In a World Where Dirty Cartoons Are Legal 289

Chapter 289 – Volume 58 – Steps Toward Innovation (4)

“Haam…”
“Are you okay? You look extremely tired.”
“Ah, yes…”

I took a touch pen and traced the floor.
Depending on its response, drawing lines on the screen was a bit slow.
…The physical specifications must be much better than the original computer, but it looks like this.
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The input of the touch pen itself is not particularly slow.
Rather, it happens because it feels like there is a delay throughout the graphics work part.
Most of the time, the code works as expected, but for some unknown reason, bugs appear.

Because of this, no matter what I do, it seems one beat slower…
I don’t know if it’s possible to render in advance.
In cases where real-time response is required, serious delays continue to occur in this manner.

Of course, it sucked a little more thanks to my editing than the draft.
It’s probably a problem with the graphics core API…
To be honest, I haven’t studied graphics in depth, so there’s a high possibility that the quality was low.

Thanks to this, I am currently searching through my memories of coding before to make games and making improvements.

“It’s almost a corpse. Are you sleeping?”
“Maybe…?”
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Since I slept for about 2 hours, I can say I slept.
If you’re asking if it’s enough, it’s probably not.
Anyway, you slept.
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“Yes…”
“Carly?”

I definitely feel like I’m lacking a lot of sleep these days.
Even though I’m clearly up and walking right now, my consciousness is blurred as if I’m sleeping.
Something is dizzy…

“Carly…!?”

What…?

『In a world where erotic comics are legal』

My blurred mind slowly returns.
I opened my eyes, somehow enduring the pounding in my head.
I see Rosaria looking down at me with a worried expression.

“Lia…?”
“Are you okay? It’s not uncomfortable at all? It’s not like your memory is bad or anything like that, right?”
“I’m a little sore and tired, but other than that I’m fine.”
“Thank god…”

He probably collapsed while walking from the club room.
He was probably on his way to pick up material I had researched earlier.
I guess it’s because I haven’t had enough rest recently.

Of course, from the beginning, I was the type of person who worked hard without sleeping.
Things haven’t been going as well as I wanted lately.
I just couldn’t sleep well, and I had some insomnia even outside of working hours.
So, it is inevitable that bad things will overlap and your body will become a mess.

“You overdid it too much. You can take it slow. There’s still plenty of time.”

What we are presenting is a computer.
Just before the end of this semester, it’s time for Rosaria to present her own thesis.
So it’s not that urgent yet.

“But until then, we should try to raise the quality as much as possible.”
“Aren’t you trying to make it too perfect?”
“Uhm…”
“I thought it would be okay to take it a little slower.”
“I ask everyone to hurry up, but I can’t be slow.”
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In fact, that is a large part of the reason why computer development is slow now.
Release more prototypes and move forward with many people.
There will definitely be such a direction.
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Especially since wizards in this world always quickly follow these trends.
I’ve experienced this several times so far.
You can be sure.
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Of course, it might be a little different from what I originally thought.
And so, a lot of interesting things will happen.
…I know.
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‘Still…’
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Perhaps it is because of the obsession with wanting to provide a slightly better experience.
It didn’t turn out as easy as I thought.
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In fact, the technology itself is very high now.
If you use it and compromise appropriately, it is at a level that can be sufficiently showcased.
I keep seeing shortcomings compared to Earth’s computers.
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“Something… It happens like that.”
“It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve seen you so engrossed.”
“Really? I’ve always been so absorbed in drawing comics.”
“It’s not that kind of story… It’s like something like sword fighting.”
“Ah.”
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It’s a feeling of obsession.
It’s not a good situation.
…I don’t think there’s a big reason.
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Since I came to this world, I have been drawing pictures.
And actually, when I draw pictures in the other world.
I think there were some limitations.
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On Earth, specifically in Korea, laws were an issue.
Because of the difference in technology here, paintings have always been done under constraints.
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Of course, if it had been that way from the beginning, I wouldn’t have known the inconvenience.
For me, who originally used graphics work, it was inevitable that it would be inconvenient.
…I was able to endure it somehow because I was free from restrictions that were more terrible than that, and the process of developing through it was enjoyable.
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But it was an opportunity I had been waiting for to escape from it.
You may be hoping for that location from the start.
…I guess I had that desire before I knew it.
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“Because everyone was doing so well, I was greedy.”
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Meanwhile, I saw a possibility.
It looks like he has become really greedy.
Because everyone did something greater than I thought.
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Cocoa went beyond making digital cameras and made them far superior to existing ones.
For me, who just wanted an initial display, Yuria implemented a display with much higher definition and higher refresh rate based on the same concept.
Even when I rushed forward with an unreasonable schedule, Rosaria stayed silent and followed along with me.
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Amori, who was in charge of creating an extremely high-quality OS that I would not have been able to achieve.
Nia, who accompanied me through dangerous experiments that were no different from my own, and together discovered high-end memory and communication functions that would have been impossible originally.
…Everyone showed results that far exceeded what I first expected.
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“…I guess it was a waste.”
“Huh?”
“I really think I’ll reach something I want. I think I’ll be able to reach it if I just work a little harder.”
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All of that in a computer that was close to the ideal I had hoped for.
Because it feels like we have reached the beginning of perfect digital.
I got greedy.
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“Well, that would be impossible.”
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It reminds me of the problems with the graphics API that have not yet been solved.
We made several improvements to resolve the slow response speed.
A situation that is still unresolved.

