"He seems to be a difficult person to get along with—"
"No, no, that's entirely your prejudice. My former master, except when she went mad, was essentially a gentle person. Besides her incredibly high IQ and exceptional abilities, she was surprisingly naive in other respects. It's often said that highly intelligent people tend to have poor empathy, not much different from murderers. However, my previous master's empathy was incredibly strong, though she was expressionless and rarely showed it." The system was silent for a moment, then smiled. "At least from what I've observed so far, you might be the most difficult of my current masters to get along with. After all, your vengeful nature is even stronger than theirs. You might seem reckless, but you're surprisingly calm in unexpected situations..."
Chu Shangli couldn't tell for a moment whether this was a compliment or a scolding.
Maybe she's the only one who feels good about herself——?
"No, I'm actually complimenting you, not being narcissistic. Although some subtle aspects of a person's personality require a longer time to perceive, after a considerable period of repeated experience, I've developed an intuition that allows me to see through a person at a glance. Your intuition is already strong, and our combined strength will double its accuracy. Therefore, I have a feeling that this collaboration with you will be longer-lasting and more enjoyable than any other before."
"I hope you're not relying on compliments to paralyze me, taking the opportunity to seize control of my body, or even doing something even more extreme..."
"Ah, although you didn't say it explicitly, I always feel that you don't trust me. It's as if I lied about my ex-ex-master being controlled by someone, and it's actually me who controlled her—"
"Isn't it? I think this is the most reasonable answer—"
"Well, I can't deny the rationality of your idea, but I also have to deny its correctness. For me, regaining a human body is completely unimportant. It might even destroy my immortality. If I didn't have this immortality, I might resort to the approach you just speculated. However, if I don't occupy the entire body, I still have the opportunity to awaken next time. By discussing with my master, I might also gain power equivalent to control. There's no need to sacrifice the special abilities I already possess."
"Immortality?"
"Well, the data from my brain has been extracted and placed in a separate space, with the content constantly expanding—it's stored on a cloud hard drive. As long as I don't have a physical body, there's no such thing as 'death.' But if I want to forcibly control a person, I must first disconnect from the cloud storage. Using this person's brain as storage, in terms of risk, I have to take on more risks—"
First, after leaving the cloud, the question of whether the data I previously stored would still exist was raised. Then, after this person died, would I be able to return to my original location immediately? I considered all of these factors. Because of my background and the shocking truth I later learned, I was not only timid, but also perhaps I couldn't bear the consequences of gambling for the sake of not seeing any benefits. Whether I win or lose in the end, I can't bear the consequences.
“Who controls the cloud storage?”
"Well, regarding this question—from what I understand, it was previously in the hands of those researchers. Now—it seems to be in the hands of the Cheshire Cat herself? But she doesn't have the access code, so it's essentially in my hands."
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