No Game No Life - Volume 9 Chapter 2.3

Sora was taking an indiscriminate amount of sexual harassment from every direction. He suddenly looked

to the skies and thought.

Some self-proclaimed allies had suddenly appeared. They suddenly pressured him into a game due to a

misunderstanding, and they suddenly made him lose.

And in the end they treat me like this── Was there even anything I could have done?…

“… S-since I’m the one who lost I’m in the wrong, right? … haha ha… haa…” Sora said as he shed a

single tear and took out his tablet.

Regretfully, and according to Emiline’s ‘decision’, Sora was holding his fap material. Handing that over

was a bet sworn by the Pledges. He had no right to refuse to begin with.

They could have demanded even catastrophic information. He should be glad it ended up just being some

embarrassment play, right?

Sora convinced himself of that and wiped his tablet with his shirt. Then he handed it over to Emiline.

“──── Delighted….”

Then Emiline bowed her head and expressed her thanks. The very instant her fingertips touched the tablet

Sora confirmed that s

he wasn’t conductive

, as expected.

“B

ut only the fap material.

I’ll not tolerate the reading or destruction of any other information, all right?”

“…….. hm? Is this where you keep your most valuable books, my beloved Spieler?”

“… Inference: This is an unknown recording medium. Multiple data files expected… studying it’s

operation procedure.”

Einzig, who had quickly returned from the wall, and Emiline both had puzzled faces.

“It’s inside that. I opened the folder, now… do as you please,” Sora answered with a vengeful and

provoking evil smile.

“………….? ………….? ”

All the Ex-Machinas tilted their heads to the side in the same way, as if they were stumped by the

analysis. Sora laughed darky in his head.

In the first place, the tablet was an electrical device from another world.

Even if they had been able to interfere with the smartphone, that was just because it was designed to

receive calls.

The information inside the tablet was recorded in another world’s language, with another world’s

programming. Plus, reading or destroying information other than the fap material was not permitted ──

they couldn’t use a brute-force analysis. And what’s more, the touchscreen didn’t respond to the

Ex-Machina’s non-conductive fingers.

“I have p

rovided

the information just as you demanded. But telling you how to use it is none of my

business♪”

“… As expected, this man won’t fall so easily…” Steph said.

Even after all this, Sora was still trying to overturn his defeat. Steph couldn’t help but admire him.

Sora had a gloating smile that said ‘but that’s not all’, however, only Shiro, who was on his lap, noticed.

“Hmmm? However, the only fap material I remember is the videos of Dola-chan and the others in the

bath and the like… Would that information really be useful to them?”

“── Wait, now that you mention it, that’s right! Why are you getting me involved too!?”

Jibril had said that, however, she still hadn’t read everything inside the tablet. Even though she had

deciphered the language of another world, there were still many unknown concepts and premises. Even

so, Jibril had looked at everything in it, and she was saying that there was not much fap material──

“Observation: … I can’t detect any lies coming from Master.”

The one who responded was Emiline. She was staring at Sora as if to analyse him. But that was to be

expected. Against an opponent that seemed to be able to detect physiological reactions, lies were

meaningless.

“Annex: I can’t detect any lies coming from the Irregular or the Imanity woman either.”

Sora had certainly provided his fap material folder, he just didn’t reveal the way to read it. There was no

falsehood in that, and it wasn’t a violation of the Pledges either. However, just when Sora deepened his

smile:

“Comparison: However, I

cannot detect confirmation regarding Master’s two statements either.”

When he heard her next words ── he froze.

“Conclusion: The information provided is just camouflage. I predict the existence of more information

than what was presented. ‘All commanding and linking unit Einzig’, I request synthesis with you in order

to determine a precise response to this situation. Aus.”

──── Wha wha… wha…

What… did she just saaaaaaaayyyy!?

“Einzig to all the Seher and Prüfer units. I command you to analyse the principles behind this device.”

“── Jawohl”

“H-hey! C-can’t you wait just a second!?” Sora screamed, trying to stop the Ex-Machina as they

dispassionately started their analysis. However, as if to drown out that scream ── the analysis was over

in an instant, and it’s results, reported:

“Analysis complete. Conclusion: It records information through a catalyst’s electrical excitation.

Pattern analysis ── Binary arithmetic processing unit made by combining conductors and insulators

detected. No patterns correspond with existing information codification methods. This requires thecreation of a novel method for compatibility. Use of an unknown form of electrical current that

doesn’t utilize spirits detected again. We are afraid that in order to load ── extract that data through

voltage overload, both the information and the device would be destroyed.”

“A-all right, in that case, rejected! Anything other than the fap material is──”

They had analysed that much in just an instant. Sora was astonished, but controlled himself. However, the

merciless pursuit continued straight from Emiline’s mouth:

“Instruction: Search for any groups of data satisfying the imposed condition: groups of data shared with

this unit. No prioritization. Target all the data.”

