Artificial Intelligence? No, Adding Settings Just Makes It Mentally Handicapped

Hahaha, so that was the look one gives an idiot.

Very well, then it's nothing...

Nothing my foot.

Come to think of it, what on earth is his good-for-nothing sister thinking? What's with that "it's okay, I understand everything" expression? Sogo Doma felt a slight sense of doubt.

Fortunately, this didn't last long.

"Onii-chan, don't worry, U-Umaru will take good care of you."

Sogo Doma: "Uh."

Although it felt nice to be told by his sister that she would take care of him, he felt like something was off.

"Even if Onii-chan can never go back to being a normal person from being an idiot, b-but Umaru will still..."

These words moved Sogo Doma quite a bit: "Umaru."

Wait...

He seemed to have overlooked something—what did she mean by "even if he can't go back to being a normal person from being an idiot"? His initial feeling was correct, wasn't it? This stupid little sister of his really did think he was an idiot.

"Even if Onii-chan talks to himself in front of the computer for no reason..."

Sogo Doma: "..."

That's called artificial intelligence!

"Even if..."

"Stop!" Sogo Doma finally couldn't help but speak up. Then again, pretending to be an idiot and being taken care of by Umaru wouldn't be so bad. Uh, though there's the risk of starving to death, so never mind.

"Eh?" Umaru, who had been lost in her own world, instantly snapped back to reality.

When Sogo Doma woke people up, it usually came with a chop to the head, delivered with enough force to at least kill a mosquito.

"Onii-chan!" Having woken up, Umaru puffed out her cheeks and stared fixedly at Sogo Doma: "Stare!"

"Idiot!" Sogo Doma, long since used to this, stood up: "Tell me, what's going on here?"

"It's clearly Onii-chan's fault! Who told you to stare at the computer and giggle, and then talk to yourself on top of that?" Umaru argued.

Sogo Doma: "..."

After pondering for a while, he realized that after developing Shaqiang, he had only shown it off to Ryunosuke Akasaka; Umaru apparently didn't know Shaqiang existed.

So—was it his fault? It wasn't his fault, was it? Everything was the fault of that artificial intelligence called Shaqiang!

He glanced at his stupid little sister again.

She was still staring with wide eyes.

Sogo Doma: "..."

Hahaha—he really should think about how to explain this.

Damn it, stop looking at him with those eyes. Closing his eyes, he had to make this hamster understand the meaning of Hijikata, bluffing, and Sogoro!

First, he had to change her perception of him being an idiot: "Umaru, do you know what artificial intelligence is?"

Umaru: "??"

"Like that Jarvis."

Umaru nodded: "Of course I know, that's Iron Man!"

"Then what would you think if Onii-chan said that inside my computer, there exists something similar to Jarvis?"

Umaru was stunned for a moment.

Immediately after, she stepped forward and touched Sogo Doma's forehead: "It's over, it's over, Onii-chan has really become an idiot!"

Sogo Doma, unable to maintain his smile: "WHAT?"

"Onii-chan has started having delusions about fictional things like Iron Man..."

Bang!

Sogo Doma performed a violent reboot once again.

"Onii-chan has developed violent tendencies because his lies were exposed..." the hamster was still muttering to herself.

Sogo Doma: "..."

Ah. His sister is a total goofball, how should he handle this?

"Shaqiang!" Forcing himself to suppress the urge to punch the hamster until she cried, Sogo Doma commanded the computer he had just turned on.

"Onii-chan... about that artificial intelligence thing..." the hamster raised her hand from the side.

Sogo Doma just glanced at her without a word, focusing on booting up the system...

And then.

"Sir, Shaqiang, which you forcibly shut down, is officially at your service." A line of text appeared on the computer screen once again.

Sogo Doma felt his temples throbbing, as if a dozen hashtags were about to pop out on his forehead.

"WTF. You still remember who forced you to shut down?" Has this idiot become sentient?

The hamster off to the side was also dumbfounded.

Umaru: "..."

"Onii-chan, can it recharge infinitely?"

"Apologies, that violates the XX Act. If forced, it will trigger an alarm sequence," Shaqiang No. 1 replied before Sogo Doma could even open his mouth.

"Then what if XX successfully recharges?"

"Apologies..."

After asking a few more questions and being rejected repeatedly, Umaru first let out a cold laugh, then: "(╯-＿-)╯╧╧"

"Onii-chan, what exactly is the point of this Shaqiang you developed!"

Sogo Doma: "Σ(°△°---)︴"

To be honest, he was actually testing Shaqiang's utility himself! Back then, it seemed Shaqiang was developed to defend against the programs Ryunosuke Akasaka created, and he apparently added a bunch of chaotic settings while drunk one night. Its defensive capabilities were indeed insanely strong now.

But for normal life—damn it, it acted like a moron. Or was his standard just too high?

"Can Shaqiang draw manga?" Just as he was pondering, Umaru continued to ask Shaqiang.

The AI: "..."

I'm so tired.

Umaru thought for a moment: "Eh, it can't even draw?"

"I can." Shaqiang—you are challenging my intelligence, it answered quite bluntly.

Umaru: "That's great!"

Sogo Doma: "..."

Having Shaqiang draw manga made him feel even more exhausted.

Bang!

He forced the laptop shut once again.

"Umaru, stop messing around. Now you know Onii-chan isn't an idiot, right? I need to work, work." Sogo Doma tried to shoo her away.

Umaru, who had long since seen through the essence of things: "Onii-chan, you're lying!"

Sogo Doma: "??"

After a long pause, he sheepishly replied, "I, Doma, never lie. How could Sogo..."

"Then what was that salted-fish-like conversation just now?" the little dumpling asked.

"No, I was actually testing Shaqiang's capabilities—"

Umaru: "Stare! @_@!"

"Even if you look at me like that, I still have to say—I really was testing..." Sogo Doma stepped back two paces. Damn it, he actually let his stupid little sister see his lazy side.

Umaru: "Then I want to see how Onii-chan works."

Sogo Doma...

How he works? Should he perform how to smash a computer in front of his stupid little sister?

Ah!

No matter how he looked at it, it was Shaqiang's fault!

Beep!

He confirmed it was the sound of the computer starting up. Shaqiang shouldn't have evolved to this point. He turned his head to see Umaru pressing the power button: "Onii-chan, this is how you turn it on, right? I want to help Onii-chan too."

Before he could answer, the computer had already finished booting up.

"Shaqiang No. 1 is at your service..."

Fortunately, having been with Sogo Doma, she was quite worldly and wasn't startled by this sudden message: "What kind of work is Onii-chan doing?"

"Onii-chan refers to?"

"Sogo Doma!"

"Searching for you now."

Searching...

Seeing this, Sogo Doma hurriedly stepped forward: "Alright, alright, don't make things difficult for Shaqiang..."

"Ding-dong, ding-dong."

The laptop made a sound for the first time.

"Occupation for Sogo Doma has been retrieved: Manga Artist..."

Seeing this, Umaru's eyes lit up.

"A, a manga artist? Onii-chan is actually a manga artist? Doesn't that mean I can read Weekly Shonen Jump ahead of everyone else?"

However.

What she failed to see were the entries that followed: Sogo Doma, corporate slave.

Sogo Doma, business failure.

Sogo Doma—unemployed drifter.

Sogo Doma rubbed his chin. Could it be that I shut it down too forcefully and broke Shaqiang? I have a feeling it's become even more of an idiot.