Ark Simulator, don't I have no physical form?

"I know."

Saria smiled and nodded, while Suri recorded the scene in the beer hall at dusk, which meant that they were defeating each other, and made it into a holographic image.

One copy was placed in Suri's own system space, and the other was left for Saria.

"At least this will give me something to remember the past, right?"

"I already said we can meet again, don't say such discouraging things."

Suri gave Saria a light elbow nudge, annoyed. "So how much time do we have left? Let me see if there's anything else we can do?"

Saria didn't speak, but lowered her head and sealed Suri's lips with hers.

It seemed there wasn't much time left. Suri didn't resist Saria's sudden action, but simply put her arm around Saria's waist and adjusted her posture slightly uncomfortably.

Before he could find the most suitable position for kissing, he felt his body turn into a cloud of light and dust.

Suri didn't speak, but smiled at Saria, who had a somewhat sorrowful look in her eyes, and said, "We'll meet again, you know~"

Then, Suri returned to the system space and watched as Saria poured herself another beer in the pub, chugging it down, seemingly trying to drown her sorrows? It was certainly not Saria's way of relaxing.

However, what puzzled Su Rui this time was that the superior system did not take him directly to the new host, but left him in the system space, face to face with him.

"So, what are you trying to do?" Su Rui crossed her arms and looked at the superior system with annoyance. "What are you up to now?"

[Just dropping by to see you, and incidentally, asking you a few questions.]

"You actually have something else to ask me?"

Su Rui looked at the interactive interface of the higher-level system with some confusion and asked, "Is there a problem? Ask away?"

If someone wanted you to stop a runaway project from a previous civilization, would you do it? I mean, your host.

"That depends on the situation and what the plan is intended to be used for. I will make my own judgment."

What if it were a project that completely spiraled out of control and could even engulf the entire Terra? Would you try to stop it, or let the project continue?

"Don't treat me like an idiot, so Terra really does have this kind of plan now, right?"

【No.】

“Absolutely, you’re lying to me. But even so, it depends on the situation.” Su Rui began to think, while the superior system seemed somewhat puzzled.

“You see, if I can control this project in this time and space, then I will choose to continue the plan. If I can’t control it, I will find a way to stop the plan. After all, the most important thing is to be controllable.”

So, what is your purpose in controlling this plan?

"I'm your son, and you're saying you don't know that?"

You rarely confide in me.

"You need to ask yourself if you're the kind of mother who can make your child relax and confide in you. Don't make it sound like it's all my fault."

Suri rolled her eyes in annoyance: "Since you didn't know before, you don't need to know now. I'm not going to tell you."

【Alright, it seems we can't let you interact with this individual for now. I'll find you another one.】

"Wait a minute, who were you originally planning to throw me on?"

The higher-level system didn't speak, but simply displayed a spinning wheel with different women on it, and then started spinning the wheel in front of Su Rui, clearly to select Su Rui's next host.

"Tsk, I didn't expect you to make such a hasty decision about choosing a host for me."

Suri leaned back in her chair, watching the spinning wheel: "This thing spins so fast? When are you planning to stop it? Are you really going to wait for it to stop on its own?"

Su Rui had given up hope of hearing the higher-level system tell her about the originally planned host, since there would be other opportunities later. But this turntable in front of her, tsk tsk, if you add a pair of propellers to this turntable and attach it to something, a helicopter would be complete.

The system still didn't answer Su Rui's question, as if it was in a bad mood. Although Su Rui couldn't sense her emotions from the text, she could tell from the surrounding atmosphere that she was probably unhappy.

The spinning wheel gradually stopped after Su Rui finished speaking, pointing towards a black figure.

Volume 5, Chapter 244: Backroom Dealing! You're doing backroom dealing!

Suri looked at the black figure on the turntable with some curiosity. It seemed to be an Elafia? Or Caprini? In any case, Suri couldn't quite tell the difference between the two. Both had horns on their heads, and their shapes were sometimes quite similar. It was difficult to judge without directly observing the real person using a scanning field.

However, when the pointer of the roulette wheel pointed to Caprini, who was dressed in black with dark golden hair, Suri suddenly saw the roulette wheel, which had stopped spinning, start spinning again, and the figure on it seemed to have changed.

