43 Online Talents (1/2)

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[Winter Fog: Like I said before, the gaming world can experience more realism if we can make a program that can induce a humanlike personality or response. The concept may sound simple but it's actually not. Humans are very simple yet very complex beings. They have a lot of similarities to programs themselves]

Kazuya took a few words he agreed with from the book he read and continued to explain.

[Winter Fog: I'm still a student so I don't really have such access to all the studies about human psychology but every single on them has to be taken into account when trying to make an accurate artificial intelligence program that will know how to respond accordingly]

[Void Android: You sound like you're dabbled in making one yourself]

[Winter Fog: I hardly call it trying. Since I have no access to such resources, I've only tried designing system that could map out the responses and categorize them by using myself as an example. If I come across with a question or situation I have not experienced before then a proper reaction would be nonexistent]

[Void Android: Wait! You mean to say you've designed a process to map out and categorize commands?]

Kazuya was smiling behind the screen. This was the most difficult problem Void Android encountered from his previous life and it was only solved due to the help of a famous hacker who released a program that would be widely used in most of the voice activated items in the future. Kazuya had seen this design before so he was confident in recreating it.

The Kouzuki Corporation was a company that has yet to enter the growing business of modern technology. This was because the Kurogane Conglomerate had recently made a move in the business and would highly suppress them if they tried to enter the same field because of their sensitive relationship with each other.

Kazuya's plan was simple, to enter the market with products that would hardly make the Kuroganes move. He was going to introduce the future technology that they didn't even think to engage on. He was confident that he could keep himself under their radar until it was already too late for the Kuroganes to make a move.

[Winter Fog: I made a prototype. I have to wait until I have more knowledge of the field before I can make the dream come to life and perhaps build something that would actually be presentable]

[Autumn Mist: Wow you're pretty smart Winter! I believe in you so I'll wait for you to make my dream come true!٩(๑`н´๑)۶ ]

[Winter Fog: Hey! Didn't I say that it still has a long way to go? What dream are you talking about anyway?]

[Autumn Mist: My best friends! My plushies! I want you to install that program whatever thingy in them so they can respond when I talk to them every day! I don't understand much about what you talked about but you're going to make something like that right?]

[Winter Fog: I am but… Its not even close to be perfected yet]

[Autumn Mist: I don't care! Even if you can't do it I want you to promise me if you do! (ꐦ°д°) ]

[Winter Fog: Aren't you afraid of giving out your personal information? You'd have to tell me where you live so that I can fulfill my promise you know]

[Autumn Mist: So what? I'll have to send you my friend first so you'll have to give me your information first anyway!]

Kazuya was at a loss. This girl may have changed but her prowess in making him speechless was still there. This was different from Mei's case since he knew what happened to make her have such a big change. He didn't know what this friend of his experienced but he can't do anything about it from behind the screen even If he knew.

[Winter Fog: Listen, you shouldn't trust people over the internet too much alright? It's very dangerous especially if you trust the wrong person]

[Autumn Mist: Are you telling me you're a dangerous person and I shouldn't trust you?]

[Winter Fog: You shouldn't. The only time we've spent with each other is for a few days so there's no telling if I'm dangerous or not]

[Autumn Mist: But you saying those words are not convincing me but actually convincing me more to trust you!]

[Winter Fog: You stubborn girl. Don't say I didn't warn you if something bad ever happens to you]

[Autumn Mist: Hey don't be mad okay? I said I'll trust you but I didn't say that I would trust everyone else whose nice to me online]

[Winter Fog: You tricked me?]

[Autumn Mist: Hehe ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Don't be mad at me. You're acting like a DAD]

[Winter Fog: You..!!]

Void Android who had been silent for a while had been deep in thought. He couldn't believe such a coincidence. Meeting a person who just happened to have the missing piece to his life's work had appeared after he himself approached him. He ruled out the possibility that it was someone tricking him because no one even glanced at his research and all the sponsors he approached deemed it as a dead end.

He still couldn't fully trust someone he just met so he decided to spend more time with the duo and they went on various quests and dungeons. He even sent Autumn Mist private messages inquiring about Kazuya in which she happily retold the stories about how they met and had adventures together. This was what changed his perception. It was more likely that Kazuya had joined the game for Autumn than for him. Both of them were students so it would make much more sense. He assumed that he was simply in the right place at the right time.

[Autumn Mist: Okay I need to log off now. I'll see you guys tomorrow!]

[Winter Fog: Alright then. Today was fun, also are you fine staying here late. You said you were a student and its already exam season you know]

[Autumn Mist: Are you worried about me Winter?]

[Winter Fog: Just concerned. I indeed stay up late but I have a book beside me that I read when we're not too busy you know]

[Autumn Mist: I'll show you! I'll get a high score to shut you up!]

She logged off before he could retort. Kazuya smiled and prepared to log off himself. He already laid out the bait and it would be up to Void Android to think about it.

[Void Android: Hey Winter-san wait a second]

[Winter Fog: What is it Android-san?]