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Sora looked at Swarovski being hammered into the mountain, and pulled out the I-Station Restraint from the side.
That is the lightsaber of MS.
The pink glow once again illuminated the faces of the onlookers.
The disturbing heat arced, and in order to prevent Swarovski from shirking his responsibility or pretending to lose his ability to fight, Kong drew his lightsaber and pointed it at him, ready to cut him at any time.
But when he zoomed in the monitor again and locked onto Swarovski, the lightsaber pointed at him slowly lost its power and eventually went out.
He saw the barefoot girl quickly pounce on the rock where Swarovski was, and used her fragile body to block Swarovski, who had not yet recovered.
"Please don't kill Mr. Swarlow!!"
Tears were welling up in her eyes and her face was red with fear and excitement, but facing the ferocious and huge Gustav, the little girl showed amazing "recklessness".
"This girl...she was hiding under the pass just now? Is she trying to kill herself?"
Retracting his lightsaber, Kong was surprised at the kid's courage, and was also glad that he had not chosen to use the rifle because of the possibility of accidental injury.
Gu Pang spread his hands and showed his "kindness" and "gentlemanliness" to the girl:
"According to the result of the duel, Swarovski, you have to apologize to me."
218. Belloberg is too urbanized
"Mr. Swarlow..."
Clara turned slightly to the side, but couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes and let them fall.
When Kong punched her, her heart almost exploded, but after seeing Kong use the lightsaber, the terrible temperature of the I-field made her realize that Kong was fully capable of destroying Swarovski in a duel, but he chose "mercy."
"…I lost, outsider."
Finally, under Clara's pleading gaze, Swarovski turned his head with sparks coming out of it, and spoke in a distorted mechanical voice.
"I take back what I said before. You held back. I have captured a fate other than destruction flowing through your mecha. I am recalculating and coming to the conclusion that you are not a useless pawn."
"Okay, then where's your apology?" A voice without any sadness or joy came from the MS's loudspeaker.
"I'm sorry. I didn't collect enough information and my computing power was insufficient, which led to the misunderstanding."
When Swarovski said this, Clara's tear-stained face finally stopped being tense - the situation was not the worst yet. If Swarovski did not give in, then based on the patience Sora had just shown, he would probably not be allowed to continue to exist...
The girl looked at Gustav again, anxiously hoping that Sora would accept the inadequate apology.
It is a mechanical brain after all. Although it has the soul model of a silicon-based creature, its compliance with rational calculation results will cause it to always arrange the pros and cons in the form of data, thus losing some of the emotional ups and downs that humans experience when apologizing.
Of course, the lack of resentment and resentment may also be a benefit.
"Not only Mr. Swarlow... I'm sorry too, sir - if I had tried harder to persuade him!"
Clara wanted to lower her head to the sky, but Gustav had already half-crouched down, the cockpit door opened, and a golden shadow slowly descended on the boarding rope, holding an unknown creature that was foaming at the mouth in his right arm.
"I accept your apology."
Sora tried his best to appear approachable, and because of the presence of Paimon, the "large puppet", Sora looked quite non-intimidating overall, forming a sharp contrast with the machine he was driving.
Although he made many plans, his treatment of Swarlow could not be simply "fighting violence with violence" because of Clara's special status in the settlement.
The two of them, one represents cold rationality, the other represents gentle humanity, neither is indispensable.
Therefore, Sora extended his hand to Swarovski: "Since you are a robot born for protection, you and I are friends. Our goals and interests are the same, and we should not continue to be hostile. Please stand up, Swarovski."
The robot's single eye flickered for a few moments, and under Clara's encouraging gaze, it grabbed the hand that Sora extended to it.
He did not let his low EQ fool him into ignoring Kong's friendly behavior. Perhaps the sentimental side of silicon-based life temporarily corrected his way of thinking.
The breath of destruction, doing something pure and beautiful - in the past he would never have believed that there was such a case.