This is not a matter of choosing again; it is the result of intervention by the higher-level system!

"Seriously?! Old Deng, you're going to cheat on random results that have no particular meaning? What's the point? I thought Caprini was pretty good, wasn't he?"

Su Rui questioned with some doubt, after all, she was also a little unhappy that something she thought was settled had been suddenly changed.

Everything is going according to plan.

"You fucking cheat! Why did you give me a spinning wheel? Why didn't you just send me there like before?"

[This is a new lesson for you, child. Spinning wheels, or similar things like gambling or lotteries, can actually be controlled; it just makes participants think they have a chance and a choice.]

“But you didn’t have to do it this way, did you?” Suri said, leaning back in her chair, somewhat displeased. “Since you spun the wheel, you should give me a reward, right? So how are you going to compensate me? I saw you cheat, what about hush money?”

[I haven't decided yet, how about a hug?]

"...Are there any new features I can use?"

A simple hug wasn't enough to shut Suri up.

【Then let me look around. It might take a while to find something that suits you.】

"……Row."

Su Rui nodded, then felt a moment of dizziness before realizing that she had entered the body of a new host.

"……snort."

A familiar feeling welled up in her heart. Suri placed the holographic images of Saria and herself in a place where she could see them at any time, and began to use her scanning vision to observe the location and identity of the current host.

She was a Kuranta girl, and a girl who loved crafts. Under her bed, Suri found wrenches, pliers, screws, metal plates, and welding torches.

The higher-level system should be responsible for introducing my situation, right? Su Rui didn't want to speak, since it seemed that after the first simulation, the higher-level system would help introduce the situation, saving Su Rui the trouble of introducing herself.

But as Suri observed, he saw the girl named Maria looking around in panic, causing the horse ears on her head to snap down.

Who is it? Who's there?

What's the higher-level system doing? Su Rui reached out and tapped on the higher-level system's interface, then saw a string of subtitles:

I'm so sorry I'm not a good mother who can get my child to open up and communicate with me...

Has she really become withdrawn? Suri realized this too. Seeing that the system seemed somewhat depressed, she hesitated for a moment, then put Maria aside and began to comfort the system:

"Alright, everyone is different. The current situation is actually quite good. No matter what, you are still my mother."

"Can you open up and have a proper conversation with me? Let's get along well!"

The higher-level system was clearly excited, but Su Rui looked somewhat troubled, averting her gaze from the interface.

"I was just trying to comfort you, so please don't repay kindness with enmity. I just think you're a nice person, but not to that extent."

[...] The higher-level system visibly became more depressed, and the interface also seemed to have become dimmer.

Suri's conversation with the higher-level system was not actually kept secret from Maria.

The blonde girl looked around her bedroom but found nothing. Finally, somewhat nervously, she pulled out her toolbox from under the bed, gripped a large wrench tightly, and asked:

"Who's there? A ghost?"

Seeing that her communication with the higher-level system had come to an end, Su Rui finally turned her attention to Maria:

“I’m not a ghost, but I live in your head now and can help you. Hello Maria, I’m Suri, and I can do a lot of things.”

"Hello Suri, may I ask, how did you get into my head?" Maria swallowed and asked nervously.

"...I don't know the principle either, since it's not something I can control. However, do you see the system materialization progress in your field of vision? Once the materialization progress reaches 100%, you can choose to materialize me."

“Yes, I saw it.” Maria’s eyes darted around, and she nodded.

"So what's my current progress in materialization?" Su Rui asked curiously.

But Maria glanced at it and shook her head: "No, Suri needs to tell you what you can do first."

"I can do a lot. Scan the field of vision, just look directly. By the way, all electronic devices, as long as they have power, are under my control."

Su Rui took it as a subconscious wariness from the young girl and didn't pay much attention. She began to demonstrate her abilities, and trust would be built up little by little.

"By the way, you like craftsmen, right? And you don't want your family to know? The scanning field can help you stand guard and prevent you from being discovered. It can also help you make blueprints. Oh, and it can directly transfer TV program signals so you can watch anytime, anywhere."

