This is not how you drive a machine!

Chapter 4: Cold Night - Jackdaw
Zhou Yun rubbed his eyes and looked into the store again, and found that there was indeed one more person in the store. He was not just tired and confused.

The girl was wearing a worn leather jacket and dirty jeans. She stood quietly in front of the lift, looking at the car he had modified.

At first glance, from the back, the girl has long black hair that is slightly curly and has gray-white highlights at the ends. These highlights are arranged into a beautiful feather pattern.

Stunning and beautiful.

Looking down again, although the leather jacket is worn and baggy, the girl's slim figure can be seen through the uneven folds.

She looked quietly at the car on the lift, her thin body forming a sharp contrast with the huge racing car.

For some reason, Zhou Yun felt an indescribable loneliness.

What was she thinking?

Looking down, he looked at the dirty, worn sneakers and frayed socks on the girl's feet, and suddenly remembered the time when he first came into this world.

What exactly happened to her?
I guess it’s not a good thing.

An inexplicable emotion arose in Zhou Yun's heart.

The night wind blew past, lifting the girl's hair and revealing a small part of her cheek, like a piece of white orchid in the deep valley of an empty mountain.

How tranquil it is, like pines growing in the empty valley. How beautiful it is, like the rosy clouds reflecting on the clear pond. How divine it is, like the moon shining on the cold river.

This kind of isolated and independent aura... he was very familiar with it.

"Girl, put down what you stole! I have surveillance cameras here!"

"I'm going to call the police!"

The girl turned her head suddenly, threw the bottle of Haili fully synthetic motor oil in her hand to the ground, and looked at Zhou Yun blankly.

Zhou Yun looked at the empty oil barrel on the ground, then looked at the oil stains at the corners of the girl's mouth, and his eyelids twitched.

Whose girl is this?
"I'm just thirsty." The girl took a step back and wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand: "The engine oil here is really disgusting."

Did the girl drink engine oil?
Zhou Yun looked at the sapphire-like irises of the robot girl, his lips moved slightly, and then he said something.

"That barrel of motor oil cost 92 yuan, and there was only half a barrel left when you drank it. I'll charge you 46 yuan. Thank you for your patronage."

The girl's eyes were a little flustered, "I, I don't have any money!"

Didn’t he go home?
The girl took a few steps back and added nervously, "I just need some repairs..."

"Repair? Where's your contractor? Ask him to come out and pay." Zhou Yun looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that nothing else was lost.

"I..." The girl's expression darkened and she lowered her head.

If I say I don't have a contractor, I'll definitely be kicked out.

Legally, privately repairing a consoleless console may violate the Console Protection Act. It is not the repairer's fault, but once the console is resold, the repairer may be jointly liable.

The minimum sentence is three years.

No one wants to repair a hostless girl.

After a while, the girl bit her lip, raised her head and said, "My contractor is nearby. I need some repairs and some cosmetic changes. He'll pay you later."

"You're still nearby, and what time is it?" Zhou Yun pointed at the digital clock hanging in the shop. "It's almost midnight. You're here to get your car fixed at this hour?"

"I... I really need repairs." There was a hint of pleading in the girl's voice.

"Sorry." Zhou Yun shrugged. "I'm just a small shop. I don't have a spiritual pressure encapsulator, so I can't repair the mecha girl. Besides, if your core is damaged, humans can't fix it. You should go to the WMC."

As long as the work of changing tires, replacing brake pads, and slightly modifying the shell of the robot girl falls into the consumables category, humans can complete it.

For things like tires and brake pads, traditional maintenance methods will do.

For things at a deeper level, you need to use a spiritual pressure encapsulator, seal it into a Rubik's Cube, and then let the mecha girl complete it herself.

However, for more core things, such as the engine and drive shaft, the mecha girl needs to go to WMC and repair them by herself.

"No, we can't go there..." The girl hesitated and said, "It's just a simple repair of the shell, changing the tires and brake pads. It's not a big deal."

As the girl spoke, she took off her leather jacket, her sneakers and socks, and then her pants.

"Hey~ Don't... This isn't that kind of store! Forget it."

Zhou Yun sighed.

Logically speaking, you should pay first and then have the repair done.

But he looked at Jackdaw's pretty face and thought that this girl wouldn't lie. Besides, anyone with a girl should not be short of money for repairs.

