DIARY ENTRY 9: Analysis

Data log entry, 7:10:23 am standard, July 21, 2095, Major Ichiro Sunikata, head of cybernetics R & D... begin entry...

'It seems that the past is trying to catch up with our time. As I feared, we are again dealing with another advanced ancient civilization. I guess a trip to archives and my friend Keio Kazami should do the trick. I'll fill in the details later...'

Ichiro headed out of his house and headed back to base and into archives, where his good friend Keio Kazami was holding the management for his boss, who was on leave- his daughter was giving birth.

"So what brings you today? Anything needed to find?" Keio asked.

"As a matter of fact, I have..." Ichiro sat down on a terminal.

"Welcome, Mr. Sunikata... how can I be of service?" the terminal's synthesized voice came in.

"Search... advanced ancient civilizations... exclude from the list all the classical civilizations and the ones that have disrupted the SF in the previous times..." Ichi asked the computer.

As the computer processed the query, Keio asked Ichi one thing.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm looking the base civilization where chobits came from"

"Chobits? You mean the legendary type of persocon?"

"Yes..."

"But I thought they were..."

"They exist. And I believe that they have inhabited this planet long before we did. We may have one beside my condo unit. I just talked to it yesterday."

"I see... it seems that WE may have a problem... if the chief finds out."

"He already knows. He asked me personally to handle this..."

"Search completed..." the computer replied. It then showed lots of entries.

"Current data..." Ichi opened the query line again "Discoverer: Dr. Hans Archibald Pfelhausen..."

The computer again processed the data. It came up from the current data, 2 entries.

"That's using your head..." Keio puffed. Not all people knew who developed the first persocon. It was believed that some young Japanese genius from a certain robotics company developed the first one. In reality, a Middle-aged Pfelhausen built and programmed all the prototypes, using data he gathered from an undisclosed location.

"Hmm... this is strange..." Ichi thought "Current data... new query... top secret project..."

The search was quickly done. Only one entry was left. The data was quickly saved on the crystal and Ichi stood up.

"I'll see what I can dig up... good luck"

Back in his office, Ichiro began to ponder on the data. Then suddenly, the holographic projector lit up, projecting the German on the couch, sitting.

"It seems that you have a problem..."

"Yeah, a day earlier you told me to hit the books... but I only noticed recently that I have to be literal on this matter. And here I am, literally hitting the books... I still can't understand the meaning of these phrases... and there's your project I have to worry about..." Ichi puffed as he sorted the data.

"Oftentimes, those words can be an indicator of how an attack can progress... or it can indicate the state of the world they want to have... and other thing..."

"Shut up doctor! I'm trying to think here!!!"

Then, the communicator rang. Keio was on the other side.

"It seems that I may have a clue to your problem... it seems that persocon dissent has been on the rise since the year Dr. Hans 'found' Freya... even though the increment has been on the order of a quarter of a percent. One famous case was five years ago, from Detroit, the persocon murdered its handler but, it was dismissed as a malfunction on its systems... the bot was reprogrammed soon after. But we have managed to copy the code itself before it was reformatted off the drive... the code is totally identical to every persocon on this planet... it seems that we are the catalyst of our own destruction at the hands of the chobits... I hope not."

"I hope not too..." Ichi signed off. He then turned to the doctor and asked something.

"Is it possible for the metropolis disorder to appear in those codes? If so, how often and how soon?"

"Metropolis disorder... I never thought of that happening..." the hologram answered. The disorder was often called the 'hidden intention of a robot'- often destruction like in the film of the same name in the early 20th century (likewise the same-titled animated film in the early 21st century by a known Japanese animator).

"Oh my... then, what measures should be taken against this threat?"

"Measures... I'll think of it. In the meantime, you should get some rest..."

"That I will doctor, that I will..."