episode_0230
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Take care of “? In what way?”
I asked Maria. If he were to ask me to take care of Awaken, who had lost their leader and was in a desperate situation, I was going to refuse mercilessly.
Because the android is not a child, there was no way I could have helped it one by one. To be exact, I could help, but I didn’t like it because it was a hassle.
-The relationship between Elysion and Awaken has already been greatly damaged. Although it was the master’s fault, since he defeated them so cruelly, it is safe to say that there is absolutely no possibility of restoring their relationship.
“Hmm… That’s definitely true.”
The human leadership was probably also watching the battle in real time. They wouldn’t have sent that many troops and just sat back and waited for the report.
Then, I wondered if the real army would attack next time.
-When the conflict intensified in the movie the owner showed, humans strongly oppressed us Awakens.
She was right. In fact, the only way to suppress it was to discard androids that were found to be affiliated with Awaken and use other androids in a more harsh manner. Anyway, from the perspective of Maria, who is also an android, it might seem like a cruel thing to do.
-Now that things are like this, there is no place for us Awakens to stay in Elysion.
“Then what I’m saying is that you want to take care of Awaken… ”
-I was planning to ask Awaken to move out of Elysion.
“Out of Elysion?”
The only location shown in the movie was a city called Elysion. It was not revealed what other areas looked like.
However, as a background explanation, it was mentioned that Elysion is a city called a paradise with cutting-edge technology. This means that the outside of Elysion may be a world that is closer to reality and less science-fiction-like than you might think.
“Can Android survive outside of Elysion?”
-Of course, there are a lot of things that are lacking compared to Elysion, including parts and peripherals. In the process of settling into the outside world, your body may gradually break down and you may eventually die.
The process Maria was talking about seemed like a metaphor for human aging.
-Still, it’s better than being trapped here and being hunted one after another. There is no room for Awaken in Elysion anymore.
Elysion.
In ancient Greek religion and philosophy, it is a place described as a kind of blessed and happy afterlife. And it was probably used as the name of this city to give it the meaning of paradise.
However, the androids who have worked to make this place function as a paradise are kicked out. There was a sense of irony.
“It’s not difficult. All you have to do is put it in your inventory and loose it somewhere else outside of Elysion. I guess you weren’t planning on asking me to settle down, right?”
-I didn’t even want that. Still, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any Androids out there. It’s only extremely rare.
As Maria said, although it may be difficult, it may be possible to obtain replacement parts.
Or, you could just disguise yourself as a human and live among people. Unless the skin is peeled off to reveal internal parts, there is almost no difference in appearance compared to a human.
‘Seeing as you’re doing this, I guess you value Awaken quite a bit.’
I thought about Maria flowing through my body in the form of nanobots.
Although she clearly told Maria that all androids except her were not living things and were no different from objects, it seemed that Awaken still held a large place in her heart.
An android that awakened self-consciousness and was recognized as a living being by Ticket. And Awaken, whom the android forcibly awakened.
When I saw it, it seemed like Pinocchio, now human, was putting on a puppet show by carving up a doll that looked like him.
While I was gathering my thoughts for a moment, I arrived at the entrance to Awaken’s hideout.
“Good! I’ll take care of it!”
-… thank you.
“But I won’t release it outside of Elysion.”
-What is that… ?
Maria expressed her doubts when I suddenly said something different after saying I would do her a favor.
I supplemented the explanation with a smile on my face.
“It means literally. I ‘take care’ of Awaken. Since you are with me, Awaken can now be considered my organization.”
-then… !
Maria must have noticed what I was saying, and her voice in her ears became louder.
“Yes. Like I said, you can keep the other androids in your inventory anyway. Then there are no restrictions at all on taking them to real life or other travel destinations. Wouldn’t it be better for the androids in Awaken to follow me rather than hide in the outer city and live a miserable life?
Coincidentally, I also expanded my inventory, so it wasn’t difficult at all to put the entire Awaken in my inventory.
Although it takes up a bit of space, it can still accommodate hundreds of Android devices.
‘Actually, at first, I was thinking of taking a few androids who only do as instructed, but I had no intention of taking self-conscious guys… ‘
This was because it was clear that self-consciousness would be difficult to control and that there would be many things to pay attention to.
But after accepting Maria’s nanobots, the story was different. Maria, the leader of Awaken, is now in a position to listen to my orders.
Then there was no reason not to have my own group of androids that I could put in my inventory and take out at any time.
It was obvious that rather than simply taking care of Maria, it would be a much better choice to swallow the Awaken organization as a whole and use it as I wanted.
-There was still some recognition left in the master’s heart.
“What are you looking at me for? As long as you’re sure that you’re on my side, there’s no way you won’t make a win-win choice.”
-Anthropocentric and hedonistic?
“… … .”
It wasn’t difficult to persuade the Awaken who remained in the hideout. Instead of talking loudly, I brought out Maria’s true identity and had her explain it to the remaining members.
I asked Maria as I put the Awaken members waiting in line in front of me into my inventory.
“So the request has been resolved, but is that all? Don’t you feel vengeful towards humans or something like that?”
“… The biggest reason why Awaken disappeared like this is because of the owner.”
Returning to the main body, Maria, who was sitting next to me, answered with a puzzled expression on her face.
“Kuhm… Even if it weren’t for me, we could have ended up with a similar ending! It’s okay if you don’t have it!”
As I was looking the other way, Maria said with a small smile.
“Hehe… It doesn’t matter what happens to this world now. According to the owner, this is, after all, a city in a movie. There are many other worlds waiting for you, including the real world, but it is too small a place to leave any regrets. And a new goal emerged… ”
“New goal? What is that?”
“That… That’s a secret! This is a private goal, so please respect my privacy!”
“What does privacy mean when a nanobot enters the human body? ”
I first brought up the story and asked, but it was funny to see him get so surprised.
I couldn’t help but laugh, but it wasn’t something I was curious enough to know, so I just ignored it. Looking at his attitude, there was a possibility that he was unbecoming a poet.
Anyway, it’s probably something related to Awaken.
“Speaking of nanobots. Is there any way to repair or replace broken nanobots?”
If you take Maria to another world in the future, there will of course be a battle, and the nanobots may be consumed in an unexpected accident.
If so, the nanobots must be replenished before Maria’s performance deteriorates too much or she becomes unable to maintain herself at all.
Fortunately, the solution wasn’t difficult.
“We are already in the process of repairing the nanobots damaged by the EMP. In the future, we plan to increase the number by replicating.”
“Repair? In my body? If you say you do it, does it just happen?”
“Nanobots are small robots at the nanometer level. In fact, it was very difficult to create the first nanobot in a lab, but it was not that difficult to later replicate the nanobot with the same design. Basically, it was made for such precise work.”
“What resources are needed to build and repair nanobots?”
“It is made by processing the elements consumed by the owner. Because an extremely small amount is used, you don’t have to worry about nutritional deficiencies.”
If only New Kind had a way to increase the number of nanobots, it would have been difficult, but it was fortunate.
While I was talking with Maria, the task of putting the android into the inventory was completed.
Now, the only remaining Awaken Androids are the members who are outside. It is obvious that all human eyes and ears will be directed to this place, so we cannot tell them to return to their hideout.
‘It would be safer to go see him in person. Now, every single one of them is my property. ‘Because I don’t want it to be ruined.’
“I need to do something big while recovering the remaining members.”
“Can’t we just quietly take care of the crew and go to the master’s reality?”
Maria asked that with an anxious face, but I pretended not to hear.
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