chapter 204 – Terran in Neorust (5)


    “Look around. Opposite direction. Jump. Get down. Sexy pose.”


    “Okay.” ire had finished theevil android… no, now a pure android. It moved smoothly ording to hermands,tilting her attractive body forward andblinking in thatst sexy pose.Even Kang Shin-hyuk had to wonder if itwas really human, even though he helped fix it.


    “Yes, it’s perfect.”


    “Thank you.” The android bowed in response to her praise, its voice soundingnatural. Thanks to her careful tuning, it could perfectly copy a human’svocal organs in order to produce a beautiful voice. ire was atop-notch designer who worked with hardware and software, and Kang Shin-hyuk was a hardwaremanufacturer who knew how to perfect precision parts, so this was the natural resultof their coboration. However, despite its attractiveness andbeautiful voice, Kang Shin-hyuk felt a sense of horror athow it reacted so quickly and urately to ire.


    “How on earth did you do it?”


    “Are you asking about the artificial self? I have to enter a reaction patternfor every possible situation.”


    “That’s impossible.”


    “Of course, situations not in the databasecan appear. That’s why I teach itto learn. It canpare and analyze other situations to createnew patterns to new situations. If you build up the database like that,it will eventually be equal to,or even superior to, humans.”


    “No, that’s kind of scary…” Could this AIbe beaten? Should he break it now?


    “Of course, it’s not possible atmy level, Earth’s level, to create this level of AI from nothing.So, I made the most of the data left in its core. In other words, this canbe said to be a coborative work between me andthe contaminated Gaia system.”


    “Can it think and judge for itself?”


    “I’ve been exining that so far, right?”


    “That’s what it was…” The more they talked, the more herealized he didn’t know, so he decided to leave it be.


    “I think it’s timeto go back. Wait, I’ve finished making theparts here…where did you put it?”


    “Shin-hyuk, is this it?”


    “Oh, yeah. Wow…”


    “Our Shin-hyuk makes a lot of interestingsounds.”


    “That’s not the problem!” He epted the treeroot fragments with a smile but stiffened as he realized that the womanfacing him with a smile was the android, not ire.


    “ire, did you put a human in this one…?”


    “Do you need me to exin the artificial self fromscratch?”


    “No, that’s fine; it just seemed so natural.”


    “That’s my masterpiece. Afterpletingthis, my alchemy has grown so much! Honestly, Igot a lot of help from that tainted Gaiasystem!” ire was patting the android’s shoulder proudly. Its facelooked the same it had the day it attacked them, butits body was changed to emphasize its femininity abit more. However, the interior hadpletelychanged. The material purchased on the tradingboard was theperfect substitute for the human elements, although it wasmore like slime than a human. Now she wore a bartender suit, whichmade only it eerier since he knew she wasn’t human.


    “It’s a little scary…”


    “Did we make it for it to bein the uncanny valley?”


    “It’s scary because it’s so perfect. You can’t mass-produce this,right?”


    “If I could, I wouldn’t be a bartender but the ruler of a machine kingdom.”ire, who was the queen of a mechanical kingdom, would definitely be worth seeing.Kang Shin-hyuk thought about it and smiled unintentionally, but someone jabbed himin the shoulder. It was the android.


    “Shin-hyuk, could you give me a name?”


    “Oh, yes. I have to give you one.”


    “I’m sorry, but I want a name from Shin-hyuk.”


    “What?” ire’s eyebrows wriggled at the sight of her androids, rebelling against her.Kang Shin-hyuk motioned for ire to look at it,and the Android blushed as he tried toask if this was strange.


    “If ire is the mother, Shin-hyuk is the father, so Iwant a name from him.”


    “…I didn’t do anything?”


    “Most of the parts inside of mewere processed by Shin-hyuk, and he added alot of materials, and… most of all, you two are lovers.” Theandroid said so and twisted her body back and forth. Honestly, the image ofthat evil android swinging a de at him remained, but now itwas slowly fading. However, ire had a slightlydifferentidea.


    “How can you say all these wonderful words?! My programming was perfect, afterall!” She felt a lot better after hearing that Kang Shin-hyuk and her werelovers.


    “So is that really alright? Isn’t it the ego of the taintedGaia system? Are you really okay?”


    “I’m okay. It’s correct I was born from the Gaiasystem, but you don’t have to worry aboutme being tainted.” Why didn’t this guy know that made Shin-hyukeven more worried? He nced at the android suspiciously andchecked in with the administrator.


    ‘Is thatokay?’


    -It is extremely fine. Both creators had a lotof spiritual power, so this result is normal.


