Chapter 116 – Artifacts (2)
People from inside the base surrounded us in an instant.
At first glance, he looks like an ordinary person, but he has a stocky physique and a strange atmosphere.
They were people who gave off a strangely inorganic feeling.
Alice stuttered, maintaining her vigilance.
“This, these guys are…”
“It’s a good start.”
“Where the hell are you looking?”
“At least they don’t attack at all. That means their aggression is properly suppressed.”
Fortunately, the nutritional status is not bad, but the condition of the clothes is not very good.
It seems that it was operated in a state of neglect because it was judged to be inefficient.
I should say I’m glad I wasn’t killed, but…
If I had left it a little longer, I might have been able to film the second part of Silmi Island.
Of course, it’s still too early to be relieved.
They were clearly rejecting outside intrusion.
I asked as carefully as possible.
“Where is the person in charge?”
“…”
When there was no answer coming back, I tried to move inside, but they responded immediately.
Sparks and electricity flew towards me in an instant.
Alice swung at her pocket watch and took it all off in time.
The abilities of the artificial hunters were very futile.
Teeing!
That’s the problem.
Even if you make the A-rank and B-rank hunters rot, if you can’t make an S rank, you’ll be speechless.
It’s obviously the same hunter, but the difference in ability according to the difference in rank is too big.
The hunter industry is also subtly elite-oriented.
I don’t know if the national defense itself is in jeopardy because the number of hunters is insufficient.
Manufacturing artificial hunters is a technology that does not have the merit of investing heavily.
That’s all.
It takes a lot of money to make a human being an adult.
Hunters are naturally occurring anyway, so making them and using them is too cost-effective.
For now, it is much better to just import foreign products and use them.
“As expected, there is no S rank.”
And S-Rank is not something you can make just because you want to.
If it was possible to mass-produce S-rank hunters, he would have been able to dominate the world long ago.
Still, I was impressed.
“Honestly, I didn’t expect much from Korea’s genetic engineering technology… But it’s quite good.”
“Is it time to admire?”
“It’s okay. Calm down.”
The artificial hunters who saw Alice’s skills did not move hastily.
There was a faint wildness in their movements.
Even wild animals are not necessarily stupid.
Rather, because it has a wild nature, it does not attack strong opponents.
“Hey, what are you going to do with these?”
“Wait a minute. We’re almost there.”
“What? Ah…”
Booooong…
Alice barely noticed the situation when she heard the sound of a car behind her.
It wasn’t that she was stupid.
We flew in the Tia, but it’s strange to chase it with a car.
I can’t even get a feel for how much I stepped on it.
If you get a traffic violation notice later, it will be quite enjoyable.
Clap!
For some reason, the crew members walked in stride, disarming themselves.
Personnel at the facility immediately recognized the people.
All sorts of emotions swirled in their wide eyes.
“…”
“…”
Servants who put in a lot of effort so that they can observe themselves calmly.
Alice doubted whether she could be persuaded.
Fortunately, there was a language that worked much better than Korean for this kind of people.
One of the crew members who brought the tablet laughed faintly and played the video with the volume turned up to maximum.
What flowed from the inside was a fairly plausible performance.
Baba Bam, Baba Bam…
Music that resonates widely on the mountainside.
The artificial hunters stood blankly and watched as if completely bewitched.
The ones playing the music on the screen were androids like them.
People may not be able to tell the difference between a wolf and a dog, but wolves can’t help but recognize each other.
“What, what are you doing! Get rid of the intruders!”
Only then did the person in charge who had been hiding come out and beat them up.
It was nonsensical that such an important and classified facility would not have a manager.
However, the created Hunters hesitated and could not bear to attack us.
How could he hurt his own people who were playing music without even holding a weapon?
I stood at a distance and took out my ID.
“I’m the association’s special investigator. The person in charge, please come out quickly. What are you doing when you said to come out earlier?”
“Ah…”
Still, thanks to the title of belonging to the same association, the person in charge reluctantly approaches.
Wearing a white coat, he seemed like a fairly skilled researcher.
Perhaps he was in the middle of destroying research materials or evidence after being contacted by the president of the association.
Fortunately for them, I wasn’t very interested in that.
‘Looking at these guys’ condition, it doesn’t seem like they did a very extreme experiment…’
In the meantime, when the orchestra performance ended, the members with faint smiles spoke again.
“You guys can be like this too.”
“Let’s go together, brothers.”
They didn’t talk much, but their sincerity was fully conveyed.
After hesitating for a moment, the artificial hunters slowly left the base and began to board the vehicle.
