Zongman: My five senses are connected with the proud daughter of the world

"Incidentally, An Yongwang reported this to his superiors, but he himself had no idea who the person was. The only way An Yongwang contacted the person was by leaving a yellow seal and some accompanying information at the foundation of pile No. 444 of the Tokyo Bay Undersea Tunnel. He didn't even know what the person looked like."

After saying this, Belfast glanced strangely at Kasumigaoka Utaha on the other screen: "These people seem to think that Miss Kasumigaoka is a saint blessed by the god they believe in?"

"So the problem is very clear." Jiang Lianqiu clapped his hands and laughed, "The contamination of the manuscript of the novel that my senior sister worked on late at night was the beginning of everything."

As for why it was the senior?

Based on Jiang Lianqiu's understanding of those evil gods, this was most likely due to Xia Zhiqiu's... bad luck.

If the other party had changed from Hastur to Nyarlathotep, Jiang Lianqiu might have thought that Nyarlathotep really had a crush on Kasumigaoka Utaha, but the other party was Hastur. It was almost impossible for this Old One to "take the initiative" to pay attention to a human girl and then "intentionally" contaminate her novel manuscript.

If Hastur really intended to do something, it would be a miracle that Kasumigaoka Utaha hasn't gone crazy yet.

Perhaps, the current situation is caused by the chain reaction of some evil god's unconscious behavior.

"In addition, we have secretly conducted a thorough inspection of Ms. Kasumigaoka's residence and brought back all items with trace contamination information. We have also carried out a third-level pollution information disinfection at Ms. Kasumigaoka's residence."

"As for Machida Sonoko, no problems were found with her. Including Hiratsuka Shizuka, the mental state of all three is normal."

As soon as Belfast finished speaking, Jiang Lianqiu, who was looking at Kasumigaoka Utaha arguing with Hans on the screen, suddenly received a meeting request.

"Commander, I have a new discovery! Request immediate report!"

"Come in."

After Jiang Lianqiu agreed, a beautiful human woman with long red hair tied into a neat ponytail, dressed like a researcher, and a mechanical servant with a pair of bright golden eyes behind black-framed glasses walked in quickly.

"Consciousness Node Central 001 salutes you, Commander!"

As soon as they met, the beautiful woman servant immediately stood at attention and saluted with a fierce look of iron-bloodedness.

Jiang Lianqiu was confused: "...What the hell?"

Chapter 35: Pick up something I can understand

The beautiful woman was visibly stunned for a moment, a hint of doubt flashing across her eyes. Then she shouted again in a resounding voice, "Consciousness Node 001 salutes you, Commander!"

The so-called consciousness node, understood in the way of "Stellaris", is the "Chief Science Officer" of the civilization of the out-of-control servitors.

Simply put, positions with the same authority may have different names due to differences in political systems, ideologies, and organizational structures.

As an extremely special form of civilization, out-of-control servitors certainly would not use names such as "Head of State" or "Secretary of State" to label those high-authority individuals in their own civilization.

According to Jiang Lianqiu's understanding, the head of state who once lost control of the servitor was called a "coordinator", the chief scientific officer was called a "consciousness node", and positions similar to the Minister of Defense were called "legion nodes", and so on...

So the beautiful woman in front of him who calls herself Consciousness Node Center No. 001 is the number one scientist under Jiang Lianqiu.

In the past, Jiang Lianqiu had met her several times on Earth through the air and in the starport. After all, the high-level mechanical servant needed his... "authorization" to officially take office.

By the way, Belfast now also has another title——

Coordinator.

Of course, this is also the result of Jiang Lianqiu's authorization.

After all, as a ship girl, Befa is much more convenient than Jiang Lianqiu in contacting the star port and coordinating various aspects of work.

"I mean, you've always called yourself this?" Jiang Lianqiu looked at the beautiful woman strangely. "Didn't I ask you all to give yourselves a name before?"

The beautiful woman blinked and said quietly, "Commander, I've been in charge of scientific research at the starport. I was urgently transferred to Earth because of the current situation. I'm not in the same group as those 100 idiots. Aren't your orders only for those single-minded individuals who only know how to bombard the Earth with guns and artillery?"

Was it an illusion? Jiang Lianqiu scratched his ears, feeling as if he had heard this beautiful woman mocking the 100 generals twice in a row.

By the way, a servitor actually has such obvious... personal emotions?

"You're... quite anthropomorphic!"

After grunting for a long time, Jiang Lianqiu blurted out these words.

"Xiao Qiuzi, even though I haven't read much, I can tell that this is an insult!"

