Magica Technica ～Sword Demon Rakshasa’s VRMMO Battle Record～

Magica Technica Chapter 252

The day after the conversation with Altorius.

I, Asuka, and Arisa left the Kudou family in the pick-up car that arrived as previously announced.

Well, I thought that it would come in this way because it was called a pick-up--

"... I, I got on such a limousine for the first time. "

" I am ... "

" I have experience, but at that time I was an escort. It was ... "

What came was a black-painted limousine.

The luxury car in the luxury car, which seems to have little experience to ride, and we all have a rounded eye.

I thought that Altorius wasn't the only one, but he was in a position to use such a car freely.

And the guy driving this car is probably--

"Hey, driver. You, maybe. Is it K? "

" Do you understand haha? Again ... Niijima ( Niijima ) Kei ( Kei ) "

" Ah, Mr. K! Ah, over there Small Human Race ( Half ring ) So you didn't understand ... "

" If the height is so different, the image will change to a stone's throw. "

Kei in the real world is not tall, but it is an average height.

The facial features haven't changed, so you can notice it if you look at it properly, but the impression will change a lot.

Well, there are some guys who haven't changed their height over there.

"... Did you think of something strange now?"

"By the way, when will you arrive?" What? "

" The high speed has gone down, it's a little more. "

As Niijima says, the limousine is already high speed. Get off and enter the general road.

I got off the area around the office district where high-rise buildings are densely packed.

It's a place that has nothing to do with us, and Asuka, who has never been here, looks out the window with a strange look.

Is it invited to some company to come to this area?

I'm getting more and more uncertain about the identity of Altorius, but ... well, you'll know when you arrive.

Eventually, the car driven by Niijima slowed down and stopped in front of one skyscraper.

Apparently, it's not a tenant but a building used by one company. It seems that it is a company of considerable scale to turn such a high-rise building into an entire office.

The company logo is affixed to the wall of the building, and if you look at the name, what kind of company is this?

"... Lie, Aigasaki Group?"

"Aigasaki is mainly electrical and has hands in various other areas. Is it out there? "

" Yes, but the MT production team AURA belongs to this Aigasaki group !? "

"... In other words, is this the MT production company?"

Asuka's words seemed upset, and Arisa and I opened our eyes. I looked up at the building again.

Well, I thought it might be familiar to you somewhere, but was it the logo that was displayed when you started the game?

For me, it was just like talking at a coffee shop or something, but I never thought I would be brought to such a place.

But what is more worrisome than that-

"Hey ... Altorius is really"

"I'll talk about it including that. Please take this with you."

It was a type of card key to call.

The table says "GUEST". Apparently, this is a substitute for an employee ID card at this company.

There are many things to worry about, but it can't be helped if you get stuck here.

We followed the leading Niijima and stepped into the Aigasaki Group's building.

Apparently it's a fairly new building, and all the equipment everywhere is brand new.

Dive through the flapper gate with a guest card and go upstairs from the many elevators.

While using the cards to open the door one by one, I arrived at a small meeting room.

There were two silhouettes in it-I opened my eyes to the figure.

"Altrius ... and Eleanor?"

"Waiting, Mr. Kudou"

"You brought them together, Kuon. Well, it's better because you're at a party."

With a refreshing smile A young man and a woman wearing a ladies' suit.

Although there are some differences, their impressions matched those of Altorius and Eleanor, who I knew.

Apparently, Altorius was also calling her.

There are a lot of things to worry about, but for the time being, I sat down in an empty seat and raised my voice again.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Kudou Souichi. Next to me is Asuka Honjo and Arisa Shinonome. Thank you."

"It feels strange ... I'm Enoshima ( Enoshima ) Reia ( Reia ) . Thank you. "

" Yes, thank you. My name is Aigasaki ( rp> Ougasaki ) Tatsuhiko ( Tatsuhiko > ) ”

Altorius-No, Aigasaki's words made me bounce.

Since I called to this office building, I thought it was a mistake to be a related person.

But no way--

"You were the person involved in Chairman Aigasaki, right?"

"Aigasaki Group Chairman, Ryuichiro Aigasaki is my grandfather. Are you also the daughter of the president of Enoshima Shoji?"

" The successor is my brother, and it doesn't mean much to say that he's the daughter of the president. "

" Hey ... it's just a big name, what's going on?

