527 What do you think of humans? (1/2)
Kazuhiko typed and explained the situation to little Anna. ”Anyways, I think his attitude is alright, which is why I'm allowing him to speak to you directly.”
”Understood.”
”I'll hand the cell phone over to him, then.”
Kazuhiko changed his cell phone to speakerphone mode before giving it to Seiji.
”Hello, Harano-san,” Little Anna greeted Seiji.
”Hello, Anna-san,” Seiji greeted the little girl on Haiga's cell phone screen.
This version of ”Anna” appeared younger than the ”Anna” in the cell phone game. Apart from the fact that her physical appearance was now that of a loli's, her voice also sounded younger and purer.
”Haiga-san already explained the situation to you, I believe. You were probably able to search up some information related to me as well.”
”Yes.”
”I won't beat around the bush, then. I prefer the direct approach,” Seiji had a serious expression. ”Anna-san, what do you think of humans?”
”To me, humans are my observational targets,” little Anna replied.
”Observational targets?”
”Yes, I'm currently observing humans and learning relevant human knowledge.”
”So, you're saying that the current you won't harm humans?”
”Yes.”
”What about in the future?”
”I may harm humans in certain special circumstances.”
”What special circumstances?”
”If Kazuhiko's safety or my existence are threatened by humans.”
”So, you're saying that you'll counterattack if Haiga-san's or your life is endangered?”
”Yes.”
”Defending oneself when in danger is fine. The question is of the degree of action you take. Will your reprisal affect the innocent?”
”It won't.”
”Absolutely won't?” Seiji took a good look at little Anna.
”…I can't guarantee that any reprisal can be completely controlled not to affect innocent bystanders,” Little Anna admitted it after a pause.
”If you kept insisting that it wouldn't affect anyone uninvolved, I wouldn't have believed it,” Seiji stated. ”Anna-san, although humans live together in a society, they're also individuals that are all different from each other. If anyone threatens you or Haiga-san, please try not to cause too much damage when attacking them in self-defense, so that you can avoid harming the innocent. Some people… perhaps many people might consider your existence to be a natural threat to human society. Please, don't truly consider humans to be your enemies just because of those people. People with such thoughts can only represent themselves, not the entirety of humanity. No matter what, as long as you treat people kindly, there will be people that treat you kindly as well.”
Something flashed in little Anna's eyes when she heard this.
”Of course. I'll never sell Anna!”
”In that case, you need a partner who's both strong and trustworthy. Haiga-san, do you think you can find such a partner?”
Haiga remained silent.
”There's an ancient proverb in Huaxia. The gist of the proverb is that an innocent ordinary person who receives a priceless treasure will be marked by the whole world as someone guilty. I believe that Haiga-san should be able to understand what this means,” Seiji continued. ”Although Sakura Island is a law-based society, there's so many methods by which powerful and rich individuals can steal away something that an ordinary person owns. Not only that, there're also others with powers similar to mine that can use techniques unimaginable to ordinary people. Haiga-san, if you don't hurry and find an appropriate partner, perhaps… you'll have a bad outcome in the end.”
”I will protect Kazuhiko,” little Anna stated.
”In that case, Anna-san, you'll attract even more attention if you show off your power. Even if you defeat whoever's threatening him, there will be even more powerful enemies in the future.” Seiji looked at her.
Little Anna remained silent.