Chapter 1271 Talkative Shadow Part 2

Oh well, I guess that we can safely assume that this AI right here is the one that is going to both think and act as closely to its original as possible. However, whether it’s a bunny or advanced AI, it’s still an NPC, and the reason why he came here is the same whether Andrew Jitter Doll himself appeared in front of us. This thing being an AI does not change a thing.

Oh well, if there was ever something like a forced change of schedule, that would have been it, right? So, does that mean that it was not its time to listen to what we had to say?

「Come on now, Sigma. You have already decided, haven’t you? I am just going to stay behind you for now, so in case that you are going to need some friendly push, I’m just going to be your man! But I think that everything is going to be okay here.」

「……Roger that:」

Before we get into the main dish here, which is the Elise Jitter Doll, let’s put Sigma on the pedestal for a moment and get her own quest out of the way first, shall we?

Which is going to be here? A living person who long since perished, or a living person who is right here and right now, who can still act and make a difference? Also, I wonder what’s this AI right here going to be? How close of a recreation of Andrew Jitter Doll it is going to be? Is it going to be Andre when he was still in his prime? Or maybe Andrew shortly before he was about to die? Or maybe it’s just going to be a difference between Biology and Philosophy? And the ultimate question of them all: is this “Andrew Jitter Doll” is going to have all the answers to the questions that Sigma might have?

She displays both tension and anxiety that no mere doll could ever display, and she also showed me the courage and determination that no mere Player could also exhibit when faced with lethal threat. And just now, this brave soul was going to face her Creator head-on, without fear in her heart.

「……………」

「…… Hmm, I see. Your core indicates that you are of Elma Type, huh? But I honestly think that this silent treatment really suits you. Don’t you think so too, Sanraku?

「Dude, could you really learn how to read the mood right now?」

Yes, I’m sure of it now. This dude’s attitude right here must be the cause of “Ivory’s” uneasiness from before! I could feel something like that emanating from her earlier, but now I feel like I total get it!

「I…… This is, I…… Andrew Jitter Doll, My Creator. There is something I have been meaning to ask you for a while now.」

「Alright, then let’s hear it. Of course, once I hear your question, I am going to try to answer it to the best of my ability. After all, that is the function that I was given as the Answer Code Talker.」

There is only one kind of question that Sigma can have here right about now. Whether or not the Conquest Dolls have real emotions, personalities and purposes. Are they real or not? Or maybe that they are just tools for the Reconquista Plan, meant to be used by others? The Orchestra keeps silent, and “Ivory” also wasn’t butting in to say anything in here. Now then, what is going to be the way in which Andrew Jitter Doll is going to answer the question?

「Question: What is even a Conquest Doll……? My Creator, are the Conquest Dolls just mere tools to be used by others? Or perhaps we are something completely different? Please answer me.」

And just as you might have expected, Andrew did not needed all that much time to give Sigma his answer.

「…… Fuh, fufukukukukuh!!! I-Is that really the reason why you decided to come here in the first place!? Fuh, hahahahaha! This! This is great! This is the real piece of work! A genuine masterpiece! Hey, “Ivory” are you listening to this!? I’m sure you are! You’re just way too embarrassed to actually show your face in here! If this Behemoth is your stomach and innards, then I sincerely hope that you are going to suffer a stomachache unlike of which you have never suffered before!」

「What the……」

「……………」

「Is that really something that you should be laughing about……?」

I want to burst out laughing. I really do, but seeing as Sigma was now frozen completely stiff, it would have been completely inappropriate of me to do. So I just need to tough it all out.

And while we were keeping silent all this time, Andrew Jitter Doll, the guy who looked like a handsome European for some reason, started to bang his arms and hands against the armrests of his chair (there was actually no banging sound because it was only a hologram) and laughed out loud in an uncontrollable manner. For some reason this scene was really giving me the creeps.

「SEE, I TOLD YOU SO, ELMA=317…… THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF A PERSON THAT ANDREW JITTER DOLL IS. AND GOOD MORNING, ANDREW. I GUESS I SHOULD SAY THAT NOW? IT’S BEEN THREE THOUSAND YEARS SINCE WE HAVE LAST MET.」

「Huh? Has it really been that long? For me it just felt as if I managed to get a really good and really long night’s sleep. Fuhkukuku…… But honestly, can you blame me for laughing!? Honestly, you can’t can’t NOT laugh at this! Even if I tuned up my computer to try and compute me the answer or a solution to this dilemma, I can say for sure that laughter would be the only kind of answer that you would be getting! Right now I feel like my whole being is just wanting to burst out laughing! Hahahahaha!!」

It really depends on what kind of emotion caused this guy to laugh at Sigma’s question. However, Sigma herself just gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, trying her best to endure. And still, Andrew Jitter Doll was yet to give her the answer that she was seeking…… But still, if you take a moment to actually survey this room really quick, I can already kind of guess what If you look at “this room”, I think you can almost get the answer.

「Elma=317…… Or no, weren’t you actually going by “Sigma” as of late? I must say, it is very fortunate that you are the first one of all the Conquest Dolls out there to arrive in this laboratory after it was locked away and conditions were set to unlock it! Because thanks to this fortunate turn of events…… I get to clear that nasty misunderstanding that you might have so early on! Yes, it’s very fortunate, indeed!」

「M-Misunderstanding……? What are you talking about……?」

Sigma, my dude, seriously? I know that you can be really slow at times, but now of all times? Or could it be that this Intelligence of yours that you are so proud of is still undergoing maintenance of some sorts?

Andrew Jitter Doll might have laughed here, but that laughter did not contain any malice or mockery, that much was clear to me. Because in the first place……

This whole room was filled to the brim with all sorts of Idol goods … And some of those goods were so extreme and so oddly specific that no matter how hard you would try to think otherwise, there is just no way that this is a mere coincidence.