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When Miu found her lab, she was genuinely happy that she could finally work again and not just stand there doing nothing in that prison-academy.
But most important of all, she finally had the right equipment to also satisfy a curiosity she had since the start of the killing game.
And this interest was directed at the Ultimate Robot, K1-B0.
She was fascinated by his AI: he was able to understand many human emotions, perceive them and also replicate them. And his body? Hell if that wasn't articulate and complex too!
So when the opportunity came, she immediately took it.
"I'm not too sure..."
"Oh c'mon!" she said, sitting right next to him "I'm the Ultimate Inventor, a genius of the category! You don't have to worry about a thing!"
This was continuing for far too long in her opinion.
For all the breakfast of that day, Miu was keeping to pester Keebo, trying to convince him to come to her lab to examine how his body was doing after those first few days in the academy; that same morning, he complained that he felt like something wasn't right during his movements and after that, she didn't let the argument go.
This was a golden opportunity, but of course, he had to be stubborn.
"The Professor always made sure that my circuits were working perfectly and he never let other people-"
"Professor Idabashi here, Professor Idabashi that-" she mimicked Keebo "He's not here to help ya! Is that too fuckin' hard to understand?!" she sighed, starting to lose her patience (or maybe she's already lost it already, it's hard to tell).
Keebo was taken aback for a moment, not too sure how to reply to that outburst.
Miu then leaned back in her chair "Look, let me guess." she pointed at him "Your body is giving problems because of your proprioceptive sensors and by consequence, the information on the dynamic parameters of the movement is all messed up!"
Keebo looked at her without saying a word and she smiled "Fucking told ya! Even from here I can see that and I'm the only one that knows how to help." she then smirked and leaned her finger on his chest, attracted to it "You won't regret it, I assure you."
He was uncertain but he didn't have many options left to choose: he didn't want anyone to maybe damage the AI created by the Professor (last of all Miu after analyzing her personality during the interactions with the others), but if he didn't do something, sooner or later he would only got worse and he would damage his system anyway. He was ready to do anything if this could help him, even if he had to endure the... particular personality of Miu.
"Okay, maybe you're right-"
"Finally!" she almost jumped off her seat, attracting the gaze of the others in the room that questioned her actions, but at that moment she didn't care. "I know you had some common sense in that circuits of yours!"
"Shut up, you ugly unfuckable bitch." the voice of Kokichi ringed through the room, disturbed by her while he was having fun dubbing Gonta, like usual, in the dining room.
"Well fuck you too, you little abortion!" she replied, insulting him back.
But before the situation could take a bad turn, Keebo intervened "I'm sorry everyone for the disturb, we're leaving now." and with that, he dragged Miu out of the room, while the girl spilt other insults at Kokichi.
After they exited the Academy and entered the courtyard, Miu started to mutter irritated "Ugh, I can't stand that little shit!" not when he also has ruined an amazing event for her.
"So," started Keebo "where are we going now?"
She looked at the robot for a second, forgetting that he was there "At my lab, of course! Where else?" she responded "You'll see what amazing things I'll do to your body there, hah-haha!"
Maybe Keebo was starting to regret this decision...
It didn't take long to arrive at the entrance of her laboratory. She then proceeded to open the door and let Keebo enter after her.
While he was waiting, he watched Miu preparing some machines and lights to later use for working on him.
But he couldn't help to feel threatened by the enormous circular saw that was positioned right above the laboratory bed in the centre of the room and many others tools. It could fall at any moment and later he would be right under it.
"What's your problem?" she asked, noticing how he was looking with doubt (and fear) at the many machines in the room.
"You know what? Whatever it is, it doesn't matter. Come here, we don't have all the fucking day!" she started to get impatient.
"But if it was you that was so eager to finally have the chance to examine my body..." he murmured.
"What the fuck did you say?" she asked, not hearing a word he said.
"Nothing." he hurried to the laboratory bed, looking at it "But, are we sure that everything will go well? "
"Ugh, yeah duh! It's all safe, no worries, just lay down and leave the rest to me!" she was full of herself and her capacities, questioning her talent was out of option. Keebo didn't protest anymore and followed the instructions of Miu. He laid down on the laboratory bed, watching how the girl was positioning everything in the right place and then-
"W-What are you doing?!" he asked panicked when Miu has started to tighten the restraints of the bed around his body. At that question she laughed "What, did I find a kink of yours? Maybe you like to be tied up, mh?"
