[Detroit] No Paradise

The time to recuperate from illness is not long, but for Joshua it is like years.

In order to prevent Joshua from smoking and drinking while recuperating, Hank reluctantly emptied the whiskey in the refrigerator, and then locked all the lighters in the house into the safe.

When Joshua became addicted to smoking, he really wanted to make fire from wood.

He also tried to communicate with Hank and fought for his rights, but Hank only responded with a sneer to Joshua's "N benefits of smoking and drinking when sick - pure nonsense version".

Joshua screamed up to the sky, they are also alcoholics, you can’t drink the wine even if you hide it, why must you hurt each other——until he smelled the alcohol on Hank’s body, he immediately understood that this guy was behind his back I went to the bar by myself, angrily stroking the dog with a shaking hand, and accidentally pulled out a few sumo dog hairs, and the big dog barked aggrievedly.

He was completely wrong. How could they hurt each other? This is simply a one-sided torture.

So in this depressing environment, Joshua broke out in silence.

On a rare sunny morning, Detroit, which had been raining every day, finally cleared up a little bit, but Hank's mood turned from sunny to rainy, because he received another case of an abnormal bionic person.

"Damn! I must be the only policeman in Detroit." Hank put on his coat violently, and walked out angrily. "I'll take care of everything!"

"What's the matter this time?" Joshua was lying on the sofa, dying for two days without touching any contraband.

"A middle-aged man called the police and said that his nanny's bionic had abducted his daughter." Hank said as he opened the door. "What happened to these androids? One by one they went crazy..."

Hank's voice stopped abruptly, and the door was slammed shut. The moment it closed, Joshua, who was pretending to be dead just now, immediately jumped up.

Without the threat from Hank, Joshua suddenly felt that he could go to heaven in minutes. He went to the mirror in the bathroom to adjust his clothes and hairstyle, and then walked calmly to the living room for a final swipe. Fluttering, I found a pen and left a note for Hank, walked to the entrance with a smile, opened the door, and left Hank's house.

For Joshua, who has been rebellious since he was a child, such things as running away from home are simply familiar to him, not to mention that this is not his home, so there is no psychological burden. Thinking of this, Joshua suddenly felt guilty and felt that I'm a little sorry Hank.Although the two have always been friends who have been friends for years, sometimes Joshua feels that Hank is really a bit like his father.

Lao Aojiao didn't say anything, but in fact he was really kind to him.

However, Joshua's illness is almost healed, and it's obviously not his style to live in Hank's house all the time. He doesn't like to stay in one place for too long.

Taking a random bus, Joshua sat by the window and watched the scenery on the streets of Detroit.

The bus drove from the suburbs to the city center, and skyscrapers stood in a forest under the blue sky, and the advertisements of bionic people were played repeatedly on the big screen.The bionic workers on the side of the road worked tirelessly day and night, the vehicles drove fast and orderly on the road, and the unemployed people also took to the streets, begging or wandering on the street corners, their expressions were dispirited and their eyes were lifeless. Human beings, like those working bionics, seem to have lost their souls, as if this era is not progressing, but regressing.

Joshua leaned his head against the glass window and closed his eyes.

He suddenly remembered 20 years ago, when he was only eight years old.

At that time, there were no bionics, and driverless technology was not so popular.Although it is not as convenient as it is now, everyone is living a good life. The crime rate is not as high as it is now, and the unemployment rate has remained at a normal level. At least the society is stable.Joshua remembered that every time he went out to fight, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. It was his father who drove him home. Although he was cursing along the way, he couldn't hide his concern and anxiety. It was just that the young Joshua Shuya couldn't tell, and talked back to his father again and again.

After his father died, Joshua inherited a large fortune.He left his home in Los Angeles without saying a word, and became a mercenary at a young age. And was abandoned.Although those military bionics were nothing more than scrap iron that could be dismantled in two or three strokes to Joshua.

