chapter 295
295 – Scene 295# NPC
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Stellar is currently the number one VR virtual reality game company recognized by everyone.
Stellar, which seeks to be as close to reality as possible, has surprised people by releasing games on the market with so precise a representation that it is difficult to distinguish them from reality.
To be honest, when Stella’s representative first came to me and made such a proposal, I was skeptical.
I couldn’t even figure out how to recreate the world in my brain-dead younger brother’s head. Moreover, Sora couldn’t even finish the novel. It was difficult to understand the need to implement such an unfinished world into a game.
However, contrary to my thoughts, CEO Park showed interest because it was an unfinished novel.
-It’s rather good. Aren’t the players completing the unfinished story? That’s exactly what I was hoping for. Haha.
Until then, I didn’t understand what CEO Park said, but soon after experiencing the world in Sora’s head with my own eyes, I was able to understand.
It was quite exciting to know that the ending of the story unfolding in this huge world was in my hands, not anyone else’s.
Sora’s world seemed to be a direct translation of a novel I had read. It was truly amazing that the characters I had only encountered through text were there exactly as I had imagined, and that I could even communicate with them.
What made it possible was a device called Milky Way-027, commonly known as ‘Milky Way’, being developed by Stellar.
Originally, Milky Way was a medical device created for the purpose of scanning and analyzing the brains of patients who were declared brain dead to make up for the deficiencies.
However, CEO Park saw the potential of Milky Way as much higher and acquired the technology and continued to improve it to incorporate it into games. And Sora became the first test subject of the newly improved Milky Way-027.
It was a very bitter story from my brother’s point of view.
Because I signed the document against my sister’s will, I felt like I had sold her to the company.
You can say it’s a price, but Sora was in a much more stable condition than when he was in the hospital.
There are five dedicated doctors from the company who check and manage her younger brother’s health every day. I often had seizures in the hospital, but now I don’t have any of those.
Sora’s face, lying on her bed, looked very peaceful. When she looked at the peaceful face of her younger brother, who might have to spend his entire life lying in bed and working as a game server, she felt like she was going crazy with guilt.
“Mr. Jihwan.”
What was the right choice?
Was it right for her to leave her in her hospital as is? Or should she have stopped receiving life-sustaining treatment and maintaining her dignity as a human being for the last time?
“Mr. Jihwan.”
And is it possible to complete the world that my younger brother dreamed and wrote in this way? Me because you’re my brother?
“Jihwan!”
“Oh, yes?!”
When I woke up from my thoughts, there was assistant manager Park Se-hee in front of me. She held out the coffee she was holding in her hand.
“Please accept it quickly because my arm hurts. “Iced Americano, right?”
“Ah?! “I’m sorry.”
When accepting her coffee, Assistant Manager Park Se-hee shook her head.
“Are you thinking about Sora again?”
“That is…” .”
“The only time Ji-hwan gets blank like that is when he’s thinking about his younger brother.”
I can’t say no. Is she having a good sense or am I acting rashly?
“You must be feeling confused. As for the content of the meeting earlier…”
The reason the meeting was held was, in short, that we wanted to expedite the opening of the service. I would like to shorten the schedule from about 2 years to 1 year.
“I know, right. It’s a bit confusing. If dummy data accumulates by increasing the number of tests, it may definitely put a strain on my younger brother’s brain…”
“Hmm. “I’m more worried about Ji-hwan than So-ra.”
“Yes?”
“Even now, the schedule for the original work is so tight that I almost live at Ji-hwan’s company. But if we push the schedule forward, Ji-hwan’s body won’t be left, but the CEO insists so stubbornly…”
“I’m fine…”
“It’s okay, but it’s okay.” “The CEO and other higher-ups have no idea how much trouble Ji-hwan is going through.”
As if he didn’t like it, Assistant Manager Park Se-hee burst out in anger and took a sip of coffee.
“… I am not in a position to refuse anything. I joined this company as Sora’s older brother, and the only thing I can do to help is by logging into the game and testing it.”
“But…”
“Are you okay. In many ways, it is more convenient for me to connect directly until Sora stabilizes. It’s a bit weird to have other people come in for no reason, and there’s a limit to the number of times you can log in per day.”
