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

"What are you going to do?" Just a second ago, Zofia felt like she was about to say something, but after seeing Suri's gaze, she subconsciously became speechless again, so she changed the subject.

"I'm going to add some milk and sugar to my coffee."

Suri said something, then turned and went into the kitchen. She quickly came out and sat down next to Zofia again.

"..." Zofia and Suri were drinking coffee and eating breakfast, and for a while they didn't have anything to talk about. Suri didn't feel anything was wrong, but Zofia felt a little awkward.

To find a topic to talk about, Zofia racked her brains and finally remembered what Suri had just said:

"By the way, Su Rui, what games do you usually play?"

"Adventure RPGs, I guess? Whether they're action-based or pixel-art, I actually like them all."

Suri casually remarked, quickly finished her breakfast, clapped her hands, and stood up:

"Alright... I think you need to rest too."

Although Zofia didn't have any dark circles under her eyes yet, Suri could tell her current condition just by glancing at her physiological data.

"I'm fine. Staying up late is not a coincidence for me."

Zofia didn't seem to care much about Suri's reminder, but Suri simply put her dishes in the kitchen to clean them up and then walked straight to her.

"What's wrong?" Zofia was taken aback when she saw Suri walking towards her, and looked up at the beautiful white-haired, red-eyed boy in front of her.

Could it be that Suri has feelings for me? Although she told herself that such thoughts were wrong, Zofia couldn't help but have this expectation.

Then, when she looked up at Su Rui, she noticed that Su Rui was observing her with a scrutinizing gaze, as if he was thinking about where to make his move.

Suri remained silent, which made Zofia a little nervous: "Why are you looking at me like that? Are you trying to knock me out?"

"Hmm, after all, I'm thinking about what kind of force to use and where to hit you so that you can fall asleep peacefully."

"Huh?" Zofia had just shown a surprised expression when Suri delivered a swift chop to the neck in a perfectly placed spot. The precise strike put Zofia to a peaceful sleep without causing her any harm.

"The new body created by the higher-level system is quite useful."

With that thought in mind, Suri picked up Zofia and carried her upstairs to her bedroom.

After casually covering Zofia with a blanket, Suri went to the living room, took out a game console and controller from her system space, and connected them to the television:

"Now, let me see how this body performs when used for playing games."

While Suri was playing games, a white figure entered the castle, pushing a blonde girl in a wheelchair, slowly walking in.

They even knocked politely on the door. After glancing at the scanning field of view and confirming that they were from Rhodes Island, Suri casually replied:

"Okay, you can come in now~"

The people who came were Shining and Nightingale. Logically speaking, Suri shouldn't be familiar with them... She'll just say later that the two people at home are asleep.

Volume 5, Chapter 287: Zofia: This woman looks like she's not easy to deal with.

As Shining pushed Nightingale, who was in a wheelchair, into the room, they saw Suri playing a game.

Suri operated the game controller without turning to look at them: "Zofia and Maria are still sleeping, so if you have something to say, you should wait a bit. There shouldn't be anything particularly important right now, right?"

"No, there isn't any. Let's wait here for a while."

Shining's voice, as calm as still water, rang in her ears, startling Suri.

"Don't suddenly talk in my ear, it's scary."

Suri hesitated for a moment, then thought of something: "Could it be that you've known me since Kazdel?"

"……Um."

Shining nodded, and Su Rui continued operating his game controller, but suddenly felt the fluffy horse ears on his head twitch. Slender, long, and slightly cold fingers stroked the ears on his head, causing Su Rui to tremble in dissatisfaction.

"Don't touch my ears."

Suri shook her ears in dissatisfaction, tapping Shining's fingers with her horse ears, trying to get her to let go.

However, Shining did not release Suri's ears, but instead turned around and pushed Nightingale next to Suri.

"This is the first time I've ever seen Su Rui like this."

"Really? So you've seen me as a Sarkaz?"