After Joshua learned of these things, he ignored those colleagues who were filled with righteous indignation, but left the team again without saying a word, wandering around with the savings he had accumulated over the years.

It was also not long after he quit the mercenary team that he met Hank, an excellent police detective who was charging at the front line of sweeping the red ice at that time, and helped Hank when he was fighting the drug dealers a handful.

So the two got acquainted like this, and found that they could talk quite well, so they became friends inexplicably.Joshua's friends who are still alive can be counted in one slap, and Hank is definitely one of the best.

Before Joshua could recall his short life of 28 years, he felt that someone was approaching him.Joshua, who was extremely sensitive to the approach of strangers, immediately opened his eyes vigilantly, and saw the bus driver standing not far from him looking at him at a glance.The poor driver stopped embarrassingly after hitting Joshua's fierce extension, and stammered, "Sir, we have reached the terminal."

Terminal?

Joshua glanced out the window, feeling that this place looked familiar.

He nodded to the driver and slowly got off the bus.

This is a crossroads. After Joshua saw a rather old house, he remembered why he felt this place looked familiar.

This is a second-hand house he bought himself in Detroit—the place where he first met Connor.The price of this house is very low, but it is also very old, and the furniture and facilities are also very simple, it can be called dilapidated, the kind that most people definitely don't want to live in.

Joshua didn't care about it. This place is considered a relatively remote suburb in Detroit. It is very quiet, no one is disturbed, and it is very free. The public facilities next to it are also very complete and quite convenient.

However, the intrusion of an abnormal bionic person who escaped from the master's family broke Joshua's short-term peaceful life, and made this guy who was completely uninterested in high-tech start to deal with bionics.

Joshua thought of his personal possessions in the old house, he was in a good mood, whistled, and walked briskly towards the house.

He pushed open the door of the yard, walked under a tree in front of the house, and took out a spare key from the mound.He walked to the door and was about to open it. He glanced casually at the doorknob, and the movement of opening the door stopped.

He narrowed his eyes and reached out to touch the doorknob, which was clean without any dust.There were also messy footprints on the wooden floor in front of the door, which were obviously not Joshua's own in terms of size. These footprints were of different sizes, including men, women, and even children.

Child?

Joshua, who thought it was a thief breaking into his private house, frowned. Unless it was a dwarf, the footprints of adults could not be so small.

Maybe he was wrong, these are just traces left by neighbors visiting.

Thinking of this, Joshua relaxed, and took the key to open the door.

There was a tooth-piercing sound when the door was pushed open. Joshua thought he would see the messy wine bottles and cigarette butts thrown away, but he didn't. The room was clean and tidy, and even the smell of alcohol was so faint Can't smell it.The temperature was much higher than outside, as if the heater had been turned on before.

Joshua stood at the door and raised his eyebrows. Sure enough, someone broke into the house.There is nothing valuable in his house, and at a glance, nothing is missing. Not only did he not lose anything, but the house was cleaned up.

Who would be so kind?The snail girl?

Joshua walked into the room with some doubts, and glanced around.At a glance, he saw the place on the floor where he kicked a hole. Under the floor was a very hidden storage room, where all the wine Joshua bought was stored. When Connor came to hunt down the abnormal bionics a few weeks ago, John was thrown into the storage room by Joshua to hide.

The hole can no longer be filled, and a large wooden plank was obtained from no one knows where to cover it, at least it doesn't look so dilapidated.

Joshua walked up to the board with a blank expression, and kicked the board away with his toes, revealing the hole that had been crushed by his foot.The space below is actually quite large, but because there is no light source, it is pitch black, and nothing can be seen clearly.

Joshua didn't think too much, took a lighter from the table next to him, and jumped off.

As soon as he landed, he sensed something was wrong.

He snapped the lighter on, illuminating a small area—and a knife pointed at him.The blade reflected the fire, flickering on and off in front of Joshua's eyes.

"Human...human!" A voice sounded a little nervous. "Go away and don't hurt Rafe and his friends!"