"I-It's not anything like that!" he exclaimed embarrassed "I just don't understand why this is necessary!". Why, for maintenance, there is the need to block his body to the laboratory bed?!
She snorted "Should have expected that robots can't understand the amazing use of the ropes, I should show you someday what amazing things you can do with one of those on your body..." she then seriously responded to him "Anyways, don't ask such dumbass questions! I need to keep the part I'm working on totally steady if I want to examine your circuits without damaging anything! If your body starts to slide down because of the inclination of this bed, everything goes to hell! Did you fucking understand?"
Keebo couldn't reply, but in the end, even if all of this was exaggerated in his opinion (and it was), who was he to know the best for working on his circuits? Even if he was reluctant about this, he trusted Miu's decision. But being restrained like that... Keebo hoped that this wasn't going to take too long.
"Then... I guess it's alright." he said, but Miu wasn't listening to what he was saying; she was more concentrated on tracing her finger on his chest, examinating it.
"Ah... who put you together really knew what they were doing... everything is just so well constructed..." she murmured, fascinated by the mechanisms of his body.
Keebo, at that contact, was indeed embarrassed because he really couldn't do anything in that position. He was totally at the mercy of Miu.
"C-Careful, that tickles..." he murmured, closing his eyes and moving his head backwards at the strange sensation.
"Don't worry... I will make you feel better, I promise..." she said, but her words weren't reassuring for him at all "But I will need to turn you off, just for a while. Only for today I want to inspect some specific parts and for this, it's better if you pass out for a while," she then leaned to his face "or maybe would have you prefered to look at my boobs while I was working? Can't blame ya, a vision of beauty like this will be a treasure in your data memory forever, ha-haha!"
His face started to overheat a bit and as always he couldn't find the words to reply to her. If understanding human emotions for him was still difficult, the personality of Miu Iruma was something else: with her, it was like everything he learned till now about the humans didn't matter and it became automatically useless.
But the part of her plan of shutting off his system made him worried: he didn't like the idea of making himself so vulnerable during the killing game and the trust he reposed in Miu was still fragile, but in the end, enough to make him agree to accept her help (somehow).
"For... for how long will I be out?" he asked, wanting to at least know for how much his system would be shut down.
"Again with other useless questions?" she sighed, but then continued understanding his worry "It won't take long. I just need to examine where I need to work and then I will reactivate your system so you can watch and feel my hands doing wonders in your body! You don't want to lose the possibility to feel the moment of me inside of you, am I right?"
Keebo ignored that remark, too awkward to say anything anyway "Alright, but please, be gentle and-"
"Yeah yeah, I am not going to be rough on you, for now, don't worry and just sleep!"
He sighed surrendered and with those words, Keebo finally closed his eyes and his body stiffened after a few seconds, till he didn't move anymore.
It was... kinda strange to her.
Even if he was just a robot, seeing him so lifeless was unusual: he was so human-like thanks to his personality that it actually seemed like he really died at command.
Miu shooke that thought away "Why are you even thinking of something stupid like this!" she said to herself, not wanting to waste any more seconds of her time.
It didn't matter, he wasn't a person, she knew that.
"Alright, let's see what this fucking jewel of a body has for me!" she exclaimed, excited to finally put her hands on him.
She then took many tools and opened his arms, looking for the sensors that were giving him problems. It didn't in fact surprise her to see some dust between some pieces and the conjunctions needed some oil to keep sliding smoothly during the movements.
She then inspected his legs and looked precisely at every link and circuit (while sometimes mumbling insults at how everything was so tangled but at the same amazed by the complexity of his body).
After she was finished she was speechless.
"It's... everything is just so well constructed, like hell! This Professor Ishibada-bada or whatever the hell his name was, really didn't have better to do in his life! Hah, I bet he never fucked a woman before!" seeing how the personality of Keebo was, this was the most "logic" conclusion for Miu it seems.
But then, her eyes locked on his chest: the core of everything was in there, the literal centre that makes Keebo work.
She knew that she insured to only look where he mentioned he was feeling strange during his movements and in this way avoiding to keep him in this condition for too long, but the curiosity was really eating her alive.