    ‘Spiritual power is involved here as well… ah, yes, itwas a stupid question.’ Kang Shin-hyuk’s doubts and concerns were all neatlyerased as he remembered the first timehemunicated with the Godyer sword. Didn’t he, morethan anyone else, know that emotions inhabited objectswith strong spiritual power? He couldn’t deny theheart of the android anylonger.


    “My name.”


    “I can’t give you a Korean one.” Regardless of what race had to do withan android, her facial features were closer to a western woman.Her eyes were deep, her nose high, and her lips wererge. Her hairwas ck, but she was tall, and her eyes sparkled goldenly.


    “The color of your eyes…”


    “I like the golden eyes. BothEunah and you havethem.”


    “But, why…” She really was like their daughter. He swallowed at the thought asthe android stared at him like a puppy. Android, AI, homunculus… various video gamenames passed through his mind, leaving onlyhing.


    “Let’s call you, Vita.”It was the word that meant life in Latin.It was also a rather grandname attached to a game console, butit was a proper name for an android.


    “That’s a perfectly good name.”


    “Vita, vita… it means life in thenguage of Earth. Thank you, Shin-hyuk.” The android, vita,closed her eyes and bowed her head in gratitude. Kang Shin-hyuk could feel arge amountof spiritual power flowing from him into her, changing her and giving her asource.


    -You need to be careful in giving a name, member.


    ‘Thank you for letting me know.’


    -A 400,000HP bonus for members who learnedsuch valuable lessons!


    Nowadays, he wondered if the purpose ofthe bonus was to raise him up. However,it wasn’t a permanent loss of spiritual power, so theadministrator had probably thought it would be fine.


    “Can I call you dad?”


    “No way.”


    “Sorry…” Vita had a sad expression again, but it didn’tst long.ire also looked refreshed, looking at Vita as if she wanted to saysomething, but she soon shook it off.


    “You can keep this bar safe until weback.”


    “Are you leaving me…?” Her pureeyes asked if she was beingthrown away so soon. ire suffered a deep blow toher heart, but she didn’t back down.


    “I can’t help it. When we go, people in this area won’tbe able to drink the spirited cocktails. I thought of leavingbehind a vending machine, but not everyone wouldply with its usageandcapacity.”


    “Are you worried about the people who will be left here?”


    “It’s so that when wee back, we can smoothly perform the dimensional quest.That’s why I decided toleave you behind. Now that you’re upgraded, I don’thave to worry about you being destroyed, andyou can even distribute cocktails topeople.”


    “So, that’s why you made a lot of cocktails a while ago.” Asher alchemy had grown, so did her spiritual power, so hercapacity was ratherrge. Thanks to that, it was possible for her tomake hundreds of liters of cocktails at once. She had to buy one of theenergy bars that Kang Shin-hyuk loved to keepup with it, though.


    “Then, I am connected to the two of you.”


    “Yes, I’m not throwing you away. We’ll definitelyeback, right, Shin-hyuk?”


    “Of course.” The administrator said that the dimensional questmight be impossible, but he had no intention of giving up evenmore so if this world’s current state resulted from the weapon he made.


    “Then, I will be waiting here.” Vita nodded, her face dignified.


    “Oh, destroy anyone who’s noisy.”


    “Okay.”


    “Don’t kill them; just warn them!”


    “Yes, sir.” Kang Shin-hyuk hurriedly intervened to correct ire’s somewhat brutal order.


    “It is the instinct of everyman to want to say certain things to aprettywoman.”


    “Yes, then I will tell you what counts as a crime by my standards,so memorize them all. Got it?”


    “Yes, ire.” Kang Shin-hyuk shook his head at the conversationthey were having.


    “ire, but Vita… no, it’s nothing.”


    “Isn’t it natural as a creator to give yourandroid the ability to participate in sexual activities?”


    “I stopped talking on purpose!”


    “But nevertheless, this android is built withbat functions that won’t allowanyone to touch her!” Kang Shin-hyuk sighed and stood up.


    “Let’s go now. Halo’s waiting for me.”


    “Okay, then please take care here, Vita. Be carefbout handing out cocktails.”


    “Yes, ire.” Vita bowed deeply then moved behindthe bar. She almost looked like ire.Kang Shin-hyuk gave her a thumbs-up and turned around.


    “But, Shin-hyuk, didn’t you say something about mensaying things to pretty women they see?” ire clung tohis back andpoked his cheek.


    “Hm?”


    “No, I just remembered when we first met.”


    “You first called out to me back then.”


    “Yes, I did.”


    “Hm? Huh…?”


    “No, let’s go.” The two left Vita behind. The general publicwho visited the bar the next day made a big fuss about thenew bartender, who looked like that evil androidfrom before, but their worries were easily quelled.