At the Tokyo University Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Murakami Shisui and everyone on the R&D team looked grim.
Rukawa Mei had run away, and his phone could not be reached.
That was not good news.
These past few days, they had been researching ways to eliminate "Amaterasu." The disaster it had caused was too immense, and the Island Nation's losses had already reached astronomical figures, yet they had been unable to find an effective way to remove it.
Now that Rukawa Mei had fled, they felt deeply uneasy.
"What do we do now? Ant Army Company has already turned some of its attention toward us. What if this gets exposed? If people find out that the 'Satan' virus is Amaterasu developed by our laboratory, we're finished."
"Why not completely delete Amaterasu's program and destroy the evidence? Even if they trace it back to us, we can all stick to the same story. Without evidence, nothing will happen."
"No."
Murakami Shisui's face darkened.
"Amaterasu is the closest thing to High-Level Artificial Intelligence. We finally succeeded. It is the lifeblood of our team. We cannot destroy it."
"Then what do you suggest?" One of the gray-haired leaders finally could not hold back any longer, his voice full of anger. "The disaster has already happened, Rukawa Mei has run away, and if this gets exposed, all of us are doomed. You were the one who proposed the Artificial Intelligence Hybrid project. You caused such a huge mess, yet you have no solution yourself. You refuse to use anyone else's ideas either. What exactly do you want?"
Inside a van from Tokyo University, all kinds of instruments were packed tightly together.
Okada Shiraha wore headphones, his face filled with shock. Not only him, but several of his subordinates also looked stunned, as if they