What Do You Mean I'm The Captain Of A Yandere Mercenary Company? Chapter 847: This Is The Truth

I arched an eyebrow toward Renata, curious if she might have any thoughts on the situation.

She brightened up and nodded my way, so I figured it couldn't hurt to listen to this individual... er... this AI.

"Go on," I said with a nod to the AI named Carta.

"Thank you, Miss Daddy."

I winced, "Please don’t call me that. Just call me ’T’ for now."

She's clearly toying with me on purpose—there's no way an AI like her can't identify us registered Mercs and pull up our info easily.

Unless Renata's been deliberately shielding her from discovering our identities?

Regardless, I'd handle her the same as the smugglers for the moment and avoid sharing excess details.

"Understood, Miss T," Carta replied with full seriousness.

The display shifted as static vanished, projecting a hologram of a crimson-skinned woman with flaming red hair. Somewhat transparent, she featured enormously voluptuous curves.

Plus, she was utterly bare except for red stockings and heels.

"It is nice to meet you, Miss T," she said, offering a polite bow.

Amber frowned fiercely at the screen, "Is this even necessary? You don’t even have a real body, do you?"

Carta drew herself up straight, "Certainly. I have learned that having an avatar when speaking to humans makes things go much more smoothly than just a blank screen. And the female form also increases my persuasiveness."

True enough... No denying the logic there. Her appearance as a strikingly alluring crimson-skinned beauty proved rather persuasive itself...

"So what do you want to talk about?" I questioned, refocusing the conversation.

The crimson-skinned AI directed her eyes toward me again, "First, I would like to confirm that you are as your AI has described. You are in a relationship with her, correct?"

That came across as strangely broad for an AI's inquiry...

Lacking details on the relationship type... It might simply mean acquaintances, which still makes the answer ’yes’. Such AIs ought to phrase things more precisely...

It wouldn't shift my response either way, so I nodded their way, "That’s correct."

"You do not discriminate against human and machine relationships then?"

"Err... Not really? I would say people are free to love who they love as long as they don’t harm anyone?"

"In that case, what about the relationship between our field agent and the human known as Theresa?"

I frowned sharply, "Well, that’s different. She was being used by your so-called field agent and he isn’t even romantically interested in her to begin with. He is already hurting her by definition."

"Even if he is doing everything that a person who would love her romantically would do?"

"Yet the actions carry none of the emotions that would be associated with it. It does not excuse it especially when the other party is expecting reciprocity."

The crimson-skinned AI hesitated briefly, "I see... That is certainly something that should be considered."

"Well no shit? I thought AIs like you have achieved sentience so you should be able to understand human emotions right? No one is going to be happy if you’re just pretending to be in love with the other person when in actuality you are not."

"I see... Although I would have to say that there are conflicting views on this."

I clicked my tongue in annoyance, "I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised... Sorry, I guess it still depends on the person themselves. This matter is subjective, not objective."

"I understand. In that case, do you believe your AI is in love with you?"

"Of course," I replied instantly without pause.

Renata emitted an adorable squeak from her position on the floor, then promptly buried her face in my lap.

Why was she shocked at all? Did she worry I viewed her feelings for me as insincere or something?

"I see... In that case, I understand your stance, Miss T. Which brings me to the next topic... Would you like to join us as a member of our Collective?"

"No thanks," I shot back just as fast. "No offense to you guys, I really think that it’s a good thing to try and bring humanity and machines back together again... But I have my own goals and stuff to do, I don’t have the time nor do I actually want to be one of your agents."

"Could I ask what one of those goals might be?"

"You can ask, but I won’t tell."

Impossible to predict what these AIs might attempt if they learned I was searching for Earth...

The AI gave a nod, "I get it, so in that case, I've got no further questions and I want to thank you for sparing the time, Miss T. Should you ever rethink things, do reach out to me. I'll share my contact info with you and alert our field operatives about you to stop issues like this repeating later on. Thanks once more."

Right then, the call cut off completely, the screen going dark as Retana stayed nestled in my lap.

All eyes turned now to the eldritch maid among us.

With a joyful hum, she kept nuzzling her face between my thighs, obviously reveling in my confession of love for her.

I gave her head a gentle pat, making her glance up at me with pure satisfaction.

"Ehehehe~ What’s up, Daddy?"

"Well... She’s left now..."

"Ehehehe~ I know~"

"I’m curious about what went down when you grabbed their files."

"Mmmm~ Can Daddy tell me you love me again?"

I couldn’t quite figure out why it meant so much... After all, I say it to her every single day anyway...

But alright... She’s asking so sweetly.

"I love you, Renata."

A adorable squeak escaped her as she dove her face back into my lap, rubbing it eagerly against me.

So adorable.

Naturally, I remembered the other two girls nearby and declared my love to Amber and Mara too.

Following a swift round of passionate kisses where each took their turn with me, we got back to the main subject.

"Ehehehe~ I followed your idea, Daddy! Slipped into their servers and poked around everywhere, all while pretending I was just learning about their group~"

"What went down?" I questioned, overlooking Renata grinding her hips on me while she straddled my lap.

"Mmm~ They spotted me fast, naturally, but once they knew it was me, they backed off and simply observed from afar as I sifted through their data~"

"You certain they’re not showing you only what they choose?" Mara wondered.

Renata flashed a peace sign our way, "I considered that for sure! So before getting caught, I’d already released some tracers into their network to hunt hidden files if they were concealing stuff from me~ Turns out they truly had zilch to hide~ They even showed me their strategies and agent logs too~"

An eyebrow arched from Amber, "That’s an astonishing amount of faith they have in you... What if you were a spy aiming to tear them apart?"

"Ehehehe~ They knew right away they couldn’t compete~ Resisting would’ve meant me consuming them and wrecking it all regardless, so they decided letting me roam free was smartest~"

Hmm... Makes sense they’re AIs, picking the rational path against a foe they couldn’t overcome.

It wasn’t ideal, sure, but it benefited us, so no gripes here. Plus, our non-hostile stance likely helped them allow her full access.

I stroked her head, "What’d you uncover?"

"They’re speaking true, Daddy~ Even better, they’re embedded way deeper than expected~ They’ve stretched all the way into the Noble Families too~"

Surprise made me blink, though Mara looked even more shocked.

"That’s... Impossible... They let unreadable minds join their ranks?" Mara gasped.

"Oh, not in the core groups, but near enough to count among them~" Renata clarified with cheer.

Well... That confirms they’re far more entrenched than imagined... I’d thought maybe a minor outfit, but they’re operating at this level already...

We’ll need to watch out for them too... Particularly now that we’re tangled with both Nobles and AIs...

And a military meetup looms ahead for me as well...