Joshua held up the lighter, illuminating the appearance of the man who called himself Rafe.Even Joshua, who is used to seeing all kinds of scars, was a little surprised when he saw Rafe. This is obviously a bionic man. His left half of his face was destroyed beyond recognition, and it appeared due to the unique biological structure of bionics. There were scars like cracks, and the dark blue internal structure looked quite hideous and terrifying in the faint firelight.The LED light on his forehead flashed an extremely dangerous red light, and the hand holding the knife trembled slightly, showing that the bionic man was also terrified.

Joshua didn't like being pointed at with a knife very much. He raised his hand that wasn't holding the lighter very quickly, and hit Lefe's wrist accurately from bottom to top. The knife came out of his hand and flew upwards.Rafe was taken aback by Joshua's almost invisible movement, and took a step back subconsciously.

The knife lost momentum in the air and began to fall due to gravity.Without raising his head, Joshua casually grabbed the handle of the knife and accurately grasped it.

His smooth movements frightened Leif, and he said tremblingly: "Don't... don't hurt Lefe..."

The pitiful appearance made Joshua couldn't help laughing: "Sir, this is my home, and you broke into my home and said I hurt you?"

"Joshua?" Another familiar voice sounded, and a blue LED light ring appeared in the darkness. Joshua looked in the direction of the voice: "John?"

"It's really you!" John ran up to Joshua excitedly, the flames dancing on his surprised face. "Hey, Rafe, don't be afraid, this is the human being that I told you about helping me."

After speaking, he shouted into the dark storage room: "Hey, Kara, Alice, it's okay, don't worry, I'm not here to catch you! Don't hide!"

When Joshua heard the name reported by John, he suddenly felt dizzy: "How many fucking people are there?"

……

After a while of panic, everyone crawled out of the storage room and stood in the living room staring.

Without further ado, Joshua lit a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and sat lazily on the sofa looking at the bionic people in front of him.

Two male androids, a female android and... and a child?

Except for John, the other three seemed a little embarrassed.The posture of the female bionic person named Kara was obviously protecting the little girl beside her, and her expression was also quite nervous. When she found Joshua looking at her, she hesitated for a moment, and said: "Sorry, sir, we just Borrowing for one night, without any malice..."

Joshua looked at her and the child named Alice, feeling inexplicably as if he had overlooked something important.His pensive appearance fell into the eyes of the tense people, and immediately made them even more nervous.

The only one who was quite relaxed was John. Seeing that Joshua hadn't spoken, he interjected, "Rafe, Kara, and Alice met after I escaped last time. They live in an abandoned house, where it's too cold. It's too wet for the kids so I brought them here... sorry Joshua, I..."

Joshua felt very speechless: "Do you still know that this is my house? Did you fucking use my place as a public toilet? Just leave as soon as you say it?"

This sentence stunned John for a moment, then he lowered his head pitifully: "Yes... I'm sorry."

Joshua sighed, he couldn't see the wronged look of others, as if he was the one who was at fault, so he could only nod his head helplessly: "It's okay, I don't live here anyway, so it's up to you." As long as you don't move His personal collection will do.

John breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little worried that Joshua would drive him out because of this, but apparently this human being was as gentle and kind as he imagined—if Joshua knew what John was thinking, he would probably demonstrate it live.” Antonym of gentleness and kindness.

Joshua walked up to Alice, looked at the little girl's soft face, and showed a smile that he thought was gentler: "Is it cold? Do you want to turn on the heater?"

The temperature in Detroit has almost dropped to zero, and children with weaker constitutions may easily get sick.

Alice looked timidly at the man in front of her. He had an aura of fear that made her instinctive, sharp and ferocious like a beast.Although the other party put away this temperament as much as possible, it still showed it unintentionally, which made Alice feel like a helpless prey.Children's intuition is always very sensitive.

