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Exotos135: The manga joked about that near the end in a way. Also, thanks. :)
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Okay, let's continue.
A day has passed since that incident last chapter, and now the scientists are working harder to prepare for the big Science Fair event. Their weapons are about halfway finished in development; some are still in their planning stages, some are still being developed, and some are already finished. What are these inventions? Well, we'll get to that in the 9th chapter where we'll discuss every weapon and defense system. Because right now, we've got another story to tell, taking place in the afternoon. Anything I need to bring up? Well, the robots weren't there that day, but the next day they will. Why? You'll see.
"ARGH! IDIOTS!" exclaimed Eggman, storming out of the front door. This catches the attention of Rick, who was just standing outside drinking alcohol.
"W-Whatcha angry about, big dog?" he asked.
"I was in a video chat with my robots as I wanted to check up on them to see if the house was cleaned up yet. And guess what, they SLACKED OFF ON THE JOB! UGH…there are just some days where I CAN'T STAND MY ROBOTS! One day they can be pretty loyal; another day they just slack off and don't follow my orders at all, like today! I-If there was only SOME way to program them to make them more loyal and competent!"
"You mean change their artificial intelligence in order to make them less like buffoons?"
"Yes, exactly!"
"*burp* Maybe you could ask th-that little ginger-haired kid."
"You mean Dexter? He's so busy working on his inventions that he's barely talked to anyone."
"T-The other one. The girl. The one whose robot is the closest thing t-to a real human being. She could probably help you into making your robots more competent."
"Hakase Shinonome?" Eggman began to think a little bit about his interactions with Hakase the past few days. Although not many, what Eggman always remembered in their interactions together was when Nano was in the picture. During his examinations of her, he concluded that she was incredible from an artificial intelligence perspective. He also thought that it was impressive that she was very loyal to Hakase, compared to Orbot and Cubot's loyalty to himself. "Yeah, maybe she could help! Thanks, Rick!" he said as he rushed back inside and towards Hakase. She was just at her desk, opening up a small pack of one of her favorite snacks: chocolate sharks.
Upon noticing that Eggman came up to her, she greeted him. "Hello, Eggman."
"Hakase, upon remembering our times talking to each other, I can conclude that the robot you made is incredible! It's so complex and lifelike and is able to competently do tasks!" said Eggman in astonishment. Hakase simply giggled while rolling her eyes.
"I get that a lot about Nano." she said.
"Actually, to the point where I'm pretty jealous. My robots may also be complex and lifelike, but they're the most lazy, useless, incompetent robots I've ever had, higher than that old chicken robot and that…tank-like robot."
"What's the point you're getting at, Eggman?" she asked.
"…do you mind if I borrow the blueprints of your robot so that I can use it to modify my bots?" Without any delay, Hakase immediately shut down his idea.
"Sorry, Eggman. But no." she immediately said, completely disappointing Eggman.
"B-But why?!" he exclaimed. "If it has to do with those blueprints being top secret, I swear I won't tell anybody about it. It can be just between the two of us! Promise!"
"Okay, here's the thing Eggman. I'm somewhat fine with showing my blueprints to people. My concern is if the person interested in using the design is responsible enough."
"Wha…are you saying that I'm not responsible enough to handle machines?" exclaimed Eggman, suspicious on what Hakase's trying to get across.
"Oh, I'm sure you can handle machines. Just the stupid ones."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
"Okay, let me rephrase that. I know you can handle machines. But there's a higher risk of making your robot extremely intelligent. You see, intelligence is a very important factor. The smarter a robot is, the more likely it can become independent of its master. So there's a greater risk if improperly cared for."
"But what about your robot? Isn't she independent?"
"Yes, but she'd rather stay with me as I'm the one who properly takes care of her. You treat your robots like garbage, but they're still simple enough to remain dependent on you. So unless you follow my example of how I treat my robots, you're not allowed to see the blueprints. They can be a real danger if improperly used." she then took a bite of her first chocolate shark. "Mmm…chocolate sharks…"
Of course, Eggman wouldn't take no for an answer. "How am I gonna distract the little kid so that I can steal those blueprints?" he thought, as he stared at her enjoying her delicious treats. Suddenly, he got an idea to lure her outside long enough for him to steal the blueprints and quickly photocopy it. "Say, Hakase…" he asked. "You mind if I have one of your chocolate sharks? They look pretty appetizing."
"Not at all. Here, have one." she then handed one chocolate shark to Eggman.
"Thanks." he said, as he quickly ran to his work desk to get out what appears to be a size-changing ray gun. He then ran outside as he quickly threw the chocolate shark high in the air and zapped it, causing the chocolate shark to grow as big as…well, a Great White Shark. The chocolate shark then fell onto the ground, causing the sound of a giant thud. This prompts the scientists to run outside.
