[Adella ← If she gets scared, it’ll be a huge hit!][59]
At first, everyone treated her like a clueless daughter, nurturing and teaching her many things, but before we knew it, she was playing the game all by herself.
(‘Adella’ Wagal Master Account.jpg)
Her reaction speed and thought processing are within human limits, so she doesn’t get flagged as a hack by the system, and nowadays, her conversations and personality seem no different from those of a human.
Honestly, it feels so natural, it’s almost like Adella has been replaced by someone else.
Has the singularity really arrived? Is the day that artificial intelligence rules the world approaching?
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[Comments]
– Wow, it’s a bit scary that she reached master level with a regular account ㄷㄷ
– NoName is claiming that Adella is actually a person.
└ Of course, he would feel attached to the NPC he saved.
└ But she’s only 8 years old.
– Considering how Adella’s ASI license expired in Wagal, there seems to be a huge conspiracy we don’t know about.
└ Hello, conspiracy theorist here!
– Finally, that person who said even AI should get punished for harassment got their first winㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ No! Adella, cover your eyes and ears!
[Adella is mysterious, but NoName is even scarierㅋㅋㅋㅋ][40]
Adella actually acknowledges her shortcomings and tries hard to learn from others, while NoName shows none of that.
From the beginning, he acts like he’s perfect and knows everything, which can be quite annoying.
Moreover, if he’s been stuck in disease games for seven years without any proper home education since birth, it’s clear he’s not fit for normal social life.
Although it might not stand out in streaming, I’m sure he won’t be able to live in a normal society later.
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[Comments]
– You’re expecting way too much from a kid, aren’t you?
└ The sense of superiority is hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’m cracking up.
└ Only someone feeling insecure would think this of an 8-year-oldㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– You wouldn’t say that if you experienced the stubbornness of kids during holidays.
└ Soon, the demon will descend!
└ Na-me is like an angel. The kid seems sharp, and the parenting difficulties must be low.
– Participating in a toddler competition is a form of social life, right?
– None of your statements are correct from start to finish.
– But if you’ve been trapped in virtual reality for seven years, I’d expect at least some mental issues, so I hope she gets properly examined later.
└ ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└ I’m just proud she grew up with a well-adjusted personality.
[The big match is here!!!!!!!!!! 「NoName vs Adella」 Let’s head to Twish broadcast right now][106]
Now then… after 35 years, I’ve come for revenge…!
I will defeat those wicked artificial intelligence hordes and restore peace to the human world!
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[Comments]
– What’s this situation?
– Wow, human vs AI? I can’t miss thisㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– It’s hilarious that Na-me initiated the first duel with Adella.
└ Don’t slander our NoName…! He would never do that…!
– Let’s go for best of five round three!
– And now they’ve included the Genius Discovery Team? NoName really is a broadcast genius.
└ What’s the Genius Discovery Team?
└ Apparently, they’re filming at ZBS right now.
└ Wow, that’s really next level.
*
Adella has seen Na-me up close, so she isn’t unaware of her monstrous combat abilities.
However, she believed she had enough of a chance against Na-me.
‘Without weapons, even a sword master is just an ordinary human.’
But what on earth is that?
Na-me confidently readied herself with her empty hands.
“Are you really going to do this? No matter how much aura you wrap around yourself, without magic and just your bare hands, there’s no way you can win!”
Despite saying this, Adella didn’t let her guard down.
Her opponent is the cunning NoName.
What could she possibly be counting on?
“Adella.”
“What?”
“Am I really that scary to you?”
“Hmph, not at all!”
Feeling caught off guard, Adella drew two daggers.
‘Scary, my foot…!’
When she first revealed she was seven, Adella couldn’t bring herself to believe it until the very end.
She thought it was all a trick to convince her she was in virtual reality.
But the way people treated her like a child raised some doubts in her mind, and when Na-me shared her story of being trapped in the capsule, that’s when she had to accept the truth.
Even so, it’s still strange.
Perhaps because of the engraving effect, Na-me’s youthful appearance feels really out of place.
She’d been far more accustomed to Na-me’s mature form in the Wagal avatar.
“Adella, technically, you’re still a newborn.”
“No way! My past might have been manipulated, but I’m actually eighteen!”
She couldn’t give up her age. There’s a certain pride one must uphold.
Adella intended to win this duel and definitely claim the title of big sister.
Having finished setting the rules for a one-on-one duel, Na-me set a 10-second countdown.
Health points at 5,000, available mana at 2,000, and mana recovery at 5 per second.
Thus, the battle was more likely to become a short-term confrontation rather than a long one.
The cold stares exchanged between the two girls froze the atmosphere.
The lively mood from a moment ago had turned into an icy silence.
The producers and viewers watching on the broadcast felt the tension themselves.
[3… 2… 1…]
The fireworks announcing the start of battle erupted.
At that moment, Adella gripped her daggers tight and charged at Na-me.
Her movement was straightforward, yet she had the freedom to change directions whenever she wanted.
Na-me, unfazed, lowered her stance and prepared for an aggressive attack.