As Swarovski was pulled up by Kong, the crisis was finally resolved. When the robot, which was much taller than him, bowed its head slightly to him, the crowd behind Kong cheered like a thunderous roar.
[Ace! Sora has killed the most enemies, and the exclusive MVP music "SALLY (Attack) - Three Branches of Shadow" is playing! ]
The moment she heard the settlement music played by the system, Sanyue couldn't help but jump up:
“——Got it!”
"They actually shook hands... This is the first time I've seen Swarlow take the initiative to accept the kindness of being released by a human."
In the cheerful atmosphere, Xier put down the sickle in amazement.
"...When faced with the kindness shown by someone who is far more powerful than himself, he has no choice but to accept it."
Oleg pinched his chin, feeling a strange sense of pride that he had won the fight.
"No, Oleg, it is precisely because Mr. Kong has thought of reasons in advance to benefit everyone in everything he does and given him a way out that he is willing to shake hands."
Natasha has a different view: "Mr. Kong knows how to make people feel 'comfortable'... I'm afraid that even if I had his power... I wouldn't be able to do it to the same extent."
"Can we get closer?"
Compared to Natasha and the others who were still analyzing, Bronya's thoughts were too simple -
"You don't need to ask us for advice, Your Excellency the Great Guardian. You can make the decision for yourself. If you want to catch up, go ahead."
Haiya, who was in a very good mood, teased.
Kong had just reported on the progress of her passport application. When Haiya heard that she would get permanent round-trip rights in just over a week, she was immediately satisfied.
If Kong knew that Haiya was so easily satisfied, he would probably report the progress of the passport to her every night before going to bed.
"..."
Hearing the teasing from the "senior", Bronya blushed slightly, but still took a step forward.
As Bronya took the initiative to come in front of Sora and Swarovski, Natasha also walked over - she didn't mean to deliberately lag behind the Iron Guard officers, she just took some time to inform the armed miners that they could go back and confirm the extent of the damage to the mine. Next, the Earth Fire would discuss with the Mechanical Settlement about the post-war matters of opening the settlement corridor.
Although it was Kong who finally dealt with Swarovski, the red ribbon on his shoulder also helped Dihuo to have a legitimate seat in the negotiations to a certain extent - this was naturally Kong's foresight.
"...Everyone, outsiders, Earthfire, and Iron Guards, I have apologized to Mr. Kong, but regarding the opening of the Hearth Road - my calculations still do not yield enough favorable factors."
"In fact, lifting the blockade of the mining area is a side job. We are here for the upward passage. You can see that there are people at both the lower and upper levels who want to reverse the situation. Their power is enough to force Cocolia to change her course. If she insists on having her own way, her daughter will replace her."
Having successfully restored his own reputation, Sora let go of his last bit of vigilance towards Swarovski, and even began to worry that the defense of the Core would be weakened after destroying so many mechas, which would in turn cause social problems.
He raised his hand to greet Natasha and Bronya, and held Paimon, who was almost vomiting, to his chest. After making sure that she was fine for the time being, he slowly "released her back to nature."
Following the two leaders, everyone in the train crew came over one after another. Mitsuki even took the lead in clapping, wanting to congratulate Kong for the "successful completion of the plan", but no one joined her, so she had to withdraw her hand awkwardly.
"Everyone is here now. If you have any questions or if we have any requests, let's talk about it."
"The discussion can proceed... Please allow me to repair my spine. It has just been displaced, which may affect the energy transmission of the core during the discussion." Swarovski looked down at Clara - the little girl's pitiful tears were wiped away by Swarovski, which further strengthened Kong's judgment that Swarovski possessed a soul.
"No problem, little girl, you help him fix it..."
"Bang bang——"
After saying this, before Kong could further demonstrate his magnanimity, Swarovski stretched out his two mechanical arms and straightened the spine.
"... Could you please explain the purpose of restoring the core channel?"
Swarovski's tone became somewhat stable again, but Sora's expression was a little tense.
Why does this robot smell like a Russian? Is it so cruel to itself?