Su Shang, who had been watching the show silently, expressed her thoughts in Jiang Lianqiu's mind.

She took off her pair of tiny boots, curled up on the couch with her knees hugged and her bare feet, and laughed, with her ten silkworm-like toes curled up.

I always feel that Xiao Qiuzi's life is more colorful than mine on the fairy boat.

The beautiful woman in front of Jiang Lianqiu looked even more resentful. "Commander, you clearly said ten years ago when the first batch of servitors rolled off the production line that you hoped we would be like humans, and that's why we installed the controllable autonomous emotional growth module."

"Ahem! I forgot, I forgot!" Jiang Lianqiu covered it up awkwardly. After a moment's thought, he added, "Consciousness Node... Bah, that's a weird name. Just give yourself a random name. Also, Befa, extend this mission to all Servitors, including those born in the future."

"Okay, Commander." Belfast faithfully carried out the order.

The beautiful woman looked at Jiang Lianqiu expectantly with her golden eyes: "Commander, Von Neumeow requests a report!"

Jiang Lianqiu: "...you say."

Never mind, it’s a name after all, right?

As if feeling disappointed because Jiang Lianqiu hadn't commented on her name, the newly minted Ms. von Neumiao quickly calmed down and got back to work:

"Commander, while the two human women were being questioned, I conducted a covert, comprehensive examination and discovered that the woman codenamed... ahem, Kasumigaoka Utaha, carries a 'cognitive filter harmonic' that only appears after undergoing the 'Antimemetic Barrier Protocol.' This type of harmonic is also present in Machida Sonoko and Hiratsuka Shizuka, but the intensity is at least 38 percentage points lower than Kasumigaoka Utaha..."

Jiang Lianqiu could already hear Su Shang's mournful cry of "Master, please stop chanting" coming from his mind.

He scratched his ears and waited for Ms. von Neumeow to talk for at least five minutes before smiling and saying, "Tell me something I can understand."

Belfast made a rare teasing remark: "Then she probably doesn't need to speak."

Von Neumeow was stunned on the spot.

The maid coughed, suppressed a smile, and said seriously, "Simply put, we have technology that can make individuals immune to information pollution to a certain extent. Those affected by this technology will emit an external radiation similar to infrared radiation—invisible and intangible, but active at all times."

"And now, Miss Kasumigaoka and the others, who clearly didn't accept our information protection, are showing this radiation information."

"Look." Jiang Lianqiu glanced at Belfast, then at von Neumeow, "Isn't this able to speak human language?"

"I have checked the mission logs and found that we have never provided cognitive filter protection to the three ladies." Von Neumeow hesitated for a moment and finally chose to ignore the strange conversation.

She pushed her black-framed glasses, and the lenses not only reflected light instantly, but also made a "clang" sound.

"According to the data comparison, the person with the highest intensity of cognitive filter harmonic radiation is Kasumigaoka Utaha, followed by Hiratsuka Shizuka, and finally Machida Sonoko. In addition..."

After a pause, von Neumeow said something shocking.

"I also detected the same harmonics in Ms. Eriri, and the intensity is higher than that of Kasumigaoka Utaha."

After saying that, Feng Neumao stared straight at Jiang Lianqiu.

"You, think it's my fault?" Jiang Lianqiu pointed at himself. "Is this thing contagious? But I don't remember that I've ever received the antimeme barrier protocol."

Von Neumeow lowered his head, glanced away, and muttered softly, "Commander, you've already changed our underlying operating logic beyond recognition. If you add some weird things, we won't have to worry about the debt..."

This guy has a mean mouth, doesn't he?

However, regardless of where the cognitive filter harmonics of the above-mentioned people came from, at least this is a good thing—

Just as Jiang Lianqiu was thinking this, he heard Feng Neumeow break the bad news:

"Finally, Commander, after analyzing everything in Ms. Kasumigaoka Utaha's room, we seem to have found the source of the contamination. It's not the so-called light novel manuscript; that's merely a medium for the contamination to spread. The real source is an ancient coin in Ms. Utaha's lucky cat piggy bank..."

After a pause, von Neumeow suddenly made a big announcement.

"That ancient coin is not something that can be mined or smelted using all the technology that human civilization on this planet has mastered since its inception. Its material is also not native to this planet."

Jiang Lianqiu's mouth twitched and he looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha who was arguing with Hans on the screen.

"Senior, you really gave us a huge surprise..."

Chapter 36: I will contact New Oriental after I return

There is no such thing as a pretentious interrogation room.

An ordinary square table, with a towering man sitting opposite.

