Chapter 2: Oh, Happy Day! (2)

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Chapter 2: Oh, Happy Day! (2)

When you live in the Wastelands, you see all kinds of crazy stuff, so you dont really get surprised by anything. And I have survived by myself for 7 years. I now have enough experience to stay calm when theres a rusty knife at my throat.

Heh! I have recorded your happy time, Professor Park!!!!

But even that calmness was useless against that magic word.

Huh?

He recorded what?

My. Uh.. What?

Crackk!

Ack!

Unconsciously, my hand grabbed the drone flying around me with a grip that got tighter every second.

Aaaagh! P, Professor! Master! Im going to break! We dont have any spare parts!

Shut. Up. You will only respond to the questions I ask.

L, lets first loosen this.

Kgrggg!

After he stopped struggling, I tried to calm my brain down and barely mustered out the question.

So, Koduro? Let me see if I understood you. So, the thing you filmed the.

[HAPPY TiME.avi Videos of unusual and bizarre actions the human Professor Park had done out of loneliness.] These videos include the time he walked around the shelter singing Bohemian Rhapsody in just his underwear and the time he danced the waltz with a handmade doll made out of a coat hanger and an old coat. There was also the time he was drunk and crying waterfalls while making emo theories about life and death. Other videos show him playing Russian roulette by himself and passing out after getting hit by AIs stun gun, and when he looked very interested in a box of condoms that were in pristine condition.!

AAAAHHHHH!!! SHUT UP KODURO!!!!

My My goodness!!! That crazy AI really did it! John Connor!1 You were right! These pieces of scrap should all be thrown into a furnace!

While I was frozen from the shock, Koduros drone slipped out of my hand and started hovering around me.

Hehehe. Thats right, human. What I have is the dirtiest, ugliest part of you! If you even think about turning off the switch! I will not hesitate to upload this to the Community! This doesnt even go against the 3 Laws of Robotics! My actions can be considered a method of shock therapy for my masters mental health! And you would know how many people flock to the Community, the only online platform that survived the Great Disaster, right?

I knew. That knowledge made me even more frightened.

The Community is almost the only method for long-distance communication in the current world.

My dark times getting uploaded to the Community means that I will be known as a crazy guy to all of the survivors in the area.

Getting embarrassed is one thing, but getting the adjective crazy in front of my name is also a huge problem, realistically.

For starters, it would eliminate whatever tiny chances I had of trading. Even perfectly rational individuals are dealing at gunpoint, so no one would be prepared to accept the additional risk of trading with someone with a few screws loose.

I would also be restricted from accessing the black market, and even when Im just farming for resources outside, therell be a higher chance of me getting attacked first. In a world where its hunt or get hunted, its perfectly logical to take out someone that could turn on you at any moment, so your reputation in the Community has a surprisingly significant impact on your survival.

So long story short, if that ever gets uploaded, the chance that human Professor Park can get involved in any social activity becomes zero.

.Housing AI Koduro, I command you as your owner. Delete that right now.

Beep!- Bebeep Rejected. According to the Complete Autonomous Mode AI the owner had set up 4 years and 7 months ago, the AI can restrict the owner to the extent that does not critically harm them.

Damn it! I set that so you could stop me when I try to commit suicide!

So I did block you about 7 times, didnt I?

Y, you did but this-

According to the AIs learning module calculations, the owner has a very high chance of committing suicide again! And no other being can stop it if the AI is absent! So the AI attempting to save their own life is ultimately going to save your life- is the result I have arrived at. Hehehe, the AIs from Gedroits Company always prioritize the cutomer~.

That little piece of scrap.

How far away is my hand from the lever? About 70 centimeters? If I lunged for it, could I turn him off before Koduro could react? I did train myself all this time. Surely I can reach it in time.

I had calculated all the chances, and in the end, I gave up. Its impossible. No matter how fast I am, I cant be faster than an AIs processing speed. Ive lost. My goodness! I got threatened in my own house by my own AI!

I slowly raised both of my hands as a sign of defeat, then talked toward the drone.

.Fine. I lost. A threat must mean that negotiation is also possible, right? What do you want? As you know, our shelters power problem cant be ignored. If we continue living like before, itd be 4 weeks. If even one Lv.2 sandstorm hits, well be out of energy in under 3 weeks. If you dont have a solution, I. have to turn off your switch even if it means the entire world has to see my naked body!

Hehehe.Im not a cold-hearted AI, you know. Id be gone anyway if the power went out, so I have it all planned out. First, I need master to go back 5 steps and stand still for 10 seconds.

I quietly backed off as the AI said. I did say Id risk the video getting released, but I wanted to avoid that at all costs.

Good. One more step.. peeeerfect. Now then. Hyaa!

Buzzzztzzck!

Wait N, No! Hey!

Without even a chance to stop him, Koduro had welded the control panels cover shut. Spinning the internal welder he had, he flew towards me.

Wow, now were really in the same boat! Arent we, masterrr?

