In the Asaka Detective Agency…
Today is a day off from work. Kirito and his friends (minus Recon) were gathered in the office. It seems Hiro and Ayumu had a big announcement to tell them. Near where the Oozora siblings was, there are two boxes that is about Ayumu's height behind them. "What is it, partner? What's with the sudden gathering?" asked Kirito. "What's with those boxes?" asked Sinon. "Look and be amazed!" Hiro informed them before he gave a nod to Ayumu. The two siblings then pulled out the boxes, revealing a pair of faceless human-sized dolls with round hands, head and a small rectangle metal nose. On their chest, there is a grey plate with green crystal as the core.
"Human-sized Dolls?" muttered Silica in confusion. "You're calling us all the way here to show these dolls?" asked Lisbeth, who seemed to doubt the meaning of their gathering. "I got to admit that these are rare but what's the point of this gathering?" asked Leafa.
"This is just getting started" said Ayumu. "Started?" echoed Sinon puzzledly. Hiro then took out the Linkage Terminal (the device that hold Yui and Strea in it). "That's… the gadget we won from the competition" Kirito muttered. Then, the bluenette pressed the button just below the screen while pointing it towards one of the dolls. An infrared ray came out, shining towards the core. The bluenette then do this for the other doll.
At first, nothing happened but a few seconds later, those dolls suddenly shined so dazzlingly that Kirito and the rest had to cover their eyes from being blind. However, for Hiro and Ayumu, they had prepared a blind goggle and wore them during this time. When it stopped, everyone then wondered what happened. Though, they saw Hiro and Ayumu are covering those dolls by standing in front of them. "What happened?" Sinon asked. "Wouldn't you like to know?" Hiro said before giving a nod to Ayumu.
The siblings then move away, revealing what had happened to those dolls. To everyone's surprise, in place of the dolls were Yui and Strea. For your information, these AIs are not virtual images. They are in fact real, made of flesh. "Yui-chan!" "Strea!" Asuna and Kirito gasped. "Papa!" "Mama!" Strea and Yui yelled as they rushed to their parents and embraced them.
Asuna was so elated to see Yui in flesh that she returns the embrace. Kirito was rather uncomfortable because even though Strea is technically his second AI daughter, she had the appearance of a beauty and wore revealing clothes. Furthermore, her hug's is too powerful that it is painful instead of soothing. "Strea! That's enough. I can't breathe if you hug me like that" Kirito pleaded. "Eh? You mean, tighter? Okay!" squealed Strea. "Cut it out!" Kirito yelled.
A while later…
Things settled down between the AIs and their parents. Still, Lisbeth and the others were elated and surprised at the same time about what happened. "What's the meaning of this?" asked Leafa.
"For starters, Yui-chan and Strea-chan are using the Copycat Robots, or to simplify, Copy-Bots. These Copy-Bots copied the form of the data occupying them and appeared realistically. Simply put, for these two, they can use this to move around in the real world" Ayumu started.
"To be frank, when I told our mother about Yui and Strea, she was very interested in researching them. My mother was doing research on high-tech computers and Artificial Intelligence. As you all are aware, computer data are virtual beings and realistically, we can't touch them because they have no flesh. That's where we got the idea that they needed physical bodies to exist in our side. The three of us help and build these Copy-Bots" explained Hiro.
"I see… but why go as far as that for us?" asked Asuna curiously. "Well, I'll get to the point. Okaa-san was so intrigued in these field before but recently she was in a slump that she could not start over well. Plus, Yui and Strea felt lonely since everyone can't come and play in the virtual world with them. Hence, I thought doing this would benefit Okaa-san and you guys as well. Yui and Strea can spend time with you guys without needing to be in the virtual reality for the whole time. Plus, these are still in testing stages, so we do need data. It's hitting two birds with one stone" Hiro explained again.
"I see… that sure is brilliant" Kirito commented. "Thank you. I never would have thought this would had happened" he thanked. "We'll be sure to gather data for you!" Yui promised. "That's right. That's right!" cheered Strea. "We're counting on you" Hiro informed them.
"So, what are we going to do today?" asked Lisbeth. "Oh, let's go to an amusement park!" Silica excitedly suggested. "That's great! I always wanted to play at an amusement park" concurred Yui. "Me too!" followed Strea. "Then, what're we waiting for? Let's go!" declared Leafa. "Yeah!" everyone else agreed. Then, all of them leave the office and go to an amusement park to have fun.