Chapter 115 – Artifacts(1)
The front of the Hunter Association is a good place for demonstrations.
First of all, it is a downtown area, so there is a lot of floating population, accessibility is good, and some things seem a bit easy because of the conventional wisdom that it is a building built with tax money.
‘In fact, almost all of the money that went into building the association’s headquarters came from Hunter’s pension.’
Now, whenever I commute to work, I feel a little empty without one or two protesters.
Of course, if you protest like that every day, the freshness will be lost, and the ripple effect will be reduced, but…
They didn’t seem to care about such a trivial fact.
Sometimes I wonder if protests are regarded as a kind of sport.
The moment we tried to silently pass them by.
Protesters rushed in front of me.
The special forces that punish the hunters appear to be potential allies to the protesters.
“Wait a minute! Can I do an interview?”
“No. I have a lot of work…”
“It’s not the investigator, it’s the Hunter Pet!”
“… Huh? Me?”
Tia, who was caught in the eyes of the protesters, stopped with a puzzled face.
It was only then that I looked at the contents of the placards they were holding.
They insisted on coexistence with monsters, and were about the opposite of the suspects in the last Hunter Pet assault case.
Beyond simply allowing hunter pets, it means that you shouldn’t kill monsters recklessly.
A few years ago I would have never dreamed of a protest like this…
These days, the gate is showing signs of closing, so they are playing their part.
From their point of view, Tia, who has the same level of intelligence as humans, has no choice but to look incredibly attractive.
Isn’t the guy’s existence itself representing their claim to her?
The protesters recklessly pointed cameras and microphones at Tia and threw a barrage of questions.
Thanks to that, I desperately stopped Alice from taking out her pocket watch her.
“Are you Tiaji? Did you happen to do anything strange in the Association?”
“Oh, no. Master is very nice to me.”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if there were more hunter pets from monsters like you in the future?”
“Don’t you think the word hunterpet itself is a bit discriminatory?”
“All the monsters would want to live…”
Tia belatedly noticed their intentions her and hardened her complexion.
The boy took a small step back and shook his head vigorously.
“Everyone, what are you saying! Monsters are the enemies of mankind. I’m a sinner who dares to fight against humans.”
“What, what?”
“Long live humanity! Long live Korea! All monsters who go against humans must die!”
“Woof woof!”
“…”
While the protesters fell into a heavy silence.
I smiled happily and avoided the seat with Tia.
It’s good that he has a certain stance from before.
“Shall we increase the snack bill?”
“Loyalty Loyalty!”
It wasn’t long before Tia jumped for joy.
After confirming that the text message came, I entered the inner room.
Alice also noticed the change in my complexion and followed me.
“What?”
“Company contact.”
“Ah…”
“Blanche, connect me.”
As soon as I closed the door, the wall-mounted TV turned on and a familiar face appeared.
I’m in touch today with Irene Wilson, who is in charge of management and human resources at the company.
She smiled at me and Alice.
[Hello, Dust. Goodbye to the mascot sheep.]
“It’s not a mascot…”
“That’s right. What’s going on anyway?”
[I think it’s my turn to get help now. Dust, I remember.]
“Of course Madam.”
I nodded, remembering Irene Wilson’s help her on a business trip to England.
Then she immediately revealed her business to her.
[There is a place in Korea that I want to investigate. I’ll send it through Blanche, so take care of the follow-up.]
“I will.”
“Uh, huh?”
Alice was a bit taken aback when she saw me accepting without any hesitation.
Alice immediately protested as Irene Wilson ended her communications with a satisfied smile.
“Is it okay to just accept this? From what I’ve heard, it seems like a personal matter?”
“Well, if Matthew had asked for it, I would have thought about it a bit, but it’s the madam’s request… “
Irene Wilson is a Master with a much more trustworthy personality than Matthew.
I was sure she would n’t be mean if it was her request her.
Alice became a bit serious at my explanation.
“So Matthew Manuel’s side is asking you to do naughty things?”
“Sometimes. Sometimes. Blanche?”
[I will mark the address on the map.]
As soon as I finished my words, Blanche quickly switched the screen.
The place Madame wanted to investigate was a military base that had been closed down a long time ago.
Immediately after the beginning of the Great Hunter era, many large and small military units were merged, and this place was one of them.
“What the hell is going on in this place…”
“Well. Madame pointed out, so it won’t be an ordinary facility.”
“Isn’t there any more detailed data?”
“There’s no need. I can guess.”
I left the room with Alice, who was slightly dissatisfied, and immediately prepared for a formal investigation.
Since he has the position of special investigator, shouldn’t he use it?