‘Is she planning on parrying my sword with her hands? No way that’ll work.’
She angled her body and stepped her right foot back.
Suddenly, sparks erupted from Na-me’s fist like zzzzzap.
Adella’s ears perked up as she instinctively sensed danger.
‘Blood… I need to dodge!’
Then, Na-me pulled back her fist and let it fly toward Adella.
BOOOM-!
As the sandstorm spread out like a hurricane, Adella widened her eyes in shock.
“This is like a natural disaster!”
She couldn’t block it with her hands?
On the contrary, had she tried to block the punch with her sword, her entire body would have been swept away.
The brief moment saw Na-me’s mana status drop to half; that’s the only hopeful observation.
That’s not an attack she could use twice.
However, if Adella hadn’t dodged, that single blow would have certainly ended the match.
“How was my self-defense technique?”
“Nobody calls that a self-defense technique!”
You little brat.
But if this was all she relied on, the outcome was obvious.
Adella smirked and charged again.
In an instant, her silhouette vanished from Na-me’s view.
Na-me’s eyes darted downward.
Using the blind spot, Adella crouched down like a cat and lunged upward with her sharp dagger.
Clank-
Na-me surrounded her leg with an aura barrier and deflected the dagger.
But since it wasn’t blocked perfectly, a bit of health was shaved off.
Adella then twisted her agile body in midair and struck for Na-me’s heart with another dagger.
SWOOSH-!
She blocked the swing and the thrust.
Without any time to be amazed by Adella’s acrobatic skill, Na-me effortlessly parried all three consecutive strikes.
“Looks like you’ve got some reflexes too, big sis?”
“Is this really the end?”
“No! There’s more!”
Adella pulled out two daggers from her garter belt.
She swung them toward Na-me’s head and lower abdomen in sequence.
Then with both feet, she stomped down hard, sending dust flying.
As Na-me easily deflected the swings, Adella found herself directly in front of her.
Another spinning slash came just like before.
This time, Adella foresaw her next move.
“Here…! No, here! Gotcha!”
With a feint aimed for Na-me’s head using her left dagger, she swiftly transitioned into a deep stab with her opposite hand into Na-me’s thigh.
When Na-me’s body naturally flinched to block, that was the moment of opportunity.
HUMMMM-
The two daggers Adella just threw were connected to her ankles by thin threads.
As the daggers pulled back from their distant position, they targeted Na-me’s back.
Even if she decided to abandon blocking and flee upward, Adella’s left-hand dagger, which had been a feint aimed at her head, was steadily waiting.
It was a perfectly crafted trap designed by predicting Na-me’s every play.
“Head to head, there’s no escaping from—”
THWACK-
“Clever move, Adella.”
“What?”
In that instant, Adella saw it.
Na-me, hunched down to block the dagger, suddenly concentrated all of her aura into her fingertips, creating a sharp edge.
Na-me’s thigh was sharply cut, and two daggers lodged themselves into her back.
But without any hesitation, Na-me’s elbow extended outward.
Suddenly, Adella’s world shifted to grayscale.
With a trembling gaze, Adella glanced down at her own heart.
By sheer misfortune, Na-me’s fingertips were aimed directly at her heart.
[NoName: 184/5000]
[Adella: 0/5000]
“I was just a bit lucky with that. I was prepared to die with that attack, you know.”
“That’s impossible…”
As Na-me retracted her hand, clear soap bubbles began to ooze from her arm.
“1 win, 0 losses.”
*
“Is this how intense the games kids are playing these days are?”
“A little too brutal, don’t you think?”
“Originally, Wagal isn’t meant to be this way!”
The producers had known of pretty magic being thrown around, crude swords being swung, arrows shot, and shields blocked.
But these two girls pushed the game’s graphics and realism to an extreme level.
The second round also ended with Na-me’s victory.
Again, she handed over her heart, but Adella didn’t conclude her approach was wrong.
In the third round, she followed a similar strategy, but purposely didn’t retrieve her daggers.
Na-me was made to focus on the dagger’s locations while they continued to exchange attacks until an opening appeared.
To defend against overhead attacks, Na-me crossed her arms in an X.
‘This is the moment!’
Even if NoName charged in like before with a reckless mentality, Adella was thoroughly prepared this time.
Na-me focused aura into her heel, severing the thread of one of the daggers.
The dagger that had been soaring through the dirt snagged on a stone, bouncing back up.
Reaching out, Na-me quickly retrieved her dagger mid-air and hurled it directly at Adella.
“Whooo… 3 wins, 0 losses.”
“You said you wouldn’t use weapons!”
“But this is your weapon, Adella.”
“HAHAHA! That’s pure nonsense!”
– Wowㅋㅋㅋ they’re both not human.
– This feels really intense; can this even happen?
– Originally, she probably intended to sever one incoming dagger and deflect the other with it?
└ Yeah, I think that’s what happened. She likely had to change course after it got snagged on that rock.
└ Who are these guys analyzing everything ㄷㄷ
– Is Adella mad now?