“That’s true, but… Ugh, it’s just a pity that Ji-hwan seems to be the only one suffering…”
Assistant Manager Park Se-hee sighed as if he felt regretful. Even though she’s always strict, she seems to have always cared about me.
“Thank you for your concern. Sir. “If it’s really difficult, I’ll definitely tell the assistant manager or CEO, so don’t worry.”
Saying that, I took out my phone and checked the video she had recorded of her brother. There was a video of her lying on her bed and me awkwardly waving her hand next to her.
“Uh? That video… “Did you record it before you left after the meeting?”
“Ah, when I log in later, I want to show my younger brother. I don’t think I’ve even seen myself properly yet…”
“… “He is such a dependable oppa.”
Assistant Manager Park Se-hee came close to me as if he was watching the video closely. Sometimes she doesn’t understand her distance very well. It’s probably a good thing for me, but I’m a little uncomfortable today.
“Honestly, every time I log in to test, there are times when I expect to see myself. Even though you can’t see it, it’s in your younger brother’s head. Of course, I’m not sure if my younger brother will be able to see this if I take a picture of it and show it to him…”
“He’s probably watching. “You’re my one and only brother.”
“Okay… “Should I?”
“Yes. Sora will definitely be grateful.”
She comforts me with her soft voice.
But apart from that, I am very concerned.
I only wash my face today, so my body must stink. Isn’t that uncomfortable? Just as those worries were creeping in…
‘Uh… ?’
I saw my coffee on the table leaning as if it would fall over. And that goes to Assistant Manager Park Se-hee next to me.
There was no time to think. I used my wits and reached out to grab the coffee, but it was a little late.
Damn.
I failed to catch the coffee, but fortunately I was able to change the direction in which it was pouring. The problem is…
“Kyaaa?!”
My thighs, covered in coffee, were not only wet but very cold.
“Oh my god! Mr. Ji-hwan, are you okay?!”
“Ah… Yes. No. It’s not okay.”
It was my last pair of extra pants…
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Sigh-!
“I got the wrong person.”
Even though the pain sensor was turned off, I felt a tingling sensation on my cheeks. When I raised my head, a silver-haired woman was staring at me with a cold expression.
None other than Princess Bella Isaachel, who is said to be the empire’s peerless beauty.
She wiped the hand that had slapped my cheek with her handkerchief. As if she had something dirty on her.
“I’m disappointed. Count. “You think you can solve anything with money, right?”
“Heh… “Why not?”
I looked at her with a wicked smile.
“Whether it is unbreakable loyalty or consistent love, they are all useless in the face of huge amounts of money.”
“… A lot has changed. Count. “I wasn’t this vulgar man before.”
“I’m so sorry for being a vulgar. Money is everything to me now. So how much do you want? “How much should I pay to buy you?”
“How much do you want? A man like you… No. That’s Okay. “I don’t think there’s any use in talking more.”
Bella turned around and walked towards the door, as if it wasn’t worth hearing any more. I muttered to the back of his head
“How amazing. I can’t even guess how much I would have to pay to buy a woman like you…”
“… Think about it for the rest of your life until you die. “Count, even if you give me everything, you will never be able to possess my heart.”
Bang!
Bella closed the door hard and left without leaving those words. Only then did I get rid of the villainous face that was so vicious.
“Phew. Good. “Up to this point, it’s the same as the original.”
I paused and checked the system window.
[Connection status: Developer mode]
[User information: Tristan Ruelberta (temporary)]
[Occupation: Count Ruelberta]
[Details: Hidden (expand)]
[Access time: 35th time]
Have we already done this much just for today? .
My official job is a game tester.
My main job is to check one by one to see if this world follows the flow of the original work and if there are any errors along the way.
“Under…” . But it really looks just like me.”
I looked in the mirror next to me and was amazed at my face her her her her. They said they made Tristan using me as a model, and he looks exactly the same.
To be honest, when I read it as a novel, it didn’t really resonate with me, perhaps because it was text, but after becoming Tristan like this, I felt like I was wearing the right shoes. In addition, I was surprised by their eerie resemblance, perhaps because they had gained weight.
The reason why I am testing the game in the form of Tristan like this is not because I modeled myself as a model or because I have affection for him.