"The purpose of restoring the channel supply is to obtain more materials. Since the blockade, the mineral supply on the ground has been slightly insufficient, and the excess marrow underground sometimes cannot be delivered."
Sora looked at Natasha, who quickly explained, "But now we have another purpose. We need to stockpile some supplies from the surface to prepare for restoring the previously disbanded Silver Mane Guards on the lower level."
"…The disbanded Silver Mane Guard…"
Swarlow may be good at data, but he doesn’t understand politics—or he does but sneers at it.
Bronya looked at Natasha in surprise when she heard that.
Natasha winked at her.
If she had just winked at the air, it would probably have excited this "glutton", but Bronya understood what Natasha meant immediately.
She had just discovered something very interesting during the battle - Oleg and his group of "little brothers" had exactly the same skills as the Iron Guards, and their identities were very intriguing.
Natasha's way of repaying Bronya was to have these people wearing red sleeves re-armed as the Iron Guard, or to use the identity of the Iron Guard to return to the upper level area.
"To do this, we need to increase the frequency of exchanges... Many people underground are malnourished and medicines are in short supply. After exchanging supplies, some workers who cannot bear heavy work can also recover... Order will give those who try to occupy the mines a glimmer of hope, Mr. Swarlow, these are all good news."
"…Your conclusion is reasonable, but the premise of your inference is not valid. The upper class has a fixed quota for material exchange. They will not pay a penny more just because their output increases."
A lot of data flowed through Swarlow's eyes.
"It was not our intention to withhold the materials distributed by the mechanical settlement. The fundamental reason was Cocolia's strict restrictions on the intake of earth marrow for Beloberg's heating."
“…The root of the problem goes back to my mother.”
Bronya pressed her forehead and dropped the rifle in her hand:
"But I think they'll soon increase their intake of earth marrow - we'll give them a good reason that they can't get around."
It was hard to imagine that these people were fighting with robots just now. Perhaps it was because Sora's behavior was too consistent with "chivalry" that made everyone quickly put aside their prejudices.
Clara, who was observing secretly, saw that Kong suddenly stopped talking and thought he was waiting for a good price. But when Kong noticed her curious look, he just smiled at her gently, and caught Paimon, who was still circling in the air, and handed him to her: "Let them talk - come on, Paimon, bow to Clara -"
“Bow…what do you think I am!?”
Sure enough, after hearing Kong's teasing, Paimon immediately regained some of his spirit, and kicked Kong in the chest with his leg.
"Hello, I'm Clara!" When the little girl saw the fierce and aggressive Paimon, her courage that had just dissipated was regained.
"Ah, I'm not angry with you, Clara, I'm angry with this guy... Ugh, next time, can you please not drive the robot so roughly? The robot and I are both crying - I think I heard the sound of the transmission breaking just now... Ugh."
"Do you know what transmission is?"
Clara and Paimon quickly became friends.
Swarovski tilted his head slightly, as if paying more attention to Clara's happy expression.
Of course, he did not ignore the explanation given by the commander.
"We have decided to collect the underground fuel from the third heating node in the northwest. Without this part of fuel, as long as Mother is not completely 'controlled', Beloberg Heating will definitely come up with a supplementary plan and send more Iron Guards loyal to Kburg to defend there. These needs need to be filled from underground."
Bronya's idea was quite right. "Even if she pins all the blame for the lack of heating at the northwest node on the Rift, and even labels us as rebels, those who have lost their living environment may force the heating department to secretly transport more earth marrow, and the exchange of materials between the upper and lower layers will become more frequent for a period of time."
"...ah...isn't this a bit too sinister?" Sanyue felt something was wrong as soon as he heard it.
"No, Miss March, you don't know about the heating system of Beloberg. The city builders can use the excuse of the tense war situation to stop the traffic between the upper and lower levels, but if they want to completely abandon the 'heating' of a surface area, they lack sufficient reasons and will face doubts from both the Iron Guard and the heating department."
Bronya explained very seriously - she didn't want her plan to be understood as a "poisonous plan".