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

"They really know how to preach."

Suri directly displayed the locations of Little Venice and his several informants in the scanning field of vision, and provided a route:

"My advice is to punch him and make him behave, but you can also avoid him."

'No, I will go with him to see Mr. Venice.'

"To kill someone by destroying their spirit? I like that."

Suri's cheerful voice rang in Ren Dong's mind: "Are you going to humiliate old Venice in front of him? That would be fantastic!"

'...' In that case, there really wouldn't be any possibility of peaceful coexistence, right? Right now, there's just a bit of a conflict.

She still needs tasks to accelerate Suri's materialization process.

Honeysuckle didn't want things to get too tense, so she just wanted to give Little Venice a warning.

Volume 1: 7 Entrusted with Important Responsibilities

According to the scanning field of view provided by Suri, Honeysuckle simply made a slight turn and directly cracked Little Venice's idea of ​​blocking Honeysuckle.

Instead, because of the footsteps that Honeysuckle deliberately revealed to them, they were led like dogs to the door of Old Venice's study.

"Mr. Venice? Are you inside?"

Honeysuckle gently knocked on the door, then looked at Little Venice, who had just noticed her and was approaching.

“Ingrid? You’re back? Come in and talk.”

Mr. Venice's voice came from the study. Little Venice had just arrived in front of Honeysuckle and hadn't had a chance to say anything when Mr. Venice saw her from inside the study and called her into the study as well.

"You're here too? Then come in and see how Ingrid's mission went."

"...Yes, Father."

Little Venice glared at Honeysuckle, wanting to lash out, but in front of Mr. Venice, he only dared to glare and didn't dare to say anything more.

"This guy is too arrogant, isn't he? I think even if you punch him right now, none of the old Venetians would say anything."

Suri complained in Ren Dong's mind, making no attempt to hide his malice towards this little Venice.

'You can't do that.'

Honeysuckle simply replied to Su Rui's willful words. Now, whenever Su Rui notices Little Venice, she can't help but want to come up with some ideas to target him, and Honeysuckle has gotten used to it.

They entered the study together. Mr. Venice sat down in a chair, looked at the naturally expressionful Honeysuckle, and the somewhat gloomy Little Venice beside her, and chuckled softly:

"Alright, Ingrid, tell me, how did the mission go?"

Honeysuckle nodded and stepped forward:

“I infiltrated Midar’s mansion and warned him while he was with his pet birds at midday that if he was smart, he should toned it down for a long time to come, and his attitude toward the Venetian family would become more friendly.”

As soon as Honeysuckle finished speaking, Mr. Venice nodded approvingly. Before he could say anything, little Venice couldn't help but speak up:

"Just a slight threat? You should eliminate him and use his blood to demonstrate the prestige of the Venetian family, so that other families will not dare to have any more thoughts of offending us."

Suri had nothing to say about this nitpicking guy, but in this respect, he somewhat agreed with Little Venice:

"To be honest, I also think that we should kill that guy, preferably as many as possible. I mean, it would be best to leave none alive."

Which side of the station are you on?

Honeysuckle rolled her eyes inwardly in exasperation, but outwardly remained calm as she refuted Little Venice's statement:

“I think it’s better for the Venetian family to keep Midar alive than to kill him. If we kill him, Midar’s family will just change the head of the family, and they might even target the Venetian family more fiercely because of this. But if we let him live and realize that his life is in danger at any time, his attitude towards us will be much better.”

Old Venice smiled and looked at Little Venice: "What do you think?"

"..." The guy couldn't think of any rebuttal, so he just lowered his head and looked away.

Seeing his own son's somewhat disgraceful behavior, old Venice didn't scold him too harshly, but simply looked at Honeysuckle and said:

"You did very well this time, Ingrid. You are very capable and thoughtful... Perhaps you can take on more family responsibilities?"

"Of course, no problem, that's exactly what I'm looking for."

Honeysuckle answered old Venice's question before Su Rui could speak, showing great enthusiasm.

"That's good. You can choose a few assistants to help you with your work. The family may entrust you with more tasks in the future."

Old Venice nodded, then glanced at Honeysuckle and Little Venice beside her:

"Alright, you can go now. Ingrid, you've just finished a mission, so get some rest."

"Thank you, Master."

Honeysuckle nodded, then turned and left the study.

Little Venice glanced at her father and left behind Honeysuckle.

As the two left the study and parted ways, little Venice didn't forget to utter some harsh words:

"Don't think you've won this time. I'll find a chance to get back at you later."

After saying that, Little Venice didn't give Honeysuckle a chance to speak and turned to leave.

"...Is he some kind of child who lost an argument? All he does is talk tough. If all else fails, you can just use your fists. Then you can find an opportunity to accidentally kill him."

"Your mentality isn't much more mature than Little Venice's." Honeysuckle thought with a hint of helplessness, but outwardly smiled and reassured Suri:

"Alright, let's go back and rest for a bit. I can arrange some entertainment for you, like watching a stage play in Syracuse?"

"Generally speaking, I'm not really interested in stage plays. Do you usually play video games? I'd rather watch other people play video games, or you and I can watch other people play video games together."

'...I'll go back and look for it.'

Ren Dong nodded, and then, as she walked back to her room, she asked Su Rui, who hadn't had a chance to speak earlier:

Do you have any advice for me on building my own power?

"Ask me?" Suri's voice sounded hesitant, then he gave his answer:

"My suggestion is to hire a few female assistants."

