Alert message. It is now fifteen minutes past time of scheduled attack. You must soon maneuver to Way Point Foxtrot.
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It wasn't just Kurz; now even Al, the Arbalest's AI, was rushing him.
Shut up.
Roger... however, a piece of advice first. According to statistics, in this kind of situation, the danger of making a mistake doubles because of the feeling of impatience to complete a mission. In order to calm the mind, I recommend singing a song. I have prepared 50 of the latest hit numbers, so if you have a request.
This kind of joking attitude helped a little, but Al's very deep, monotone voice started to get on Sousuke's nerves.
I didn't give you any orders to prepare music. Don't waste storage capacity without approval.
It is not a problem. It only takes up a mere one or two gigabytes.>
I interpret that message to be a joke. Another joke is an effective counter-measure. I have prepared 50 volumes of jokes to make humans laugh, so if you have a request
It's not a joke, it's a threat.
After that, Al was quiet. Inside the cockpit, Sousuke wearily shook his head; in response to the movement, the Arbalest also moved its head in the same way.
Really, an AI that gives that kind of ridiculous advice?
The controlling support system of this machine saying "sing a song", of all things.
Since Hong Kong, this AI's speech and conduct had become stranger day by day. It increasingly would talk without permission, which was all the more puzzling since there were no obvious malfunctions detected. The technicians said that, by Al's request, they would connect the circuit to FM radio or BS television so that it could receive the programming on them- but perhaps Sousuke should have them stop that from now on.
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