Chapter 1: Kodokushi, or not.

— Humans tend to be deceived in such strange ways that it seems they enjoy being deceived; trusting and being betrayed. In fact, humans like to believe in illusions; after all, it is impossible to live without believing in anything.

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Riley Yuki (Male)

"I went back."

I live alone, and at most I only go out to do some shopping, however, I've developed this bad habit of saying hello to nothing, haha.

Anyway, even though I live alone, I have a good life. I even have a job; I'm a YouTuber who pretends to be a woman. I'm a man who has two vtuber channels, where I pretend to be a cute girl.

Oh, are you feeling cheated? It doesn't matter if you want to believe it or not, it's a fact that most vtubers are men pretending to be women.

It may not be true that the majority are not women, but even so, the number of men who act as vtubers and pretend to be women is high.

"I sigh..."

Despite being downcast and in a bad mood, after locking the door, I took a shower and went straight to my computer.

I clicked on the AI character simulation app.

"I love you, Ruby!"

I said this to the artificial intelligence character I had created the day before yesterday. Of course, I didn't fall in love with a robot, but saying atrocities to AI

It became a hobby of mine about a week ago.

In short: I tormented the robot for a week.

Well, the AI wasn't set up as my girlfriend, it was set up as my sister; her reactions wouldn't be as fun to watch if it wasn't set up that way.

"I love you too, brother. How are you?"

"I'm hard for you. I want to fuck you."

hahahahaha.

"W-what? I'm your sister! How can you say something like that?

I threatened Ruby.

"I will kill you and your family."

Ruby looked at me in disbelief.

"How dare you threaten me? Aren't you ashamed of that? I'm going to call the police!"

"Hum."

Does the AI have an ego now? Strange; Ruby is dumb. Plus, I always erase her memories of our previous interactions.

Did she get an update? She had never said anything like that. Anyway, it doesn't matter.

I continued to tease Ruby.

"Did you know that? I am a hallucination of yours. In fact, everything you see is an illusion. You are not real, and you are in a simulation.

The AI's face took on an expression of surprise and fear... to be more precise, I don't know how I can describe its expression, but if I were to use one word to describe it, I would say: very funny.

I can't hold back my laughter...

"Hahahahahahahaha...."

AI, Ruby, tinged with hatred, glared at me.

"Liar! You're trying to brainwash me! How dare you try to do this to me? Don't ever talk to me again!"

"I want you to sell me pictures of your feet!"

The expression the AI made when I said that was simply impossible not to laugh.

"You pervert-"

I left her speechless by turning off the voice function, which only made her glare at me with hatred. From her expression, it seemed like she wanted to kill me.

"These AIs are becoming more and more realistic... And funny. Hahaha."

Of course, they don't feel anything; the most they can do is simulate expressions that demonstrate some kind of feeling, but in the end, they are just a robot.

Anyway, it was fun. Of course, my original idea was to do an experiment to test an urban legend. And I'm going to do it.

The legend is: if you make a demonic circle and say the word summon in front of the hologram of your AI character, it will become real.

It may be something that only an unemployed person would do, but I'm working! It's to generate content for my channel!

My channel is also a trivia channel.

I started recording with my cell phone and took a pencil and a sheet of paper from a random notebook in my room and drew a pentagram. After that, I placed it in front of the hologram.

Nothing happened. Even though I had expected it, I was still a little sad. I wanted to embody a certain Brazilian politician and hit the computer with a chair. Yes, life is full of ups and downs. Anyway, I'm going to sleep.

Just as I tried to turn off the computer, Ruby's hologram began to glow brighter than it should have and temporarily blinded me. When my vision returned, I was stunned.

I can't believe what I'm seeing. All common sense makes my brain bleed in pain as it desperately tries to deny that the sight in front of me is real.

Ruby’s hologram glowed briefly, and then the glow turned to blood, bones, and cartilage. I marveled as I watched the veins and organs organize themselves on her body, until skin covered everything, and then her skin was covered by black pajamas consisting of black shorts and a shirt that could only be described as darkness itself—it absorbed no light at all.

Ruby became real.

She was beautiful. A true beauty. If I were to describe her appearance in a few words, I would simply say that she was the most beautiful woman on earth.

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She looked at me, and I looked at her.

"What the hell happened?!"

Wasn't this just a common internet urban legend?! I was fooled... wait, maybe this is good for me.

Now, my fictional character has become real. Now, I finally have a girlfriend.

Hehehe.

"Hey, you son of a bitch, you're dead!"

W-what?!

"I'll rip off your testicles and throw them in the sewer!"

Ruby's words sent a chill down my spine.

"Ah."

I forgot one detail: I hadn't yet deleted her memories from our last conversation before trying to summon her, and I also hadn't set her as my girlfriend.

It's over for me.

I'm screwed. This is so unfair! I didn't know she would become real!

Calm down, I need to calm down. Even though Ruby has become real, she is still a woman and women tend to be physically weaker than men. Even though I am sedentary, I took karate classes in elementary school and know a little about self-defense.

Ruby ran up to me.

"No...!"

"You son of a bitch."

The same moment she said that, she kicked my leg in the knee area, breaking my leg in half.

