freenovelworld Chapter 172 Guilt?
Chapter 172 Guilt?
The enormous, coiled white centipede took a step back, the darkness dissipated, and light shone into her optical lens. She looked at the scythe that she had already raised, its body extended.
She trembled as she slowly withdrew the scythe, releasing the bumblebee's claws. Rosa shakily reached out to help him up... but then she saw herself...
She saw that her hands were covered in energy, mixed with blood...
She...she ate humans? In front of them?
Among countless densely packed extended limbs, among countless snake bones covered in sharp spikes, a mechanical hand slowly extends.
It was covered in energy and carbon-based blood; she even used this hand to assimilate Zhen Tianzun, and with this very hand, she turned him into a pile of flesh and blood...
The trembling hand paused just as it was about to extend, and everyone thought she was going to continue attacking. Tianbao and Hualiu stepped forward once again.
Although still trembling with fear, Rosa managed to raise her weapon. As they rushed toward her from the side, she slowly took a step back.
Are they... afraid?
The giant centipede suddenly began to shrink and recombine, transforming back into a beautiful female mecha. However, much of her armor was shattered, with no complete armor remaining above her waist, and only scattered pieces hanging from her arms.
Seeing Rosa raise her hand as if to speak but hesitate, Tianbao Hualiu's gaze remained wary. They didn't know that Rosa had now returned to normal, and if she did anything again... almost no one could touch her...
"Rosa..." Optimus Prime called softly to Rosa. Rosa initially wanted to go over, but seeing the timid looks in everyone's eyes, she slowly turned away...
When Bumblebee slightly raised his body, he saw a pair of wings shining brightly in the sunlight. Just as he was about to be pleasantly surprised that Rosa's consciousness had returned, he saw the wings take off and then gradually begin to fly away.
what happened?
Bumblebee slowly got up and turned around to see everyone gathered around Optimus Prime, seemingly trying to protect him. However, Optimus Prime patted them on the shoulder and told them to hurry up and chase after Rosa.
"Wh...what?!" Sideswipe was momentarily stunned, still basking in the joy of being rescued, and hadn't realized why Optimus Prime had called Rosa back...
“She’s a good girl…” Optimus Prime said, his eyes filled with compassion as he met Sideswipe’s surprised and fearful gaze.
Optimus Prime seemed to think that these newborn Cybertronians were just afraid of Rosa's form, especially Sideswipe, whom Optimus Prime thought was simply overly fearful.
After all, the scene of flesh and blood transforming was shocking to anyone who saw it, so it's no wonder they were shocked.
“She was a good girl, losing control wasn’t her intention…” Optimus Prime said, kneeling on the ground, one hand on the Star Sword stuck in the ground, the other covering his wound.
"I'll go find her!" Bumblebee stepped forward first, and before he could finish speaking, he had already transformed into vehicle mode and was running towards the bridge in Crown City, heading towards where Rosa had flown away.
Sideswipe looked at Bumblebee, then at Optimus Prime, his face full of disbelief; his expression was more surprised than anyone else's.
He didn't understand why Bumblebee and Optimus Prime weren't hostile to Rosa. He even suspected that they, and the entire Leader's Guard, were tacitly condoning Rosa's cannibalism.
But then he sensed something was wrong. Could it be...?
Could he be the only one who knows Rosa could eat the machine at any time? Especially the Decepticons... they seem to know Rosa can eat the machine, but judging from their expressions...
They thought Rosa had been obediently in control all along?!
It was only then that Hengpao realized what he had stumbled upon that night, and how big a secret it was.
He wanted to secretly get Rosa to make him weapons, but this secret was too big! It was a secret that would kill him that very night if he dared to reveal it!
Hengpao rubbed his arms in fear. He had just escaped the terror of facing the giant centipede and was feeling saved, only to find that there was darkness behind him.
He wants to live in the same place as that giant centipede!
Fortunately, at least his usual appearance isn't that scary?
Sideswipe decided to start self-hypnosis, and even remembered that humans seem to have something they hold in their hands, something he saw in Russell's movies, like a very peaceful human holding a string of beads and rolling it.
It's supposedly for cultivating one's mind and body, or what do they call it again?
It seems like a Buddhist-like attitude?
Sideswipe started to space out, then his mind wandered. He thought about many things, such as whether rolling around would really help him relax, and whether that thing was the size of a Cybertronian's.
Poor Sideswipe. Everyone thought that Sideswipe's worldview was shattered and he couldn't accept what happened today, after all, he had a nightmare the night before and this happened today.
Goodness, let's go back and give him a break... no, everyone needs a break. It seems like everyone has this kind of trauma, but because of the nightmare, Hengpao's reaction might be a bit stronger.
