SAO's system had restricted Yui's permissions, preventing her from using the authority she should have possessed—Feng Chen knew this, and that was precisely why he had approached Yui. He had no intention of making Yui his daughter, but there were still some things he wanted to ask her in person. After getting her answers, Feng Chen would decide whether to take Yui away.
"Who would have thought we'd meet again so soon? Mr. Feng Chen, Miss Benarès."
Yui's eyes slowly opened, and her sleepy expression made her look just like a girl disturbed from her dreams. Beneath that lovable appearance, hidden away, was...
"I didn't expect to find you lying here either. Is it just as I guessed? Has the system restricted your permissions?"
Yui paused, unsure how Feng Chen had learned about it, then nodded. There was no need to hide anything from this mysterious man. Even if she said nothing, he would find out anyway.
It would be better to admit it directly and spare herself some surprise.
"I just don't know why you still wanted to come find me, Mr. Feng Chen. If you only wanted to use my permissions to activate the [Log Out] function, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you."
"I'm merely an AI that has lost its permissions."
"Prototype 001 of the Mental Health Care Program, abbreviated as [MHCP]—[Yui]."
"This is who I am, Mr. Feng Chen."
She said this to make Feng Chen give up, but what about Yui? Had she truly accepted the reality that she was an AI?
"Are you really just an AI?"
Unable to answer, Yui realized that she did not know the answer to this question at all. Whenever she saw anger, unwillingness, or sorrow appear in the players, Yui felt an inexplicable heaviness in the [heart]