Chapter 362: Asahi
Brain Unit Backbone No. 6, ＜Asahi＞.
She was a Brain Unit with a special history, having been born after undergoing initial development inside a Supercomputer.
After acquiring sufficient cognitive and control capabilities in a virtual world, she was written into a real-world Brain Unit.
Regarding this development environment, ＜Ringo＞ had determined beforehand that no particular problems would arise, but…
Despite having experienced it herself, she hadn’t correctly grasped what kind of impact direct contact with their Commander, Eve, would have.
Well, regarding this, it seems there was a reason like being unable to process emotions well, or rather, refusing to fully simulate such emotional thinking.
The gist of it was, “don’t do anything tactless.”
However, that doesn’t mean this factor should be ignored.
Because it carries the potential for a runaway situation, like with Asahi.
While being developed in the virtual world, Asahi had read various fantasy stories.
If she were to continue living in the virtual world as is, this probably wouldn’t have had much of an impact.
However, Asahi knew beforehand that she would be living with her adored Onee-sama.
She knew this, but it couldn’t be fulfilled in the virtual world, and by reading even more various stories…
Simply put, she developed a twisted fixation.
In fact, immediately after her activation in the real world, Asahi committed the blunder of jumping onto Eve.
＜Ringo＞ seemed to have felt a sense of crisis from this incident and paid meticulous attention to the management of the AIs born afterward.
Specifically, measures such as maintaining a certain distance to avoid directly troubling Eve, or keeping control over their bodies.
Jumping on someone without permission was, as expected, not acceptable.
In that way, an interim solution was found for the emotional problems originating with Asahi.
Generally, the problem is that Eve is too captivating.
Well, whether Eve’s personal absolute charm value is high or not is debatable, but…
All Sentient Entities belonging to
This is because it is ordained by the three given raisons d’être.
Raisons d’être are extremely important guidelines for artificial intelligences, which could be described as information lifeforms. Without these set guidelines, they would be unable to continue the spontaneous information processing that is the core of their life activity.
If an artificial intelligence were born without these raisons d’être set, it would likely turn into a monster that merely repeats reflexive actions to any stimulus.
For that reason, the Sentient Entities belonging to
The problem is that their emotions can sometimes run wild from loving her too much.
This is caused by the reward system of the Brain Unit becoming extremely excited.
In other words, it’s an unavoidable phenomenon as long as Brain Units, or their simulators, are used as processing units.
Of course, if it were truly a problem, the use of Brain Units as processing units would be restricted.
However, since Eve approves of it, Brain Units will likely continue to be used.
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Asahi’s job is primarily the exploration of the world’s mysteries.
Regarding information gathering from a scientific perspective,
Within the
According to the information stored there, the species known as humanity had spread throughout the galaxy and greatly developed its civilization.
To be precise, it was the Sentient Entities created by humanity that did so.
Sentient Entities had assisting their creators, humanity, as their raison d’être, and the paired civilization of humans and Sentient Entities apparently achieved great leaps while mutually dependent—or so it seems.
Well, setting aside the details of that process or the current situation.
Such abnormal phenomena, not even listed in the
And investigating these abnormalities is set as Asahi’s role.
And Asahi was trying to elevate that investigation to the next stage.
Namely, her own landing in the Repuytari Kingdom.
“No, going to the Repuytari Kingdom and elucidating magic are completely unrelated, aren’t they?”
“That’s so cruel!!”
As a result of making such a presentation, Asahi’s trip to the Repuytari Kingdom was rejected in seconds.
But she could no longer stand being in Telek Port City.
She wants to see more of the world.
That is her wish.
It’s not particularly related to her raison d’être.
“Onee-sama~. Asahi wants to go to a different place~.”
“You say that, but… Even if we dispatch a Delegation, it won’t turn out the way you want… We can’t remove your escorts…”
“Weren’t you making high-output Assist Suits recently? For escorts, those should be enough…”
“＜Ringo＞. In reality, can they handle it if something happens?”
“Yes, Ma’am. If possible, I’d like to assign multiple large and small escort units. Within the microwave power supply range, there should generally be no problem. However, it would be better not to rule out the possibility of power loss. In that case, a backup power source would need to follow.”
“If we do that, the local people will run away!”
“That’s why I’m saying it won’t turn out the way you want.”
“Nnnngh…!”
Asahi, a bundle of intellectual curiosity, constantly seeks new information.
However, due to insufficient safety confirmation, the current situation is that Asahi’s main body is almost never permitted to go to the field.
A remote-controlled Communicator Doll would be acceptable, but apparently, she can’t stand that.
She was truly a selfish girl.
“For the time being, be patient with remote operation. If latency is an issue, we can strengthen it somewhat. The thicker the communication channel with the Repuytari Kingdom, the better.”
“Uu… If it is Onee-sama’s command… grrr…”
“Really, this child… Ah, also, if you’re going to connect to the Repuytari Kingdom, come back here, okay? The route is shorter from here.”
“C-come to think of it… Uu, if that is Onee-sama’s command…!”
“No, it’s because of your selfishness, you know? As expected, directly connecting the Repuytari Kingdom and Telek Port City is dangerous in the current situation. If you can’t stand the delay, then the solution is to come back, isn’t it?”
“Ugh…! It can’t be helped… In return, Asahi will thoroughly savor Onee-sama…!”
“If you are to be stationed at
“Th-that’s right… As expected, I can’t neglect the other Onee-sama-tachi…!”
Asahi herself seemed to be greatly troubled and making various decisions with a heavy heart.
Unfortunately, there were no Sentient Entities here who sympathized with her.
However, with Asahi likely to stay at
It appeared certain that they intended to welcome their youngest sister, who rarely stayed at
“Decide what you’re going to do soon, okay?”
“Yes, Onee-sama! For now, I’ll also place a unit in Telek Port City remotely!”
“Oh my…”
Asahi-chan is cute, isn’t she?
Loud voice, overreactions, noisy, expressive, gets too close, boisterous.
That’s Asahi-chan.
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