"How could that be! Big Sis is mine!"
Seele zipped over to Bronya's side, jumped onto her, and hugged her like a koala.
Bronya affectionately poked Seele's head, then shook her head and explained to Ryn: "This is the central AI that I mentioned before, who resides in ME Corp—the personality modeled after a young Raiden Mei."
"Huh? Big Brother Ryn doesn't know me…"
Young Mei tilted her head in confusion, then spun around a few times, showing herself from all angles to Ryn.
"Big Brother Ryn, do we know each other now?"
"Of course, you cute little girl. We're going to be great friends~"
Ryn mimicked Young Mei's movements, also spinning around a few times to show himself to her.
Seeing Ryn copy her, Young Mei clapped her hands happily, and joyfully skipped over to take Ryn's hand.
"Yay! Young Mei has another good friend! Big Brother Ryn, do you want to play games with Young Mei? Young Mei has lots and lots of fun things!"
Is there anything in the world more healing than a cute child's genuinely happy smile?
Seeing Young Mei's smile, Ryn couldn't help but be infected by it and smiled back. He hoped that if he and Mei had a child in the future, she would be as cute as Mei was when she was little, just like Young Mei.
"Sure, but big brother has something to do right now. I'll come play with Young Mei later~"
"Okay! I'll be waiting for Big Brother Ryn to come find me. You can find me anywhere with ME Corp equipment just by calling my name! I won't disturb everyone's reunion now, bye-bye!"
Young Mei clapped her little hands happily, then waved to Bronya and Seele.
"Bye-bye, Young Mei," Seele and Ryn waved back at her.
"Wait, wait… Young Mei, don't go yet!" Bronya hurriedly ran over and grabbed Young Mei's hand, preventing her from deactivating her physical projection and disappearing.
"Huh? Big Sis Bronya, is there something else?" Mei blinked her big eyes, looking at Bronya curiously.
Bronya playfully mimicked Young Mei's actions, blinking her own eyes. Then she took Young Mei's hand and led her to her desk.
She then sat Young Mei down in her chair and shamelessly placed all the files from the desk in front of her.
"Huh?!"
Young Mei's mouth fell open in surprise, looking at Bronya in disbelief. She immediately switched to a tearful, pitiful expression, looking at Bronya with a slight sob in her voice.
"Big Sis Bronya… can you bear to make me sit here and deal with files all the time?"
Bronya covered Young Mei's pitiful, heart-wrenching eyes, not feeling the slightest bit of impropriety, and said righteously:
"Young Mei, even Project Bunny can help me with some simple files. You are now the central hub of the entire Fire Moth network, there's no reason you can't do these things."
"But entrusting these matters of state to an artificial intelligence…"
"No, you are our family. Don't think of yourself as an ordinary artificial intelligence."
Bronya looked Young Mei seriously in the eyes and said in a commanding tone, "Young Mei, it is precisely because I see you as family that I trust you, I believe you can do these things!"
For some reason, Young Mei felt a little unable to look Bronya directly in the eye. She looked at the files on the desk, then back up at Bronya, and said uncertainly, "Then… I'll try?"
"You can do it. Here are yesterday's and the day before's, here are today's and tomorrow's… and these… these…"
Bronya piled various files one by one in front of Young Mei. The stack of files reached the ceiling, almost completely obscuring Young Mei's small figure behind them.
"I'll be back tonight to check on your progress. If you do a good job, I'll entrust this important task to you in the future."
Bronya gave Young Mei a trusting pat on the shoulder, then grabbed Seele and Ryn and hurried out of the office, not giving Young Mei a chance to refuse.
Ryn and Seele were dragged away by Bronya, both of them stunned by Bronya's masterful display of workplace manipulation.
They never expected Bronya to have this side to her, a professional career woman who was an expert at manipulating her subordinates. She could even manipulate someone as cute as Young Mei…
What about the not-so-cute and unresisting Project Bunny…
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Bronya took Ryn and Seele to the secret base where she had once witnessed and explained the meaning of Fire Moth with Penglaiji Ryn and Ryn.
There were no electronic surveillance devices here, nor would it be noticed and reached by ordinary people. Only here would Bronya let go of her leader's inhibitions and, like a normal girl, run freely and shout at the top of her lungs.
After arriving, Bronya ran to the railing on her own, stood on the tall building, cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone, and shouted to the world: "Woohoo—! I'm finally free!!"
"Is she always like this?" Ryn nudged Seele, pointing at Bronya who was still shouting to vent her emotions.
"Uh… I can't help it. As the leader of the world, guiding this newborn world, the pressure she's under is no less than before…"
Seele sighed helplessly. It wasn't just Bronya; Seele herself was under a lot of pressure.
It's just that Seele had many ways to relax, while Bronya, as the leader, was constrained in every way, unable to even express her true emotions.
After a few minutes of shouting and venting, Bronya ran back with a flushed face. She then bowed slightly to Ryn and Seele in apology.
"Sorry, sorry, for bringing everyone here and then running off to vent my own emotions. I'm sorry!"