Chapter 66: The Ghost
Chapter 66: The Ghost
While waiting for the confessions to end, Sun Jack took a moment to examine the murals on the church walls. Then, he spotted someone familiar—the baby Father had rescued from the Graffiti Gang.
The child wobbled out from a distant corner, flailing its mechanical limbs. Just as Sun Jack moved to help after it fell, a figure dressed as a nun picked the child up. When the nun turned, Sun Jack was startled—it was a robot nun.
The steel-bodied nun held the child, whose arms and legs were prosthetics, and walked past a mural depicting the Madonna nursing a child in a Gothic cathedral. Sun Jack, intrigued, followed them. Behind the church was an orphanage where about a dozen robotic nuns were caring for children of various ages.
From their sluggish movements and repurposed appearances, Sun Jack deduced these nuns were reconfigured from discarded sexbots. Their AI wasn’t advanced, but they were enough to barely keep the orphanage running.
“Father’s really trying his best,” Sun Jack muttered, taking in the scene.
“Jack! Look! The bald one’s out,” Tapai suddenly exclaimed. Sun Jack turned to see King Kong sneaking out of the confessional. Instead of leaving, King Kong approached a dusty electronic terminal in the corner.
He clasped his hands together in prayer, chanting, “Amitabha.” The screen displayed: Payment of 5@ received. 50 Redemption Coupons purchased successfully.
Then, a golden halo appeared above King Kong’s virtual image, along with two pairs of angelic wings. As celestial music played, the angelic King Kong floated upward on the screen. Finally, a thumb emerged from the top of the screen with a “Good job!” caption.