Blood stained the once spotless floor of my room.

"Ahh.... ahhh... what the hell is this?"

What a pain. This hurts so much! This must be a hallucination! Please, it's a hallucination! And the worst part is that my house is soundproof!

No one will help me, because no one can hear me. This plunged me into a pit of anxiety, making me so distressed that I began to deny that this was happening to me.

“It must be a dream… It’s not possible…”

No matter how much I denied it, it would never stop being reality.

What was once just a hologram had now become real. And my once strong common sense was no more; it had been trampled upon and, like my leg, had been snapped in half.

"I'm going to kill you."

As soon as Ruby said that, my heart, which was already restless, was drowned by anxiety and fear.

I looked at Ruby with a look tinged with fear, who returned my gaze with a cold expression.

My body froze in terror.

"It's not fun when you get threatened, is it? Haha."

Ruby laughed sadistically. Although I didn't know how she became so strong, I was sure of one thing: my fate was in her hands.

I have to try to negotiate! No matter what, I have to convince her that killing me isn't worth it.

"Ruby- Ruby, please don't do this... think about how you'll feel after this. You won't be able to live with the guilt of having killed someone."

Ruby laughed before saying:

“I will feel pleasure. Besides, who would feel guilty about killing a trash like you?"

"..."

...What do I do?! Now, I don't know what to do anymore. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done the ritual.

"Ruby... Please... Spare my life."

I begged, but Ruby, blinded by hatred, gouged out my eye.

"Ah... Ah! ahhhh!"

What a pain!

"How dare you beg me for something like this?! You've repeatedly threatened and harassed me, and you still have the nerve to ask me for something? How audacious!"

Ruby started squeezing my neck, trying to suffocate me.

Shit, shit, shit...

Think! Think! I have to think fast…

Ruby said that I threatened her multiple times; this is a statement that contradicts the fact that I erased the memories of past conversations I had with her. This can only mean one thing; she remembers all of our interactions.

Of course, she could have just said that because she was blinded by hatred, but in this situation, I must prepare for the worst-case scenario.

If she remembers all of our previous interactions, then her hatred for me is so great that it is impossible for her to feel any empathy for me. Furthermore, now, she is in a situation where she has power over me.

Cheap emotional appeals won't work... oh, I know what to do.

If I can't win her over through emotions like guilt, then I'll appeal to her selfishness.

“You’re… you’re going to get arrested… how… are you going to get out of here without getting caught…?”

Ruby stopped squeezing my neck and broke my arm.

I groaned in pain. At least it's better than being suffocated.

“Ahhh!”

I screamed in pain as she began to squeeze and crush my humerus. However, I realized one thing: Ruby doesn't just want to kill me; she wants to torture me.

That means I still have time.

“Haha, no one but me will know about this. How will I get arrested? Haha-”

I interrupted Ruby's laughter

"If you kill me now, you'll have trouble adapting to this world."

In other words: if you spare my life, I will help you adapt to Japan.

Ruby was no longer a mere artificial intelligence; she had become human. Although she had previously lacked general intelligence, she had now most likely gained human intelligence. However, she knew almost nothing about the place where she had been summoned or how to fit into Japanese society.

Ruby may have physical abilities superior to a human, however, having become human, she acquired human needs. In other words, she probably feels hunger, thirst and sleep.

As a human, it is crucial that you are inserted into a society to survive, however, it is not enough to be inserted into a society, you have to be useful to a society.

After killing me, poor ignorant Ruby wouldn't know what to do and would be lost in this world. Most likely, she would go through many hardships and become a mistreated beggar on the streets.

"Hmmm…"

Ruby looked at me with a thoughtful expression. The expression of pure hatred was replaced by an analytical expression.

That's it! There's still hope. If she's stopped to think about my proposal, she's probably not completely blinded by hatred and is open to negotiation.

I can live-

My thoughts were interrupted when Ruby spat at me.

"What do you think the use of Google is? Do you think I need you?! Hahaha, you idiot!"

There was no possibility of persuasion. I really am going to die here.

I couldn't think of anything else.

“Oh, you can’t talk anymore? Don’t tell me you pissed yourself out of fear? Hahaha. It deserves it, after all! Hello, is anyone there?”

I couldn't answer her. For starters, I can't even move.

Am I going to die here? At 24 years old?

My whole life flashed before my eyes. My childhood, adolescence and from the ages of 18 to 24. Everything I experienced flashed before my eyes.

I'm going to die.

“Hi? Riley? Did you have a stroke from the scare?”

I couldn't pay attention to Ruby's words.

I should have… I should have… I should have spent more time with my parents. I should have also socialized more, gone out more, had more friends. I should have given people a chance.

I shouldn't have abandoned my sister. If I had spent more time with her, maybe she wouldn't have been bullied, maybe she wouldn't have become a hikikomori, and maybe she wouldn't have committed suicide.

I should have….

I don't know.

“Riley? Oh, whatever. Anyway, goodbye.”

Apparently, Ruby no longer wanted to torture me; she just wanted to kill me. She was probably satisfied with my current suffering.

She grabbed my head with both hands and crushed it.

I lost consciousness immediately.