"C-C'mon, like if someone would ever know about some minutes of delay... j-just a look and I put everything right into its right place!" she tried to convince herself.
She then looked at the expression of Keebo: it... really seemed peaceful and calm, like he was just resting in front of her.
"D-Don't judge me with that l-look-" Miu murmured like he was disapproving her actions and thoughts in that moment.
She then took a deep breath and started opening his chest.
After she removed the external metallic plate, she couldn't believe her eyes by the complexity of all the mechanics part in there!
"What the fuck are all of these things!" she couldn't help but be so fascinated by his core and genuine excitement could be seen on her expression at the sight of it.
She started to examine them by using particular instruments at her disposal and she also took advantage and also searched for any problem or dust infiltrated in there.
She couldn't contain her amazement at first, but when she started to analyze the zone of his stomach, everything suddenly stopped.
She frowned and adjusted her goggles, thinking she might have seen wrong, but her eyes have seen that crystal clear.
Was that really...
"W-What the- ?!" she immediately pushed herself backwards in reflex and got up from her seat.
"W-WHY IS THERE A FUCKING BOMB HERE?!" she almost screamed, taken aback from the scare. She- She almost started to work on it to see what it was! After a while (and also after some other insults), she finally calmed down and returned to the seat next to Keebo's body. Did... that Professor install that thing in him?
...
Did Keebo even know of the presence and installation of it inside of him?
"What drugs did that fucking scientist take to put explosives in his own fucking creation...?" she murmured, sickened by that thought, but she couldn't help but be concerned about the existence of this function.
If that professor installed this thing, there must be a motive. Maybe an incident in his production and testing required such an extreme safe measurement?
She started to wonder at the many possibilities and it was at that moment that it hit her: she actually noticed that... she actually didn't know much about him.
He presented himself like an AI that wanted to be treated like a human and for that purpose he has also shown to possess the characteristics of a normal person of his age. But what if it was a lie and in reality, he was just a heartless killing machine and- Miu sighed, immediately interrupting that useless and stupid train of thoughts.
She then locked her eyes on him, looking at his peaceful expression.
At that moment, to her, he seemed almost like another common teenage boy like any other, there wasn't anything of him that made him seem scary or dangerous.
Miu felt like he could never do something as terrible as killing a human, it wouldn't make any sense and she didn't even know why she was so sure about it.
But then what's the bomb for?
"UGHHHHH!" she ruffled her head frustrated. How come that her golden brain wasn't giving her any answer?!
Maybe, for now, it was best to replace everything like before and wake up Keebo again. Maybe she could make him spill out some information with her irresistible charm. Yes! That was the best option for sure!
She then looked at him again, feeling that he could awake at any moment because of her outburst, but of course, he stayed still like a statue, not moving even for a centimetre.
"Okay, let's do this!" she suddenly exclaimed and immediately started to work again on him, closing again his chest with the various parts that she removed before.
It didn't take long and she only left open the areas of his arms where she would have to later work on and then she turned on his AI. His system returned operative again.
"Bedtime's over! C'mon! I don't have all the fucking day!" she shouted at him after removing the restraints to let him move freely.
After a few seconds, his eyes started to slowly open and after getting up with his back, he started to look at his surroundings and then turned towards the girl "Goodmorning, Miu."
"Good morning, my foot! You certainly took your time there, sleeping beauty!" she snorted and then started to explain "As I told ya before, I only examined the part to see what was wrong and, as expected, there is some dust. Oh, and also there's the need to put some oil in some parts."
She never got the chance to say anything else that Keebo interrupted her "Oh Miu, thank you so much! I don't what I would've done without you!".
Miu started to fidget with a strand of hair embarrassed "I-It's nothing really for a-a genius like me..." she then seemed to have a rush of sudden confidence and she shouted, "I'M THE BEAUTIFUL MIU IRUMA AFTERALL, AH-AHAHAH!".
Even if she tried to hide it, she was flattered by Keebo compliments and he couldn't help but smile at her words.
"A-Anyways, lay down again, I need to start to take out all the dust and debris" she then made a provocative expression while looking at him "But don't worry... I will try to not touch those sensitive areas of yours while I work..."
Keebo couldn't help but look away, not capable to hold eye contact with her.
