"So, does my phone need to go to a repair shop to reinstall the system?"
Iseri Nina looked at the strange APP, her brows furrowed in worry.
Repairing phones is expensive.
"You can't open this software, and the backend can't find its running records, so let's leave it alone for now."
"It shouldn't steal my private information, right? I heard many hackers use this method to secretly implant viruses into other people's phones!"
Iseri Nina became even more scared. She didn't want to wake up one day and suddenly find all her photos and chat records circulating online.
"You mean, when a hacker wants to steal your personal information, they'll specially make a very strange and unusable software to remind you: 'Get ready, I'm going to start committing crimes on your phone, go call the police quickly.' That makes no sense. You might as well suspect the hacker is going to use this software to turn your phone into a time bomb."
Saying that, Kurusu Akira deliberately patted the guitar case next to him, making thumping sounds.
LeBlanc's attic was too small, and large items like that were annoying to store, so it was better to take them to the school's club room.
Iseri Nina's face immediately turned pale, remembering all the news about phone explosions. "Time bomb..."
"I'm not kidding with you. I also have this APP on my phone. We both have iPhones, so maybe it's bundled software added by a system auto-update?"
Iseri Nina leaned over and found that Kurusu Akira's phone actually had an "Metaverse Navigator app" as well.
"I just discovered it too; it suddenly appeared on my phone. Actually, no matter how we guess about its various dangers, it's not an exaggeration. But whether it's new bundled software released by a phone company, or a hacker organization's overt or covert scheme, what we can do now is turn off all its permissions in the settings, and then try to transfer all our private photos and information."
Kurusu Akira calmly wove a lie to deal with Iseri Nina's doubts, though the first half of that sentence wasn't a lie.
His words were well-reasoned, convincing Iseri Nina to listen and follow through.
Seeing his little follower no longer wildly speculating about the origins of the "Metaverse Navigator app" and starting to take its potential dangers seriously, Kurusu Akira secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He actually knew what this so-called APP was.
This was neither a virus nor so-called bundled software... Its origin involved the source of the "Uncontrolled Incident." Its appearance now meant that the intensity of the "Uncontrolled Incident" in this country was about to reach its peak.
Based on his experience in his previous life, everyone whose phone suddenly had the "Metaverse Navigator app" must possess the potential to awaken a Persona.
He hadn't expected Iseri Nina to have this talent. Perhaps she had an unforgettable experience in Kumamoto? Kurusu Akira was thinking this.
But soon, his composure turned into unadulterated horror.
Because a mobile operator actually came forward to endorse the "Metaverse Navigator app."
"Red Sun News": [AU Official Apology: We apologize for the disturbance. We are collaborating with Apple to test a newly developed independent AR navigation software. Due to hardware iteration and other factors, this application may exhibit 'inoperable' phenomena on some models. We will gradually optimize and improve this unique navigation software in subsequent system updates.]
"Yomiuri Shimbun": ["Metaverse Navigator app" - A "rogue" software that landed across Japan overnight?!]
"Mount Fuji TV": [AU internal issues or severe project management problems exposed. Prematurely releasing an unoptimized navigation software, forcing it onto users' phones overnight - is it driven by profit? Or something else? As a representative of Japanese operators, AU official should give a clear explanation to the vast number of consumers!]
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AU, full name "AU By KDDI." Its predecessors were the two major groups, IDO and DDI. As a regional operational service provider, its operating scope covered major cities nationwide. In 2003, it was the first to use 3G network and quickly seized a large market share by leveraging the advantages of CDMA technology, successfully becoming one of the forefront operators, alongside Docomo and Softbank, known as the industry's three giants.
Half an hour ago, the official announcement from the AU operator was already pinned to the top of the browser's hot search page, and multiple online media outlets were competing to report on it.
What the hell? Has evil supernatural power already infiltrated mobile operator companies?
Then Japan is really finished.
Kurusu Akira repeatedly checked the news, finally confirming from those exaggerated and unrealistic reports that "Metaverse Navigator app" currently only appeared on a large scale in Tokyo, with consistent symptoms of being "unable to delete," "unable to move," and simultaneously "lacking the various characteristics of an application."
However, according to AU's official apology statement, these inoperable software programs would likely be processed in batches within three months.
Clearly, the enemy behind the scenes was deliberately using this method to confuse him.
It was even possible they were using this pretense to hide danger among people familiar to him, then using it to distract him when necessary...
After all, as the culprit manipulating a series of "Uncontrolled Incidents," in a hot-blooded manga, he'd be at least a final boss. To be this cowardly was truly something he'd never seen in his life.
The thought of investigating the truth at AU's operator headquarters had just risen in Kurusu Akira's mind when he immediately rejected it.
Those enemies hidden in the city's shadows were cowardly, not brain-dead.
They definitely wouldn't make such a big fuss in reality so brazenly.
Not everyone is Akechi Goro, who commits evil deeds like murder and arson every day, yet can still brazenly stand before the public, packaging himself as a righteous detective, specializing in committing crimes against the wind... Akechi Goro, who is already in a vegetative state, has been lying in the intensive care unit for almost a month!
If he were to travel all that way to investigate, he would probably only waste a lot of his time and give the enemy an opportunity to further arrange various schemes.
There was a strange feeling of powerlessness, like punching cotton.
At least until they revealed their ultimate conspiracy, any actions Kurusu Akira could take would only be "treating the symptoms, not the root cause."
How cunning.
Kurusu Akira put down his phone, suddenly missing that "famous detective" who was too foolish to hide even a hint of trickery or emotion.
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