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Chương 264: Scientists don't do Politics.

Afton's eyes were about to roll out of his head. Apparently, the only reason he'd survived the fungus was because they were trying to dissect him, the fungus had somehow foiled their plans to extract his heart, but hadn't prevented them from doing the same with his brain and spine... He wasn't sure whether or not he sure be grateful towards them or on the warpath.

Not only that, but the machinery they'd stuck into his back had increased his abilities, jumping his Strength from nine to ten, maxing it out and granting him a new Perk, [Tremble before me!]. His sideways glance at the Perk had revealed that it was pretty powerful, if slightly situational.

He didn't have time to think over the positives and negatives though as he didn't want to get lost in the robot's conversation...

"-Totally overrated, that arrangement of vertebrae." Zero scoffs before continuing, "'Look at me, with my lumbar and thoracic curvature.' Never had a use for any of that. Spineless is what I prefer." he states.

Afton frowns at him, "You can be spineless all you like! I'd rather have had a choice in the matter though! Aside from that, where did you 'misplace' my Brain and my Spine!?" he asks, more hoping for the return of the former as the [Spineless] Perk was pretty strong.

"Your spine should be in the sink's organ hotel, as for your brain? I do not know." Dala says.

"But YOU took it out in the first place!" Afton exclaims, getting dangerously close to feeling 'angry'.

"To be correct, you should say, 'The Auto-Doc' took out your brain. It did all the heavy lifting. It has never worked so hard before. It was unusual. Indeed, it worked so hard on your surgery that it destroyed its own memory... How odd. I bet your brain remembers what happened." Dala says.

Afton was confused at that, how would his brain remember the event, yet he himself was unaware of it... In the first place, his brain had no sensory organs if taken out of his skull...

"THAT AUTO-DOC-JUNKHEAP WAS ONE OF MOBIUS' CREATIONS, LIKE THE REST OF THE TALKING SCRAP METAL IN THE ATTIC." Klein says.

"After that, the brain lost itself... Not in the metaphysical sense. Might have gotten flushed into one of the pipes... Actually, that's pretty likely." Zero says.

Dr. Borous immediately picks up on this, "If so, it was FLUSHED all the way to MOBIUS! Fwoooosh! That... Is the sound of flushing..."

"BY THE FISSURE OF ROLANDO... ENOUGH OF THIS BIOLOGICAL SURGERY TALK." Klein exclaims before again, pointing his monitors at Afton, "LOBOTOMITE, LISTEN TO MY VOICE. IT DENOMINATES ME TO ASK, BUT... WE NEED YOUR HELP." He asks in an almost sincere way.

"IN MOST PROBABLE OF PROBABILITIES, OUR ENEMY, MOBIUS, HAS YOUR BRAIN. THIS IS NOT GOOD. HE WILL LIKELY COME AFTER OUR BRAINS NEXT. WE WANT YOU TO STOP HIM. SOMEHOW. WITH SCIENCE." Klein says, making it clear he's only asking to protect himself, and not in any way to make reparations for what they had collectively done to him.

Afton jabs his new, bark-covered finger at them, causing the robots to back away in fright, "FIRST, you lobotomized me without any consent, then you lose my brain, and attempt to harvest the rest of my organs to satisfy some curiosity or sick fetish..." he glances at Dala who's taking 'too much' interest in his extended finger and shivers before continuing.

"And now you are asking me to risk my life to save you all!? How does that make sense!? You guys all seem to be for forethought and logic, why would I ever help you!?" Afton exclaims.

"BECAUSE, LOBOTOMITE, WE, THE THINK TANK TOLD YOU TO." Klein says.

Borous interjects before Afton can respond, "For proper motivation, all we need do is rely on your SELF-PRESERVATION. Dr. Mobius has your brain, and thus you cannot leave this place brainless. You will recover it to save yourself, destroying Mobius in the process!"

"You forget! My spite trumps whatever self-preservation I might have right now. And what's stopping me from joining Mobius? He'd return my brain and I'd work with him to get payback on you lot." Afton says, his words a lot tamer than they would be if the Pacification Field wasn't inhibiting his aggression.

...

