Chapter 265 Unanswered Questions (2/2)

"…" Dia Aldrich hold Randall's corpse in quiet

"Did he mean much to you?" said Diamondback

"To ood friend," said Aldrich

"If it's going to be hard for you, e a burial," said Diamondback

"No need I can handle it" That, and Aldrich knew that Alan had more of a say on how Randall's body was buried

"V, you there?" Aldrich tapped his earpiece

"Ugh…feels like someone whoppedfro her mind booted from the android Most likely, the android had a self destruct function for both its body and its data, and V, poking around in its ht in it

Thankfully, V was good enough to get out quickly Less experienced infiltrators would have gotten suck and had their brains fried in the purge protocol

"Good, you're alive," said Aldrich

"Hey now, I knoas a useless piece of shi+t this time around, but sometimes I'd like a little more than that for comfort," said V

"You did as well as you could have I don't hold anything against you"

"Really? Do you actually mean that?" V's normally peppy and confident voice wavered, and it was then that Aldrich could sense that the confidence wasile,up the way I did was knowing exactly what I was capable of And that ca that disappointy

You hat you have when you can That's what I expected for myself, and that's all I expect fro way to think about things You sure it doesn't just make you lazy?"

"Do I look lazy?"

"Good point Well, I should be getting off et so the bot'sI could do just like that, but there was a bug floating around froood look at"

"A bug? The android was hacked in so was doing, just that it was there Itlow key Once I' it, I'll fill you in on the deets"

"Got it Keep ot up, still holding Randall's corpse in his arms The elderly man felt like a rock - that was how deeply the frost had seeped in

"Shall I carry that body?" said Valera

"No, that's too conspicuous" Aldrich turned to Diamondback "This has drawn too et our stuff Regroup with runted and jumped away