Villain’s Programming - Chapter 314
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Episode 314 Cat Bell
‘If the morning star is digital data, then isn’t the world where the morning star exists also a digital world?’
Dojun initially thought that the world where Saetbyeol and Saetbyeol were was a multidimensional world created by some absolute being.
Because Saetbyul was one of his ‘talents’, and he thought that only an ‘absolute being’ could give him this talent.
But this thought was completely shattered when I checked the inside of the ‘black tree’.
‘It was because of the Emperor Shi Huang’s AI.’
Shi Huangdi AI was, as its name suggests, AI, and AI means computer program.
‘Computer programs can only exist within digital devices. So it is highly likely that the world where Morning Star exists is also a digital world.’
Dojun wanted to test his hypothesis. As it turned out, there was a way to do it.
‘Copycat, tie a cat bell to the nearest rock.’
As soon as Dojun gave the order, a message appeared.
For a moment, Dojun’s head went blank.
‘A stone is not digital… data? Then what is it?’
The pebbles were the building blocks of the world. If the pebbles weren’t digital data, they were probably nothing else.
Dojun grabbed his head. The ‘world of Saetbyeol’ that he thought he knew a little about became an unfamiliar world again.
‘I’m going crazy. What kind of place is that world? The morning star is digital data! How can digital data be in a non-digital place?’
Dojun, who was worried, thought of Saetbyeol.
‘Could it be that Saetbyul is a highly advanced AI?’
In fact, Dojun hadn’t thought of Saetbyeol as ‘digital data’ until he saw the message.
‘I wonder if Saetbyeol knows something?’
Dojun said to Saetbyeol.
“Morning star.”
“You… did you see the message I sent?”
Dojun thought that Saetbyeol must have seen the message that the morning star he saw was digital data.
This was because Saetbyeol could basically see all the system messages that Dojun saw.
‘What? You can’t read things about yourself?’
Dojun was at a loss as to what to say.
‘I can’t even ask Saetbyeol if it’s a program.’
Dojun thought for a moment and then asked.
“Morning Star, do you know what kind of being you are?”
Dojun was taken aback by Saetbyeol’s question.
‘What kind of AI can ask such a sharp question? This is almost in the realm of intuition?’
“Um… no.”
Dojun was wondering what to say, when suddenly the ‘black tree’ came to mind.
‘That’s right. There is a definite digital presence in the world of Saetbyeol!’
“I mean, the cat bell. I think I found the one that can hang it on. In your world.”
Saetbyeol, who had been speaking, answered with a puzzled expression.
“That’s right. It’s still just a guess, though. Isn’t it a bit strange? AI is a program, so how could there be AI in the black tree?”
This was something that even Dojun hadn’t thought of.
“Sounds plausible? Should we check it out?”
At first, I brought up the ‘Emperor Shih AI’ to change the subject, but I got an unexpected answer.
Dojun moved Copycat and went near the ‘black tree’ with Saetbyeol.
Dojun gave the order.
“Copycat. Hang a ‘cat bell’ on the black tree!”
At that moment, a bell rang in Dojun’s ear.
Both Dojun and Saetbyeol opened their eyes wide at the message that appeared.
“Oh my god, black… trees are digital data?”
“Saturday Star. The system doesn’t lie, right?”
Do-jun flinched for a moment at Saet-byeol’s words. This was because Do-jun had also been wondering if Saet-byeol’s world was a ‘game’.
“You’ll know once you go inside.”
Dojun chuckled at Saetbyeol’s words.
“No. I think there will be.”
“It’s faster to see it than to explain it. Copycat. Get into the black tree!”
At Dojun’s words, Copycat swung his front paw towards the ‘black tree’.
– Damn it!
With just one kick from the copycat, the bark of the ‘black tree’ fell off.
Saetbyul’s eyes widened. It was because Copycat seemed to have become several times stronger than before.
“It was written, ‘COPY&PASTE’, and the capacity for CUT has increased, right?”
The morning star who was speaking paused. She stared at the black tree for a long time and then continued speaking.
“that’s right.”
The morning star opened wide.
“Your master is really great.”
“That’s right. We need to get rid of the AI Shi Huangdi, who is the root of all this. That’s the end.”
Copycat attacked the black tree without mercy. Before he knew it, a ‘hole’ had been made in the black tree.
It wasn’t a very big hole, but it was big enough for a ‘copycat’ to fit through.