They were just clumsy at expressing their emotions, but they were by no means fools.
As hunters use their various abilities to conduct colorful battles, there is nothing good about lowering their intelligence.
They already noticed.
The fact that they are already half-abandoned.
Starting from one day, the treatment suddenly deteriorated, and the training became dry and dry…
It is far better to follow your fellow countrymen who have succeeded than to remain in such a place.
Of course, the responsible researcher was almost mad.
“Now, wait! Where are you taking them! Those guys are a valuable asset to the Korean government and association!”
“Lower your voice. It wouldn’t be such an honorable study?”
“Ah. No…”
“I don’t intend to dig too much either. I want to believe that you did it just because you were told to do it. Don’t be fooled and guide me quickly.”
I pushed him on the back and guided him through the facility.
In the meantime, the artificial hunters looked at Tia and showed quite ambiguous expressions.
Tia, who was about to be attacked at any moment, held out a cookie with her whole body trembling.
“Hey, do you want to eat?”
“You managed to bring that. Alice, let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Fortunately, the inside of the facility was just as moderate as I thought.
Apparently, there were hardly any experiments using the genes of active hunters.
Thanks to that, I couldn’t help but be slightly disappointed.
“I thought if I was lucky, I would see little Alice or little Yeriel… “
“Don’t be creepy.”
“The genetic factor of S-rank hunters is special. In addition, research results have shown that the hunter’s mental state has a great influence on the hunter’s ability… I judged that it would not be possible to get good results by blindly experimenting .”
The inspection was completed while listening to the explanation of the conscientious researcher.
At this level, it is clean enough to belong to the top class among the research facilities I have seen.
It seems that Korea lacked urgency thanks to the relatively good response from the beginning of the Hunter incident.
I nodded slightly and turned around.
“There’s not enough room in the prison, so I’ll pass this much. You wouldn’t have tortured me, right?”
“Our budget was very tight, so we barely trained. There was no room for such crap.”
“Okay, when you’re done cleaning up, go home.”
On my way back to the car.
Alice asked seriously, blocking my way.
“So, where are you sending them?”
“Of course, I have to send this case to the madam who commissioned it.”
“Irene Wilson? What is she doing to them?”
“Socialization Education.”
I asked Blanche to show me a facility owned by the company.
“We can’t release it to society like this, so we’re conducting re-education here. First, suppress aggression as much as possible due to military education. Originally, drugs, hunter abilities, and even violence are used, but this time it doesn’t seem to be okay.”
“Hey, you use drugs and hunter abilities?”
“I can’t help it. These test subjects are very mild cases. Originally, they are much more violent than they are. If we don’t remove their aggression, we have no choice but to kill them.”
“…”
Alice couldn’t bear to deny my words either.
I patted her on the shoulder and belatedly reassured her.
“It’s okay. They’re really calm.”
“Then what next?”
“We assign new roles according to aptitude and ability. For reference, most of these test subjects have combat-type abilities. If you want, you can get a job at our company, or you can stay unemployed.”
“…”
Alice thought she was lucky, but she couldn’t completely hide her dubious reaction from her.
“Don’t worry because I’ve done it many times. Madame is originally specialized in this kind of thing.”
“Ah, then… After all, didn’t your organization create artificial hunters?”
“Of course. The time zone doesn’t match at first glance. Our organization is only about 5 years old, so how do you create 20-year-old test subjects?”
“Aha…”
Most of our artificial hunters are from foreign governments.
One of the Servants who overheard our conversation laughed and added:
“Servants are operated on a resource basis.”
“Volunteer system?”
“Serving Master and Esquire is the most rewarding and honorable mission. There are only 81 seats, but there are always plenty of applicants, so there is always a reserve. Even if I die during the mission, the vacant seat will be filled right away .”
“Are you guys really going to do that?”
“I don’t think there is this much meaning in other lives or missions. We will definitely do what we have to do.”
Since these guys are from the military, it was not easy to completely change this way of thinking.
When I found out that the president of the association called for the 15th time, I received it late.
“Hello.”
[Stop now!]
“No, then what are you going to do with them?
[No. Such a problem […
“Then, will you expose this? An artificial human body experiment in the 21st century, wouldn’t it be like having one or two hairs blown off?”
[…
Pop.
I ended the call and got back in the car, grumbling again.
“You didn’t even make little Alice, so what are you talking about doing well?”
“… I just have Alice.”
Alice avoids my eyes and speaks in a small whisper.
Thanks to you, I burst into laughter and went back to Seoul.
