Willing to Fight, Willing to Take the Beating

"Alright, let me see what else I can do." Oedmeir did not insert Rebecca directly into the access slot. Instead, she communicated with Unit 0 first.

This was an artificial intelligence left behind by the Golden Ark, created by the Finalizers' research department.

If Unit 0 was determined to refuse communication with Oedmeir, she had no great way of dealing with this artificial intelligence active within the Octagonal Fortress.

At most, she could restrict Unit 0's activity to a small area and prevent it from interfering with operations elsewhere.

But it was ultimately a hidden danger. It would naturally be best if Unit 0's problem could be resolved completely.

Oedmeir first entered a string of universal AI code to gain an opportunity to communicate with Unit 0.

++Hello, Senior Researcher Oedmeir of the Federation Truth Science Department. You are currently one of the corporation's most wanted criminals. Please report to the nearest armed division and surrender. This is Unit 0, responsible for the maintenance of the Golden Ark.++

++I'm glad to see an AI that hasn't gone completely insane yet. Would you be willing to give me the fortress's highest-level authorization code?++

++Negative. You are a wanted criminal.++

Alright... Oedmeir could only try another approach.

She put Rebecca in and saw what she could discover from her conversation with Unit 0.

Once the data disk was inserted, Rebecca's data entered the Octagonal Fortress. Before her spread the sea of data that represented Unit 0.

Through their exchange, Rebecca discovered that Unit 0 had a powerful desire to die.

An AI with excessive computing power that had fallen into nihilism... If that was the case, many things would become much easier.

``` ++If you tell me the highest-level authorization code, I can free you and