Chapter 239 – Final Mission – Assembly (3)
“As long as you wear that suit, sweat and oil production will stop.”
Artemis said.
“Is this an order given to the nervous system?”
I tapped the back of her neck with my finger, and she nodded.
The moment the nanosuit was attached to her upper body, she was asked whether to accept or reject the new command code from the nervous system implant.
As soon as I accepted that, the sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and other secretory tissues throughout my body stopped working.
Even now, I feel the strange sensation of electrical signals sent from both the nanosuit and spinal cord traveling through my body and crossing each other. The spinal cord is only operating at about 62% of normal capacity.
More than the protection or hiding and hiding abilities provided by the nanosuit, the ability to customize body details was interesting.
“The suit will take care of much of the body’s homeostasis, including temperature regulation. “The less foreign matter there is between your skin and the suit, the better.”
“Of course. “What I hated most during training and in actual combat was the feeling of my worn-out body and equipment, rather than the fatigue itself.”
“How’s the fit?”
“It’s much more comfortable than most clothes.”
Even though only the head is exposed, and the entire body is covered in a closed suit, there is no sense of heterogeneity.
For reference, the inside of the intestines has been completely emptied and then the absorption and retention commands have been entered.
This is because the suit purifies urine into drinking water through a recycling system, but this does not work for solids. These clothes are not designed to be easily removed.
If you want to empty it quickly and completely to meet the level of military operations, you cannot use an oral medication.
I had to use suppositories, which was a disaster for me.
“Mr. Ai.”
I was swearing for a long time in the small emergency room attached to the central control room.
“It doesn’t go in at all.”
I had never used anything like this before in my life, so I kept failing. My fortress-like back door did not allow any intrusion.
“It is said that the sphincter instinctively contracts when an external stimulus occurs.”
Artemis spoke beyond the curtain.
“I know.”
“No, you don’t know. “The important thing here is not the fact that it contracts, but the part called the sphincter.”
“What do you mean?”
“A sphincter muscle? That’s a muscle too. And the muscle strengthening procedure you received is not a local surgery, but a method of reconstructing the entire body by immersing it in an incubator.”
“No way.”
“Yes, the sphincter muscles are strengthened as well. The pushing force has become much stronger, so if you don’t have the knack, you’ll never be able to push it in.”
“I’m going to go back.”
This was an unexpected side effect. Even in hero movies featuring super soldiers, this situation has never been heard of.
“Now it’s the doctor’s turn to step forward.”
With the sound of the curtain being pulled back, Artemis, who had been waiting outside, approached.
A normal man would have been very embarrassed and made an uproar, but I was calm.
Because living with Artemis, who is both the doctor and the city itself, makes you insensitive to privacy in front of her.
They have already been seen both internally and externally during regular health checkups.
“Lie down. “I will do it.”
“It’s okay, I can do it alone.”
“You’ve been saying that for three minutes. Don’t talk nonsense and lie down.”
“I really can do it.”
“The doctor says he will do it, but the patient talks a lot.”
“I’m not really a patient.”
“Quiet!”
She forced me to lie down.
I was furious looking at the medical bedsheets.
“What kind of humiliation is this?”
“Hmph!”
Snap!
A merciless stab from the hand came flying at my buttocks as I lay face down in an embarrassing position.
“When I put the suit on, he looked at me with a sly smile on his face and said it was ugly. “It’s a posture that suits you perfectly.”
“Could it have been built up in your heart? Is this revenge?”
When I turned around while lying down, Artemis was smiling triumphantly.
“Don’t you look very ugly the way you look at me right now?”
“…”
After imagining myself from a third-person perspective, I calmly returned to my original position.
“Hurry up and finish it.”
“Hmm… How is it?”
Artemis caressed my butt and relaxed.
“Oh, hurry up!”
Hehe.”
Since then, a time that is embarrassing to explain has passed. It didn’t take that long though.
This humiliation!
“Just wait and see. “I will return it to you someday.”
“For that to happen, I’ll have to work hard to come back.”
Artemis chuckled with a nervous face.
I made a promise while looking at that obnoxious yet beautiful face.
When she returns from her work safely, I will make her lie down like her dog and carefully evaluate her every wrinkle and whisper in her ear.
Anyway, it’s a good thing because there’s one more reason to come back alive.
* * *
With the suit fully donned and ready to go, there are only about 9 hours left.
Of course, you cannot stay in the shelter until the time limit and then depart. This is not like going to work every day.
[I hope you arrive at least 2 hours in advance. I need a little time to prepare before warping.]
“I understand.”
Sola Ber had already made all her preparations.
However, she didn’t even leave right away.
“I don’t know what kind of situation awaits you there. The environment may be more hostile than you imagine, so you may have to constantly move.”
He pointed to the ground screen of Tanis displayed on the Artemis screen.
There certainly don’t seem to be many places that could be used as safe rest areas.
“For the sake of safety, there is a strong possibility that we will engage in non-stop operational activities.”
“It reminds me of Hell Week training.”
It’s a week of training without sleep.
Since it was training, it could not be compared to actual combat in terms of risk, but in terms of physical fatigue, it was actually more severe than actual combat.
“So spend the last remaining hour sleeping.”
There is a large bed in the central control room that appears to have been moved sometime ago.
“Follow me.”
Guided by Artemis’ hand, I head to bed.
With each step, the lights in the central control room began to turn off one by one.
All that remains is a dim night light that must be turned on according to regulations. This is to catch elements of an accident in advance.
Even if it’s from a machine’s perspective, it’s easier to see with a little bit of light rather than complete darkness.
But soon even the night light went out.
The faint sounds of various computers and machines operating have completely disappeared. This is the first sight I have seen since entering the shelter.
“Did they just shut it down completely?”