Suri glanced at Maria's usual routines and then introduced herself in a way that appealed to Maria's interests.

Sure enough, Maria's eyes lit up when Suri spoke: "Great! Can we start now?"

"Okay, what do you want to do? Craftsmanship?"

"Yes, I want to repair and maintain my sister's armor, and modify it to fit my figure."

Maria's eyes sparkled: "Please, Suri, help me. Don't let my uncle find out."

"Your uncle? Oh, it's Marner. I know, he'll keep watch for you. Speaking of which, the new season for Knights' Racing is about to start, and that's what you're going to participate in, right?"

"How did you know?!" Maria exclaimed in surprise, as Suri had guessed her thoughts.

"This is just basic logical reasoning. Also, you can talk to me directly in your mind without being noticed or heard by others. Otherwise, you'll look like a lunatic to them."

"I understand." Maria covered her mouth and nodded somewhat shyly.

Volume 5, Chapter 245: Come, sell your soul (The previous chapter has been restored; just refresh a few times).

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It was still daytime outside. Suri used her scanning vision to locate Ma'na's position and then displayed it to Maria:

“Your uncle is still being exploited at the company, and it looks like he’ll even have to work overtime today, so you don’t need to worry too much. Just bring your sister’s armor over now.”

"Thank you!" Maria ran excitedly outside the room, then turned back to look inside as if she had just remembered something.

"By the way, can you eat something? Let me get you some snacks?" The girl seemed to want to express her gratitude to Suri in this way.

"...Have you forgotten that I said I live in your brain? Also, there's no rush now. If I want to eat, I'll have to borrow your body."

“I see.” Maria nodded, quickly retrieved Margaret’s armor from the warehouse, placed it in her room, sat on the bed, and carefully wiped the armor pieces on her fair thighs with a towel.

"Suri, remember to remind me when my uncle is coming back. I need to be careful so he doesn't find out I'm hiding armor at home. If I put it under the bed, there's not enough space."

"Hmm, I can tell. With so many parts and your little creations under the bed, there's really no room for a whole suit of armor."

Suri's words made Maria a little shy, but the girl simply nodded and whispered, "Please."

"Actually, no need. This armor can be stored in my system space. My system space has a large capacity and can hold anything."

As Suri spoke, she put the armor away. Maria saw the armor disappear from her hand, turned her head in confusion, and then suddenly realized the armor had reappeared in her hand. She heard Suri speak in her mind:

"Like this, I can help you put these armors away or take them out at any time."

"Great! Does this mean I can change clothes anytime?" Maria's eyes sparkled as she subconsciously thought of topics that girls care about.

"It's not impossible, but wouldn't it be easy to get caught?"

"Of course I wouldn't ask you to do that in front of other people."

Maria nodded, picked up the towel in her hand, and continued to wipe the armor, occasionally tapping it with a small hammer to check for any problems.

"My scanning field can directly help you check where the problem is with these armors. Look, this is the scan result."

Seeing Maria's efforts, Suri immediately offered a more convenient solution.

But the girl just smiled and said, "Thank you, but I also need to make sure my skills are up to par. Always relying on your help, Su Rui, isn't good for my development."

"Whatever you say, you have a point." Suri wasn't particularly concerned about the matter; judging from Maria's words, she definitely needed his help anyway.

"Hmm, but with Su Rui's help, I can find problems more easily, and I can fill in the gaps... How about this? From now on, I'll check first, mark the problems, and then Su Rui will show me the scan results. That way, I can find out if my judgment is wrong, and where it is wrong."

"What a clever little pony!"

Suri smiled and joked, then, amidst Maria's somewhat shy reaction, she brought up another matter:

"By the way, participating in the Knights' Tournament requires financial support, right?"

"Hmm~" Suri's words made Maria feel a little awkward. The girl's fingers pinched the hem of her clothes and fidgeted nervously.

Su Rui noticed this too: "Okay, don't be nervous. I'm saying this because I have a solution. Let me analyze it with you first. After all, training, equipment repair, and all sorts of on-field and off-field factors all require financial support to solve."

Maria nodded and asked curiously, "So, does Suri have any good ideas?"

"Of course, have you heard of the term 'middleman'?"