[Detroit] No Paradise

Joshua Herbert was smoking a cigarette, squinting at the android standing in front of him.

In 2038, Joshua is definitely considered an outlier among human beings, and he is still the most extreme kind of outlier.He doesn't like to use a mobile phone, doesn't watch TV or use a computer, and doesn't even have any electronic products at home, let alone this kind of bionic product that is at the forefront of technology.In his opinion, this so-called "machine" is no different from a human being. If it weren't for the blinking LED light on the other's right temple, he wouldn't even be able to tell whether it was a bionic person or a human being.

This android looks quite handsome, with a slender and well-proportioned figure and a well-fitting uniform, making him look like an elite member of the upper class of society—that is, the kind of person Joshua dislikes the most.But there was no expression on his face, his eyes were clear enough and beautiful, but they were just beautiful, without the vitality that is unique to human beings.He looked like a carefully carved puppet, delicate, perfect, and meticulous, but as cold as bone china.

This made Joshua very uncomfortable.

"Mr. Herbert?" The bionic man noticed that the human in front of him didn't pay attention to what he said, so he called his name to attract the other's attention.

Joshua exhaled a puff of smoke ring, spraying it all on the android's face.

"How the hell do you know my name?" Joshua pinched the cigarette between his slender and bony index and middle fingers, and frowned impatiently.

Joshua's words and deeds can be described as quite disrespectful.But the bionic man didn't get angry because of this, his voice was still calm and flat, with a businesslike attitude: "I can connect to the identity information network, and scan my face to obtain identity information."

"Then what's your name?" Joshua's tone was still not good.

"Connor." The bionic man answered the question meticulously.

"Okay, Connor." Joshua stuffed the cigarette into his mouth again, and pointed to the open door. "Now, get out of my house."

Connor stood where he was and didn't move.He didn't feel any embarrassment at all because of the owner's merciless chase. For him, analyzing the mood of Mr. Herbert in front of him was an extremely simple matter.

He surveyed his surroundings.

- Dilapidated huts, empty wine bottles, cigarette butts thrown everywhere, no electronic products, not even e-magazines or e-books.The wind poured in from the window, mixed with the cold rain, making the floor beside the window a darker color due to moisture.

Poor, alcoholic, may have been in the military, extremely conservative and even loathe modern technology.

Then it is not difficult to understand why I would be unpopular.

"I came here to find an abnormal bionic person. The analysis results of my criminal investigation system show that this abnormal bionic person has probably escaped into this house. I have a search warrant approved by the Detroit police. Please allow me to search Here." Connor's eyes returned to Joshua's face.

Since the other party has a high probability of not liking modern technology, the probability of hiding a bionic person is extremely low.But Connor will not let go of any possible clues, his program is so meticulous and almost perfect.

Joshua's gaze immediately turned cold, and he threw the half of the cigarette in his hand on the ground: "You mean I have hidden some kind of bloody abnormal bionic?"

"Sorry, I'm just a routine." Connor felt the sudden anger of the human in front of him, and he immediately made a judgment. The possibility of the other party hiding abnormal bionics increased significantly.Human emotions are difficult to completely hide, and words and body movements will reveal the pressure the other party is under.

"..." Joshua gave the bionic man a cold look, suppressing the urge to smash his pretty expressionless face with a punch. "I'll give you 1 minute. If you don't find anything, I'll dismantle you and throw you into the sewer."

Connor ignored this human threat, and in a sense, he immediately started searching after he got permission.

Joshua sat back on the sofa, lit a cigarette again, and watched the android wander around his house.

1 minute passed quickly. Joshua's house is not big. There are only four rooms and a living room on two floors, plus a bathroom and a kitchen. It takes about 1 minute to walk through all of them.

Connor walked down the stairs. He didn't find any abnormal bionics. There were only him and Joshua in the room, a human and a normal bionic.

"Get out of here before I tear you down." Joshua grinned, showing a threatening smile.

"Sorry to bother you, Mr. Herbert." Connor walked slowly towards the entrance. His steps were not fast, but they were extremely even. The time between each step was exactly the same, which made his steps audible. It sounds inexplicably weird.

The sound of footsteps was transmitted to the ears of the two of them very clearly in the silent air.

Just when Connor was about to reach the door, he stopped suddenly.

The sound of footsteps here has changed very slightly.It is difficult for normal human ears to tell the difference, but as a bionic human, he can easily hear the difference.

There's something under the floor.

Joshua looked at where Connor was standing, and suddenly laughed: "I heard that robots like yours can be recycled after death? Upload the memory, and then change the body and continue to work?"

Connor's LED light flickered slightly for such unclear but inexplicably full of killing intent. He immediately put on a defensive posture and asked sharply, "What's under the floor!?"

Joshua laughed softly.

He stood up suddenly, his figure was almost invisible, and he flashed in front of Connor in an instant.He raised his hand, the protruding joints were like a powerful weapon, and without hesitation, he smashed it towards the face of the bionic man.

Connor sideways barely avoided the blow, Joshua's punch brought a fierce wind to his face, one can imagine what would happen if the punch was delivered firmly.

The LED light on his temple turned yellow and flickered continuously. The Detroit Police Department has been called to the police, and the police will arrive soon.

Joshua missed a hit, and said mockingly, "Not bad."