"I don't think the teacher can say anything about people,"

Asuka staring from the side with a half-eye. While looking through, I will observe Altorius and Eleanor-Aigasaki and Enoshima again.

Neither is so different from the one in the game, but it seems that the atmosphere is solid, maybe it's a little different.

However, I thought that he would be a person with a certain position, but he was just such an upper class person.

Well, given the abilities of the two, it's understandable.

"... Well, I'm convinced. I didn't think I was adjusting the game with that approach."

" Oh? What do you mean? "

" His ... the role of Altorius. In short, you, by establishing influence in the game, of other players It's a guideline for action, and I think I'm manipulating the movements of the player to some extent. "

Enoshima's words open my eyes.

Certainly, Altorius has a great voice in the game.

While always at the forefront, he shares a lot of information with other players.

Many players act based on the information sent by "Camelot" -Conversely, the information of "Camelot" controls the movement of the player to some extent. There is.

And the master of "Camelot" and some executives are probably people of this Aigasaki group.

In other words--

"You are a kind of game master hidden in the player. I'm somewhat convinced of his actions. "

" I see ... I think there was such a background in the line of harmony with the locals. But that's not fair. "

No matter how much work I do, I'm playing the game with other players.

It would not be fair to have only these information on the management side.

However, Aigasaki shook his head with a bitter smile at my words.

"Haha, it can't be helped if you think so ... By contract, our local team is not supposed to be able to obtain management and production information. If I knew it from the beginning, there were many things I could have avoided? "

" Mmm ... well, that's true "

If we knew from the beginning, the battle with the first devil would not have been so clogged up, and the encounter with the higher devil would have taken more measures.

However, if you want to play the role of such a game master, it would be better to have such information ... What exactly is a contract?

Well, it's information about the company, and I don't think it will be revealed. It is enough to recognize that there are various circumstances.

"I understand each other's positions for the time being, but I didn't call them just for face-to-face meetings today? What on earth are you trying to tell us? ? "

" My--No, please tell us the purpose of the Aigasaki Group and cooperate if possible. That is what called you today. That's the reason. "

Examine the words of Aigasaki who declared dignifiedly.

What is the purpose of running the game? And what does it mean to cooperate with its operation?

At present, it's a story that doesn't get the point, but ... I've come this far, let's listen until I'm satisfied.

We were urged to go ahead, and Aigasaki nodded a little and then raised his voice.

"First ... I have to talk from the background of the game. The beginning is the miniature garden project-a plan called the miniature garden project."

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I glance at the words a little.

Box garden, miniature garden. That is the word that was once written in the code handed over by the military sergeant.

I still didn't understand the true meaning of the word, but I never heard the name here.

"The Hakodate Project was a virtual reality model production project aimed at simulating weather and disasters in a virtual space created on a computer. My grandfather, Ryuichiro Aigasaki, was the main driver. "

" ... In the end, the plan that was the basis of MT. The original was a simulation model. Tatohana "

" Most technologies are like that? That box garden plan has evolved into its current form. "

" ... That's right. Simply put, that's right. "

Aigasaki nods to Enoshima's words.

But apparently it's not that easy.

I don't know what the circumstances are, but from Aigasaki's expression, there is no doubt that there are some troublesome points.

"Starting from a small area, we started to build one country ... From physics calculations, we set everything to behave exactly like reality-at a loss. But my grandfather steadily proceeded with the work, "

" ... it's ridiculous "

" Yes. I think it was a tremendous job. "

Apparently, he really respects his grandfather.

The appearance of speaking proudly from the bottom of my heart was something that I wouldn't normally see in Altorius.

Anyway, there is nothing strange about it so far.

As long as there is a VR game called MT, there is no doubt that there is a technology that has realized it.

"Soon, it became possible to reproduce the entire Earth environment and perform weather forecasting and disaster simulation under various conditions. This alone was useful enough, but it was all. Then there was something I couldn't confirm-the movement of the people who live there. "

" In other words, this time I started to create AI. "

"That's right. Create some basic models, build AI that grows naturally based on information taken from the surrounding environment, and simulate evacuation using people created based on it. And so on. "

It's as if we were gradually approaching the current MT.

I can understand it somehow, but it's not a story that leads to this purpose yet.

What is the purpose of this guy?

"... This is the premise. And I will approach the main subject from here."

Apparently, the future seems to be still long. ..

I sighed lightly, and I sat back in my chair and waited for Aigasaki's words.