Report from a Mugen clone at the Karma Academy
★Anyway, we should just make it so that everyone can freely choose their own experiences...
Mugen contacted one of his clones and tried writing that on the bulletin board in the lobby of the Karma Academy.
Incidentally, when he looked, he found that one of Mugen's clones was actually enrolled in the Karma Academy.
Fortunately, it wasn't in a dangerous state where it would be subjected to eternal, cruel torture experiences.
It seemed like a minor offense; apparently, it had been abducted by a delinquent girl ancient dragon and forced to do grunt work for world domination.
"Is she still doing that kind of thing..." Mugen grumbled.
To think she'd even lay a hand on a clone of Mugen... she's quite the die-hard...
As a result, Mugen's clone had been turned into a delinquent clone.
It seems it was riding a motorcycle the wrong way down a highway with the delinquent girl ancient dragon on the back, like some old-school hoodlum.
It appears it got arrested for reckless driving.
That's reckless... the integrated Mugen thought.
Actually, when he heard the circumstances, it seemed it had been coerced into doing it by the delinquent girl ancient dragon.
"If you're going to go on a rampage, do it in some wide-open field or something..." Mugen conveyed via telepathy.
Then,
"No, brother... even if you say that, my limbs were being moved against my own will."
"Huh? Is that even possible?"
"Possible or not, that's what was happening, so I guess it is possible."
"Are you okay now?"
"Yeah, but sometimes when I'm typing on a computer, my fingers start moving at high speed, or they won't move at all."
"Your fingers move against your own will?"
Yeah, it's like... when I try to type something like 'You idiot delinquent girl ancient dragon!!!', I end up making mistakes. I wonder why that is... brother.
No, you, that's because you're still being manipulated...
You think so...? I guess...
So, when do your fingers move at high speed then?
No, I'd rather not tell you that, brother...
You idiot! Even if you don't say it, I can tell because it's telepathy.
Come on... please don't just barge into my private space like that.
But you're my clone, so there's no such thing as privacy or anything like that.
No, there is. Even if I'm a clone, my personality is completely different...
If you say things like that, my clone business won't be able to keep going, will it?
I don't know about that, why don't you just switch to a different business?
A different one? Is there any good work out there?
Well, for example, look, if you join this school, brother, there are all sorts of jobs.
Huh? This isn't a workplace, is it?
But lately, if you apply, there is work available.
Oh... what kind of work are you doing?
Well, the other day there was a flyer on the bulletin board that said 'Part-time job opening: Turn the prison into a paradise,' and right now, I'm doing a part-time job to turn this School of Just Deserts into a paradise. How about you, brother?
That sounds like an interesting story.
Right? Turning a prison into a paradise is pretty cool, isn't it? It's stylish, don't you think?
Well, it does sound interesting...
So, brother, why don't you commit some minor crime or something and come join me here?
No way, I'm an integrated type, so I can't just go around committing minor crimes. If I did, it would affect all my clones.
Don't say that, just come visit. It's lonely being here all by myself, isn't it?
Wait, don't you have coworkers or something?
Ah, well, I do, but they're completely different species, so it's not quite the same.
What kind of species are they?
Well, all sorts. Really, there are aliens, demons, angels, gods...
What? There are that many different kinds!?
Is that a problem, brother?
No, I suppose it's not a problem, but that's quite a diverse group, isn't it?
It seems they're creating a paradise prison for all kinds of people who have had various experiences, so they're recruiting from every species imaginable.
That's quite a large scale.
Right? They seem pretty serious about it, and I've actually gotten quite motivated myself. But since I'm the only one from the clone species, it's lonely, so please come if you can.
Hmm, so should I just pick out a random clone and have them commit a minor crime to get sent in?
No, well, only if there's a volunteer. If you force them, the principal of the Self-Inflicted Consequences Academy will just get them again.
Did you get got?
Well, it is the Self-Inflicted Consequences Academy... you didn't think I'd get in and come out unscathed, did you?
By the way, even if you try to be clever, they'll see right through it.
So, experience speaks, huh?
I tried to use a degraded clone as a decoy, but they figured it all out and paid me back threefold.
Isn't that just because your cloning technique was immature?
Well, others besides me have also had their cheating exposed and suffered terrible consequences...
I see, perhaps there is an absolute surveillance system in place...
Exactly, that's it. The other day, a ruler of that sort showed up, and all of our private lives were monitored by the principal and made public.
As expected of the School of Just Deserts... I'm starting to not want to enroll there.
Hey! That's not fair. I'm working hard to turn this place into a paradise, so please come visit.
Well then, I'll wait until you've managed to turn it into a paradise.
No, let's turn it into a paradise together.
Putting the stories together, it seems that all sorts of species, or rather, experiencers, are working together at the School of Just Deserts to create a paradise model for all kinds of experiencers.
Well, it seems they have started by creating a mini-model as a preliminary step before turning everything into a paradise.
Apparently, they had some help from the Super-Spacetime Holy Bodies.
It seems they are seriously intending to turn every world into a paradise where one can experience anything freely.
They must have judged that the School of Just Deserts would be a good environment to prototype a small-scale model of a paradise where one can experience anything freely.
This is because the 'just deserts' system can be used as-is to check for bugs in the paradise model they created.
If you create something strange, the creator has to take responsibility for the mistake, and it feels like it can be fixed immediately.
Mugen thinks that a system where you can notice your own mistakes immediately is a pretty good one.
It would be extremely dangerous if it were a system where you only realized your mistakes after thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of millions of years, and then had to take responsibility for the 'just deserts' of that entire period later. Also, the fact that the mistake remains for those hundreds of millions of years means that victims would continue to be created throughout that time, which is too damaging for both the perpetrator and the victim.
This is a point that should be reformed immediately... Mugen thought.
That restrictive world, for instance, must have been accumulating karma for a period that surely exceeds hundreds of millions of years...
To become the ruler of such a world would be an outrageous thing... Mugen thinks.
It is far too dangerous and insane that simply failing to notice one's own mistake can lead to the accumulation of penalties resulting in hundreds of millions of years of cruel torture experiences...
In such cases, I think a mechanism that automatically and properly informs them of the danger is absolutely essential.
Mugen added a note to his "Blueprint for an Ideal World" that a mechanism like such a mistake notification system is indispensable.
★ "It is necessary to make the world specifications such that when responsibility for one's own actions arises, the individuals experiencing it are notified of the nature of that responsibility."
He added this and other points.
I see, perhaps this is a perfect opportunity to research various ways to build an ideal world... Mugen began to feel.
Mugen suddenly became interested in the part-time job of turning the prison into a paradise.