I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods

Chapter 701 - 13: Family Values

Seeing little Shiqi, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time, Yun You was initially taken aback, but quickly regained her composure, feeling not too surprised.

Shiqi was the only doll that had accompanied Jin for so many years, so living in Jin’s house was perfectly normal.

However, unlike ordinary dolls, Jin never took Shiqi on his missions, nor did he let her participate in those dangerous battles, not even installing the combat-enhancing prosthetic body typical of Death Gods for dolls.

Because of this, little Shiqi was almost the least mechanically modified among dolls... the most like a normal person.

Sometimes Yun You couldn’t understand why someone like Jin would keep a doll by his side; it seemed so out of character for him.

The old man knew better than anyone how dolls came to be.

They needed to be modified from children, and the death rate during the entire modification process was as high as 99.99%, meaning that in the past era, the birth of each doll often meant the death of tens of thousands of innocent children.

Jin loathed such things throughout his life, so how could he apply for a doll for himself?

But later, Yun You didn’t think too much about this issue and just assumed Shiqi was picked up by Jin; old people always liked children and longed for their companionship.

And after Jin passed away, Shiqi naturally became "an ownerless object."

In fact, according to the old man’s original idea, after his death, Shiqi should have been handed over to Yun You, becoming Yun You’s doll. But at that time, Yun You was busy holding off foreign enemies, naturally having no time to worry about such trivial matters.

Thus, Shiqi lived alone here for more than half a year.

Regarding this matter, Yun You felt slightly guilty, so she closed the door, walked to Shiqi, who was in a daze, and held the child’s hand.

"Little Shiqi, I haven’t come to see you for more than half a year; it’s my negligence."

"You’ve suffered..."

"..."

Shiqi’s body slightly trembled, carefully scrutinizing Yun You, and then sniffed the air with her puckered nose before confirming that the girl in front of her was indeed Yun You.

However, she said nothing and did not nod; she merely turned silently, assured there was no danger, and began watering the flowers again.

Seeing this... Yun You paused in surprise but soon understood and could only smile bitterly and sigh.

How could she expect Shiqi to talk with her like a normal person? This child was a doll, and dolls had no personal emotions. Parts of their brain responsible for controlling emotions had long been discarded, and their hippocampus, responsible for memories, had been replaced by intelligent chips.

Dolls couldn’t be "companions"; ultimately, they were just living tools.

Due to this, Shiqi couldn’t process Yun You’s "apology" and "care," nor did she have any means to respond.

Generally, she would only respond to "orders" and "questions."

Thinking of this, Yun You felt somewhat helpless and could only hold Shiqi’s hand and sit on the sofa.

"Little Shiqi, theoretically speaking, I should be your... family, and the only person qualified to receive information from you, right?"

Yun You tentatively asked.

According to Jin’s previous instructions, he should have given Shiqi a heads-up, and Yun You’s personal access to Shiqi was almost like Jin’s, at the highest level.

As expected, after the question was posed, Shiqi paused for a moment before gently nodding.

"You are currently, Shiqi’s, master."

"..."

Yun You ignored the strange title and immediately followed up: "Shiqi, I want to know if your memory and database contain information about the sixth ’student’ Jin recruited in the new era... namely ’Lamia’."

Lamia’s information was top-secret, and Yun You hadn’t even told Mokaka and the others.

But facing Shiqi, she didn’t need to hide anything because dolls wouldn’t betray their masters; it’s etched into their genes.

"Lamia..."

Upon hearing this name, Shiqi noticeably paused, then closed her eyes as if searching for relevant information in her mind.

After a while, the little girl gently shook her head.

"Don’t know."

Dolls couldn’t lie; she said she didn’t know, and she certainly didn’t know.

"The database shows that Elrond Gold, in the new era, only recruited six students, including you."

Hearing this, Yun You felt somewhat disappointed but wasn’t too upset.

Shiqi hadn’t participated much in Jin’s activities, so not knowing about Lamia was normal.

So Yun You patted Shiqi’s shoulder, preparing to search the villa’s room more meticulously.

But just then, Shiqi suddenly stood up and, after hesitating for a moment, reluctantly grabbed Yun You’s hand.

Yun You was slightly surprised and instinctively turned around, seeing a little face full of hesitation.

"Master... that..."

"Jin said that after he leaves, you are the only one entitled to receive his entire inheritance."

Shiqi explained quietly, and what surprised Yun You was that Shiqi referred to Jin not as Master but called him by name.

"But he personally doesn’t have much inheritance; only some letters."

"He instructed that those letters must not be given out, only for his heir to see, so I have been keeping them well."