๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ (4)
October 11, 2062, 9:00 AM The coming-of-age ceremony for the chimeraz project begins in Nemea.
I get in my car in the morning and drive to work, sit down at my desk in the bioengineering team, and focus all my senses outside as the office clock strikes 9:00 AM.
Common sense dictates that there will be no raids in a place and time where humans gather. If they do, it will be a public display of the fact that they are not human. There is also the crime.
Darwin Foundation workers will find and dispose of anyone who breaks the rules, ignoring them.
“Yesterday, the production team noticed the parts designed by Mr. Kreion. If you can make a perfect design drawing like yesterday, it will be easier for our team and the production team.”
I heard that the bioengineering team and the production team were not on good terms.
The bioengineering team made something and sent it to the production team, but the production team said it was no good, and the bioengineering team said that if it wasn’t made that way, it wouldn’t sell, creating a conflict of interest.
I don’t care if I get a good or bad review here, but for now, the subjects of the coming-of-age ceremony will all be doing their best to get good results in the work they are assigned to do in order to blend into human society. They move according to their own schedules and tasks in the same city.
Therefore, the place where the real raid will start is expected to be outside the company, and the time of the raid is expected to be at least after 6:00 PM.
But that’s only for raids that harm each other.
There is plenty of room to explore the opponent even in this place.
The proof is now that I have come out to the office hallway for a moment to get some water.
“. . . .”
“. . . .”
A familiar face is looking up at me in front of the water dispenser.
I stand there staring at him without saying anything, and a co-worker who is walking behind him talks to him.
“Oh, are you the one who met with the vice president earlier? Do you have anyone you’re looking for in the bioengineering team?”
“I found him.”
Meeting with the vice president.
That was the reason why that guy came to this company.
โKreion.โ
“. . .?”
That guy pointed at me.
It looks like he has something up his sleeve. However, I have no idea what it is at the moment.
Anyway, this place is full of humans. There are eyes watching around, so they won’t attack me first.
“If you are Mr. Kreion. . . .”
“We’re friends. I didn’t know he was here.”
Experimental body No. 374 of the 4th generation.
Bellum Damian.
He is a male experimental body with blond hair that is one head taller than mine. He had items such as Legion Mastery and Strategy/Tactics Specialization.
And before I could say anything, he spoke first.
“Kreion. Come out here for a second.”
“Where?”
“Rooftop. It’s kind of awkward to go outside the company, right?”
I followed Damian up to the spacious rooftop. Even at this moment, there are company employees who come out to smoke a cigarette or take a break with coffee on the 95th-floor rooftop.
“It seems that you have been recognized in society to some extent that you are able to meet with Vice President Coelacanth at the age of 18.”
I take a peek at him,
“I’ve heard a lot about you before you came out into society. They said you were so good that you overwhelmed the others.”
He lowered his voice so that only I could hear him and hid his information.
“Before I came out into society?”
“Yeah.”
The only people who can tell such stories are the people involved in the foundation.
“Did your secretary provide that information?”
“A subordinate’s intelligence ability is also part of his ability.”
This is where the disadvantage of the 5th generation experimental body is revealed. I was the last to leave the foundation, so I am being pushed by the intelligence capabilities of the competitors who have been established before me.
“So why did you come here so openly? You won’t be able to do anything here right now.”
“We each have something we want. What do you think?”
“I’ll listen.”
Damian, who specializes in strategy and tactics, must have something that I can’t ignore.
“Lend me your ability. Then I’ll give you information about the other guys.”
Information about competitors.
He nailed down what I wanted.
But I need to explore a little more. After all, in the end, they are in a relationship to kill each other. If it’s Damian, even this could be a trap.
“How do I trust your information?”
Then Damian’s voice flowed into my head. He used the wave.
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.
‘๐๐ฐ?’
โ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐’๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ. . . .
‘๐๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ?’
โ๐๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
‘๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ.’
โ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง. ๐’๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ.
‘๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ?’
โ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐?
It seems that the private security company Damian is working for is quite a large organization.
If what he said is not a lie, it means that Damian knows all about the ‘enemy camp’.
‘๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด.’
โ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?’
โ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ. ๐’๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฌ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?
‘๐๐ฌ๐ข๐บ. ๐’๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ.’
โ๐๐ก๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐?
‘๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ด๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ?’
โ. . . .
It’s a look of displeasure.
‘๐๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐’๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐’๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ.’
