NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 238 "Pascal" Village

One man and one pig stopped in the jungle.

A2 jumped down and stared at the fence in front of him.

This is the entrance to Pascal Village. In the lush forest, you can vaguely see the towering wooden roofs.

"Pascal..."

She said to herself, as if thinking of the past.

She turned her head gently and touched the wild boar's nose.

Hum~~

It seemed to nod, then said goodbye to the artificial girl who had a close relationship with its master, turned around and left.

[I don’t know…how the village is doing now. ]

She walked along the familiar road with her usual graceful steps.

The originally flat road has become bumpy and overgrown with weeds.

After walking for several miles, the appearance of the village appeared before my eyes.

Traces of burning can be vaguely seen on the buildings in the village, and the whole village is quiet.

She wandered aimlessly through the village, and soon came to the big tree in the center of the village.

Looking up, you can see layers of wooden buildings on the towering trees. The buildings are rooted in the tree trunks and connected by wooden, iron ladders and circular wooden staircases.

[The appearance of the village has never changed...]

She was filled with thoughts and couldn't help but sigh.

bang~ bang~ bang~

The sound of hammer hitting metal came from the trees.

【Is there anyone? 】

Curious, she climbed up the escalator and walked up the circular staircase to find the source of the sound.

In front of a tin house, a khaki figure stood with his back to him, hammering down the iron in his hand.

Well……

That familiar figure, could it be...

She stretched out her right arm and tried to call out softly, but suddenly she remembered something.

He lowered his raised right hand and walked over gently.

Sensing someone coming from behind, a khaki figure, a mechanical life form, he stopped what he was doing, turned around in confusion, and what he saw was a cyborg woman.

"...Oh, hello." The machine said, waving at A2.

Her heart was churning, but she still said, "Hello."

The machine brought out a worn-out stool, asked her to sit down, and said, "This is a quiet place where no one will disturb you. It's not easy for you to find this place..."

She looked at the machine opposite her without saying anything, just staring into his eyes.

The machine opposite her didn't notice her actions and continued to talk to itself: "This place would be much better if there weren't so many scraps on the ground. I've been cleaning it up for nearly a month, but I can't pick up all of it..."

After hearing the words of the mechanical creature, she turned her head and looked around. There were many mechanical parts piled up on the ground, most of which were broken.

Looking closely, they were clearly the broken limbs and torso of a dead mechanical creature.

"This is……"

Her eyes widened as she looked at the wreckage all over the ground in disbelief.

Hearing her doubts, the mechanical creature in front of him glanced at the broken parts on the ground.

As if he had noticed something, he stood up slowly, walked towards the iron house, opened the door, and introduced it to her:

"I have collected a lot of relatively complete parts here, most of which are from small mechanical creatures... Hmm... It's really strange... Why are there so many dead small mechanical creatures in the ruins factory... Oh... I can't remember..."

After listening to the mechanical creature's introduction, she looked at the things in the iron house.

These are complete limbs of small mechanical creatures, heads, arms, feet, torsos...

Her breathing suddenly became rapid, her scalp went numb, and she froze in place.

Not noticing her change, the familiar mechanical creature continued to talk to itself: "If you need it, I will sell it to you at a lower price, only 1125G..."

She walked silently towards the iron house, and as if she saw a familiar object, she bent over and picked up the head of a mechanical life form, and looked at it carefully.

Her thoughts went back to two months ago...

The mechanical creature continued, "I always feel that this thing is very important to me..."

Hearing these words, she interrupted her thoughts and looked at the circular device in the mechanical creature's hand, which was still shining with golden light.

This is the core of the children's mechanical life form.

"How important is it?" she asked calmly.

The mechanical creature in front of him raised the core in his hand and said with a smile: "The others can be sold cheaply, but this one requires G...

Besides, I really don’t know what these things can be used for, and who threw them there?”

Listening to the words of the mechanical creature, she felt helpless and sad. Pointing at the pile of spare parts in the room, she said anxiously: "Pascal, that is..."

"..."

She stopped talking halfway through her words.

The mechanical creature in front of him turned his head in confusion, stretched out his mechanical fingers to touch his chin, as if thinking, and said slowly: "Pascal? I seem to have heard of this word...

Well, it seems that..."

He took out a book from the table. On the title page were three words: Thoughts. He squinted his eyes and checked it. He said, "Look, the author of this book is Pas...

Hey, Pascal... Such a familiar name, who is it..."

He shook his head, put the book into the bookshelf, then turned his head to look at her angrily, rubbed his mechanical hand, and said with a very mercenary expression and tone: "So, this android lady, do you need it?"

She looked at the mechanical parts in the house, pondered for a long time, and finally decided to make a decision.

She took off her bag, took out a memory card, and handed it to Pascal, the mechanical creature whose memory had been erased.

Pascal's eyes flashed green, and he quickly bent down, took the card with both hands, and studied it carefully.

His hands were shaking, and he looked up at her in disbelief, and said in an even more trembling voice: "Three...nearly three million three hundred thousand...Oh my God...

So……"

His eyes were full of smiles again: "Miss, what do you need?"

Taking in the scene before her, she did not feel Pascal's merchant-like materialism;

After all, if you want to take good care of children and be a good village chief, you need some business skills.

She understood.

"I want everything in the room..." she said lightly.

"Ah... Thank you so much, beautiful, lovely and kind-hearted android. I'll give you the change right away..."

Pascal was very excited. He spoke in a flattering manner and was about to go to the next room.

She reached out and grabbed Pascal who was about to look for money, and said expressionlessly, "No need."

Pascal was flattered, his green eyes flickered continuously, then he lowered his head and said hesitantly:

"This... How can... How can I feel so embarrassed..."

He rubbed his hands, occasionally looking up at the woman in front of him.

She put the card back into Pascal's hand.

Pascal took the card coyly and patted his iron chest and said, "Wherever you want to ship it to, I can..."

"No need Pascal..." she said again.

Well?

He seemed to be wondering why the woman called out this name again, and even more confused about what this woman was going to do?

After taking another look, she shook her head slightly and said, "Please put them here for me and keep them for me. Don't sell them to anyone else."

As if she had thought of something, she spoke again: "After all, it's good to put it here. I have no other place to store these."

"Oh……"

Pascal suddenly realized that he was asked to keep it for safekeeping.

"Please rest assured! I have always been honest." Pascal's mechanical mouth could not be closed with joy.

"Don't throw it away casually. After all, I bought it." She suppressed the bitterness in her heart, smiled slightly, and tried not to arouse the other party's suspicion.

"No problem! Just leave it to me."

"So, goodbye."

She waved her hand and prepared to leave the place. Suddenly, she stopped and turned to look at Pascal who had lost his memory.

"Anything else? Miss. By the way, what should I call you?"

"Uh... call me A2..."

She opened the backpack again and opened a special pocket, which contained sparkling stones and some other things.

Shaking her head, she handed the items to Pascal.

"Ms. A2?" Pascal asked in confusion.

"Please help me sow these... seeds... and... place these things in front of the plants..."