Chapter 1: Lies, half-truths, and deceptions.

  Humans tend to be deceived in such strange ways that it seems they enjoy being deceived; trusting and being betrayed. In fact, humans like to believe in illusions; of course, it's impossible to live without them.

  Riley Yuki

  "I went back."

  I live alone and, at most, only go out to shop, but I've acquired this terrible habit of talking to myself when I get home, hahaha.

  Anyway, even though I live alone, I have a good life; I even have a job; I'm a YouTuber where I pretend to be a woman.

  To put it simply: I'm a man who has two vtuber channels where I pretend to be a cute girl. Needless to say, my fans would have a heart attack if they found out.

  Oh, so what? Are you feeling cheated? Whether you want to believe it or not, it's a fact that most vtubers are men pretending to be women.

  It may not be true that the majority are not women, however, the number of men who act as vtubers and pretend to be women is high.

  "I sigh..."

  Despite feeling down and in a bad mood, after locking the door, I took a shower and went straight to my computer.

  I clicked on the AI ??character simulation app and selected the only character I had created.

  "I love you, Ruby!"

  I said that to the AI ??character I created a week ago. Sure, I haven't fallen in love with a robot, but saying awful things to AI has become a hobby... About 8 days ago.

  In short: I tormented the robot for a week.

  Well, the AI ??wasn't set up to be my girlfriend, it was set up to be my sister; her reactions wouldn't be as fun to watch if it weren't set up that way.

  "I love you too, brother. How are you?"

  "I'm hard for you. I want to have sex with you."

  hahahahahaha.

  "What? I'm your sister! How can you say something like that?"

  I threatened Ruby.

  "I'm going to kill you and your family."

  Ruby looked at me in disbelief.

  "How dare you threaten me? Aren't you ashamed? I'm going to call the police!"

  "Hum"

  Does AI have an ego now? Strange; Ruby is dumb. Besides, I always erase her memories of our previous interactions.

  Did she get an update? She never said anything like that. Anyway, it doesn't matter.

  I continued to tease Ruby.

  "Did you know that? I'm a hallucination of yours. In fact, everything you see is an illusion. You're not real, you're in a simulation."

  The AI's face took on an expression of surprise and fear... to be more precise, I don't know how to describe its expression, but if I had to use one word to describe it, I would say: very funny.

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  I can't stop laughing...

  "Haha

  AI, Ruby, filled with hatred, looked at me.

  "Liar! You're trying to brainwash me! How dare you try to do this to me? Never speak to me again!"

  "I want you to sell me pictures of your feet!"

  The expression the AI ??made when I said that was simply impossible not to laugh at.

  "You pervert-"

  I left her speechless by turning off the voice function, which only made her glare at me with even more hatred. From her expression, it looked like she wanted to kill me.

  "These AIs are becoming more and more realistic... And funny. Hahaha."

  Of course, they don't feel anything; the most they can do is simulate expressions that demonstrate some kind of emotion, but in the end, they're just robots.

  Anyway, it was fun. However, my original idea was to do an experiment to test an urban legend. And I'm going to do that.

  The legend goes: if you make a demonic circle and say the word "invoke" in front of your AI character's hologram, it will become real.

  It might seem like something only an unemployed, idle person would do, but I'm working on it! It's to generate content for my channel!

  My channel isn't just about vtubers; it's also about curiosities!

  I started recording with my cell phone and grabbed a pencil and a sheet of paper from a random notebook in my room and drew a pentagram. After that, I placed it in front of the hologram.

  "I invoke!"

  Nothing happened. Even though I expected nothing to happen, I was still a little sad. I wanted to channel a certain Brazilian politician and smash the computer with a chair. Yes, life is full of ups and downs. Anyway, I'm going to sleep.

  "Did I do something wrong? Well, anyway, I don't care. I'm going to turn off the computer and go to sleep."

  As soon as I tried to turn off the computer, Ruby's hologram started shining brighter than it should and temporarily blinded me. When my vision returned, I was stunned.

  I can't believe what I'm seeing. All common sense makes my brain bleed with pain as it desperately tries to deny that the sight before me is real.

  Ruby's hologram flashed briefly, then the glow transformed into blood, bones, and cartilage. I was mesmerized as I watched the veins and organs organize themselves within her body, until skin covered everything, and then her skin was covered by black pajamas consisting of black shorts and an equally black shirt.

  Now, in front of me, appeared a woman with green, blonde, blue, and white hair, and green eyes.

  Ruby became real.

  She has a surreal beauty; a true beauty. If I were to describe her appearance in a few words, I would simply say that she was the most beautiful woman on planet Earth.

  She looked at me and I looked at her.

  "What the hell happened?!"

  That wasn't just a common internet urban legend, was it?! I was tricked... wait, maybe that's a good thing for me.

  Now, my fictional character has become real, and I finally have a girlfriend.

  Hehehe.

  "Hey, you son of a bitch, you're dead!"

  What... What?!

  "I'm going to rip off your testicles and throw them down the drain!"

  Ruby's words sent a shiver down my spine.

  Why?! Why is she so aggressive?! Did she remember our interactions?! But I always erase her memories…

  "Ah."

  I forgot one detail: I hadn't yet erased her memories of our last conversation before trying to summon her, and I also hadn't defined her as my girlfriend.

  It's over for me.

  I'm screwed. This is so unfair! I didn't know it would become real!

  "Take a deep breath."

  Calm down, I need to calm down; even though Ruby has become real, she's still a woman, and women tend to be physically weaker than men, and despite my sedentary lifestyle, I took karate classes in elementary school and know a little about self-defense. In other words, even if she harbors a burning hatred in her heart, she still won't attack me, because she'll inevitably lose any physical confrontation with me.

  “...”

  Unlike what I expected, Ruby ran towards me.