Who hid My Corpse!-Chapter 194 - : Fifty-five Only death can terminate_3
Chapter 194: Fifty-five Only death can terminate_3
Yes, Ju had upgraded these metal bodies from “civilian” to “military” use.
Although they hadn’t quite reached the “military” standard and were far from the basic configurations of the Night Star Army’s equipment a decade ago, just the fact that they featured [Overload] meant they could already be considered military spec.
This was at least something that an Intermediate Mechanic could do.
Yet it was accomplished by Ju, a ten-year-old girl.
Gerard looked toward Ju beside him, full of disbelief.
“How did you manage this?” Gerard couldn’t help but ask again, though it wasn’t the first time he had posed the question.
Ju, undisturbed, raised her hand and pointed to a small booklet spread open on the table.
The booklet, naturally, had been left by Ju’s father, who was Eric.
Eric was a crazy fan of mechanics; he had originally bought this warehouse to satisfy his research obsession.
And that little booklet was one of his research outcomes—”How to Manufacture Military Goods with Civilian Parts.”
Under Lyra’s laws, to manufacture military-spec prosthetics without a permit was illegal, but design blueprints that hadn’t yet been enacted were of no concern. Eric must have merely wanted to fulfill his own development desires, hence he created a book of drafts.
But at that time, he would have never imagined that his daughter would actually produce the things described within the sketches, and even use them on her former squad leader, Gerard.
This gave Gerard a mix of sentiment and surprise.
However, the surprise was not that Eric could draft such sketches, but that Ju could realize them just from the sketches alone.
She was, after all, just a ten-year-old child.
Such overflowing talent.
Gerard felt that with Ju’s capabilities, she would certainly surpass her father in normal development.
But…
Watching Ju begin to pack up her tools, Gerard felt a twinge of sadness.
The children of Rebels are absolutely not allowed to touch military goods; even becoming a Junior Mechanic is difficult for them. Once the equipment Ju made was discovered by others, she would immediately be punished, becoming the next Rebel.
If it weren’t for Gerard, Ju wouldn’t have had the chance to showcase her talent.
But… it was also because of Gerard that Ju couldn’t flaunt her talent as she was doing now.
This made Gerard feel somewhat uneasy, because when he had earlier asked Ju what kind of person she wanted to be, he genuinely wanted to help her, to do everything within his current capabilities to achieve this.
However, all Ju wanted was to complete her father’s designs or, in other words, to accomplish something any ordinary Mechanician could do.
And what she did was beneficial to Gerard.
Naturally, this made Gerard feel somewhat uneasy to accept. As he was about to say something more to Ju, Bai Wei’s voice suddenly and leisurely began to resonate in his mind: “Interesting.”
“What?”
“Didn’t you notice?” Bai Wei spoke, “The kind of modification you’re getting, they’re against the rules, aren’t they?”
Gerard’s eyebrows furrowed slightly: “Since when do you care about the rules?”
“Of course I don’t care, and neither do you,” Bai Wei said indifferently, “but aren’t you forgetting something? I don’t care because I’m not a Lyrian, and you don’t care because you’ve been influenced by me.”
Bai Wei paused, then spoke with a hint of a smile.
“So, why wouldn’t she care either?”
Gerard’s pupils narrowed slightly, and he turned to look once more at Ju’s figure.
Yeah, he had almost forgotten the most critical question.
Under Bai Wei’s influence, he could disregard Lyra’s rules, but why could Ju?
Bai Wei wasn’t within Ju, and it was clear she hadn’t been contaminated.
What was the deal with that?
Though surprised, Gerard didn’t directly question Ju since he was sure she wouldn’t know; he asked Bai Wei instead, “Do you have any clue?”
“I just have a hypothesis,” Bai Wei spoke faintly, “Alright, quit playing house here. Get moving, take me to a place.”
“Now?” Gerard asked, “What place?”
“A place that records the history of Lyra,” Bai Wei asked, “Is there such a place?”
Gerard thought for a moment and then nodded.
“The Sky Tower’s archives.”
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