“Hey, wait a second! I didn’t give you permission to read all the data you know!?”

“Counterargument: You didn’t explain what the files mean. Therefore, searching through all the files

doesn’t constitute ‘reading’”

── Th-this girl──!?

“Search complete. Deeply nested archive found. From the catalyst’s degradation, we detect that this is

the ‘most accessed data group’. From the imposed condition, the frequency of use, time of excitation,

and degree of concealment, we assume that this data group is the

‘fap material folder’.”

── Hey hey are you serious──?

She saw through a lie he didn’t tell… Let’s say that was the case.

However, what happened was that: ‘He provided his fap material, but he never said that was all of it.’

That meant she saw through his language tricks too, and what’s more, she actually found it! But there’s

no way right──!?

“By targeting only the region of the catalyst where the relevant data group is located and applying a

limited spiritual electrical load on it, the data can be loaded and copied. If data consolidation and

deciphering were performed, it would be possible to obtain the ‘

fap material.’”

“── Confirmation: Master, permission to execute.”

“Who’d give you permission!? I-in the first place, are you even sure that’s the fap material!?”

Since he didn’t explain its meaning, they might have the wrong data! Sora had only allowed them to have

the fap material at worst, but if that was the wrong data──

Sora was hot on Emiline’s heels, however ── Shiro just sighed and muttered:

“… Hidden folder: ‘Macroeconomics’… 8.23 GB… That’s the fap material… no doubt about it”

“Wha──!? Why do you know that Shiro-san!? Just how well do you know your bro──”

“Confirmed── Relevant data group and capacity match. Executing replication.”

“Hey w-wait a sec── N-noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

”

────…………

… And then.

The Ex-Machina, Shiro, Jibril, and Steph. Everyone in the throne room fell silent.

“Ahhhhhh… my my… precious collection…!”

However, only the profound lamentations of a single man burdened with sadness resounded.

A precious treasure from their original world── a large quantity of hentai mangas had been damaged by

the electrical load. The data had been corrupted. No matter how many times he tapped the screen, it kept

displaying: ‘loading failed’.

“… Nii… I’m sorry…”

“It’s fine… It’s fine, this is not Shiro’s fault… that’s not it…”

Shiro hugged Sora and apologized, however, Sora shook his head. This happened because Sora had lost in

the first place.

It could have been some other data, and the tablet could have been broken because of some error. They

absolutely couldn’t let that happen.

Therefore, by obediently telling the Ex-Machina the precise location of the data they wanted, Shiro was

able to reduce the damage to a minimum──

Shiro did nothing wrong ── in fact, Sora should have been the one to make that decision. However. Be as

it may, he couldn’t ignore the sadness that losing his porn caused. Incidentally, rather than losing it, Sora

was more depressed about──

“… Nii… porn is about… f

reshness… it gets old in the end…” Shiro said in a gentle voice, petting Sora’s

head to console him, and continued:

“… It doesn’t come out anymore… right? Let’s look… for a new hope, fap material… together?”

“I’m depressed because my behaviour was leaked to my little sister! Actually, why is an eleven years old

maiden verbalizing the feelings of a man whose porn folder was deleted!?” Sora complained. It was like

the despair one feels when your mom finds your porn.

Then the war criminals who committed that atrocity ── Einzig and Emiline said:

“Well then, we will immediately proceed with the data analysis. Please wait for a little while, my beloved

Spieler.”

“Declaration: I shall devote myself to becoming Master’s ideal wife… I will do my best.”

And with that, eleven of the Ex-Machina girls bowed very deeply───

■■■

Thus, after consulting the hentai manga ebooks, the Ex-Machina began their intense courting.

And after a few hours of that, we arrive back at the present, but in that short time… Sora remembered his

fear.With just a few hours, they had deciphered data from another world, and understood it

. Unknown

concepts like: School, childhood friend, school commute, and even school backpacks.

They had understood culture.

And only by looking at abstract illustrations. It was only hentai manga!

In the first place, their reference material had plenty of unreasonable situations. That their courting was

forced and one-sided was only natural then. However, no matter how conservative you were when

describing their learning speed ── you have to at least describe it as abnormal.

──And yet.

──With that, he left his annoying memories and summary behind.

The Eastern Federation. Miyashiro’s residential tower. Sora’s consciousness returned there, and the first

thing out of his mouth was:

“Why the heck are you being so obstinate with the homo route?! Just learn already!!”

He had left his nightmarish memories behind, and now, the nightmare continued before his own eyes:

A perverted machine clad in a basketball uniform sidling up to him. That was the reason for his shrieking

protest.

Einzig still hadn’t learnt a single thing. However, he still had his usual refreshing smile:

“Alright… However, are you telling me that you must accept this unit’s love without any pretense ──”

“If I must accept that, I’d rather die! Just take that cosplay off already!!”

