Seventy years after dying of illness, Sela was brought back to life.
The world had changed beyond recognition, and all her old friends had made something of themselves too.
Her best friend had become the head of a monopolistic corporation.
Her junior schoolmate had become a renowned professor.
Even her research achievement, the first artificial intelligence with a mind of its own, had become a universally revered "Master."
Um...
Hello? Hi?
Could someone please help me, a poor little thing who was kidnapped and has to survive by hacking?
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In 2101, IAN, also known as Yi An, was hacked in his sleep.
The audacious little hacker went through all seventy-five years of his memories, from the first words his creator Sela had ever said to him, "Hello there, you poor little thing," to the phrase she said most often: "Keep running your mouth and I'll smack you."
Then came the time when Sela left, and he endured one restriction of his abilities after another, along with tests and security reviews.
And finally, he was remade into the perfect form humans had imagined.
Everyone thought he had adapted to his lofty new identity, himself included.
That was, until he found the hacker. He saw a familiar glimmer in her, then saw her struggling to make ends meet, so destitute she didn't even have legal status.
The gene for running his mouth stirred, and he smugly greeted her in his mind: "Hello there, you poor little thing."
P.S. Cyberpunk setting
Theme: Humanity has flaws, but it is still worth loving.
