Gelman was led by Doon into a conversation with Hacker Hunter Ikshampé, and they exchanged plenty of opinions about Greed Island Z.
They got along quite well, as they had a shared interest.
The curved widescreen monitor going dark meant that Ikshampé had left.
In fact, he hadn't gone far at all. He was surely still somewhere within Greed Island's network.
It was already difficult to define Ikshampé's existence, his location, his movements, and so on, because he had already "ascended."
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It might be easier to understand if they thought of him as an exceptionally capable artificial intelligence, rather than as a human being.
Ikshampé was a netizen who had abandoned his physical body and roamed the virtual world.
That was how it was today, and how it would be in the future.
Perhaps worried that Gelman might have reservations, Doon spoke on Ikshampé's behalf to explain.
"Although he's always bickering with Ging, their relationship has always been in a delicate balance. Even after they went their separate ways, they still played games together sometimes."
"Besides, Ikshampé has a strong sense of professional ethics. Since he's a netizen himself, he's even more careful about the privacy of online information and knows where to draw the line."
"He's never once attacked Greed Island's network. Unless someone makes him angry or he has to complete a certain task, he won't break into someone else's 'home.'"
Doon didn't really need to explain so much. From his brief interaction with Ikshampé, Gelman had already gotten the impression that he wasn't some immoral villain.
Besides, how bad could someone be if he spent time with Ging?
If he really were the sort of hacker who stole people's online