"Coming, Orianna!"
Duke swept the coins on the table into the drawer of the desk. He got up and tidied his clothes. He opened the door and saw a little girl in her early teens standing outside.
Her beige hair was tied into a bun, and her bright eyes seemed to reflect one's heart. The freckles on her cheeks added a little playfulness and cuteness to her.
The sky-blue overalls with straps did not reduce her score. Instead, it added a bit of shrewdness to her.
"What are you daydreaming about?"
Orianna placed her hands on her hips and bowed forward. She sized Duke up suspiciously." You're not staying up late to make your communicator again, are you?”
"No!"
Duke laughed out loud. He really didn't stay up late because the Host was already burning the midnight oil. What did it have to do with him?
"That's good. You've been staying up late every night for the past two days. Father has a little opinion of you. If you don't cheer up, Father might chase you out.”
Orianna shook her little fist and threatened Duke a little. Not only did Duke not feel offended, but he also felt that this little girl was extremely cute.
However, he felt that he had heard of Orianna somewhere before, but he could not remember for a moment.
"Alright, stop daydreaming here. There seems to be a problem with Grandma Noreen's clockwork prosthetic arm. Father is waiting for you to go over and help!”
"I got it. I'll go down immediately."
Duke understood that it was time for him to study. Without any hesitation, he returned to his room and took out a few tools. He turned around and followed Orianna down the attic.
Duke, who had arrived at the lobby on the first floor, saw the owner of the Collin Workshop, Collin Levick. At this moment, he was chatting with a well-dressed old woman in front of the workbench. The old woman had a kind face, but her right arm was a prosthetic arm made of brass and spring.
"You're here?"
Colin saw Duke coming down from upstairs. Duke sorted his tools and tied them to the belt around his waist. He smiled and nodded."Sorry, Mr. Colin, I woke up late!”
" Rest well, don't forget your identity as an apprentice, and don't bite off more than you can chew. The Clockwork Power Enhancement Device is enough for you to eat for the rest of your life. As for your communicator," Colin frowned and shook his head slightly."Let's not think about it for the time being!"
"This is your apprentice?”
Madam Noreen nodded at Duke and said with a smile,""He looks handsome."
"Even if you look good, you can't eat. If you want to survive in Pi City, you have to rely on your ability.”
At this moment, Colin was observing Madam Noreen's right arm prosthetic with a magnifying glass, carefully checking the bite and connection between each part.
"Come here, help me get the number three wrench.”
"Coming, Mr. Colin."
Duke shrugged at Orianna and walked to the work desk. The old woman smiled at Duke and said,""I heard that you're from Zuan?”
"Yes, my parents died during the chaos of the Twin Cities. If Mr. Colin hadn't brought me back, I'm afraid I would be like the other Zuan children now, fooling around on the streets!”
Duke spoke of his past without a care. In his opinion, this was the past of the original body. It had nothing to do with him. Fortunately, the original body had no parents or family. Otherwise, he really didn't know how to face it.
Duke, who was standing at the side and watching Collin inspect Noreen's prosthetic arm, was very focused. Noreen, on the other hand, said excitedly,"It's good that you know how to be grateful. A building was blown up today. I heard that it was done by a few hooligans from Zuan.”
"Madam Noreen, why do you think Zuan's people are so hostile towards us?”
"What else?" Collin snorted coldly." A bunch of Earth Trench Rats who don't know how to improve. It's not surprising that they cause trouble!”
Duke looked at Collin in surprise. He did not expect Collin to treat Zuan like this. However, given the original Zuan's identity, he could not say anything.
To put it bluntly, Zuan and Peartwolf were twin cities, and neither could leave the other.
Colin took the No. 3 wrench and dismantled Madam Noreen's prosthetic leg. He frowned slightly. There was nothing wrong with the engagement between the parts, but if the other party said there was a problem, then there must be a malfunction.
But where?
Duke looked at Madam Noreen's knitted coat and then at the prosthetic arm that was powered by gears and springs. He had an idea.
In fact, when Collin dismantled the prosthetic leg, Duke realized that he seemed to have solved the problem that had troubled his original body for a long time.
Clockwork Technologies seemed to be quite simple!
"Mr. Collin, why don't I give it a try?”
Duke, who felt that he had understood, eagerly took out his own wrench. Mr. Colin glanced at Duke, who was a little enthusiastic today, and stepped aside." Be careful. Don't mess up the arrangement of the gears!”
"No problem!"
