Daydream Theatre

What kind of plan could solve both the President and Latimer's problem at the same time? Even though I agree with the Chairman's point of view that this method of changing the sun and stealing the sky might really be impossible, but … To sacrifice the "life" of all contestants to maintain one's ideals is something I would never have heard of.

But to Latimer, perhaps he and the Chairman were very, very good friends … He even spoke up for the Chairman, thinking that wasting six days was a trivial matter. But since Tomoko and I have discovered it, how should we explain this to the Eloi Company?

unless they can gag Tomoko and I at the same time.

It's really strange, the situation now seems like it is already under Tomoko's control, the conflicts of interest between us humans is actually under the control of a robot!

"Miss Tomoko, you mean to say that we will practice together?"

"That's right," she said happily. "After hearing so much about the benefits of this sport, I'd like to experience it myself!"

"But …" I don't understand why a robot would be 'interested' in such a game.

"But what? Mr President, there's still some time until the start of the competition. Can I practice ball with Participant David? "

The Chairman was as confused as I was. "Miss Tomoko, are you trying to …"

"Listen to her," Latimer said with confidence. "The robot's judgement is far more accurate than a human's. It seems that Tomoko has a good method to solve our predicament."

He was very relaxed now. If he hadn't agreed to his friend's request, things wouldn't have gotten so troublesome.

"Of course, if the antidote serum is completed, Lil 'White will inform me." Tomoko smiled sweetly, "Participant David, do you want to take a look at this Time Field?"

I nodded. But at this moment, Latimer suddenly rushed in front of Tomoko and continuously waved his hands. Weird, it's just a prop. Why can't you look at it?

"No no, I'm not taking off my clothes …" I heard Tomoko's gentle explanation. What, take off his clothes? What does this have to do with the Time Field?

"Alright, Mr. David, please come this way." Latimer led the way as we walked out of the laboratory and arrived at the entrance of the sealed hospital.

Tomoko pulled open the door and said: "Just like how David opened the gates to the competition arena and saw an unbelievable scene, I'm afraid you will be even more surprised this time!"

The door slowly opened and a beam of light shone in.

It was clear and calm outside. The only thing worth paying attention to was the black dots in the sky. Yes, they were floating in the air and not moving at all.

"What's that?" I want to go out and take a closer look.

"That's Little Black. If someone approaches the Time Field, Little Black will stop them." Tomoko explained, "It's just a form of protection, even though the Time Field itself is unable to enter and exit as it pleases."

"Oh," I nodded. "But why aren't they moving?"

"Of course they're moving. It's just that in our eyes, they're barely moving at all."

Now that I understood what she meant, I saw that all the cars and people in the distance were almost motionless. However, as long as one observed carefully, one would be able to see that they were actually moving very slowly. As for Blacky, who was circling around the entire Time Field, it was also patrolling in the air.

"They are seven times slower than us."

"Strictly speaking, we are seven times faster than them." Latimer interrupted, "Alright, Mr. David, you have also seen this magical scene, can you accompany Tomoko to practice?"

It seems that Latimer was even more anxious than Tomoko himself. From the looks of it, he seemed to completely believe in this robot's idea. But... Why would a person ask a robot for its opinion?

Once again we were back in the underground garage, and all the fears I had felt just now were gone. Those were only illusions I had made of myself in the midst of my fear. As the enigmatic robot said, man is nothing but an irrational creature.

The door that was pulled by Tomoko hung open on the flying car, and inside the door there were a few black guards. But I think all the contestants are busy practicing, after all, the prize money for this year's finals is quite plentiful, of course, this may just be a blank check, everything depends on the program's Access Rate.

I led the way to an empty practice room, more than half an hour before the game started, and I don't think a man who has never played a game can master a snooker in half an hour. Of course, the robot was saying something else.

"You see a pile of colored balls on the table?"

"As you said, fifteen red balls, six colored balls, and a white mother ball. If you hit a red ball, you have to hit a colored ball until all the red balls have been emptied."

"But you have to be aware that the points of these colored balls are different. Some are high, some are low …" I told her about the rules of the snooker. I didn't worry that she didn't understand them, that even if she didn't, the machine would still be able to record every word.

"Good, but I don't think the core of this movement is any 'obstruct'."

"Oh?" I can't believe this "person" who has never even touched a bat would give a different opinion in front of a professional.

"In short, isn't it fine as long as you hit the red ball and hit the high score colored ball?"

"Heh heh, that's what every kid thinks — before they really play." I handed the bat over to Tomoko. "Although the pole is a little broken, I don't have any other pole." One must know that a snooker player can only choose a familiar bat. If they suddenly switch to a different club, they will be very uncomfortable.

