Chapter 8: I am a gaming character
"The permanent storage of Galactic Link Pro is 80 astrobytes, temporary being 20 astrobytes can even run in sync with the VS. It is based on AI 8 powered by AI 89 and thus will help you in sensing your body conditions and will only cater to you and all your needs. The communicator also has a battery life of 20 time units. Though it is said that it can be charged, by that time I am sure you will get yourself a new communicator," the sales aliens laughed at the end and said. The notion of AI sent Aric into a bit of a spiral.
This made him think of his problem. He needed to be cautious of his next steps.
"Can I get any communicator that is not AI interlaced?" Aric asked. The sales man was confused for a bit, but then seemed to understand.
"Ah, you are fearing for your privacy. You can rest assured that your privacy is of paramount importance and Blue or any electronics company would not try to invade your privacy. Not after what happened to the Toriah civilization."
"No, I would still like a communicator without any connection with an AI," Aric insisted this time. Though the sales man was confused, he replied.
"That is easy. You just need to deny the request of integrating AI from the central core, and thus the AI will never attach to your communicator." Aric had an epiphany. The salesman’s words meant that the AI came from a central command somewhere, and thus they could definitely not be trusted.
"How much does this one cost?" Aric asked. He wasn’t ready to scour through more models, and he was in a bit of a time crunch.
"It’s 1.2k Sora and 1.1k Vallin credits, with 10 time units of warranty," the salesman said.
"That’s too much. How about I give you 2k Sora credits for two?" Aric said.
"Two? For 2k? Hmm... Okay," the salesman said. Aric was expecting a load of bargaining or even the fact that the price was fixed. But nothing like that. Did he get scammed? But he couldn’t read the letters on the back. This had been a problem here as he wasn’t able to read the letters here.
It was a different language, and he could only understand the words but not the letters. But since he already gave a price, he couldn’t back out. Soon the salesman came back with two small cases.
"I will be taking the credits from you with a sign. Please approve the transfer within 72 hours," the salesman said, as he could see that this man didn’t carry cash nor a communicator. After signing off, Aric took the credits and walked out.