Duke, who was standing in front of Colin, held Mrs. Noreen's arm with one hand and held a fine wrench with the other. He stared at the gap between the gears carefully and kept producing a three-dimensional image of the prosthetic in his mind.
Duke inserted the wrench into the prosthetic body, and with just a light twist, the slowly rotating gears stopped. Colin looked at Duke in disbelief.
This kid had just used a screw driver to remove a very crucial gear, causing it to be misaligned, causing the entire prosthetic limb to stop rotating.
But he hadn't taught him this knowledge yet. How did he suddenly learn it?
Or was her daughter distracted by Duke?
Looking at the extremely curious Orianna, Colin overturned his own thoughts. It was impossible. Although Orianna was talented and intelligent, he had not taught her this knowledge.
Could it be that Duke was enlightened?
Duke had no idea what Colin was thinking. He was extremely excited as he dismantled the prosthetic leg. While Colin was slightly distracted, Duke had already completely dismantled Madam Noreen's right prosthetic leg.
It revealed the connecting shaft of the other party's right arm.
"Duke, what are you doing?"
Collin, who was shocked by Duke's actions, immediately roared. Duke was completely oblivious to it. Duke, who had removed his prosthetic leg, removed the clockwork power unit and placed it on the workbench.
He kept changing the tools and disassembled the entire prosthetic limb.
Colin roared, and in less than a minute, the entire prosthetic arm was dismantled by Duke.
Colin could only suppress the anger in his heart when he saw this. Duke was too rash. He actually removed the other party's prosthetic leg before obtaining the guest's consent. He even removed it completely.
However, now was not the time for him to explode. This was his apprentice. If he wanted to punish him harshly, he could only do so after the customer left. Now, he could only calm the customer down.
"Madam Noreen, I'm really sorry. He was too rash. I hope you can understand. If this prosthetic leg can't be used, I'll make a new one for you overnight without charging any fees!”
Colin took a deep breath and forced a smile as he spoke to Madam Noreen. Noreen smiled and waved her hand."It's nothing. When he removed the prosthetic leg just now, I didn't even feel anything.”
"Maybe he can create a miracle!”
"Give your acolyte some confidence, Colin!”
"You must be joking. He's just an apprentice who hasn't studied for a few years. How could he know?"
"I fixed it!"
Duke's words cut off Colin's words. Duke wiped the sweat off his forehead and put down the tweezers in his hand. He pointed at a handful of sweater scraps on the workbench and said,"It's not that there's a problem with the prosthetic leg. It's just that the knitted sweater that Madam Noreen usually wears is shedding hair, causing the hair to fall into her prosthetic leg, making it difficult for some of the gears to operate!”
"I'm clear about the dandruff. As long as Madam Noreen pays more attention in the future, we can avoid it again!”
As he spoke, Duke's hands moved nonstop. He reassembled the prosthetic leg and added some oil to maintain it. In just three to five minutes, he had finished assembling the prosthetic leg and reattached it to Madam Noreen's broken right arm.
"Try it and see how it feels!”
Duke exhaled lightly and looked at Madam Nolin's feedback with anticipation. Madam Nolin's right arm slowly moved, and her five fingers flexibly bent and straightened.
"What a great young man. He's even more useful than before!”
Madam Noreen took out the repair fee and placed it on the workbench. She smiled at Colin and said,""Mr. Collin, it seems that your little apprentice has been enlightened. Congratulations!”
Colin was still in a daze at the moment, but he could not make any mistakes in etiquette. He lowered his head slightly to Madam Noreen and said,"You flatter me. This kid still has a long way to go.”
"Haha, that's true." Madam Noreen grabbed her handbag and left the Collin Workshop under Orianna's respectful escort. Seeing that the guest had left, Collin said with a gloomy expression,"Duke, come here!"
Colin, who had walked into his workshop, left the door open. Orianna went to Duke's side with a hint of surprise in her eyes."Duke, when did you become so powerful?”
"Powerful?" Duke frowned." Really?"
"I just read a little and learned to use it!”
Duke looked at the door of the workshop and sighed.""But I was indeed impulsive today. I wonder how Mr. Colin will punish me!”
"I don't think Father will punish you. After all, you've already shown your ability!”
Orianna patted Duke's shoulder." Good luck, little apprentice!!”
"Hey!"
Duke shook his head and walked into the workshop. At the same time, he looked at his personal interface. On the interface, Clockwork Technology had changed from beginner level to expert level.
Duke walked into the workshop and closed the door behind him. There was a hint of disdain in his heart."Just this?"
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