Herta Space Station, Containment Section.
The Voidranger Annihilation Squad, tentatively led by little March, was making its way out from one of Miss Herta's Curio collection rooms. All around them were display cases showing floating Curios illuminated by transparent light screens, sparking their curiosity and attention.
March 7th couldn't help but unleash her fierce desire to complain.
"This place is full of weird gadgets, so-called 'Curios.' Herta collects all this stuff but doesn't even use it, just lets it collect dust. I don't know what she's thinking."
Dan Heng said faintly, "You're the same, you love collecting little plastic figures."
"Those are called figures! You know nothing about 2D beautiful girls!"
But Dan Heng's analogy was actually right. Herta collecting these Curios was probably just like March 7th collecting figures; they didn't need to have a use. Just being on display was enough to show their value.
Zāwù walked up to a pile of stacked cubes. The boy tried to reach out and touch them. Although he was blocked by the display case, he saw lines of text appear on the transparent blue light screen.
"Curio No. 269: Packaged Happiness. A portable device inside the cube that can be used to identify and collect 'happiness' type emotions."
Zāwù carefully counted the cubes storing the portable devices and found there were twenty-one. He counted several more times, but the number was different each time.
Just as the boy was getting confused, Silver Wolf suddenly called his name.
"Zāwù, over here!"
For a rare moment, she was standing excitedly in front of a Curio display case, her hands on her slender hips, staring intently at the Curio inside. The Curio she was focused on was a bright yellow pistol that looked like a child's toy.
"This is the Rating Pistol I told you about!" Silver Wolf reminded him.
Zāwù's eyes immediately lit up.
"So, what's Big Sis Silver Wolf's score?" A score was the most important part of any game's design.
"What, want to compete with me~" Silver Wolf smelled a challenge. The camera panned to her hot pants, as if the word "BATTLE!" was written on them.
Zāwù smiled and nodded. "Okay."
Silver Wolf immediately got excited. "Then, should we set up rewards and punishments!?"
"A game with nothing at stake isn't fun!"
"What reward does Big Sis Silver Wolf want?"
"Or should I say, what punishment do you want~"
"Yo, little Zāwù is quite confident."
"Let me think for a moment..."
"Got it! If my score is higher, Zāwù, you'll be my butler for a day!"
"But aren't I usually a butler?" Zāwù asked curiously. To repay the Stellaron Hunters for accepting him, Zāwù had become a butler, doing his best to take care of everyone. Of course, Kafka's joke was also a very important deciding factor.
Silver Wolf's cheeks suddenly turned a shade redder. Her eyes darted around, her eyelashes fluttering nonstop, and her tone became slightly urgent.
"It's not the same as that! You have to be my exclusive butler, you get it, exclusive!"
"At that time, you're not allowed to look at anyone else, not even Kafka!"
"You're only allowed to look at me, look at me gently, and let me become..."
The only one in your eyes.
"I understand," Zāwù replied with a smile. He clearly wasn't overthinking it.
"Then what if Big Sis Silver Wolf loses?"
"Me, lose?"
"Although that's impossible, since you asked."
"Then let's just make it equal."
"If I lose, I'll be Zāwù's exclusive maid for a day."
"Day or night, for that one day, you can do—whatever you want to me~"
"Mm, that works too."
Zāwù's reaction was surprisingly calm. Perhaps the boy's mind was too pure, and he hadn't even thought about what kind of excessive things he could do to Big Sis Silver Wolf. Unlike Silver Wolf, who was already lost in a vortex of fantasy, her face redder, her legs even squeezing together slightly. Because she suddenly realized... it seemed like no matter if she won or lost this Rating Pistol competition, it was a reward for her either way!
Cough cough, can't let my intentions be too obvious!
Silver Wolf quickly composed herself and said to Zāwù.
"Zāwù, you go first!"
"Okay."
Zāwù didn't dally. He immediately walked up to the Rating Pistol and reached out to touch it. A line of text immediately appeared on the light screen.
"Curio No. 752: Rating Pistol. This gun will score any creature within its line of sight. The scoring logic is unknown."
"The strange gun's closed eye suddenly snapped open, rolled around for a moment, and stared at you with malicious intent."
"—0 points!" the Rating Pistol announced in an inorganic, emotionless voice.
Zāwù was instantly stunned.
"No way! This broken gun must have gotten it [Stellaron Hunter profanity] wrong!"
Unexpectedly, it was Silver Wolf, who should have been celebrating her absolute victory, who was the first to show anger. She was indignant for her Zāwù. Her interest and goodwill towards the Rating Pistol also instantly hit rock bottom!
"The bet is off. This broken gun, I want to hack the station's system right now and smash it!"
"It won't matter even if Herta comes, I'm telling you!"
Zāwù's heart was touched, like a stone thrown into a lake, sending ripples spreading out. The ripples may eventually cease, and the water surface may become still again, but the stone that fell to the bottom of the lake will exist forever. And actually, he wasn't as hurt as Silver Wolf imagined. In fact, he found "0 points" to be quite special.
"It's okay, Big Sis Silver Wolf."
"Besides, once a game has started, you shouldn't give up halfway."
"Isn't that what you taught me, Big Sis Silver Wolf~"
"A game, huh..."
"Hmph, it's true that sometimes there are crappy games like this."
"But in the end, I still toughed it out and beat them."
"Alright then, I'll test it once."
With that, Silver Wolf walked up to the Rating Pistol and stared at it with a slightly cold gaze. The Rating Pistol scored again. But this time, for some reason, the voice it emitted was mixed with a strange electronic sound.
"1 point!"
Silver Wolf feigned surprise. "What! Even I only get one point?"
"Maybe... this broken gun's scoring system is reversed."
"Then that means, Zāwù with 0 points is actually the one judged to be the most excellent, right!?"
Silver Wolf's explanation sounded quite reasonable. Zāwù was also surprised, but he was willing to admit defeat and wouldn't take the easy way out she had laid for him.
"Big Sis Silver Wolf doesn't have to comfort me like this. A loss is a loss."
"After this mission is over, I will be Big Sis Silver Wolf's exclusive butler for a day," Zāwù promised in a small voice.
"What are you guys talking about!?" March 7th suddenly came over.
"Nothing, just a boring Curio," Silver Wolf said, then took Zāwù's arm, who was about to say something, and led him away from the Rating Pistol.
"Boring?" March 7th was confused. Then she briefly read the Rating Pistol's description and immediately became very interested in the score it would give her. But the result of the scoring made the girl huffy.
"Silver Wolf was right! It really is boring!"
"How can this lady possibly be a 1!?"
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