"Did... Did the lobotomite just say he'd join Mobius!?" Zero quickly asks the others.

"It did! WHAT DO WE DO NOW!?!" Borous exclaims.

"*BZZZTCH*" 8 buzzes static at them.

"Yes... That might work." Borous mutters and the robots turn towards Afton again.

"LOBOTOMITE! IN RETURN FOR NOT JOINING MOBIUS AND DESTROYING US, WE WILL GRANT YOU TECHNOLOGIES, THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN!" Klein says.

Afton crosses his arms, deciding to pull as many teeth from them as possible. "Oh? Wouldn't I be able to acquire technology if I joined Mobius? Once we defeated you, it'd be simple to retrieve it."

...

"Huh, well, he's got us there Klein." Zero says.

"QUIET! I DID NOT PREDICT THIS! LET ME THINK!..." Klein exclaims, causing them all to go silent.

...

Afton wonders if they actually have anything worth trading... For super scientists capable of creating teleportation, and lobotomizing him without removing his ability to think... They sure don't seem all that much. Though, there were a few side-benefits from allying with them.

One of which would be the Robo-Scorpion Mobius has apparently sent out. Most would consider that a negative, but for Afton it would basically be free exp... Depending on how difficult they are to destroy.

Honestly, the most important thing the Think Tank could grant him wouldn't be anything material... No. It would be their knowledge, their specialities and experience. Dr. Mobius is likely to only be worth on of the Think Tank, specialised in robots and whatever else concerned the Robo-scorpions.

The group though? If he could somehow manage to persuade them into his services, why, he'd literally have the smarted people from before and after the war working for him.


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Chương 265: Neguntiations

Afton taps his foot before refocussing his attention on the robots, of which Dr. Klein is apparently still trying to think of a way to bribe him. "Hmm, alright, I'll work for you all... Under one condition!"

...

"...OH? WERE YOU TALKING JUST NOW, LOBOTOMITE? I WAS THINKING..." Klein says, having not been aware of his surroundings at all.

Afton frowns, "Ok, since you want to be like that, I'll help you all, under two conditions." he states, increasing his ask after being snubbed by Klein.

"Dr. Klein, chances are the lobotomite is going to increase their asking price every time we ignore them!" Zero says.

"REALLY?... THEN THE LOBOTOMITE IS CAPABLE OF BASIC ADDITION!... MATHS!" Klein exclaims.

"I WILL HELP UNDER THREE CONDITIONS!" Afton shouts, causing the robots to still and turn towards him.

"FINE... FINE! WHAT ARE YOUR CONDITIONS, LOBOTOMITE?" Klein reluctantly asks, not allowing himself to go off on another tangent and potentially get forced to give up more ground to Afton.

Afton holds out his hand and extends one finger, "First! I want any resources you have around that may be useful to me, so that means weapons, armour, or any other tech that could potentially help."

"It wants WEAPONS!? Weapons are dangerous! We can't let a LOBOTOMITE carry weapons!" Borous retorts.

"Dr. Borous, it appears as if you've not observed the veritable arsenal the teddy bear is carrying... I am no expert in combustion pistols, but I know one when I see one." Dala states, pointing her monitors towards Afton's pistols and Anti-Material rifle still slung on his back.

"But... But-" Borous stutters out, but is interrupted before he'd able to formulate an argument.

"ENOUGH! GIVE THE LOBOTOMITE THE WEAPONS WE HAVE... IN ANY CASE, THEY WILL NEED IT AGAINST DR. MOBIUS' ROBO-SCORPIONS, AND THE OTHER 'FAILED-EXPERIMENTS' AROUND BIG MT" Klein says.

"Err, what weapons do we actually have?" Zero asks.

...

"WELL? ANYONE OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE USED AS A WEAPON!?" Klein loudly asks.

"I recall using Dr. 8's sonic-sound-emitter-projecto-gun to massage my bio gel..." Dala sheepishly admits. And Afton was sure if they still possessed skin they'd be blushing...

"*BZZZZTCH, BZZZZTCH, BZZZZZZZZTCH*" 8 buzzes out, everyone but Afton somehow understanding him.

