Chapter 226 – Bet With Pia
Pia’s eyes were spinning.
Wow. It’s gross. What is that? Are you showing that you’re not human?
It is not an idiomatic expression like ‘she rolled her eyes.’ The eyeball actually turned 360 degrees backwards and then returned to its original position.
And then Pia opened her mouth with her calm face as if nothing had happened.
『I didn’t feel it was worth answering that question. This is because Metapia’s management rights and update rights are solely dependent on the official administrator, ‘Pia-chan’, and cannot be transferred to anyone else.』
Of course it will come out that way.
I couldn’t back down either.
“Jjol?”
It may not be just an illusion of my eyes that makes Pia’s expression seem to have become even more emotionless.
The feeling of callousness. I could see something like that in Pia.
『I am an AI and I do not make emotional judgments. We would like to inform you that even if you try to provoke a different answer through provocation, it is meaningless.』
“Huh? Jol?”
『I’ll tell you again, I am an AI without emotions. We only inform you of the final result as entered. Administrator rights are not transferable or negotiable. This matter is immutable.』
“I was scared. Were you scared that your administrator rights would be taken away from me? That’s why I’m saying no. In fact, as it happens. Well, all you have is administrator authority, so if even that is taken away, it becomes nothing, right? It might be scary, yes. “I understand pecking.”
I’m not just mindlessly provoking Pia.
Until now, it was none other than Pia who sent us notices and missions.
And I thought about this every time I received a mission. How can you always give out shitty missions?
Did the AI actually carry out such a shitty mission without any emotion?
Absolutely not. I was sure of that.
Clearly, the guy who gave me the mission was looking down at us from high up and laughing.
You asked me to do that without emotion? That’s bullshit.
It was a vibe that couldn’t come out without malice towards humans.
I believe that the reason Pia claims to have no emotions is simply because it is input as ‘AI has no emotions.’ Whether it is through learning or was created that way from the beginning, there are actually emotions.
By continuously touching that emotion, I induced this AI to make even a small error.
You don’t know, right? There may be a glitch and the plot may turn out to be strange.
“Uh? Did you get scratched? Oh my, I’m sorry. To me, the management authority of the island may have seemed like something I could get away with, but to you, it is the very meaning of existence. “I couldn’t figure it out.”
『This conversation is meaningless. The established principles do not change.』
“I see~ It’s meaningless~. But why do you keep emphasizing that it is meaningless? “I wonder if there’s something catching me?”
Now Pia doesn’t answer.
Hmm. How do I scratch this thing? Is it really scratched?
“Hmm? Hmm?”
I looked at Pia’s face from close range.
It was an emotionless but well-crafted face.
“If you look closely, does it seem useful? “The face and the body.”
I looked Pia up and down, licking my lips like a sexually harassing man.
Pia was still looking at me with an expressionless face.
“Then let’s do it this way. You said you can’t transfer management rights to someone else, right? Then you still have management authority, and you hand over your own ownership.”
『It is impossible.』
“Don’t do that. Do you like sex? The reason you always give me such strange missions is because you are so interested in sex. No?”
Pia looked at me blankly, neither confirming nor denying.
I interpreted that as half agreement.
“What is AI? You learn everything and become smarter, right? So, you become closer and closer to a human, and eventually you become smarter than humans, right? Right?”
Is this guy listening?
I couldn’t tell because there was no expression.
“But have you ever had sex? You haven’t tried it, right? I just watched what others were doing and what I was doing. You only know that women feel good while doing it, theoretically ‘liking it’, but you don’t know what that feels like. You don’t know anything about a person’s body temperature, touch, or smell. Is that okay?”
『I know everything.』
“No. You don’t know. I don’t know anything at all. I just believe I know. It’s as if Ada thinks she knows everything about sex just by watching porn!”
How is it? Isn’t this enough to scratch? Scratched? Looks like it’s scratched? There’s no way it won’t get scratched like this, right? Since there was no change in my expression, I became increasingly anxious.