The coming-of-age ceremony will be disadvantageous to me if it gets longer. Originally, the one who has more information tends to take their time. I am trying to raid before they try anything, at an unexpected timing.
โ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐, ๐’๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.
‘๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ.’
โ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐’๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ?’
โ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ?
‘๐๐ง ๐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.’
I threw out an undeniable truism.
‘๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ช๐ต? ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐’๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.’
I emphasize only the things that are clearly visible on the surface.
โ. . . ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ. ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ.
‘๐๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.’
๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
I got off work for now. The sun, which had been slowly setting since yesterday, disappeared below the horizon and it became midnight at 6:30 PM.
Human civilization shines even when the light of the stars disappears. The black sky, where the stars are supposed to be, is filled with all kinds of orbital structures and ships, and below them are spaceships, drones, and skyscrapers.
When I look up at the city from my mansion, which is located on a slightly elevated mountainous terrain, it seems that the lights of countless buildings are heating up the sky.
“I’ll be going now. Young Master.”
“When will the things I told you come?”
“If you’re talking about that list of chemicals, it will be delivered to your home by a humanoid courier by tomorrow. I told them to leave it at the front door.”
“Got it.”
There are really various substances in this world. I ordered a list of necessary items as if I was exploring knowledge in the virtual marketplace called the Internet.
This is because there is a huge difference between learning the structure of a substance theoretically and actually interpreting the design.
“You worked hard today too. Haber.”
“Yes. Young Master. Be careful even at night, and congratulations again on your company’s performance this time.”
Haber looks tired.
“It’s a dangerous time. Go inside quickly.”
I sent Haber off to work and used the computer in the empty room on the first floor to spread the hologram map on the bed.
๐ก๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. . . .
ใReference coordinates: Nemea Stellar Stateใ
ใPlanet: Nemeaใ
ใCity: Argosใ
ใRegion: Argosใ
The Coelacanth Company building is located in the outskirts of the city, and there is an area where the mansions of the wealthy are concentrated in the mountainous terrain further south from the company building. My mansion is located in that wealthy area.
And according to the information I received from Damian this morning, Autophagy Tosis and Zeul Pin Bythos are living in the same wealthy mansion area as me.
Maybe everyone, including me, is in this mansion area.
The Darwin Foundation deliberately chose this location. A location away from the city center to prevent a major commotion, a low population density, and a location where even the original mansion owners are wealthy people with frequent social activities, so they have a lot of time to leave their homes.
Also, if you think about a similar possibility, the Darwin Foundation may be controlling all the mansions in this mansion area.
It is possible that even reports to the police in this area are controlled. Drone cams, security cameras, vehicle black boxes, and even satellites that take this area from the Nemea orbit.
Could they let non-humans fight without such safety devices?
. . . Looks like the right safety device. Including me, three people are living in this mansion area. And Haber guided me to this mansion area. If the foundation had decided on this location selection, other secretaries could do the same.
The foundation may have built a stage that we cannot see.
They have prepared a battlefield for us to fight here.
That seems to be the case. The other guys must be living somewhere among the neighboring mansions.
๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ.
Suddenly, there was the sound of a power outage.
๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ!
The hologram spread out on the bed turns off and the computer turns off. The lights on the ceiling went out and the short lights that illuminated the garden outside the window also went out. But the city in the distance is still shining brightly without any change.
Only this mansion has a power outage.
It’s an ambush.
๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
The mansion was plunged into darkness.
Kreion stares at the tightly closed door.
There is absolutely no suspicious movement or sound since the power outage.
In the meantime, he has mutated his photoreceptor cells and pupils, so his pupils have turned completely black, as if they had been bitten by a ghost, without any white. And although it is not visible from the outside, his ears have also greatly enhanced his hearing, concentrating his nerves on external stimuli.
๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ. . . .
Kreion’s whole body is covered in black armor. The cell’s clothes he was wearing become one with his skin. Living tissue wriggles to form an exoskeleton, covering his head and face, protecting his entire body without fail.
And from under the elbow of his right arm, a chrome-colored blade protrudes out like Kabana’s claws.
“Who is it?”
He sends voice and waves into the mansion, but all that comes back is a dead silence.
He takes a step toward the closed door silently.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ.’
He very slowly grabs the door handle with his left hand. At the same time, he assumes a posture that allows him to swing the sword in his right arm at any time.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด. . .’
๐๐ธ๐ข-๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ-๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ!!!
