The next day.
Sixth Street garage.
Three white-haired girls stood together, eating burgers in unison.
Beside them was Nekomata drinking cola; of course, this cola was a free gift from buying the burgers.
Since it was a freebie, Nekomata naturally wouldn't let it go.
Normally, she wouldn't get a chance for such freebies; usually, this cola would have been drunk by Nicole.
However, Nicole said she was in a good mood this time and bestowed it upon Nekomata.
"Anby, you guys are here."
"By the way, where's Nicole?"
"Why don't I see her?"
Belle and Hoshimi Aya arrived at the garage but didn't see Nicole.
"Oh, Boss Nicole just received a phone call."
"She told us to come over first."
"I don't know what she went to do."
Billy said while scratching the back of his head.
When they were coming over together just now, Nicole took a call midway, and no one knew what was said.
She left in a hurry, telling them to head over first.
She said she'd be here in a while.
"I see."
"Alright then, let's wait for Nicole to arrive before talking about it."
Belle nodded.
Meanwhile, Hoshimi Aya walked over to Anby's small group.
"Hello, Aya."
"Is something the matter?"
Anby asked, looking at the approaching Hoshimi Aya.
"Nothing much, just coming over to take a look."
"By the way, how is Little A's speaking coming along?"
"Can she speak normally now?"
Hoshimi Aya looked at Girl A, who was eating a burger.
It seemed they had mentioned practicing before, but they hadn't been in touch much lately.
I wonder how the practice is going?
Moreover, when Girl A took off her mask, she was a 1:1 replica of Anby.
They were practically identical; if you removed the accessories on the sides, there would be no difference from being twins.
"It's not as simple as you think."
"It's still quite difficult for Little A to speak normally."
"Even though she's been practicing these past few days, there hasn't been much progress."
Twiggy shook her head.
"What do you mean?"
"She still can't speak normally after practicing for so long?"
"Couldn't she speak intermittently before?"
"Is she still unable to speak after all this practice?"
Hoshimi Aya was a bit puzzled.
After practicing for so long, there should be some progress.
"Forget it, I'll just let Little A show you."
"I can't explain it clearly to you for the moment."
As she spoke, Twiggy patted Girl A.
Seeing this, Girl A stopped nibbling on her burger.
"I... don't... know... why..."
"I... have... been... practicing... these... past... few... days."
"But... it... has... always... been... like... this."
"There... hasn't... been... any... change."
Girl A spoke up in the silence.
"See, it's like this."
"With practice, she can barely connect two words."
"But she can only connect one or two."
"'But', 'always', 'and'; besides these three words, there are also everyone's names."
"Except for these few words that she can say continuously, she basically can only speak intermittently like this."
Twiggy shrugged helplessly.
This is a defect in the genetic programming; it's very difficult to make much progress just by practicing on her own.
If it were a normal person, they should have been able to speak normally after practicing for so long.
They wouldn't be like this, drawing out every syllable just to say a sentence.
"Is that so?"
"This is already very good."
"Little A, don't worry, one day you'll be able to speak normally just like us."
"As long as you practice diligently, you can definitely do it."
"Don't you have names you can say continuously now?"
"This shows you've already made progress."
Hoshimi Aya patted Girl A's shoulder and comforted her.
So much time had passed, yet she could only connect a few words.
The progress was indeed a bit slow.
"Mm... thank you."
"I... will... practice... diligently."
"Work hard... to be... like... everyone... else."
Girl A's speech was intermittent, but it was clear she was indeed doing her best.
"It's okay, it doesn't matter even if you stay like this forever."
"We won't look down on you."
"In the Cunning Hares, we are like family; no one will look down on you for this defect."
Anby comforted her.
Although Girl A was like this, she also really wanted to help.
But in this situation, it was obvious she couldn't help at all.
Girl A nodded.
"...What a pity."
"I don't have a laboratory right now."
"Nor do I have the funds to start, otherwise, I might be able to refine Girl A's genes."
"After all, Captain Anby is here now."
"As long as I compare Captain's genes with Little A's and perfect the deficiencies."
"Solving this minor problem would be quite easy."
Twiggy thought aloud; she really wanted to try this.
She had mentioned this to Nicole before, but it was forbidden.
"Twiggy, don't bring this up again."
"Nicole won't allow you to perform human experimentation."
Anby looked at Twiggy with a serious expression.
Hearing this, Twiggy shrugged helplessly.
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