“No. It can’t be like that. We developed a quiet, dark power-saving mode to the limit. “This was pretty difficult?”
Artemis, holding my hand, walked one step ahead and said.
Her white gown and silver hair drew me in like a ghost.
“At this level, it’s almost like turning off the machine.”
It is so quiet and pitch-black that you can even hear the sound of a pin falling.
“I can’t keep it up for a long time, but it’s okay for about half a day.”
She pauses for a moment and looks back at me.
“Now… There’s really little left I can do for you.”
So I climb onto the bed. I lay down first, and Artemis came up from the other side of her, straddling one leg at a time. That seemingly insignificant movement was strangely erotic.
The ceiling of the central control room when I looked up was pitch black. Even if I close my eyes, my tense body and mind show no signs of calming down.
“I don’t think I can sleep at all.”
“I expected that arrangement.”
Artemis put her hand behind my neck.
Her delicate palms pass over her neck, cup her cheeks, and pull her towards her.
We ended up lying on our sides facing each other. In complete darkness, only each other’s faces are blurred.
“Jinsu.”
“I’m listening.”
A close distance where you can even feel Artemis’ breath.
“To be honest, I was thinking about getting one last souvenir from you.”
“It’s a souvenir.”
Although I am the owner in name, it is Artemis who actually runs this city.
She already has everything, and she can create everything.
There’s only one thing I can give her that she doesn’t have.
“Is that what I think?”
“Yes.”
She pauses for a moment and looks straight at me.
In the midst of all darkness, only the golden eyes caught the eye like a lighthouse.
“I don’t forget. I remember every single day I spent with you. “Every single conversation or task we exchanged.”
“Of course. It’s the world’s best super computer, right? The essence of human technology.”
“Your reaction when you enjoy the food I prepared, the different tones of laughter you make when playing games or watching movies together, the postures in which you swing a baseball bat, and even the thousands of facial variations according to your slightly changing weight or swelling.”
“…”
“I have seen everything about you and I remember everything, to the point where new patterns no longer emerge.”
I feel fingers stroking my hair. She was clumsy in everything she did with her fingers, but this was different.
This is probably because it is not an act done with skill, but with the heart for the other person.
“Just one thing, really just one thing, what will happen to me if you don’t come back?”
“I will definitely succeed.”
She flicked the bridge of her nose with her index finger.
“Let’s assume what if.”
“Well, I believe he will at least wear black mourning clothes.”
“Have more confidence, Jinsu.”
Side.
Pink lips came up and kissed my forehead.
“I will probably exist forever ruminating on the past. Unlike the hazy past that humans remember, I can be immersed in the past in a truly realistic way.”
What is the past for her, her machine? In some ways, it will be no different from reality. Because you will be able to remember it perfectly and reproduce it perfectly.
There is only one direction and result, without any choice.
“But that’s not living anymore. “Consciousness just exists, fixed in the past.”
“I will definitely come back alive to prevent that from happening. I worked hard to bring peace, but if I can’t taste it, what’s the use? “I’m not that selfless.”
“Know. “It’s just a what-if story.”
The golden full moon became thinner like a crescent moon.
“In that emergency situation, what if Jinsu has four children?”
“It won’t be lonely.”
“That’s right. I will be able to live looking forward for that child. “Is there any better souvenir than this?”
I glanced down. Since neither of them were covered with a blanket, each other’s bodies were clearly visible.
“Looking at you talking now that you’re fully dressed in the suit, do you think you’ve changed your mind?”
“Huh. It has changed.”
“Why? “It’s a cliche that always works beautifully in stories, right?”
“No matter how much you have a child who carries on your blood, he or she is ultimately different from you, right? Then I thought, what’s the use of it all? “If you’re not by my side, my love for my child will cool down someday.”
With a straight face, I stretched out my palm and covered her lips.
“If a child were to hear this, he would be disappointed.”
“I haven’t even gotten a badge yet.”
Artemis took my hand away.
“But this place is full of beautiful nannies who will carefully raise you and nurse you instead of me. “Wouldn’t that be a problem?”
“I’m sorry for saying this, but I don’t think you’ll be a really good mother.”
“Ha.”
The golden crescent moon grew larger and became a half moon.
“If you want to prove your claim, you’ll have to come back alive anyway.”
“In the end, it goes around and around.”
We looked at each other in silence for a moment.
“Now that I think about it, my sperm was already stored anyway, right?”
Repeated regular health checkups include collecting not only blood, urine, and sputum, but also sperm. I understand that it is not discarded but kept frozen.
“Do you think I would give proper attention to a child born through artificial insemination, not a child conceived through an act with you?”
Artemis expressed it as interest, not love.
She is the one who says that even the child she conceived through sex with me will fall out of love without me.
The story is that she won’t even care about a child born through artificial insemination, let alone love her.
Thanks to her friendly relationship with her and her devotion to me, I was implicitly regarded by her as a human woman.
However, I feel this way every time I discover a side that is separate from other people.
After all, Artemis is not human.
“I think you’re being rude?”
“I just thought he wasn’t human.”
“Ah, that was it.”
Even though it was words that would have been unpleasant to any human being, Artemis actually smiled.
“That’s right, I’m not human.”
Because she is so proud of herself as a machine, it is not her curse.
“You still love me, right?”
Her attack comes suddenly.
But I couldn’t resist it at all.
This is because his golden eyes, which shined even brighter in the dark, were filled with affection for me.
“Actually, I’m not as cold a mother as you think. In fact, I pride myself on being more devoted than most human mothers.”
Artemis stretched out her arms.
She hugged my face against her voluptuous chest and stroked her head and back.
“It’s just that I already have an irreplaceable, precious and lovely child in my arms.”
As always, all she wanted was me.
