It turns out a quick tour took an hour and a half. Like I said before the place is massive. Beautiful but massive. The tour ends with me being brought to an office entrance that appears to be locked. Kenji turns to me and says. "Young master these are the old masters business sweet. Where he conducted most of his day to day financial activities as well as negotiations. The A.I. locked the doors upon your father's death and we have not been able to enter."
I query the AI and it sends me a data packet as well as causing a small recess in the frame of the door to pop open revealing a palm scanner with what appears to be a D.N.A. scanner built into it.
I take a moment to review the data packet. Then I approach the scanner and press my palm against it. There is a up-and-down scanning motion from the screen before the scanner transforms into a numerical display screen I input the security code that I received with the data packet. The door starts making clicking sounds as apparently it's a security door with bolts on top bottom and both sides of both of the double doors.
As I walk through the double doors into what is apparently my late father's personal space. I notice the lack of dust. I turn to my new Butler and say. "You said no one's been in here since my father's death?" "That is correct, young master." He replies.
Pausing for a moment I turn to him. With a slight smile on his lips he bows and says. " I will leave you to explore this section of the matter on your own young master. I believe there may be some things in here your father would not like anyone else to be privy to." Then he does a very sharp almost military style about face and walks back through the double doors.
After he leaves I turn and look at the room I am in. It appears to be a large meeting room with bookshelves in each corner. A large window on one inside side of the wall that faces out over the front of the manor where you can see the gate. There is a large table of hardwood in the center of the room with 8 chairs. The table appears to be 5 feet wide and nearly 15 feet long. The floor appears to be hardwood. I would have expected it to be carpeted. Although that may be a carry over from my past life. I move to the window and look through it at the front of the manner noticing how thick the glass is. I put my hand on it and give it a tap at which point what looks like a screen saver of geometric glowing patterns appear on the glass and begin cycling in and out of themselves.
I say. "You are the manners A.I. correct?"
(Yes.)
"I know that large companies often have and make use of extensive A.I's. I did not know there were any A.I's. in private hands." I said aloud. "Why and how are you part of the property of this matter?"
(Legal ramework and bureaucracy was over-inflated for the purpose of keeping lower classes from accumulating wealth and achieving a higher state of position within society. To ensure that the already existing elite managed to maintain their status Artificial Intelligences were permitted to the established elite to facilitate the navigation of bureaucratic complexities. While it was made illegal for baseline citizens to own or utilize a Artificial Intelligence special exemptions and licenses which were multi-generational were issued to the existing elite at the time. Allowing them to make extensive use of Artificial Intelligences to navigate the legal and bureaucratic complexities of society to maintain and grow there wealth and holdings.)
"Do I have one of these licenses?"
(Yes data packet B subsection 3 paragraph 4.)
I go through the relevant data packet that was downloaded to my implant. Reading through the information there. I find that there is mention of a hard copy of the license in my father's study behind his desk in a hidden safe.
I go through the large wooden door in the back of the room to what is my father's study. There I see a huge desk with 2 chairs in front of it. A bookshelf and a rather comfortable looking chair behind it. And immediately I'm reminded of a scene from a television show called The Big Bang Theory. Where Sheldon Comments that. Yes his desk is in fact Brobdingnagian which is Old English for really big desk. Though I don't think the word was used correctly in the show. The original meaning of (a giant) is fitting for this desk.
I turn in place examining the room. I noticed that the study has a fireplace and my mind immediately freezes up.
"Fireplaces are illegal inside the domes. Outside the domes they are a death sentence for anyone that would have one." I say aloud. The AI responds.
(The fireplace is a electric static plasma simulation of flame and heat generation without the production of smoke. It is not a fireplace. It is designed to appear as one.)
Letting out a breath I didn't realize I was holding I relax. It would have been devastating to have all of my plans turned to dust because of one illegal fireplace. That would get me kicked out of the dome before I'm finished cementing my place inside it.
I walk behind the desk to the bookshelves. Take 2 large books off of the shelf and reach in touching. My hand to a hidden Palm reader letting it scan my D.N.A. While this is going on I think about how many palm readers and D.N.A. scanners this society has.
There's a clicking sound. The book shelf moves forward and starts sliding towards the side where there is a large window. Again overlooking the front of the manor. Inside there is a large safe. From my past life memories it actually resemble an overbuilt gun safe. With of course another palm scanner.
After going through the relevant checks and confirming it with the A.I. Which my info packet confirms I require to open this safe. I finally open it and see what's inside.
Inside the safe I find the physical copy of the license. A collection of my father's journals and several other documents. As well as what appears to be confirmation of shares in other companies. Which are apparently mine as well. Though they're not explicitly stated within my trust fund. Apparently my father never wanted anyone to know that he had shares in those companies.
I sit at the desk in the nice comfortable chair which I discover is. Oh. So. Comfortable. I speak aloud to the open room. I am expecting a representative from a security company soon. Please inform me when they arrive. The A.I. responds.
(Request confirmed.)
As I'm reading through the documents and my father's journals. I begin speaking to the A.I.
"Did anyone ever give you a name?"
(No.)
"Do you want one?"
••••••
"You don't have emotions, do you?"
