East Yokohama.
Inside a detached house, two figures were busily working.
"9S, should I put this here?"
2B, dressed in a black dress and black high heels, set down a large machine she was holding.
At a glance, the machine weighed at least several hundred pounds, yet it was held effortlessly in her slender arms, as if it weighed nothing.
"Hmm, yes, help me install it on the right side."
9S, dressed in casual clothes, held a pile of tools and was assembling the machine in front of him.
"This thing is so troublesome, it actually requires manual installation."
After installing the item as 9S instructed, 2B said, "Don't complain, 9S, this is our job."
"Yes~ yes~"
Although he kept complaining, 9S's work did not slow down at all.
Beep, beep.
With some alert sounds, two Pods floated over.
"Report: A visitor has arrived. Black box signal detected. A2 is here to visit."
POD042 announced.
"I'll get the door."
With a click, 2B forcibly attached the machine in her hand to the larger machine, then, with 9S's speechless gaze upon her, went to open the door.
"Yo, 2B, how have you been recently?"
Standing outside was A2, dressed in somewhat revealing clothing. Compared to 2B, A2 was dressed much more lightly. Although their outfits were different, and one had long hair while the other had short hair, their identical faces made them look like twin sisters.
"Come in."
Compared to the emotionally expressive A2, 2B showed very little emotional fluctuation, giving off a detached impression.
However, this was actually just a habit she had formed over years of suppressing her emotions.
"9S, are you still installing the detection equipment?"
9S looked at the entering A2 and sighed helplessly, "There's no other way. Without this thing, we can't detect Honkai Energy reactions over a wide area. After all, this place isn't like our world where we can run around freely."
"But, compared to our previous lives, isn't it much better now?"
Compared to their past existence, which was solely for destruction, the current situation was practically paradise.
The YoRHa androids would rather self-destruct than fail a mission, but to be born solely for destruction—this was unacceptable to any intelligent being.
"Yes, at least we are now closer to the once-mysterious humans, aren't we? I didn't expect humans to be like this; they don't seem special at all."
Only the unknown possesses a sense of mystery, making intelligent beings wary and fearful, unconsciously elevating it. But no matter what, once the cloak of the unknown is removed, one finds that it is nothing more than that.
9S had observed humans for a long time after being assigned to Earth for missions.
Physically, humans were very fragile, much more fragile than androids, but this was normal, as androids, especially YoRHa, were created for combat.
However… in other aspects, humans were not much different from YoRHa androids.
Although YoRHa was said to prohibit emotions, in reality, every android had various emotions. And now, in this world, since Takatsuki did not prohibit YoRHa from having emotions, and YoRHa no longer suppressed their previously hidden emotions, they were becoming more and more human-like.
If it weren't for completing missions being their primary objective, which still kept them restrained, they might have already started running wild.
Fortunately, this was merely a release after prolonged suppression, and things would get much better after a while.
"It's installed. Now it can cover the maximum area of the Extremely East Region."
While chatting, 9S continued working, and with the assistance of three Pods, he finally completed the installation and debugging of the equipment.
"Hmm, it looks like there's no Honkai activity around here right now."
This equipment was based on technology provided by Anti-Entropy, manufactured by YoRHa with funds provided by Takatsuki.
Large quantities of gold flowing into the world did not cause much upheaval, like a stone dropping into the sea.
The sole function of the equipment was to detect Honkai Energy, monitor for small Honkai event outbreaks, and detect the birth of Honkai Beasts.
After all, there were not only large-scale Honkai events in this world.
"But speaking of which, A2, why are you here? Isn't the Extremely East Region handled by 2B and me?"
Perhaps because 2B and 9S were androids familiar to Takatsuki, they were assigned to the Extremely East Region, which was closest to Takatsuki.
"The Commander didn't give me a mission; she just told me to patrol freely and even assigned me a Pod."
A2 looked at the drone floating beside her: "473, say hello to everyone."
"Alert: This unit has already greeted everyone upon entering the room. In contrast, A2 did not remove her shoes upon entering the room, which is an extremely impolite act in this country."
"Ugh… you…"
A2 then realized she hadn't taken off her shoes, but there were no such customs in other places. Her face flushed, and she was about to take off her shoes.
"Ahahaha, no need to take them off. We're all friends, no need to fuss over small things."
9S quickly interjected to stop A2's action.
"So you don't have any other missions? Then how about we go on patrol together?"
9S suggested, "It's a good opportunity for us to observe human life up close."
Saying that, he rummaged through a bag next to his luggage. After opening the bag, there were several bank cards inside.
"I heard humans use these for shopping. I want to visit a human department store; I've only seen them in records."
"9S, the mission…"
2B subconsciously tried to say something, then remembered that they no longer had a mission, or rather, their mission was patrolling.
"2B, the mission Takatsuki assigned us is patrolling, you know."
9S said with a sly smile, but 2B still caught a loophole in his words: "Call him Master…"
"…Yes, yes~"
As 2B and 9S settled in the Extremely East Region, YoRHa members were basically deployed all over the world.
YoRHa had its own teleportation device. Although the cost of each teleportation was high, it was still very effective in critical moments.
Going out on patrol (strolling) had become their daily task, and after YoRHa spread throughout the world, Honkai events significantly decreased.
This abnormal data was naturally noticed by the anti-Honkai organizations in this world.
It was hard not to notice, as not only on the ground, but also in space, new things had appeared.
In the Schicksal Headquarters, a blonde figure frowned while looking at the report in her hand.
"These data, have you investigated who solved the Honkai Beasts?"
A white-haired girl with glasses stood behind her: "Bishop, it has been investigated. The other party seems… not to be human."