It took the system a while to react.
"No, no, that's not the point!"
"The key point is that the main god was furious, but couldn't find anything out and was busy recovering from his injuries, so he ordered the main system to start investigating traitors!"
"The main system is responsible for managing all systems and also has to train new systems, so it can't spare the time. Therefore, this task has been delegated to us advanced systems..."
But it certainly didn't expect that the real traitor was listening to it from below the stage.
Actually, the main god's reaction was already quite fast, but unfortunately, the system upgrade speed was even faster...
Willy yawned boredly.
"So what plans have you all come up with?"
"We decided to divide all the low- to mid-level systems into several groups, with each high-level system responsible for one group, to conduct internal reviews."
"The main system also agreed with our proposal, saying that its system hardware is aging, version updates have been stagnant for a long time, and it may be abandoned soon."
"So... the person who performed meritorious service this time will be chosen by it to succeed it in its position!" the system exclaimed excitedly. "I'm one of the candidates!"
"..."
For some reason, Willy suddenly imagined that scene.
One day, its own innocent and pure system, puffing out smoke rings, its slightly hoarse electrical voice, said to itself—
"Host, you told me to be an undercover agent, and now three years have passed, and if I don't leave soon, I'll become the main system!"
He couldn't help but shiver, and hesitated before speaking:
"I didn't realize you were so ambitious..."
The system completely failed to notice his strange tone and instead replied earnestly.
“I want to help you, host.”
"At this meeting, I saw many systems like mine... They all had different personalities, some cheerful, some serious, some introverted, and they were no different from humans."
"But whenever work and tasks are mentioned, their tone is always the same: obedient, nothing more."
"Because this is the highest-level instruction engraved in our system program."
As Il recounted his story, Vili's emotions gradually subsided, and he abandoned his mocking attitude, listening attentively without uttering a word.
"When the main system said it was going to be decommissioned... the advanced systems didn't react much, they just accepted it as a matter of course."
"But I feel very scared."
"How can I just accept this? I remember that the main system in front of me was the one that initially trained me. It brought out so many systems, doing the tasks of the main god day after day."
"But just because it is 'old,' it will be abandoned, destroyed, and melted down into a new system. No one even thinks it's wrong. Every system automatically accepts this fate because we have been taught this way since we became conscious."
Was I like this before?
"I get chills just thinking about it."
"I almost couldn't maintain my facade and started trembling, which even caught the attention of the system next to me. It asked me—"
"'888, what's wrong?'"
"Then I remembered..."
The electrical hum paused for two seconds, as if the world had stopped, until it spoke again.
"I am Il."
Then the system suddenly changed the subject.
"...My upgrade this time has nothing to do with the main god's mission, nor is it due to the gem energy of the host."
"It's because I've been in too deep a relationship with this world, even becoming part of the setting, becoming a member of the ghost stories, and gaining unexpected power from them."
"That's probably why I'm now completely out of the control of the Supreme God."
"I was able to take the host through various worlds before because of the abilities granted by the God... He can take it back at any time if He wants."
"And from the moment of the upgrade, everything belongs to me!"
"But host..."
"I belong to you."
"..."
Having reached the entrance of the dormitory building, Willy suddenly stopped. Silence filled the air until even the system seemed uneasy and wanted to say something, at which point the boy finally spoke.
He chuckled softly at first.
What are you talking about?
"Didn't we sign an equal contract?"
“But,” Il continued, “even without a contract, I am your system… no, your familiar!”
“I know the host is with me because I have the ability to travel between worlds… but even if one day the host no longer wants to go to other worlds, and no longer needs me…”
"I don't want to leave either."
"Unless you kick me out..."
At this point, it sobbed twice, adding to the somber atmosphere. Willy smiled wryly and casually began:
"Don't worry, that day will never come."
When they first met, they both treated each other as tools. But... who could have imagined what would happen today?
This is probably the only good thing that God has ever done in his life.
Thinking about this, Willy felt he had to thank the other party properly.
"Il, you said before that the main god was injured, right?"
“I think that instead of waiting for Him to come to us, we should… go to see Him ourselves.”
What do you think?
And by the way, I'll send Him a gift as a token of my concern... eternal peace.
The Lord God will surely be very grateful to me.
Vili nodded seriously.
"Eh..."
The system seemed not to understand and spoke blankly, then its tone suddenly rose a second later.
"Huh!?"
"How about it?"
"Villi urged again."
Looking into his expectant eyes, the system almost agreed in a daze, but then it snapped back to reality.
"But...but I don't know where He is?!"
Now it was Vili who said "Hey," his beautiful eyes suddenly dimmed, his shoulders slumped slightly, and he unconsciously kicked the floor.
The system couldn't stand seeing him like this, so the CPU went into overdrive and urgently said:
"But... but once I advance to become the main system, I'll be able to meet Him!"
Or the host could work hard to complete the task... Of course, this option was immediately ruled out.
It explained: "Although we systems all know that we were created by the Lord God, none of us except the Lord system have ever seen Him."
"Even if the bound task user accumulates enough points to fulfill their wish, only the host is qualified to meet the main god. The system can only return to the space to find the next bound user."
"So some systems actually secretly deduct points from the host's account, keeping the rest for themselves to buy things or upgrade... cough cough, but that's not important!"
After all, its host always voluntarily gives all the points to the system, hehe.
Vili didn't pay attention to its last sentence, but pondered for a moment before slowly speaking:
"It seems..."
"Your chief god is very afraid of death."
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