The human in front of him was extremely powerful and aggressive, and Connor calculated in an instant that his winning rate was less than [-]% in a reckless fight.

The odds are too risky.

Connor's LED light turned red the moment the winning percentage was calculated, and Joshua's second attack came very quickly. This time, he rushed over, grabbed Connor's neck, and threw him down on the ground.

"Bam—"

Joshua put his knees on Connor's body, grabbed Connor's neck with one hand, grabbed his shoulder with the other hand, and pulled hard, and Connor's left arm was completely pulled off by him. , the blue blood splashed out, even splashed on the wall beside it, and soon more blue blood gushed out, flowing on the wooden floor.

Connor snorted, and an alarm of missing biological components flashed in front of his eyes, turning his vision red.

Joshua glanced at the pulled arm, snorted coldly, threw it aside like trash, and stood up from Connor.

He walked back to the floor where Connor had noticed the abnormality just now, and stomped down hard.

"Crack!"

The floor cracked, revealing a dark hole.

"John, come out." Joshua stretched out his hand towards the hole, and the other hand reached out from the hole and took his hand.

Soon, a man in civilian clothes crawled out from under the floor. He looked like a normal human being. The only thing that made him look different was the yellow LED lights flashing on his head.

"Thank you, Joshua." John glanced at Connor, who was almost dismembered. The latter had staggered up from the ground, because he was missing an arm, he looked crooked, and he might be at any time fall.

"I told you, you will be discovered sooner or later if you hide here." Joshua waved his hand impatiently. "I can help you block once, but not necessarily the next time."

"Yes... I'm sorry. I caused you trouble." The abnormal bionic was a little embarrassed by his words.

"Since it has been discovered now..." Joshua walked towards Connor slowly, "You can go first, and I will handle the rest."

"Aren't you going?" John was slightly taken aback.

"It's so much nonsense, just let you go." Joshua looked back at John with an extremely impatient tone.

The docile bionic was stunned for a while by Joshua's sudden harsh words, and then ran out from the door.

"Fool, go through the back door!" Joshua yelled.God knows if this crippled bionic man called the police, if the police came, wouldn't this stupid bionic man bump into the muzzle of a gun.

The android ran back in a panic, and jumped out of the window on the other side.

Joshua watched John jump out of the window and run into the distance, then Shi Shiran lit another cigarette, put it in his mouth, and looked at the man leaning against the wall with a bit of anger Connor.

The latter's face was splashed with his own blue blood, and he looked a little more angry, not as delicate and perfect as before.

"Can you feel the pain?" Joshua walked towards Connor and asked slowly.

"No," Connor said.

Even though one arm was torn off by the other party, Connor still looked so calm that it was ridiculous. His eyes didn't even fall on Joshua, but looked in the direction of John's escape. The LED lights Always blinking yellow.

"That's really a pity." Joshua said regretfully. He reached out and touched Connor's blue blood-stained left half of his face. The feeling of being no different from a real human made him feel novel. "Pain is the best medicine for clear thinking."

"You will be arrested for covering up." Connor said expressionlessly.

Joshua was slightly taken aback, and then couldn't help laughing: "Covering crime? Didn't your identity information network tell you who I am?"

"Joshua Herbert, born in Los Angeles in 2010, has a criminal record including drunk driving and illegal gambling."

"Hmm..." Joshua nodded thoughtfully. "Drunken driving, illegal gambling... It sounds like it's a lighter crime than cover-up. But obviously your identity information network is not very reliable, so let's upgrade."

"...Then, who are you?"

The police car was already very close, and Connor decided to hold the strange human in front of him.

Joshua looked at Connor's blood-stained face, and suddenly smiled: "Do you have a sense of taste?"

Such an unclear question made Connor unable to respond for a while. The human being in front of him was obviously thinking too far, and his words didn't make sense.

Joshua took a puff of the cigarette, then gently sucked the android's lips in his mouth, and exhaled the smoke that circulated in his mouth and lungs into Connor's mouth.

This action caused Connor's LED light to suddenly turn yellow. He failed to understand the significance of this human being's actions, but Connor knew the meaning of this action in human society.

kiss.

His tongue also immediately analyzed the components of the smoke that was forced into his mouth: carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, ethanol, methane, formaldehyde, benzopyrene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons...

Joshua lightly licked the android's upper lip, which was slightly cooler but as soft as human lips.

"How does it taste?" Joshua leaned into Connor's ear and whispered.

It was all flirting, and Connor didn't respond to it.He still looked at Joshua blankly, his eyes were clear and calm.

"What a beautiful guy." Joshua let go of Connor, and took a few steps back with regret. "Looks like I have to go, your friends are coming soon...Maybe we'll meet again, Connor."

……

The moment the Detroit police rushed into the house, all they saw was a bionic man with a severed arm, walking to his torn arm with difficulty, picking it up and putting it back on his shoulder.Blue blood splattered everywhere, as if after a brutal massacre.

"They ran in that direction. There was an anomalous bionic man, model GJ500, and a human being helping him." Connor pointed to the direction in which the two left.

Due to excessive blood loss, the adjustment of biological components in his body has been in a state of disorder, and the red alarm flashes in front of his eyes.But he is still like that flawless and exquisite puppet, calm, rational, and ruthless.

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