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[Li Lin, you are not serious, are you? ] Optimus Prime asked earnestly—he wouldn’t think that Li Lin would really declare war so easily, Li Lin might be a little naive and willful—but this willful and naive right was bestowed by himself in another world , and because of this, such self-willedness seemed extraordinarily terrifying.

【…】Mirror Soundwave was silent, but didn't say anything.

And the sound wave on one side also just kept quiet, and didn't want to interfere in such a matter of directly confronting members of the other faction.And it was even more impossible to talk to Knockdown who had had direct contact with Li Lin. He didn't want to let this top intelligence officer who had betrayed the Emperor of Destruction more than [-] times and hadn't been killed notice his existence.

Starscream touched the bottom part of his wing subconsciously, recalling the fact that he was almost killed by Optimus Prime in the parallel world last time, but found that no Decepticon dared to respond to Li Lin at this moment. provocation——so he gritted his teeth and glanced resentfully at Sonic, who pretended to be dumb——didn’t he usually have a lot of intelligence information, why didn’t he say anything at the critical moment?

[I don't think so, after all, your interior is not very stable, isn't it?

— Who doesn't know that you have betrayed Optimus Prime so many times! 】

But Starscream's response made Li Lin laugh out loud——

【Yes, of course, Starscream... As the top intelligence officer, I have betrayed His Majesty so many times.

—but I'm lucky, aren't I? ...or is it that I am really trusted and favored by the Emperor? ——No matter what, as a TF who also has the core of rebellion, I think that in a certain respect, I am definitely more unlucky than you.

I still can't understand what His Majesty Optimus Prime is thinking. After all, no matter how much I betrayed him, he never directly had the intention to kill me.

—but it doesn't matter at all, I don't need to know what he's thinking. 】

[As for your answer, Optimus Prime...] Her voice seemed to be looping around the tip of her tongue a few times, with a subtle vibrato, [Personally, I would not How serious. ] Li Lin's tone suddenly changed——

[But for His Majesty, he must want to kill you and put them in the ranks of his latest collection, right? —Sound Wave, no matter which one it is... I want to warn you to be careful, the Great Emperor is happy to slowly torture you to death. 】

【I knew Li Lin that you would care about me. I still remember the time when we avoided the pursuit of Optimus Prime together...】Sound wave's emotional voice spread in all TF's audio receivers, Fortunately, he was interrupted by Li Lin before he finished speaking.

【—I don’t want to save you a second time, Sonic! ] Li Lin's tone, which was originally somewhat cruel and willful, was always inexplicably dissipated when facing the mirror sound waves—she herself didn't know what was going on. [If you have a long memory, you should remember how much your bounty increased after that incident! 】

【Li Lin, if you are not very willing to do these things, you can come to us, not to mention that you should really hate that one... who destroys the Great Emperor. 】Optimus Prime paused, feeling that it seemed a bit strange to use 'another Optimus Prime' as a pronoun.

【—It seems that you didn't understand the situation clearly. 】Facing Optimus Prime's voice, which is indistinguishable from the Emperor of Destruction, Li Lin didn't have the patience to deal with the sound wave, 【You in another world...

I'm afraid that even if Jazz betrays, he won't allow me to escape from his side. Possessiveness and self-esteem... Why should this kind of feeling that is so boring to despair be put on me?] Li Lin's voice was full of It was full of careless indifference, but maliciously poked at Optimus Prime’s heart that knew the truth, [You should put away your guilt or something, whether it’s your voice, your gestures, your weapons, or everything else. so similar--

It's like reaching the point of despair! 】

【...Although I said so, I also know that I should not have such sympathy for you, which is insulting to you, but... Li Lin, you are still different from them. ] Optimus Prime's steady and gentle voice conveyed some trust in Li Lin, 【You still remember the time when you fought with us, don't you? 】

Li Lin silently turned off the communicator.

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Li Lin opened the door of her laboratory—in fact, her laboratory was already in a semi-abandoned state after the first imprisonment, and almost only the functions of weapon research and supercomputing remained—even a large Some of the dangerous reagents are no longer present in it.

She silently watched the unlocking degree of the equation that was put into the quantum computer for calculation, and suddenly grabbed hold of it and fell slowly under the metal wall beside her. She even felt that her face must have been distorted to a certain extent Alright.

——What, that feeling!

——It's completely different from when Sonic cared about her or played with her!

——The feeling that His Majesty Optimus Prime seems to care about her and take care of her... It's completely disgusting to the point of despair...!

—So say it!

—What kind of strange feeling is that!

Almost suppressing his desire to laugh out loud, he covered his face with his right hand, almost looking excitedly to see what he was thinking.

Is it despair?

Is it Xinyue?

Is it pain?

Is it sweet?

——It’s completely different from the feeling of the sound wave, with despair and disillusionment but also with the inexplicable feeling of enjoying the dedication and possession of others... It’s almost completely desperate for myself, no... yes I feel completely hopeless for myself who still doesn't have the desire to 'kill' despite being treated like this!

Well... Forget it, because Optimus Prime is such a boring existence that is so hopeless—it can't even make her have the desire to kill. It's a completely different existence from Soundwave.

— No matter which world it is from.

——just a valuable tool.

Whispering words that no one can hear, lingering on the tip of her tongue——

"Hold our Majesty obediently, obediently let me reverse-engineer the escape device—no, there is no need for this, because what I need is different from the shock wave... I only need a coordinate, Safely reach the coordinates of other worlds.

—Even if it is clear that there is no escape, I still..."