"Why?" Ren Dong was taken aback. Could it be that being a woman helped Su Rui with some of her abilities?

"Because I'm not interested in male characters."

The simple and direct answer left Honeysuckle speechless for a moment before she continued:

'This is reality, not a game... but I do have a few candidates for assistants, and they all happen to be women.'

"What did I tell you? My suggestion was pretty good."

Su Rui's voice echoed in her mind again, and Ren Dong asked:

'What I mean is, do you have any advice for me on developing my own power? What measures should I take?'

"I really don't know, I'll go find you a tutorial."

"No need, I was just asking. These things aren't difficult for me, having grown up in this family."

Honeysuckle stopped Su Rui from logging off again while pondering these questions and continued asking:

'Don't you really have any ideas at all?'

"What thoughts could I possibly have? When it comes to family affairs, no matter how many assistants you have, you still need to lead the team and handle them personally, right?"

Suri seemed to be looking at something while speaking to her, pausing occasionally in her speech:

“With me here, you don’t need any assistants at all. My definition of them is that of a laborer who does odd jobs.”

Volume 1: 8 Little Secrets

Honeysuckle paused for a moment, then a smile appeared on her lips:

That's quite a blunt assessment.

"That's right. With my help, you can handle anything on your own. The rules in Syracuse are quite simple. In the end, everything can be resolved with power or swords. You don't need so many people to cooperate."

Often, cooperation is the most effective way to achieve a goal.

For reasons unknown, Ren Dong started lecturing Su Rui instead, but Su Rui didn't care and just absentmindedly replied, "Mmm, you're right."

Ren Dong was somewhat dissatisfied with Su Rui's perfunctory attitude, and also had some objections to Su Rui's explicit expression of her requirement for the gender of her assistant before leaving.

Back in her room, Ren Dong took off her coat and hung it on the rack. She sat on the sofa, enjoying the warmth of the room. She immediately felt a wave of comfort and began to drift off to sleep.

'Speaking of which, Suri, you're my system all to yourself, right?'

"Yeah, what else?"

'Then why are you looking at other women?'

"Because my aesthetic sense is normal. If I don't appreciate women, why would I appreciate men? I'm a man."

"...What you said makes sense."

Ren Dong couldn't help but glance at Su Rui's phantom in the system's materialization progress, a cute-looking nine-tailed fox boy.

The thought that Su Rui might actually admire men, or even be commenting on them in her mind, sent a chill down Ren Dong's spine.

Oh well, it's fine if he likes women. He just glanced at other women a few more times. In the end, they'll still be mine.

With these thoughts in mind, Ren Dong curled up on the sofa, watching the roaring flames in the fireplace, took out her phone, and casually passed the time.

Knowing that Su Rui could see what was happening around her, Ren Dong was extra careful when browsing her phone, afraid of revealing things she was temporarily ashamed to let Su Rui see, such as her hobbies and her taste in lingerie.

But when she looked at her phone for a long time, and even occasionally scrolled through the lingerie online stores she often visited, and still didn't hear Su Rui's voice in her ear, Ren Dong realized something was wrong.

Honeysuckle, who had been lazily curled up on the sofa, sat up abruptly and called out in her mind, "Suri? Are you there?"

After a brief pause, without thinking or checking her phone, Ren Dong waited, her mind silent for a few seconds before she received a response from Su Rui:

"Yes, yes, what's up?"

What did you just do? Why didn't I hear your voice?

And why has the system materialization progress bar increased by another 1%? It's already at 4% now, and it doesn't seem to have increased because of her performing tasks.

Ren Dong glanced at the image of Su Rui, which had become clearer but was still just a shadow, pondered the details, and then shook her head. There was still too little information; she needed to observe for a while longer before she could make a decision.

And Su Rui's answer rang out after Ren Dong finished reflecting on the progress of materialization:

"I saw you wanted to rest, so I'm resting too."

'You need to rest too? Aren't you the system?' Honeysuckle was stunned for a moment, then Su Rui retorted irritably:

"Listen to your human language! The system is a person too. You need rest, and so do I. Besides, after reading the user manual, I discovered a new function: I can directly connect to Terra's network and browse all its content."

'Including encrypted content?'

Su Rui's words immediately caught Ren Dong's attention, and for a moment she put aside the fact that Su Rui had been distracted. If what Su Rui said was true, then this was simply an unsolvable ability.

“Yes.” Su Rui’s voice put Ren Dong’s mind at ease, and she even showed a genuine smile of relief.

I never imagined you could do all that.

Even though the Syracuse family doesn't usually need to use the internet, the sheer terror of this ability is evident even from its literal meaning.

Then she heard Suri add:

"Most hidden files are as obvious to me as if they were just lying on the table, but encrypted files take some time to decrypt."

If file parsing is required, how long will it take approximately?

"I don't know, I'll just pick one randomly and see."

As Su Rui spoke, she fell silent again. About a minute later, Su Rui's voice reappeared in Ren Dong's mind:

"It's done. The decryption took about ten seconds."

So, it took more than forty seconds to find the file, right?

Honeysuckle nodded, then looked at the document that Suri had marked in her field of vision—a development plan for Syracuse.

It describes Syracuse's development plan for the next few decades, even including the establishment of new mobile cities. The document is signed by:

'Madame Sicily?!'

"What's wrong? Who is Madame Sicily?"

Honeysuckle's exclamation made Su Rui feel like she'd been caught daydreaming in class, and she asked her in a flustered manner.