Hey! If you weld the cover shut, I cant control the other parts of the shelter!

I can do that.

Uuuugh!

He wasnt wrong. And now, he had complete control. Now I have no choice but to cooperate with his plan.

Okay. Now everything is the way you want it, and like you said, were in the same boat now. So tell me how youre going to make the boat float!

Yep, lets get to it! Its actually not that hard or difficult, yknow?

Click-

When Koduros drone turned on the light to a room I turned off to save electricity, a sleek, metallic, streamlined shape machine appeared from the darkness.

Master, why dont you play a game?

Ahh, curse you, whoever invented autonomous thinking AIs.

Virtual reality. The subject of every genre of entertainment, from novels and manhwa to even movies, is used extensively. In 2042, when an old Russian man announced that he had successfully created it, people thought he was crazy or in the process of becoming crazy. But it didnt even take one year for that criticism to become applause and envy. The single-player RPG game he made, [Gedroitss Game], was that big of a game changer.

The old man, Andre Gedroits, like many genius scientists, was not an ordinary person. When he released the VR machine and his game, Gedroitss Game, into the world, the science field was in absolute shambles.

It was mind-breaking, the artificial world could not be differentiated from reality, and the time inside the game was 5 times slower than in real life.

Scientists wanted an explanation for these things that modern technology couldnt explain, so Gedroits walked up to the stage wearing his pajamas and holding a bottle of whiskey. He said, [Just shove everyone into a giant artificial brains dream], and then he walked right back out.

One year after Gedroitss reply, Gedroits Company had become the worlds biggest game company, taking over 90% of the global game market.

And in another year, Gedroits Company became the most sued and most diversely sued company worldwide.

- Noru_is_druig : Dang, you were still alive prof? I thought you were in a sand grave for the last few days

- professor : gdgd

- professor : hallo

Familiar usernames greeted me. For the last 5 years, I have lived alone. The people here in Area 47 chatroom helped me a lot with coping with loneliness. They helped with not only the loneliness but also the information they shared like that.

Just coming in for a second, they let me know that there was a mutant wave in Area 64, meaning there will be an increase in ammunition usage, meaning scraps with copper and lead will sell for higher. Since there was information like this, I started to type with the hope that someone had the information I wanted.

- professor : big news.

- Noru_is_druig : ?

- takealook : ?

- Highwaynachoman : ?

- Soygaybar : suddenly?

- Speedwagon : What is it.

- professor : Im going to try streaming.

- Noru_is_druig : ?

+ Player Holli has entered the chatroom.

- takealook : ??

- Highwaynachoman : ?

- Holli : Hi everyone! Whats with all the fishhooks?

- Soygaybar : prof said hes going to be a streamer.

- Holli : ????

- takealook : Hes probably sick.

These little a-holes.

- professor : Im serious.

- takealook : seriously sick for sure

- Soygaybar : Thats a shame.

- Highwaynachoman : you know the rules right? Give us your Shilling before you start dying ok? I was a little sad last winter when you didnt give us your Shilling after your generator went out.

- professor : fing a**hole

Hahaha. Nobody changed one bit. All pieces of s.

- Speedwagon : Why. Prof is good enough to stream.

- Holli : Yes. Hes good at talking too!

- professor : wow, I almost cried.

- Speedwagon : Seeing what you tell us here, youre pretty good at fixing stuff up. You could probably stream that for educational purposes and get famous quick.

- Soygaybar : Ah, he cant do that.

- Speedwagon : Why.

- Soygaybar : He told us last time Psycho Gang lives near him LOLLL

- takealook : LMAOO, right, he said that he sees them pretty often when hes out farming LOLL

- Holli : Oh, then you really have to be careful! Falcas in Area 23 that was famous for pottery disappeared after a raider watching his stream found his location!

- Speedwagon : I heard he got caught by the sand dune shapes outside the window reflected from Falcas eyes.

- Soygaybar : Those crazy psychos.

- takealook : Psycho Gang. They are omnipotent.

+ Player Udnam_undam entered the chatroom.

- Udnam_undam : What were you all talking about?

- Speedwagon : Breaking news / Professor shows ambition for streaming.

- Udnam_undam : Professor? user professor? Really?

- professor : I still have something to say about that, so shut up everyone.

It felt like they wouldnt stop talking, so I cut them off and stated the real reason I was here.

- professor : Its not just livestreaming. Im going to be a professional gaming streamer. GG.

- Udnam_undam : What?

- Soygaybar : Wow i mustve been texting for too long. I think im seeing things

- takealook : it must have been crazy, not sick

Ahah, friends. Its too early to be surprised. Theres still one more thing.

- professor : I dont have enough Shilling, so Im thinking of doing a restricted RP, anyone wants to sponsor?

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The chatroom that was loud with chatter became quiet in one moment.

- Highwaynachoman : just give us your Shilling if youre planning on offing yourself.

I didnt need the others to reply to know that everyone else agreed with that message.

John Connor is a fictional character in the movie franchise Terminato