Chapter 505

Instantly, she had an impression of this guy.

An anomalous individual similar to a superhero, but she really didn't expect the other party to be a comedic character.

Sofia complained slightly, just about to continue evaluating something, but found that her heart had no waves.

"Wow. Impressive, impressive." She praised sincerely.

Hearing such a response, Specter couldn't help but reveal a smile, and then put away his exaggerated entrance action.

Sofia walked slowly toward him:

"Mind telling me what you're doing in my office?"

"I'm here to talk to you, of course!" He said, "You're preparing a team, the 'Hero Squad', right?"

As he spoke, he struck various strange poses one after another, replicating one classic superhero pose after another.

Just missing some exaggerated sound effects and some special effect text floating in the air.

You could treat this place as a special effects studio.

"Maybe."

Sofia tried not to leak too much information.

"And what does this have to do with you?"

Sofia didn't remember the other party's number on the list.

Once again, he struck an exaggerated pose.

Sofia suddenly had some new ideas, such as introducing him to her nephew—Specter seemed to fit the appetite of his kind of movie-fan kid.

"Isn't it obvious!"

"You are forming a team to uphold the most sacred law: the law of physics!"

He bowed slightly, his tone rising and falling, full of emotion, giving Sofia the illusion that she was watching a stage play.

"As someone who has sworn to protect this world from the intrusion of evildoers, it is my responsibility to devote myself to such a noble cause!"

In all her life... this short thirty? forty? fifty seconds?

Was the most surprising to her.

After accepting O5-10's instructions, she had imagined various possible reactions.

Conspiracy, anger, sabotage, death threats, chaos, total failure.

But she hadn't anticipated a volunteer.

Sofia responded gently:

"This might be a pleasant surprise, but we don't just accept applications."

"I don't know who you are, whether I can trust you, or what you will bring to the team. Maybe you can go with security, and let us have a little chat with you?"

Hearing this, Specter stepped forward, head held high.

"No need for that, Doctor!"

"I am the embodiment of justice! My skills are top-notch, my power is absolute, and my experience in fighting crime dates back several centuries. The members of your Foundation who have worked with me before can prove my outstanding value!"

If he weren't shrouded in shadow, he would probably be like those heroes in Greek mythology.

Probably there would be ten thousand rays of light behind him.

"I'm sorry, what?"

Sofia almost suffocated.

"I'd be happy to have a formal meeting with you in a few days, but for now, I'm just letting you consider my proposal."

Specter walked to the window, opened it, and let the winter's cold wind pour into the warm office.

Then, he climbed onto the windowsill and said a string of inexplicable words:

"Now I hope you can forgive me—'Minecraft' has just released a new update."

"And I, personally, am ready to protect the Piglins from other dark Nether residents!"

Then, accompanied by a sweep of his cape, he leaped out of the window.

Leaving only that hearty voice lingering in the wind.

"Fear not!"

"As long as Specter is still fighting evil, justice will surely prevail!"

"Any evil will eventually be brought to justice!"

When Sofia sat in her office chair, pressing her temples with her thumbs, a large group of security personnel arrived late.

So, Sofia drove them away, explaining it was a drill, and hoping they would be faster next time.

A moment later, she lit up the computer, opened a file, and then, while sighing, checked off on the list:

【Specter (Under consideration)】

"'Minecraft'... what an old game name, ah, I can actually search for it on the internet."

"Unbelievable, the Foundation's influence on us is probably more profound than we thought."

"Sure enough, the anomalies in the file are vastly different from the anomalies in reality... I thought this one was a cold, unfeeling police-calling machine... didn't expect him to be addicted to games."

"No, one thing to say, although this segment is only a little over a minute, Sofia seems to have experienced an incredibly long torment."

"Normal, the two personalities are too different."

"Interesting, I'm quite curious to know if he plays the role of atmosphere-activator when the Alpha-9 team is actually executing missions?"

"Undoubtedly, he is a long-lived species on another level, and he hasn't had any anomalous changes because of longevity. If you start from this angle, those ancient existences in the Foundation who have existed for who knows how many years are just stacks of unpublished papers."

A week later, Foundation interrogation room.

The interrogation room was small and dim, with brown-yellow walls, a spotless iron door, and a one-way mirror—truly oppressive.

Sitting on a chair that didn't consider comfort at all, Sofia started to miss her office.

Was it boring?

Of course it was boring.

But compared to the android across the table, her office was a rare theme park.

A theme park with superheroes.

Well, if that android didn't react, it might as well be considered a mannequin.

Such a mannequin might be a good choice to throw into a haunted house.

She raised her eyes and stared at the android opposite.

It had the physique of a normal male, covered in a layer of black fabric acting as skin, and there were two acrylic circles where the eyes should have been.

"SCP-1360".

Since Sofia sat down, "SCP-1360" had been almost motionless, except for moving its head to size up the other party when Sofia first sat down.

It remained silent toward Sofia and didn't react to the paper and pen used for writing in front of it.

Absolutely no intention of communicating.

Finally, Sofia also chose silence, giving 1360 the time to make the first move.

She recalled the other party's file in her heart.

【Anomaly: PSHUD No. 31】

【Item Number: SCP-1360】

【Risk Class: Euclid】

【Item Description:】

【"SCP-1360" is a mobile and articulate android.】

【Its shell is covered by black fabric of unknown composition, called "SCP-1360-1", which serves as its skin and can self-repair, and can also repair the damaged acrylic shell of "SCP-1360".】

The advantage of including a combat android that can self-repair into Alpha-9 is obvious.

What's truly worrying is not how much firepower, technology, or knowledge it can bring, but how to ensure that this thing wants to be a team member, and whether it can be trusted.

Sofia looked at it calmly until it raised its head, picked up the pen, and then wrote.

Perfect and elegant font was born under its pen.

Sofia looked at the handwriting it wrote and leaned forward:

"Why do you say that?"

【You all only asked what I knew before.】

【You didn't. You made a different request.】