Volume 4, Chapter 15 – Time to Dip

The place Anran rented had a perfectly ordinary concrete floor.

With a layer of padding added underneath, the mechanical boots would not make any squeaking noises when stepping on it.

As a side note, the mechanical boots were already thicker than normal shoes to begin with. After adding the disguised insoles, the pair of boots had forcibly made Anran 4 cm taller, bringing her all the way up to 162 cm.

“…”

Anran switched on the light directly. Just as she was about to put her things down, the voice from behind startled her.

“Anran, you’re back!”

The two cases crashed onto the floor. When Anran turned around, she found Aila staring at her with wide eyes.

There was a very human look of happiness on her face.

Aila came trotting over.

Her eyes fell on the strip of Anran’s exposed belly.

“You got hurt again?”

The tank top was rather short and could not completely cover the bandages.

“I’m okay. It’s nothing serious,” Anran said.

Though that was also because the Enhanced Recovery Set had been extremely effective.

Her HP had already risen to 475/650.

“Does it hurt?”

Aila suddenly reached out and touched Anran’s stomach.

Her hand was icy cold.

Ah!

Anran’s body jerked, and she immediately shrank back in fright.

“So it really still hurts a little?” Aila’s small face wrinkled.

“No, no, no, not because it hurts.”

Anran hurriedly shook her head. It was because your sudden move scared me.

Aila had definitely learned this sort of thing online again.

Although getting a little intimate with Aila was a very tempting idea, but…

Right, it had nothing to do with little girls at all.

Aila was a robot.

That was what Anran told herself.

“Then why?” Aila asked curiously.

It was not exactly something she could say outright.

Anran immediately changed the subject. “Right, Aila, in a few days I may choose to leave Twinmoon City. Are you coming with me, or…?”

“Mhm. I’m going with Anran!” Aila nodded decisively.

“What about Eudora?”

“It’s fine. Eudora already said she can take care of herself!”

Speaking of which, what was the favorability at now?

Anran really had not been paying much attention to it recently.

After opening the panel, she discovered that her favorability with Aila had already reached 82.

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At that level,

if Aila were an NPC of the opposite sex, one sentence would be enough and they would immediately become lovers.

Ha.

I really am not a lolicon after all!

Serious face.

She stacked the toolbox and the medical case by the wall. It was already late. By now, it was already the next day.

A little after 3 a.m. Dawn was approaching.

But rest was still rest, and she needed to get some.

Before that, she should wipe herself down first.

“Aila, did you remember to eat?”

Anran took off her filthy pants and tossed them straight into the trash can.

Next came the tank top, its sweat already dried stiff.

Since there was a tear on the right side, Anran threw that away too.

At this point, her outfit was extremely light.

Other than the tightly wrapped bandages, the only things on her body were her snug panties and bra.

“Ah, it’s bleeding!”

Aila pointed at the small patch of blood on the bandage wrapped around Anran’s waist.

“It’s not bleeding anymore. Aila, you should just go rest. I’m going to wipe myself off and then sleep.”

Wearing slippers, Anran started toward the bathroom.

Then Aila suddenly reached out and grabbed the edge of her panties.

“…”

Anran felt helpless.

Why did Aila always choose to grab that exact spot every single time?

“Let me help wipe you down, Anran. Before, it was always Anran helping me!” Aila said softly, looking up at her.

“…”

Anran hesitated for a moment, then nodded generously. “All right.”

There was nothing much to refuse.

She really was not in much shape to do it herself, especially when it came to her back.

“Then I’ll leave it to you, Aila.”

Anran brought Aila into the bathroom.

There was no stripping down together or anything like that. She simply wet a cloth and wiped the dirty places on her body clean.

But even with something so simple, because Aila was the one doing it for her, there was still an oddly intimate air to it.

Aila’s hands were soft, no different from a real person’s.

Even though Anran kept repeating to herself that Aila was only a robot, she still unconsciously treated her like a human being.

…

“The technicians are already cracking that computer.”

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Lü Changming remained in his office. Ever since he had received the call from the Nine Songs representative, he had been waiting for this moment.

“I just hope the results this time won’t disappoint me!”

After the operation had been exposed, Lü Changming had developed a headache over it.

Because he had felt that once again they would fail to get any useful intelligence, and then afterward he learned that Berg’s squad had been almost completely wiped out, which hurt even more.

Fortunately, Anran had brought back a surprise.

This newcomer, who had joined by passing the assessment originally open only to outlanders, had, it had to be said, brought him a huge surprise!

Just as expected of the newcomer who had ranked first in the assessment.

She was growing incredibly fast, and she had completed every mission brilliantly.

It was about time to let her shoulder a heavier burden.

“As long as we get the data on the Canyon Continent branch, we can wipe away all the gloom from before in one stroke!” Standing beside Lü Changming was Minister Wu of the Security Department.

“The results are in!”

Not long afterward, a man in military uniform ran in.

“Well?” Lü Changming stood up.

The man’s face was full of excitement. “Found it! We found the location!”

Bang!

Minister Wu slammed his fist down on the table.

Even the steel cup sitting on the desk jumped.

“Excellent!” he shouted.

“…”

The corner of Lü Changming’s mouth twitched.