“Okay, Copycat! Get inside and eliminate the ‘Emperor AI’!”
The copycat hit the ground and flew up, then disappeared into the black tree.
* * *
Marvel Marvel Chairman Park Jun-hyeok’s face turned red.
“What did you say at 100 Cent?”
The chief secretary answered with a helpless expression.
“They said that ‘Altogether Marble’ was a game that they had secretly developed first and that it was in no way a copy of ‘Altogether Marble’, a game that they were developing.”
Park Jun-hyeok slammed the desk.
“Does that make sense? Even the names are the same? ‘Altogether Marble’ is translated into Korean as ‘All Together Marble’, and I’m not kidding! Didn’t you notice this?”
“Of course I did. But Baeksent said that the game name was decided by the development team a long time ago. As proof, they sent me a part of the development source code.”
“What? The source code? Did you give it to our development team?”
The chief secretary nodded at Chairman Park Jun-hyeok’s words.
“Yes. The development team checked and concluded that the game had been under development for quite some time under the name Altogether Marble. The class structure and names seemed to indicate that it had been developed for more than a month or two. And… … .”
“And what? Why don’t you say anything?”
“… They say that the amount of content we’ve created so far is much greater than the Marvel Marvel. They say that it’s at least twice as much.”
Chairman Park Jun-hyeok shook his head at those words. That meant that development had really begun a long time ago.
“So… while Baeksent is developing ‘Altogether Marble’ internally, they signed a publishing contract for ‘All Together Marble’ that we are developing?”
“I don’t think there’s any other way to see it.”
“why?”
“Just like other companies’ games, didn’t they sign a publishing contract and then internally create and release similar games? When Baeksent bought our company’s stock a few years ago, didn’t they take all the information about the games under development? Didn’t Baeksent start developing them internally from then?”
Chairman Park Jun-hyeok’s eyes widened at those words.
“You 100 Cent punks. Even though you’re the third largest shareholder of our company, I trusted you, and now you’re hitting me in the back of the head!”
Park Jun-hyeok’s face turned red with excitement. But there was no way. He had no choice but to stop the development of ‘Altogether Marble’ that had been in development for several years. Even if it was released, it would not be able to beat ‘Altogether Marble’ in terms of completion.
“You little shits! How much money did it cost to develop this!”
Park Jun-hyeok was furious, but there was no way out.
“Director Song, how are your finances?”
“We were all operating under the assumption that Marvel would make a blockbuster hit, but now that we can’t release Marvel together, it seems like our financial situation will become quite difficult.”
Park Jun-hyeok twitched his cheek. It was a habit of his when he wasn’t feeling well.
“Money. Money… Money.”
Park Jun-hyeok thought for a moment and then asked Director Song.
“Is there anything you can sell right now to raise funds?”
“There is one.”
“What is it?”
“My cousin’s company, Mega Hit shares.”
Park Jun-hyuk had purchased shares several years ago to support the mega hit founded by his cousin Park Si-hyuk.
“Mega hit? Yes, there was that. But, would anyone buy the company’s shares now? There’s no sales.”
“A while ago, a male idol named BTIS came out.”
“BTIS? Oh! I’ve heard of it. It stands for Bulletproof Idols. Eight, what kind of group name is that? Bulletproof Idols! Do you think they’ll be popular?”
Director Song answered hesitantly.
“That’s… true, but I still think it has solid musicality.”
“Okay. The name itself is not very good. Director Song, can you sell your Mega Hit shares? I want to sell them for more than I paid for them. Is there anyone who wants to buy them?”
“Mr. Chairman, do you remember Song Yoo-taek, the president of Ranji Soft?”
Park Jun-hyeok nodded.
“Of course I know. I connected Mega Hit with Song Yoo-taek. I said that Song Yoo-taek was going to make some kind of music game. But I heard he gave up on the music game.”
Park Jun-hyeok, who was saying that, suddenly opened his eyes wide.
“Surely, CEO Song Yoo-taek is interested in Mega Hit shares?”
“No. However, President Song Yoo-taek said he knows someone who is interested in Mega Hit and will connect you with a position.”
“Who is that?”
Director Song answered cautiously.
“This is Hwang Do-jun, CEO of Black Cat Studio.”
* * *
As soon as Copycat entered the ‘Black Tree’, Dojun immediately gave an order.
‘Copycat and Link!’
A message appeared at Dojun’s command.
Dojun’s eyes went dark. It would have been understandable to panic, but Dojun remained calm. This was because he had already been there once.
