"What's Mercer up to lately?"
In the spacious flat, V was lounging on the sofa, watching TV in boredom.
Rebecca was sprawled beside her, wearing a tight little black outfit, swinging her feet, humming a tune without knowing what she's browsing with the VR headset on.
"Who knows. Is there ever a day he's not busy?" Rebecca absentmindedly answered.
V frowned and slapped her on the butt, and Rebecca yelped, instantly displaying a bratty tone: "Huh? What are you doing!?"
"He hasn't been coming home until nine or ten at night recently, don't tell me you haven't asked him!" V glared at her in dissatisfaction, while Rebecca rolled her eyes after taking off the VR.
"Do you think when he comes back at night I have time to ask him those pointless questions? I'm obviously squeezing in some game time!" Rebecca's words made V laugh despite herself.
"How did I not notice before? You and Pira are exactly the same, truly siblings, huh?" V's sarcastic remark only made Rebecca laugh proudly.
Rebecca proudly raised her little face and said: "How can it be the same? Pira's fate is to only watch Mewtwo, can't compare to me, can he? You old woman don't even know how much fun we're having!"
"Come on, you can't even wake up like a dead person in the morning, work is already slacking, are you planning to just get pregnant and let him raise kids?"
V rebuked, feeling she failed to meet expectations: "Look at what you've become now!"
Rebecca blushed slightly, but quickly said with confidence: "None of your business! I didn't play with your man! I just like being like this with him, is that not okay?"
V rolled her eyes, unable to take her anymore: "You're really suppressing yourself too much, sooner or later Mercer is going to install a big cannon."
"Hey, you really don't need to worry, he's in good shape." Rebecca said with a peculiar smile, mysteriously leaning to V's shoulder and started whispering, looking quite sleazy with her animated expression.
V's face flushed from the ongoing whispering in her ear, she quickly pushed Rebecca away: "Why are you telling me these details! I'm not interested!"
"Ha! Embarrassed?"
Rebecca laughed triumphantly, standing on the sofa with her hands on her hips, raising an eyebrow: "Anyway, stop bossing us around, if you want to know anything, just wait for him to come back and ask him directly, won't you?"
Seeing her cocky look made V annoyed—why hasn't Mercer worn you out yet? What's the big deal about this little rascal!
Mercer walked in from the elevator wearing armor, with a few robots consciously standing guard by the elevator. He took off his helmet and, with help from the Octopus Arm, quickly dismantled his armor, looking curiously at the two girls in the living room.
"Did you two have another argument?"
"Mercer~" Rebecca skipped over barefoot, leaping onto him before his armor was fully off.
Mercer casually picked her up: "What's happening?"
"She's curious about what you've been busy with lately but doesn't want to ask herself, so she asked me. I don't care about that."
Rebecca giggled and bit his ear: "Go eat and shower quickly!"
"Alright, alright... so mediocre yet loves to play."
Mercer's remark made Rebecca's face flush red: "Damn! Who are you talking about!"
He just looked at her with a meaningful gaze, causing Rebecca to lose her composure, angrily biting his ear, grinding her teeth in a threatening way, though without really exerting force.
Rebecca jumped down herself, letting him go eat, shower, and change clothes, and then substituted V and asked: "So, what's the latest project you've been working on? Coming home later and later every day."
"There's a new research project—it's about program software, just think of it as an offensive virus program for Arasaka Saburo."
After Mercer finished speaking, Rebecca just shrugged it off with an 'oh' and then diligently went to heat up his meal: "I've tried making some Chinese food today, you better not say it tastes bad!"
Mercer agreed with a smile, using the Octopus Arm to finish removing his armor, then let the nearby robots help dismantle the Octopus Arm for charging and maintenance in the equipment room.
These robots are controlled by Venus—usually, these robots act stupid, but when Mercer needs them, they become Venus's hands and feet, as flexible as real humans.
"What program? The one brought back from the Little Beidou Facility?" V still cared about his work: "Be careful! What if the Black Wall hacks your brain?"
She said seriously: "Don't forget the files and records we saw at the Little Beidou Facility, there were quite a few people who suddenly went crazy while online!"
"That's not the same thing. Those people's insanity was caused by a roaming AI that mastered a program capable of influencing human consciousness and thoughts... anyway, rest assured, I know what I'm doing."
Mercer looked around: "Where's Lucy?"
"She went back to her room after eating, right? Otherwise, what, watch you and Rebecca flaunt your affection? You're really cruel."
V said bluntly: "You shouldn't have let her move in too, what's the point of this?"
Mercer indeed felt a bit guilty about this, as he sat on the sofa to rest for a moment, he said: "You're right, maybe I should give Rebecca a day off today and go chat with her?"
"Come on, you know that's not the crux of the issue... how do you plan to deal with it? You can't just drag it out and torment her like this, can you?" V seemed to be asking about Lucy's situation.