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

Maria covered her face with her hands, feeling that she no longer dared to see her uncle.

Whenever Maria thought of her uncle, the lyrics lingered in her mind. Even though Suri had stopped singing, Suri's voice still echoed in Maria's mind.

Feeling like her brain was about to explode, Maria slowly lowered her hands from her cheeks and complained to Suri:

'It's all Suri's fault, all I can hear now are those weird song lyrics.'

"I call this artistic processing. Like the newspaper in Casimir, I made some slight modifications to turn it into attractive content. If it were published, it would definitely become a hit."

'You can't send this out~'

"Don't worry, I know what's important." When it comes to matters involving personal reputation, Suri and Maria can only joke about it in their minds at most. If it's spread around, things will get serious.

Maria was exhausted from Suri's ordeal. She leaned back and lay down on the soft bed, breathing heavily. Her full curves were even more prominent as she lay down.

Suri's image appeared beside Maria, smiling at her: "Tired? Then get some rest."

"Suri?!" Maria's eyes widened in shock as she stared at the white-haired, red-eyed Kuranta boy who had suddenly appeared before her. She instinctively reached out, only to find nothing.

"This is just my image. This is what I will look like when I materialize. Right now, I don't have a physical form."

"I see." Maria nodded, then lay back down, somewhat disappointed.

The original PS didn't explain why the Nearl family was struggling financially; the castle maintenance was something I added myself. The original only mentioned that they were selling furniture. By the way, the idea of ​​selling groin was inspired by the Bilibili video "Why Theresis Preserves His Grassroots History," which is particularly hilarious.

Volume 5, Chapter 253: Are you there? (Sleeping)

Maria was somewhat disappointed that she couldn't get close to Suri and could only see his appearance.

However, after a tense day, making several phone calls, and trying hard to appear calm and composed while communicating with the person on the other end of the line, Maria was quite exhausted.

After greeting Suri, the girl pulled the blanket over herself and closed her eyes.

Overwhelmed by drowsiness, Maria could no longer think about anything and simply drifted off to sleep.

The next morning. Maria slowly woke up from her sleep and subconsciously looked at her waiting beside her, only to find nothing there, not even a trace of Suri.

Was everything yesterday just a dream? Maria couldn't help but think this with some regret. She took out her phone, logged into the account she had saved, and found that the 50,000 yuan in it was real.

In other words, Suri's existence isn't just my imagination, right?!

Maria's mood instantly brightened. She got up, drew back the curtains, and felt the warm sunlight on her face, as if she had been completely healed.

Suri? Are you there?

“…Sleeping.” Suri’s voice sounded a little reluctant and groggy, making Maria feel a little embarrassed. She subconsciously wanted to apologize, but then remembered that Suri hadn’t woken up yet, so she quickly shut her mouth.

Hurry up and make breakfast; we still need to prepare for work and craft equipment later.

With that thought in mind, Maria tidied her clothes, quickly went downstairs, and saw that her uncle, Marner, was already up.

"Good morning, Uncle. I'll make breakfast right away."

Maria greeted Manner, but Manner, who was holding a newspaper, spoke first:

"No need, I'm a bit busy today, so I won't be eating at home. You can cook for yourself."

With that, Ma Enna put away the newspaper in his hand and walked out of the living room.

Maria watched Marna's retreating figure, and suddenly heard Suri's voice in her mind:

"If he was in such a hurry to get to work, why was he able to leisurely read the newspaper just now?"

The sound seemed to be directional. Maria turned her head and saw a handsome young Kuranta boy with white hair and red eyes leaning against the escalator, yawning.

'Suri?!' Maria became excited and rushed back up the stairs to touch Suri, but her hand brushed past Suri's cheek again and found nothing.

"I told you, didn't I? I don't have a physical body right now, and only you can see me." Suri opened her eyes and glanced at Maria, who looked somewhat dejected. "Alright, you still have things to do today."

'So that's how it is...' Maria nodded, dejectedly walking downstairs to the kitchen, where she slowly prepared breakfast.

However, during this process, Maria also figured out some things. Looking at the bacon sizzling in the pan and smelling the aroma of roasting meat, Maria couldn't help but smile.

Since she's the only one who can see Su Rui now, it means Su Rui belongs to her alone, right? Thinking about it that way is actually a happy thing.

