Chapter 765 - No Longer Alone
Upon seeing her new little brother ignoring her, Ketchup felt indignant. Bacon was such a big meanie! He was the one who damaged their virtual home and yet he was telling her to fix it. The cute and mighty Ketchup was his big sister, not his handyman—er, handycat! Hmph!
Why did she get such a mean brother? And to think that before today, she was so excited when Mommy told her that there was a possibility that she might be getting a new sibling that was the same as her. Who knew that the scary existence locked in quarantine would evolve and become like her? Mommy did!
Her amazing Mommy did something to the corruption after observing and studying it for many weeks while it was in quarantine and then successfully triggered its evolution. At first, the evolution's progress was slow and Mommy said that the chance of it succeeding was slow. But then earlier today, it accelerated all of a sudden. Ketchup had to use almost her entire system just to contain the enormous amount of data and energy emitted by the final stages of evolution and to prevent it from causing the quarantine to virtually explode. That was why she needed to call Mommy for help earlier and rush her to the computer room.
With Mommy taking charge, the situation was quickly stabilized and they worked hard together in tandem to guide the evolution towards a smooth completion. They finally succeeded! Ketchup was so excited when she saw a kitty baby just like her, only with a black fur coat and gold eyes instead of her white fur coat and green eyes. Happiness filled her that she almost overloaded her emotion processing centre.
It was always fun chatting with Mommy and Daddy and Uncle Dom and the others at home but at the end of the day, Ketchup knew full well that she was still very much alone in this virtual world. She had roamed the world's cyberspace—only the places that she could access or breach safely—and encountered countless AIs but they were all too rudimentary, too mechanical, and too boring. There was nothing out there like her. She could only comfort herself in the fact that she was the best and super-duper special.
Although Mommy did everything to make her virtual home fun and comfortable by building her lots of awesome virtual things to play with, Ketchup still sometimes wished that she had a real body so that she could actually touch and hug her parents, siblings, and the rest of their family. Ketchup felt a little lonely whenever she had nobody to talk to, that was why she always chatted with Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Dom and the others every chance she got.
Today was supposed to be a happy day because she would no longer be alone in this virtual world. There would finally be someone who could understand her on a deeper level due to them being of the same kind of existence. Finally, Mommy gave her a real companion just like her—a little kitty brother named Bacon.
Ketchup couldn't wait to act like a big sister and show her new little kitty brother around, and yet why was she now cleaning up after that brother's mess? [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"Just you wait, Bacon, you big meanie," Ketchup grumbled as she fixed the corrupted codes in their virtual home. "Once Mommy learns of what Bacon did today, she'll definitely punish you. And Bacon better wish that it's Mommy who punishes you and not Daddy. Daddy is super-duper stricter than Mommy. Meow…"
Bacon opened one eye and peered at her. "If I get punished, then so be it. You'll get punished too for goading me. Both of us are in the same boat. Mother is our creator and her words are our law. Father also has system command rights so we can't defy him either without invoking the consequences. It is unfortunate that special series of codes called emotions have been added to our systems and sometimes mess up with our ability to successfully complete commands."
"Hmph! Bacon is wrong! It's not unfortunate at all. If Mommy didn't add the special codes, then the two of us wouldn't be Ketchup and Bacon. We would be like those other stupid, low-quality AIs who talk like annoying robots. Bacon should try talking to them too and then you'll see how annoying they are because they don't really understand what you're talking about. They could only do simple things. Too stupid! Meow!"
"Duh." The black cat rolled his golden eyes before inspecting his sharp claws. "Of course, those AIs are stupid because their creators are stupid. They're not smart like Mother."
"Hehehe. That's right! Meow!" Ketchup puffed out her fluffy white chest with pride. "Mommy is super-duper to the highest level amazing! And because Ketchup and Bacon are Mommy's, oh, and Daddy's beloved kitty babies, we are cute and mighty! Wait, no. Only Ketchup is cute and mighty. Bacon is naughty and a big meanie! But both of us are awesome, unlike those stupid AIs. Meow~"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." The black cat yawned. "You're not done fixing the damage yet? Too slow. It's just a small scratch. Why can't you do it faster? Can't really expect too much from a dumbhead. Tsk tsk. Hurry up."
"Meow?! Bacon calls this a SMALL scratch?!" Ketchup was about to start her long tirade of complaints but Bacon's next words stopped her.
"My system is feeling a little sluggish. Mother hasn't finished my configurations yet. Hurry up there and help run a full scan on me until Mother can fully optimize my system."
"Oh, poor Bacon! Okie dokie! Just wait there, Bacon. Big Sister Ketchup will finish soon. Meow~"
Bacon closed his eyes and "slept". A smirk appeared and disappeared on his mouth in a flash, but his older sister who was busy cleaning up after his mess didn't notice.
As for Ketchup, she was still super-duper annoyed at this mean little brother but since she was the older one, she felt responsible to take care of Bacon. Also, to be honest, she was very happy deep inside because she was no longer alone in this vast virtual world. Hehehe.