However, before Xin could be happy, he keenly noticed that after the name of the item, Nakiri Erina, there was a parenthesis containing the words "Replica".
Description: The heroine from the world of Food Wars! Nakiri Erina replica, possesses all the memories, abilities, and personality of the original, the replica's self-awareness, and is one hundred percent loyal.
Does this mean... purchasing isn't directly buying the character from their original fictional world, but rather the system creating a replica?
Xin's eyes narrowed involuntarily.
He remembered that when he searched for Ikaros before, there was no such extra parenthesis.
He searched for Ikaros again.
He opened the description:
The heroine from Heaven's Lost Property, original item, will disappear from the original world after purchase, automatically recognize the owner, initial loyalty ninety percent, abilities as follows...
So, Ikaros would be the original person, not a replica?
Why?
Xin quickly searched for other characters as well.
Such as those he was familiar with: Misaka Mikoto, Tokisaki Kurumi, Asuna, and even Quake, Black Widow, Dark Phoenix...
They were all replicas.
What was the difference?
Xin's curiosity was piqued.
He seriously pondered the difference between these characters and Ikaros, listing the possible options.
He had a guess.
To verify it, Xin searched for one more person.
Violet Evergarden, from Violet Evergarden!
This time.
Two items appeared.
Violet Evergarden (Childhood).
Violet Evergarden (Adult Replica).
"So that's how it is..."
Xin muttered to himself, his eyes showing a hint of excitement; he had found the reason.
The character Violet Evergarden, whose childhood origin is unknown, was used as a weapon on the battlefield and would recognize her master and obey her master's commands, while the adult Violet Evergarden, after meeting the male protagonist, gradually gained a sense of self.
That's right.
The difference must be in "recognizing the master".
Only characters who would recognize a master could be brought over as the original by the system, ensuring they belonged to Xin, who spent the transaction points, while those whose personalities wouldn't allow them to recognize a master could only be purchased as replicas.
Based on this inference.
It's highly probable that this system doesn't have the ability to directly control consciousness.
Xin directly tried the customization service.
As expected.
Within the system, one could purchase Professor X's abilities, or abilities like "Kotoamatsukami" which could tamper with memories, but one could not directly customize a service to completely enslave a person's will.
"After all, it's an 'all-purpose' system, not an 'omnipotent' system."
Xin stuffed the last piece of cake into his mouth, sat in his seat, and stretched.
It seems the system still has many unknown hidden rules.