After Bubble explained all the abnormalities she had discovered, I still felt somewhat confused. It seemed like a pretty abstract concept. Although I interacted with the Empire's Spiritual Network every day, I only had a hazy understanding of how this powerful data network actually operated and was structured. Still, Sandora had dragged me through enough popular science lectures that I was not completely clueless about what Bubble was talking about. After thinking it over for a while, I came to my own understanding.
"So, she's a Virtual Person assembled from the spare computing power of all Shilin Apostles?" I looked at the blonde woman who called herself Shilin and said this in astonishment. Then I suddenly realized that it sounded rather impolite. Discussing something like this in front of the person concerned was clearly disrespectful. However, this girl named Shilin seemed to lack common sense, or perhaps she was simply slow to react. She showed no response at all to this unintentional "offense," merely busying herself with quietly chatting with Older Sister. The two of them even seemed to have plenty to talk about.
"She cannot be considered a Virtual Person, because she already truly exists and has even created a body for herself." Sandora's gaze also fell on Shilin. As an expert in matters of the mind and soul, she quickly figured out the other's mode of existence. "Also, the idea of spare computing power... should be wrong. If she were a personality assembled from the spare computing power of every Shilin Apostle, then the actual installed capacity of the Spiritual Network would not have inexplicably gained the equivalent of another person. Moving computing power from one process to another is like moving a drop of water from the center of a lake to its shore. It has no