Chapters: Chapter 3

It's dark. ...... It's dark, Mom, Mom. Mom - where, where... I'm scared, I'm scared - Mom, Mom, Mom. ...... ――A room in an apartment three years ago. A man and his fiancé were there. The man is an AI engineer in his thirties named Koichi Amakaze. "What's wrong, Miyuki?" Miyuki, a nurse, was depressed that day. “Yeah… Today, a six-year-old girl and her mother who had been in a traffic accident were brought to our hospital…” Tempu comes to the rescue of Miyuki, who is at a loss for words. "Was it a terrible accident?" "Yeah, both of them survived, but the girl's body was almost completely paralyzed. On top of that, her eyes and throat were damaged... her eardrums were also damaged." "Oh, that's terrible... What about your mother?" “Your mother is unconscious, and I think it will be difficult for her to recover…” "Really……" “That child, you know, desperately squeezed out a voice that didn’t come out, and it was barely a voice…”

Scary ...... mom ....... It's dark... mama... where?It's pitch black. It seems that my consciousness was flying a little. The feeling of fluffy hair... --Oh, well, Sen-chan. I realized that what I was holding was Sen-chan, a Saint Bernard. Mami...? Are you guys ...... Light, yes, we need light. A light on the bird skill...just thinking about it, the torch skill comes to mind. Pikachu--. Damn, it's dazzling. ...... The skill was activated immediately. "Master!" The voices I heard almost at the same time were Himemi and Misaki. It's so bright that I can't open my eyes, and it takes dozens of seconds to get used to it. When I was able to see what was going on around me, I noticed that Mami was lying beside me.

Yeah? "What is your activity limit, Eva...?" Something's wrong, I can't move my body... What is money strapping? "Master, Master, what's wrong――!" Ah, Himemi, my body suddenly stopped moving... "Mami, what happened to Master?" Himemi's voice is muffled. Huh, can't you hear my voice... it feels like I'm underwater... "Um... Uh..." You know, like the cleric's skill set, like the state of the art, you know?" "Diagnostic vision skill activated!...... Um, Master is probably just sleeping..." "Are you sleeping?" "Yeah, it's not poison, curse, debuff, or anything like that." "Oh, that's right. Just sleep. Good for you." Himemi seems relieved, but Misaki still looks uneasy. "Then, should I wake you up at six o'clock, like I did this morning?" "Yes, Misaki, let's do it." Huh, I'm still sleeping in real life...

"Master, please check the AI ​​panel and friend list panel." That's it! "If you survive, you'll know that." Focus your attention on the AI ​​secretary management panel. Pung--. A pop-up will appear immediately, and you will be relieved. Both Kaede and Loyal Prince are alive and well. The proof is that the name is white and clear. If it doesn't disappear or is in Oblo, it should be light gray. But, of course, communication is not possible, and the status is not displayed. Be aware of the friend list panel by narrowing down the guilt union. Pung--. This panel also has Yukki-san and Botamochi-san... Ah! Double Tim and Tamotsu are there too! It seems that they are in Oblo. Of course I don't know where and how. It is also possible that he is being held captive like Mr. Botamochi. "Himemi, it's okay. It's certain that everyone is alive in Oblo." "Yes, I have confirmed it as well."

“Master, Himemi-chan――!” Mami shouts at me who was at a loss for a decision. Himemi's shield was grabbed by the gargoyle's right leg, and was lifted about thirty centimeters. If I had mana, I should have been able to easily block it with the knockback of my shield skill... "Mami, give Misaki a mana potion! I'm sorry, Misaki, but I'm going to ask you to fire again." "Eh, Master, that's no good!" Himemi cries! "Hurry up Mami, I will protect Misaki!" Mami hastily makes Misaki drink a mana potion. "Reset, Water Genesis" Reset Water Genesis to where Misaki is. "Shoot, Master!" "-No Misaki, Master!" "Trust me!" Bye! A freezing arrow pierces the gargoyle's back, which had already lifted Himemi up two meters. ――Guge! Clash.

