forever lv.0

"Black Feather?"

For the character name that comes with this system, Kudo shrank his pupils unexpectedly.He originally thought that the protagonist of this kind of domineering RPG would be called Arthur or Ivan, which sounded like a European and American protagonist's halo, and the name of the character he controlled was given by himself through this kind of self-introduction, which was quite amiable. the taste of.

If Kudo was to be asked to seriously determine the title of the character, he might consider "Edogawa", but this kind of name with a strong samurai flavor seems to be full of sense of disobedience in a Nordic-style RPG. In contrast, " Although the name "Black Feather" also belongs to a similar cultural system, it reads more like the protagonist of Jump serial comics... It's not unacceptable.

Nodding in his heart, Kudo was just about to continue the game, but found a red dialog box flashing at the bottom of his screen, next to the operation bar.

The constantly jumping cursor seemed to remind him to "speak something".

"... Can you hear me?" Although he didn't quite understand what the system of the game was, Kudo still typed a sentence tentatively.He thought for a long time before choosing the verb "listen". After all, no one knows how the characters in the game communicate with the world outside the screen.

"Can you hear me?" Almost immediately, his character responded.

With his fingers hovering over the keyboard, Kudo silently mouthed "Wow".

Has the game advanced to this level now?Can you have a dialogue with the character you control at the right time?Which technology is this?Chatbot or AI?

Only by talking more complicated dialogues can you verify your conjecture. Kudo thought for a moment, typed and deleted in the dialog box, and finally issued such a question:

"I remember you didn't look like this?"

I didn't change the appearance of the character at first, but kept the most original blond and blue-eyed domineering setting of the game itself, but now the character I control has black messy hair and pupils that I don't know if it's a bug or offended the artist. It still retains the blue color of the protagonist's style...

"...I've always looked like this, don't you like it?" There was almost no pause, and the game character named "Black Feather" quickly responded.While marveling at the satisfactory calculation speed and information processing of the program, Kudo thought about what kind of speech to type next to continue testing the chat system.

Of course his thoughts were quickly interrupted.

The next second, the pixel villain on the screen narrowed his eyes and waved to Kudo on the other side of the screen.

Doki!

Kudo Shinichi felt his heartbeat stop for half a beat.

Even if it's just a game, just a pre-written program...

Isn't this interactive design arranged too well? !

It's obviously just a pixel map, it's just a pixel map that looks like a mosaic...

To be able to make such complex expressions and movements...

Super cute.

So, as a matter of course, novice player Kudo Shinichi fell into a black hole that most novices can hardly escape: short-term game addiction caused by being overwhelmed by massive novelty.

No longer caring about the game's own combat system and main storyline, Kudo tapped the keyboard uninterruptedly, spending all the game time on this seemingly "super advanced" chat system.

"I don't remember designing you into this image..." After pressing Enter, he sent the next message.

"I've always looked like this, what does it have to do with your settings?" A crossroad-shaped angry symbol appeared on the head of the pixel villain on the screen.

It's really super cute.

Could it be that because the username "Kudou" is a typical Japanese username, the appearance and name of the character automatically default to Japanese style?Does that mean that the weapon also needs to use the sword?It was only then that Kudo remembered to check the equipment before starting the adventure.He called up Kuroba's character status bar.

Because he hasn't left Novice Village yet, Hei Yu's level is still lv. 0, and the weapon bar is also empty.

"Now I'll get you a set of equipment." Kudo typed in new instructions, "Do you know how to get to the equipment room?"

"Don't ask me about this kind of thing, go find it yourself."

That's right, if even the route exploration is given to the character to do it, there will be basically nothing for the player.

"However, before buying equipment, you must first determine your occupation." Without waiting for Kudo to make the next step, Kuroba continued on his own, "Personally, I am not very good at melee combat, so I prefer to choose an archer... ..."

Ignoring Kuroba's suggestion, Kudo clicked on the career selection menu and began to compare the attribute values ​​of each profession one by one.

"It turns out that if you change your profession, your appearance will also change..." After looking at the physical attacks and skill characteristics of various professions in turn, Kudo frowned somewhat indecisively.

Archer seems to be a troublesome job to operate, and he doesn't want to follow Kuroba's wish to choose this.

By comparison...

"I prefer 'magician'." Kudo expressed his opinion, "Just choose this one."

"Why?!" Sure enough, the choice that goes against the character's own will will be opposed, and Kuroba immediately objected.

"The magician's attack power is low, and the skill cooldown time is long, so I don't want it."

This little guy even talked about conditions with himself?Facing Kuroba, whose angry symbols were constantly beating on the screen, Kudo couldn't help laughing, and continued typing on the keyboard.

"There's no 'why', I want to choose this way, that's all."

"But why a magician?"

"The intelligence value is relatively high."

Giving reasons that seemed simple and reasonable, but in fact were completely illogical, Kudo didn't think there was anything wrong with his choice.In all other respects, as a detective, he couldn't accept his role as an idiot with no brains and nothing but brute force to wreak havoc.It doesn't matter if the attack power is weaker, the mind is more important.

But the intelligence value in the game and the intelligence value in reality are not the same concept, Mr. Detective?

"I won't do it." On the screen, Kuroba turned his back.

"I'm controlling you now, don't you obey my orders?" Kudo clicked the OK button a few times, but the system kept popping up a "career choice failure" prompt.Resting his forehead with a headache, he typed the above text in the dialog box.

Seemingly struck by such a question, Kuroba stood there silently, without responding for a few seconds.

"You mean...you're controlling me?"

"Isn't that so?" It seems that the self-awareness of this game character is quite strong, and Kudo's interest began to be mobilized bit by bit.

"..."

"..."

"I understand." Kuroba finally gave an answer as if after quite a psychological struggle.

"Just do as you say, Kudou-san."