Cara noticed Alice's fear, hugged Alice into her arms, and said to Joshua apologetically, "Sorry, sir...she might be a little scared."

"It's okay, it's okay." Joshua actually likes soft little girls, but under normal circumstances he is not very popular with such little girls, so he is not surprised by Alice's fear. "Why are you... homeless?"

"Because..." Cara seemed to want to say something, but she glanced at Alice and took back what she was about to say, as if hesitating whether to tell Joshua.After all, it was their first contact with this human being, and Alice was even a little resistant to him. In addition, the blue blood of the bionic human was scattered everywhere in the house. Although the blue blood had evaporated, the bionic human could still see it. Let Kara's trust in the human being in front of him drop to a lower level.

"Because humans hurt Lefe, he escaped." Lefe who was on the side answered Joshua's question. "Please don't hurt Rafe... Rafe is scared."

"I won't hurt you." Seeing Leif's pitiful appearance, Joshua smiled helplessly. "Actually, I'd love to help you."

Probably because of Connor, Joshua has a special affection for abnormal bionics.He found that the minds of bionics are very simple, whether they are abnormal bionics or normal bionics, they are not as unpredictable and full of dark side as human beings, which is why Joshua is willing to help.

After all, nothing can stop a person from pursuing freedom and happiness, even if the person is a bionic person.

Perhaps his smile was inexplicably contagious, and Cara gradually let go of her guard and told Joshua what happened between her and Alice.After hearing this, Joshua became inexplicably irritable, domestic violence and child abuse - these are definitely things that can be at the top of the list of "Joshua's most hated crimes". Just listening to Kara's calm description, he can He wanted to take a knife and chop off the life of the man named Todd.He took a deep breath of the cigarette, suppressed the fire in his heart and asked:

"So you're all anomalous bionics?"

The word "abnormal bionic" is obviously a bit sensitive. After a short silence, John nodded: "Yes, we... are all abnormal bionics."

"Okay, I like abnormal bionics." Joshua calmed down and said as friendly as possible.

"Rafe likes you too!" Leif said happily when he heard that the human liked the abnormal bionic. "Finally there are humans who won't hurt Rafe!"

What Joshua said gave Joshua a headache. This child is really miserable. He was tossed into this state by the world's malice, and a promise that he would not hurt him can make him so happy.

"You can live here, but I don't guarantee that it's absolutely safe..." Joshua thought for a while and said seriously: "If something happens, you'd better not expect me to protect you, Understand?"

Several people hurriedly nodded like chicken pecking rice.

Joshua nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand: "Go do your own thing and leave me alone."

Since his home was occupied by a few abnormal bionics, he didn't plan to live here any longer. There was a hotel next door, so he planned to bring a few bottles of wine and live there.

Joshua, who was carrying two bottles of brandy in one hand, kicked the open door lightly with his foot.It was already noon, he felt a little hungry, and was thinking of going to a nearby convenience store to buy something to fill his empty stomach, when he saw a police car parked in front of the convenience store.

—and Hank and Connor standing next to the police car.

"...Damn it!" Joshua retreated into the door without saying a word, and closed the door with his foot, with ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping past inside.

He finally remembered why he had a strange feeling when he saw Kara and Alice, because Hank said something to him when he went out in the morning:

"A middle-aged man reported to the police that his family's nanny android had abducted his daughter."

Nanny bionic plus daughter, isn't this Kara and Alice?Joshua only felt a headache. If he had thought about it earlier, he might be able to escape with the two of them now.Now there are all police cars outside, and it is easy for Joshua to try to escape, but it is a troublesome thing for a combination of a woman and a child.

What's more, it was the two people he didn't want to see the most.

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The Dragon Boat Festival is on holiday, and there will probably be more updates in the few days of the holiday~

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Thanks Magebone for the grenade!

Thanks to Crazy Demon Ringshou for throwing mines!

Thank you for the landmines thrown by burning paper!

Thanks to Yaofeng for throwing the 2 mines!