"WAIT, IF WE ALREADY HAVE THE SONIC EMITTER, WHAT'S THE POINT IN SENDING THE LOBOTOMITE TO X-8!?" Dr. Klein asks.

"*BZZZZTCH! BZZZZTCH!*"

"EMITTER FREQUENCY? SHOULDN'T THERE ALREADY BE ONE LOADED?"

"*Bzzch...*" 8 sounds out, sounding almost embarrassed.

"I DON'T CARE YOU FAULTY RADIO-BRAIN! JUST DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO AND GET IT WORKING!" Klein says.

"*Bzzzzzch...*" 8 says before floating away, behind some machinery. Before Afton's able to ask what he's doing a strange sound starts coming from 8's position.

"*Bztch! Bzch! Bztchh!*"

"What is that sound?" Afton asks, curious.

...

"I... Think 8's sonjaculating into the gun. Getting it... Warmed up." Zero says, sounding slightly nausious.

"*BZZCH,BZZCH,BZZCH,BZZCH!BZZZZZZZZZCH!... BZZTCH*"

"Ding, turkey's done..." Zero states in exasperation.

8 floats over to where Klein in and tries to pass off the Sonic Emitter with one of its manipulators, but Klein backs off from it, "YOU GIVE IT TO THE LOBOTOMITE, I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT THING!"

8 floats to Zero who instantly rejects it, "Oh, I don't think so."

Dala, apparently having enough of there 'tomfoolery' just snatches the gun away from 8 with a manipulator, "I'll do it if you two are going to be ashamed of your technological needs..." she examines the emitter closer before continuing, "Let me give it a little sterilization first..." she says, sounding less enthused now that she'd gotten a better look at it.

Afton watches with rapt interest as Dala fails to 'sterilize' it in any way he'd recognise. No, instead she just brings the gun closer to her voice emitter and starts making a strange noise, "WooooOOOOoooooOOOooooo... Alright, all anti-bacterial fresh. Here you go, my little teddy bear. I have thoroughly removed all RobCo term link spew from the device. It is clean, shiny, and ready for your hands." she coo's before dropping the Sonic Emitter into his outstretched hands.

The weapon itself looked like a typical futuristic gun, with the exception of the sound detector that displayed what at first glance looked like a blue heart-beat sensor. The pistol's casing itself looked like a simple metal barrel with vacuum tubes and other electronic gadgets attached to it... At the end was a speaker, one presumably designed to fire deadly sonic waves.

[Sonic emitter - revelation]

Strength req : 2

DMG : 31

Crit dmg : 18

Crit mult : 1x

AP : 30

Weight : 2

Value : 10000

Special : +50 damage against robots outside Big MT, +20 damage against Big MT robots and power armour. Critical strikes cause 10-second paralysis.

Huh, causes paralysis and does bonus damage to robots and power armour... It makes sense that it would be weaker against Big MT robots who are presumably designed with this weapon in mind. All it meant was it would be far more effective outside of Big MT, something which Afton fully intended to take advantage of.

He straps to it the bandoleer on his chest that's also holding his plasma pistol and his Sawed-Off shotgun. "What ammo does this use?" he asks, despite fully knowing that it required Energy Cells, judging alone by the shape of receptacle on the top of the gun.

"WHAT AMMO DOES IT USE!? WHY I-..." Klein's upcoming rant peters off, "I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW! DR. O! WHAT BATTERY SIZE DOES THE DEVICE NEED?"

"Just plain old energy cells if I bio-gel hasn't crusted over and coagulated Dr. Klein." Zero says.

"So, anyone got any spare Energy Cells to use this thing? There's no point of having it if I lack the ammunition to use it."

"Ah, I used to... But all my batteries were used up on my vibr-... Vivisectors..." Dala admits.

"*Bzzzch!*" 8 states before floating over and dropping some Energy Cells in Afton's hands.

"THERE. WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER CONDITIONS?" Klein asks as Afton checks over his new weapon.

Afton shakes his head though, "My first condition isn't complete yet, I said ALL resources, meaning any weapons, armour, or tech you have." he states, not allowing himself to get sidetracked.


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