And the pork cutlet rice placed in front of him and Machida Sonoko next to him.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's heart was boiling with the desire to complain. They were clearly the victims, okay? Why was it now like she and Sonoko were the suspects?

"Woohoo! Shi-chan! I didn't know pork cutlet rice was this delicious!"

Machida Sonoko ate with relish, her face full of happiness.

So many things happened today that she still hasn't had dinner and is starving.

Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was also extremely hungry, finally couldn't resist the aroma of pork cutlet rice in the air. She sighed and decided to fill her stomach first.

As soon as the food entered her mouth, Kasumigaoka Utaha was stunned - she finally understood why Machida Sonoko looked like a starving ghost.

Is this really pork chop rice? There really isn't anything weird in it!?

The fragrance that bloomed between the girl's lips and teeth made every cell in her body cheer with happiness. The steaming hot rice went down her throat and into her stomach, and the mental fatigue of the whole day was almost completely dispelled in an instant.

Unconsciously, Kasumigaoka Utaha's hand movements became faster.

Japanese society's admonitions for women are everywhere, even in the matter of "eating" -

Traditional ramen shops or izakayas are often seen as male-dominated spaces, and it is considered inappropriate for women to visit alone.

Women dining alone will be interpreted as lonely or unsociable.

Women are expected to eat less to maintain a slim figure, and ordering large portions or refills will attract strange looks.

Sushi, desserts, etc. are considered female-friendly, while high-calorie or manual foods such as grilled meat and fried food are considered male preferences.

All these things have gradually become commonplace to both Kasumigaoka Utaha and Machida Sonoko. When Kasumigaoka Utaha came to her senses, she found that she had eaten much more food than she usually ate in one meal.

Looking at the small amount of pork cutlet rice left in the lunch box with some hesitation, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help it and lowered her head and opened her mouth again.

At this moment, the door of the room opened silently. It was not until Hans suddenly stood up and shouted at the top of his voice, "For the glory of the commander!!" that Machida Sonoko and Kasumigaoka Utaha raised their heads in fright.

Then both of them choked.

““Cough cough cough cough——!””

"Please have some, both of you." Belfast magically took out two glasses of water and placed them in front of Kasumigaoka and Machida respectively.

“Thank…thank you…eh!?”

Kasumigaoka Utaha took the cup of water, looked up and saw that it was Belfast, her pupils shrank.

Looking to the other side of the room, he saw Jiang Lianqiu as expected.

"Pupil-kun!?"

The girl stared blankly at the scene in front of her.

Jiang Lianqiu glanced at the two pork chop rice dishes on the table, then turned to look at Hans: "Do you usually eat this?"

"Report to the commander! We don't need to eat!" Hans shouted fanatically, his voice so loud that it seemed to be able to shake the ceiling down.

"Keep your voice down!" Jiang Lianqiu rubbed his ears. "Where did this come from? Did you get it from the cafeteria that we specially arranged for human employees here?"

"Report—" Hans, who was about to shout, suddenly remembered Jiang Lianqiu's instructions and tried to lower his voice. He said in a muffled voice, "Report to the commander, the cafeteria menu is based on the British recipe compiled by the big sister of Beifa. The negative review rate is a bit high, so we asked people to buy it outside—of course, to ensure the taste, we added some ingredients according to human taste preferences."

Jiang Lianqiu looked at Belfast with a gloomy gaze: "Belfah, how about we hire some chefs from Dongda University?"

Belfast covered his eyes and was too embarrassed to face anyone: "I will contact New Oriental when I get back..."

Kasumigaoka and Machida, who had been speechless because of the sudden appearance of Jiang Lianqiu and Belfast, smiled at this scene and their tense mood gradually relaxed.

Belfast walked around Jiang Lianqiu with a stern face and pulled out a chair for him.

After Jiang Lianqiu sat down, the maid and the thug in a suit stood behind him, one on each side, motionless like sculptures.

Especially that Hans. The moment he stood still, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that he had suddenly turned into a lifelike wax figure, without any trace of life.

"Good evening, Senior."

Jiang Lianqiu crossed his long legs, glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha, and then looked at Machida Sonoko.

The two exchanged a glance. Machida Sonoko shook herself, then reached under the table and grabbed Kasumigaoka Utaha's hand. She lowered her voice and said urgently, "Uta-chan, Uta-chan, is this the underclassman you mentioned to me on LINE before, who you really cared about?"

"Why is he here!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha kicked Machida Sonoko hard on the calf, causing Machida Sonoko, who had spoken out of turn, to scream "ouch" on the spot.