In the temple, Medusa walked back and forwards while complaining about her prey escaping right under her eyes.
"Tsk. This world is boring. I have been waiting, waiting, and waiting. He finally came to me but he also left so fast that I don't see him again."
*Crack*
A piece of stone dropped near Medusa's legs.
She picked it up and put it back. It fell again.
Medusa picked it up again and stared passionately at the statue.
To make it attach the statue, she licked the stone and put it back again.
Her hands rubbed the statue's chin.
If BB was here, she would say 'Poor Shinji'.
"Hunting sometimes fails. But I won't fail twice. My beloved master."
Her hands stopped rubbing. She could feel the intruder entering her territory.
She opened the window and jumped out of it.
She leaped towards the jungle while hiding her killing intention.
When she arrived, she saw her prey that she failed to hunt standing in front of her.
"I just know that you are a heroic spirit. I don't know that hero can be this vicious." Kirito said.
"So what kiddo? Do you think heroes are innocent? To become a hero, their hands have to be stained with blood." Medusa replied.
"I understand. What makes me don't understand is you?"
"ME" She glared at Kirito.
"That's right. How can a beauty like you stain your hand with blood?" Kirito said.
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is every hero has their own tragedy. But your tragedy is terrible. I understand and I sympathize with your experience."
Hearing this, Medusa remembered her painful past.
"You know nothing about me and I don't need your sympathy."
Medusa lost composure and charged at Kirito with a spear.
Kirito took out his shield and focused on Medusa's movement.
Kirito remembered the plan that Noah's Ark gave to him.
Flashback.
"So the greatest reward in this realm is them, heroic spirit." Kirito pointed at Cú Chulainn who was fishing in the pond.
"That's right. After decrypting the code of this game, I found that they are our powerful ally. On the premise that you sign a contract with them." Noah's Ark answered.
"After signing a contract, they will become a servant and we will become their master," Kirito said.
"That's right. We need to sign as much as possible before this realm is closed."
"But BB said the condition to win this realm is to retrieve the holy grail," Kirito said.
"It's not wrong. By the way, do you think you can win BB's game? Since when she allowed us to win easily." Noah's Ark observed Kirito's expression.
"Speak of this. I think you are right. It's impossible to win the game from the beginning."
"High reward means the game is difficult. With our level, it's 100% unable to clear this realm. So instead of focusing on winning this game, we should focus on the item. And the item here is them. Heroic spirit."
"I understand but how to sign a contract with them."
"That is the hard part. If we want to sign the contract with them, they must voluntarily offer the contract and we sign it."
"Sounds like a hard task," Kirito mumbled.
"Indeed. However, I have a plan." Noah's Ark said.
"A plan."
"Right," Noah's Ark nodded with confidence.
End flashback.
"What's wrong, kiddo? You have a big mouth why don't open it and say something? Did a snake take your tongue?" Medusa slashed the shield like a storm.
"No, I'm just thinking." Kirito looked at the temple on the mountain. There were 2 kids entering the temple.
In the temple
Conan and Noah's Ark made their way towards a stone statue.
"Matou Shinji." Conan read the name floating on the stone statue.
"Wait. I can read his name meaning this is a player."
"Negative. This is an NPC. And he is our target." Noah's Ark replied and added.
"What is so special about him?"
Without needing to say much, Noah's Ark laid his right hand near petrified Shinji's right hand. The same thing is they both have tattoos on their hands.
"He is Medusa's master. And this is a proof."
"So what are you going to do now, Noah."
"I am going to transfer the command spell from this poor guy to you. After being done with transferring, you will become her master" Noah opened the interface and started typing crazily.
"Great. How long will it take?" Conan asked
"10 minutes. If I'm fast enough." Noah answered. His answer contained some hesitation.
"10 minutes. Kirito will be killed by her." Conan uttered and added. "You only said Kirito needs to endure 2 minutes."
"I did." There was a short stop in his words. "And I lied"
"How dare you do that? He laid his trust on us and you betrayed his trust. Tell me why or I will beat you." Conan took out a bow from his inventory.
"Conan. You are smart and kind. That's why that is your weakness. You see, Conan. We, AI, decide the decision based on information and logic. And you make the decision based on emotion. I have observed human society as soon as I was born. I draw a conclusion that the decision based on emotion is not effective."
"That doesn't explain why you have to betray him. Besides, you are a master of Cú Chulainn. With your word, he will support Kirito. There is no reason for Kirito to fence off by himself."
"Conan. Have you heard trolley problem?"
"I heard it. Why"
"Between 1 and 5, which one do you choose?"
"Why bring out that stupid problem? That problem is created by the retarded."
"I know your answer. Between 2 choices, you choose to save 6 people. However, that choice contains a huge risk. And I don't like that risk. That's why I pull the lever." Noah's Ark exhaled heavily and added. "To save 5 people instead of 1 or 6. That is why I choose you over Kirito, Conan."
"I don't accept your reason." Conan felt disappointed at Noah's Ark's decision. He took out a skateboard and stepped on it.
"What are you going to do? It's a suicide decision." Noah's Ark reminded Conan.
"What am I going to do." Conan looked at Noah's Ark one last time before departing. "Living up to his trust."
With that, Conan stepped out of the temple and rode the skateboard towards Kirito's location.
Despite rows of trees standing in front of him, Conan charged forwards dauntlessly.
"Trolley problem is stupid." Noah's Ark repeated Conan's words before continuing to type the interface.