In the vast room, Eve sat on the sofa, watching vintage old movies from thousands of years ago on the holographic projection with great interest. Suddenly, she called out behind her.
"Kektuya."
"Hmm?"
Eve got up from the sofa and took out two pairs of puppet gloves from the box next to the sofa. Compared to contemporary ones, they were as ancient as they could be.
"It's boring just playing house. How about we play house with a storyline in the future?"
"Well, you can transform into anything. You can even play Adam."
Eve leaned on the back of the sofa, looking at Kektuya with interest.
"Are you talking about acting?"
Transformed into Adam, Kektuya came to Eve with a cup of rich cocoa, gently placing it on the table in front of Eve.
"Yes, acting."
"See, like that."
Eve pointed to the movie playing on the holographic projection next to them.
She put on the puppet gloves and started role-playing seriously.
"Woof woof! The big bad wolf is going to eat me."
"Ha ha ha! Little Red Riding Hood, you're not going anywhere today!"
Controlling the two puppets, Eve put on a spectacular chase scene with her short arms.
Eve's strange lines and exaggerated expressions would surely make even the most stoic person unable to hold back a smile.
"Acting requires many people together."
"It's too lonely to do it alone..."
One moment Eve was jubilant, the next she turned solemn and spoke earnestly.
"Kektuya, you have two processing cores, right?"
"Like the two hemispheres of our human brain."
"When we act, one core will narrate for me, and the other will create backdrops. Okay?"
"..."
Kektuya looked at Eve curled up on the sofa, feeling cramped and powerless as a deity.
Nervously stroking the steaming cup on the coffee table, Kektuya's expression was as complex as a human's.
"Then who will play the opposite role with you?"
After a long silence, Kektuya finally asked.
"...There will be someone."
"Before that, I'll practice alone."
Ring ring, ring ring!
The sudden ringing startled the emotionally charged Eve.
After a moment of panic, Kektuya hurriedly asked the AI butler in the room to answer the call.
"It's the military hotline."
After a brief conversation, Kektuya handed over the phone permission to Eve and anxiously waited next to her for the military upper command's notification.
Reluctantly, Eve took the call, but as the voice on the other end kept talking, her previously melancholic expression gradually turned into joy.
"Kektuya! Good news!"
"The front line is advancing, and we're entering the enemy's headquarters!"
"Maybe the war will end soon."
"Let's charge forward together!"
"By the way, let me go see Adam..."
"What are you joking about?"
Klugtu, who has always doted on Eve, now showed a hint of anger.
"Do you think the battlefield is your home? You can advance when you want to? Retreat when you want to?"
"When driven by females, we only display a supportive role."
"My supportive abilities can only be utilized within my own jurisdiction. What am I doing going to that battlefield? To die?"
"Or to supply resources to the enemy?"
"Every time I deploy, it consumes massive amounts of energy."
"The world's fuel resources are already running low. What we have managed to preserve here must be used entirely in critical battles."
"How can you make such unreasonable demands?"
"I've said it before, you..."
At that moment, Eve suddenly fell silent, a tense atmosphere gradually taking root and sprouting uncontrollably in the surrounding air.
Klugtu choked up, the harsher words of reprimand stuck in his throat, unable to come out.
"Klugtu, I command you to go into hibernation."
"For a week."
With a cold face, Eve issued the order to Klugtu.
Klugtu incredulously looked at the handsome face of Eve, whom he had accompanied for years, as a sudden drowsiness struck him like lightning, causing him to pass out.
