Translator: Flowingcloud Editor: Arocks141
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The Hopelessness of the Fake
“……Hm????”
Instinctively, I looked at it around two, no three times.
No, well, even though I was the one who said that, but… well, putting that aside…
“Why was this tweeted three minutes ago?”
That’s right, I’ve spent more than three minutes inside this white space, and since there was an exam before, it’s been a while since I should’ve eaten ramen.
It should be impossible that I tweeted that.
“That’s right, what’s the date?”
If I confirmed the date and time I tweeted, I should be able to find out how long has passed since the exam.
I checked the date in a hurry.
“Err, THREE DAYS AFTER THE EXAM!?”
Surprisingly, three days have passed since I lost my memories.
“No way…”
If that’s the case, I’ve been imprisoned in this white space for three days.
Furthermore, without eating or drinking.
“…Hm? Without eating or drinking?”
That’s right, I’ve been passing the whole time without eating or drinking.
Furthermore, I didn’t feel hungry, nor did I feel thirsty.
Also, I never had any questions about it until now. 1
“What’s going on?”
Confused, I went back to my account’s older tweets.
Then, I finally arrived at a tweet from three days ago.
“I was nervous about the first MRI in my life. My results aren’t out yet, but there shouldn’t be anything wrong.”
I was devastated.
“You’re kidding, right? There’s no mistaking it, this is my Tweet. Then, who am I here right now?”
2
“Without eating or drinking, there weren’t any inconveniences that occurred. This doesn’t seem like another world, but who on earth am I in this space that clearly isn’t the real world?”
“What’s going on? If I was fake, then I should have broken down, but I clearly remember the life I lived up until now, and I have emotions. Even if it’s a hallucination, I shouldn’t be able to confront it so clearly.
A single scene from a light novel that I read long ago flashed through my head.
“There’s no way… was my soul copied?” 3
The situation that I’m currently in, and the feeling of meaninglessness that I’m harboring, this was exactly like the scene of the story I read before.
I don’t know if this is practically possible, but no, it should be possible since I’m here right now, however, at any rate, it completely matches the current situation.
“Haha… hahaha… ha…”
It was better to still be able to understand my own train of thought, and I understand that my true self was in a different place, they were in the Twitter photo in front of my eyes.
However, it didn’t seem like that at all.
After all, I can’t explain how I’m trapped in this white space.
In the end, I would understand if I was told that I was an imitation and a copied soul. I understood.
“Am I going to disappear?”
In the light novel, once the fake soul recognized that they were an imitation, they self-destructed as they behaved like a bug.
Certainly, there is a deep sense of meaninglessness, but I don’t feel like my train of thought right now was going to burn out.
I wonder if I wouldn’t be able to endure it and self-destruct.
If that’s the case, then the person who thought of this situation is extremely wicked.
“Ah…”
As I scrolled the tweets from these three days, I was suddenly logged out.
I’m sure the real me blocked me for illegal access.
The password also seemed to have changed.
It only confirmed that I was a fake, and I was sad.
- Arocks141: These are signs of becoming stupid, not of becoming an O.I Software.
- Arocks141: If this story turns out to be one about investigating the reasoning behind this incident, eventually highlighting some secret government project aimed at reverse engineering an AI by duplicating an Organic Intelligence and replicating it onto the software devices of the original lifeform. I will officially endorse this story for five stars.
- Arocks141: My hopes are dashed, and my five-star rating along with it.
Tried reading the raw, but is it true that the MC is female? Cause from the chara introduction + illustration, I didn’t see it
That’s a SAO reference isn’t it? The idea of a copied soul turning into a Vtuber AI is a compelling one. A genuine Kizuna Ai lol. Can’t wait to see more.
Wow, the real him realized someone hacked his account. The original might be smarter than the copy
Yup he’s stupid…
Why the F every single MC I’ve encountered so far is dense as rock?
— Thanks for the chapter~ ^^