Suri looked up at Shining beside her, noticing that Shining didn't answer, but didn't care much, continuing to operate the game controller:

"You're here, which means Margaret is back too, right? Where is she?"

“Margaret is still helping out at Rhodes Island and will come over with the Doctor.”

"Hmm, that's fine too. Although it's a bit different from what I expected, it's still pretty much in line with my plan."

After all, in Suri's plan, there was no place for Margaret in the two-on-two match; Maria could go alone, and with that armor, there was absolutely no way she could lose.

Shining had no objection to Suri's statement, simply nodding before sitting down with Suri and Nightingale, watching the television screen to pass the time.

In fact, Suri felt that even without the game in front of her to attract her attention, Shining could sit here alone, do nothing, and stay here quietly all day.

Time passed by as Suri played games. Around noon, Suri glanced at the time and was about to pause the game to make some lunch and wake up Maria and Zofia, who were sleeping, when she smelled a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen.

"Hmm?" Suri turned her head towards the kitchen with some confusion, and then saw Shining and Nightingale busy in the kitchen... Nightingale?!

In Suri's memory, wasn't Nightingale supposed to have a leg problem?

With this thought in mind, Su Rui subconsciously scanned Nightingale's legs, only to find that there was nothing wrong with Nightingale's legs, and that there was nothing wrong with her whole body.

How is this going?

Just as Su Rui was wondering, Nightingale noticed Su Rui's gaze and smiled at him:

"You cured me back in the past, though for you it's probably in the future."

"Probably." Su Rui nodded, then mentally asked the higher-level system, "So, Old Deng, can you tell me about the plan?"

The next simulation will be held in Kazdel.

"So, the next host will be Theresa?"

The higher-level system did not answer Su Rui's question, but simply placed a 【】 in Su Rui's field of vision.

"You must be up to something, right? If you weren't, you would have answered me directly just now!"

Su Rui's answer caused the higher-level system to fall silent for a moment:

The next simulation will be held in Kazdel.

"Don't think that just because you repeat the same thing again I'll assume you've crashed and stop suspecting you!"

However, Su Rui's inner cries went unanswered. The higher-level system went offline. It couldn't have crashed because of a few words from Su Rui after running for so long, could it?

"Tsk, old Deng, you just wait, you'll show yourself to me eventually."

Suri snorted irritably and continued playing the game. Now that lunch was being prepared by Shining and the others, Suri could finally focus her time on her own things.

However, this quiet time for playing games didn't last long, because as time went by, Maria woke up, took a shower, changed her clothes, and came downstairs.

And then there's Zofia; although her sleep times aren't entirely consistent, she wakes up around the same time every day.

Zofia followed behind Maria, rubbing her neck, and glared at Suri, who was still playing the game.

"Why did you suddenly hit me? My neck still hurts. How are you going to make it up to me?"

"I calculated the force and direction before I acted, you know? There's no way this situation could happen."

Suri bluntly exposed Zofia's lie:

"You should feel refreshed and relaxed now after a good night's sleep."

"You're quite clever," Zofia muttered softly, a smile involuntarily creeping onto her lips. She was just joking with Suri.

"Hmph, don't underestimate my intelligence network. Nothing can escape my eyes."

Suri smiled smugly, then looked up and greeted Zofia and Maria:

"Good morning~ By the way, lunch is already being prepared, so we just need to wait."

"A guest has arrived?" Zofia looked towards the kitchen, then met Shining's gaze as she came out with lunch.

Zofia glanced at the woman in front of her subconsciously, and a sense of vigilance rose in her heart. This woman was a formidable enemy.

However, Shining didn't seem to be trying to compete with Zofia; she simply nodded to her and said, "Lunch is ready."

Suri also turned off the game, stood up and introduced: "This is Margaret's friend Shining, and Nightingale. Margaret is still on Rhodes Island and will be here in a while, so they came to check the situation first to prevent any accidents from happening."

"It sounds like the Doctor from Rhodes Island has thought things through quite thoroughly."