Suddenly, the window shattered and the shadow of a short man entered the room.
Even though his face is not visible right away, Kreion reveals his identity.
“. . . Zeul.”
“When you call me, call me Bythos.”
Experimental subject 2nd generation 166th.
Molecular synthesis, networking specialization.
It’s Zeul Pin Bythos.
“I didn’t know you’d come so soon. How did you find out that I was in this mansion?”
“You ordered a lot of stuff.”
“Is it your secretary’s ability?”
At that, Bythos snickered.
“A secretary? Why are you talking about that now?”
“Because the ability of a subordinate is the ability of a master.”
“Are you a ruler who relies on the ability of a lowly human?”
“Are humans inferior?”
“I’d like to kill my useless secretary right now. I don’t rely on such things. I solve everything with my own abilities. Unlike you and the others.”
‘๐๐ฐ ๐๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด’ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. . . .’
Bythos reaches behind him.
๐ก๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ฌ!
The yellow viscous substance from his palm stuck to the broken window and hardened like a wall. What is the intention? Is it some kind of advance work?
“The name of the person who ordered it is Haber Heydrich. . . . It’s careless for an individual who survived the preliminary selection. To leak information about your sleeping quarters so easily.”
“Did you already know my secretary’s name?”
Kreion attacks before Bythos knows what he’s trying to do.
๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ต!
The distance between Bythos and the door of the room was only 12 meters. It took Kreion only 0.5 seconds to run 12 meters.
The moment Kreion’s blade was about to hit Bythos’ neck,
๐๐ธ๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข. . .!
Bythos opened his jaw more than 120 degrees and exhaled a smoky gas. Kreion twisted his body momentarily to avoid the gas, but it had already hit his face.
“Creurrrrr. . . .”
๐๐ธ๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข!!!
Bythos continues to emit a suspicious gas. At this, Kreion jumps back, widening the distance between them.
He seem to have drunk some of the gas.
” . . .!”
Kreion’s body staggers.
โ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ.
๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฅ!
Kreion’s knees collapsed.
He can feel dangerous changes happening inside his body. The virus that entered through the respiratory tract is causing acute mutations in the alveoli. It is an infection that changes the normal cells in the body, like cancer cells. His breathing becomes more and more labored.
The infected cells do not stop infecting the lungs, but flow through the blood vessels and spread throughout the body in an instant.
“Keuk. . .!”
Crimson blood spurts from Kreion’s trachea. A gill-like hole appears in the black armor covering the face, and blood drips through the gap.
Meanwhile, Bythos changed his jaw, which had been open, back to its original state.
“You’re an individual who specializes in legion domination and cell control.”
“Keuk. . . . Heuk. . . . Heuk. . . .”
Bythos pulls out a dagger he had brought in advance. It was a plasma cutter with extremely enhanced cutting power. The blue line flowing from the blade illuminates the surrounding darkness coldly.
“That Damian guy is exactly like that. A weak ruler type who just rolls his head and sends his subordinates or mobs. Just like you.”
“Keuk. . . . Heuk. . . .”
“Your personal combat power is nothing to see.”
Bythos takes a quick step. He pushes the cutter toward Kreion, who is lying on the floor and spewing blood.
“I’ll end your suffering.”
“Euuuuuaaah!!!”
Kreion kicks the floor with all his might. He rushes toward Bythos, who is close enough to his nose, and swings the chrome-colored blade.
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ!
Bythos cut the flying blade with the cutter he was holding.
Kreion’s blade, which he had been working on for 18 years, and the blade he had made to cut through hard materials and even armor, was cut like that.
It is impossible to deal with the plasma cutter made by humans with his own weapon. The technological gap between humans and chimeraz is staggering.
“Even with a dying body, you fight desperately.”
Kreion protrudes one bone spike loaded in his left arm from the palm of his hand.
๐๐ข๐ข๐ฏ๐จ!
His left arm could not withstand the explosive chemical reaction and shattered, and at the same time, the bone spike shot out and flew into Bythos’ chest at a speed similar to that of a bullet.
๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ!
Bythos grabbed the bone spike with one hand. It is a reflex nerve at least equal to or better than Kreion.
And he makes a puzzled expression.
“Why don’t you die? Still.”
“Heuk. . . . Heuk. . . .”
“Did you interpret my virus by any chance?”
“Keuk!”
Kreion deconstructs his black armor, absorbs it into his body, and shoots out black tentacles from both shoulders using the resources.
