Money Can Buy Everything

062 Momo's weaknesses

The words of the little girl in white clothes made Argo stunned, looking at this girl who claimed to be Yui with some surprise.

Not only Argo, but now everyone can be sure that this NPC girl named Yui is a very high tier AI. She not only reacts to the actions and words of each player, but also reacts to a word in the player's sentence.

What kind of advanced AI is this? It seems to be not much different from human intelligence!

If an NPC can answer every question from the player, it won't surprise the player too much, after all, it can be explained by the idea of "is there a massive database behind it".

But now, Yui clearly autonomously acted towards the two words "daughter" in Argo's sentence, and it was even Argo talking to himself, not in response to the situation Yui mentioned.

This phenomenon logically has only one explanation, that is, Yui has a high degree of autonomy, and even can be said to have self-awareness, able to judge the relationship between herself and the two words "daughter" in Argo's sentence.

She has self-awareness, and then considers herself to be Argo's daughter, and is dissatisfied with the fictional daughter mentioned by Argo, actively refuting it.

Having self-awareness, emotions, judgment, and the ability to act freely.

Is this really just an NPC?

"This is really... amazing, is she really an NPC? Has intelligent AI become so powerful?"

Agil exclaimed as he rubbed his head, unable to help but activate the search skill to check Yui's status.

The search skill is used to search for surrounding targets, and the results returned for NPCs, players, and monsters are different.

Players will be represented by a green humanoid frame, monsters by a red monster-shaped frame, and NPCs will return different icons depending on their situation.

As for Yui, it is the most common type of returned message, which is a white phantom. This proves that Yui is theoretically just an ordinary NPC.

The so-called ordinary NPC is not set for any purpose, that is, it does not buy or sell with players, does not provide tasks, and is not part of a task. Basically, talking to them only results in a few predetermined lines.

However, now, Yui, such an intelligent NPC, is returned with a positive result from the search skill, she is just an ordinary NPC.

This is strange, perhaps there is only one explanation, this is the special setting of this NPC named Yui.

Yui seemed to sense something, turned her head and stuck out her tongue at the bald black man Agil, waving her little fist, as if saying "don't come peek at me".

"Haha, interesting, it's beyond my imagination. It seems that America doesn't have this kind of technology now, let's put aside other matters for now, Kayaba Akihiko's scientific strength is simply unbelievable."

"With the level of intelligence like Yui, if she could have a body, she could probably be considered a true human, right? After all, her current AI state seems not much inferior to human intelligence, or perhaps it's no longer appropriate to describe it with AI, it seems more appropriate to use 'soul'?"

Klein shook his head and said, "Hey hey, you're exaggerating too much. This kind of little thing must be a trick played by Kayaba. Artificial soul and such, this brat is just a bunch of data— Ouch!"

Klein was caught off guard and was actually hit in the stomach by a teacup flying from outer space. Startled, Klein carefully looked and saw that the culprit, the girl in white clothes, had once again hidden in Argo's arms, burying her head.

This action seemed to say, "It's not me, it's not me!"

"Haha, Klein, you deserve that!" Kirito laughed heartily and said, "Well, I think it's not impossible. After all, human souls and consciousness ultimately can be considered as data. Perhaps Yui can't be called a human soul, but she already has enough self-awareness as an AI. We should also consider her as an independent individual."

"That makes sense, Kirito, are you planning to become a scientist too?" Klein said with a dark face as he picked up the blanket and placed it on the nearby table.

Kirito scratched his head, smiled bitterly, and said, "As you all know, Kayaba has always been my idol. Originally, I did intend to follow his path, but now..."

Klein naturally couldn't continue Kirito's words. He didn't want to discuss this topic. At this moment, Klein suddenly remembered the pizza he ordered— Could it have gone bad?

Or perhaps the pizza delivery person couldn't collect the payment and chose to call the police, coincidentally saving him when he entered the game?

If that's the case, when there's a chance to get out in the future, he should thank that delivery person. As compensation, he would only order pizza from that restaurant.

But who knows how long it will take to get out. What if the restaurant closes by then?

Damn it, I really liked the taste of that place!

That's Klein for you. One moment he's pondering how to deal with this annoying brat, the next his wandering thoughts have escaped the atmosphere and ventured into space.