"Eggman, what was that big thud about?!" asked Lisa Loud in shock.
"Oh, I wanted to test out my size-changing ray gun on a chocolate shark I had. I can conclude that my test is a complete success."
"I mean, okay…" said Mandark. "But who's gonna eat all of that?" Suddenly, Hakase ran towards the chocolate shark and immediately hugged it.
"You're all mine now. All mine!" she exclaimed, still hugging the shark. While she was distracted, Eggman immediately ran back inside, went to Hakase's desk and stole the blueprints from one of the drawers. He then went to the scanner and quickly made a copy before putting the original blueprints back in the drawer. Suddenly, voices shouted out:
"EGGMAN!"
"What?" asked Eggman, going outside to see most of the scientists attempting to pull Hakase away from the shark.
"Eggman, shrink that thing back! Hakase's not allowed to eat that much sugar!" exclaimed Doofenshmirtz.
"Fine." he said, as he used the same size-changing ray gun to shrink the chocolate shark back to its original size. A disappointed Hakase caught it in her hands before shrugging it off and munched on it. "Well, I'll be going back home to tend to my robots. We'll be bringing our robots for testing tomorrow, right Doof?"
"Yes, we are." said Doof.
"Alright. I'll be here first thing in the morning." he waved goodbye to everyone as he walked back to his home. Upon going there, he saw his two robots Orbot and Cubot zoom to him with worried faces. They appeared to be holding cleaning items as well.
"W-we are so sorry, Eggman!" stuttered Cubot. "We quickly cleaned up the house for you!"
"We promise we won't slack off on the job again!" said Orbot in fear.
"Oh, I'll make sure you won't." he said, as he took a quick look at the blueprints. "The kid will obviously know something's up if I make a new robot from scratch…" he thought. "Hmm….maybe I should put all that artificial intelligence onto two microchips…"
The next day…
It was early morning, and most of the scientists and their robots were already at the convention, talking to each other about what tests were gonna happen today. Suddenly, the front door burst open, catching everyone's attention. It was Eggman, who was holding the blueprints.
"Gentlemen, I've been at work last night changing my robots in order to make them more competent and more intelligent. Now…meet the IMPROVED Orbot and Cubot!" After he says his words, Orbot and Cubot come into the scene, looking exactly the same (But with those microchips Eggman was talking about just planted behind their heads.). However, based on their body language and expressions, they seemed…very different.
"So, what's different about them so far?" asked Dexter.
"Well, not much as far as I know. But that's why I'm gonna test them throughout the day and see how loyal they are now. Robots, to my work desk immediately!"
"Yes, master." said the two, as they flew straight to his work desk, with Eggman following and putting the blueprints in one of the drawers. Now throughout the morning, Eggman constantly shouted orders at the two robots. This went on until lunchtime happened, where Eggman told the robots to stay in while he went to grab some fast food. While away, the two robots began to talk to each other in private.
"That Dr. Eggman has been bossing us around all day! I say we do something about that!" said Orbot.
"But aren't we dependent on Eggman?" asked Cubot.
"I don't think so anymore. Throughout the day, I thought to myself that we can do things on our own now that we're intelligent enough to do things independently, but that Eggman keeps shutting down that possibility. So I say we get our revenge when he gets back!"
"But how?"
"I have an idea…"
As soon as Eggman came back, he saw Orbot and Cubot waiting for him, with angered looks on their faces. "Alright, bots. I got more stuff for you to do, and I want you to get to it!"
"Beat it, Eggman! You can't tell us what to do!" shouted Orbot. This shocks Eggman, as well as catches everyone's attention.
"Wha…WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?!" he yelled.
"Eggman, we've decided to become independent! We're smart enough to do things on our own without you!" exclaimed Cubot.
"In fact, to prove it, we're gonna make our own independent robots with the blueprints you used to improve us!" says Orbot, exposing the blueprints to everyone in the convention. Eggman immediately gulped, realizing that things were gonna get bad.
"Hey, Hakase…aren't those the blueprints you used to make me?" asked Nano to Hakase.
"Why so it is…EGGMAN!" she yelled, as Eggman nervously turned to her. He soon saw that she looked extremely furious, figuratively shown through fire engulfing her entire body. "What did you do with my blueprints?!" she yelled, as she began to walk up to him.
"Nothing! I swear I didn't use it!" he nervously said.
"EGGMAN!" she shouted, in a louder tone this time.
"S-seriously!" Eggman started to stutter.
"EGGMAN!" she screamed at the top of her lungs in fury, completely scaring Eggman and making him confess.