Zuuuuuuuk!!!
The tentacles wrap around Bythos’ limbs. The tentacles wrap around Bythos’ limbs so tightly that his skin is torn. However, strangely enough, the bones do not break.
“You interpreted my virus in the meantime, you were a more dangerous guy than I thought.”
Bythos’ movements stopped right away, but the situation still looks disadvantageous. That’s right,
๐ก๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ฌ. . .!
Bythos began to tear off the tentacles wrapped around his body with all his might. Physically, it is impossible to understand how he can exert such power with that amount of muscle mass.
Immediately afterwards, Bythos presses Kreion with a wave voice.
โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐*๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฅ!
Bythos finally tore off the tentacles. And he trampled on the weak tentacles that were lying on the floor.
๐๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ!!!
Just the series of actions to step on and burst the tentacles created cracks in the floor.
โ๐๐ข๐, ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง.
At that moment, Kreion and Bythos’ crimson blood trembles.
โ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ?
‘. . . ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.’
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ. . .!
The floor oxidizes. It’s because of the blood Kreion vomited a while ago. It smokes up a nasty smoke and melts the cracked floor.
Bythos recalls the information he knows.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด. . . . ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ. . . ‘
๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ!!!
That’s how Bythos and Kreion fell into the basement at the same time.
Even though the mansion had a power outage, the basement was even more pitch black, with only a dim light coming from the collapsed ceiling.
Bythos, who had already escaped from the tentacles’ restraint, jumps up from the concrete dust.
“. . .!”
Kreion is buried in the concrete debris over there, groaning in pain.
“Ha. . . . This b*stard is making a fuss like a loser. . . . Did you think I was going to die from a fall or something?”
Bythos fixes the cutter that he hadn’t missed even while falling. He goes to Kreion like that.
He was going. He was going to go to Kreion.
“You have a tasty brain. . . .”
The moment Bythos looked back at the voice behind him.
๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฌ!!!
A hard spit was stuck in his forehead.
” . . .!”
It feels like his brain will be sucked out if he moves even a little.
“W-What is this?! This is foul play!”
Kreion responds with waves.
โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ. ๐ ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐.
“Stop talking nonsense, you despicable b*stard!”
There was an abyss waiting in the darkness of the basement.
An alien life form is speaking human language with red eyes glowing.
“Master. . . . What should I do with this guy?”
At that moment, a weak voice flowed out of the concrete debris.
“. . .Don’t kill him. It’s a violation of the coming-of-age ceremony rules.”
And the real order is transmitted in waves.
โ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ .
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ!!!
Bythos felt his nerves, senses, consciousness, and soul all seep out through his forehead and disappear forever to a place he couldn’t return to.
“Eeee. . . .! Eeee. . . .!!!” Eee. . .?”
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ! ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ!!!
There was no scream next time.
Because the sense of moving to somewhere came before the sense of death.
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ. . . .
There was pain, but no fear, and not even last words, he couldn’t understand the cause and just groaned.
“Eek. . . . . . .”
๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ!
He collapsed as a corpse with empty bones.
๐๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฉ. . . . ๐๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฉ. . . .
Ludwig slithered his snake-like body in an S-shape and came to his master’s front.
“Master. . . . Are you okay. . .?”
The master, who always looked strong, seemed to have collapsed to the point of death.
“I’ve used up half of my insides. . . .”
“Would you like to eat the flesh of that corpse. . .?”
“No. . . .”
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ!
Kreion grabbed Ludwig’s spit and injected it into his arm like a syringe.
“Master. . .? If you hold it there. . . .”
“The nerve cells you ate. Inject them into me.”
“Ah. . . . I will do that. . . .”
Ludwig injects the brain cells he has just eaten into Kreion’s blood vessels.
“You have to share what you like. . . .”
Even though they are fresh, they are already decomposed brain cells, so the loss of information is very large.
Kreion, who was trying to fit the puzzle of the information in Bythos’ head as much as possible, suddenly became curious.
“But Ludwig.”
“Yes. . . .”
“I didn’t give you a taste bud, so how do you know it’s delicious?”
“If I eat a brain, I feel my head full. . . .”
“Feeling?”
“My body likes that ingredient and information. . . . That’s why fresh brains whet my appetite. That’s why it tastes good when you eat it. . . .”
What you like and what you hate.
It seems that Ludwig’s individuality has become clear.
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