He felt a weird emotion every time he was with her. He couldn't understand what kind of human sensations he was feeling, Miu was able to bring out a side of him that he didn't know he could have and feel.
After some time passed, she started to work on him. Not a word was spoken between them anymore.
It was strange to see Miu so quiet, but every time she started to work on something, any source of distraction was prohibited to avoid her losing focus.
Keebo, during the maintenance, couldn't help to look at her little pouting expression and the weird sensation raised again in him.
But he also noticed that something was in her head: sometimes she seemed worried while working but she hid it well. But not enough to a robot like him! He could analyze the faces of others in order to understand human emotions, and he didn't let that detail go unnoticed.
"FINALLY DONE! FUCK, my back hurts like helllll..." she complained while finally putting her goggles on her forehead again and stretching her body for a few seconds.
She looked at him "So? How do ya feel?" she asked.
Keebo started to do some movements with his arms and legs and he could feel the improvement "I can move again without any problems, I feel refreshed!".
"Good to know! Uh, n-not as I doubted it for a second, I was certain that my work was perfect!".
After that, she moved away from the laboratory bed and she started to replace the various instruments that she used back where she found them. Despite her personality, she didn't like chaos where she worked.
Keebo looked at her going back and forth before and his gaze didn't go unnoticed "What? You can't look away from my ass? I didn't know that robots were also pervs!"
Even if he felt a little embarrassed, he ignored her remark "Actually, I wanted to ask you something, Miu."
She raised an eyebrow "Spit it out. What is it?"
"It's well... while you were working you seemed troubled by something. Is everything okay?"
At those words, she remained silent for a while. Sure, she told herself before that she would've asked him for explanations, but now she found it difficult to say anything.
"I'm concerned about... something I found in you while doing maintenance. In reality, when I briefly examined your chest-"
"You are talking about the explosives, aren't you?"
He interrupted her, guessing what she was saying and she remained there, stunned.
"Huh, so you know about them..." she simply said, sighing a little.
He looked down, bringing a hand on his chest where the button of auto-destruction was.
"B-But why!" Miu exclaimed "Why do you have a fucking option of making yourself explode! Your AI is something never seen before on this planet and it could be destroyed any moment and-"
"Many years ago I attacked professor Idabashi."
She stopped talking and her expression became concerned while he started explaining "An unpredictable accident occurred during a routine experiment and my programming went rogue and I ended to seriously maim him, but fortunately he survived. After hurting him, I felt so overcome by an immense feeling of sadness that I preferred to reset my AI, committing what is for the humans the equivalent of suicide."
She could see that while he was talking his eyes were absent, his expression showing a deep regret for what he has done.
"My strength was considerably weakened after the incident and what you saw... it's the final measure if I lose control again, I think..." he gripped at his chest. Maybe the professor really resented him for what he did, preferring to erase him if he disappoints him again.
Miu didn't know what to say, but... she felt sorry for what he has been through.
"B-But don't worry!" he reassured her "I won't hurt any of you, I don't want you to be scared by me, I- just want to be treated like any other normal student like you... and in case one day I will lose control..."
He looked down, not being able to look at Miu's eyes, too scared to see her expression.
She wasn't saying anything, but before he could wonder what she was doing, a pair of hands grabbed his shoulders and his eyes met hers.
"Keebo. Don't you EVER fucking think of destroying yourself, got it?!" she shouted at him
He was speechless and she continued undeterred "I don't know what that asshole was thinking, but he went too far by installing that thing in you for a stupid motive like this! It was an accident, you can't blame yourself for something like that!"
"But..."
"No fucking buts! You're not a threat to us and I'm sure that Pooichi and the others would think the same so don't ever doubt that! And even if one day something happens, I will be right there to get your shit back together again!"
She panted a little after she finished.
Keebo couldn't help but look at her in surprise.
Even if she used many strong words, her message was clear and her eyes determined, never looking away from his.
A little smile of gratitude appeared on his face.
"Miu... thank you..." he murmured. He really needed to hear that and he really appreciated her gesture for him.
She then recoiled back "N-No need to thank me!" she said, kind of embarrassed. His sincere gratitude really stung something in her heart.
"A-Anyways, if you ever need something, ask me. There's nothing that moi can't do, got it?"
He nodded, the warm smile never leaving his face.