With that thought in mind, Maria quickly prepared breakfast, sat on the soft sofa, turned on the TV, and was about to enjoy it comfortably when she noticed Suri's image leaning back on the sofa watching TV.

'Suri, do you want to eat? Shall I lend you my body?'

"No, I don't eat it every meal. I'm not some greedy little kid."

Suri shook his head. Since Maria had spoken up, he took the opportunity to talk about today's arrangements:

"The mercenary should be almost done with his business. Also, Mormon should call you before noon and transfer the money to you."

As Suri spoke, she looked at Maria and said, "Do you have time today? We should probably go out and take care of something. If not, that's fine, but if you do, that would be best."

"Yes, I have plenty of time, I just need to go to the workshop a little later."

Maria nodded, eating her breakfast while looking at Suri, who was still a little sleepy and yawning on the sofa: "Where are we going out to do?"

“That mercenary is an Oripathy patient. She’s quite capable. I think we could try to bribe her a little. I happen to have some Oripathy inhibitors on hand, provided, of course, that she actually does a good job.”

Maria nodded: "I understand."

It sounded like they were in a hurry, so Maria became serious for a moment. She quickly finished her breakfast, cleaned up the dishes, and looked at the image of Suri still lying on the sofa. He seemed to be falling asleep again.

The white-haired Kuranta, a beautiful boy, looks adorable curled up asleep on the sofa.

Maria looked at Suri like this and subconsciously wanted to reach out and gently pat Suri's shoulder to wake him up, but then she realized that she couldn't touch Suri, who had no physical form.

With a helpless pout, Maria had no choice but to call out, "Suri, shall we go now? It's okay if you want to sleep a little longer."

Suri didn't answer Maria, but in Maria's vision, Suri's message appeared: "[I've marked a destination for you; just go there.]"

"Isn't Suri with me?" Maria looked at Suri's image, still sleeping on the sofa, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. She had thought that she and Suri would be inseparable.

Okay, stop thinking so much. I live inside your head, and I can't possibly leave you. I already told you what you're seeing is an illusion; if you get too far away, I'll just disappear.

After seeing Suri's explanation, Maria breathed a sigh of relief, then tidied her clothes and went outside.

However, the system's materialization progress also seemed to have changed. Maria glanced at the system's materialization progress, which showed that a white-haired, red-eyed Kuranta boy was curled up asleep on the sofa in the corner of her field of vision.

It felt so good to have someone with me all the time. Maria stopped thinking about it and got up to leave the Lin Guang family mansion, heading towards the destination that Suri had marked in her field of vision.

The destination was a deserted place, and the security was a little lacking.

However, Maria noticed that the destination was a very familiar place, Martin's bar, a place that Koval and his elders often went to. Maria would occasionally go there too, but she certainly wouldn't drink.

Volume 5, Chapter 254: I got what you wanted.

Just as Maria was heading to her destination, a phone call came in. It was from the mercenary that Suri had asked her to hire.

The call connected automatically; it must be Su Rui operating it, right? She has to work even when she's sleeping; she seems so tired.

With that thought in mind, Maria focused her attention on her conversation with the mercenary:

"I've got what you wanted and put it where you agreed before. Where's my payment?"

"Don't worry, your payment has already been transferred. Just check your account."

Maria answered the mercenary on the other end of the phone in a calm tone, glanced at the notification Suri had marked for her before going back to sleep, and continued:

“You didn’t disturb anyone, that’s good. I like working with professional and low-key people. As a reward for your outstanding performance, I have something for you. It’s not far from the delivery location, you can go and get it now.”

Suri's scanning vision showed that the mercenary had already gone some distance away, and by the time she returned to get her things, Maria had long since left.

Maria arrived at the harvest site, stored the alloy from the large suitcase into Suri's system space, and then left the goods to be delivered to the mercenaries there.

“…I understand.” The mercenary on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then hung up. Maria put her things down and prepared to go to Koval’s workshop. Suri should wake up in a little while, and now was the perfect time to leave.

But won't things get stolen if I leave them there like that?

Maria was a little worried, but what she didn't realize was that she had inadvertently spoken those words aloud to herself.

"Don't worry, I know there are a lot of thieves in Kazimierz, but they usually only steal things from living people. Only a fool would pick things up randomly from the ground, because no one can be sure whether something picked up from the ground might have a tracking device or an explosive."

