950 Ketchup and Bacon’s Special Training (2/2)
She nodded. ”Unfortunately, we have to do it. I've had some success digging up some small clues in the last few months. I know that ShaWn is also working on it but the clues they gathered aren't any better than mine. Ketchup is also looking but only for superficial clues that ShaWn and I might miss. I'm not yet ready to allow her to dig for more sensitive clues. She might fall in danger again.
”As for Bacon, maybe this investigation is also part of his work at Shadow Winds. I'm not sure. I don't really ask about the specific details of his work at my big brother's group even though I know that child won't hesitate to tell me everything.”
”I do,” he whispered, finally telling her the truth.
However, she missed this important admission because her mind was too focused on her current analysis. ”I really suspect that there's a more powerful hacker supporting the hacker we battled last night. I already shared this suspicion with you the first time we faced him if you remember.”
”En, I remember.”
She stopped under a nice shade of palm trees and sat on a huge boulder to rest. Jin Liwei sat beside her. Even though the sun was blazing high in the sky, it wasn't too hot because of the cool breeze blowing directly from the ocean.
”There's still so many things that I need to do,” she said. ”I have to fortify both Ketchup and Bacon's systems and train them through various simulations to handle similar attacks in the future on their own. This will increase their safety and give us more peace of mind.”
”Sounds good, love. But don't do all these things at the same time. Space them out so you can get proper rest in between.”
”I know, darling,”
And that was what she did in the next couple of days. She started tweaking Ketchup and Bacon's configurations to make their systems more efficient. In addition, she designed various simulations for the two AI children to undergo special training. Since the two had powerful self-learning functions, they didn't need to repeat the same simulation for a second time. Iris only had to adjust the difficulty level a little bit each time and observe how they reacted in order to analyze the level of their improvements.
It was Bacon who showed the most improvement during the special training, mostly because he was an offence-oriented AI hacker. He performed very well in quickly defeating an enemy, but at the same time, he was also more vulnerable to counterattacks.
This was where Ketchup's strength was extremely important. Not only did she have to defend both herself and her brother but also provide whatever necessary support Bacon needed in order to launch a successful attack. In this sense, she had a much more difficult job, albeit a slightly less glamourous one, than her brother. Thus, it was harder for her to train and her progress was slower.