Dojun checked the remaining time and gave orders to ‘Copycat’.
‘Copycat, remember the Emperor Shi Huang AI? Move over there!’
Copycat began to move as if running through a dark space, but faster than before.
‘I see. That’s why Copycat was able to move from the black tree.’
Every time Copycat ran, the space in front of it was cut off. It was Copycat’s CUT function.
The cut space turned white for a moment. Of course, the black energy surrounding it gathered like water seeping into paper and turned black again, but in the meantime, Copycat passed through the space.
‘Before, the space I was cutting was so small that I couldn’t see it. But now that I can cut a lot of space, I can see it. At this speed, I’ll be able to reach the Emperor AI in 20 seconds!’
As Dojun was thinking that, something like a square cube began to approach. But there seemed to be hundreds or thousands of them.
‘It’s a piece of fate!’
More Fate Pieces than before rushed towards Copycat. Copycat used ‘Cut’ to dodge, but there were too many Fate Pieces.
‘What should I do? There’s no answer if I just avoid it. Wait a minute, isn’t the piece of fate also digital data? Can’t this be cut out too?’
Dojun immediately ordered Copycat to ‘CUT’.
Then a message appeared before my eyes.
Dojun was surprised. The fact that it couldn’t be cut meant that the piece of fate wasn’t ‘digital data’.
‘What on earth is the identity of the black tree?’
While Dojun was worrying, time continued to pass.
‘Time will run out like this. Isn’t there a way? A way… … .’
It was then that something occurred to Dojun.
‘Wait a minute, if you can cut, that means you can also paste, right? What happens if you paste black space back into a place where there’s already black space?’
There was no time to think. Do-jun immediately told Copycat to cut the space and ‘paste’ it into the space in front of the approaching ‘Piece of Destiny’.
Black space and black space overlapped.
‘Hey! It slowed down!’
The overlapping space seemed to have increased in density. The speed of the ‘pieces of fate’ passing through it seemed to have slowed down as if they were underwater.
‘This is it!’
Dojun told Copycat to paste the cut out ‘black space’ in front of the ‘Piece of Destiny’.
The result was a huge success. It was only a brief slowdown, but it gave the copycat plenty of time to get moving.
After 10 seconds, Copycat was able to reach the glowing tree. It was the ‘Emperor Shi Huang AI’.
‘There’s no time!’
Dojun immediately ordered Copycat to attack the ‘Sihwang AI’. Copycat AI attacked the ‘Sihwang AI’, which looked like a tree of light dominating space.
Copycat’s claws began to carve into the tree of light. The Emperor AI did not stay still either. It extended its branches and attacked Copycat.
However, Copycat moved around in all directions with more agility than before and attacked the ‘Tree of Light’. The light emitted by the Emperor Shi Huang AI began to weaken.
Dojun clenched his fist as he watched the remaining time.
‘At this point, we should be able to eliminate the Emperor Shi Huang AI!’
But then it happened.
Suddenly the tree of light began to glow brightly.
A voice echoed in the black space. Do-jun immediately knew that it was the Shi Huang Emperor AI.
‘Emergency manual? What the heck!’
The light emitted by Shi Huangdi AI grew stronger. Dojun ordered Copycat to attack without stopping.
‘uh?’
For the first time, Copycat’s attack did not reach.
‘What? The Tree of Light disappeared?’
Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t gone. The tree had shrunk in size, and the copycat had attacked the place where the original tree had been.
I don’t know why it shrank, but there wasn’t much time left. Dojun told Copycat to attack. However, the Tree of Light continued to shrink, so the attacks didn’t work well.
The Tree of Light eventually shrank to the size of a forsythia. Dojun lamented.
‘Is this another failure?’
Then a voice echoed through the space again.
Dojun opened his eyes wide.
‘Escape? Where to? Could it be the world I am in?’
If you escape this world, the world you can go to is obvious.
‘So you shrunk the body. You reduced the data to a size that can be transported to the real world! Like putting an attachment in a chain letter.’
Dojun was in despair. There was nothing he could do for even a second.
That was when.
‘No. There is one thing I can do!’
Dojun ordered Copycat.
‘Copycat, fill the cat bell to the Emperor AI!’
Dojun blinked. Instead of a dark space, he saw a desk in a small room.
I felt like I was back in reality, but it didn’t matter.
‘Is it a success or not?’
Dojun swallowed dry saliva and looked at the message.
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