Argo blinked, holding Yui in her arms, originally waiting for Klein to explode. She had already decided to side with Yui, after all, Yui was her daughter.

Although she knew Yui was just a data NPC, but right now Yui in her arms had body temperature, had touch and recoil. This was clearly a real child, a lovely little girl.

And now, this little girl regarded her as her mother.

A sense of fulfillment and duty lingered in Argo's heart, making her determined. This time, she would strive for herself.

"Alright!"

Momo clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

‘This bastard, he only took action once his main girl and side chick reconciled. What a despicable person.’

The above is the resentful thought of Reimu that is unable to see the soap opera live-action version.

"It seems that although there are no system prompts, it seems it’s impossible for us to abandon this little girl."

"Waaah—Mommy, Daddy doesn't want me anymore!"

"Yui, be good, with Mommy here, that heartless Daddy of yours can go die, swallow ten thousand needles!"

"Mmm!"

Momo was at a loss for words, and even Asuna, who was beside her, remained silent for a few seconds before bursting into laughter. She said, "Momo, it seems like it's the first time I've seen you in such an awkward situation. Are you not good at dealing with kids?"

"Now that you mention it..."

Lisbeth looked at Silica and said, "I suddenly realized that Momo seems to be able to find topics with all the girls, make them happy, but only when facing Silica, he becomes a true gentleman big brother."

"Hey, it really seems like that, huh? Haha, Playboy Momo, do you have something you're not good at too?" Argo seemed to have discovered a new world, taking the opportunity to tease Momo.

"Ah, how could that be? Silica is very happy when she's with Momo, and Momo takes good care of Silica."

"So, Silica, it's not like that! How should I put it..."

Facing Silica, Lisbeth found it hard to explain. What she wanted to express was that Momo could make every girl he met feel a palpitation, and this feeling of control was still in Momo's hands.

Facing herself, Momo controlled this charm very well, making Lisbeth feel like Momo was like a male best friend. Although there might be some fantasies, it was just fantasies.

Now, Lisbeth suddenly realized that she had no reason not to be attracted to Momo. Even Asuna and the always pretentious Argo seemed to have fallen into his trap. It seemed like they were also deeply immersed.

If it wasn't clear to her, when Momo dealt with Silica, this attitude became even more obvious.

Apart from maintaining a gentlemanly demeanor, there was also a sense of caution, completely devoid of the casual attitude, instead, it was like deliberately taking care of a child.

But this kind of talk involved her own thoughts and the little thoughts of that mouse over there, it was definitely not convenient to say, so Lisbeth chose to brush it off, leaving Silica with a head full of question marks.

In fact, Lisbeth was quite right.

In his past life, despite being hundred years old, due to focusing only on making money and making his empire bigger, he never spent any time on finding a wife, let alone having a child with her, there is no way for him to be good with kids.

Facing innocent children, Momo, who had a belly full of thoughts and a mind that was constantly turning, has his head filled with what kind of methods and techniques should he use on them to  make them obedient to him?

In the end, he used none.

Momo didn't intend to deal with children with adult thoughts, lest he lose the last bit of innocence in his heart.

And that's exactly why Momo didn't know how to handle children. Perhaps showing his true self from the bottom of his heart was a good approach, but how could Momo, who had been scheming for eighty or ninety years in his previous life, be able to do that?

What is Momo's true heart?

Perhaps the Momo from the past, who was simply moved to tears by the second dimension and was passionate and emotional, was his true self.

It's just that those things have become memories now. The present Momo absolutely ignores the experiences of these eighty or ninety years for the sake of entering the second dimension.

Perhaps at this moment, the current Momo is the real Momo?

Perhaps even Momo himself cannot answer this question.

"Alright, I'm just afraid of children, okay? Honestly, I'm most afraid of children looking at me with innocent eyes."

"Huh, really?" Argo rolled her eyes.

"Momo, do you really dislike children?" Asuna asked with a slight concern.

Momo shook his head slightly and said, "It's not that I dislike them, after all, without children, maybe in the future I can have one to practice with. What do you think, Asuna?"

Asuna blushed, before she could answer, Argo laughed out loud.

"Hey, Playboy, don't you already have a daughter here?"