Chapter 107 – 18. The Road Not Taken (1)
A week has already passed since school started.
When I was doing nothing and playing, time didn’t go by that much, but when I go to school, it feels like every day flies by.
For the past week, whenever I had time, I talked to Ray and gradually reduced the psychological distance.
No matter what question I asked, she answered lively, so to be honest, the conversation with her was unexpectedly very interesting.
However, if the only downside is that once you start a conversation, you continue talking without knowing the end, is it a downside?
Sensitive questions she would not have been able to ask had she not been hypnotized, such as ‘Where exactly are you affiliated with?’ Or ‘What mission did you come to the Academy for?’ Even to the same question, Ray answered without hesitation.
As a result, I got a rough idea of her organization and its purpose.
Name is ray. Her last name is not different.
Her job is a special agent for the National Intelligence Service.
She is from an orphan and when she was 10 years old she was adopted by her mistress.
Simple enough information to figure out with just a bit of rolling her head.
But the government secret she told me was not so simple.
‘Magical Transplantation Project’.
After teasing and coaxing Ray for a week, the words finally came out of her mouth.
“Magical transplant… I really can’t find this no matter how much I look for it.”
However, even after searching Abruptum to find evidence to support it, no search results came out, making it impossible to compare.
If the government were really trying to implant magic, it would be an act that would never be forgiven.
Secret experiments have been carried out for decades to create ‘artificial awakeners’, but up to now, all of them have been defined as human rights violations and are prohibited under international law.
But what if the National Intelligence Service, an agency under the direct control of the President, revived the magical power transplant project again…?
In this day and age, the moment a piece of data is stolen and disclosed, it can be criticized by each country as well as targeted by demons and various villain organizations.
That’s what makes it so nonsensical.
In the original work, the government served as a kind of helper to Goryushin.
The wave ability that Goryushin first cloned was relatively easy to obtain thanks to the cooperation of the Awoken government in the battle against the villain with that ability.
Although there are many difficult aspects, such as setting a strict curfew or strict management of monsters, it still bothers me to confirm my guess because it remains in the position of a helper in the original work.
“How did you find out about Ray… Could it be that he was also a victim of an experiment…?”
No, it can’t be.
If Ray’s magic implantation technique was a successful example, she would never take her outside like this.
To put it bluntly, Ray was most likely eavesdropping over the shoulders of those ‘sisters’ or high-ranking officials.
But in the end, she’s left with a myriad of guesses when she rolls her head like this.
To obtain clearer evidence, there was no surer means than going directly to the NIS.
“I’ll be fine next Sunday… I’ll take a few people with me.”
Of course, it is impossible to enter and exit the door qualitatively.
You must use Ellis or Seo Ju-ha’s shadow movement.
I’m still a little awkward with Juha because of the past… Should I just take Alice with me?
“Ellis, there’s no one there, so come out.”
A black figure rises slowly from the shadows.
Recently, even Ha-yul came to visit often, so I didn’t have a chance to see her face like this often, but today, the two of them said they were going shopping for some reason, so I was able to summon them without paying attention.
“Yes, master. Do you have something to do…?”
“Are there any other demons, any noticeable trends?”
“I don’t know for sure because I haven’t been able to contact you since I came to the owner… I don’t think anything stood out since I reported last time.”
Since I was severely burned last time, I decided not to miss out on what the demons were plotting.
Fortunately for her, there is no noticeable action on her part, so she can feel free to tell her of her plans.
“You seem to know a little about Korea, so I’ll tell you. You know the National Intelligence Service, right?”
“When I was a part of Pantagruel, I ran into a few agents. I don’t know the specifics because I escaped by shadow shift every time…”
“Have you ever infiltrated the headquarters?”
She said she had met her before, so she asked with some expectation, but unfortunately, Elise shook her head.
Well, it’s a place where demons have no reason to visit.
However, if you find out about the existence of the secret experiment, then the story will be different.
“There are rumors that the National Intelligence Service is currently experimenting with artificially creating awakened people. Of course, you don’t need to know anymore, but are you still interested?”
“Are you talking about magic transplantation…? Are there countries that still practice it?”
“It’s just a rumor. So, I’m thinking of trying to infiltrate it sometime around next Sunday. Of course, I can’t go in normally, so I think you’ll need to move your shadow.”
Alice’s eyes twinkle.
After all, it seems that he can’t hide his expression when it comes to issues like magic implantation.
Demons also have their bodies composed of magical power, so theoretically, they can fully accept the magical power of others. No, perhaps it has a body more suitable than that of a human.
Even so, the reason they haven’t succeeded so far is because they didn’t have the means to supply pure magical power.
If you look closely, can you say that the tattered sea dragon is a kind of success story…?
The idea of tying one’s body together instead of transplanting pure magic power to create a monster is novel in its own way.
“Then, shall we go and investigate in advance…? If we move while hiding in the shadows, there will be no risk of being discovered, and we will have to find out where to infiltrate the building.”
“Bet on sharing the sight you walked on last time.”
“Yes, wait a minute… Okay. Then I’ll be back for a while.”
Feeling the feel of the black veil covering her eyes, she saw off Elise.
As long as you know the location of the National Intelligence Service building, it probably won’t take much time to search.
You just need to figure out the rough structure of the building with sight sharing, and based on that, make an infiltration plan for the week ahead.
Who should people take?
It’s too sudden to tell Ha-Yul or Seol-A senior… And it’s not that close to asking Jeong Ye-Won.
I think I’ll be relatively reassured if I have a kid like Goryushin, but how can I say it properly…
There is a way to use hypnosis, but I don’t want to use it in this situation.
If you use hypnosis too much, you end up not being able to do anything without hypnosis.
It may be sophistry, but it was a kind of belief that had settled in my heart after living in this world for several months.
– Connected. Can you see?
“Yes, go through the lobby and enter from the leftmost passage.”
– Yes, the lighting here is so bright that the shadows don’t form properly… But I’ll go there with the utmost care.
I feel the strange sensation of having two more eyes again.
Feeling slightly dizzy, I focused on my new vision.
I decided to investigate starting from the left side of the main gate, which was not much different from a typical government office, and there were several aisles on the left and right.
I moved carefully so as not to break along the point where the shadow was formed as much as possible.
[Ministry of Planning and Administration]
[Overseas Information Department]
Even after checking the numerous signs on the door, there was no department related to the awakened yet.
To be honest, I never thought it would be in such an accessible place from the beginning.
Is there any place that is more secretive?
If this is the case, the passage on the right is unlikely to yield much.
Just as I was thinking if I should look for a secret door leading to the basement, Elise asked a question.
– I think I checked the left side, shall we go to the right side?
“No, I don’t think there’s much use in checking that way. Did you see any questionable-looking doors on the way from the lobby? Even if I was looking, I might not have been able to see them properly.”
– I don’t think I’ve seen anything like that. I look around every nook and cranny, but I can’t feel any magic…
“Then come back. If you wait longer, you might find out.”
Now I’m hiding in the shadows and infiltrating safely, but since it’s such a highly confidential facility, I don’t know when the search team will patrol the building.
Since there is no fixed period anyway, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to infiltrate again after asking Ray for more information.
– Yes, then I’ll go back right now. Oh, and I’ll also turn off sight sharing.
I took out my phone and looked up Ray’s contact number.
I think I should meet her once today.
