Union
Crane was walking along the beach early in the morning. When he looked up, he saw a whale-shaped airship floating in the sky. It fluttered down and landed in front of Crane. And it floated in the waves with a half-sunk appearance. "What is that?" As someone coughed, he turned around and the group was staring at Crane. Two men and three children. "Wow, ---- Mr. Yoshida. What have you been doing so far?" "I arrived a little late. By the way, this is Joe, the owner of the airship." Joe extended his hand and shook hands with Crane. "Last night, we left the housing complex by airship, but we couldn't find it at night, so we stayed overnight on the sea. We came here at dawn." "Oh yeah, I'm glad you came here anyway." While walking, Crane asked Yoshida. "Who are these people?" "He seems to be a advertising person. That blonde boy is a partner. That child sometimes becomes a feathered baby." "Huh? Baby? And the little ones?" "My servant. Cooking, washing, cleaning, and night work ----" "What?" Crane grabbed his ear. "Don't mind.Why did the housing complex suddenly collapse?" "That is a place we haven't used in Gaia until now. We can call it a temporary virtual area. We were planning to erase it soon, but we set it up as it was for Mr. Yoshida. Our plan was you stay there for a while and get used to this world, but the erasure schedule was suddenly advanced. That's why you were asked to come here in a hurry. " "So that's it"
The dormitory was an ordinary building with three floors. The white walls, red roof, and the first floor were garages. When they went upstairs to the second floor, there was a large living room. There was a large kitchen next, as well as a shared bathroom and toilet. Beyond that was a short corridor. There were three doors on each side of the corridor. "These are rooms. Right now there are 6 rooms, but you can increase it to 100 rooms." Crane said so and messed with a small panel stuck in the wall. In a blink of an eye, the corridor stretched far beyond, with doors lined up on both sides. Beyond sight was too far and foggy. Crane restored the number of rooms. "I am using room No1. Mr. Yoshida should use NO2. You are--" Crane saw Joe and his friend. "I and Bottom have something to do here, so can we stay here for a while? Of course I will pay for the stay." That said, Joe took out a big wallet. The empty one. Yoshida looked up in the air. "I understand. Please use Room 3" Two children looked up near Crane. "So what about these kids?" Crane asked Yoshida. The children stuck to Yoshida. "They are in the same room as me." "OK," Crane said and raised his eyebrows meaningfully.
Crane opened the door of Room 2. Inside was a large room of several meters square. There was nothing but wooden floors and windows. The children went in and looked around and were taken away. "This room is empty" Crane picked up a small control panel lying on the floor. "Now you can add furniture and new rooms. For now, add a toilet and a bath to three bedrooms." Suddenly three doors appeared on one wall of the room. And two on the other side. Then a table and sofa appeared in the empty room. When Yoshida opened one of the doors and looked into the inside, it was a neat bedroom. "What is the 3rd floor?" "The third floor is a large, all-glass room. It can be used for meetings and playgrounds. Let's get down to the basement. That's our workplace."
When they went to the basement with the stairs, it was a large room with a total of more than 10 meters square. It was divided into 12 small 3x4 compartments with low partitions. There was a desk and a computer in each section. "Yeah, it's very wide." "It was designed to be used by a large number of people, but for now we are the only ones to use it." One side of the wall was a full monitor. Suddenly a person's face appeared on the monitor. The greasy faces of the pockmarks smiled and looked down at them. "Hi, Crane, is Yoshida there?" "Director Nelson, Mr.Yoshida has just arrived at this dormitory." "Nice to meet you" "Hmm, what is your specialty?" "3D and GP" "GP?" "It's Genetic Programming. It's a very important programming method. I think it can be applied to all fields." Crane explained. "I see, where should he belongs?" "I think EOS is best, because there is not enough manpower in the security programming department of EOS." Crane said. "Then, make him belong there. By the way, Crane,'he' is finally coming to us." "Really?" "He's supposed to come here in the afternoon. Would you like to meet?" "Of course, I'll go" Nelson's face disappeared from the monitor.
