[1bitHeart] The closed world of you and me

"Good morning! Brother Men! Do you want my help today?"

The next morning, Nainaxi, who hadn't noticed someone's masterpiece on her face, got up early in the morning, and greeted the door sitting on the sofa in the living room quite energetically when she stepped out of the room.

Originally staring at the door where the computer was working, he turned his head to look at the face painted with funny patterns, and almost burst out laughing. He suppressed the smile and replied in a very pleasant tone as if nothing had happened:

"Good morning, Nanessi. I will trouble you today too, if you wish."

"Hmm! Alright! Then I'll wash my face first, and I'll come over to help later!"

Responding happily, Nanessi slapped and ran into the bathroom, and soon heard a scream.

"Wow!! My face! Why is there graffiti on it!?"

After this almost screaming exclamation, there was the sound of splashing water after the faucet was turned on. At this moment, the door finally couldn't help laughing—he almost forgot when was the last time he laughed like this Yes, I almost burst into tears from laughing.

"──It's too much, brother. Uh-wah! It's probably because the paint has been left for too long, and it can't be washed clean, and there are still traces..."

After washing her face, Nanessi lowered her head and looked at her face in the small hand mirror, with a bitter face, she tried to rub off the little trace of redness that remained on her face with her hands, making her whole face flushed.

"I didn't do that. In fact, I still want to ask you—Naisi, do you have a habit of sleepwalking?"

Although it's okay to admit it, but I just want to tease my past self, after the door reluctantly put away his smile, he put on a serious face and asked solemnly.

"Huh!? No? Why do you ask so suddenly...Could it be!? But, I've never been like this before..."

Seemingly wide-eyed in surprise, and with a serious (pretentious) expression on the gatekeeper's face, Nanessi was a little shaken.

"But I saw it last night... I was wondering, could it be because of the influence of writing notes for me all the time yesterday?"

The door pretended to be concerned and stared at Nanessi, and asked with a sincere but determined tone.At this time, Naixi had already believed the words of the door, stared at the door blankly, and said a little at a loss:

"But, if that's the case, brother──then what should I do?"

"Well--I want to observe first. Since Auntie and the others didn't tell you, it must have been not too serious in the past. Maybe it was because of the impact of suddenly moving to a strange place. Maybe in a few days It'll be better."

Looking at the flustered and helpless immature face of myself in the past, a subtle feeling of guilt and pleasure emerged in my heart. The door continued to pretend to be serious, but changed its mind, and did not continue to make up some more exaggerated To tease Nanessi, he changed his words to calm his emotions.

"Well...that's the case, then I know. If this situation still exists, Brother Men will trouble you to stop me if you see it!"

Touching her own face, Nanessi's expression relaxed a little, and then she showed a bright smile to the door, and asked in a tone of 'I've made an appointment'.

"Yes--understood. So, are you going to help out today, Nanaixi? Or are you taking a rest?"

He agreed casually──things that didn’t happen in the first place, if he stopped playing pranks, they wouldn’t happen. Then he looked at Nanessi. Although his smile was still bright just now, he actually seemed to be hit by an accident, so it seemed nothing. Looking energetic, he was a little worried that he had played tricks too much, so he asked again.

"Ah! It's okay, I can continue to help—it's just a little bit of a shock. When I heard about this eccentricity, I was a little proud that I didn't have any strange quirks."

Probably due to the worry of guessing going out, Nanessi cheered up and responded, then scratched the side of his face, and explained the reason why he looked depressed by the way, a little embarrassed.

Ahh, I used to have this kind of time too... I wanted to say that my way of thinking hasn't grown in the past eight years, but there are still things that have changed.

In an instant, he understood Nanessi's thoughts, and the door was in a complicated mood, and there was an indescribable sense of relief, but he didn't say anything, just smiled and rubbed Nanessi's soft hair, and said, "Don't be brave." After yo' exhortation, he entered the working state again.

And Nanessi tidied up her messed-up hair, seemed to have regained her mind, and entered the 'assistant mode' as if nothing had happened—even though she was being called around, she seemed to be in a good mood.

There were hardly any special changes in the following days. The door was busy with the production of the management program, and seldom went out—and Naixi, who had officially entered the cocoon state, did not leave the house as a matter of course, probably because of this, He has been helping with the work of the auxiliary door when he has nothing to do.

Lunch and dinner——due to the unhealthy schedules of the two people, breakfast has always been omitted—either pizza delivery or cup noodles with snacks, if not for programming, it is a job that consumes energy and energy unexpectedly, and the appetites of both of them are different. They are too small, and they don't eat a lot at each meal. I'm afraid that for the two people who don't exercise and eat junk food at every meal, gaining weight is an inevitable fate that cannot escape.

During work, I would occasionally play pranks on each other because of some small things, but basically they chatted or got along peacefully, nothing to mention, and nothing special happened──After two months, the door finally Completed the hypervisor.

The experiment... is finally about to begin.

