NieR: Whirlpool

Since the three men declined the apprentice's kindness, they had no choice but to walk back to the resistance camp.

Passing the cable bridge again,

9S seemed to be a little moved. Looking at the pretty girl walking in front of him, he thought for a moment and finally spoke:

"2B..."

"What's up?" 2B responded coldly without turning around.

9S bit his lip, feeling a little conflicted, but still spoke:

"Can you... call me that..."

As he spoke, he anticipated some bad outcome and lowered his head silently.

"Natsu..."

Suddenly, a female voice reached his ears, which made him stunned.

Then, he raised his head in disbelief, staring blankly at the girl walking on the bridge, and asked with a trembling voice:

“2B… As expected… you…”

9B turned her head slowly after hearing 2S's intermittent words, with a puzzled look on her face:

"Are you OK? Nice?"

"What……"

9S's excitement suddenly cooled down, and he sighed softly.

"I knew it……"

As he said that, he turned around and looked at the snickering Ye Feng, and glared at him fiercely:

"Look at the crappy name you gave me!"

"Is there? I think it's pretty good..." Ye Feng scratched his head, looking very casual.

"I don't want to know what you think, I want to know what I think!" 9S said angrily, then turned his head away proudly.

Looking at 9S's appearance, Ye Feng couldn't help but laugh and shook his head helplessly.

Suddenly, he had an idea and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Are we just going to walk back like this?"

"What else?" 9S rolled his eyes at Ye Feng.

"Do you have any ideas?" 2B's eyes suddenly lit up.

Ye Feng smiled and pointed at two wild boars and an elk running towards him from a distance, and said:

"Another idea!"

"Six!" 9S immediately smiled and gave Ye Feng a thumbs up.

"That's great!" 2B couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, an inopportune voice sounded.

“Report: YoRHa units are capable of long-distance raids.

Speculation: YoRHa units 2B, 9S, and 9M tend to be lazy."

The three turned their heads and saw auxiliary machine 042 reporting in a serious tone.

"Ok?"

Ye Feng and the other two looked at each other, whispered together, and nodded to each other.

Then, the three of them gathered together, surrounded 042, and looked at him with ill intentions.

153 and 154 were eating melon seeds and opening a bottle of drink they had just brought from the martial arts arena, chatting and laughing.

042 glanced at the three androids in front of him, noticing their gazes, and couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

"Report: What can I do for you..."

Ye Feng heard this and grinned:

"Do you have any objection?"

"Report: I just feel..." 042 was about to say something, but was interrupted by 9S.

He said terribly:

"It seems that our Mr. 042 likes to exercise very much..."

"Report: I just..."

9S interrupted him and concluded:

"Everyone heard that 042 said he wanted to exercise, right?"

"Yes." 2B smiled wickedly.

"Applause!" Ye Feng cheered.

Bang bang bang~~~

153 and 154, who were watching the show, clapped their mechanical hands and released electric arcs to simulate applause.

“I am not…

I don't……

Don’t talk nonsense…”

042 I feel a little bit scared.

Next, he watched helplessly as the two men from the second machine boarded the three wild boars and rode away in style.

Leaving him alone... no, leaving the machine there.

"Suggestion: Retrieve the personal support immediately..."

The noisy clatter of pigs' trotters drowned out his words.

Finally, the three figures disappeared around the corner.

042 Carefully scanned the surroundings,

Suddenly, he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Report: Found a large number of ..."

He was about to report, but found that there was no YoRHa android around to receive the report.

I had to swallow the words.

at the same time,

He clearly felt that there were more malicious and hostile mechanical life forms approaching him.

Gudong~

He seemed extremely panicked, and then looked in the direction where the three people were going away.

Then, he went full speed ahead and chased over there.

As he ran, he became more and more nervous.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally stopped running, looked around, and started scanning.

suddenly,

He sensed a hint of murderous intent and immediately made an evasive move.

Keng~

A spear flashing with blue light flew straight at him and pierced fiercely below his original floating position, three-quarters into the ground and raising a cloud of dust.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of figures stood up from behind the ruins and surrounded him.

042It floated out of the dust range, and he looked carefully.

He saw dozens of well-equipped, ferocious-looking small, long-legged mechanical life forms standing around him, with playful smiles on their round faces.

The color of their skin was exactly the same as that of the mechanical creatures that had ambushed them in the ruins of the commercial district.

Obviously, they came prepared.

At this time, a mechanical creature wearing strange clothes and surrounded by many mechanical life forms slowly walked over.

He walked towards the spear stuck in the ground, pulled it out, and held it in his hand.

Then, he raised his head quietly and looked at the auxiliary machine 042 in front of him with interest.

Obviously, he is the leader of these mechanical life forms.

A mechanical creature beside him said, "Captain, the electromagnetic shield has been activated.

At the same time, the artificial human signal scan has been activated. "

The mechanical creature called the Captain nodded in satisfaction.

"Speculation: The enemy's weapons seem to be equipped with strong electromagnetic and plasma devices, which can emit low-temperature plasma jets and strengthen the blades to tear apart high-quality alloy steel." Auxiliary Machine 042 reported habitually.

While they were talking, the captain walked towards 042 mechanically.

042 couldn't help but ask: "Confused: Mechanical creature, what can I do for you?"

The captain sneered: "Of course I came here for you."

042: "Question: Can you explain in detail?"

Hearing the auxiliary machine's doubts, the captain's eyes became extremely sharp and he said coldly:

"You don't need to know."

Then he winked at the people around him, and another mechanical creature stepped forward, raised the weapon in his hand, aimed at 042 and fired.

snort~

Instantly, an invisible EMP pulse swept through 042's body, rendering him unable to move.

042's body was covered with electric sparks, and then he fell to the ground.

He looked extremely miserable, his whole body was charred. At this moment, he couldn't even activate the self-destruction function, and at the same time, he couldn't transmit any signals to the outside world.

At the same time, two mechanical life forms that seemed to be proficient in data walked towards him.

042 A trace of doubt arose in my heart.

Why don't you kill me?

He pondered, and thought of the ambush he had encountered before.

Suddenly, a trace of worry flashed through his mind, and a few words appeared in his CPU.

Kidnapping.

trial.

rescue.

ambush……

not good!

He felt something was wrong.

No!

So, he endured the feeling of powerlessness brought about by the failure of his whole body's functions, forced his way into the underlying structure, and prepared to run a special self-destruction program.

On his deathbed, he seemed to have thought of something.

Should I say something?

Thinking of this, he silently turned on the laser communication and typed out a line of words:

Pod 153, don't be sad...

Suddenly, the changes escalated.

Squeak, squeak, squeak~~~

With the sound of metal burning,

A stream of plasma shot out from somewhere, smashing the arms of the two mechanical creatures that were stretched out to him.