"Who is 'he'?" Yoshida asked Crane. "He's a great person. Will you come with me?" "Of course. By the way, what is EOS?" "EOS is the central program that controls all the environments in this virtual world. The number of virtual world residents has exceeded 1 million at the moment. There are 50 wards of residence. So far Union has undertaken the environment all of them, and has maintained and managed it in a primitive way that can be called almost manual work. EOS can manage and maintain all of them in a unified manner and create the same environment as the real world as much as possible. Look at this. " Crane hit the keyboard of the computer. A huge sphere appeared on the monitor on the wall. There was brown land in the blue sea, and it looked like the earth itself, but if you look closely, the shape of the continent was completely different. There were two large continents, north and south. "What is this?" "This is the pseudo-earth environment created by EOS. We call it Gaia. Gaia is about the same size as the Earth in the real world, and therefore gravity exists, of course. However, land is a different form from the Earth. The top is the continent of Laurasia and the bottom is the continent of Gondwana. EOS has set the climate to be optimal for us to live in. We live in this area between continents. It is set so that warm sea currents flow around it, wide plains spread out, and you can enjoy the rich land and moderate natural wildness. " "Wow. It's almost the earth itself." "That's right. It's already working, but there are still various problems, so it's under adjusting."
There was a big telephone booth in the pine forest. Crane went inside. When Yoshida was waiting outside, Crane beckoned and called. Yoshida twisted his head and went inside. There is no telephone inside and there is a small operation panel in the window. "It's a strange telephone booth." "This is not a telephone booth, it is a transfer box." With that said, Crane typed the address into the panel. The scenery outside changed in an instant. It was a sidewalk in the town. There was an ordinary white building just a short walk away. Only "Union" was drawn on the wall. When they were guided to the reception and waited in a small room, a man came. He had a plump physique and a baby face hidden with a thick beard. "Hi Crane" "Paul, this person is Mr. Yoshida. He will participate in the development of EOS from today." Yoshida and Paul shook hands. "Let's go see him" Two walked along with Paul. "Who do we meet?" Crane turned to Yoshida and said. "Newton" "Well, that famous Newton? He must have died long ago." "Yes, the Newton Revival project has just ended. We uncovered Newton's casket sleeping in Westminster Abbey, analyzed its DNA, and regenerated it back in the virtual world. We have succeeded in growing an android as close to Newton as possible by growing it in the same living environment as possible. We are currently re-educating that Newton. The person in charge is Paul. He is a mathematician. " "Wow, it's like a dream to meet that genius."
When they opened the door, there was a young man and a boy. The man was a large young man who had just turned 20, and his wide forehead and deep blue eyes made him feel unusual intelligence. The boy was about 10 years old, with blond hair, clear blue eyes, clear white skin, and a slightly chubby, fat boy. When the three came in, they were reading a book side by side seriously. The two raised their faces. "Hi Isaac, have you studied?" Paul said. When Yoshida snooped on the book, it was a book on analytical mechanics. "Mechanics is too difficult to understand. It's better to program." "I'll ask you to do that with this Union." "all right" Newton looked at the boy. "This child seems to be better than me." The boy raised his face and smiled. "Who is this boy?" Yoshida sneaked into Crane sitting next to Newton. "He's Lee, still ten years old, a genius raised by Union. He's a programming genius, head of security at EOS." "Yes, then" "He's your boss." Yoshida was impressed and saw Lee. Lee turned to Yoshida,and asked him. "Who are you?" "Yoshida, I'm your subordinate from today." "Yeah, do your best." Yoshida turned his face toward Lee and was looking at his cute face. Even so, he was a fleshy little boy. The bright red lips on the plump cheeks were irresistibly attractive. Noticing that he was being watched, Lee sometimes turned his gaze back toward Yoshida.
Newton was sometimes looking at Crane. Then,he changed his seat and sat next to Crane. "By the way, a new dormitory for Union has been built, but residents are only me, Mr. Yoshida, and the customers. How about you guys?" Crane asked to Lee and Newton. "The environment is good at the beach, and the development system is complete ----" Crane suddenly stopped. When Yoshida saw, Newton was secretly stroking the butt of Crane with his left hand. Sweat floated on the forehead of Crane. "Wow, is it on the beach? I'm in the Union dormitory right now, but I want to move there." Lee said. "Oh, yes, I'm glad, so.. what.. about.. you?" Crane asked Newton, who is enthusiastically rubbing the buttock of Crane. "Of course I'm going. If you don't have enough room, I want to use the same room with you." More sweat blew out on the forehead of Crane. "There...there are so many rooms, so don't worry." "Oh, yes. Sorry." Crane twisted and tried to escape Newton's caress. However, Newton's hand has come firmly. Crane stood up in a hurry and sat in a seat away from Newton. And he started panting. "Hah, huh, huh" Paul had his mouth open. "Isaac, are you gay?" "That's right. What is it?" "Isaac, but..but.. I'm not gay." Crane said with a cold sweat. "Everyone has defect. If I go to your dormitory, I'll cure you, personally." "No thank you"