NOVEL NEXT Chapter 30: Chapter 30: Next Steps?
"Three years of work experience? What kind of work?" Renault asked, curious about Simonov's boastful claim.
Simonov, feeling proud, immediately began counting on her fingers without hesitation, "Restaurant server, kitchen cleaner, plumber, sewer cleaner, power plant repairman, coal mine electrician, coal mine worker..."
Simonov almost counted his fingers several times, listing such a wide variety of professions that even Renault couldn't help but be amazed.
This guy... has worked in so many different jobs?
"Wait a minute... How did you manage to switch jobs so many times in three years?" M1911 quickly regained her senses. If Simonov really had worked in so many positions, then in three years, the average time spent in each position would be at most one or two months!
"Uh..." M1911's question was like a knife stabbing into Simonov's heart. The pride she felt a moment ago was instantly buried under a wave of shame.
Thinking about knocking over tables in restaurants, burning stoves in kitchens, causing floods as a plumber, cleaning sewers... None of the jobs seemed sustainable. It seemed like whenever she was involved, something would inevitably go wrong. It wasn't until she was sold to Griffin and didn't cause any trouble that she managed to avoid disaster... Um, her previous commander's death shouldn't be her fault, right?
Seeing Simonov hanging her head like an ostrich, Renault could only shrug. What else could he say? Who knows how these diverse personalities of humanoids came about? If it's just simple programming, he wouldn't believe even half a word of it.
Renault set up a fire with ease and ignited the charcoal bought by the dolls. He marveled at their ability to purchase such antique items. In this day and age, few people still use charcoal as fuel, right?
"Commander, isn't it a bit inappropriate to barbecue directly in the warehouse?" Simonov raised a concern.
"Don't worry about it. Although this place is considered a green zone, there's still radioactive dust outside." Of course, this was just Renault's excuse. The real situation was...
Well, this warehouse belonged to that stingy old man who charged him a fortune. Then he turned around and demanded more money. Plus, the ambiguous connection with the doll traffickers...
Hmph, who knows if he'll even survive to stand in front of Renault in the end?
While the charcoal was still burning, Renault started preparing the ingredients. He peeled and cut vegetables, sliced and marinated the meat.
Before long, the tempting aroma of barbecue filled the air, accompanied by the sizzling sound of meat cooking. Amidst the meaty aroma, there was a hint of freshness from the vegetables, as well as the rich aroma of butter and various spices.
"Hiss!"
Almost instinctively, all the dolls present couldn't help but inhale deeply at the delicious smell!
"So fragrant!" The rich aroma made the dolls, who had regained their sense of smell, shine with excitement. If Renault hadn't warned them earlier, they would have already started grabbing.
"Wow! Grr!" Jaeger, who had been silent on the sidelines, couldn't help but make a sound. Although she had never eaten anything before, the unusual aroma made her feel an urge to indulge.
As for why... Perhaps it was because of the new components Renault had installed in her just now?
She could clearly feel a new module running inside her body. In addition to the visual and auditory information processed by the AI core, there was now a whole bunch of information to process, such as the tantalizing smell that made her stomach rumble...
Gurgle!
"Huh?"
Jaeger's stomach growling caught the attention of Nagant Revolver and P38, who had been lying on the table watching Renault cook.
Do SF Dolls stomachs growl?
No! That's not right!?
"Commander! You just installed the taste and digestion systems for Jaeger, did you!?"
At the thought of this, even P38 couldn't help but jump up resentfully.
Why! They wanted to eat too!
It was unfair that even the Sangvis Ferri doll could eat, while they, who were originally IOP dolls, had to maintain the status of Dinergates and watch others eat!
"Here, the cables are over there, go get them yourself." Renault flipped the ribs on the grill and pointed to the table where the cables used to adjust Jaeger were placed.
"Cables? Cables can't be eaten!" Nagant Revolver protested.
But Jaeger had already walked over and picked up the two cables, connecting herself to the two Dinegrate.
Taste sharing.
Accept/Reject
Seeing this connection request, P38 immediately chose to accept without hesitation. She understood what the Commander meant!
Although the Dinergates didn't have the function of eating or smelling, their mental cores were undoubtedly able to process this taste information. As long as they were connected to the Jaeger who had these functions...
Then eating with the Jaeger was equivalent to eating for them!
"Hurry up! Hunter! Taste that piece of meat! It's already cooked!" Nagant Revolver, who had also realized, immediately urged Jaeger to start.
"Okay, whatever you want to eat, go ahead and help yourselves."
"Ahaha! This piece is mine!"
"I'll just have some vegetables..."
"Mmm!"
Of course, Renault wouldn't neglect his own stomach. He served himself two pieces of ribs to prevent these 'hungry' dolls from devouring everything.
Although the digestive system of dolls also had its limits, compared to humans, the biometric digestive system used by humanoids was much stronger, so continuous eating was not impossible for dolls.
As long as there weren't too many indigestible substances in the food they consumed.
"Bones! Don't eat the bones! They're not digestible!"
"Jaeger! Jaeger! Juice! Take a sip of juice!"
As they ate, Renault flipped through the supplies in the car, thinking about what else they needed and planning to go shopping tomorrow.
Of course, if those doll traffickers showed up, that would be even better. They must have a lot of parts for modifying dolls, and they might even make a fortune.