At the next words from VAS, John's bubble burst, "Impossible, the nanobot sacrificed its core program to absorb your soul so it could survive, and followed the core program itself to the end."
John was like a deflated balloon. "Did you seriously have to hurt my ego?"
"Ego is for the strong, not the weak," VAS replied in a flat voice.
"What a killjoy." John muttered to himself before continuing in a clear voice. "Anyway, VAS have you created a status window yet?"
"Already done, here it is."
Name J4592(John) Can be changed once Nanonetworks 0 Mana 0.08/0.1 Regeneration N/A Require Nanonetwork Skills
Owned: Actualization(F), Automation(F), Magic(E), Possession(E), Programming(D), and Sensing(F)
Limited: Accelerate-Time(S) Lose the skill after being deactivated.
State Accelerate-Time(0.02 Mana/s), Mana bath(U)
When John saw the window, he couldn't help but be confused. Instead of asking, he made a list of questions for VAS to answer before sending them to VAS.
1. What is this 'regeneration'?
2. Why do I only have 0.1 mana? Isn't that too little?
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3. Why was the accelerated time limited?
4. What is a mana bath?
VAS didn't answer immediately. It seems to be busy with something else. After some time, a reply came in a speech bubble in John's window, making him chuckle a little before reading the message.
1. What is this 'regeneration'? How many nanobots can be refilled over time and/or at once. 2. Why do I only have 0.1 mana? Isn't that too little? According to my analysis, the total mana capacity of a nanobot is 0.001. With your soul, you were able to increase the amount to 0.1, which is enough to survive mana shock, so it could be considered a large amount. What is mana shock? The mana shock could be considered the 'heartbeat' of this world; the frequency and time between each beat are unknown. 3. Why was the accelerated time limited? We changed the internal structure of the nanobot; the ability was lost because the last piece of the previous nanorobot structure was completely destroyed. 4. What is a Mana-Bath? A mana bath is when mana continuously enters your body and replenishes your mana.
John was silent while reading, nodded at the first answer, scratched his head while composing a question at the second answer, but froze at the third answer. If John had a physical body, he would have a heart attack. After reading the fourth answer a while later, he felt the pain ease a bit, and he added the rest of the questions.
He discovered that he could answer with a speech bubble, and sent his questions that way.
1. Can you tell me what my status was when I took over the nanobot? 2. Why didn't you warn me before we changed it? 3. Can we restore the part of the nanobot as it was before?