The blood-red sky of the old world has completely disappeared, marking the end of Dream Zero.
After sneaking into the deepest part of “Zero” and bringing the maid out of “home,” Renji opens his eyes again to find himself back in Dream City.
It seems that the room still only contains 86 and the 01(serial killer), but in the next moment, all the electrical appliances and machinery in Renji’s house flicker on together, and the abundant blue light rapidly converges in front of Renji, ultimately forming a familiar figure.
The maid’s outfit is black and white, with silver-gray spiral twin ponytails, and butler glasses perched on a straight nose, with a single chain extending from one side of the glasses, quietly dangling by the ear.
The only thing different from the “home” in the dream might be Zero’s expression, which has returned to the indifferent, emotionless face that Renji is familiar with from the game.
In terms of expression, Nova and Zero are actually quite similar, both usually showing little expression on their faces.
However, the difference is that Nova’s cold expression is genuinely unwelcoming, preferring not to talk much, and focused solely on thoughts related to battle and training.
But Zero’s emotionless face tends more towards a kind of mechanical self-discipline, in fact, recalling the amount of dialogue in the game, Zero is one of the top talkers among them, a real chatterbox.
Logically, being a chatterbox should be good, but Zero’s style of being a “chatterbox” is indeed a bit… This is evident from Renji’s recollection of the end of Suthia’s dream, where the maid who described the nun on the bed as “a human in heat” is known.
Renji originally thought that seeing Zero always dreaming of being a “mother” and playing the role of a little girl’s mother, so gentle and virtuous, so kind to Zera, he thought Zero had changed after five hundred years.
But with the next scene appearing, Renji feels that he still needs to observe.
He saw Zero, who had finally awakened after sleeping for hundreds of years, looking at the young man who “awoke” her, even her emotionless expression was touched.
At this moment, Zero’s “heart” was running at high speed, with various complex emotions surging.
It includes the relief of waiting for five hundred years, finally getting the chance to return home, the shame of having her dream of being a mother discovered by her master, and even more so, the excitement of her master promising to -“Fulfill this dream together”- with her in reality
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All these emotions with thousands of words, all converge into one word, the ones she has never been able to shout out in five hundred years, but now she can finally call out to her heart’s content
But before she could utter a word…
[Master! *Seeing Master safely return, 86 waves her fists excitedly!*]
Zero: “…”
“?_?”
It feels like when data transfer reaches 99%, and suddenly someone pulls out the USB drive.
Zero, who was about to speak, turned her head instantly.
Until now, Zero had only focused on Renji, not paying much attention to the others in the room.
Only after her lines were stolen did Zero notice another maid in the room, resembling her by sixty to seventy percent.
And now, this “maid” not only called out the “Master” line that was supposed to be hers first but even went on to affectionately hold her master’s hand.
Zero: [!_?]
Before Zero’s processing system could react, another voice rang out.
[Commander! I knew you could do it!]
Another maid in the room runs over to Renji. Seeing Renji’s left hand held by 86, 01 then hugs Renji’s right arm.
Zero:[ “…”]
‘Gh…’
Renji really wants to scratch his head now. 𝘪𝘳.𝒸𝑜𝑚
Too bad both arms are being sandwiched.
It’s a bit awkward.
Just a moment ago, he was playing the “good husband,” promising to return to reality with Zero to fulfill the dream of “a family of three” with their child, only to end up being embraced on both sides in reality.
‘Does this kind of feel like a playboy?’
“Zero, listen to me”
[Kitchen waste detected, preparing to initiate cleaning program]
Zero, with a blank expression, coldly addresses the two mechanical servants to Renji’s sides, left and right, before her hands start rapidly transforming into shimmering sharp blades.
“Wait a minute!”
“Zero, don’t you recognize them? They are your little sisters!” Faced with the murderous aura of Zero, Renji plays the emotional card first.
After hearing Renji’s words, Zero glances at 86, who is now hiding behind her master. 86 also pulls 01 on the other side to hurry and mimic her, hiding behind Renji as well.
Afterward, although Zero still has a blank expression, it’s almost as if the words “I don’t have such sisters” were written on her face.
[Master, I cannot sense any connection with them. For your safety, please immediately move away from these counterfeit trashes!]
Actually, the root of Zero’s hostility towards 86 and 01 is that Zero did not recognize them as mechanical servants.
This is all because of Renji.
So, Renji quickly explains to Zero about the events that happened during her sleep, including how he managed to “take over” all mechanical servants using the “World Tree Patch,” making Zero so unfamiliar with 86 and 01, because these mechanical servants have now left Zero’s control and have been transferred under Renji’s name.
[Sister is so scary, *the frail and helpless 86 with trembling hands, covers her chest, shivering*]
[Will sister recycle us?]
01, obviously not as smart as 86, bluntly asks Zero. Logically, being a mechanical servant and a clone, recycling is her destined fate, but at this moment, fear emerges.
[Don’t be afraid, my little sisters, Our master will protect us! *86 looks at her master with pitiful eyes*]
Zero: [“…”]
‘I must admit… 86 has changed from a perfectly normal mechanical servant to the cunning and sly figure she is today, and I bear a great responsibility for this transformation’
“Sorry, Zero, it seems I’ve spoiled your sister too much, ugh, I mean I led her astray!”
[It was actually sister 01 whom Master spoiled, not just by inserting a “Big USB” drive into her database for data exchange but also by not using a “Firewall” during the process] 86 muttered to herself quietly.
Zero: [“…”]
[Master Ashen… now that I have been awakened from my slumber, I don’t think there’s any need to keep these clones of mine around. Let me recycle them, especially these aberrant junk data]
Even though she refers to them as junk data, Zero’s breathing is somewhat rapid, even urgent.
Zero is right, with over ten thousand mechanical servants and with her return, their reason for existence has indeed vanished.
But Renji would definitely not agree to recycle them. Even without 86, he couldn’t just use and discard these ten thousand mechanical servants; that would be utterly heartless.
Regarding how to deal with these ten thousand similar mechanical servants, Renji has already thought of a preliminary plan.
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