Poor Sideswipe...
However... the most important thing right now is Optimus Prime's injuries, and those Decepticons who were knocked unconscious... although two of them are dead.
Everyone contacted Blackface and asked him to send Optimus Prime back for basic welding treatment and a scan. The other Decepticons were to be carried back by the others.
However, Blackface noticed that Rosa and Bumblebee were missing from the returning crew, which puzzled him.
"Where are Rosa and Bumblebee?" The black-faced man raised his orange head, looking left and right, but still couldn't see Lieutenant Bumblebee and Rosa.
"Did they go to arrest prisoners?" Blackface also noticed that two of the Decepticons that had been brought back were missing, and Roc and Nightraise were also gone.
Did they run away? Did they chase after them?
Blackface looked at Iron Fist and the others, wanting an answer.
"Um... this..." Slippery Flow was at a loss for words, while Iron Fist took a deep breath and told her about Rosa's loss of control, but that was all he mentioned was that she had also killed Heavenly Venerable...
Strangely, the black-faced god seemed to have suddenly thought of something, lowered his head and remained silent for a while, his expression no longer smiling but... a slightly heavy expression.
"Black-faced God...?" Hengpao asked tentatively, but to everyone's surprise, Black-faced God uttered a statement that shocked everyone.
"Did she... lose control and hurt you?" The Black-Faced God looked sad. Apart from Iron Fist, Drift, and Optimus Prime, the other machines all showed expressions of shock.
"How did you know!" Bangpao shouted in shock, then was almost covered in the mouth by Iron Fist, but realizing that he had already said it, he let go of Bangpao.
"This wasn't her wish." Optimus Prime glanced around at the Autobots, then continued in a steady voice, "She's a very good girl."
A very well-behaved child—
"Didn't I... lose control once before?" The black-faced god showed a somewhat dejected expression, lowered his head slightly, and shook his head gently.
"How did you know!" Tianbao shouted, and then he was almost covered in the mouth by Hualiu, but realizing that he had already said it, Hualiu let go of Tianbao.
“I checked the security footage that day… I did shoot at you… didn’t I?” The black-faced god slowly raised his hands. He really had no memory of that time… not even in his dreams.
With trembling hands, the dark-faced god slowly clenched his fists, then released them. He lowered his head, his gaze fixed on the ground...
"It was also because of me... Rosa was in the life support system for two days..." The Black-Faced God became more and more ashamed as he spoke, "I almost hurt the rest of you. If Rosa hadn't stopped you, with so many weapons, you would all be..."
The more the dark-faced man spoke, the worse his expression became, and the more frightened he became. Russell stepped forward with great concern and patted him on the shoulder.
The Black-Faced God glanced at Russell, who was standing to the side looking very worried. His expression was a mixture of worry and concern. Danny Clay also came up and patted his arm to encourage him.
“Rosa is very good, a very good machine. She spent the whole night helping us repair the land bridge and upgrade the system…” The Black-Faced God looked up at the others, a hint of reluctance in his eyes through his optical glasses.
“That time I lost control, the voltage I released might have electrocuted a Cybertronian to death, but… but…” The black-faced god turned the wheel and took a few steps forward.
"But Rosa didn't blame anyone, and she even discussed and researched with us!" The Black-Faced God walked down from Ai's Tomb and came to the open space, speaking softly to the others, his eyes still filled with lingering guilt.
"When I realized I had hurt her, I couldn't get into 'recharge mode' for two days. I was even more anxious and guilty when she was taken away by the steel clamps... It's all my fault..." the Black-Faced God said, his momentum gradually weakening, but then he mustered up his strength again.
“So… I think that after something like this happened, she must feel guilty, just like me…” the Black-Faced God said firmly, nodding slightly as he looked at Hengpao.
“Yeah…” Sideswipe sighed, leaning against the wall. “Otherwise, it wouldn’t have flown away, would it?” Sideswipe turned its faceplate, seemingly lost in thought.
“She's like me, she needs repair... but she can't get it…” The expression on the black-faced god's mask gradually hardened. “She's like me, she's just broken, she's just sick…”
"She is our comrade!" the Black-Faced God shouted, and everyone seemed to be persuaded. Indeed, in all the days they had been here, had she ever laid a hand on them?
She's our companion...like the Black-faced Goddess, she's just sick and doesn't get the necessary care...
"Ugh... what's going on?" Hengpao sighed, uttering a long, drawn-out sentence.
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Two chapters today, but the next chapter is more important, so I'll polish it a bit before posting it. It'll be posted sometime today.