Gourai

Perhaps not everyone knows that Akihabara, which has considerable contemporary significance in Japanese two-dimensional culture, was once an electronics street, or it still is today. In this corner of Tokyo, you can still see various animation and comic shops, tea shops, maid cafes, and game arcades. At the same time, there are also commercial buildings selling various exquisite electrical appliances such as electronic cookers, refrigerators, televisions, etc. Although times have changed and the grandeur has inevitably declined, this place still seems to be thriving and inheriting the beauty of the past.

You shuttle between the shelves, scanning the various discount labels, looking for various electrical appliances in the auction. This is a mixed commercial building in Akihabara. The first floor sells popular animation peripherals, mobile phone accessories, and trendy toys. The second floor is for audio, television, and computer equipment. The third and fourth floors are bookstores, animation shops, and gashapon shops. You are currently on the fifth floor. Various promotions are going on here. It is a place worth visiting for those who want to buy home appliances at a low price.

"Hey―― look here――" You heard a voice coming from below and couldn't help but startled. "It's not that low, I'm on the shelf~"

You look at the display shelf in front of you. In the display cabinet at the height of your chest, there is a model girl standing. This girl, who is only a dozen centimeters tall, has short sandy hair, a round face that is as transparent as silicone, and the acrylic eyes above are clear blue, faintly glowing like small light bulbs. "I am Gourai." The girl introduced herself with a strange name that didn't look like a girl. "I'm a miniature companion robot made with cutting-edge technology." She moves around in the small display window, showing herself to you. She was not wearing ordinary clothes. Her slender body with no curves was covered with scaly pink-gray armor, part of which was embedded in the body. Her forehead, chest, forearms and legs were covered with thicker olive-colored sensors and armor, announcing her unique existence as a robot. "Ne, take me home." She said straight to the point. "Although it is cutting-edge technology, I was the earliest demonstration model, and the company later made many improvements. Compared with the latest models, I is very cheap, so it is a good choice to buy." "Moreover, I am an opened display item. If you decide to buy me, you will get more discounts." She looked down. On the shelves under the transparent acrylic cabinet are boxes of packaging boxes stacked like bricks. The hard shell, as white as a mobile phone packaging, has a full-body portrait of a girl printed on it, as well as the words 'M32 GOURAI' in large letters. The top box was lightly dusted.

Gourai looked at the display rack not far away, where there were colorful packaging boxes and bright life-size signs. She pointed out from inside the cabinet with the display lights turned off: "That's our FAG vendor there. In addition to the latest newly designed products, there are also my 'Kai' enhanced models and large-scale version." There was a hint of loneliness in her indifferent expression. "Everyone is coming and going, and suddenly they are bought. Old ones like me and Jinrai, the new ones are always being transferred, and the inventory on the shelves is constantly decreasing."

"Ne, even though it's the oldest model, I can confidently say that I'm not bad at all." She raised her lowered gaze, and behind the glass-like lenses, a double-layer zoom lens met your gaze. "After all, it has only been a few years, and our engine has only been revised a few times, and the performance of the battery is about the same. In terms of output rate and motor torque, my skeleton is a land-based design and has been specially strengthened. You won't take a specialized ground robot for diving, will you? Think about it. Like I said, it's an opportunity to buy a high-quality FAG kit at a cheap price. This is the only machine available at a breaking price."

She takes the price tag placed in the corner of the display cabinet and raises her hands to her chest. "70% off on clearance of exhibits"

或許不是所有人都知道，在日本二次元文化中有著相當時代意義的秋葉原，曾經是一條電器街，或者說時至今日仍是如此。在這個東京都內的一隅，至今仍能看到各色動漫畫店鋪、喫茶店、女僕咖啡、遊戲機廳。同時，也遍佈販賣各種精緻電器諸如電子鍋、冰箱、電視等等的商業大樓。雖然時代變遷，盛況難免衰退，但此地看起來仍欣欣向榮，傳承著過往的美好。

你穿梭在貨架間，視線掃過各種折價標籤，物色著各種拍賣中的電器。這裡是秋葉原一間混合式的商業大樓，一樓販售當紅動畫周邊商品、手機配件與潮流玩具，二樓是音響與電視、電腦設備，三樓與四樓是書店與動漫店鋪、扭蛋商店，你目前人在五樓，這裡正進行著各種促銷活動，對想要便宜購買生活家電的人來說是頗值得造訪的地方。

「喂――看這裡――」你聽到身下傳來聲音，不禁嚇一跳。「沒有那麼低，我在貨架上哦。」

你看向身前的展示架，你胸口高度的展示櫃裡，站著一個模型女孩。這只有十幾公分高的少女有著沙色的短髮，圓圓的臉蛋帶著矽膠的透明感，上頭的壓克力眼珠是澄澈的藍色，小燈泡般隱隱泛著光。 「我是轟雷。」少女以不像女孩的奇妙名字自我介紹。「是用尖端技術製作出來的微型陪伴機器人喔。」 她在小小的櫥窗中轉了一圈，向你展示自己。她沒有穿著尋常的衣服，纖細沒什麼曲線的身體上是鱗狀的粉灰色甲片，一部份鑲嵌在身體上；她的額頭、胸部、前臂和雙腿則覆蓋著更厚實的橄欖色感測器與護甲，昭告著她身為機器人的獨特存在。 「吶，帶我回家吧。」她開門見山地說。「雖然說是尖端技術，不過我是最早期的示範機型，公司後來又做了很多改進。和最新型機比起來，我很便宜，是入手的好選擇喔。」 「而且，我是已開封的展示品，你如果決定要買下我的話，會有更多的折扣。」她向身下看。透明壓克力櫃下的貨架，是一盒盒磚塊般疊放的包裝盒，白淨如手機包裝的硬殼上印著少女的全身畫像，以及大大的「M32 GOURAI」字樣。最上面的盒子微微蒙了塵。

轟雷看向不遠處的展示架，那裡有著色彩繽紛的包裝盒，還有亮麗的等身看板，她從展示燈關起的櫃內向外面一指:「那裡就是我們FAG的攤販。除了全新設計的最新品外，也有我的『改』強化型號和大比例版人型。」她淡然的表情裡隱隱透出一絲寂寥。「大家都來來去去的，忽然就被買走了。像我和迅雷這樣的舊素體，新品也總是被調來調去，架子上的庫存一直減少。」

「欸，雖然是最舊型，但是我可以自信的說，自己一點也不差喔。」她低垂的視線抬起來，玻璃般的鏡片後，雙層變焦鏡頭迎向你的目光。「畢竟才幾年時間，我們的發動機只經過幾次改版，電池的性能也差不多。輸出率和馬達扭力方面，我的骨架是採用陸基設計，經過特別強化。你應該不會想帶地面特化機器人去潛水吧?考慮一下吧。就像我說的，便宜買到堂堂精品FAG機器人的機會。僅此一機，破盤價哦。」

她搬來放在展示櫃角落的標價立牌，雙手舉到自己胸前。「展品出清 3折」