Chapter 27

In the last part of the previous story, I revised the part where Runye is harboring romantic feelings to be just a matter of concern. I apologize for that.

Now, please enjoy the main story.

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"TouriTree"

"Huh? Yui, what's wrong?"

"Yesterday, I sent a message to Yuki Kousuke."

"You mean that high school student? So what?"

"I didn't get a reply, so I checked."

"Ah, and?"

"Turns out, the message was deleted."

"..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yui slumped in disappointment. Touri, on the other hand, fell into deep thought.

(Did he mistake it for spam? Or did he not like the reward Yui prepared...?)

After pondering, Touri realized he didn't know the content of the message Yui sent and asked her.

"What did you send to that high school student?"

"Eh? I sent a normal message, like 'Hi! I'm Yui. I have a favor to ask, is that okay?'... "

"Yui, that's your fault."

Touri briefly explained that it might have been mistaken for spam.

"Alright, what do we do? Should we send another message?"

"I'll pass. It might be mistaken again."

"Then what?"

"Let's hack his phone and flood the screen with messages!"

"Yui..."

Just as Touri was exasperated, Yui started typing furiously on the keyboard.

"Wait, Yui, hold on..."

"Hacking, success! ...Huh?"

Before Touri could stop her, Yui let out a deflated sigh. She felt a different kind of discomfort when she hacked to confirm the address.

"What's going on? It felt more like I was invited in rather than breaking in..."

The next moment, the PC screen was filled with a message.

"Hello. I'm here to visit."

"!!??"

Seeing the message, Yui shuddered.

Yui's 'Cyber' ability allows her to connect her consciousness to the cyber world and infiltrate and control any online device. However, many 'Divines' also possess similar abilities, though not as advanced as Yui's Rank A 'Cyber'. Yui has implemented special defenses on her PC using her ability and programming skills, making it strong enough to withstand a Rank B attack for several hours.

However, the message filling the screen meant that the defenses had been breached.

"The defenses were broken in an instant! Touri, help! We're being hacked!"

"What!?"

Touri, who can also use 'Cyber', understands the strength of the defenses. He immediately grasped the meaning of Yui's words.

(There's another Rank A 'Cyber' on the other side!?)

Touri touched the PC and accessed the cyber world with Yui.

"I'll drive the intruder away, Touri, fix the defenses in the meantime!"

"Got it. I'll stop monitoring and support you with a Rank B equivalent 'Cyber'."

As they adjusted to the time difference between the real world and the cyber world, they reached the space where the intruder was hiding. Seeing the humanoid cyber entity, Yui was certain.

"Sure enough... it's a 'Cyber' ability user."

In front of them stood a three-headed humanoid cyber entity, completely white with two black dots for eyes. As Touri glared at it, Yui felt a question.

"What's your purpose?"

Yui asked the white cyber entity. She felt this question first because the entity wasn't doing anything in the PC, not searching for their location or looking for anything, just observing the icons around it.

"Purpose...?"

"Clearly, you don't intend to tell us. Are you a 'Divine' ability user?"

"I don't understand 'organization' or 'ability user'."

"Alright. Touri, fix the defenses."

"Leave it to me."

Deciding that the entity had no intention of speaking, Yui began her attack.

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"Rin, don't suddenly hug me when I'm working."

"...Sorry."

During the experiment with the 'toy' she learned yesterday, Rin suddenly hugged her. As a result, she miscalculated the force.

"If you understand, that's good. Be more careful next time."

"Yes..."

Although she didn't scold her harshly, Rin seemed quite down. She must have reflected on her actions.

"Let's have a snack."

"Snack!"

Rin ran to the living room as if nothing had happened.

"Did you really understand?"

Despite her doubts, she decided to have a snack.

"Wait, what about this one?"

It had been frozen just a moment ago, but now it seemed fine. It must not be broken.

"By the way, what do you eat?"

She suddenly wondered while eating a snack and asked her smartphone.

"I don't need food. Just charge me, and I'll be fine. Proper voltage makes me happy."

"I see. It's like a taste, I guess."

She wasn't talking to the smartphone's chat function; it really had a will of its own. She had tried the 'toy' on the smartphone and miscalculated the force. She had succeeded with other experiments, so she got a bit overconfident. When she tried it on the smartphone, it felt the same as when she created Shiro and Rin, so it would probably stay this way.

In short, she had a new family member.

"Well, it's not a giant robot, so that's good."

It was currently in its normal smartphone form, but it could transform into a palm-sized robot. It had a three-headed body, with the torso and face as displays, and was primarily white and silver. It had two black dots for eyes.

"Master"

"Hm? What's up?"

The smartphone spoke to her.

"What should I be called?"

"Name?"

She hadn't decided on a name yet. Using the smartphone model name would be boring. Name... machine, smartphone, computer... Got it!

"Since you're a smartphone and always close by, how about 'Nia'? And I think there was a famous computer with that name."

"Nia. I'm 'Nia'!"

Great, it seems happy.

"Nia, I'm Kuro. Nice to meet you."

"Kuro!"

"...Shiro and Rin!"

"Kuro-san, Shiro-san, Rin-san. Nice to meet you."

Seeing everyone interacting with Nia, she couldn't help but smile. It was a bit noisy, but it felt very comfortable.

"Still..."

I'm glad it's not a giant robot.

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Update frequency... I'll increase it!