59 Results in the "As Usual" category
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At that moment, I was completely unaware of what was happening around me. My attention was entirely focused on the first-aid kit in the corner of the medical cabinet. It was one of the kits originally supplied to the break rooms on each floor. Perhaps because it had a combination lock, it had been spared by the looters. I dragged the first-aid kit out of the water and placed it on a nearby counter. I turned the dials on the lock, and the box clicked open. Thankfully, all the medical supplies he…-
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My brain hadn’t even had time to start thinking before my body reacted. I grabbed something from the shelf behind me with one hand and, without even looking, swung it. The person opposite me didn’t even blink, catching the not-insignificant weight of my "weapon" with a single hand. The overhead light flickered for a moment, and I saw clearly what I was holding. It was a laptop, one with sharp edges and exceptional weight. Back when I was working, anyone who got hit by the edge of this thing would…
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AUS Chapter 70: “Liu Jiang”
I never would have thought that I could successfully lift this palm-wide folder with one hand and hit him squarely on the top of his head. By the time I realized what I had done, I had already stumbled to my feet, looking at him in terror. The folder had hit him accurately, and I had used my full strength, but "Liu Jiang's" expression hadn't changed a bit. Not before the folder fell, not when it hit his head, not even as it slowly tumbled to the ground. He showed no reaction whatsoever. I just…-
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This wasn't quite what I had imagined. No, actually, it was very different. After meeting my gaze, the teenage Liu Jiang suddenly smiled. The fluorescent light was directly above his head, and its bright white glare made his slightly long black hair seem even darker, as were his eyes. They curved deeply as he smiled, as if he were completely carefree. He said, "Ah—I've been looking all over for you. You're finally out!" With that, he stretched his back forcefully, then began stretching his…
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For about five seconds after I asked the question, the Attendant didn't react at all. At first, I even thought he hadn't heard me, but just as I was about to ask again, I realized something was very wrong. The Attendant wore a well-tailored butler's uniform, an outfit that was always ironed flat and crisp. However, five seconds after I asked him that last question, his uniform underwent a subtle deformation. It looked like a deflating bouncy castle, or like some fruit or vegetable right before it…
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The Attendant's reply came quickly, but it wasn't an affirmation. He asked me back, "And what if I refuse to answer?" He sounded firm, but he overlooked one detail—if he were truly just a simple AI whose sole purpose was to provide me with quality game service, he could have just crashed the system in this situation. A "not responding" prompt, a "query cannot be answered" message, or he could have simply played dumb and given an irrelevant answer. But he didn't choose any of the above, which…
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Around the time I was in middle school, I played a Flash web game from a certain four-digit-number website. I had been abroad a few times with my parents when I was young. My English was limited, but I could generally understand it. The game had a grand setting: a modern American metropolis. The protagonist, clad in a leather jacket, was single-handedly infiltrating a corporate skyscraper. The puzzles weren't difficult, and I quickly snuck through the company's main gate. But I grew tired of the…
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AUS Chapter 65: “He” Wants Me
Of course, I couldn't just say, "I didn't lie to you." But I could almost imagine how, in the past, a new round of arguments between us would have started. First, I would have responded to his confusion with logic. I would say it was a reasonable choice, a decision made after careful consideration. Even if I was sometimes unsure about my own future, I would have to act as if I had thought it all through. Then his rebuttals would have become unreasonable, making my arguments seem even more…-
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The interview went smoothly. Including my final, somewhat deliberate and clumsy, hands-on demonstration. When the interview ended, the supervisor looked quite pleased. He chatted and laughed as he saw me to the elevator, and I managed to respond with ease. While we exchanged pleasantries, my eyes darted to the laptop tucked under his arm. Copying the project's source code was taking longer than I'd expected, probably because the system was still in its original version and the company network was…
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First of all, I don't think this could possibly be so dramatic. A girl who had a crush on me back in school—why would she appear on the packaging of a can in the future, and an emergency ration can at that? The only possibility is that, without my knowledge, she went into show business and became the spokesperson for an emergency food brand. Is that… reasonable? I was shocked by my own ability to think so divergently and imaginatively at a time like this. But that's how the human brain…
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