Maruko's heart was pounding fiercely.
It wasn't until quite some time had passed that she gradually relaxed.
However, the unease and tension within her still remained; the immense secondary order made Maruko, this middle-aged woman with rich life experience, feel intense anxiety.
'What exactly did I just do? Was it a mistake?'
'No... no... that wasn't a mistake at all.'
Maruko kept comforting herself.
Her personality was originally lively and cheerful; she would always find a solution to anything in life.
Except this time.
After thinking for a long time, Maruko began to forcibly build herself up mentally.
'I just wanted to be a qualified mother, what's wrong with that?'
'Su Su isn't an outsider...'
'Moreover, nothing unexpected happened at all, it was just... that's all...'
After much deliberation, Maruko's distorted emotions occupied most of her heart.
She successfully convinced herself.
Let's just treat it as a reasonable and legal special education, not that... why overthink it?
'Right... it's just teaching Su Su something he can't learn in school.'
'I'm still that qualified mother!'
'Sleep, sleep...'
...The next day, early morning.
Maruko got up as usual, dressed neatly, and headed towards Su Jun's bedroom.
But when she stood at the door, she hesitated.
Should she go in? Wake up her adorable baby like before? But last night... even now her wrists and arms were still sore, what if the child hated her?
Dual psychology battled repeatedly in her head.
Maruko gritted her teeth and resolutely decided to take action!
'Knock knock~'
'Su Su? Time to get up, Su Su? Are you awake?'
'Mommy's coming in~'
Maruko was prepared for all awkwardness.
Pushing the door open, the next moment Maruko was dumbfounded... the entire room was empty, aside from neatly folded blankets and luggage, there was no trace of Su Jun at all.
'Huh? Su Su? Su Su~ Su Su??'
'Oh no...'
Maruko was stunned for a moment.
Her chaotic mind associated the only possibility.
'Could it be because of last night's incident... it caused psychological trauma for this child.'
'As a result... he ran away from home??'
Instantly, Maruko's eyes widened, and her mind associated all sorts of possibilities.
'Kidnapping...'
'Dismemberment...'
'Human trafficking?'
'Or perhaps... drowning himself?'
'Ahhh!!'
'Husband, call the police, call the police!!'
Piercing screams echoed throughout the second-floor attic.
The house was in chaos; besides calling the police, the whole family mobilized to search for Su Jun.
Meanwhile.
At the seaside on the outskirts of Asahi City, a young-faced boy was running along the beach.
As the sun rose, warm sunlight shone on Su Jun.
Although not tall, his frequent exercise had built a lean, muscular physique that looked quite aesthetic.
'Huff~ huff~!'
'2998, 2999, 3000, 3001!'
'Ah~ that's the limit!'
Su Jun plopped down on the sand, panting heavily.
Starting his workout two hours ago, two hundred push-ups, three hundred squats, a five-kilometer run... for his current 'not fully developed' body, it was already the limit.
Soon, a crisp system notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding Dong]
[Healthy Spirit Mode selection autonomously closed]
[This time, the Host breathed 3001 times, gaining three thousand experience points]
[Please allocate free points, Host...]
Without hesitation, Su Jun directly took two thousand experience points and distributed them evenly.
The remaining thousand points could be kept for emergencies.
In case of trouble, experience points could be exchanged for combat stats or converted into gold currency, making them all-purpose.
[Allocation complete..]
[Two thousand experience points have been evenly distributed]
[The Host's all attributes have been greatly improved]
[Strength: 300]
[Speed: 300]
[Endurance: 400 (increase of 50%)]
[Succubus Halo: LV1 operating normally..]
Looking at the data changes on the panel, Su Jun showed a pleased expression.
On one hand, his body had clearly improved.
And then... it seemed his 'brother' had also strengthened a lot, as seen from the rapid increase in endurance value.
Regarding endurance... Aunt Maruko from last night had more to say!
'Not bad, not bad...'
'Mission accomplished, time to go home and eat~'
Su Jun got up and patted the sand off his butt.
Just as he was about to head home, suddenly, a 'wailing' police siren sounded not far away... the police arrived... along with Aunt Maruko, Uncle Zhengyin, Xiao Rang... all three were panting heavily when they saw Su Jun.
Su Jun was stunned.
'What's going on? I just came out for morning exercise, no need to send the police to arrest me, right?'
Maruko excitedly hugged him, tears streaming down her face.
'Su Su!'
'Where did you go, child? I thought you were kidnapped..'
'...'
...The farce ended.
A new day began.
Today is Sunday, tomorrow is Monday.
Thinking about seeing Mitaka Sayuri tomorrow couldn't help but be somewhat exciting.
But today, there was an even more important thing to do, and that was to find Kabutack..
Having just moved to the new home, Maruko and her husband Zhengyin were busy tidying up and organizing.
Xiao Rang, that lazy guy, would also help.
While the family of three wasn't paying attention, Su Jun quietly went to the storage room.
'Creak..'
As soon as he opened the storage room door, a musty smell of old items hit him.
Most of the items here were left by 'Kogenji Torao' (Xiao Rang's grandfather).
Grandpa Torao was the creator of the B-Series Robots.
Kabutack, the Shark Pepper trio, and Tiana... they were all created by Torao.
But he had been missing for many years... now wasn't the time to study this.
Su Jun began frantically searching through the storage room.
Every corner, every cardboard box... actually, he had already searched thoroughly when moving the day before yesterday, but there was still no information about Kabutack.
As he searched, Su Jun frowned.
'Huh? Now that I have a system, maybe I can scan for it?'
Su Jun focused his mind, his gaze sweeping across the entire storage room.
[Ding Dong]
[Scanning for information required by the Host..]
[Target: Kabutack (B-Series Robot)]
[Target found!!]
Su Jun's eyes lit up, and he immediately followed the indicated direction.
Strangely, the target wasn't in the storage room, but in... Aunt Maruko's bedroom?
Su Jun didn't hesitate and immediately walked in.
He saw Maruko and Zhengyin, the couple, tidying up various cardboard boxes.
'Huh? Su Su?'