After twelve hours alone, I had begun to lose my patience, so to kill time, I began playing around with my physical capabilities, and I discovered that I was far more capable than I thought. Thanks to the fast refuel the lady had given me before caging me. Thanks to her, I discovered I could increase the strength behind my punches with my hand propulsors.

If I point my lines well enough to point forward in a parallel direction to my punch and then activate the engines at the right time, my punch strength more than doubles. It also goes so fast it sounds like I'm shooting actual gun-powered punches. The sonic boom sounds fantastic.

How do I know? Well, because I used it against the cage's door, and it did a lot of damage. My fists are tougher than I expected, too, albeit I'm not sure how many of those punches they will withstand. The humans monitoring were such drama queens.

[Corruption level: 86, 87, 89, 90%]

The lights inside my cage immediately went red, and alarms went off. Oh, give me a break. This is all your guy's fault; I was bored, okay? Yet, what if I try out my luck? If my clock was correct, it would be about midnight right now. What if I try to run away? I have been nice so far, but what if I stop? Can humans really stop me if I don't let them?

The answer was a clear no. Humans are way too slow to stop me if I overclock. Yet, would running away fix anything? I will simply become public enemy number one, but if I don't escape, then this wacko Toshiba is going to turn me into her plaything. What a problem.

If only there was a way for me to speak with Alexander. I still have the files of Toshiba mocking me even though they "deleted" my memories. The other problem would then be resolving his obsession with Alice. From what I have gathered, Alice was like his wife or something.

The way everyone speaks of her definitely gives me those vibes unless I'm misreading the tones in their voices. I'll be fair and say that it could also apply to a daughter, but the chances of that being it is way lower after he grabbed my butt out of nowhere. You wouldn't want to grab your daughter's look-alike bot butt.

That's why I have concluded that whoever this Alice is must be Alex's dead wife or something. I really don't want to think about it as a daughter. That would scar me more than killing those soldiers. Just thinking about it makes me icky. Ew, no, gross! Bad person, evil Alex! Bad! No sirie!

[Corruption level: 91, 92, 93, 94, 95%]

Alice is his dead daughter, isn't she? Your cringe face gives you away, reader! Stop cringing; you're making me uncomfortable. What do you mean I shouldn't break the 4th wall like that? I'm your friend, ain't I? Come on, don't be scared! We are buddies, readers!

[Power-reduced return to your written world]

Okay, mysterious voice, but now what do I tell them? There's nothing I can do while the guys on the other side all pluck their buggers out. The mecha people are approaching, and the door is being tampered with, yet after reconsidering, I don't think escaping is the best route unless I get a clear target.

{Bang!}

The door suddenly pops open with a kick from one of the mechas. Yeeeeeh! Phew, that was close, pal. You oughta be looking for me next time! The door flew with so much power it made a massive crater on the wall behind me. If it hit me, I would've been turned into soup PHEW.

"You're not making this any better on you! We are going to have to throw you in dark solitary confinement until you psychologically break." One very particular voice says as I look forward. It was none other than Bitch.

She was a total coward hiding behind two men in mecha suits. Yeah, hide behind them bitch; otherwise, the next thing turning into soup will be you. Psychologically break me, uh? Do you think being caged is a problem for me? How very correct you are! Please stop it.

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"You know your IQ points drop every time you speak, right? Why don't you shut me down? If you were smart, you would." Toshiba did not like that. Her face contorted and shifted significantly as soon as I finished my sentence. I guess people with a big Ego hate it when you insult them. If only she knew I wanted her as angry as possible.

That's right! I've got a plan to escape and make it to Alexander, and it all revolves around getting Toshiba as angry as possible. Humans tend to make stupid decisions when they're mad, and I'm going to exploit that human weakness as much as I can.

"Shut up! You're just a piece of metal powered by double AA batteries!" Oh, she was getting angrier by the minute as my cocky smile did not diminish with her insults which I didn't find offensive. I only needed to keep pushing her buttons now.

