[Detroit] No Paradise

When Joshua stood up from the bed, an unknown amount of time had passed.

He picked up the trousers that had been thrown on the ground, put them on his legs in twos and twos, turned his head and glanced at Connor who was still motionless on the bed, as if his phone had been turned off, and sighed.

Thinking of the immature appearance of this bionic man under him who wanted to escape but couldn't move, wanted to make a sound but could only whimper, and trembled slightly because of the strong stimulation, Joshua felt his mouth dry, and his body felt like It's as hot as a fire.

He still couldn't hold back the impulse, and really took this step that he couldn't turn back, and gave this bionic person who was purely like a blank sheet of paper.But now after calming down, the sense of satisfaction of getting his wish has begun to be replaced by anxiety and apprehension.

Maybe this bionic person doesn't quite understand what what they do means.

Joshua reached out and untied the belt on Connor's hand. Due to long-term friction, the skin layer on the bionic man's wrist had been worn away, revealing the white material.Joshua felt distressed when he saw it, and reached out to help him rub it.Soon, that layer of skin was regenerated, and the wrist returned to its undamaged appearance.

Connor remained motionless, allowing Joshua to pick him up and walk into the bathroom.His LED light was always on red, and program garbled codes kept flashing in front of his eyes. Under the double sensory simulation, the excessive stimulation caused his software to be overloaded, causing him to enter a semi-dead state. Software does not work properly.

Everything that happened just now far exceeded his cognition and tolerable range. Although he knew that as a comprehensive functional bionic human, he was equipped with a sex|love module, but this was only based on an addition to his social module. Extra feature, he never thought he'd use it.

And he didn't expect that after turning on the senses, the feeling when he was forced to call the sex | love module would be like this... It's indescribable.

The strange feeling that made him tremble was like a short-circuit of the pulse regulator. At the beginning, it was only a mixture of slight pain and indescribable numbness. In the end, there was only madness that seemed to be swallowed by a tsunami and burned by a raging fire.

He wasn't sure whether he liked it or loathed it, but he was sure that the overstimulation might crash his programming.

It didn't know how long it took before the turbulent flow of data and the constantly flashing red alarms in front of him slowly repaired themselves, and Connor was able to see the outside world through the large number of alarm windows blocking his sight.

The first picture he saw was Joshua standing by the bathtub with a sad face, muttering: "How waterproof is the inside of the bionic body? Is it okay to wash it directly?"

"..." Connor belatedly felt the uncomfortable stickiness coming from behind him, and the LED light that had returned to yellow turned red again.

"Joshua..." he said, his voice was still hoarse with tiredness, "Go out, I will do it myself."

Joshua heard Connor's voice and turned to look at him.

"Connor..." He got stuck as soon as he opened his mouth, looking at those still clear eyes, he didn't know what to say.

There was still nothing in those eyes, no emotion, just like a cold and silent starry night, beautiful, clear, but out of reach.

At this moment, Joshua understood.

He failed.

Even after doing such an exaggerated thing to this bionic man, he remained calm as if nothing had happened.In his eyes, he couldn't even see the anger of being violated-after all, those were not human eyes at all, they were optical components made of glass, metal and other materials.

Joshua stood there, although the fireplace in the room was still burning, but he felt colder than when he was running against the wind and snow on the road last night.He felt his blood slowly cooling down, and those unrealistic delusions and desperate madness were shattered by the indifference and alienation in Connor's eyes.

"I... I'll help you." Finally, Joshua only said these few words, and he felt that these words didn't come out by himself, but came from far away. "It's not convenient for you to be alone."

Connor thought for a while, and it was indeed the case, then nodded: "Okay."

Such a response is completely rational. He is just a machine. When facing a human being who has violated him, he doesn't even need or feel unnecessary resentment and shame—those are useless to machines, they are just Just wasting time and energy.

Joshua paused, then reached out and turned on the nozzle in the bathroom.The cold water splashed on Connor's body, making him shiver uncontrollably.

Joshua quickly turned off his sensory simulation, there was no hot water in this room.

