Chapter 1683

NO．298：Worry-free Relativity

But the discussion is split into two sides, so don't forget the other two aspects in that multithread.

——It actually overlaps, allowing a brief convergence.

"How come you came too?"

"Not my intention."

"If you'd said you were coming earlier, I wouldn't have wasted my time here, partner."

"I already said it's not my intention; originally I should have stayed with those two at the police station 60km away to meet with Bicuikes, Miss Xingxiong, and Miss Chen, then head to a restaurant."

"Can your body still eat?"

"The temporary body formed by combining Aibulong cells with my own cells can even turn into a monster, and eating a meal is easy, but is that the point?"

"The point… what is the point…… the Artificial Person Act?"

"It's commendable to care about human world laws, but that's not the point."

"Isn't that right? You should have praised me more by now!"

"The point is, now that I've arrived, you can indeed be free to do what you want; what are your plans? Go back to continue your research?"

After the puppet Aomo troupe toured various sites, they eventually appeared on television following a certain Gulite knight's battle, and were then proposed by an alien youngster concerned about a little brother, causing the itinerary to change.

"What research is there these days?"

Calculating the time, from the earliest contract to now it's been several months; for certain digital worlds with different time flow ratios, it's practically ages. Fortunately, the digital world where the Witch Beast resides has no noticeable time difference, and after these several months with time progressing normally on both sides, the research that was initially shouted about has indeed yielded some results, but those results are not new research or achievements, rather research and gaps.

"The Sage Beast Association we were supposed to meet is days late, and I'm really idle——no! Ah… partner! Let me out first! Adjust the resolution!!!"

A Digital Beast got anxious.

A Digital Beast first poked its head out of the screen, then, with the puppet Aomo making a little space, it wriggled out its entire upper body with more vigor than Sadako, and got stuck.

It's hard to believe that what got stuck first wasn't her still-impressive upper and lower body from her mature stage, but those two palms.

Yes, this is the Witch Beast; although her true form is a beautiful woman with a graceful figure, her makeup has a Halloween vibe, and her two large hands are even more eye-catching than her figure.

——Those hands are literally as big as a sandpot.

Although, by human proportions, it looks more like the effect of oversized red gloves, you don't need to know the details of Digital Beasts; the everyday behavior of Aomo's counterpart seems to prove her hands really are that big.

As for taking off her gloves to look…… it's well known that the costume-changing scene for Digital Beasts usually only expects low-level ones that are basically naked beast models, while for humanoid Digital Beasts such scenes are more often seen in fan art.

Some Digital Beasts, while mingling with their partners here, have changed so much they even start teasing their partners, seeming so intimate that it makes one nostalgic for the initial aloofness when they first met, yet some of the Digital Beasts' underlying logic still shows in her.

By contrast, the other one seeking breakthrough, seeking freedom……

"Good! I'm finally out! That… that over there! Bi Ze! Yes! Your phone—is that Bar Beast. X guy in there? Is he?"

For a moment, it seemed the Witch directly turned into a cowgirl; the huge leap from maturity to ultimate personality lies in a total rejection from self to data core.

This pure hostility's aura easily suppressed the alien youngster, leaving him only able to see the black cat on the red-clothed Witch's shoulder stretch like liquid, placing its claw on his shoulder in a threatening manner, while he watched wide-eyed as the black cat's body followed the Witch's horizontally seated magic broom approaching.

By then, however, it was his girlfriend beside him, unshielded by the aura, who grabbed the cat's paw and even stepped ahead to stand in front of Bi Ze facing the Witch Beast: "Miss, what do you intend to do to my husband……"

"Wait a moment for me."

She hadn't finished speaking, her mind still quickly calculating whether to strike, push, or flee with her boyfriend beside her when she saw the figure of the opponent, accompanied by a swiftly approaching floating broom, suddenly have its shoulder pressed down, causing the whole person and the remaining broom to shrink abruptly.

What tremendous force is this?

Everyone who witnessed this couldn't help but think that, all gazing at the hand pressing down on the Witch Beast's black shoulder guard.

At the same time, it was a hand encircled by several streams of black data forming a ring, itself fairly clean and slender, like a hand suited to appear alongside black and white keys.

This presents a huge contrast to her current vigor.

"It's really a shame that it's the drumming hand."

"……" xN.

The sigh that only some people held in their hearts was answered with this direct retort, leaving anyone stunned.

Especially since the other party's next sentence was even simpler and cruder.

"Also, don't let me smash your hand with a drumstick hard enough to look like an attack—what kind of talk is that!"

"Where is this an attack? Let go! Ah, don't bite him! Wait, I'm losing balance! Partner, let go! I can't detach! Ahhh!"

"……"

Watching those two interact, and seeing the Witch who just looked fierce now in a flustered, funny state, the outline of Bar Beast. X indeed flashed briefly in the phone placed beside Bi Ze.

Although it still wore an eye-shaped head ornament, it had already cleared the headband and massive scarf covering its face, revealing a rather complex, wordless expression.

After all, he was certain the Witch Beast shouldn't have made any effort in this regard; yet knowing that this unusually close-to-him appearance resulted from no effort at all, his heart inevitably felt a mix of emotions.

Whether it's the method being inadequate, the data being wrong, or perhaps the partner's fault…… he couldn't figure it out, but he also knew he shouldn't dwell on it.

After all, no matter how close they got, the other party still hadn't crossed that crucial line.

That woman still had that somewhat comical appearance, so she couldn't truly be considered close to him, and his attempts thus far were still not in vain.

——Just as he was comforting himself like that, words suddenly appeared before his eyes:

"【Since you've come, even if you don't plan to meet the Witch Beast, at least guard Bi Ze well?】"

"……"

"【You don't need to be so wary; you should have seen this, and ought to have heard Bi Ze talk about the effect of my monster card Gilbalis—its ultimate computing power is like a blade, capable of breaking through some not-so-strong barriers even with brute-force algorithms, and what I want to tell you is just this one sentence】"

"【After all, as far as I know, you haven't been around him much lately; as a Digital Beast partner, that's perhaps a bit negligent】"

Or are you saying you want to say you figured I'd take over the guard duty, so you're acting so lax?