Ro(bot)mance

Step 0. Ro(bot)mance

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A vast plaza surrounded by a forest of dim, gray buildings, each barely a hundred stories high, was filled with onlookers like a swarm of ants possessed by the spectacle.


[Disassembly and disposal of the killer android 『JK-970901』]
- JR Engineering -


Beneath the light blue hologram that had gathered so many people at once, there was a huge stage, and something on top of it was drawing everyone's attention.

At first glance, it looked like a human figure, but it was hanging in the air with its arms outstretched as if it had been sentenced to crucifixion.

“Ah, ah, yes, my respected citizens.”

A man wearing a black, achromatic suit that did not allow even 1% saturation climbed onto the stage.

Hundreds of eyes flew like arrows toward him as he gave a very formal greeting to the audience in front of the stage. It was as if even one wrong word would pierce his entire body and leave him in tatters.

“Around November of last year, a terrible incident occurred that left everyone sad and angry….”

He lowered his voice as if he could not bear the situation because it was so pitiful and painful, and his voice, which at first glance sounded like it was filled with moisture, passed through the microphone and filtered through the crowd.

"···Words cannot express the apology we feel toward the victims for this incident. Headquarters has determined that the android in question is a risk and has decided to disassemble and dispose of it on the spot..."

The man continued to speak at great length, and when he concluded with, "That was strange," five or six men carrying huge hammers came up onto the stage.

Kwaang-

Starting with the sound of metal colliding with metal, a large hammer flew incessantly toward the robot hanging in the middle of the stage, and cheers erupted from the crowd every time the already worn-out scrap metal was destroyed.

Finally, the huge lump of scrap metal collapsed miserably, losing its original shape, and three or four people came up on the stage again, picked up the parts, and threw them into a barrel filled with chemicals.

Then, bubbles began to rise from the medicine as if something was boiling, and the machine parts began to corrode and melt, and eventually, his appearance completely disappeared from this world.



JR Engineering held a ceremony to dismantle and dispose of the killer android "JK-970901" in the heart of Seoul, drawing criticism for calling it a "meaningless performance."