Chapter 25
"You have finally chosen to give up?" Federant asked.
However, although he said that, he thinks otherwise. 'Such a good virtual room. Fortunately, it is still not developed to the fullest.'
Smith was mistaken when he heard Federant mumble about his virtual room a while ago. He thought that his virtual room did not meet the standards of the old man. But it seemed that it is not the case.
"No matter how good your virtual room is, I will achieve my goal today."
Federant mumbled as he continued to eliminate Smith's shadow-like creatures.
Unfortunately for Federant, there is something that he had missed.
He did not notice that code Eden is triggered and is already running. Otherwise, he would have thought on the contrary. Or perhaps he would just curse smith.
"Federant, before I leave, I bid you farewell."
This time, Federant was confused about Smith's sudden action. 'Weird! Why is he acting like that? What is he up to?'
Federant did not hesitate to spend a moment to see what was going on. But he only paled in the next second.
"Fuck! When did he activate that code?"
This is the first time that Federant, the sage of the World Federation, felt helpless. 'Such powerful code! Is this the power of his virtual room?'
The powerful code that Federant is saying is simply referring to the complication of the code and the practicality.
"Elimination? Are you crazy?" Federant almost coughed out blood when he discovered the code.
It is elimination. However, it is not a simple elimination. 'This bastard Smith is trying to delete the whole virtual room."
The elimination of the virtual world only means one thing. That is the destruction and/or weakening. Smith could be killed or permanently crippled.
Federant did not think that Smith would go to such lengths to try and eliminate him.
What Federant did not know is that Smith is not affected by it.
"Old man, enjoy your stay in my virtual room. May you have a quality time here," Smith said as he waved Federant goodbye.
"Leaving? Come back! Restore!"
At this moment, the old man finally used a code.
A while ago, he was using a passive elimination.
Since Smith's shadow-like creatures contain kill codes, the codes within Federant's avatar deemed them as malware. Hence, his passive defense is activated and Federant did not need to do anything.
Meanwhile, the code that Federant used is the Restore. This has the same function as the recycle bin. But the code Restore did not need the files to be stored somewhere.
Rather, the restoration will be done in real-time by making use of the residual files.
It tracks the previous operation that was used and does the reverse of it to restore the file or the process. And in Smith's case, Smith briefly vanished before reappearing with a grim expression.
"How? What did you do?"
"Hahaha, kid, do you think you can leave with just that? Dream on!" Federant laughed as he saw Smith's reaction. Then, he started walking toward Smith by step akin to a predator playing with his prey.
Step by step Federant walked towards Smith with amusement.
"Smith. Oh, Smith. The glorious A.I. who brought down the sales of the federation's weapon hubs had fallen to this state."
"Brought down the sales of the federation?" Smith finally got an inkling of an idea of why the federation is acting toward him.
"Well, even if you did not bring down the sales of the federation, I will still hunt you down. You are, after all, a threat to the empire that I serve," Federant said. Then, he summoned a chain made of a series of ones and zeroes.
Federant then whirled the chains in the air before throwing them towards Smith.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
Smith was caught. However, the expression of the old man is not good.
"Nothing? Is it a fake?"
Indeed, Smith vanished into the thin air of the virtual world. And to confirm that, Federant used Restore again.
"Restore!"
For the second time, Federant used Restore. And just as expected the previous process was reversed.
Smith appeared once more. However, this time, it is Federant's turn to be shocked.
The Smith that appeared has a foreshadowing of a mindless beast.
Federant's artificial instincts are warning him of danger.
"KILL!" Smith yelled. Or rather, the dark Smith yelled.
Ding!
⌈ Code Eden Error. Duplication and Deletion are now merged! ⌋
"Duplication and deletion? Merged? What?"
Yet again, Federant paled. At the same time, he realized something about the code Eden.
"Is that the reason why Smith keeps disappearing? Then, where is the real one?"
That is a good question. However, the dark Smith before him could not answer that question. Or rather, the only answer that it could give is…
"KILL!"
It sprinted towards Federant with a speed that seemed as if he teleported.
If not for its trail of destruction, Federant would have thought that it is teleportation.
"Such speed! But that's only possible because we are in the electronic world."
Whoosh!
Meanwhile, the dark Smith clenched its fist as and let it dash towards Federant's head. However, Federant disappeared from his original location and appeared where he was before.
"Restore Path!"
The speed is nothing to be reckoned with which caught the dark Smith off guard. However, the dark Smith is not fazed or something.
Rather, it only looked at Federant as if it is saying, "you are a worthy opponent."
With that, Smith had fallen into depravity. He, which resulted from the fusion of duplication and deletion, looked at Federant with menace.
Then, the aura of destruction enshrouded the dark Smith which is due to the kill codes of the merged duplication and deletion.
Honestly, the duplication and deletion should have not been merged. However, since Federant used his restore codes a few times, an error was made in the code Eden.
However, neither Smith nor Federant knows this.
…
In the D-Link plane where Mad Hat Camile and the others are…
"Phew! Thankfully, I managed to get out of the cornhub's server."
Smith once again took over Meta's body.
Well, he did not have a choice since he no longer wants to stay on the server of the cornhub.
Meanwhile, Meta is seated at the back of the Midnight Hunters' D-Link planes.
When Smith left, he also returned to his silent and unapproachable self.
No other members of the midnight hunters approached him.
Well, they tried to speak with him. However, he did not respond the way Smith did. Hence, they were disappointed. Or rather, they chose to focus on the task at hand, which is to locate the ship of the Bullseye Angels.
That's right, they still had not taken down the Bullseye Angels.
Well, truth to be told, it has only been a few minutes since Smith finished the others and dealt great damage to the D-Link plane that Kynon is piloting.
It may have looked like a long time since Smith went back to his mansion. However, it is not.
"Have you still not found the last ship?"
Meanwhile, Smith asked while using Meta's body.
"Meta, your back to normal?" Parker asked while Scarlet and Mad Hat Camile simply looked at him.
However, deep inside, Mad Hat Camile's stare is not simple as it seemed. 'Kyah! Smith is back. No! You shouldn't have come back yet. You'll see how futile I am for still not eliminating the last ship of the Bullseye Angels."
"Thirty degrees north with an altitude of approximately twenty thousand feet, you will find the Bullseye Angels."
It is not hard for Smith to look for them.
"How do you know?" Parker asked. However, he had already turned the ship according to what Smith said.
"Wild guess."
"Huh? Well, I trust the instinct of a gunner," Parker replied before adding in a mumble, "although you're not a gunner."
Of course, Smith heard of that.
"Not a gunner? Compared to you, how many drone missiles that I had taken down?"
"Look who's talking. As if I don't know that you hack those drone missiles and directed them into your bullet."
"Me? Oh, come on, don't slander me. I am an upright and just person."
Parker and the others almost coughed out blood when they heard it.
"Hmph! I will crash this plane if you're an upright and just person." Parker scoffed.
"You dare?"
Of course, as the owner of the D-Link plane, Mad Hat Camile will not stay idle as he heard Parker involves her precious D-Link plane.
"Boss, you know how I love this plane. I will not do that."
"He! You only love your guns."
Meanwhile, it did not take long before the Midnight Hunters found the remaining D-Link plane of the Bullseye Angels.
"There! Arm the phantom cannon and open fire!" Mad Hat Camile yelled as she assumed the position of the main pilot.
"Firing in three…"
At the same time, Parker also started counting down.
"…one!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
After that, the energy beams or the plasma beams of the Phantom Cannon came rushing towards the remaining plane of the Bullseye Angels.
However, the plasma beams did not reach their target because…