"What," said Lan after catching his breath, "Was that about?"
"A rouge Navi?" Megaman said. There was a bit of confusion in his voice.
"Could it be Bass?" Lan asked. He walked over to the stairs leading to the license room and request board and sat on them. His heart was still racing a little.
"Couldn't be Bass." Megaman's voice was thoughtful. He was wondering who the Navi was too. "Bass doesn't have an operator. I'm sure of it."
"How could a Navi attack its operator anyway? It's stuck in a PET and programmed not to hurt people. even the WWW and Gospel Navis did not hurt anyone directly."
"The netbattler said that the Navi was not programmed by the Center, remember? Whoever programmed it probably didn't program in the program to prevent the operator from getting hurt. And you wouldn't believe how easy it is to hurt someone from inside a PET. Fooling with some of the programs in here could cause the PET to overload and give the owner a nasty shock."
"Whoa. I didn't hear of that before. Remind me to think twice before getting you angry Megaman."
"Don't worry about it too much. Now let's get a request before all of them are gone!"
There were still some requests left, but only because they were either to petty or too difficult for the mainstream netbattlers.
"Hmmm. lost cat. let's leave that one for someone trying to get an A License."
"Hey, what about that third one?" Megaman pointed it out to Lan.
"-Help! Virus Busting!- Sounds good." Megaman opened up the request so Lan could read it.
I am starting a new business. The old equipment needs to be cleaned of viruses before I put my new state of the art programming in. I won't put any information about the program here. I don't want competitors to steal my idea. Whoever completes this task will have free access to my new service. Please meet me at the tunnel near the Dentown metroline station.
"Lan, will you accept this request?" Megaman asked.
"Yes. why do you always say it like that?"
"Don't know. habit, I suppose." Megaman said, shrugging.
The little taken icon popped up next to the request. Lan made his way out of the Center.
"Lan! What are you doing? Mom said to visit Dad while here."
"Oops! Thanks, Mega!" Lan said. His course changed to upstairs. Once into the Center's lobby, Lan noticed the long line at the help desk. Mothers, children, mothers with children, old people, netbattlers. just about everyone from every group was there.
"What's that about?" Lan wondered out loud. To his surprise, the secretary at the middle desk answered him.
"They all want their Navis' human protection program checked or replaced. The 12:00 news on CNN just aired." She said with a sigh.
"Whoa. 12:00. We should grab some lunch before doing that request. Dad is probably hungry, too." Lan picked up some coffee from the coffee machine for his father. He also jacked into the coffee machine o say "hi" to the programs. Programs can get overstressed and refuse to work if they do the same thing everyday without a word of thanks. Lan still remembered the program from the barbecue that took a vacation when the net was covered with Gospel's ice. Finally, Lan walked over to the elevator, pressed the button, waited, and stepped in.
"Megaman do you remember when almost the same thing happened after When PETs Attack premiered?"
"Yeah. That's when they improved the human protection program in Navis. But this time it is real. and I have a bad feeling about it."
Ding! The elevator reached the third floor of the Center. Lan walked out and turned left towards his dad's office. Mr. Hikari looked up over the top of his cubicle surprised not to hear this set of footsteps hurried and panicked.
"Lan!" Mr. Hikari immediately set down what he was doing and walked over to Lan. "What are you doing here?"
"School ended yesterday, remember? I came to get a request, and thought I'd visit you." Lan handed over the steaming foam cup of coffee to his father. Mr. Hikari took a very long therapeutic sip.
"I appreciate the thought, but everyone at the Center is really busy right now."
".with the rouge Navi?" Megaman offered.
"You two heard too, eh?" Mr. Hikari asked. Lan and Megaman both nodded. "Well, that newscast didn't help. Now on top of trying to investigate the attack, we need to check and reinstall human protection programs on all these Navis.."
"We could help inves.." Lan started.
"NO! I don't want you to get involved with this Lan." Lan's father looked furious.
"But." Lan was hurt. He had only saved the world twice. What was a rouge Navi compared to him and Megaman?
"Lan, this isn't like before. Megaman can be healed with a subchip or battle chip, but you can't." Lan looked into his father's eyes. And Lan knew his father was right. Lan could also tell that this rouge Navi was stressing him out more than the WWW and Gospel incidents combined.
"Alright. I won't investigate. I have a request to do, anyway. If me or Megaman see or hear anything, though, we'll tell you first." Lan was slightly scared now. Anything that could effect his father this much must be big.
"And at the first sign of trouble, you jack out. You got that? I couldn't bear losing you and Megaman." Lan's eyes widened a little. -you and Megaman-. That meant that this rouge Navi was so powerful that he would have to synchronize with Megaman to beat it. and he still might lose.
"No problem. See you later Dad!" Lan ran to the door of the elevator, still waving to his father behind him. Man he was glad to be out of that situation. It wasn't long before the third floor light lit up. With one more "Bye!" Lan boarded the elevator.
"You didn't tell him yet, did you?" Megaman asked Lan. His voice was very concerned.
"Huh? Tell him what?" Lan said, confused.
"About the radiation after the Gospel incident. Those servers were over 300%."
"Oh, that. I'll tell him when he's older and more mellow. He won't over react as much that way." Lan said non-chalontly.
"Lan." Megaman pleaded. He realized how much pain Lan had gone through when he had all that radiation surging through him. When Megaman opened up the full heart link, the pain surged through him too.
"Hu. Megaman, it's not like I can tell him now. He's stressed enough as it is."
"I guess so." Megaman backed down. Lan always tried to act so machismo.
"Hmmm. kinda funny, the way trouble always finds us, eh?" Lan smiled one of his carefree smiles. The elevator door ringed, and Lan stepped out..
