episode_0088

Kwa-euang.

Mock simulator room.

[Aaaah! Why is the speed like this?!]

Lavender is in the midst of handling the close combat super robot series ‘Soultaker’.

“Hey, instructor.”

A woman who looked exactly like Lavender, but with a more purple color than Lavender, came up to me and asked me.

“Why are you doing that?”

“Do I have to copy that exactly?”

“The blueprints and data should be enough, Fenrir?”

It’s Fenrir.

Fenrir copied Lavender’s body shape and was humanized using ether.

If lavender is closer to a light purple color, Fenrir has the same body as lavender, but has a darker color closer to a morning glory.

“Would it be easier for you to take on the form of a human, or would it be easier for you to take on the form of a mecha?”

“The latter, of course.”

“But what’s the problem?”

“…….”

“Is the beard the problem?”

I pointed to the whiskers on the aircraft’s face.

“It’s half-moon shaped, so there’s no problem, and if long beards are a problem, you can adjust them to be shorter. Because the beard is just decoration.”

“If it’s a decoration, can’t it be removed?”

“If it’s because it doesn’t have wolf whiskers, can I make the face part like a wolf?”

“It’s not like that.”

Fenrir is pointing at the monitor with dissatisfaction.

[Aaaah! No, this guy, speed up…!]

“Look at that. Lavender can’t control her speed right now.”

As Fenrir pointed out, the Soultaker that Lavender is currently simulating does not match Lavender’s speed.

“Fenrir.”

I reached out my hand towards Fenrir.

“Where are you going to remove the bottom hem?”

Ta-ah.

“Ahh!”

“It’s not that the pilot can’t keep up with the aircraft’s speed, but rather the opposite.”

Because we are monitoring, we can see everything, but we can see just the movement of the aircraft using a simulator.

“What Lavender is driving is not Soultaker. Fenrir is the transformed Soultaker. An aircraft that has three times better performance than the catalog registered in the simulation.”

“…….”

“What are you dissatisfied with? Do you hate the bearded close combat aircraft? Lavender’s call sign, Wolverine, is a perfect name, right? Look at that.”

Lavender took out the aircraft’s weapon.

A sharp claw-like thing protrudes from the hand, explodes the front AS, and charges straight towards the medium-sized ship.

“There will be no wild pilot anywhere in the universe who fights like a wolf like that. There’s no problem at all.”

“Do you really think there won’t be a problem?”

Fenrir was in tears.

“…Don’t think about talking back, but if you think it’s a problem, point it out or mention it right away. Because only then can action be taken. What’s the problem?”

“What kind of soultaker is Soultaker? Just soul gay-”

“Uh huh.”

Before Fenrir could finish her words, I covered her mouth with my hand.

“Kyaak!”

“You shouldn’t say that carelessly.”

“Why doesn’t it work? That’s literally it! Masterchman!”

“Okay. That’s right.”

That’s what it looks like.

However, it is a completely different aircraft in detail, and its name is Soultaker.

“Call me clearly Soultaker, Fenrir.”

“So, I hate being called Soultaker!”

“Are you hoping for a butterfly with moonlight wings?”

“Not even that!”

Fenrir stomped his feet on the floor and got angry.

“I am not a fake–!”

ah.

I see

That was the part that Fenrir disliked and was sensitive to.

“It’s not a big deal. The license for the company’s aircraft type number has already expired.”

“So, soul gay-”

“That’s copyrighted. No.”

Copyright is also important in the space century.

As it is a very important part of the after-sales service, it also has a significant impact on the actual aircraft development.

A method that implements the exterior of the aircraft, which is said to have appeared in a cartoon movie, based on a plastic model, and fills the internal frame with advanced scientific technology of the space century.

Thanks to this, there were many aircraft that were born in reality, but there are also many aircraft that were not released in reality because copyright and licensing costs were not resolved.

So what about that Soultaker?

“Hey. Paladin. Even if you lack a bit of concept in that regard, don’t you think this is wrong?”

“Are you calling me a paladin, not an instructor? Well, it doesn’t matter. Because if you call me Paladin, I can tell you the story more clearly.”

I turned to Fenrir, who still refused to accept Soultaker.

“Defeating the opponent on the battlefield is the top priority, and it is important to use good weapons and produce and manage them efficiently. In that sense, aircraft with a ‘free license’ like Soultaker are very appropriate aircraft to be used in the current Starlight Colony.”