For a moment, there was only the sound of water in the bathroom.Joshua helped Connor wash numbly, his mind was in chaos.

After a while, he hesitated and asked, "You... don't you have anything to say?"

After being silent for a while, Connor replied calmly: "We have been here for eight hours, 4 minutes and 26 seconds. If you really refuse to tell me about the abnormal bionics, then I have to go. .”

After the words were spoken, Connor's palms holding the handle of the bathtub slightly tightened.

The abnormal data that made him extremely repulsed began to mess up in his software again, and he didn't know where the data came from, nor how to deal with the data.He only knew that Amanda had already developed a sense of distrust towards him, and if he continued to stay with Joshua, some things might happen that he couldn't bear the consequences.

He doesn't want to be destroyed, he has to leave.

Joshua didn't notice this detail, and his hand holding the nozzle paused for a moment.

go?

——Yeah, it's time for him to go, doesn't he still have tasks to complete?This should be the only thing he wants to do, right?I forced him to stay here so selfishly, and even did irreversible things on impulse, but failed to turn him into an abnormal bionic person, so what reason and right do I have to continue to force him?

—I've screwed everything up.

——I wanted him to become a human being with emotions, but I degenerated into a beast before the end of the road.

Joshua felt that his soul was suddenly pulled into two halves, one half had fallen into despair, while the other half still refused to give up the last hope, screaming at him desperately: You can't give up, you still have one last chance , Go and call Marcus, as long as he comes, everything will be solved!

Marcus... Joshua's eyes lit up again. This is his last hope. He has reached this point, and he can't give up no matter what!

He had a hunch that if Connor was really let go, then there would be no chance for them to reconcile in the future.

"No." He said, he felt as if his soul was being burned again, but his tone was as calm as a frozen ocean, "You have to stay here."

"..." Connor remained silent and did not respond, but Joshua regained some spirit as if he had convinced himself.He quickly finished cleaning, carried Connor back to the bed, and helped him get fully dressed.

When his skin touched Connor, Connor looked down at Joshua's hand and said, "Your temperature is rising."

Joshua hummed, but didn't take it seriously.

"You're sick." With physical injuries and overindulgent behavior, the virus finally completely overwhelmed the immune system after a short incubation period, and broke out in this human body.

"You can't die, don't worry." Joshua replied indifferently, he brought all the blue blood from the living room, put it on the bedside, and said to Connor: "I may have to go out for a while, you Wait for me here."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Blue Blood, and added: "Eat something when you're hungry."

Connor said, "Joshua, I won't stay here."

"..."

"I have to leave." Seeing that Joshua didn't respond, Connor said again.

"You are not allowed to go anywhere." Joshua's face sank slightly, "I will lock all the doors and windows, so you don't even think about leaving this house."

"I don't need to leave this room." Connor was not at a loss because of Joshua's words, he stated the facts to Joshua rationally, "I can leave by self-destructing."

Joshua suddenly raised his head, the fierce flames in his eyes almost burst out: "How dare you!"

"..." Connor looked at Joshua's eyes that looked fierce but couldn't hide his panic, and said a cruel fact plainly: "You can't stop me, Joshua."

There are many things in this world that cannot be prevented, such as death.

"...I won't give you this chance." After a moment of silence, Joshua whispered. you."

"You need food, sleep, medical care, and you can't stay here forever."

"..." Although he was extremely unwilling to face this fact, Joshua still had to admit that Connor was right, he couldn't stay here forever.Not to mention that he is mentally exhausted to the extreme now, and the physical fatigue and hunger alone make it difficult for him to support.

"Connor, don't destroy yourself." Joshua was silent for a long time before continuing, his tone was almost pleading, "I'll call Marcus over, he will help you awaken into an abnormal bionic Yes, you will no longer be manipulated by the program, trust me, give me a little more time, please?"

Connor was obviously taken aback, he didn't expect Joshua would want to do this, which made his voice tinged with a little helplessness: "You can't do this, I won't become an abnormal bionic person."

