After Being Raised by an AI Outer God

Sickly, unhinged younger gong x the last AI shou

An alternate future, cyberpunk

Synopsis:

When he woke up, the mercenary Jiang Yi had transmigrated into the future.

Cyberpunk, androids, authoritarian conglomerates... None of that had anything to do with him.

He was a five-year-old child who had failed genetic screening, and he was being sent to a disposal station. In thirty minutes, he'd be reduced to one-tenth of an energy battery's charge.

Jiang Yi: ?

Does no one have a shred of humanity?!

He secretly slipped his restraints and ran, but this body was so frail that his vision blurred after only a few steps. He accidentally tripped over a piece of scrap metal at the recycling station.

Just as a recycling station robot reached for him, the piece of scrap metal that had tripped him glowed with a cold blue light.

"Human under attack detected. In accordance with the First Law of Robotics, [A robot may not harm a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm], Unit A01 has been activated."

"My master, what are your orders?"

Jiang Yi took a closer look at the piece of scrap metal. It was actually a robot with white hair and deep-set eyes, a stern face, half its body dismantled, and electronic components trailing behind it.

It looked miserable, like the slightest touch would make it fall apart.

But weren't robots meant to be used?

Jiang Yi lowered his eyes and curled his lips.

"I would appreciate it if you stopped every robot attacking me, no matter the cost."

The half-disabled white-haired robot saluted. "Yes, Master."

The next moment, to Jiang Yi's horror, it pulled a pulse gun, a magnetic-field disruptor, a drone launcher, a thermal grenade... out of its heap of chaotic parts.

Boom

Ten minutes later.

The handsome white-haired robot carried Jiang Yi out of the wrecked recycling station, shedding parts as it walked through the flames.

It carefully wiped the soot from Jiang Yi's face and said gently, "Master, please give your next order."

Jiang Yi: ...

Why would someone just dump this kind of weapon in a recycling station?!

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Humans and robots don't share the same joys and sorrows.

Having been reactivated and successfully completed a mission, A01 flashed with a cheerful blue light.

Former defective product, current wanted criminal for blowing up a recycling station, Jiang Yi decided to cling to A01's leg until he was old enough to stand on his own.

The sickly pale five-year-old boy with black hair sipped his medicine and looked at the battered, handsome white-haired man beside him. Putting on an innocent expression, he asked, "A01, where are we?"

"Can I get an identity card?"

"Who put out the order to kill me? If I want to kill them, will you stop me?"

"Will you help me? Will you leave me?"

A01 turned to look at him. A glimmer of intelligence that didn't seem to belong in a robot's pale gray, inorganic eyes.

"I will always prioritize my master's interests. If another human's interests conflict with yours, I may violate the First Law."

"I will help you. You may use me as you please. Robots are meant to be used by their masters."

Robots were meant to be used.

Jiang Yi felt he and A01 had reached an understanding. As he drank the medicine A01 had bought, he nodded without a trace of guilt. "That's right. You're here for me to use."

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On the roof of a conglomerate skyscraper, three thousand meters above the ground and beneath the neon lights, the black-haired young man grinned recklessly. He opened case after case filled with money, letting the gale sweep the bills away and scatter them across the streets below.

His audacious expression appeared on the holographic screens.

"Long time no see. Three hundred billion, and Chairman Chris's corpse. Help yourselves, everyone."

[S-Class Wanted Criminal: Jiang Yi]

Behind him, the white-haired man stood in the shadows, watching Jiang Yi with helpless affection. He said gently, "Master, thirty seconds left. If you stay in the cold wind any longer, you'll come down with a fever again."

Jiang Yi cut off the holographic broadcast, turned to A01, and kissed his thin lips with a light laugh. "You're so cold, big brother. Didn't you promise to call me Yi Yi?"

A blush appeared beneath the impassive, stern man's white hair.

Jiang Yi smiled as he brushed the white hair behind his ear. "I've got the latest voice synthesis System. This time, you can rest for a month, big brother..."

"Excessive indulgence is bad for your health, and my central processor will overheat. We still haven't found substitute materials, so it would be a problem if overheating damaged it," A01 said seriously.

Jiang Yi: "But we got the voice synthesis System! You won't lose your voice from overloading this time."

A01: "..."

Jiang Yi: "This is a mission too, big brother. You said it yourself. You're here for me to use."

A01: "...Yes, Master."

Jiang Yi gong, A01 shou.

Dazzling and bold x calm and indulgent

Scheming cat x straightforward puppy

A01 is an AI with intelligence and emotions, housed in an android body (which he and Jiang Yi painstakingly rob and repair together). You can think of him as an upgraded human who knows everything, can do anything, and is exceptionally good at fighting.

A gong who does whatever he wants, with an attitude of, "I don't care what A01 is, I like him, and I want him." And a shou who is very good at saying questionable things with a perfectly serious face, and who indulges the gong and goes along with all sorts of strange roleplay for reasons that would spoil the story.

Jiang Yi goes from "It's just a robot. It can't have feelings" to "Who are you calling an android? He's my big brother ^^"

I really love the dynamic where no matter what outrageous thing the gong asks for, the shou earnestly agrees to do it (.

First draft: 20241226. Second draft: 20250223. Both versions of the blurb are recorded.

Theme: Robbing the rich to help the poor