a mechanical arm.

Herris lifted her T-shirt and walked into the bedroom, handed it to the mechanical arm on the roof and threw it into the washing machine, then sat on the bed, took off her white stockings and gently turned the mechanical cat ears on her head.

Is there anything going on with this possible exposure of emergency contact?

"It's okay, isn't it?" Ethan's voice came from the headset, "I happened to be on duty today, and I thought that you might not have time to cook for today's exam, so I prepared a meal and brought it to you." ”

"Congratulations on your graduation, Helis."

It's a violation of the Liaison Rules, Ethan.

Helis watched as the machine pushed the skateboard shoes into the corner and placed them, and Helis, who put the stockings in the washing machine, walked into the bathroom barefoot and turned on the faucet, but the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked.

"Actually." Ethan was silent for a moment, as if afraid that Helis would cut off contact, and then spoke.

"Actually, I really have something coming to you." (To be continued......)