But Joshua didn't seem to hear it, as if he suddenly remembered something, he said to himself: "That's right, that's right, I don't have to go, I snatched Lucas' cell phone, I can use it to contact you them……"

After speaking, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, but the mobile phone was locked with voice control, which could only be used to call the police or call an ambulance, and Joshua couldn't unlock it no matter what.

He looked desperately at the failed unlocking displayed on the phone screen again and again, but he still refused to give up. After repeated failures, he tried again and again to find other ways to open the phone, but under the extremely strict defense of the program defeated.

Connor quietly watched Joshua's futile efforts, but his thoughts were elsewhere.

Joshua's body temperature has risen to nearly 39 degrees Celsius, and he must be treated.If I just leave like this, there is a high probability that Joshua will be forgotten in this house. He is too sick to leave here to seek medical assistance. He will just collapse here without anyone paying attention. until death from illness or starvation.

And as the only person who knew, he couldn't come back and send him to the hospital.

To be precise, Connor had planned to try not to contact Joshua again after leaving this time.With this human being, his software instability will always reach a dangerous threshold.

So, he made a decision.

"Unlock."

Lucas' voice sounded, Joshua froze for a moment, then looked up at Connor.Connor nodded lightly, the sound simulation couldn't be easier for him.

Joshua couldn't understand Connor's behavior, he was clearly opposed to what he did, why did he suddenly help him?What on earth is he thinking?

"Connor?" Joshua said with some uncertainty.

"You can contact him now," Connor said.

Joshua looked at Connor in confusion. The other party's behavior not only did not alleviate his uneasiness, but instead gave him an ominous premonition.He quickly searched the name of the bar on the Internet and found the contact number.

Fortunately, the people in that bar didn't dislike bionics, and even held a very friendly attitude towards abnormal bionics, so when Joshua asked to talk to the bionic waiter in their store, they didn't ask too much, and directly referred the abnormal The android called to answer the phone.

Soon, the positioning signal of the mobile phone in Joshua's hand was transmitted to Jericho through the abnormal bionic man.

"Marcus said he'll be there right away." The voice of the android waiter came from the phone, and Joshua hummed and hung up the phone.

Connor has been quietly watching him do this by his side, without any intention of obstructing him.

"...Why didn't you stop me?" Joshua asked.

Connor remained silent, which made Joshua's ominous premonition stronger and stronger.Obviously everything seemed to be under his control, but uneasiness and irritability disturbed his thoughts for no reason.

"It doesn't matter if you don't stop it... It doesn't matter, anyway, you will be free soon." Joshua pressed Connor's shoulders, let him sit back on the bed, and sat side by side with him, as if comforting He said the same to himself: "After you become an anomalous human, we don't have to worry about the damn life and the FBI. We can leave Detroit and go to other places, maybe we can go to Canada..."

"Joshua." Connor said aloud, "I won't be an anomalous bionic."

"...I have been to Canada before, the people there are very friendly, they are also very friendly to androids, and the climate is also very comfortable." Joshua continued on as if he didn't hear what Connor said , "If you don't like it, we'll go to the Nordic side. You haven't left Detroit, have you? I can take you around the world. I've been to many places, and I can definitely be your tour guide..."

"Joshua." Connor interrupted him again, interrupting his fantasy, and said in the coldest tone: "I will not become an abnormal bionic, and I do not want to travel around the world. My existence The point is to get my job done.”

He looked at Joshua, whose slightly pale face was hidden in the shadows, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

He suddenly felt a little hesitant and couldn't bear it, but no matter what, he had to say the next thing. He couldn't let this human being indulge in feelings that couldn't get out of it. He had to make it clear to him.

"I was born as a machine, I will not have feelings, I will not fall in love with human beings, everything you do is meaningless." Connor paused for a while, finally resolutely, and said in a mechanical and indifferent voice: "If If you see me as a human being, then don't try to control me, force me. If you see me as a machine, then don't have any feelings for me."

After saying that, Connor's status LED turned red without him even noticing.

"Now tell me, what do you think I am? A human being, or a machine?"

