Infinite Dendrogram - Volume 11 - Chapter SS2

The Overworked Control AI 
A Certain Day of a Certain Month 
The term “control AI” had a different meaning in Infinite Dendrogram than it had in real life. The control AIs outside were artificial intellects using the processing power of supercomputers to their full capacity. The control AIs inside, on the other hand, were actually Infinite Embryos — Embryos above even Superior. 
However, due to their immense calculating power and unique abilities, they were able to manage Infinite Dendrogram well enough to be considered control AIs. They had their own set roles and managed various phenomena. One managed the Embryos before they were implanted in Masters, one created the UBMs that would act as barriers spurring Master evolution... they each had their own field and played a part in keeping things running smoothly. All the jobs were necessary. 
Since what they were responsible for differed so greatly, there were natural differences in difficulty, as well. The most notable example was control AI no. 7. 
“Ph...ew...” 
A gloomy-looking woman with profound bags under her eyes. This was the avatar of the Duchess. 
She didn’t appear the way she had because she wanted to. The clothing was her choice, yes, but the bags under her eyes and the general gloominess was the result of her extreme fatigue. 
Her job was maintaining Master vision and translation. The latter job was basically the same as any translation software’s. She would translate the many languages spoken by the cosmopolitan Masters from all over the Earth into the language used in Dendro, and do the reverse when it had to be done. Nuance, tone, volume... all was always done perfectly, but it was relatively simple. The problem was that she was doing it for potentially millions of Masters at once, which would be more than enough to overheat the usual supercomputer. 

However, if asked, she would surely say that it was the easy part of her job. What kept her busiest was the management of Master vision. 
A Master could choose between three types of vision: realistic, CG, and anime. She had to create the visuals for potentially millions of Masters in real time and project them into their visions, which would instantly make the usual supercomputer explode. Even this Infinite Embryo was on the verge of dying despite her supreme calculation abilities. 
“Sakuga is... so hard...” 
The greatest burden came from drawing for those who’d chosen the anime style visuals. It demanded far more effort than either realistic or CG visuals, and had to be delivered without a split-second of lag. It was actually the least used of the three kinds of visuals, but the users were extremely vocal, complaining on the internet about how the food didn’t look right or how they didn’t like the artstyle. It was quite disheartening, considering how hard she was trying. 
“...Whose idea... was this... again...? Who said... that we should add... anime visuals... to reach a... wider audience...?” 
For a moment, she tried to remember which colleague was responsible for her hardships, but even that required more calculating power than she could afford, so she just stopped thinking. 
“...Meow...” 
On her knees, there was one of Cheshire’s clones, sitting there like a plush toy. No colleague could help with her work, so he was there as small source of comfort. This was basically animal therapy. Cheshire actually knew who suggested adding the anime visuals, but he didn’t say anything to prevent a potential battle between colleagues. 
Anyway, thanks to the hard work of the control AIs, Infinite Dendrogram continued to run smoothly.

The End