Chapter 20

Janus is the type of person that is easy to deal with. If someone asks him to go left, then he will go left as long as it is reasonable. If someone asks him to be his friend, then he will become one of their best friends in just a few minutes. If someone will ask him to talk, then Janus will happily become their talking buddy.

You see, Janus does not want to make things complicated most of the time. There are still times when Janus just wants things to be simple. Although he is a guy who loves puzzles and brain teaser games, Janus can still appreciate the beauty of simplicity and normalcy. And that is the reason why he accepted Goliah's offer to talk.

But thanks to his nosy system, Janus knows that exactly forty-five minutes had already passed since Goliah sat quietly in the opposite direction and passionately maintains a five meters away from him. Janus is a patient man. If not, then he already surrendered his passion for video games and waved a white flag a long time ago. But right now, Goliah seems like he wanted to test his patience more.

Goliah said he wanted to talk, so Janus accepted it. But what part of their current situation is having an understanding conversation with each other. Surely, Goliah will not count his numerous side glances towards his direction as a way of talking to him, right? No offense included but Goliah is a weak person who cannot even look at his two-headed pet lion.

Speaking of his pet, Furby is now gone. When Janus looked around, he saw a sword laying on the ground. Maybe one of those thieves forgot it. Picking it up, Janus showed it to Furby and he mentioned the word 'fetch' in front of it.

The relaxed form of his pet quickly became excited. After waving the sword in front of Furby, Janus threw the sword somewhere and the two-headed lion did not waste any more time and followed it. Until now, there is no sign showing that Furby will be back anytime soon. Janus shrugged his shoulders thinking that at least his pet has something to do now.

'AI001.'

[What is it, Janus?]

'Nothing really. I am just starting to get bored so I suddenly decided to talk to you.'

[I appreciate your effort in talking to me, Janus.]

Janus secretly rolled his eyes when he heard the bland female robotic sound of his system. Well, what is he expecting anyway? A system does not have a heart that can feel any emotions. He should be grateful that his system is too intelligent to respond to him all the time. He might as well entertain himself while letting Goliah earn his courage in talking to him.

'Hey, AI001.'

[What is it, Janus?]

'Do you have other...name? I don't know if 'AI001' is a name or what. But yeah. You know what I mean, right?'

[Of course, Janus. I completely understand it.]

'Oh, good. But before that, why are you called AI001?'

[Janus, 'AI001' is a short term for First Artificial Intelligence that was created to help, guide, and provide information to the person who is in charge of me. And that person is you, Janus Fleigh.]

"...Wow. As in wow. Thank you for providing me a piece of useful but not so useful information. As if I did not know those things yet.'

He suddenly lost interest in his system. If not because of its abundant information, Janus will really think this system is treating him like a complete idiot. Hells! He thinks this AI001 is mocking him sometimes.

Letting out a soft sigh, Janus looked at Goliah and he saw him still contemplating whether he will talk to him or not. He is so timid and shy for a big guy made of solid muscles in his body. Janus realized that he should stop judging other people based on their appearances. Just look at Goliah and those cocky but cowardly thieves.

'Hey, AI001.'

[Do you need something, Janus?]

'Can I change the way I call you?'

[...Of course, Janus.]

'You sure?'

[Yes, Janus.]

Janus furrowed his eyebrows when he heard his system's response. Although it has the same female robotic voice, why does his system sound like it is getting irritated with him?

'Do you feel any emotions, AI001?'

[I am a computer-based system, Janus. Artificial Intelligence like me does not possess any human emotions.]

'...Right. That's a stupid question.'

[That's right, Janus.]

'...'

[Do you want to ask more questions, Janus?]

'...Right. About changing your name...'

While Janus is discussing with his system about its name, he did not notice that his giant friend is now trembling in fear. Goliah really thought Janus is now losing his patience because he keeps on stalling time. The glare he made earlier makes his skin crawl. Goliah took a deep breath and decided that he is ready to talk with his...friend? They are still friends, right?

"Janus—"

"I had enough! I will call you—"

"I'm sorry! Please don't kill me!"

"..."