Chapter 493 – VS AI Shinobi (4)
In a greenhouse,
that’s the cliché expression for a well-raised child.
Like a kid who grew up knowing nothing about the world,
or a spoiled brat, that’s who it typically describes.
And such characters often get shocked when they encounter the real world.
“Oh, Buddha! What is this violence?!”
“Buddha is currently taking a nap.”
“Ahyeeeee!!!”
Just like the AI Ninja right now.
Created at the Japan Hunter Academy, it must have seen countless pictures,
but it seemed like the AI Ninja had never experienced this side of life.
“Grandma? Grandma?! Why???? Ahyeeeee!!!”
Thanks to that, it shows such intense AI NRS (AI Ninja Reality Shock).
Forgetting, in this moment, that we’re in the middle of a fight.
Well, that’s how shocking it must be, so I guess it’s a completely understandable reaction.
[But don’t you have to scroll down to see it on your mobile screen?]
‘I did it in reverse.’
[This innovative little dog.]
Some may wonder a bit here.
Isn’t this fight being broadcast live?
Weren’t innocent spectators, including the heroines, watching?
What were the commentators doing that there’s no reaction?
This time, can’t things go smoothly?
But all this was an action considering those factors to some extent.
Do you remember the fourth [Cheonma Oseonghonggi] I just cast?
That was originally a technique the AI Ninja was supposed to handle, yet it somehow evaded it.
Thanks to that, the [Cheonma Oseonghonggi] headed in a slightly different direction.
I didn’t mention it then and just moved on.
But the [Cheonma Oseonghonggi] unleashed its power fully during that time.
A little unexpectedly, right from the commentary booth.
Five starlights completely smashed the commentary booth,
and as a result, the broadcast of the match was completely halted.
The broken debris falling all over the audience area was just the icing on the cake.
[But isn’t someone going to die from this? Death seems a bit excessive.]
‘In comedy novels, people usually don’t die due to plot armor.’
[Aha.]
Of course, on a separate note, the majority of people were focused on the match.
Although there were serious casualties among some,
the rest thought the money hanging in front of them was more important.
The Hunter Academy wasn’t just any academy.
However, at the point the broadcast got cut, it was hard for them to know the details of the match.
They couldn’t hear the dialogue or know the details of the actions.
They could only vaguely guess that I dealt a fatal blow in the last moment.
Anyway, thanks to the AI Ninja’s outburst a moment ago, I was able to do this.
As much as I am, showing this openly to others was a bit risky.
Especially if the heroines were intuitively aware of it.
Meanwhile, the AI Ninja tried to pull out the mobile phone lodged in the lens with its other arm,
but before it could attempt that, I mounted it and seized its freedom of hands.
“Please! Save me! Help!!!”
Thus, the AI Ninja began pleading in a pitch higher than its scream.
That was a sight completely unlike the appearance of a winner it had shown just moments ago.
Of course, I couldn’t help it, so I shook my head in response.
“A corpse is talking.”
“No! This feels! Like a penis! It’s completely a penis now!”
But there’s a saying that you can learn from everything.
Even in such a painful situation, the AI Ninja awakened to a new realm of learning.
That realm was none other than language and emotion.
“SSIBAL!!!!!!!”
Having not even taught it, it had somehow become fluent in Korean.
Along with that, the primal emotion of intense anger, which was a bit unfamiliar to the AI Ninja, surfaced.
Indeed, the strength of an AI with a learning trait was truly amazing.
“Surely, there’s no end to learning, right?”
“Education isn’t the problem; it’s really the end! Not an end game, an end!”
It was learning more than one thing at a time.
[There’s no hope.]
‘That’s right.’
Soon after, the writhing AI Ninja urgently made a proposal to me.
It was a statement that was very impulsive yet entirely reasonable.
“What do you want?! I’ll do it! Whatever!!!”
Well, it couldn’t be helped.
The AI Ninja had only learned beautiful and pretty pictures until now.
“If this continues, my drawing data will be damaged!”
What would happen if it learned this kind of ‘evil’?
All it had learned so far would become completely useless.
It would be as if the time I spent on this effort went to waste because of the AI.
“Really, you’ll do anything?”
“Yes! So please get me out of this hell! Please!”
Of course, my one desire was clear.
“Submit.”
“Th-That…”
It was a surrender to this fight.
In fact, I didn’t think I had that much time left.
Right now, the unexpected situation of the broadcast being halted was a boon for me,
but if it went poorly, this could turn into a serious disaster beyond control.
In the worst case, I could pause the fight for a broadcast recovery,
take a small break, and then resume.
If that happened, my defeat would be almost assured.
On a technical level, the AI Ninja had either surpassed me or was about to do so.
And my current physical condition was absolutely not recoverable with just a bit of rest.
Some might criticize that this reasoning is too far-fetched.
But thinking just a little about where we are makes this inference hardly unusual.
In fact, it was amazing that such a situation hadn’t occurred yet.
[This is too far-fetched an imagination. No way would a human do that.]
‘Is there any ‘person’ around here?’
[……You keep forgetting, fck.]
In the murky depths of Japan, and at the ‘Hunter’ Academy where no human dog exists.
If things were worse than in Korea, it could hardly be said to be any better.
Do you really think they would treat a Korean fairly there?
In the first place, this fight was an unfair play planned by those jerks.
They’d plotted to take advantage of their upper hand to toy with me, and they did just that.
Even now, even if it’s a staged match, ostensibly, it’s a Japan-Korea confrontation.
They wouldn’t want to lose to Korea, of all countries.
Now, they wouldn’t want to bear the word defeat, so they would nitpick at something strange instead.
To prevent all that, I needed to finish my actions before they took action.
“Can’t you hear me? Surrender.”
“B-but that’s too shameful…”
In other words, if I don’t get the declaration of surrender now, there won’t be another chance.
However, the AI Ninja seemed to hesitate, as if it couldn’t do that much.
It appears this little dog also thought there was a chance if it dragged things out like this.
However, the moment I presented another suggestion,
“How about your grandfather?”
“N, No! No!!!”
The AI expressed its disapproval in a half-crazed voice,
and then started spewing forth the answers I wanted through the speaker.
“Surrender! Surrender! Surrender!”
Just then, conveniently, it seemed part of the broadcasting facility was restored.
The sight of the AI Ninja seizing up and shouting for surrender began broadcasting to everyone.
Now, no matter how much of Japan it might be, there’s nothing more they could do.
[By the way, wouldn’t this risk getting a call from human rights organizations?]
‘The opponent is AI; what kind of rights are we talking about?’
[Oh, right.]
Since the party itself was shouting out a declaration of defeat, they could only accept the loss intact.
Meanwhile, as soon as I heard the surrender declaration, I finally retrieved the mobile phone lodged in the AI Ninja’s lens,
glancing down at the now-seizing AI Ninja while smirking.
“Ninja, you wouldn’t call this cowardly, would you?”
With this, the fierce battle had finally reached its conclusion.
And that too, purely through human effort.
Aside from that, to be honest, I couldn’t help but acknowledge this fight.
AI was truly dangerous and astonishing beyond expectation,
and possessed limitless possibilities near infinity.
At this rate, someday the world led by AI would come.
This was an inevitable tide of change that couldn’t be reversed.
At that time, the era of humans might completely end.
But at least, that day isn’t today.
That’s why we must live fiercely until that last moment when humans are no longer needed.
That’s something only humans can do.
[Don’t try to wrap it up warmly, fcking dog.]
‘F*ck.’
That’s the most human-like essence.