The cruel and cold words pierced into Joshua's soul one by one, and he felt that his eyes went black, and the seed buried in his heart suddenly grew wildly, spraying out venom, almost suffocating him.

For him, this question has no answer at all.

On the one hand, he loves Connor as a person, and on the other hand, he treats him as a machine, playing with him as his own property.He destroyed him, violated him, he was just selfishly doing what he wanted to do under the guise of love, he never asked Connor's opinion, never cared about Connor's thoughts-after all, He never respected him, never treated him as a human being.

He has been imposing selfishness and paranoia disguised as love on this innocent android.

He is no different from those humans who discriminate against bionics, use them wantonly and even harm them.

"I have to go," Connor said.

Joshua suddenly raised his head and looked at Connor: "No..."

"..." Connor lowered his head and looked at his palms. The skin layer on those hands quickly peeled off, and the white material surface began to light up slowly, and the frightening heat spread from his hands as the center.

"What are you going to do?" Joshua stood up, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"I hope...we won't see each other again." Connor said, a bright light lit up from his hand, and soon, the light turned into a throbbing flame, illuminating his expressionless face .His eyes reflected Joshua's face filled with panic and despair for a moment, as well as the burning fire.

Joshua subconsciously wanted to put out the fire, but the high temperature made him unable to touch anything except severe pain.Seeing that the fire was getting stronger and stronger, Joshua gritted his teeth, reached out and hugged Connor, regardless of the damage caused by the fire, he quickly ran towards the bathroom.

Connor was also taken aback. He didn't expect Joshua to do this to stop him, but once the **** started, he couldn't stop. He could only raise his hands as much as possible to prevent the fire from burning Joshua, while saying, "Put me down! Then you will get burned too!"

Joshua turned a deaf ear to it, gritted his teeth and endured the burning pain, carried Connor into the bathroom, walked into the bathtub, and turned on the nozzle.

The cold water poured down, drenching both of them, the heating was forcibly stopped, and the fire was finally extinguished.

"Are... are you crazy?" Connor ignored his hand that had been burned off, and looked up at Joshua in astonishment. The latter was soaked in cold water and was panting violently.

Joshua didn't speak. After a while, he suddenly put Connor down, then knelt beside him and hugged him.

The hug was not tight, even weak and cautious.His head was resting on Connor's shoulder, eyes closed.Water trickled down his hair and onto his face, then trickled down, dripping onto Connor's shoulders.

"I'm sorry," he said.

Connor froze for a moment, and the LED turned red again.

"I'm sorry..." Joshua repeated again, then let go of Connor, stood up and took two steps back, "I won't stop you, you go."

These words seemed to drain his strength, he leaned against the wall, and slumped on the ground weakly.

The cold water dripped continuously from his body, and soon flowed on the ground.

Connor stood up with the handrail of the bathtub, looked at Joshua, and suddenly felt that he was split in two.

Half of them want to stay by Joshua's side. This human being doesn't care about his body at all. If he continues like this, he will definitely get seriously ill; Leaving is the best solution, and once Joshua repents, this opportunity will disappear.

In the end, the latter defeated the former, and Connor didn't say anything else, as if he was worried that Joshua would repent, he walked out of the bathroom without looking back.

However, only he knew that what he was worried about was not that Joshua would repent, but that he himself would repent.

He is also very clear that if he repents at this time, all his efforts will be in vain.

Joshua watched Connor walk out of the bathroom, heard his footsteps getting farther and farther away, suddenly got strength from nowhere, stood up, staggered out of the bathroom, leaned on the wall and looked at Connor's back.

He wanted to see his appearance clearly, but his eyes were blurred. He wanted to call his name, but his throat was so dry that he couldn't make a sound.

Connor's back finally disappeared in the wind and snow.

He didn't look back.Not once.

The author has something to say:

ah so sad to vomit

It will be free for me to post Siconnor, and this article is really HE, really!

As for the car... After writing this chapter, I'm not in the mood to drive at all _(:з」∠)_ and this one has been severely punished recently (I didn't pass the online review in the last chapter, and I waited for the high-level review all night, dare you believe it! Super scary! QAQ)

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