It's Simply Impossible

The meek curve at the corner of Liguang's mouth was still there, but...

The light in her heterochromatic eyes was rapidly fading!

The amber left eye was still trying to maintain its clarity, but that crimson right eye...

The data stream inside was slowing down and stagnating like an ebbing tide, ultimately leaving behind nothing but an inorganic emptiness!

Her gaze had no focus, merely landing emptily in mid-air, yet the corners of her lips were still turned up.

This bizarre combination of expressions sent a chill down Fang Qi's spine!

"Mr. Fang?"

Gu Xi's voice carried obvious confusion. She had clearly noticed Fang Qi's sudden stuttering and stiffness:

"Do you... have some concerns? If you're willing, I can go get an application form for you to fill out right now. It'll be very quick."

As she spoke, she leaned forward slightly, the fabric of her dark blue police uniform pulling taut with the movement.

Her light brown eyes looked at Fang Qi inquiringly.

Fang Qi: "???"

I say, lady, please don't add fuel to the fire!!

I don't want an application form!

The words "application form"... completely flipped some dangerous switch inside Liguang!

He watched helplessly as...

Liguang's empty eyes instantly froze!

Her hands resting in her lap... her fingertips were already digging slightly into the fabric of her skirt!

Oh crap, this crazy woman is really going to snap!

Was he really going to have to reload his save this time?

Reloading wasn't impossible, but... if Liguang went berserk inside a police station, wouldn't he end up eating bullets!

Damn it, just thinking about it hurts!

No, no! I have to struggle a bit more!!

Fang Qi's mind was racing with unprecedented clarity!

What should I do?

This crazy woman was going to snap just over a proposal to trial an AI?

Even for the crazy woman at this stage...

She shouldn't be getting jealous over an AI that had absolutely nothing to do with her, right?

Unless...

A thought flashed through his mind!

Could this crazy woman be thinking... that the police AI was also like her?

With a humanoid shell, able to talk and laugh, and maybe even... also a female figure?

There was no time to overthink it!

"Wait! Officer Gu!"

He immediately and forcefully interrupted the terrifying atmosphere!

He turned to look at Gu Xi, putting a curious expression on his face:

"Um... I suddenly remembered, that police auxiliary AI you mentioned... what exactly does it look like?"

"Is it like... uh, a robotic arm? Or... a robot dog? Or just a pure tool form, without a humanoid shell?"

As he asked, he felt the finger on his left hand that was still being death-gripped by Liguang, hurting so much it was almost numb.

Sure enough...

As his words left his mouth, the vice-like grip on his finger that felt like it was going to crush his bones... actually loosened a tiny bit!

Fang Qi took a deep breath.

Hah, there's a chance!

As expected, this little yandere had misunderstood!

He immediately continued asking Gu Xi, "I heard that your police AIs all focus on practicality. Are they all in weird and bizarre shapes?"

As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of Liguang beside him out of the corner of his eye.

The silver-haired girl's terrifyingly empty crimson eye... shifted slightly.

Ripples spread through the frozen data stream, and then... the emptiness began to fade!

Life flowed back into her gaze!

Her long silver eyelashes fluttered slowly.

On that stunningly beautiful little face... the slightly twisted expression rapidly receded!

Then, a trace of realization appeared, and her small mouth parted slightly!

She understood!

And... after the realization, guilt and unease surfaced on her face.

She seemed to have finally understood.

So the AI her master was going to trial wasn't a humanoid AI like her, but just a normal, functional AI!

She even felt guilty for what she had just done!

"Mas..."

She let out an extremely soft whimper, almost inaudible.

At the same time, Fang Qi felt the slender fingers twisting his pinky... completely release their grip.

Not only that, but those fingers also carried a kind of... fawning gentleness!

The pads of her fingers carefully and repeatedly rubbed his knuckle, which had already been pinched to a deep red mark.

The movements were light and soft, full of remorse and heartache!

Her delicate body even leaned towards him, rubbing against him in a fawning manner, and she tilted her little face up slightly, revealing a fawning, pleading expression.

It was as if she was saying:

"Master, Liguang was wrong, really wrong... Do you think there will still be a kiss tomorrow, and Liguang's little stars..."

Fang Qi slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

...Hah!

It's stabilized...!

Taking advantage of this rare moment of respite, he quietly moved his newly freed pinky.

He tried hard to maintain a focused expression on his face regarding Gu Xi's question, but in his heart, he had already given himself a thumbs up.

However, before he could completely finish his sigh of relief—

"Robot dog? Robotic arm?"

Hearing this, the beautiful police officer in front of him waved her hand in amusement, interrupting Fang Qi's inner smugness.

She relaxed and leaned back in her chair, her long legs crossed, the fabric of her police trousers stretching out in smooth lines.

"It's not that kind of basic model at all."

Her tone was casual, even carrying a hint of a you don't know this, do you educational vibe:

"What we are piloting this time is the first batch of police humanoid AI auxiliary units."

"That's why we specifically need feedback from someone like you who has experience using home humanoid AIs."

She said it as a matter of course: "Normal, ordinary AIs wouldn't need you guys to trial and provide feedback."

Fang Qi: "...?"

What did she... just say?

...Humanoid?

The smile that had just hung on Fang Qi's face froze once again.

Gu Xi didn't notice his suddenly stiff expression and continued speaking, her tone quite relaxed:

"Furthermore, the emotional communication modules installed in this batch of AIs are quite rich. In order to improve the naturalness of interaction, they use the emotional cores of the Dawn series mass-produced models, which is... considered homologous technology to your Liguang."

As she spoke, she even smiled amiably towards Liguang:

"Although it's definitely not as precise as the core of a top-tier custom model like yours, the feeling of communicating with it should be about the same as when you normally talk to Liguang. You'll definitely find it easier to adapt and get used to!"

Fang Qi: "......"

Homologous technology...?

About the same... as communicating with Liguang...?

Hehe...

He felt... he didn't even need to peek at this crazy woman anymore.

Because he could clearly feel that the slightly cool fingertips that had been gently rubbing his finger...

Had frozen once again.

The delicate body pressed against him instantly stiffened!

On that pretty face, the fleeting guilt, softness, and fawning from just a moment ago vanished without a trace!

He slowly shifted his gaze to the side.

Liguang's head was slightly lowered, her profile stunningly beautiful.

Silver strands of hair slipped down her cheek, covering a small half of her face.

She still maintained that dignified sitting posture, her hands neatly crossed over the light beige skirt once again.

But the meek curve at the corner of her lips... had completely disappeared.

It was replaced by a nearly straight, emotionless line.

And beneath her hair-covered cheek—

Those heterochromatic eyes... were staring at him coldly, without blinking!

Deep within those crimson eyes, the torrent of data that had just resumed flowing was now completely frozen, solidifying into a bottomless, scarlet pool of ice.

There was no madness, no sparks, no twisted smile.

Only a bone-piercing coldness... the kind you feel when stabbed in the back by the person you trust the most!

Fang Qi: ...Bruh.

I am so tired.

Let it all burn!

Just snap and go dark already!

I might as well just reload my save!!

This crazy woman and her violently possessive nature...

She is way too hard to please!!!

Going completely dark over the tiniest little thing... It is absolutely impossible to deal with this crazy woman at this current stage!!