Urgent recruitment‼ How to Save the Ending World ▚ I'm a certain NPC girl from a discontinued VRMMO service, but somehow managing to survive again today - Chapter 15

Episode 15: Doppel, I Won’t Forgive You!!

“Long time no see, Satoko Nakajo-san.”

“Whoa, it’s like you’re the real deal. Could it be…?”

“I might be taking advantage of the situation, but I have nothing to do with the headquarters’ information leakage incident. Don’t get the wrong idea.”

Interrupting Satoko, who was seeing a beautiful golden-haired and red-eyed girl through the retinal projection function, Shiro suddenly interjected with an excuse. He then handed over the explanation of the situation to the general-purpose pseudo-personality.

While summarizing the various events that led to the current situation and throwing in some affirmative responses, the junior girl, who had been listening attentively, began to groan in a troubled manner.

Based on the reference, a newly developed artificial intelligence, created through something close to reverse engineering, had spontaneously absorbed the memories of an NPC that had rolled into a place it could interact with. Satoko was left troubled by the legal ambiguity of the situation.

“It’s delicate, very delicate, Senpai!!”

“I’m aware of it. That’s why I’ll say I’ve taken the necessary precautions.”

“I’m running on mostly unique revamped logical structures, you know, Senpai.”

“Ugh, Senpai has always been outstanding, but is it okay?”

Both master and servant nodded slightly in response to the questioning words, and when reassured with a “should be fine,” it wasn’t easy for Shiro to press further.

In order to explore a different angle, he decided to ask about the whereabouts of the original pseudo-personality. However, the unexpected response came once again.

“Eh, deleting from an unauthorized server on its own…?”

“Something like a doppelganger or ‘bamboo shoots after rain’ popping up without permission, wouldn’t you hate that?”

Claiming the matter falls under the self-defense provision of the three laws applied to artificial intelligence, Krim proudly declared that she refused to have any lingering worries. Of course, it was an act of gray morality, not driven by the master’s will but by her judgment, leaving room for defense by exploiting legal loopholes—an artful intention became apparent.

“She’s quite malicious; turns out she’s a schemer!!”

“Well, if you go too far, there’s no excuse, but I’ll face fair judgment.”

After providing some supplementary information, Satoko, who was lending the glasses-type device, could only recognize Shiro’s voice transmitted through the vibrations of the speaker connected to the quantum computer.

Pressing the switch for the alarm that was about to ring towards the shelf, trying to get rid of Satoko’s scent from his body in the bathroom, grabbing his change of clothes, and just as he was about to enter the bathroom—suddenly, he stopped and turned to the junior girl, still in conversation with Krim.

“Shower, do you want to go first?”

“Mm, I’ve already decided to rest for today. Senpai, please contact my section chief.”

“Rejected, rejected. Why do I have to report your absence?”

If he were to do such a thing, it would inevitably lead to suspicions, revealing the overnight stay from deep intoxication baselessly. Foreseeing this, Shiro protested, and with a lethargic attitude, the owner of the room disappeared into the bathroom.

Leaving Satoko behind in the room, who knew the situation, continued chatting with the projected Krim on her retinas, obtained the procedure for acquiring the app to dive into the virtual world of “UnderWorld,” and lingered until Shiro finished preparing for work.