Limitless The Strongest Revenant-Chapter 944: Heroine - : Stronger together [1/2]
Chapter POV: Isabella Taurus-Smith
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[HammerSadist: We have received the Dream Demon. We will make sure he is put to good use.
[AnvilGeisha: Just out of curiosity, how do you intend to use the specimen, Jas?]
[HammerPervert: Probably as target practice. Various groups have petitioned to have a go at our new toy. Luckily, Pixie is here, so the demonkin shouldn't die.]
[HammerMilf: It is truly fortunate that Pixie can use {Restore} rounds. Has anyone understood why only she can use them apart from us?]
[AnvilLoli: Dunno, Licia can't get it to work no matter what we do. Guess this {Kismet} is picky.]
[AnvilLunatic: We need to find someone else who can use it. Even if everyone has {Rewind}, having backup medics would ensure minimal casualties.]
[AnvilGeisha: If one of our Reapers still dies despite having Exa and {Rewind}, he deserves to perish. Such incompetence is inexcusable.]
[HammerMilf: Do not be like that; what if they encounter someone like Roach? There is no guarantee that there are none like him in the North. We had better be careful.]
[HammerPervert: Hard to prepare for what we do not know. Anyway, Liv, Jas, and I are handling the preparations for Antarctica. If there is nothing else, let's check back in at 8 PM.]
[AnvilLunatic | AnvilGeisha | AnvilLoli: | AnvilChatbot: Okay.]
As always, talking to my sisters made the conversations go a million directions. It was funny to see Robyn and Jo chatting in cyberspace while they were butting heads in real life.
[Mother, we are back! Aunt Robyn! Daddy asked us to give Number 2 to you. Number 5 goes to Aunt Jo. Enjoy! They are really fun to play with! Does anyone mind if I join?]
[Pops is being unfair; Alfonso was given over an hour with Number 1. I only had 39 minutes. And I had to share with Sabel! Mother, I want to play with a Demonkin some more!]
[Alfonso, be silent. Father has spoken; we will wait for our turn after everyone has finished with the Demonkins. Mother, we have been tasked with guarding the teams engaging Number 2 and Number 5. Do you have further instructions?]
Hearing my AI "Children" speak their minds felt unsettling. Before the {Replicate} upgrade from Exa, I was connected to them. Meaning every word and thought they had was made with my logic. It was similar to playing with dolls by yourself. I was in control.
My other brain's from {Calculate} was in charge of them. But now they were truly separate entities from me. I no longer had complete access to their thought processes. It freed up my brain power, but it also made me fearful.
One of my regrets and greatest desires was to gain an army that would never betray me. That was, in essence, what gave birth to {Code}. What if these new AIs betrayed me in the future? At the back of my mind, it gnawed at me.
As they were a part of me, I never included loyalty to me in their programming. Only to Honey. And now that decision has made me question the children I once loved with all my heart.
The sound of the M2 Bradley stopping echoed in front of me. Its treads dug into the dirt, and the brakes caused it to come to a halt. With its sudden braking, the pile of meat on top of its hull was hurled forward.
What looked like a pile of violet-colored shit rolled on the ground. Without instruction, IF-Restore switchblades fell from the sky and blew up the Demonkin. But along with the destruction, pieces of the monster began to reform its body.
"Thanks, Sabel. Nelle. You ready? Time for your first brawl as a hellcat."
"Lady Rhiannon, can we start with something simpler? Like a zombie perhaps?"
"Stop being a pussy, you cunt. Swim or drown. {Float}. Come on, we don't have all day."
Robyn cast her {Fate} on the hulking demonkin. She carried Number 2 with one hand and beckoned for Zanele Soldat to follow. A group of the Soldat clansmen followed worriedly after her. The sluts that wanted honey being among them.
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Further away, Jo was giving the Wolves a pep talk.
"Alright lil sis, I want you each to be able to fight the demonkin in groups of four. Then we will scale it back down to threes, then twos. Our final test will be to be able to beat this thing solo. I will give a reward to the best performers! You all ready? Lets GOOO!!"
"OAAHHHH! YES! BIG SIS!" x 12
Meanwhile, I found myself absentminded. With the sudden processing power available to me, I grew at a loss as to what I should prioritize. I offloaded the simple tasks to the Wizards and the more complex ones to my children.
'What should I be focusing now?'
When was the last time I grew uncertain of what to do like this? In my old organization, I was the one who directed it on where to go. I had to think about everything. But in Hellsend, Honey gave the direction, and my sisters all took command. Slowly, the things I was responsible for decreased.
It was unfortunate, but as we all ascended, my limitations became more clear. My body could not keep up with the rest of the Sirens. {Limitless} greatly improved my body and mind. But I was still inferior to the Descendants.
Only Robyn was in the same situation. Unfortunately, as a Chaser, her limits would soon vanish once she ascended to a Specter. By then, only I would be left behind.
It was clear that the soulless, though useful, didn't make me stronger. No matter how many machines I brought, they were just parlor tricks against two powerhouses like Jo and Lilly.
My hands ended up trembling. This was my body's involuntary action when I grew unsettled. I clenched my fist and hid it behind my back. Now was not the time to be indecisive. I needed to get my act together.
'Shit, what am I going to do?' I worried.
[Mother?]
A digital signal broke me out of my reverie; a small finger-sized UAV hovered in front of my nose. Sabel's hornet lingered in place. Behind the small drone, tanks, an IFV, and even an attack chopper all waited like dogs.
"…"
Unfortunately, the comfort I felt at my children has now turned into dread. How could I entrust my back to them? They were supposed to be my power. But now they no longer answer to me.
Suddenly, I felt a hand grasp mine. I looked up and saw that it was Aki.
"Alfonso, as the firstborn, please watch over not just Number 2 and 5 but also 1 and 3. Sabel supports the wolves with 5. Henry, create a protective perimeter for Robyn and Zanele. Bella, do you find this agreeable?"
As I didn't have a better plan at the moment, I simply nodded.
[Roger, Aunt Aki! Mother, we will now execute our orders.] x3
After the children left, Aki then placed her hand on my shoulder as she asked.
"Bella, are you okay? You seem out of it since earlier. What is wrong?"
"Aki, tell me what I should do?" I blurted out.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Feeling like keeping up fronts against this Asian was moot, I just asked her directly.
"I am afraid that everyone is leaving me behind. I cannot contribute anything to Honey aside from the Soulless. But Exa and now my Children can now operate without me. I couldn't even talk to them earlier because I am terrified that they would betray me."
Despite me spilling all my guts, Aki said nothing and just listened. A month ago, I wouldn't have even thought of doing something like this. But, after so many life-and-death struggles, I felt a bond with the other Sirens.