It’s too wasteful to use Blanche’s quota for nothing, so I’m trying to browse related records on the association’s intranet…
Suddenly, a notification window saying “Approval denied” Appeared and the connection to the intranet was forcibly disconnected.
“… What is this? My security level is just below the president of the association?”
I was embarrassed, but on the other hand, I thought I had won.
The very next moment. An internal phone call came from the president’s office.
After I accepted it, the president of the association spoke urgently.
[Wait, don’t touch that!]
“…Why?”
[Because it’s a military facility! You know how much the military treats hunters and associations as thorns!]
The president’s words were quite persuasive, but he had no talent for lying.
Besides, being so sensitive is certainly strange.
[By the way, suddenly what happened to the military facility?]
“A report came in from nearby.”
[Declaration?]
For reference, the name of the reporter is Irene Wilson.
I was so sarcastic inwardly and pretended to understand it meekly.
“Okay. Then, please consult with the military unit quickly. Intelligence has come in that the Hunter criminal organization is hiding there.”
[That, is it? Please wait a bit.]
Rattle.
As soon as the phone hung up, I jumped up from my seat and shouted.
“Minimum number of people left, all mobilized! Mr. Seo Woo, please take care of the office.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Wait. Are you really going?”
“The president of the association is hiding something.
I searched the intranet for no reason, so there was a time limit.
If left alone, the other side might try to cover up the evidence.
Alice touched her pocket watch with her stiff face, as if she had finally caught on.
“Are you saying the association and the government did something there?”
“Right.”
Otherwise, there is no way to try to control information in this way.
Just looking at the words of the president of the association doesn’t make sense right now.
“The military regards the association as a thorn in the eye, so why is there data related to military units in the association database?”
“Ah…”
Most of the people went down to the underground parking lot, but I headed for the rooftop with Tia.
I fastened the seat belt I had prepared in advance to the body of the guy, and immediately flew.
Tia, who had turned into a golden dragon, grumbled a little and flapped her wings vigorously.
“It’s hard to fly here because the building wind is strong.”
“I was a bit scared when I put on the wingsuit too. Hurry up!”
“By the way, master already guessed what happened there?”
“Oh, Tia, now you’ve got your senses too. If you’d been more discerning, you’d have just kept your mouth shut and flapped your wings.”
“…”
I ignored the call from the president of the association and headed to the place in question.
In fact, at the time Irene Wilson commissioned it, the theme of this case was roughly guessed.
While Alice was slightly admiring Tia’s poor ride her, her destination her was finally right in front of her nose her.
The area around the abandoned military base was overgrown with vegetation because it had not been maintained for a long time.
At first glance, the interior of the base looks abandoned.
However, if you look closely, the road is quite neatly maintained.
“What the hell are you doing on a mountain like this…”
“Alice, prepare for battle soon. Don’t attack first, don’t kill me.”
“Could you tell me what’s going on before it’s too late?”
As soon as I landed with Tia, I walked into the base entrance and nodded to her.
“It’s obvious. What fun would the government and the association do with an old military base? They’d probably do human experiments or make humanoid stuff.”
“What?”
Manufacture of artificial hunters.
It is an experiment that is being secretly conducted not only in Korea, but in almost all countries.
Things have improved a lot these days, but until just 10 years ago, everyone was in a frenzy because of the lack of hunters.
It is a theme that countries with their own vision have no choice but to try at least once.
“Of course, most countries haven’t made much progress. It’s pretty difficult.”
“…You say it like you’ve done it once?”
“I haven’t done it myself… Actually, there are many around you.”
“What?”
Alice, for some reason, was still confused.
I let out a small sigh and answered the question Seo Ji-yu asked the other day.
“Are our teammates quite capable? They quietly did their job well, and mastered various military skills.”
“…”
“Where the hell did you get all those kids from?”
“Stop, no way…”
Yes.
All Servants in our team were the result of artificial hunter manufacturing experiments.
Alice showed her very unhappy face, but it wasn’t that I didn’t tip her off at all.
“What did you say when I explained the organization of the company?”
“Huh? Ah…”
One oracle.
3 masters.
9 Esquire.
And 81 Servants…
If you look closely, the Servant has a very different feel from a unit dependent noun.
She belatedly noticed that and Alice stopped her steps.
“He-they were all synthetics?”
“Even though they’re synthetics, it’s not very grandiose. They were just fertilized in vitro using a gene with high magical affinity. They grow at the same rate as normal people, and they’ve been properly educated. The reason why their emotional expression is a little sparse because of their military training.”
“It’s nonsense. Even if they did the experiment right after the gate exploded, they’re only 20 years old, how can they be in their 20s!”
“Don’t say that in front of them. It hurts.”
As we entered the base while chatting, people began to move from the inside.
I smiled and gave the lead to Alice.