In the end, nothing can be achieved through obsession.
Because what doesn’t work doesn’t work.
I should have already learned that while practicing swordsmanship…
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“Okay, stop obsessing now…”
“What do we need to solve?”
“Huh…?”
“What you were trying to do. API? What is it? Tell me.”
“Rosaria…”
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I don’t know what I want to say.
But can you please stop looking at me like that, with an expression that makes me look like I’m going to cry at any moment.
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“You want to do it?”
“Huh…”
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I don’t know the exact reason.
I just want to do that.
I want to present this to the world as perfect as I know it to be.
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Of course, technology is bound to develop.
With that development, this too will undergo tremendous further development.
…So, we structured the system to ensure good compatibility, taking those aspects into consideration.
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Putting everything we can into now.
With all the computer memories I can remember.
To be perfect from the start, without any mistakes.

At least that’s how I feel at the time of release.
As if spitting out something that had accumulated so far.
Before I knew it, I was obsessed with that ‘perfect result’.
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“Let’s do it, I’ll help you.”
“…Uh?”

I thought they would say something about falling down.
I thought you were going to tell me to take care of your health and that I was worried.
But what came out of Rosaria’s mouth was something completely different from that.

“I like Kali who works hard. I like the way she works hard and tries to achieve things. So, I liked being next to Kali who worked hard at swordsmanship.”
“Huh.”
“So, while I was relieved to see Carly giving up as if she felt relieved… I felt sad that she gave up because she couldn’t reach it no matter how hard she tried. I was always rooting for her.”
“Uh, huh?”
“The reason I bullied and pushed Kali back then was because I believed that Kali would wake up, beat me, and enroll me in the swords club.”
“Isn’t your evaluation of me too generous?”
“Maybe. But I can’t help it because I like it.”

Rosaria rarely shared the exact details of those days.
That’s why it feels like it’s my first time hearing the inside story in such detail.
He just said he liked me, and he liked all the stupid things about me.

“So, even if it’s difficult this time, don’t give up. I’ll help you. If you can’t do it, we can do it.”

Therefore, she has already seen me fail once.
He said that doesn’t suit me.
She patted my head and told me that she would have to change her current stubborn ways, but not to give up.

“If you really lack talent and you can’t reach there because you’re not good enough, I’ll get you there somehow.”
“…”
“I’ll be your chance.”

The sight of her holding my hand while saying that was incredibly dazzling.
Because I don’t like it when I become sullen and think negatively.
You’re going out of your way to help me with something I don’t even know much about.

She was originally a woman I loved and a childhood friend.
Now I see her looking straight at me.
I feel like I’ve fallen in love all over again.

“Actually, it’s not a story set in stone.”

While working on this project, these are the things I maximized.
I hope that this level of performance can be achieved, and that no bottlenecks occur.
That’s because I wanted to try a maximum setting that was close to that greed.

“Right now, the graphics API is holding us back. No, that’s just the cause I’m predicting right now. No matter how much we fix it, there may be no end to it.”
“Siwoo is angry. It’s a very difficult goal.”
“Kuhm…”
“And the deadline is the one we first talked about, before the end of this semester?”
“Huh.”

Even after hearing stories that were close to that group.
Rosaria instead smiled and held my hand.

“Okay. I’ll do my best. It’s my research and my presentation, right?”
“Rosaria…”
“So, don’t worry.”

It wouldn’t have changed the fact that we were on a fairly reckless boat ride.
Because Carly is not alone anymore.