A copyright-free aircraft.

To be precise, it is an aircraft that requires copyright and licensing, but cannot do so.

“Soul Taker is an aircraft created with artificial intelligence. Are you saying that you don’t like it because it’s an aircraft modeled by other creators?”

“That’s not it!”

“If not, what is the reason? I don’t understand.”

I really don’t understand.

“Isn’t Lavender’s current performance too good to say that everything else is working but that one is not working?”

I pointed to the time that had passed since Lavender started the current mock battle.

“6 minutes 34 seconds. So far, about 58% of the enemies have been destroyed. This is great propaganda.”

“But 4 minutes and 33 seconds is not an option, and it is much further than the previous record. Until final clear.”

The mock battle that Lavender is currently playing lasts 4 minutes and 33 seconds.

They are going wild against 5 medium-sized ships, 1 large ship, and 700 AS settings with Ikkitousen.

Despite operating the aircraft to the specifications that do not allow her to use her full capabilities, she has not been retired until now.

“Fenrir. Do you know what percentage of lavender is hit?”

“……..”

“0%. Until now, I have never been attacked by an enemy.”

Tou doo doo doo.

The aircraft flies away to avoid the fire net deployed by the enemy battleship.

The sight of it flying forward is reminiscent of the Man of Steel from classic cinematic superhero movies from the early 21st century, but it is an aircraft with a completely different beard than the Man of Steel.

Such an aircraft was also hit by enemy attacks on its first flight.

It may have been to test defense, but few pilots are able to avoid all enemy attacks.

Lavender is doing that.

There is no reason for Lavender not to choose Soultaker.

“Phew. good. Instructor. The instructor is from Earth, but he is also from the Universal Century. But in my mind, the foundation of our AI is the perception and information that people had 200 years ago, when we, the Creators, first fell to Earth.”

“So?”

“I want to talk about the origin of that Soultaker. design? Excellent. It has a design that seems to be a mix of real and super, but since it is an aircraft made to actual combat specifications, it is also great that it has actual combat power evaluation data. Until there.”

“What on earth are you dissatisfied with?”

“That.”

Fenrir pointed at Soultaker’s beard with a serious, shuddering look on his face.

“It started with Chinese soybean paste.”

“…….”

“This is an aircraft made by an after-sales service company using products that were cheaply printed in a factory without a license. Are you telling me to replace the counterfeit with my own body? Huh?”

“…….”

“As a paladin, you probably flew fake aircraft as you pleased, but not me!!”

“…….”

I lifted my sunglasses for a moment.

At that moment, the sunlight outside the window was shining warmly on the flower bed.

“Flowers have bloomed in the flower bed.”

“Hey!!”

Suddenly, I heard a voice yelling at the window guard, but I closed my eyes in silence.

“The shrine is coming. According to the data, this is the only aircraft that can defeat Shingung based on its specifications.”

“…….”

“You’re not planning on attacking the shrine with Harkon, are you?”

“Ugh, uh….”

Cloning by Chang Se-su is not just about replicating the appearance.

Internal frame.

Components, semiconductor structures, engines.

As even the ‘specs’ of the aircraft are accurately copied, it is impossible to defeat Genesis with any aircraft.

“Of course, I am confident that you and Lavender will win. But we can’t help but think of the opposite case as well. It’s common for a pilot riding a Changseisu to be defeated by all aces using regular aircraft.”

“…….”

Fenrir has two options.

“Would you rather fight with a veteran pilot with low aircraft specifications, or would you rather push up with the aircraft specifications and win even if it is ugly?”

Are you going to wear salt and win unconditionally?

Will you become Harkon instead of Salt and decide the outcome 50-50?

Beep beep.

While I was thinking about it, the simulation ended.

9 minutes 57 seconds.

Although it was almost a full 10 minutes.

“Look.”

Lavender’s data doesn’t lie.

“Until all the battleships, including the large ones, were shot down, Lavender was not hit even once.”

The same type of aircraft as Soultaker is the aircraft that best matches Lavender’s nickname ‘Wolverine’.

“Or will the red moon go out?”

“……!”

“You might not like lavender, but you will like the shrine.”

If Fenrir does not fight and achieve 100% victory, we can only offer another option.

“You must win no matter what. The pride of the Creator is pride, but the moment it is recognized as a colony being defeated by a single shrine, all colonies will try to attack this place.”

Are you salty?

No.

That is the problem.