Tomoko's slender and jade-like hands took the cue, and when I looked at my hands, they were already filled with calluses.

"Do you need me to teach you how to hold the pole?"

"I can adjust it automatically. It's not difficult." She had a pole in one hand and was about to lean over to play.

"Ah, you're wrong. The other hand must …"

But to my astonishment, although this liver did not put the red ball into the hole, but the stability of the rod was very good, I could not see any shaking! As for us pro-players, we need to rely on our hands and the strength of our waist to do this.

But this Tomoko, this robot, was able to use one hand steadily.

Latimer laughed: "Your accuracy is so poor, do you want to pierce through the hole with this sword or do you want to create some sort of obstruction?"

"I'm getting used to this environment system." Tomoko no longer lashed out with the pole, but looked carefully at the entire surface of the stage, looking at the distribution of the balls. Then I looked down at the club again, at the damaged part of the end.

"Do you see anything?" I'm a little nervous, and what I'm worried about is... Could she really learn to play snooker for the first time? It even reached near my level in an instant?

"I'm looking at the material distribution of the club, as well as its weight, curvature and elasticity, which is important for hitting." Tomoko simply looked at it for a minute before she laid her head on the table and observed everything around her, not letting go of a single inch of the surface.

"Her sensors are far more sensitive than humans, and she can automatically determine the exact numbers of each ball, such as weight, smoothness, elasticity, and so on, as well as the numbers on the billiard table. Of course, she can also simulate the attack route in her mind, I think... You also want to analyze the position of the particles in the air? " Latimer explained by the side. Seems like he already understood Tomoko's structure quite well.

Tomoko nodded: "That's right, we must take the air factor into account. There are also sound waves around, but these have very little effect on the batting. The most important thing is to determine the specific data of the ball and the table, so that we can do a mathematical analysis and find the best hit point and strength. "

"This... Isn't this cheating? " the Chairman exclaimed.

"Of course not," Latimer appeared extremely pleased, "This is just like humans. Humans have to observe this data before hitting the ball, it's just that its detail is far inferior to robots. "Humans rely on their own sensory organs, and robots rely on their own sensory organs, so where is the point of cheating?"

Argument! This was a shameless excuse! I thought to myself, how can robots be compared to humans? In that case, if humans can one day implant these highly sensitive sensors, can they also be allowed to participate in official competitions?

"As for the judgement on the route …" Latimer was still trying to defend Tomoko, "Of course people would map out the path of the shot in their own minds, based on experience and vague mathematical calculations. "Robot..."

Without waiting for him to finish, I continued, "The robot is also like this. It just brought some data into the model in its mind. Do you want to say this?" I let out a laugh.

"Alright, I can give it a try," Tomoko said as she bent over to hit the ball, aiming at the red ball that was halfway across the table. "I remember you saying that not only do you want the ball to enter your bag, you also want the mother ball to stop at the most suitable spot to hit the colored ball?"

"Of course."

A "peng" sound rang out. In my heart, I still suspected that she understood this rule, but … Not only did Tomoko hit the red ball steadily, the mother ball also stopped right at the location where it was the easiest place to hit the black ball.

"You … You did well, but, "I said grudgingly," when we snooker players play, we don't only think about the next batting, we think about the whole situation. Right now, you are very easy to hit the black ball, but after you hit the black ball, it is very hard to hear the right place to hit the next red ball … "

Before I could finish my words, Tomoko used an extremely strong pulling rod. Not only did she knock the black ball in, she also managed to make the mother ball stop at a location that I thought was the most convenient place to hit the red ball.

"But I can use my skills." Tomoko blew at the tip of the pole, as if she was afraid that if she hit the ball too quickly, it would catch fire.

I'm still defending my human dignity: "Your 'data' is very good, but there is no way out. Look, your current position is far away from the next easy ball. Of course you can use your pole skill to make up for it, but … "If you continue to make up for it like this, the number of mistakes you made will get bigger and bigger and it will increase exponentially. In the end, I'm afraid you won't be able to recover it."

"I understand. Are you saying that the slight deviation of the initial value will continue to increase after each adjustment until it exceeds the maximum amount of adjustments that can be made in the system's calculations?" However, Tomoko's tone was somewhat disdainful.

"It's best if you realize it." Of course, I thought, there are those among our human players who hit the ball with perfect accuracy, but their weakness often lies in their misalignment.

"Hehe," Tomoko laughed, "In that case, as long as you take the remaining hit power and route when you hit the ball for the first time, wouldn't that be enough?"