Besides, they've taken off their clothes...

So he called out, "Follow me."

The inner lining of the mecha girl is a black and white tights, which is the mecha girl's "armor", a part of them, and the part that will eventually become a racing car.

There are two forms: fully expanded and semi-expanded. The fully expanded form is a racing car, and the semi-expanded form is some car components surrounding it.

At this moment, the 'armor' on her body was covered with scratches and was in tatters. There were large holes in many places, revealing the delicate skin underneath.

It is said that the mecha girls under the armor are just like humans... but no one has ever seen it.

"That's really miserable." Zhou Yun complained, then took the mecha girl to the other side of the store, "This space is enough for you to expand." He had never been in close contact with the mecha girl, so he was very curious. No matter whether it could be repaired or not, this opportunity could not be missed!
"Yeah." The girl raised her hands and did a set of stretching exercises.

"What's your name?"

"Jackdaw, Cold Night Jackdaw."

Zhou Yun tilted his head and looked at the jackdaw in confusion.

I always feel like I've seen this name somewhere before?

A breeze rose from the crow's feet, blew through the huge repair shop, and then her clothes exploded.

It was the first time in Zhou Yun's life that he watched the mecha unfold at such a close distance. He opened his eyes wide and carefully watched all the details of the Jackdaw's transformation.

Damn, I didn't reveal...

The clothes stretched and deformed in the air, turning into black and white strips, which intertwined in the air to form pieces of car body parts.

At the same time, the jackdaw inside stretched out her hands, and a steel alloy engine core emerged from her arms.

It turns out that the gem on the mecha girl's chest can turn into an engine.

The engine expanded into a complex structure, wrapping around Jackdaw's hands, and then extended the flywheel drive shaft and other structures. Then the armor on her spine flew up piece by piece, forming a seat behind her.

The mecha girl is driven like a motorcycle, with only one passenger in the vehicle, who is located directly behind the mecha girl entity.

After a while, a cool black and white sports car appeared on the lift.

The front end of the car is black, and the shape of the air intake is very similar to the Apollo sun god in the previous life.

The back of the car is made up of long boards stacked in an orderly manner, which look like crow feathers.

The car is gorgeous and beautiful, but the beauty is marred by scratches of all sizes, as well as broken and burnt aerodynamic panels.

Zhou Yun gently stroked the car body and sighed.

So this is the mecha girl?

"Don't, don't touch it, it's itchy." Jackdaw's voice was trembling. She said, "Change it quickly."

"I can only change your tires." Zhou Yun said, "There are different tire models available for you to change to, but as for the brake pads, you won't be able to use them on ordinary cars."

He actually has a brake module for the mecha girl, but it is installed on that modified car and cannot be given to this mecha girl.

"Tires are good too."

"Your tire tread is all worn out. How long has it been since you changed your tires?"

"Almost, it's been a year."

"Your contractor treated you so badly. Wait a moment, I'll bring the tires from the warehouse."

After a while, Zhou Yun installed the new tire on the jackdaw.

"Eight hundred for one tire, three thousand and two for a set. Thank you for your patronage." Zhou Yun put away the jack and tossed the used tire aside. "Hurry up and call out your contractor and have him pay."

"……Uh-huh."

The Jackdaw rang twice.

"Don't just hum, scream."

"I actually..." Jackdaw hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to say, and suddenly his eyes became dull.

"I, I want to continue playing. Yes, the game is not over yet. I want to continue playing!"

After saying that, she started the engine and drove out of the repair shop in a flash, almost hitting the streetlight across the street, overturned a trash can, and disappeared from sight.

Along with the garbage, there are also tire marks on the ground. New tires are more wear-resistant.

Zhou Yun was stunned.

After a long while, the sporadic cries of wild cats on the street made him react.

"I only make 2,000 a month! You stepped on the gas and drove away with 3,200 of my money! Damn you!"

"Also, you don't want your clothes anymore?"

……

After running for a few kilometers, Jackdaw's complexion gradually returned to normal.

"I... the game is over..."

"No, it's not over yet..."

Listening to the approaching sirens, she endured the dizziness and drove the car into the alley.

"New tires are just different."

At the entrance of an alley, she quickly found a place to transform back. When she was about to disguise herself, she was suddenly stunned.

"Yeah! My clothes!"

(End of this chapter)