Chapter 6
The doctor exclaimed, “She’s now a
is now a nine” We’ve got another NINE in town!”
The other teenagers could no longer sit will
The blond one stepped forward eagerly and stared at the number. “A nine! For real?”
They were the only people in Dainville with a score of nine.
a handful could handle a combat cyberware.
Onlya h
And Regina was now one of them
Meanwhile, the instrument continued to work.
Regina stood inside, too tired to open her eyes.
The fancy side of town didn’t bother with subway lines or buses. People either drove or got a ride.
Regina hadn’t had a payment cyberware installed, and the cabs in the rich area wouldn’t take cash anyway,
So, she rode the subway to its last stop, then walked the rest–ninety minutes on her own two feel
She was beat and couldn’t stop yawning at all.
Seeing this, the blond teenager was utterly surprised. “She’s got a nine, and she’s yawning? Dude, she’s UNREAL!”
Everyone stared at the number nervously while it continued to rise
She was about to surpass Roy, the one with the highest score among them!
The doctor’s expression gradually changed as she stared at the number. “Gee…
The instrument gradually stopped, and the light in the test room gradually became brighter.
Everyone eagerly asked the doctor, “Did she get a nine“”
The doctor couldn’t utter a word, stupefied.
Scarlett gawked at the number. “No, she didn’t.”
The blond teenager’s eyes were almost popping out. “Holy cow!
Roy pushed d hair aside and was unerly dumbfounded when he saw the number.
same time, saying, “Test complete. Congratulations, Miss Regina Mitchell. You scored a ten on your
A mechanical female voice rang out at the same physical exam
Everyone was floored.
They thought, Tent Regina is a ten??
Yes Scarlett shook her head at the panel “No. She isn’t a ten”
Hoy abu looked at the panel and was more and more shocked. “All her numbers are 9,999, which is the upper limit of the device’s detection. It’s not her upper limu,
Others got a ten because they hit the bar.
Regina got a ten because it’s as high as the scale goes.
No one could unter a word as they realized this.
Meanwhile, a TV on the wall of the room showed an interview with an expert specializing in cyberwares
The host’s voice broke the silence in the room. “What do you think about one’s capacity to combat cyberwares! A lot of people are anxious because they don’t have a combat cyberware.”
Chapter
The crowd turned to the TV in a daze
good–looking guy with long hair lounged on a couch, chill as ever. “We’ve all got a cap on how much we can franelle with these cyberware.
“some people are a zern, some hit mine, but most are stuck at zero. No need to stress about it.”
The host leaned in. Think anyone could be a ten?”
The guy thought it over. “Ten’s the top score. If someone’s a ten, it means everything but their brain could get swapped out. They’d be less human. more like an unbeatable machine with a human mind Kinda freaky
“Tech’s been around forever, but nobody’s hi ten yet. Still, the world’s huge–someone’s bound to show up
a with it someday
He grinned at the camera. “If you’re a ten, hit me up. I’ll hook you up with a free transformation. Hope I’m still kicking when you come through.”
The interview was over
Still shocked. Scarlett looked at Irene. “You gave birth to a combat machine, Irene
ra word.
Irene bit her lip and looked at Reging as the latter went back to change, unable to utter a
The Michells, especially Melinda, pulled a long face.
She didn’t even have capacity to even a single combat cyberware; she was a zero, totally useless in a fight.
Scarle asked the doctor, “If Regina gets all her capacity can hold, what will her Humanity be reduced to?”
Installing a combat cyberware devalued one’s Humanity. The more one’s body was transformed, the less humanity remained.
Irene’s heart skipped a beat as she warned, “Scarlett, I’m telling you. Even if she is a ten, I won’t let you lay a finger on her. I’m set to provide her with a carefree life from this moment on
Feeling a bit speechless, Scarlett responded, “I’m just asking, I won’t transform her into a ten, OK? I’ll make her a machine”
The doctor’s mouth twitched. “Her Humanity is one.”
Surprised. Scarlett asked for confirmation, “Seriously! After the transformation is complete, her Humanity will reduce to one?”
She thought, “That’s so low, One’s Humanity can reach as high as eighty, and the usual minimum is ten. And Regina’s Humanity actually will drop
“No” The doctor took a deep breath and looked at her, feeling a bit awkward. “Her Humanity is one now, and it’ll still be the same after the transformation”
Everyone
present was rendered speechless.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
They looked towards the door.
Regina took a nougat
it out of
her pocket and ate it, her pretty face expressionless. “I’m doase, Mom”
They stared at iter, unable to say a word.
She locked eyes with Scarlet. “I heard I got a ten. So I’m it, right?”
Scarlett’s eyelid twitched as she gawked at Regina, thinking. I’ve met lots of people with a Regina’s Humanity is one? What does that meant
She nodded. “Yes. I always keep my word. You are my adopted daughter now?
Humanity. They’re all homicidal maniacs. And
Irene freaked. “Scarlett, she’s mine! I said y
you can’t have her!”
Hearing this, Brad pulled her and shapered, “Forget it. Mom. Her Humanity is one. She has no feelin
feelings.”
She shook his hand away, saying disapprovingly, “If she has no feelings, it’s all because of Hugh, nue, and her adoptive parents. She did nothing
Looking at Regina, she begged, “Regina, come home with me. I’m your mom, Adoptive mothers can never be compared to real mothers”
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Yer Regina smiled at Scarlett without even looking at her, “Mom”
Irene’s face turned pale.
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Scarlett nodded and pointed to the guy next to her. “This is Steve Madison, son of a buddy of mine. He’s my right–hand guy–young, sharp, seven years older than you. Call him Steve.
Regina looked at the handsome man next to Scarlett. “Hi, Steve.”
Shaking Regina’s hand, Steve responded, his eyes deep, “Hi, Regina.”
Scarlett looked at the teenagers. “These are my clients kids. You’ll probably see them at school from now on.”
Regina was surprised. “School!”
“Yeah” Scarlett said. “You told me you
you never went. You’re the
went. You’re that age you’ve got to go. They’ll be your classmates.”
