Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 658 13. Find someone (ex-girlfriend) for help

"boom"

Merlin, who was carrying some things, pushed open the door of his own room, and at a glance, he saw Mr. Gu Gu lying carelessly on the sofa. This fat orange cat was lying on the sofa in a king-like posture, staring at him intently. Staring at the TV in front of him, there was an advertisement for the latest cat food on it.

Cuckoo raised his paw, pointed at the TV, then raised his head lazily, looked at Merlin, and let out a soft cry.

"Meow"

"understood."

Merlin nodded and glanced at the order hotline under the cat food advertisement. Icarus completed the order in 3 seconds.

He gestured an OK gesture to Mr. Gugu, who nodded in satisfaction, then got up, shaking his fat body, with his tail high, jumped off the sofa with light steps, stepped on the stairs to go upstairs, Sleeping in his own cat nest "throne".

"Silly dog, come here."

Merlin sat on the sofa, and he yelled at the kennel in the corner of the living room. The next moment, Frank's dissatisfied voice sounded from the kennel:

"Don't call me a silly dog, call me Frank. Although I disguised myself as your pet according to Mistress Carol's wishes, I still have my own dignity."

"Okay, silly dog."

Merlin stretched out his hand and pushed the glasses, put the thing in his hand on the ground, and said:

"I bought you new cans... 13 different flavors, as well as lamb chops and steaks, and I've renewed your dental insurance for 3 years."

"???"

Frank, who walked out of the kennel with a yawn, widened his eyes. He ran to Merlin's feet with short legs, looked at the canned food in the plastic bag, and then barked twice, seemingly very happy.

But soon it reflected it, and the joy visible to the naked eye on the dog's face was quickly hidden. It first dragged the canned food and meat to the refrigerator, pushed open the refrigerator door with its paws, put the food in, and then Running back, squatting on the ground, looking at Merlin suspiciously, it said:

"Did you suddenly realize your conscience, and you will be better for Mr. Frank in the future? Or do you need my help?"

"You're so smart, dog...uh, Frank."

Merlin reached out to touch Frank's head, and the latter grinned at him immediately, but he still didn't resist Merlin's hand falling on top of its head. The slow, smooth strokes with faint magic power made Frank feel comfortable. His eyes narrowed.

"I do need your help with something."

Merlin stroked Frank's head and said:

"I need you to go to the Southern Galaxy for me again and bring something to Carol."

"Southern Galaxy?"

The silly dog ​​suddenly raised its head, a trace of hesitation and fear flashed in its black eyes, and it said to Merlin:

"You asked me to be a messenger again? It's very dangerous. I know from some friends that the war in the southern Milky Way has recently heated up again. This time the scale of the war is bigger than the last one. I'm not afraid, but In that kind of war-torn area, it is very difficult to find the mistress...it is not as simple as finding someone on earth."

"I know it's hard."

Merlin said helplessly:

"But besides you, I have no one to entrust."

"It's an important task, Frank, it's important to me, it's important to Carol. I can't tell you what it is because it puts you at more risk and you just have to Just like last time, just deliver the things to Carol safely."

"Oh, yes. I also have a 'friend' for you."

Merlin took another item from his pocket and placed it beside Frank.

That thing looks like a large suitcase, but the surface is black metal, which looks quite heavy.

When Merlin put it on the ground, the parts on the metal shell of the thing began to rotate and deform continuously. Amidst the rattling sound of metal parts colliding, a black robot with a height of one person appeared in the to Frank's side.

There is an information collector shining with blue light on its rectangular head, as if it has its own thinking. It raised its head and glanced at Merlin, then looked down at Frank, then stretched out a metal hand, and gently moved a Frank, with a panicked face, picked it up and put it on his broad and strong shoulders.

"Yo, it seems that Bastion likes you very much."

Merlin said to the confused Frank:

"I won't let you go alone for the courier delivery mission this time, the fortress will accompany you, it will be your personal bodyguard..."

"The robot looks silly."

Frank squatted on the shoulder of the fortress, he sniffed the smell of metal emanating from the fortress, and said to Merlin:

"Is it really possible? You know, those raiders in outer space are very fierce."

"Fortress, of course."

