The Next Day
Early in the morning, Hua led Tian Shi to the door of Mobius's office. At this time, Mobius shouldn't have gone to the lab yet.
"Master Tian, are you ready?" Hua asked in a low voice to the little figure in her arms.
"Get ready... ahem, give me some time." Tian Shi stared at the door in front of him, hesitated for a moment, still a little shy. "Hua, what do you think should be the first thing I say when I see Mobius?"
"Didn't you prepare last night? It was 'I'm back.'"
"Is it really okay to say this directly?" Tian Shi was a little nervous. "Should I prepare something? Like how to greet her first... or something?"
Although he had been observing Mobius every day beside Hua before, when it came to directly communicating with Mobius... he was still a little nervous.
In other words, if Mobius starts crying after he finishes speaking, how should he comfort her? Or if she pretends not to care... how should he continue the topic?
"Well, I'll help you, Master Tian." Hua felt that the two situations Tian Shi mentioned were very complicated just thinking about them.
However, the matter was already about to start, and she had to push Master Tian even if she had to bite the bullet.
"Wake up, your name is Hua, not Carol." Tian Shi's eyes were full of doubt.
Although he admitted that Hua's emotional intelligence had improved a lot under his own training, it was still far from Carol's level.
If it had been Carol, maybe he would have quickly believed her, but Hua...
Creak—
Hua didn't give Tian Shi time to think about it and directly pushed open the door.
She had already seen that the more Tian Shi hesitated, the more he cared about Mobius's reaction... or the more he feared that Mobius would be disappointed.
Love is war!
There is only progress and no retreat!
"Who... Hua? You have to knock when you enter, have you forgotten?" Mobius, who was buried in documents, looked at the uninvited guest at the door with some displeasure.
If it weren't for the fact that the two of them had a pretty good relationship these days, Mobius would probably have kicked her out on the spot. But even so, Mobius didn't give Hua a good look.
However, facing the unhappy look on Mobius's face, Hua had no intention of backing down or apologizing and walked directly to Mobius's desk.
"What's wrong?" The first time she saw Hua with a stern face, as if she was carrying out a desperate charge on the battlefield, Mobius was surprised.
For Hua, even with Carol's teachings, she still didn't know what a master was like.
But if it's a battlefield... Hua doesn't need anyone to teach her.
She had already realized that the only way for her Master Tian and Dr. Mobius to reunite successfully was for them to have a life-and-death battle.
Directly block Master Tian's retreat, leaving him with no possibility of backing down!
"Take it." Hua nodded to Mobius with the serious attitude she had on the battlefield, and then placed the little man in her arms on Mobius's desk.
Fortunately, Tian Shi didn't escape possession.
"Miniature Soul Steel bionic body? The one you finished yesterday? What modules did you add to it?"
Looking at the little man on the table whose appearance had completely changed, Mobius was stunned, but she immediately thought of yesterday's finished product. But then, Mobius felt that something was wrong.
-Wrong.
The expression on the little man's face in front of her didn't resemble the derivatives of artificial intelligence, which looked diverse but were actually extremely rigid.
The complex look on the other side's face was so vivid that it was like a living person.
"Hua... what is this?" Mobius simply put aside how unpleasant it was for Hua to break into her office.
The strongest biologist in Fire Moth looked at Hua with an expression that showed she couldn't comprehend the current situation.
She didn't know why, but when she saw the look on the little man's face in front of her, she suddenly had a strange but indescribable feeling.
Mobius didn't wait for Hua's answer. Instead, the little man on the desk spoke slowly, and the voice that was once most familiar to her, but now a little vague, resonated in her ears.
"I'm back, kid."
Kid? In Mobius's life memory, there was only one person who had called her that, and that person only called her that once.
Unfamiliar... but so familiar. The boy who was despised by her when she was born, so he was furious and said something like, "You little girl, you don't know how to appreciate a good person."
That guy, has he really come back? Mobius was still somewhat incredulous.
However, Mobius would never be wrong about remembering the scene of their first meeting when she was born. That is a memory that will be engraved in the soul.
So... how should I respond? Mobius still maintained a calm expression on her face, but her whole body seemed to be immobilized, unable to move.
In the past, Mobius had dreamed of reuniting with Tian Shi countless times, and she had even made various preparations, such as saying "Welcome back" with a smile, or hugging him and crying, sharing with him everything that had happened over the years, or appearing less excited and treating him with the usual attitude between the two.
But now, when the person she was yearning for and thinking about actually appeared before her eyes, the mind of the world's top scientist, the wisest person who could be called a monster, was in complete disarray.
Which one should I use? Say... welcome back? No, no, that's too much like a wife, isn't it? Mobius, who had always claimed to be Tian Shi's wife, suddenly felt like a little girl.
Although Mobius is confident that her love for Tian Shi is definitely number one in the world... But as expected, she still feels embarrassed to say that. And if I say that, this stupid ghost will surely get carried away!?
Then... then hug him and cry? How is that possible? I have never cried in front of this stupid ghost! Absolutely! Absolutely! I will never cry! Besides... she didn't want the other person to worry about her.
Alright! Just use the normal attitude between the two of us.
"Okay, I understand." Mobius said calmly as if nothing had happened.
No, no, no! As soon as those words were spoken, Mobius wanted to slap herself twice.
This is not their usual mode of communication!
She should have used a calmer tone and a more provocative voice to attract this stupid ghost's attention!
No! I have to find a way to remedy this! But her own mouth... Mobius felt her mouth was a little dry at this moment, as if it was completely out of her control.