Zofia nodded, glanced at Su Rui, then leaned closer to Su Rui and whispered:

"I think the doctor is worried that you'll do something too outrageous."

"...I have Old Deng watching me all the time, what's there to worry about? She never finishes her sentence, is telling riddles fun?"

Suri said with some resentment.

Volume 5, Chapter 288: Don't be nervous, I'm right here.

Zofia didn't understand what Suri was saying, but she didn't mind Suri's occasional neurotic "jokes." Shenzhou patted Suri on the shoulder: "Alright, lunch is ready. Stop spacing out and let's eat lunch quickly."

"Well, I see."

...During the break after lunch, Shining approached Suri and asked, "I heard the next match in the Knights Arena has been changed to 2v2. Suri, do you have any plans?"

"Of course, the plan is to let Maria go up there and wreak havoc, and then win the game."

Suri clapped his hands. Now that he had his own body, he was too lazy to pilot Maria. Even if something happened, he could take over Maria's body at any time, so he wasn't worried about any accidents.

Moreover, with that armor, at worst, Su Rui could loosen some restrictions and let the Terrans experience a small numerical shock of the pre-civilization's technology.

Tsk, because of the higher-level system, Maria and Bozokasti's armor can only use technology that is about thirty years more advanced than Terra's, which makes him a little unsatisfied.

However, although the power is only a small fraction of what it used to be, it's at least enough, isn't it?

Suri didn't think much of it, but he did notice the gazes of Maria and the others around him: "What's wrong? Maria's current strength is more than enough to handle this."

Shining nodded: "I have no objection." Nightingale was similar, smiling at Suri without saying a word.

Zofia looked at Maria with slight concern and asked, "What do you think?"

Maria also showed a somewhat embarrassed expression. Just when Suri thought she was going to back down or ask Suri to at least arrange a teammate, Maria looked at him with a shy look in her eyes.

"Suri, can you be my teammate?"

"Who? Me? I don't have any armor either."

Suri shrugged: "There's not much time left to make armor that fits my body, is there? You're going to the knight competition tomorrow, one day isn't enough time to make armor."

It would actually be possible to use a factory or Rhodes Island's manufacturing station, but Su Rui was too lazy to put in that much effort to prepare.

But Maria had a brilliant idea. After hearing Suri's words, the girl clapped her hands and said, "So, if there's suitable armor, Suri will agree to be my teammate, right?"

“You’re right… but where are you going to find armor?” Suri had a premonition, but he couldn’t help but be suspicious.

"I can wear my sister's training armor, and Suri can just wear the one I'm wearing now!"

Maria asked Suri, her eyes sparkling, "How was it?"

"...You really want my help that badly? Wouldn't it be more exciting and interesting if you won by yourself?"

“But I want to fight alongside Suri,” Maria persisted.

"Alright, I agree." Su Rui shrugged, wanting to test the combat capabilities of his new body after the higher-level system's adjustments.

Maria's eyes lit up at Suri's reply: "Great!"

Even though she had just finished lunch, Maria couldn't help but pick up Suri and spin her around on the ground.

"Alright, alright, I know you're happy. With me here, you won't lose. Just don't get angry because I stole your thunder."

"I would never do such a thing."

Maria muttered under her breath in dissatisfaction, then put Suri down and said with sparkling eyes, "How about I spar with Suri? It'll be a good opportunity for me to see Suri's fighting ability and also to learn about you."

"Are you sure? Okay, don't go back on your word."

A mischievous smile crept onto Suri's lips. If Maria wanted to be his teacher, she'd better be prepared to be the one being taught the lessons.

After lunch and a short rest, Maria and Suri went to the grassland and, under the watchful eyes of Shining, Nightingale, and Zofia, changed into their armor.

Although the armor was made for Maria, it is not actually that strict about gender requirements. You can just change the position of the buckles when wearing it... As long as the two people's body sizes are not too different.