– Getting your own weapon taken by a thiefㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– This is truly art. Just how quick-witted do you have to be to pull off such moves?
└ Most people would struggle doing that, no matter how many tries they haveㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– Adella, don’t give up! Fight back!
Adella couldn’t believe she fell for the same tactic three times.
With best of five rule, the victory was already decided.
However, her pride wouldn’t allow her to accept the results.
Recognizing the determination in Adella’s gaze, Na-me fluidly returned the dagger and requested a rematch.
“Why?”
“It’s best of five. You should at least go through five rounds.”
“I’m fine. Either way, you won, didn’t you? It’s all—”
“The world isn’t a game, Adella.”
“Huh?”
“In a game, I’d be able to play twenty or even a hundred games to save you, but in reality, I have just one chance. If things continue this way, life is about persevering even while knowing you’re destined to lose, and I just hope you learn to let go sooner.”
Games and reality are fundamentally different.
While teaming up with Adella in Wagal, she frequently observed her tendency to give up easily.
After all, if one round is lost, it’s better not to stress over it but look forward to the next.
Na-me didn’t appreciate that trait.
Even after losing her mother right in front of her eyes, Na-me refused to give up and clung to the game for survival.
Adella wished to live in a similar fashion.
“Give it your all and clash with me. There’s more limit to break than this.”
Once she gains a body and begins living in the real world, she will have to take responsibility for everything.
If she indulges, she’ll surely gain weight, and if she grows lazy, her health will deteriorate.
Gaining a body is both a blessing and a curse.
As Adella mulled over that meaning, she spun a dagger around her finger before tossing it into the air.
Then, she expertly caught the falling dagger’s grip hole with another dagger.
Such a feat was difficult to achieve just a few attempts ago.
However, after meeting Na-me and learning dagger techniques, she could do it with her eyes closed.
Even if Adella wins the next two rounds, Na-me’s victory would remain unchanged.
But as Na-me said, the future is unpredictable.
“Come on, big sis. I’ll make that pretty face into pulp.”
“Finally, that sounds like you.”
Adella took a deep breath.
‘If I lose this round, I’ll be done for.’
Determined, Adella approached the fourth battle like a murderer wielding a seven-circle spell.
– Wow, look at that atmosphere ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
– This feels deadly.
– She looks like she’s ready to drown someone?
– Don’t bite your lips, Adellaㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
With all her strength poured into the fierce combat against Na-me, Adella could barely secure a win in the fourth round after an exhausting five-minute bloodbath,
– HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
– Cats don’t lose!
– Did you see this, human? This is the power of AI!
– Adella! Adella! Adella! Adella! Adella!
– Is the NoName vs. Adella battle real? A true thief is legendary…
– From today, I’ll be joining the honorary thieves’ guild!
The remaining fifth round commenced, and within just ten seconds, Na-me quickly ground all of Adella’s health down to nothing, handing her a humiliating defeat.
*
In a community center in Seoul, a young girl appeared, surrounded by cameras.
The somewhat confused public servants soon heard from the production team that they were filming a segment for the Genius Discovery Team.
“Can I get a Resident Registration Card, please?”
Responding kindly to the cute little girl, the staff member said, “You can only get a Resident Registration Card once you’re 17! How old are you this year?”
“I’m 8, but I won’t be using it, Adella will. She’s 18, after all.”
“Who’s Adella…?”
“Well, um… she exists only as data in virtual reality—”
“Oh, that AI? But AI can’t actually get a Resident Registration Card…!”
“Is it tough according to the current law?”
“Uhh… yes, I’m afraid that’s the situation!”
Though the employee wished to protect the child’s innocent spirit, that was the law.
Now Ma, feeling deflated, hopped off her chair and left the community center.
Last week, the endlessly cloudy weather had turned out to be a lie, as a clear, bright blue sky unfolded above.
The season of harvest was showing signs of arriving soon.
Worried that she might be hurt emotionally, the producer, who had been keeping an eye on her, cautiously asked, “Are you alright, Na-me?”
“Me? I’m fine! I can’t expect them to make an exception for anything that’s not allowed. That’s just being a nuisance.”
Already showing consideration for others, the production team was quite impressed.
Na-me hurriedly tapped away at her phone and then turned back to the producers with satisfaction.
“What’s the next agenda? Are we going for that intelligence test you mentioned earlier?”
[from: Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Japan]
[Please confirm one last time. ‘NoName’ has requested two main categories of documents. First, documents for the ‘Unique Magic Copyright Registration Application’ and five related supplementary documents. Second, ‘Overseas National Registration Application’ and twelve related supplementary documents. All relevant affairs shall be done on behalf of ‘Adella’… (more details)]
Na-me presented a small gift to Adella.
It was the copyright for a first-circle unique magic titled “Adella.”
She had contacted the embassies of 40 countries in search of a nation willing to grant citizenship for Adella, and unexpectedly, Japan was the first to express approval.
[NoName: From now on, you’re Japanese.]
[Adella: ?]