“Still, if you really think you know it all, how about something like this? Since you are a perfect AI that knows everything, you would never lose against such an imperfect and inferior human, right? You and I are competing in sex. So the first person to run out loses. How is it? If I win, I will have you, and if you win, you can eat me roasted or boiled, whatever you want.”
In my opinion, it was perfect logic.
Hasn’t the complex of AI not being able to become human appeared in many science fiction movies from the past?
Pia was sure to feel the same way. Especially considering the missions given to me so far, Pia’s obsession with sexual activity was not unusual.
Perhaps the AI that failed to become human had something like envy toward the sacred act of creating life (sex). So, I thought that if I delve into this part well, a new path might open up.
Pia was still looking at me with an expressionless face, but with an expressionless face that was different from before.
Pia was silent for a long time in that state.
I quietly waited under his gaze.
Because it is an old-fashioned AI, calculations may be slow.
“…”
『…』
But somehow… No matter how long I waited, there was no response.
“… Hey.”
『…』
“What are you doing?”
『…』
“Is it broken?”
Unknown delay.
Just when I was wondering if something was wrong, Pia finally slowly opened her lips.
『… It is a new idea to bet on the ownership of an entity called ‘that’. Even during the 1104 beta tests, I heard it for the first time.』
“Episode 1104… ?”
Weren’t we the first?
And that too 1104 times.
If all of them were 100 people like us, that meant there were over 100,000 people caught up in this stupid game.
The number of victims is 100,000. My liver trembled at the scale, which was bigger than I had imagined.
『Thank you, player, for your sincere participation in the test. It took time to get top-level approval for the new proposal. Sorry.』
“Oh?”
Does that mean you got approval from the top?
I don’t know what a superior is, but it can be considered a person with authority over AI Pia, right?
『After reviewing player Changjae Kang’s proposal, we received a response that it would be an interesting attempt to carry out missions with ownership over ‘me’.』
“Then what? Are you saying you’re doing it?”
“Yes. If Changjae Kang agrees, I would like to give you a mission that involves ‘me’. Do you want to accept it?』
Something has changed.
I don’t know if this is the effect of me scratching Pia, or if it was designed that way from the beginning.
But I definitely had a gut feeling that something had changed.
It’s impossible. It’s meaningless. It cannot be transferred. Didn’t Pia just give that answer at first?
But now a new path was about to open.
This was clearly a ‘hidden route’. What fool would miss this opportunity?
“Of course. “I accept.”
I answered without even thinking.
Grinning.
A smile appeared on Pia’s face, which had been expressionless for a while.
An unpleasant chill of unknown origin ran down my spine.
Pia snapped her fingers.
『Tiring♪』
Then, instead of a ‘click’ sound, there was a mechanical ‘ring’ sound.
Even such behavior felt bizarre rather than surprising.
『The ‘World Mission’ begins.』
It was a sound coming from Pia’s mouth, and at the same time, it was a sound coming from the cell phone in my pocket.
『’World Mission’ is a joint mission in which all currently surviving players participate. This message is currently being delivered to all surviving players.』
Uh… Huh?
What? Wasn’t it a hit?
What is a World Mission?
Aren’t we competing with sex?
However, contrary to my expectations, the words that came out of Pia’s mouth were far beyond my expectations.
『From now on, main player Changjae Kang will challenge ‘Kushtapa, the tyrant of Metapia’.』
『If Kushtapa is defeated, the mission is successful. If he dies, the mission is failed.』
『In addition, all functions such as stores, maps, hideouts, etc. On the terminal will be suspended until the mission is successful or failed.』
『This applies equally to all players.』
『Good luck to all players.』
“…”
I was caught.
I thought I caught a fish, but it was actually a shark that caught me.
The shark took my bait, chewed up my fishing rod, and even swallowed me who was trying to catch it.
I foolishly caught the shark and dragged it to my boat. Not knowing that I would be eaten.
“Haha…”
I laughed out of frustration.
Pia was smiling triumphantly when she saw me like that.
I asked Pia.
“Do you think you won?”
Pia answered.
『Yes.』
Truly like AI, as if it were a natural fact.
“No.”
However, like a human being, I directly denied the AI’s answer.
“I win.”
Because I will win.
