Wasteland Conqueror

Chapter 25: Welcome Aboard

We talked about my other robots and what they were designed for and once I explained everything regarding the other designs in detail, he seemed to be more assured than he was initially.

"Alright, now that you've seen the designs, gramps let me show you the AI in action."

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"That's some impressive tactics and programming you've got for those bots. Looks like they'll have no difficulty handling most scenarios they'll come across in the wasteland. I think I'm feeling a bit better about all this, but I'm sure you have more to share with me, right?" My grandpa John said after watching my simulated robots decimate a heavily armed bandit stronghold.

"That I do, and it has something to do with one of those three places we visited yesterday."

"I'm listening."

"Well, that third location has molemen behind the rubble in the mine." I said, dropping an absolute bomb on the old man.

"WHAT? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THOSE THINGS ARE!"

Ahh, here he goes yelling. I probably should have expected this kind of reaction out of him.

"Alright, alright, calm down, gramps, and sit back down." I told my gramps, who was currently standing up, displaying a mixture of anger and worry.

"What do you mean, calm down? We need to go tell the government security forces right this moment and have those damn molemen exterminated immediately." He responded, ready to rush out of the house and go get the undercity government involved right this very second.

"It's not that dire yet. Sit down so I can explain."

"But w-."

"DAMMIT GRAMPS, JUST SHUTUP AND SIT DOWN ALREADY."

After raising my voice at him, he begrudgingly sat, so I began to fill him in. "There were only two molemen behind the rubble, so I don't believe they have any intention of taking down the rubble and invading the undercity anytime soon. That said, they will need to be exterminated because they are hostile to everything unlike themselves."

"Thus, they will become a problem down the road at some point if they are left unchecked and allowed to grow in number. I have no desire to see them grow to the level of a horde and become a threat to the undercity."

"That said, they also present a massive opportunity for me to grow in strength because of my system and the exp I'll gain from killing them off. Therefore, I would like to acquire the place for myself and exterminate the vermin on my own. I'm sure you don't exactly like that idea, gramps, but think about what it could do for me in the long run. I also have a plan in mind that I think you won't find too many faults in, so why don't you hear me out before you head to inform the security forces?"

"I don't like it but I'll hear you out grandson, it better be fucking good." He replied grumpily, making it clear as day that he wasn't all too enthused with this whole shit show I presented to him.

"Sorry for yelling at you, gramps, and thanks for hearing me out. Hopefully, I'll be able to convince you and get you on board."

"The first thing I'll do upon acquiring the property is I'll check up on the cave-in to see what the molemen are up to. Depending on what I find, I'll either tell you that the government needs to get involved if things appear to be going south or I'll inform you that there has been no real change from when I first discovered them."

"In the case of the latter occurring, I'll proceed to the next step and convert at least a couple dozen microfusion cells I have in my possession into mines that I'll then spread around the tunnel as a security measure in case something were to happen."