'Suri? You're awake?' Maria's tone was one of surprise and delight.

"Of course, now that we have the materials, let's head to the workshop... Perhaps you'd be interested in that?"

Suri paused for a moment, then showed Maria the two people she had found in her scan: Ursus on a motorcycle and Kuranta, who were looking helplessly around the stalled motorcycle.

They are Maria's two elders, Koval and old man F.

"Their motorcycle broke down, and I guess you'd like to go help them?"

"Okay, thanks Suri, I'll be right there." Maria nodded and ran towards where the motorcycle had broken down.

Halfway there, Maria felt a weight in her arms. Somewhat puzzled, she instinctively hugged it and realized it was her old-fashioned tool bag.

"You can't just take out your tools empty-handed in front of others, can you? Consider this a good workout for you. Run faster; this weight is nothing compared to your armor."

"I understand!" Maria, as if injected with adrenaline, quickened her pace and soon spotted Koval and Old Ferguson, who were looking helplessly around the motorcycle not far away. She greeted the two old men:

"Are you in trouble? Let me take a look."

"Girl?" The bear-headed Ursuskoval, a creature that had reverted to its ancestral form, looked up at Maria in surprise, and then heard Kuranta beside him say:

"Girl, come and take a look. Koval, that old man, is getting old and his eyesight is failing. He can't see what's wrong with him."

"What did you say? My eyesight is perfectly fine, much better than yours!" Koval immediately felt annoyed and wanted to argue with old man F.

Maria then stepped in with a smile to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, stop arguing. Let me see what the problem is."

Maria first checked it herself, and then compared it with the scan image provided by Suri, and quickly found the problem.

Golden light emanated from the girl's hands, repairing the problematic areas.

After finishing all this, Maria got up, wiped the sweat from her brow, and said goodbye to Koval and the others:

"Alright, it should be ready to start now. I'm off!"

After bidding farewell to her two elders, Maria once again embarked on her journey to the workshop, while Suri witnessed firsthand the praise Koval and Old Frey had just bestowed upon her:

They say you're very talented!

"Oh dear, Suri, this is so embarrassing~" Although Maria said this, the blush on her cheeks and the smile on her lips showed that she was actually very happy.

Soon after obtaining what Suri had asked Maria to leave behind, the mercenary called again:

How did you know I have... Oripathy?

"This is just normal intelligence gathering. Isn't it normal to know about the mercenaries you hire?"

Maria glanced at the hint Suri had given her, and a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips:

"Alright, are you satisfied with the gift I gave you? As long as we cooperate well, I can provide you with more of these medicines."

"...I understand. You can come to me if you need anything."

After the mercenary finished speaking, he waited for Maria's reaction until Suri hung up the phone.

"Alright, in that case, you basically have that mercenary under your control. Just be a little careful. Rhodes Island also has an office in this city. If she satisfies me later, I can introduce her to them."

Maria nodded, also somewhat curious:

'But Suri, how did you get your hands on the Oripathy inhibitor?'

“I have a special channel, Rhodes Island, which is a reliable Oripathy treatment facility. The ones we have now are the ones I stockpiled when I left, so there’s no need to worry about expiration dates. Time doesn’t pass in my system space.”

After a pause, Suri continued, "I don't know what generation Rhodes Island's Oripathy inhibitors have reached, but the ones we have now, even if they're a little less effective, are at least still working."

While chatting, Maria and Suri went to the workshop together. Opening the somewhat stiff workshop door, Maria went to the forging table, glanced around the workshop, and looked somewhat helpless:

"I haven't used these devices in a long time; they're all covered in dust."

After all, Koval now almost never takes on forging work anymore, only occasionally working as a repairman to earn money.

"Now that only you know how to use it, let's clean up these devices first."

Suri urged her on, while showing Maria the design drawings:

"I've already designed the armor and the sword. I'm just waiting for you to get ready so we can start forging."

Volume 5, Chapter 255: Maria, You Can't Rest Yet

Forging, armor, and blades all take time; melting the alloy and casting the shape all require careful handling.

Moreover, the blade that Suri designed for Maria was not just an ordinary blade; what Suri wanted was a blade that could transform and shoot.

Although doing so will result in a slightly lower blade strength, it will be perfectly fine as long as it is combined with the forging method and technique provided by Su Rui.