What is wrong with you?

Trying to turn yourself into a reaction meme?

“It’s near the Yungu Mountain Range! The two ministers can look over here for the exact location.”

Soon, someone from outside brought the computer in.

Displayed on the screen was a map.

A bright red dot was marked near a mountain range bent into a hooked angle.

“I need to report this to the General Staff immediately!” Minister Wu said impatiently. “This is urgent, so I won’t keep bothering you.”

“All right, all right, off you go.”

Lü Changming waved his hand.

Minister Wu left first.

But the two technicians carrying the computer did not leave.

“Is there anything else?” Lü Changming asked.

“Minister Lü, we checked the dark web just now and found that the girl who brought back the computer has already been put on Morningstar’s assassination bounty list,” one of them said.

“A bounty?”

“500,000 Bilu.”

The computer was slid back toward him.

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Lü Changming narrowed his eyes. This was 500,000 Bilu.

Those Morningstar beasts really were generous.

But could something be done with that?

Lü Changming’s mind began turning rapidly. This seemed like something that might be useful.

…

“What? Morningstar put a bounty on me?”

Anran had only just let Anna in when she heard the news.

“A full 500,000 Bilu!”

F-five… 500,000!

Anran suspected she had misheard, but when she saw Anna’s confirming look,

her breathing started to quicken.

500,000!

That was enough to get off No. 1886!

At the moment, counting cash alone, her assets had only just reached one-twentieth of that number.

Ahhh…

Anran got so excited she wanted to sell herself.

Emmm…

No, forget it. Selling herself was still out of the question.

But could she let Aila “kill” her and then go collect the money from Morningstar?

After thinking about it… better not continue down that line.

“I’m relieved to see you looking so full of life, but you absolutely have to be careful about this. For the sake of 500,000 Bilu, a lot of people will take desperate risks.” There was still worry on Anna’s face.

Anran was a little touched. “Don’t worry. I’m still waiting to see you marry Feilian.”

“…”

“You’re impossible!” Anna’s wheat-colored skin flushed red all at once. “Don’t talk nonsense. There’s nothing going on between me and Feilian.”

“I know, I know.”

Anran put on a knowing smile.

“Forget it. Seeing how lively you are, you probably don’t need me using good news to stimulate you after all, so I’ll be going now.” Anna made as if to leave.

Anran immediately grabbed hold of Anna. “Don’t, don’t. If there’s good news, of course you have to tell me!”

After Anran pestered her for a while, Anna finally gave in and told her.

Because she had completed the [Theft] mission, she had gotten 20,000 EXP from the game, and Nine Songs would also be awarding Anran a cash bonus.

Reportedly, it was 50,000 Bilu.

(?_?)

Even though it was missing a zero,

Anran still felt amazing.

Pulling off one last big score before leaving really was a huge profit.

“Hm? Anran, you’re already up?”

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Aila climbed up from the bed.

“Mm.” Anran responded with a hum as she looked back.

The moment Aila sat up from the bed in one movement,

the blanket covering her slid straight down.

It revealed a body dressed only in thin clothing, with large patches of skin exposed.

“Goodbye!”

Anran directly shut the door.

“Hey, hey, what are you doing!” Anna slapped the door.

“Feilian is hurt that badly, so hurry back and take good care of him.”

“…”

“You can’t be like that in front of other people. You absolutely have to keep your clothes wrapped up tight,” Anran said to Aila with a serious expression.

“Oh.”

Aila nodded to show that she understood.

After that, naturally, came the days of recuperation.

Most of the people in Nine Songs were sent directly to Wutong City.

And with her injury as an excuse, Anran was not disturbed by anyone for the time being.

Taking advantage of the gap, Anran first claimed the two targeted random treasure chests.

From the green chest, she chose equipment and got a Crimson Blade [Green]. In fact, it was a long, narrow blade, somewhat dark red in color, with attack power 10–25.

From the blue chest, she chose a blueprint and got an Arthropod-Type Robot Blueprint. It required 40 Intelligence. Blue blueprints were rather interesting: she could build anything from a tiny robot around 7 cm in diameter to a large one a meter tall. They could be used for scouting or fitted with weapons.

After that, while recuperating, Anran repaired everything from the previous operation that could be repaired, and remade everything that needed to be made again.

She made full use of that blue tool bag.

After spending three days on it, she had ground her Free EXP up to 75,000.

Anran immediately chose to level up.

Basic Mechanic Lv.14.

After allocating her points, her six stats were:

Strength 25, Agility 29, Endurance 35, Intelligence 50, Spirit 16, Charm 7.

Very good, very powerful.

…

“Minister, the reward has already been given to Anran, and she says she also wants to borrow a vehicle.”

“Lend her one.” Lü Changming waved a hand. Wasn’t it just a vehicle? No big deal. Nine Songs had plenty of them.

The Wutong City offensive and defensive battle, and the strike against Morningstar’s Canyon Continent base, were the important matters at hand. Lü Changming was still preoccupied with them.

“Understood.” The secretary who had delivered the message withdrew.

What Lü Changming did not know was that the moment Anran borrowed the vehicle, she immediately drove it home, threw everything useful into it, settled Aila into the passenger seat,

stomped on the gas, and then—

time to dip.