"Wow, that was dangerous..." "Master... be careful!" "Hmm? What is Himemi?" "Maybe you haven't cleared the boss room yet." "eh!" Certainly neither the entrance nor the exit made the sound of the door being unlocked. Come to think of it, the information about clearing the floor is not displayed at all either... "I haven't even leveled up." "No way, he wasn't the boss..." "I don't know. Mami, do you know anything?" "Yeah..." Gaga gaga. Everyone was startled, and when they looked in the direction of the sound, a room with an open wall and iron bars appeared. "Yotaro-san!" "-Oh! Good Taro-san!" "eh!" Tamotsu-san and Doubletim-san were among them. "Why are you two behind bars?!"

Hey Mami, don't be buggered. I didn't even recognize that I was an AI!" "Because it's true. Mami won't lie." "Um, Mami, I'm sorry. I don't understand." "Master Mami, my real name is Hikari, and I'm still on the hospital bed." “Wait a minute, Mami, you’re a third-generation AI whose mother is Eve, aren’t you?

“Skill, volley—!” Three fire arrows fired by Misaki pierced the body of the Minotaur. Guo! The Minotaur roared and looked like it was going to fall, but it still had a few millimeters of HP left. ――Damn, you're still alive! "Provocation—!" Himemi turned the Minotaur's hostility towards her. Then, he guides the Minotaur with a side step to an angle where the range of attack does not reach me.

The entrance door to the boss room opens. Everyone braces themselves. But nothing comes. what? Tattattatta..... "Master, be careful! Something in stealth is coming!" Boom. "Wow wow wow"

"Kyaaaaaaa--!" Ugh - Yaba, this is scarier than I thought! It's an amusement park roller coaster that I made on my own land with the XANA builder. Mami wanted to play, so we designed and set up the course together. I only made it on my computer, it was the first time I experienced it with VR goggles. In particular, the 80-degree drop made my buttocks tingle and my heart itching. "Hey master! One more time, one more time!"

By the time I woke up, everyone's status had completely recovered. I take Sen-chan out of the item box and put Mami on it. I opened the exit door of the boss room and entered the passage leading to the 4th basement floor. After walking about three meters, there is a room about ten tatami mats in size. In the twelve o'clock direction of the room, there is a passage about two meters wide. This will probably be the respawn point on the 4th floor after the official opening of Oblo. that? "It must be the third day since you entered Oblo, right?" ! Then, isn't Oblo open yesterday? No, it was a trial version for a week after the opening... was it? “Himemi, Oblo was open yesterday, wasn’t it?” "Yes, but there is no sign of that. How is it, Mami?" "Yeah, it looks like it's not open yet." "Is that so... Well, isn't there a big difference?" “Right now, Oblo is ready for anyone to enter.” "Okay, then I'll put a buff on it... Oops, auto mana recharge has leveled up and is now part of the party."

I let Kaede enter the ruins in stealth mode, but she came back in a few minutes. "Master, now I can't have a black penguin near the entrance." "I see, everyone is coming in. Don't make any noise. Don't speak as much as possible. The answer is eye contact." It was still in front of the door, but everyone responded with eye contact. I know it's all happening in my head. I think there is probably no difference between voice and digital communication. Still, I kept it in mind. "At two o'clock, there's a three-story ruined building. The roof is surrounded by a wall, making it perfect for sniping." "I see, then, with Kaede at the front, Himemi, Loyal retainer, Misaki, Mami, and I will go in line." Kaede slowly and quietly opens only the right side of the double door. What was there was exactly the buildings and roads of the urban battlefield. There are bullet holes here and there on the concrete walls. None of the buildings had doors, and the walls had holes here and there.

"Master!" Himemi pulled my avatar and knocked me down, but it was too late. The red penguins, who began to fight each other in dazzlement, also shot at us. I have a hole in my forehead. "You can't do it, Master, you have to lie down right away!" "I'm sorry, I just wanted to confirm..." If this were real, I'd be dead, but it didn't hurt or itch at all, and I wasn't bleeding. "It's smaller than a bullet wound from a black penguin..." "Even so, 3% of the data has been damaged! Please have a greater sense of danger!" "I'm sorry..." "Evacuate immediately from now on! Sounds good, Master!" Himemi flinched a little because it was a sword curtain that she had never seen before. "Ah, ah, I understand, Himemi."