Chapter 93: 5.4

Sakuma continued his completely idealistic and unrealistic speech about justice and world peace, it made Yunyu tried so hard not to roll his eyes over this stupid speech. Once he stopped talking, he looked expectantly at Amano-San. He thought, since Amano-San was a vigilante, he would agree with his plan.

However, completely out of his expectation, Amano-San laughed at him and insulted him with one word, "Ridiculous."

Sakuma felt that his heart had been shot by a cruel word and he gulped nervously. He sat on his seat again, trying to calm himself down. However, his AI translated this as a signal of danger, a flat voice came out of a floating ball near Sakuma's seat, "Warning! Master has shown a symptom of nervousness, preparing assault."

[Pupa, is this AI happens to be your wife or something?]

[Pupa: I am a single and free system, what about it?]

[I'm just wondering, since Sakuma's AI is as vicious as you.]

[Pupa: At least, that AI has a better host than mine.]

[Hey, no comebacks! It's my time to insult you at least once!]

The female android who was inactive the whole time finally moved again and she pointed her cannon at Yukio's face.

"N—No! Stop the assault!" Sakuma said desperately. 

"Clear. Temporary halting assault."

Sakuma sighed in relief. His AI was a self-developing artificial intelligence, meaning it had a mind of its own. Sometimes, it would misinterpret something completely out of context and might cause more harm rather than good. 

Sakuma wiped his face with a handkerchief and cleared his throat again, "Amano-San, I want you to rethink your decision. I am a genius inventor of this age, I can definitely give you the strength you could never imagine."

"If you really are the genius inventor of this age, how come the government hasn't funded you? I never see you in the news either."

"I—" Sakuma felt that he had been stripped of all his pretence, Amano-San had too many questions for him. Sakuma hesitated whether he should return Amano-San to Neo Yokto or not. But he had surveyed Amano-San for a month and he was indeed the perfect man for this new biochip, he was strong, had excellent control over his biochip, and he was a righteous vigilante. 

Sakuma wanted to explain more to Amano-San, but there was a sudden warning from his AI, "Warning, an assault is happening in a Kaito district, waiting for a response from Master."

Sakuma turned his rotating seat in a flash, his eyes turned sharp again and he found a bunch of young thugs surrounding an old lady to take her belonging and biochip. Sakuma greeted his teeth and he activated a command.

His AI responded, "Operating assault: Banish. Five people will be banished to the outskirt of Neo Yokto."

Through the camera, Yukio saw a female android approach the gang members and from her hand, a metal chain came out. Five gang members got tied with the chain suddenly and then they vanished in an instant, leaving the old lady flustered and hurried to leave the scene. 

Yukio saw the android transport these gang members to the outskirts far from Neo Yokto. In order to re-enter the city, they needed to show their identity cards to the guards in the gate. However, these kinds of young, teenage thugs haven't even gotten their first ID yet, so they'd have to call their parents or family members in order to return home.

For those who didn't have family members? Then, they couldn't re-enter the city, unless they have something to prove their identification, like property or birth certificate. Otherwise, they would enter Neo Yokto as a guest and a detection would be implanted on their chip, so the governor could monitor them whenever they went.

Yukio watched everything, and couldn't help but ask, "Rather than attacking them, why did you send them to the outskirts?"

Sakuma's eyes didn't leave the monitor as he continued checking whether there was someone in need for his help through his hundreds thousands of tiny cameras around the city. He replied Yukio's question, "They are young boys, most of them haven't even gotten their first ID yet. They lived in a poverty stricken condition, so most of them opt to steal for food or extra money. They are young and still have their families, maybe they can reflect on their actions, I just give them a small lesson."

Yukio could sense the confidence and sharp intuition in Sakuma when he was serious with this 'vigilante' thing he was doing. He didn't seem to hesitate and judged based on clear consideration. 

[Sakuma is really serious about this vigilante hero thing, like batman, if he is an hikikomori with anxiety syndrome.]

[Pupa: He is never a bad person even in the original plotline anyway. He is just an extremely shy person, and a severe shut in.]

[That makes me wonder, what is his meter percentage?]

[Pupa: Breakmeter 0%, Fatemeter 20%.]

Yunyu seemed to think a bit, when he read Yukio Amano's character setting, it was said that he also had a strong sense of justice. But he was more realistic in his approach, unlike Sakuma. 

Although Yukio was a lone wolf, he would always accept the help he could get. Because fighting as a vigilante, especially in this corrupt world, needed a lot of resources. 

Sakuma was distracted when he heard Amano-San called him, "I will rethink about your offer, about the biochip."

Sakuma turned his chair and he couldn't hide his excitement. He thought he would need to find another man like Amano-San, and he might never find his replacement, "Great! I will prepare the biochip!" he said excitedly.

"But you need to release me first, I don't want to be tied like a hostage," Yukio said.

"Sure!" Sakuma clicked something on his chair and the bind on Yukio's body was released. Yukio smirked, the moment the bind was released, he lunged at Sakuma and pushed him to the ground. 

Sakuma had a weak body and no fighting capability, he could only lay weakly when Amano-San suddenly attacked him. There was an alert from his AI, but he couldn't operate a command, because he felt something sharp and cold touched his neck. 

Yukio sat on top of Sakuma's weak body and pointed a sharp dagger on Sakuma's neck, "Lesson number one, never trust someone you just know in less than an hour."