After looking at Tower [-], the door narrowed his eyes slightly, not sure how much expectation he had in his heart, or whether he just wanted to confirm whether the evaluation brought by that thing was predetermined or not.

As for going back to the past, the door is not completely just a whim and unplanned, in addition to wanting to see how the child plans to "save" the person she said, but also intends to see the management process without any external interference Is it necessary for the people of the world to exist.

Seven years later—or about a year before he returned to this point in time, his university advisor was entrusted by the government to start producing a 'management program'. He is good at actually building programs—or to put it bluntly, in addition to the profound knowledge he has accumulated over the decades of his life, he is not as good at programming as a student—the production of existing programs and The host was handed over to the door, and this is a program that must be produced to protect everyone's personal ID. He is also quite willing to dedicate his talents to the production of this program, so he thought it was too young for the industry at that time When I was young, I became the host and main architect of the "management program" program, and developed the management program with the auxiliary personnel sent by the government.

...At least, at the beginning, Men felt that the management program he made was a good thing for all mankind. Even under the strong requirements of those above, he had to add some functions in addition to the original functions It seemed a bit too invasive to think about managing surveillance programs and the like, but he believed what they told him - 'It was purely a precautionary measure to prevent crime'.

At the beginning, there was no problem after the official operation of the management program. The reliable security and efficient management functions were well received at the beginning──but I don’t know when it started, and things gradually became strange.

Did it start with the establishment of the 'thought crime punishment'?Or did it begin when those judged to be 'unfit for a peaceful society' were forcibly deprived of their freedom to think for themselves, regardless of age or sex?Or when he finds that extra features that he listened to the people above are being misused in the wrong places? ──Gradually, people began to cry out resentment for the existence of the management program, and began to curse the existence of the 'management program'. The social order, which was basically harmonious even if it was imperfect, did not know what went wrong, and began to gradually collapse and frenzy.

Dumb and smart in everything but the digital realm, he doesn't understand why things have turned out the way they are, what is supposed to be a management program that protects everyone and makes the world a better place ends up breaking the world , The source of all evils of social unrest.

So he wants to destroy the existence of the 'management program', as well as the existence of himself who made this thing by himself──but, he also wants to know, if he was willing to bluntly disobey the orders of those upper-level people, and did not make those redundant For the monitoring function, if the most original and perfect management program is used, will the program he made be the same as he originally expected, and will make the world a better place.

So going back to the past, even though I have witnessed the end of the 'management program', I still made the original form of the management program according to the original idea. In the end, it was the government that was in charge of the program at that time, or the person who made the program was the culprit of everything.

Before starting the construction, he has already made the pre-arrangement. With the help of the ability to implant memory, now he is in the memory of relevant people. (Of course he is totally ashamed of this title), and 'administrative procedures' is the reason he was accepted as an exception.

"Mr. Aisakamen? The equipment you ordered has been installed on the top floor. Please go and confirm it yourself."

When I confirmed my identity with the tour guide of Tower [-] and agreed to be the floor key of the management room after 'discussing' with relevant people (with a little cheating) before receiving it, the man with short blue hair and a pretty face, but The female guide, who was expressionless like a humanoid robot, said this in a respectful but indifferent voice, and her one eye, which was covered by a rose-patterned eye patch so that only one eye was exposed, was very scrutinizing. He looked at him bluntly—as if he was questioning who he was, and why he could have the right to use an entire floor of the upper floors of Tower [-].

There is a famous sign on the female guide's chest, with the words 'Hiragi Night' printed on it, which should be the name of this person if there is no accident.

"I see, Miss Xi, please excuse me."

Numb to such stares, she let her glance at the door indifferently, said with a smile, and took the floor key that Xi handed over at the same time.

"You're welcome, by the way, the other party still has a message, please contact the other party immediately if you come, please don't forget this after confirming the layout of the floor. If there is any need for help in the future, the floor There is a telephone inside, please use it and inform the counter."

Xi was unmoved, but continued to leave the message in a cold tone that made people feel that the kind words in her mouth were nothing more than simple social expressions, and looked away as if she had lost interest.

Wow, what a cold attitude, the words are so polite but it doesn't make people feel friendly──is it worthy of being the tour guide of the [-]th tower, the world's tallest tower?His attitude is completely different from the impression given by ordinary tour guides.

I couldn't help but wanted to smile a bit, but the door didn't say anything, just smiled and said "I see" and left the counter.

After entering the elevator, I pressed the floor switch, the door watched the number gradually increase, and many complicated thoughts in my mind gradually disappeared, and I felt my heart gradually calm down.

The steps of what to do next have been simulated countless times, and I have an idea of ​​how to proceed with the subsequent plan, and I just wait for it to be implemented.

──First of all, it is to officially install the program on the appropriate hardware to run it, right?Then the next step is to 'hint' that the high-level people can start the implementation and actual operation of the 'management program'.

The elevator stopped, and the door looked at the iron door that was about to open, and the faint, empty smile on his face was reflected on the mirror-like elevator door.