525 The creator who received divine inspiration (1/2)

Seiji explained the situation to Mayuzumi and Saki after he ended the conversation with Hisashi.

”…In order to thank him for assisting me, I'd like to request Sensei to autograph a picture of Idelia for him as a present.”

”An autograph is of course fine, but will it really be alright to give out Idelia's picture?”

”It shouldn't be a problem.”

The three of them then chatted for a while and had fun together.

Later, in the middle of the night, Seiji concentrated on cultivating in Reo's soul realm.

He no longer had the pressure of needing to deal with any immediately upcoming duels, which was a good thing. Still, he didn't want to relax just because of that.

There were still many things he had to learn in order to become a truly passable Yin Yang Master. He would need to become a worthy leader. Not only did he need to know all sorts of spells, he also needed to learn more about the mystical society.

Yui mentioned before that various things would keep happening, so he needed to continue becoming stronger. Only with strength would he be able to respond and adapt appropriately to whatever situations arose so that he could protect his friends in times of danger.

Without even needing to talk about the distant future, just this cell phone game named ”Anna” that he saw Chiaki playing seemed like it had something mystical behind it.

Seiji practiced cultivation all the way until he woke up the next morning.

During a break at school, he received a phone call from Natsuya. She told him that the investigative report on ”Anna” was finished.

”According to the report, this cell phone game was created by a company called the Paperwing Games Laboratory. This company was established in September of last year. The main person who developed this game is named Kazuhiko Haiga. He's a somewhat famous indie game developer in the industry. He led his Paperwing Games Laboratory and developed this 'Anna' game in just three months' time. The main character's design as well as the core programming, that is to say, this 'Anna' character's very existence and AI were all personally done by him. He also personally oversaw the programming that forced players to sign up with their real names on government-issued ID and only being able to download with a recommendation code, along with the chance that applying for an account might fail. As the lead developer, Kazuhiko Haiga refused to make any changes to this system.

”He told his coworkers in his company that he was able to create 'Anna' due to an almost divine inspiration, which was why he's unwilling to make any changes or modifications to how 'Anna' works.”

Seiji didn't know what to say to this.

Kazuhiko Haiga? Could he possibly have a relative named Kazuya Akihiko, or was there also a Professor Shigemura in this world? Seiji couldn't help but mentally comment.

”So, the best thing to do is still not to touch this game, right?”

”Yes, because there's no telling what might happen to it in the future.”

Seiji mulled things over. ”Is there anyone that's interested in purchasing 'Anna'? At least on the surface, this is a game with great potential.”

”Some game companies have already contacted Kazuhiko Haiga and shown such an interest. However, he adamantly refused to sell his game or even work together with any other game company.”

”I see, as I thought.”

”Seiji, could it be that you want to…”

”Indeed. I'm quite interested in the concept of artificial intelligence. And if she's something dangerous, purchasing her and dealing with her in such a fashion is a way of dealing with this matter as well.”

Natsuya was rendered speechless.

'He just adopted a female demon, and now he wants a female artificial intelligence as well? Is this the true nature of a harem protagonist?' She couldn't help but inwardly comment.

”Although Kazuhiko Haiga is currently against the idea of selling his game to others, wouldn't it be impossible for him to completely possess such an artificial intelligence by himself for long?” Seiji continued speaking.

”That's right. Nobody is moving against him now, but as long as his game continues gaining in popularity, somebody will surely take notice and take forceful action,” Natsuya agreed.

”I would like to have a face-to-face meeting with Kazuhiko Haiga. Could you help me arrange this?”

”You think that you'd be able to convince him?”

”Of course not, but I'd still like to try. It's more out of curiosity. I'd like to meet this creator who received divine inspiration.” Seiji looked outside the window at the sky.

There was a clear sky today. It was excellent weather for meeting with someone.

Kazuhiko Haiga was currently in a foul mood.