A Certain Unexplainable Dragon Slayer

Sogiita vs Gluttony

"Sigh." the scientist said typing on his laptop. "This is why I hate kids. They always say the stupidest things when they get riled up."

"Who are you anyways?" Sogiita asked looking up at the man sitting in the stands. "I should at least know the name of my opponent. I am Sogiita Gunha."

"My name is Dr. Ricane." he replied. "But you can call me Gluttony. That's the name I took after leaving Academy City to pursue my real goal."

"And your goal is so important you are willing to kidnap innocent people?" Sogiita asked. "Nothing could be worth that."

Gluttony sighed. "You kids only think in the short term," he said. "I specialized in spatial displacement when I joined Academy City. I worked a lot with teleporters and others who did dimensional calculations. However, my favorite field was robotics. I designed many interesting designs that would have changed the world. But they never wanted to use them. I always got passed up for someone else or some other objective. Funding dried up and I had to close my research."

"You should have had the guts to stand up for what you believed in." Sogiita replied. "If your research was so life altering, you should have found a way to continue with your own power."

"Of course that's what I did." Gluttony said looking up from his laptop. "I created several robotics automatons that could easily defeat the power suits designed by Academy City. But then I was questioned on what good robots designed purely for combat would benefit mankind. No one ever sees the big picture."

"Then tell me the big picture." Sogiita said. "I don't understand either, but I will listen."

"And here I thought all the rumors said you were a hot-blooded person who just jumped into everything head first." Gluttony said, raising an eyebrow.

"I will jump in to protect anyone in a heartbeat!" Sogiita yelled out raising his fist in the air. "My guts will help anyone in need. But as she is not in any danger." he pointed to Kazari, "I was hoping we could come to an understanding instead of fighting to the death. Of course, I will duel you anytime if you want without our lives on the line."

"I can't understand you at all." Gluttony sighed. "But if you want to listen to the truth I will be more than happy to provide the explanation. You see, as long as humans rule, we will fight. My dream was to develop an artificial intelligence that will take the place of governments and stand above humans in order to prevent any more global catastrophes. No more war, no more murder, the AI will make sure all humans are kept in line and live in peace."

Sogiita frowned and narrowed his eyes. "That doesn't make any sense," he said. "Even if you made an AI that could do that, mankind would never accept it. We all use our guts to lead to our own path. Humankind would stand up to such oppression."

"Yes they would," Gluttony nodded sadly. "I realized that but I was young and idealistic. No matter what calculations I did, the AI would always fail. It is the way this world is set up, people care only for themselves, but if they have a common enemy they will fight together to protect our species as a whole. After the threat is gone, they will go back to fighting each other. So I betrayed Academy City and joined The Fallen in order to help others with similar goals. They may not agree robots should rule, but they agree this world is warped and we must change it. I am gathering all the knowledge I can in order to make the most powerful scientific robots and combine it with magic to create the ultimate soldiers for our master. We will use them to defeat those that resist as our master reaches out and rules over all."

"Your master is just a tyrant," Sogiita called out angrily. "If you force others to bow with violence, it is just pure evil."

"Even if it will save countless lives in the long run?" asked Gluttony as he opened a bag of chips next to him.