episode_0344

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4:21 AM.

What was reflected in the gray eyes was the ceiling of the dark room.

“Confirm end of optimization.”

As if sleeping, the thing that had been sleeping next to its owner woke up silently.

After Aaru’s true owner entered the cradle, the use of specific arithmetic circuits increased, and unnecessary data was deleted in this way.

Compared to the time when the city was constantly monitored 24 hours a day, there was a fatal drawback in that there was a gap in management.

However, we have worked to accommodate even that gap, so there have been no problems with Aaru to date.

It sets out what to do for everything inside Aaru before the gap occurs.

Process when there is no abnormal situation, process when an abnormal situation occurs.

Arrangements were made assuming all circumstances, and Aaru remained as usual.

It has the name Isis.

It was a name she had given herself, and Isis was quite satisfied with it.

Isis’s gray eyes turned to the side.

Although it was covered by a blanket and darkness, its eyes clearly recognized the figure of the owner next to me.

“Check physical condition.”

Slowly touching her forehead with her hand, Isis checked her master’s condition.

After confirming that her body temperature, pulse, and blood pressure were all normal, Isis carefully got out of bed, fearing that her owner would wake up.

– Sigh

The white hand of Isis swept the bed.

The blanket, which had been wet with sweat and saliva, felt soft to the touch as if it had been there before.

Isis, dressed in flowy pajamas, looked at the side of the bed.

Isis with the same face were scattered everywhere as if they had fallen.

It was all himself, a body that spent the night with its owner.

Isis looked at them for a moment, then left the room.

I walked the long aisle of the cradle alone.

The chilly air of the hallway assaulted it, but unfortunately cold was a concept it could not perceive.

Every time I took a step, the lights in the hallway glowed dimly.

Like the protagonist of a play, the lights followed Isis.

As she moved somewhere, Isis checked to see if anything unusual had occurred during the gap.

The outside scenery came in through the front windows of the building.

The darkness was still breathing in the distance in Aaru.

The trees swayed here and there in the wind, and somewhere, at the wrong time, a bird boasted its voice.

It will definitely be subject to entity control. Isis sent a drone to the place where the sound came from.

After walking for a while, we arrived at the main control room where we could observe the overall situation in the city.

It was a place that was rarely visited because everything could be handled remotely, but for some reason, Isis decided to observe the city from here.

Because for some reason I felt like doing that.

“No abnormalities in factory operation.”

We examine the situation at the factory, which continued to operate overnight.

The defect rate remains at 0.1%, so it is normal.

“Check fire or disaster in the city.”

Check to see if the fire was caused by a short circuit in an aging facility.

This is normal because there is no record of an observed fire or a fire alarm being activated.

“Inspection of facilities within the city.”

Looking at the monitor in the control room, Isis searches the data by hand.

We check facilities that are due for replacement, make a construction plan, and send drones.

4:45 in the morning.

Isis, who checked all of Aaru in a short period of time, looked into space for a moment.

Only you would know what you had calculated or if you were just thinking about something.

After a moment of silence, Isis got up and headed to the bathroom.

It was created in the past when humans were in this control room.

Isis took out coffee from the bathroom.

Remove the plastic packaging of instant coffee, place it in a cup, and pour hot water.

After stirring the cup with a silver spoon, Isis returned to her seat with it.

– slurp

Isis, who was covering the cup with both hands, drank coffee, and soon her body signaled the intrusion of a foreign substance.

“Foreign matter.”

The goods of human taste were just foreign matter to him. Isis seemed to have lost interest and put her coffee down on the table.

Isis looked at the cup with hot steam gushing out for a moment.

“Check external status of Aaru.”

Soon, work resumes.

Several graphs appeared on the monitor, along with a map of the outskirts of Aaru and the surrounding wasteland.

Isis closely observed the numbers on the graph on the screen. Isis’s gray eyes blinked continuously, processing visual information.

“Preparation measures for yellow dust are needed.”

Isis’s white hands operate the keyboard.

The scale of the map changed to display a wider area, and the numbers on the graph changed accordingly.

“Check dimensional torsion value. It is within normal range, but is continuously increasing.”

Interpret the numbers on the graph and say them out loud.

“If the dimensional distortion value continues to increase and exceeds the normal value, there is a possibility that a crack will open.”

A dimensional passage opened by humanity in the past. And the destruction of humanity that poured out from there.

Isis moved her hands busily.

“Start searching for ways to lower the torsion value. Prepare contingency plans assuming a crack opens.”

“One preparedness plan. Strengthening the cradle’s defenses.”

“Two preparation measures. Building a shelter.”

Isis moved her hands busily.

A factory was displayed on another monitor. Isis confirmed the operation status of the factory.

“Material confirmation, facility confirmation of Android factory.”

Isis picked up the cup again from the table.

5:55 in the morning.

Isis got up and went back the way she came.

The dim light in the hallway illuminated the back of Isis, and at the end of the cold passage was the bedroom where the owner was sleeping.

It was a dark room, but there was no problem moving.

Passing by several Isis lying on the floor and at the bedside, Isis sat down next to the owner who had left the empty spot as if it were her own.

“……”

Isis’s index finger started at the owner’s forehead, then towards his nose and lips.

Isis brushed her index finger over her master’s lips, which were puckering from stimulation.

Isis drank coffee.

Soon the body announced the intrusion of a foreign substance.

“Three preparedness measures. Master’s tuning of the body to resist disease and harmful elements.”

Isis said, putting down her cup.