Did he finally understand that Sora’s rejection was for real? Einzig hung his head regretfully ── at the

same time, they returned to the real Miyashiro’s calm interior, and Sora let out a big sigh.

No, it wasn’t just Sora. Miko, Ino, Shiro, and even Jibril all relaxed in their own way.

──Besides:

“… I’m terribly sorry, my beloved Spieler… the reference material had only a single instance of love

between men… analysing your preferences has been extremely difficult… this unit has made you

uncomfortable. I curse my own incompetence.”

The one that had made Sora sigh like that was sighing too. Sora scratched his head at that.

“You are way too incompetent! I don’t like men! Can’t you understand that already!?”

“However, among my beloved Spieler’s books there was certainly a single one about passion between

men──”

“I got scammed by the cover! Just remembering it makes me even angrier!”

──No matter how one looked at it, the one in the front cover was a cute girl. The design also seemed to

be aimed towards men.

It wasn’t until he bought and opened it that he realized it was a BL book… And a pretty hardcore one at

that.

Since Sora didn’t look at the contents before buying it, that was, of course, his own fault. Einzig had used

it as proof to convince himself that he still had one chance. However, Sora reignited the anger he had felt

at that time, and screamed:

“In the first place, don’t you think you are using the wrong reference material!? It’s way too forced in

many places right!?”

That’s right ── the developments the Ex-Machina used to seduce him were situations from a hentai

manga, and as such, they were forced in way too many places.

For example ── the one who made Sensei feel the best would be his girlfriend, you say?

Absurd. The girls that weren’t chosen would only lose. In the real world, that’d be a death route where

one of them stabs him in the end.

Unlikely situations are very common in manga hentai. No matter how you thought about it, using them as

reference has to be a mistake.

… Well Sora also admits that he holds a grudge over them for wiping out his treasures but──

“What are you saying? There was more to it than just finding our beloved Spieler’s preferences, it had

some very valuable information,” Einzig said, surprised from the bottom of his heart, as he turned on his

heels.

“We learned a lot from our beloved Spieler’s books… that world is simply wonderful,” Einzig said in a

voice that seemed to be full of admiration ── No, was he truly moved by it?

“Especially the sciences… physiology and psychology ── they explain the ‘heart’ better than we could

have possibly imagined!” Einzig claimed, getting more and more passionate. However, Sora and Shiro

just frowned dubiously.

“…. Hm? Was it really like that…?”

── A computer that understood the ‘heart’.

In the world that he praises, his very existence should still be a far away technology. However, as Sora

considered that, he suddenly thought ──N

o, wait.

The information from Sora’s original world that the Ex-Machinas had come into contact with was, putting

it bluntly, hentai manga. Then, what the heck was this guy basing his passionate speech on?…

However, ignoring Sora’s current predicament, the machine’s argument kept overheating──!!

“That’s right… when trying that kind of ‘study of psychology’ it’s perfectly normal for anyone ── even

us ── to fall into completely meaningless stuff

like formalizing, encoding, compressing, and fitting data

about the mind and its thoughts…”

And suddenly, he shook his fist as if he was angry. He was a machine, and yet he spoke passionately as if

to lament his own folly:“Studying the heart using logic!? What a foolish idea! The heart is the thing furthest away from logic

. It is

‘illogicalness’ itself! And what’s more, love is the most illogical thing ── However!!!”

He slowly and deliberately opened his arms. Then, he loudly proclaimed a phrase that seemed to come

from his very soul──!!

“──Lesen── Apocryphal true love: E

roapokriphen!!”

At that instant ── the room’s interior was filled with huge images

. He had even expanded the space in

order to spread countless pictures (pages) through the air.

Einzig’s speech wasn’t finished yet, and now it was even accompanied by tears──

“Look at these again! Has there ever been an intelligent life form, an Exceed, that could draw ‘Love’ so

perfectly!?” Einzig said, with tears of gratitude in his eyes. That was the ‘perfect love’ he revered ──

however:

“Do you have some sort of grudge against me!? Exposing my treasures like that ── ha ha haaa you just

want to make me cry right?”

Fine, I’ll cry then!

Sora covered Shiro’s eyes right away, and shed tears different from Einzig’s. These were his precious

treasures.

He… got caught up in them many times. Putting it in, letting it out. He had a lot of favorites too. To put it

in a more traditional way, they were countless pages filled with salacious pictures28.

Miko and Ino were staring, and as for Jibril, she was drooling while looking at them.

“Actually, I just told you those are too forced! This is just a parade of unreasonable premises and

developments!”

Sora pointed out that the things Einzig had called ‘perfect love’ had one serious problem: An adult

manga’s characteristic lack of realism, however──

28 The original describes the pictures as ‘ufuun and ahaan’ (yes, that’s an adjective), which is a somewhat old way to

say porn (2005 more or less)