"A rouge Navi?" Megaman said. There was a bit of confusion in his voice.
"Could it be Bass?" Lan asked. He walked over to the stairs leading to the license room and request board and sat on them. His heart was still racing a little.
"Couldn't be Bass." Megaman's voice was thoughtful. He was wondering who the Navi was too. "Bass doesn't have an operator. I'm sure of it."
"How could a Navi attack its operator anyway? It's stuck in a PET and programmed not to hurt people. even the WWW and Gospel Navis did not hurt anyone directly."
"The netbattler said that the Navi was not programmed by the Center, remember? Whoever programmed it probably didn't program in the program to prevent the operator from getting hurt. And you wouldn't believe how easy it is to hurt someone from inside a PET. Fooling with some of the programs in here could cause the PET to overload and give the owner a nasty shock."
"Whoa. I didn't hear of that before. Remind me to think twice before getting you angry Megaman."
"Don't worry about it too much. Now let's get a request before all of them are gone!"
There were still some requests left, but only because they were either to petty or too difficult for the mainstream netbattlers.
"Hmmm. lost cat. let's leave that one for someone trying to get an A License."
"Hey, what about that third one?" Megaman pointed it out to Lan.
"-Help! Virus Busting!- Sounds good." Megaman opened up the request so Lan could read it.
I am starting a new business. The old equipment needs to be cleaned of viruses before I put my new state of the art programming in. I won't put any information about the program here. I don't want competitors to steal my idea. Whoever completes this task will have free access to my new service. Please meet me at the tunnel near the Dentown metroline station.
"Lan, will you accept this request?" Megaman asked.
"Yes. why do you always say it like that?"
"Don't know. habit, I suppose." Megaman said, shrugging.
The little taken icon popped up next to the request. Lan made his way out of the Center.
"Lan! What are you doing? Mom said to visit Dad while here."
"Oops! Thanks, Mega!" Lan said. His course changed to upstairs. Once into the Center's lobby, Lan noticed the long line at the help desk. Mothers, children, mothers with children, old people, netbattlers. just about everyone from every group was there.
"What's that about?" Lan wondered out loud. To his surprise, the secretary at the middle desk answered him.
"They all want their Navis' human protection program checked or replaced. The 12:00 news on CNN just aired." She said with a sigh.
"Whoa. 12:00. We should grab some lunch before doing that request. Dad is probably hungry, too." Lan picked up some coffee from the coffee machine for his father. He also jacked into the coffee machine o say "hi" to the programs. Programs can get overstressed and refuse to work if they do the same thing everyday without a word of thanks. Lan still remembered the program from the barbecue that took a vacation when the net was covered with Gospel's ice. Finally, Lan walked over to the elevator, pressed the button, waited, and stepped in.
"Megaman do you remember when almost the same thing happened after When PETs Attack premiered?"
"Yeah. That's when they improved the human protection program in Navis. But this time it is real. and I have a bad feeling about it."
Ding! The elevator reached the third floor of the Center. Lan walked out and turned left towards his dad's office. Mr. Hikari looked up over the top of his cubicle surprised not to hear this set of footsteps hurried and panicked.
"Lan!" Mr. Hikari immediately set down what he was doing and walked over to Lan. "What are you doing here?"
"School ended yesterday, remember? I came to get a request, and thought I'd visit you." Lan handed over the steaming foam cup of coffee to his father. Mr. Hikari took a very long therapeutic sip.
"I appreciate the thought, but everyone at the Center is really busy right now."
".with the rouge Navi?" Megaman offered.
"You two heard too, eh?" Mr. Hikari asked. Lan and Megaman both nodded. "Well, that newscast didn't help. Now on top of trying to investigate the attack, we need to check and reinstall human protection programs on all these Navis.."
"We could help inves.." Lan started.
"NO! I don't want you to get involved with this Lan." Lan's father looked furious.
"But." Lan was hurt. He had only saved the world twice. What was a rouge Navi compared to him and Megaman?
"Lan, this isn't like before. Megaman can be healed with a subchip or battle chip, but you can't." Lan looked into his father's eyes. And Lan knew his father was right. Lan could also tell that this rouge Navi was stressing him out more than the WWW and Gospel incidents combined.
"Alright. I won't investigate. I have a request to do, anyway. If me or Megaman see or hear anything, though, we'll tell you first." Lan was slightly scared now. Anything that could effect his father this much must be big.
"And at the first sign of trouble, you jack out. You got that? I couldn't bear losing you and Megaman." Lan's eyes widened a little. -you and Megaman-. That meant that this rouge Navi was so powerful that he would have to synchronize with Megaman to beat it. and he still might lose.
"No problem. See you later Dad!" Lan ran to the door of the elevator, still waving to his father behind him. Man he was glad to be out of that situation. It wasn't long before the third floor light lit up. With one more "Bye!" Lan boarded the elevator.
"You didn't tell him yet, did you?" Megaman asked Lan. His voice was very concerned.
"Huh? Tell him what?" Lan said, confused.
"About the radiation after the Gospel incident. Those servers were over 300%."
"Oh, that. I'll tell him when he's older and more mellow. He won't over react as much that way." Lan said non-chalontly.
"Lan." Megaman pleaded. He realized how much pain Lan had gone through when he had all that radiation surging through him. When Megaman opened up the full heart link, the pain surged through him too.
"Hu. Megaman, it's not like I can tell him now. He's stressed enough as it is."
"I guess so." Megaman backed down. Lan always tried to act so machismo.
"Hmmm. kinda funny, the way trouble always finds us, eh?" Lan smiled one of his carefree smiles. The elevator door ringed, and Lan stepped out..