That's right! Anyway, let's leave this stupid ghost here for now! At worst, we can think about it later!
"Hua, your gift is good, I'll accept it." Mobius reached out to grab Tian Shi with an expressionless face; Mobius now felt her face freezing, as if her body was completely out of her control.
No, Mobius even felt her ability to think deteriorating.
Bang!
Hua mercilessly knocked away Mobius's hand.
Now Mobius is just an ordinary woman who has no powers and is far inferior to Hua in both strength and reaction.
Hua said, "Although I support your reunion with Master Tian, trying to snatch Master Tian from me... although it's impossible to snatch him, this action is indeed too much."
So... Hua, is this how you help adjust the atmosphere?
"Cough, Mobius, calm down, calm down... Come, follow me, take a deep breath... Exhale, exhale..." Fortunately, Tian Shi still understands Mobius's character after all; well, he doesn't need to understand, just look at Mobius's stiff expression and movements.
Instead, Tian Shi breathed a sigh of relief. It turns out I wasn't the only one who was nervous; Mobius was also nervous.
Following Tian Shi's rhythm, Mobius took several deep breaths before regaining control of her body and brain.
After
— Bang! Bang! Bang!
Mobius slammed her forehead against the desk three times.
After her IQ returned to normal, with her superhuman intelligence, Mobius instantly figured out the whole story.
It was precisely because of this that a strong sense of shame overwhelmed Mobius's reason.
"Bastard Tian Shi... you are Hua's Guardian Angel now, right?" Embarrassed and angry, Mobius stopped calling him "stupid ghost" and directly called out Tian Shi's real name, which she had almost never called before.
"Yes." Isn't this obvious?
"Then does that mean you saw what I looked like just now?" When Mobius thought of her previous behavior like that of a resentful woman, she wished she could just bang her head against the wall and die.
"If you're talking about having children or something... well." Tian Shi turned his head and said, "And you taught Hua something like 'Don't be like me when you fall in love in the future,' I heard that too... Fortunately, I think it's cute."
"You just want to see me look ugly, don't you?" Mobius was lying on the table, showing a childish attitude after a long time.
"And Hua...!" Mobius realized who Hua really liked and realized that Hua would be her "enemy."
But the impression Mobius had of Hua wasn't that bad.
"You kid, if it weren't for Hua pushing you, you wouldn't appear in front of me at all, would you?" Mobius has seen Hua's hard work in the past few weeks.
Although she was confused by Hua's project before, now... she's not stupid and naturally knows why Hua was working so hard.
Therefore, Mobius's feeling towards Hua actually increased a bit, but at the same time, she felt a little dissatisfied.
This girl, is she so sure that she can stand on equal footing with me?
"Well... this is..." Although Tian Shi wanted to explain, it was the truth, so he could only say what he originally thought, "I originally wanted to wait until the moment I returned to you in the future, so I could make you truly happy."
"So you are the Stupid Mr. Ghost." Mobius, who was lying on the table, looked at Tian Shi, tears glistening in her eyes. "For me... just being able to see you again is enough... Well, although I have my jealousy and whatnot, my jealousy won't be based on the reluctance of a stupid ghost like you."
Tian Shi was speechless.
In fact, for Tian Shi, he also wanted to give Mobius, or all his hosts, the best answer.
For Tian Shi, Aponia is the person he wants to protect; Mobius is the relative he watched grow up; Tesla and Einstein are his mentors and friends; Hua is his apprentice whom he personally taught, and even with Rita, with whom he doesn't have a high degree of compatibility, the relationship between the two is close to that of partners and friends.
He doesn't want anyone to feel disappointed because of him.
Maybe I'm a bit greedy?
"No, stupid ghost, I think greed is a good quality." Mobius seemed to have seen through Tian Shi's thoughts and laughed softly. "It is because of your greed that I had a childhood full of light. Sometimes I wonder if I should have been more greedy and tried by all means to keep you."
"The drunkard at that time shouldn't say such things." Tian Shi said weakly.
Thanks to the experience Mobius presented, otherwise Tian Shi really wouldn't know how to deal with someone like Tesla who had a terrible drinking habit.
"I was just trying to escape reality at that time. You could have drunk more. Maybe you would have stayed to take care of me. People always hope for a miracle."
Mobius seemed to care about what happened that year—that wouldn't be strange.
"I had just turned 18, and the person closest to me was already gone... You are so stupid for letting a fragile 18-year-old girl live alone." Mobius's words instantly filled with resentment.
In response, Tian Shi simply rolled his eyes. He didn't need to worry about a girl who could become the head of a lab at the age of 18.
"Tell me, when are you leaving this time?"
After a brief greeting, Mobius asked a sharp question that made Hua look a little sad.
"Lately, that intuition has become stronger."
The more he simulated, the sharper Tian Shi's intuition about the "end" became.
"So there's no way." Mobius raised her head, revealing a face that was slightly stained with tears. "Seriously, if you had told me earlier that you wanted to build a body for this guy, I would have given you more Soul Steel."
"Because your reaction at that time, Doctor, made Master Tian and me feel that we shouldn't expose him so easily." Hua retorted mercilessly, "But... these Soul Steels are barely enough."
"Yeah... the size is too small," Mobius measured Tian Shi's size with disappointment.
Hua: "?"
Is it an illusion?
Why did she always feel that there was something else behind what Mobius was saying?
"Hua, how about I stay with you tonight?" Mobius asked with a clear purpose.
"No."
"Then I can live with that stupid ghost, and you can live next door."
"..."
That's even worse!