After a joyous feast, the lives of Geno and the others were set to return to normal.
The accident inside the Crete Hollow attracted the attention of Public Security. However, since the entire Silver Base had been completely destroyed by Geno and the Dullahan, it could only be definitively characterized as a terrorist attack launched by the Praise Society in an attempt to expand the Hollow.
As for the military, seemingly due to some hidden circumstances, they did not pay too much attention to this matter. They didn't even dispatch a squad to investigate.
Regarding the culprit behind everything, Sarah of the Praise Society, her whereabouts were currently completely unknown, and Public Security was still continuing their investigation.
Random Play Video Store.
"Mmm~~ It's finally over!"
Master Belle, having toiled for a whole day, could finally stretch her back and drink a cup of cappuccino meticulously crafted by Master Tinman.
Ever since their main account was forced to be abandoned due to that hacker, White Noise, she and her brother had been grinding levels for their alt account day and night, striving to return to their peak and control the Inter-Knot as soon as possible.
Actually, they just wanted to return to the days of raking in Dennies sooner rather than later (she whispered softly).
[Congratulations Master, your account has surpassed eighty percent of users on the entire Inter-Knot. You have become a professional Proxy.]
"I was already a professional Proxy! If it weren't for feeding you, you big eater, would I need to work this hard?!"
Belle complained to Fairy with a face full of resentment. At the end of the first month of owning Fairy, they had received a bill from the power company.
That bill, which was longer than her own life, nearly sent Belle to the afterlife.
Fortunately, Geno acted righteously and paid the electricity bill for her and Wise, but she also owed a considerable debt because of it.
"Speaking of which, didn't you go to work at Geno's place? What's up? Are you off work already?"
[Reply: The AI you are calling is currently working, please ask again later.]
It seemed she had slacked off to come back and take a look.
Because Geno helped the Proxy siblings pay the electricity bill, he proposed the condition of letting Fairy help him make games to offset part of the debt.
Wise and Belle naturally wouldn't refuse. Although Fairy strongly objected, for the sake of their electricity bill, she had no choice but to pitifully agree.
Life is not easy; Fairy sighs.
However, Belle felt it was quite good. It was just that, having grown accustomed to working with full-map hacks, she felt a slight maladjustment when asked to do the work herself again.
"Belle, is it all done?"
"Yeah, the latest data for the entire Crete Hollow has been imported into the HDD," Belle said confidently.
Are you kidding? Before Fairy arrived, she was already at the peak of this industry. Did people really think she was nothing without Fairy?
Receiving an affirmative reply, Wise extended the topic further.
"Since it's done, then come with me."
"Go where?"
Belle tilted her head blankly. It was almost dark; where were they going?
"To Geno's studio. He has something to discuss with us."
Hearing that Geno was looking for them, Belle was a bit puzzled, but she didn't think too much about it. It couldn't be that he wanted them to pay back the money right now, could it?
After packing up their equipment, the two drove to the city center.
After receiving his first bucket of gold, Geno had rented an office in the city center to serve as his studio.
When he was busy, he would live directly there instead of returning to Sixth Street.
Half an hour later, approaching dusk, Wise and Belle arrived at Geno's studio.
"Belle, Wise, you're here. Quick, sit down."
Seeing the Proxy siblings arrive, Geno was full of excitement and hurriedly beckoned the two to sit.
He even diligently poured two cups of hot tea.
"Geno, what's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly being such a suck-up?"
This was too abnormal. Geno was usually carefree and casual; he was rarely this polite.
There was a problem. Absolutely a problem.
"What kind of talk is that? I pour a cup of tea for my best friends, and that makes me a suck-up?"
Geno's tone was righteous, as if it were truly just care between friends as he said.
Wise and Belle narrowed their eyes slightly. They said nothing, just staring at Geno until he felt a bit creeped out.
"Alright, I surrender."
Eventually, Geno couldn't hold out under the siblings' intense gaze and explained the matter in full detail.
It turned out that during the time Geno borrowed Fairy, his game development progress had skyrocketed like it was riding a rocket.
One had to know that in order to hide the identities of Twiggy and the others, his studio hadn't recruited a single normal human employee.
The employees applied were all honest and loyal Bangboos.
Some were bought by himself, and some were veteran programmers who came to apply.
And because the game he was making this time wasn't a simple type like Super Bangboo, his game production progress had always been an issue.
But after Fairy arrived, it was completely different. The powerful Miss AI, who could process massive amounts of information simultaneously, was like a god descending upon Geno's studio. It was like a 'Droplet' attack—a literal dimensional strike.
In just one short week, she had completed all the work that would have taken Geno and the others months to do.
This ultra-high efficiency made Geno have ideas; he wanted to formally hire Fairy as an employee.
"For this reason, I want to formally ask for your opinion. Can you agree to let Fairy work here with me?"
Hearing Geno's inquiry, the siblings hesitated, indicating they needed to consider it.
"Well, we can't make the decision directly. We still have to ask for Fairy's own opinion."
[Master, you are truly wise and martial!]
Miss AI, who had been eavesdropping the whole time, flattered them at the critical moment. She really wasn't very interested in the work of making games.
Hearing their answer, Geno also sighed with some regret.
"That's truly a pity. I originally thought that as long as Fairy could work here, I would cover all your electricity bills for every month hereafter."
"Wait! What did you just say?!"
Belle detected a keyword and sat up straight with a swish.
"I said, I would cover your electricity bills hereafter."
"The sentence before that."
"Can you agree to let Fairy work here with me?"
"We agree!"
Crack~
It seemed like the sound of something shattering.
It sounded like the electronic heart of a certain advanced artificial intelligence.
[Sob sob, Master, you can't treat me like this!]
"Fairy, you are already a mature AI. You have to learn to earn your own electricity money."
[Sob sob T_T]
"Alright, I'm not some slave driver. Most of the work will still be handled by the Bangboos. You just need to spare a few days a week to come over."
Although Fairy was useful, he couldn't let her do everything. After all, there were some things this artificial intelligence just didn't understand.
Like how he wanted to place the final BOSS right in front of the novice level gate, but this guy refused to agree to it no matter what.
Sigh, vulgar artificial intelligence. How could she understand the thoughts of a genius game designer like him?
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