Chapter 338: Spectra: Robots are Born Evil...!
[Fatty Blue has joined the chat]
[Spectra-Onion has joined the chat]
[Fish-Man Kyo has joined the chat]
Fatty Blue: "A chat group? Hello, I'm Doraemon, a cat-style babysitting robot."
[Odd Jobs Gin-san]: "It's Doraemon... ah, the bad memories are coming back."
Gintoki covered his face. He had sung the Doraemon song back in the day... and now the real deal had joined the chat.
[Little Monster]: "It's the no-ears cat robot, Doraemon!"
Erii recognized him too. She'd seen Gintama, so of course she'd seen Doraemon.
Fatty Blue: "Please don't mention the 'no ears' thing!"
Doraemon rubbed his head. He used to have ears, you know.
Sigh... don't think about it. It's too painful.
[Star Forger]: "Doraemon, can you let me play with your Anywhere Door and your Hopter?"
Even though Kenji could now travel through space wherever he wanted and fly high, he still wanted to try gadgets like the Anywhere Door and Hopter. It was about fulfilling a childhood dream.
Those gadgets weren't that dangerous, but he couldn't just lend them to a stranger.
[Star Forger]: "I'll give you all the Dorayaki you can eat."
Kenji sent a photo of a literal plain covered in Dorayaki of all kinds.
Fatty Blue: "But... then again... I guess that's fine."
This Mr. Kenji had moved him with his "sincerity."
So much Dorayaki... I could never finish it all.
Fatty Blue: "Please be careful and use them safely."
Doraemon sent the Anywhere Door and the Hopter, adding a concerned reminder.
"Open Sesame."
Kenji used it immediately, opening the door right into Toriko's house.
"Toriko! Eating?"
"Seriously, Kenji? Are you this lazy now?"
Unsurprisingly, the glutton Toriko was chowing down. He looked at the door floating in mid-air, speechless.
He'd thought this was some new, weird ability of Kenji's.
We're neighbors! You could have just walked over!
"My bad. I'm testing a new gadget. Enjoy your meal," Kenji waved and left.
"So weird... what was that about?"
Toriko muttered, then went back to eating.
"Komatsu, keep the food coming!"
"Mr. Toriko, we're out of ingredients! You ate everything!" Komatsu's tired voice came from the kitchen.
In the short time they'd been back on Earth, Toriko had burned through all the ingredients they'd brought from space. It was a massive amount, but it was no match for Toriko's appetite.
"Huh?"
Toriko stopped eating. This... this is bad news.
He'd been enjoying lazing around at home too much. He hadn't done his "Gourmet Hunter" job in a while.
"Komatsu! Let's bounce! Time for a trip to the Gourmet World!"
Toriko quickly finished the remaining food, patting his stomach. It had been a few years since he'd been to the Gourmet World.
"Yes, sir!"
Komatsu's voice was confident, with no trace of fear.
They had traveled the universe. The mere Gourmet World was nothing to him now.
He was super brave now, okay?
Spectra-Onion: "Three hundred years... Robots?"
Spectra-Onion: "I hate all robots! They imprisoned me for 300 years!"
Kenji was speechless. Doraemon was getting blamed for this... Talk about getting caught in the crossfire.
(Spectra/Puni is a super-strong 'spirit' in the Seer universe. His strength is immense, but his anime performance... doesn't quite live up to his reputation. The King of Holy Spirits... most of the 'bosses' the main characters struggle with are just jobbers to him.)
(Spectra was sealed by the Space Pirates due to his own carelessness, the seals he placed on himself, and the 'Demon-Lock Chains'.)
Fatty Blue: "Um, I have nothing to do with the robots that sealed you!"
Doraemon was baffled. Why am I getting blamed? Don't just throw shade on people!
Spectra-Onion: "Such hypocrisy! Robots are lazy, evil, greedy, and treacherous! I will never trust a robot again!"
Spectra-Onion: "Robots are born evil!"
His kindness was treated as stupidity. His blind sympathy had cost him dearly—300 years of imprisonment.
When he gets out, he's going to turn all these "born evil" robots into scrap metal.
[Ghost of the Uchiha]: "What a familiar line... Reminds me of that 'born evil' Tobirama Senju..."
Madara Uchiha's mouth twitched. Unpleasant memories were attacking his cerebral cortex.
[Miss Pink Elf♪]: "I don't know what beef you have with robots, but you can't blame the innocent ones too♪."
[God of Justice]: "Exactly! That's not rational at all. It's just blind."
[Ahoge King]: "I think our new group member is a bit... unhinged. You should calm down."
Spectra-Onion: "I am calm. You all should not speak for the robots."
[Star Forger]: "Spectra, you need to calm down. None of us are from the Seer universe. And Doraemon is not one of those Space Pirates."
[Star Forger]: "Besides, if you want to vent, you should go find the real Space Pirates."
Beyond the universe...
Hearing this, Spectra's mind calmed. He seemed to be calculating something.
Kenji sent Season 2 of Seer (the anime) to Spectra.
Right now, just "talking" at Spectra wouldn't work. He needed to see some actual proof.
(By the way... the chat group knew Spectra hated all robots at this point in time... and they still invited Doraemon, a babysitting robot. Was that intentional, or...?)
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Spectra-Onion: "Space Pirates... I see. I'm sorry, uh, robot. I misunderstood you."
If you weren't his enemy, Spectra was actually pretty easy to talk to.
He was the King of Holy Spirits, a maintainer of peace and stability, respected by countless beings... He wasn't an unreasonable entity.
Fatty Blue: "It's okay! As long as the misunderstanding is cleared up!"
Doraemon wasn't petty. If it was a misunderstanding, dragging it out would just be rude.
Fatty Blue: "Spectra, since you're sealed, do you need our help to break out?"
[Star Forger]: "We're free anyway. Let's go see the 'King of Holy Spirits'."
Spectra-Onion: "Do as you wish."
Spectra was calm. Once his seal was broken, he would personally settle the score with those Space Pirates.
They just pillage and burn anyway. They're not 'good iron.' I'll turn them into toilets.