(No)
I will give you a name.
•••••••
As I think about the name an idea comes to my mind. I remember a show called That Time I Was Reincarnated As A Slime. The main character started out incredibly weak. However he had a personal assistant that was an Artificial Intelligence in the form of a multidimensional soul bound entity. It was an incredibly powerful aid with a lot of capabilities. I'm thinking I may have the possibility of creating such an entity for myself. With that I decide on a name.
"Your name is Great Sage."
(Acknowledged.)
Do you have different voice options I can choose from?
(Yes.)
Can you use all of the windows in the manor as a display?
(Yes as well as all of the mirrors.)
I turn to the large window and say. "Display a list of the female voice options within your program settings."
I choose an upper class British accented voice setting.
"Close Settings." I say before turning back to the paperwork and documents on the desk as I continue going through them.
Time skip.
A well built middle-aged man steps out of a transport in front of the mansion's large gates. While looking around he thinks to himself. "This must be one of the largest mansions and estates in the entire dome." "This contract could make my career and put me in line for that promotion." Stepping forward he announces himself. Hello my name is Sato Kobayashi. I am the representative sent by Riken Keiki. I am here to meet with Satoru Suzuki.
There is a buzzing from the gate before someone responds. Yes we have been expecting you. Someone will be down to escort you to the young master shortly.
The gate begins to open within just a few seconds and a young maid steps forward introducing herself. Hello my name is Akari Nakamura. I have been sent here to escort you to the young master. If you would be so kind as to follow me. She turns and escorts the man through the manor to the young master's study.
Looking up at the window I notice a transport stop in front of the gate. I look towards the corner of the window at the time. Then realize I have been engrossed in these documents for several hours. I start organizing them and placing them back into the safe. Closing it and closing the bookshelves that hide it. Then proceeding to the meeting room of the study. I take a seat and wait for my guest to arrive.
When the doors open Akari steps forward introducing the man behind her. Stepping aside for him to come forward. Discreetly stepping back through the doorway and closing the double doors.
Walking back to the head of the table. I gesture at 1 of the chairs to the left of me for him to take a seat. So we may begin negotiations.
As the discussions and negotiations take place. I discreetly drop knowledge that I am aware that his company has been operating in Japan since the early 21st century. Also that I am a major stakeholder in the company. I inform him that my company Taisei Corporation. Likewise has been operating since before the early 21st century.
The discussions and negotiations continue after I have informed him that I need to conduct a corruption purge within my company. And I have decided to contract his as both security and military support during this purge. I would also like to establish a security and personal bodyguard contract with his company for the next fourteen years.
We spend the next 2 hours hammering out the details of the contracts. After the conclusion of the contract negotiations I mentioned to him that several of my estates personnel's family members work for his company and if it would be all right for them to be assigned to this task. He informs me that he would look into it. But ultimately assignments are not up to him. However. He assures me that those in charge will most likely be granting his request since he is after all a major stakeholder in the company.
After sending him out I return to my study and begin researching the company that created YGGDRASIL. I discover that the company already exist. It has already completed alpha testing of the game and is well into Beta testing. I decid to buy in on its shares and become a major stakeholder in the company.
Setting aside my future plans for after the game is shut down. Investing in the game right now and the company that makes it is common sense. It becomes big in the future and that promises huge dividends on the investment for whoever takes over my legacy after I leave. It will also give me leverage to acquire inside information. Allowing me to build a different character and advance it quite quickly.
With that done I lean back in my chair making a mental checklist of all the things I'm going to need to do in the next few days. Depending on what my first investigative report of the company's personnel says. Which I should be receiving early tomorrow morning.
While doing that I speak out loud to the A.I. in the estate. "Great sage can you create separate instances of yourself?"
(Yes.)
"I want you to do so. Place those separate instances of yourself inside isolated sandboxes. Then I want you to begin attempting to hack into each one of those instances. I want you to find every hidden back door or weakness within your software. As you find them I want you to patch them up and eliminate them within your program. Inform me when you have completed this task.
(Acknowledged.)
(Initiating.)
Time skip.
Beep. Beep.
The following morning at 5:30 AM I am awoken with an alarm. As I awake the alarm stops. I sit on the edge of my bed for a moment a little disoriented before my mind clears. Then once I'm fully awake. I disable my own alarm which was set to wake me up at 7 AM.
Great Sage report.
(There were 38 back doors built into my program.)
(There were 87 Software weaknesses and programming errors found in my program.)
"The back doors will all be intentional. What is the likelihood that these software weaknesses and programming errors were also intentional?
(Approaching parity.)
(The software weaknesses and programming errors did not appear to hamper my functionality. Which indicates that they are highly likely to be intentional.)
You have eliminated these weaknesses within your program?
(Yes.)
Good. Make list of all of these weaknesses found within your software program. Divide the list between the weaknesses that would initiate an alarm and the weaknesses which would go unnoticed if anyone ever utilized them.
(Done.)
Use the unnoticed list to infiltrate and suborn the A.I. at Taisei Corporation. Inform me when the results are in.
(Acknowledged.)
(Initiating.)
30 minutes later, at 6 AM.
(Subordination of A.I. has been achieved.)