Merlin said to Shagou seriously:

"Don't look at its stupid face. If there is a conflict, as long as it is not a large-scale exchange of fire, it can protect you from evacuating safely. It also has a backup artificial intelligence in its database. Although it can only be turned on in critical moments, it can Escorting you across the galaxy shouldn't be a problem, as long as you don't cause trouble yourself."

"Look at me, Merlin!"

The silly dog ​​said dissatisfied:

"I'm just a harmless puppy. You speak with your conscience. I'm the one who gets bullied the most in your damn house, okay? Then again, I always feel that this robot Some are unreliable...”

"Uh, okay."

Merlin said to Frank:

"If you really feel that the fortress can't protect you, then I'll give you another companion."

He looked up to the second floor, and he shouted:

"Cuckoo! Come on."

"Swish"

An orange figure jumped into Merlin's arms like lightning, probably because he was about to get new cat food, Gugu seemed very gentle, rubbing his head against Merlin's arm, with a harmless look on his face.

"I asked you to go with you, is it all right now?"

Merlin stroked Gu Gu Gu's smooth and shiny fur, and said to the frightened Frank:

"You know how powerful Gugu is, taking you across the galaxy is not a problem at all, as long as you can bear being beaten up by Gugu every day, or a few times..."

"Forget it."

The silly dog ​​was resolutely persuaded. It stuck out its tongue and licked the silly and happy rectangular head of the fortress. It said to Merlin:

"Don't bother me about this little thing, I can take care of it. Give me the things, and I'll leave tomorrow morning."

"No, you're leaving tonight."

Merlin took out an encrypted necklace-like thing from his pocket, wrapped it around Frank's collar, and said to Frank:

"This thing needs a password to open. The password is the date of the day Carol and I drank. In addition, I set up a security module for it. Once it is more than 20 meters away from your body, it will explode. The explosion is very powerful. So at critical moments, you can throw it as a bomb."

"But that also means that your mission has failed, so return to Earth as quickly as possible, and I will give you another one. In short, I would rather lose it than let it fall into the hands of others, understand?"

"What is it, it's so serious."

Frank stretched out his claws, and flicked the necklace hanging around its neck, it complained:

"It's the same as the plot in those stupid movies of you humans..."

"You don't need to know what it is, you just need to know that it's important."

Merlin took out his pocket watch to check the time, and he said to Frank:

"Go, I've already bought you a boat ticket to leave Earth tonight and go to the Milky Way. Agent J will pick you up at the star port, and the fortress will be disguised as your private aircraft... Come back early, Frank."

"Ok."

Frank bared his teeth at Merlin, it jumped off the shoulder of the fortress, and said to Merlin:

"Don't let Goo Goo touch my can, I will be back as soon as possible."

Merlin turned his head and gestured to the fortress, and the latter immediately changed its shape again. With the support of several transformation gears in its body, the fortress of the 2.0 system, like Horus, can switch back and forth between several forms.

Under the gaze of the silly dog ​​Frank, the fortress quickly turned into a black flying platform similar to a flying saucer, and the three blue propellers below it continuously generated recoil energy, allowing it to move steadily. Suspended in the low air.

Merlin waved his fingers, and the gravitational force emanating from his fingertips lifted Frank up and threw him on top of the Fortress aircraft. A glass-like cover flipped outwards, and the metal safety belt firmly held Frank on the ground. aircraft surface.

The silly dog ​​barked twice in excitement, then raised its paw, and waved at Merlin. The next moment, amidst the buzzing of the aircraft, it rushed out of the open window and into the night sky with the silly dog ​​Frank on it. among.

"Icarus, I'm actually quite curious."

Merlin watched the silly dog ​​and the fortress disappear into the night. He pushed his glasses and said to Icarus:

"After Frank and Bastion went into outer space, will the backup program you left in Bastion's database still be activated? Is it still under your control?"

"No, no."

Icarus replied:

"After leaving the communication range, the backup program will be assigned a temporary autonomous authority, which will be equivalent to some threads that I split out, will simulate my data awareness, and have a complete logical circuit. It will temporarily become another A low profile version of 'me'."

"But after Bastion returns to Earth, that temporary consciousness will share the data and memories with me and become a part of me again."