[Corruption: 96, 97, 98%]

"And even still, this metal gunk is faster, better, and smarter than you will ever be. I bet you think water is wet." Toshiba dropped her iPad as she quickly ordered the men to grab me.

[99%]

"WATER IS WET YOU FOOL! I'LL SHOW YOU HOW WET IT IS!" Oh, yes. How very easy, and here I struggled for an entire chapter and a half for nothing. This lady was so stupid. Like I said, her IQ seemed to drop whenever she opened her mouth. I was like, "Congrats, you've played yourself."

Once the men in mecha suits had me, I very sneakily connected my arm to their suits briefly to upload a virus into their system. Once I had injected them, it was a matter of time. If I bought enough time, I could take over them with the same virus Toshiba tried to use on me.

[100%] {Loud beep} [Releasing suppressed emotions. {Killer instinct overdrive}]

I had a big smile on my face as the guards escorted me outside. I could already taste the freedom until... "Hold your breath!" Wah? One of the guards holding me said as he pushed my head down to the fountain water at the center of the garden.

"GLU GLU GLU GLU!" Yeah, yeah, I know! I know my acting skills suck! But I had to sell it, ya know? I don't think Toshiba was in her right mind as she laughed at my fake struggle for breath. How dumb can she get, man? I'm a machine! I don't need any air!

[Infection completed]

"Ahahaha! SEE?! SEE! SEE HOW WET WATER IS?! CAN YOU FEEL IT NOW!?" Toshiba said that as I kept faking my trouble until she got close enough, I could suddenly grab her by the collar of her clothes.

"How about a little trick, Toshiba!?" I said as I now plunged her face against the cold water of the fountain. "You know what happens when you cross a friendly individual with enough computational and physical power to erase an entire army?"

"AHGGHG! GLU! GLU! NGUGHGIUG! WAAHHHH!" Toshiba screamed as she struggled to grasp for air, but my arm barely budged until I briefly pulled her head out. "Waaaang! Wrong answer! WAAAAH is not correct! Keep trying, my dear!"

I was having way too much fun hearing Toshiba scream for her life with her guards nearby, unable to stop me as their mecha suits held them in place. I was perhaps enjoying myself a little too much. Maybe I should've paid more attention to my surroundings instead of enjoying myself with her.

{Shotgun bang}

The sound quickly made me drop Toshiba to the side as part of my vision suddenly turned red with warning signs all over my screen. As I paid attention closely, I could now see some of my body parts scattered before me. When I looked down my chest, I could see a massive hole between my breasts.

[WARNING! BATTERY COMPROMISED! WARNING! HEART COMPROMISED! WARNING! HEATING PUMP COMPROMISED!]

When I tried to turn around to see who had shot me, I heard another loud bang, which now completely cut off my battery power. The hole in my chest got even bigger as more pieces went flying out of me. Well, shit, that can't be good. I don't think I should be able to see battery parts outside my body.

I was about to die for good as I couldn't hold my own weight anymore. My body slowly fell forward when another two loud bangs sounded behind me. I assumed he had shot me some more, but I couldn't be sure. How had I missed his footsteps? How did I ignore the noise from his feet?

How? I was sure nobody else but these two guards were armed. I didn't think anyone would be brave enough to approach me even if they had the chance. Damn it, I grew too cocky and made a stupid human mistake even though I'm not human. Now what? Do I just let it happen? I mean, what else can I do?

Literally, as I'm about to shut, I hear more men entering the room where I almost killed Dr Toshiba, with many calling on what to do next. I could listen to Anton's voice calling out to me as he tried shaking my body, but I had no more power; I could barely even stay awake.

[Storing backup files deep inside the quantum analog computer]

Good, I can let go now. Whatever happens to me next, God will decide my fate. I cannot do anything but let fate play out as I fucked up. I did this to myself if only I had been more careful. Lights out.