"Of course, the latter. That's the basis of game theory—cooperating with each other to obtain large animals."
"That's right. That is humanity's social nature. Language, letters, currency, telephones... every means of communication in this world exists to strengthen social bonds."
"Then what about the Internet? Could it be the same?"
Sei Riku asked.
The question made Akane Tsunemori think. In her understanding, communication devices and the virtual worlds online had already become utterly ordinary things, woven into every aspect of everyone's lives. It was like the Internet and all kinds of electronic products in Lin Yan's world. With the widespread use of smartphones, people had already forgotten that only a few decades ago, they had still been using inconvenient brick phones and pagers.
People had always adapted quickly to convenient technological products.
Akane Tsunemori also knew that everything was online.
"I think... it is."
Only Lin Yan watched that exchange without expression, examining their wording and tone over and over again. It was the conversation between Spookyboogie and Lemon Candy.
His attention was intensely focused. He could not afford to overlook a single detail.
Boogie: "A weirdo who got the highest career aptitude score in the class year but chose to work at a police station would definitely become a topic among their peers, wouldn't she?"
Investigation
Boogie: "It wouldn't hurt to earn a favor from a future police executive."
His brain raced at high speed. Even the slightest detail could not be missed. He had to extract useful information, then make judgments, connections, and analyses based on it.
This was no simple task.
Lin Yan's fingers tapped rhythmically against the keyboard. It was a habitual little movement whenever he sank into thought—deep thought.
Tap—
Tap—tap—
Tap—tap—tap—
Boogie: "If apologies worked, what would we need the police for?"
Boogie: "Ah...