"Well, that sounds dangerous."

Merlin hugged the drowsy Gugu, rubbed his chin and said:

"It's as if you have separated a part of your soul. Don't you worry that that part of your soul will really leave you and become another independent individual?"

"Stop watching boring sci-fi movies, Lord Merlin."

Icarus complained mercilessly:

"Getting out of control at the data level is not as easy as you think. The locked authority is a basic rule that us data beings cannot violate. Besides, it and I are one, how can we talk about independence?"

"Well, everyday is despised."

Merlin shook his head, he put Gu Gu in his arms on the ground, then moved his shoulders, he said:

"I hope Carol can send back good news."

"Your Excellency Merlin, I'm actually quite puzzled. Why do you have to seek Ms. Carol's help?"

Icarus asked rather puzzled:

"Yon Rogg, the former Cree aristocrat of Thunderbolt, who was imprisoned in the isolated island prison, should also be able to unlock the ancient Cree writing for you, and you can control him at any time with the Imperius Curse and the Oblivion Curse." It's obviously more convenient and faster to do this."

"Yon Roger may be able to."

Merlin says:

"But on such a matter of great importance, I obviously believe in 'my own people'... You have to understand, Icarus, magic is like technology, it is not omnipotent, and Yong Roger, he has many reasons If you want to kill me, as long as one link goes wrong, I may get a false infinite formula, and the most fatal thing is that I cannot judge its authenticity."

"So on this matter, I'd rather spend more time, but also make sure that the infinite formula we finally got is absolutely correct... Well, the things have been sent out, and now we have nothing but waiting Things are getting better..."

"Let's shift our focus back to work."

Merlin pushed his glasses, he said:

"There are still a lot of leftovers from the liquidation operation to deal with, and the promotion of the omnic plan... well, I hope the silly dog ​​has a smooth journey."

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In a certain mysterious area in the ocean of the earth, the only star port on the earth is located here. It is directly managed by the MIB. Of course, as a department that is more inclined to administration than combat, MIB has a lot of human resources. It is not as abundant as S.H.I.E.L.D., so in this star port, there are many hired alien soldiers who have obtained the right to live on Earth.

They are the main security force of the star port, but to be honest, the earth can only be regarded as a newly born third-rate station in the long-mature interstellar route of the Milky Way. Basically, there will be no difficult interstellar gangsters who will set their sights here .

There is no oil and water on the one hand, and this bone is hard to chew on the other hand, especially after the Cree fleet’s expedition to the earth in 1994 was defeated, those interstellar bandits of the stars are not willing to come to the evil backcountry of the earth. .

"Yo, Frank, flying machines are cool."

At the entrance and exit of Starport, Agent J saw the silly dog ​​Frank sitting on the black flying saucer flying towards the entrance from a distance.

The relationship between Agent J and Frank is very good. When Frank was wandering around disguised as a dog, he would often go to Agent J's house to grab a meal.

"Swish"

When approaching Agent J, the fortress quickly changed back to the shape of a trolley case. It didn't need Frank to drag it, but could follow Frank forward automatically.

"Hi, J."

Frank was wearing the black coat that Lorna prepared for him, and a pair of sunglasses on his eyes. He looked very handsome.

It raised its head and said to J beside him:

"Merlin said he bought me a ticket."

"Correct."

J took out an electronic ticket similar to a seal from his pocket, hung it around Frank's neck, and said to Frank:

"Merlin is really kind to you. This time he bought you a first-class cabin. It seems that you have a good life with him."

"Well, it's not bad except for being beaten by a cat occasionally, and your dignity is a little bit damaged. But then again, what is dignity? Can it be eaten?"

Frank complained, it swayed its body, and said to J:

"Then I'll go in, J, and I'll bring you the special products from the Southern Galaxy when I come back."

"Well, let's go."

J escorted Frank to the gate, and he said to Frank:

"Don't forget to bring some information back, as before, we will pay for it."

"Swap it for canned food for me."

Frank hopped on Bastion's deformed trunk, where it crouched, and said to J:

"It's useless for me to ask for money now, Merlin is supporting me."

"Oh, by the way, I heard that Agent Z, the evil old man, is back? Remember to say hello to him for me!"

(End of this chapter)