บท 537: Downfall (part 1)

“Nova,” Aron called out.

{Yes, sir?}

“Can you reprogram the surveillance nanites to search for any explosive devices and disarm them?” he asked.

{Yes. They’ve already spread through the entire city, so detection will be easy. But they’ll have to gather to disarm, won’t that mean we don’t have real-time eyes on all of the targets?} Nova said.

“It depends on how many there are. If there’s just a few of them, we can call the bomb squad for disposal. If there are a lot, we’ll have to use the nanites.”

{Understood, sir. I’ve reprogrammed them to search for explosive devices, the new scan will take a little over four minutes.}

Aron nodded and turned over on his back, gazing up at the sky above him. It was daytime, so he couldn’t see the stars, but Nova helpfully overlaid them on his vision, knowing his habits as she did.