There was nothing we could do because Tristan was unfinished and not properly implemented.
Doctors and developers said the biggest reason Tristan was left unfinished was because Sora injured her head in an accident. When she got into the accident, her memories of Tristan in her head she were damaged.
Of course, that’s true, but I think the fact that Tristan was a character created relatively late also played a role. I wondered if the impact of having an accident before I could create the perfect settings was manifesting itself in this way.
Therefore, it was inevitable that I would participate as a game tester.
Because only I, who knew Tristan better than Sora, could play the role of making up for the shortcomings in the world my brother created.
I logged on to Tristan almost every day and repeated the test. Try to act as much as possible in the original and check the reactions of those around you one by one. The data collected in this way will be helpful in creating Tristan’s AI (artificial intelligence) in the future.
“Whoa… Even so, when will it really be done? .”
Just today, I ran it 35 times, but looking at the overall progress, I think it’s about 5 to 10% full. At this rate, even if it takes a year, it will somehow be completed within two years. No matter how you look at it, it is impossible to reduce it to one year as CEO Park wants.
“Ugh… Sora. “Can you see me?”
I was about to let out a complaint that couldn’t be heard anyway, but I stopped. I was wondering how shameless I would be to complain to my younger brother.
I checked the time and it was already 4 am.
I ended up staying up all night at work again.
I’ll have to stop here. It’s time, but I’m worried about the side effects if I log in any longer.
“Achacha… “I have to erase Dummy World.”
A dummy world is a temporary world created each time an episode is repeated. To put it simply, there are multiple save files piled up in auto-save mode. The more dummy worlds there are, the more strain it puts on Sora’s head, so don’t forget to delete them.
“First, extract data from the dummy world…”
-Hey. Thank you for your hard work as of late.
“Uh… ?”
The hand that was trying to erase the dummy world stopped when I suddenly heard a voice.
“This voice… Representative Park?”
-Okay. Sounds good. Hehe.
I wonder if he stayed at the company until this time.
“Ah… Sorry. I was planning to leave work after this…”
-No. Don’t worry. I actually feel sorry for disturbing someone who is concentrating on work.
“Hasn’t the CEO gotten off work yet?”
-Ah. I had some work to do today. Haha.
Representative Park’s voice was lively, unlike mine. It’s hard to believe that he stayed at the company until this time.
Even when we first met him at the hospital, CEO Park was a person who could hardly get his way. Would you say he is the type of person whose thoughts you never know. In addition, because of my title as CEO, I couldn’t approach him easily.
‘Oh yeah…’
I guess I should just talk about what happened like this.
It is impossible to prepare for service opening within one year.
“That… Representative?”
-Huh?
“Isn’t that what you said at the meeting yesterday? I guess that’s-“
-Oh, come to think of it, Jeong Ji-hwan. Did you say you were Tristan’s model?
“Yes? Ah… Yes. That’s right.”
It’s like asking a question and then being asked another question. However, this is a common occurrence due to CEO Park’s self-indulgent personality.
-Ah, that’s right what I heard! Already, I saw you act as Tristan earlier and it was amazing! You were the villain Tristan himself!
“Uh… Hmm… Yes… Thank you… Everything?”
What kind of plan does this guy have to throw out compliments out of nowhere? I was accepting it in moderation, but the words that came out of CEO Park’s mouth were very embarrassing.
-So I thought about it for a while, and wouldn’t it be best for you to just become Tristan? It saves time.
“Yes? I am… “Tristan?”
-Okay! Aren’t you the right person?
“No… What is that…”
Until then, I thought he was joking.
-I am. I really hate half-baked things. I hate those crappy NPCs in online games who just give the same answers to players’ questions! They’re fake! It’s nothing more than a fake and an imitation that pretends to be alive! What I want to make is not that kind of fake! A life-like NPC!
Representative Park’s voice grew louder as if he was excited.
“Oh, yes. CEO. Okay, so calm down first…”
-But do you know that? Jeong Ji-hwan.
“Yes?”
-The easiest way to create life-like NPCs…
CEO Park spoke to me in a voice as if he had just remembered a funny joke.
-It’s about turning a living person into an NPC.