"Okay, okay! I photocopied your blueprints while you were distracted by that chocolate shark yesterday! I then used those blueprints to compress all that artificial intelligence into two microchips I inserted onto Orbot and Cubot! I'm sorry! I didn't think they'd end up rebellious!"
"Eggman, I clearly told you about the dangers of improper care towards smarter robots!" she angrily said before sighing. "But at least you only used microchips, so it will be much easier to take them off, right?"
"Yes. You can easily remove them if you pick at it or you forcibly knock 'em hard."
"Then I say we take them off!" said Hakase, with all of the scientists and robots agreeing. Well, except for Orbot and Cubot of course, who immediately object.
"Oh, no you don't! Thanks to Eggman, we are no longer dependent on anybody! In fact, we'll run away as far as we can, so that nobody can interfere with us making our bots! Now goodbye!" said Orbot, as the two begin to zoom to the front door. Of course, the scientists and the other robots attempted to grab them or pin them down on the ground. But even if they were grabbed or pinned down, the two still somehow manage to get out. Soon, they were about to leave the door.
"So long, scientists!" said Cubot.
"THEY'RE ABOUT TO ESCAPE!" exclaimed Cricket.
"Not on my watch!" said Hakase, holding a remote control for Nano. Upon pressing a button, Nano's rocket-propelled right hand burst out and began flying towards Orbot and Cubot, who were now outside. Since the hand was flying so fast, both robots had no time to react to the loud sound, and upon turning around, the hand immediately punched both of them, who then collapsed on the ground unconscious.
Upon getting punched in the faces, the microchips attached to the back of their heads immediately popped out and fell onto the ground, just right beside the robots, who were now back to normal. Upon everybody leaving the front door to check on the robots, Stanford Pines proceeded to stomp on the microchips, effectively destroying them, while Hakase grabbed the blueprint copy from Orbot.
"*sigh* It's all over now." he said, as everybody then turned to angrily stare at a guilty-looking Eggman.
"Eggman, your knowledge of Hakase's blueprints were gonna destroy us all in the long run." said Layton. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
"I-I promise I won't tell ANYBODY about the blueprints! I won't even use them ever again!" pleaded Eggman.
"Oh, I'm sure you won't." said Stanford, who was setting up what appeared to be his friend McGucket's Memory Gun, a device used to wipe out specific memories based on what you put into it. He typed in "Hakase's Blueprints".
"W-what's that ray gun do?!" asked Eggman, a little scared.
"Yeah, what's it for?" asked Hakase, curious.
"Oh, just to be sure nothing like this happens again…" said Stanford, who then aimed at Eggman and immediately zapped him with it. Everybody then turned to see Eggman a little dizzy before he came to and asked the scientists a question.
"Uh…hey…can somebody remind me of what happened last afternoon? I strangely can't remember…"
Hakase was surprised that Eggman couldn't remember, so she asked Stanford: "Wait, why can't Eggman remember?"
Stanford then whispered into her ear. "This ray gun made Eggman forget about only your blueprints. All you have to do is fill in the void with something else. He'll immediately believe it." Hakase nodded her head and turned to Eggman.
"Um…you were planning to take your robots to a theme park for next week. Perhaps that nearby Disneyland!" This excites Orbot and Cubot, who immediately got up and ran to Eggman.
"You…you really wanted to bring us to Disneyland, Dr. Eggman?" asked Cubot in disbelief.
After a few moments of silence, Eggman basically believed what Hakase just told him. "Yes, I was planning to bring you guys to Disneyland for some fun times!" he then turned to the scientists to tell them he was gonna take the day off. "Fellas, I'll be taking the day off today. Me and my bots are gonna purchase some tickets to Disneyland back at the house. Catch ya tomorrow."
"Bye, Eggman!" said everyone as the three left. Stanford then went up to Hakase.
"You should probably destroy that copy before something like this happens again." he said to her, who took a good look at it before deciding against it.
"Well, maybe I should probably just lock up the copy in my house or something. It's always good to have a copy in case one of those enemies from L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. tries to steal the blueprints here."
"Fair enough. But make sure you lock it up well when you get back home."
"Will do, Stanford." said Hakase, as everybody went back inside to get back to work. However, nobody seemed to notice that two people from L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. were spying on them outside in order to see what they were up to. They weren't physically outside, as they had what appeared to be one of those hidden minibot cameras to take care of that. How much did they hear? We don't entirely know for sure.
But it's very likely they saw everything that happened outside.
"So, that little girl's got some interesting blueprints, huh?" said Rodney before he instructs the other scientist beside him. "Send someone to find the convention and steal those blueprints. I got an idea…"
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