Chapter 751 – #6-15 Cube Piece (2)
This ‘cube’ shining in a mysterious color was a very strange object.
The more I look at it, the more I feel like I’m falling in love with it.
Moreover, if you look closely, you realize that there is something more mysterious inside.
If I know for sure what this is, I think I will be able to know the identity of the light this cube emits.
What is this?
What is inside this?
… By the way, when I was inside the tram, I think it only glowed slightly.
But why doesn’t it seem like my eyes are shining so brightly now that it stings?
Is this really an illusion? Could it be an illusion?
There’s a little more to it than that… I want to see it more clearly――
“This… “You idiot!!!”
Bah!!
My body fell sideways with a loud scream.
The cube in his hand also rolled on the floor noisily.
As I unconsciously tried to reach out for the cube piece, someone trampled my hand.
“That’s it. Are you crazy about dying?”
When I glanced up, I saw straight legs wrapped in stockings and underwear inside the skirt.
When I looked up, I saw a tall, familiar woman… I found out that bellflower was there.
Why is this woman, she sleeps and wonders?
Suddenly, someone’s hand forced my head to turn.
An ominous sound came from my throat.
“Hey, you idiot… ! What are you doing?! Why are you touching that so freely?! Do you want to die?!”
His monocle and dark blue eyes were right in front of his nose.
“Do… Rossi?”
… Dorothy. It was Dorothy. It’s a familiar face, but why didn’t I remember it right away? For some reason, my head was blank.
“Okay. Do you understand? Hey, come to your senses!”
“… What’s the matter. Me, why…”
“It’s because you touched that. No matter how long I was away, he crawled in… !!”
Dorothy says that as if she were indignant.
However, rather than looking angry, I feel sorry for looking like I’m about to cry.
I don’t know why, but the inside of my palm throbbed.
What on earth… What happened?
* * *
It was a little later that No. 13 finally came to his senses.
He came to his senses, heard the story of what had happened to him, and, recalling what happened a little while ago, his face immediately turned pale.
It is said that No. 13 stood still for a while holding the cube.
He seemed to think it was only for a moment, but when he checked with the camera installed in the laboratory, he was standing there blankly for 10 minutes, holding the cube in his hand.
He was holding it, fiddling with it, looking at it, as if possessed.
The cube began to shine more and more, flashing a strange light, but I didn’t care.
Maybe he didn’t seem to realize that fact at all. And it actually was like that.
No. 13’s hand, which was holding the cube, suffered minor burns.
I thought there might be something wrong with the eyes that were staring at the cube’s light, so I lightly examined them, but surprisingly, they were fine.
“I tried to snatch it away because you were frozen like a statue while holding it. But he never let go. Even if Doraji and I push together, it doesn’t fall…”
To begin with, Dorothy’s strength was poor, and even though Doraj was taller than her older sister, she was of average height and build.
But apart from that, No. 13’s body was strangely strong, so even if the two of them stuck together, they couldn’t knock it over.
So, Dorothy urgently grabbed a nearby chair and fired a chair shot.
“I’m sorry if it hurts, but it’s better than dying.”
“… That’s right. Thank you, Dorothy.”
Dorothy applied burn medicine to No. 13’s hands.
With her special medicine, burns of this magnitude will heal in a day or two.
Her head was hit with a chair and there was a slight tear, but since it was no longer bleeding, I just applied some medicine and left it as is.
“What on earth is that?”
No. 13 looked towards the cube that had been recovered and placed in the device.
The cube is clearly a little brighter than when I first saw it.
“I don’t know either. “I don’t know, so I’m researching.”
“Really?”
“Huh. … But to put it bluntly, if you touch it wrong, you’ll be ‘eaten’?”
“… ?”
No. 13 made a puzzled expression, not knowing what it meant.
Dorothy snorted as if it was no big deal, as if it was a fully expected reaction.
“I don’t know how to express it any further than that. That thing shouldn’t be in this world. Since there is something here that shouldn’t exist, it’s natural that there is no way to express it accurately in words.”
The mysterious light of the cube.
At first glance, the light looks like a color you’ve seen before, but it feels different from any other color.
Maybe it’s a color that can’t exist in this world, so No. 13’s brain refuses to recognize it.
“It’s just an energy body that is difficult to explain when it stands alone. But it changes just because there is life around.”
“Attract and attract intelligence that approaches the surroundings. In this way, it begins to synchronize with the object it approaches and touches. If it is deemed unsuitable for synchronization, it will cause a rejection reaction.”
“It didn’t seem to have much effect on me and Dorothy, so I let my guard down. I thought putting it inside the device would be enough.”
“But that’s not it. No. 13: Judging from what you’re attracted to, it seems like you’re just picking people out. “I didn’t bother to tempt Nana Bellflower because I thought it was useless.”
Dorothy also says that when she looks at that sculpture in person, she feels something like a strange magnetic field.
The temptation to want to touch and look deeper.
However, it is said that Bellflower by her side awakened her spirit, and more than anything, she let down her guard because it was an impulse that could be easily controlled with reason.
Maybe it’s due to individual differences, but I didn’t think No. 13 would fall this far.
“Dorothy, but the way you talk feels a little strange.”
Number 13 answered his question.
“If you say that now, it’s like that—”
“It’s a living thing.”
Dorothy answered the question in question 13 clearly.
“That’s a living thing. “I can’t define it other than that.”
Dorothy wrapped a bandage around No. 13’s hand, which was heavily coated with medicine.
Then, as if he felt something was wrong, he took the bandage back.
“… Hey, number 13.
This
Is it your ability?”
Then, he checks No. 13’s palm and asks as if he is suspicious.
Why do I want to check my hands?
There were traces of the drug on my hands, but
There were no burn marks left, and he was fine.
“That’s amazing. Have they developed a rapid treatment drug now? Can a burn get better in 1 minute? This is an invention that will change the world. There will be no need for Huxdin.”
No. 13 said that as a joke, but their reaction was cold, probably because it wasn’t funny.
It would be nice if I could accept it a little bit. I feel regretful.
* * *
Sim Cheong-eun, the secretary of the general Baekseol Fairy, was busy with her work today as well.
She had to personally attend various councils and events on behalf of Snow White, who did not engage in any external activities, and in addition to that, she also had her own personal duties as her secretary.
In the first place, Fairy Snow White, the leader, does not try to intervene in the affairs of the association if possible.
She is not human, and as a good person, she should avoid interfering with the affairs of humanity as much as possible.
There is a thing called cause and effect in the world, and if Baek Seol, who does not belong to this world, repeats interference, it will return as a great disaster.
However, since it is not possible to simply pass on all matters that require approval from the commander-in-chief to other departments, the review committee is in charge of reviewing and approving inevitable matters.
In the case of important decisions, I ask for advice from Fairy Snow White and ask for the general direction without causing harm to the world.
And if something is really necessary, the commander-in-chief moves on his own and intervenes in the case directly. Like the case in issue 13.
Also, there are many cases of crime involving young boys, but it is not known whether this is something that Snow White Fairy herself must act on.
In that way, there was very little that Fairy Snow White directly interfered with in internal affairs.
Shim Cheong deserves a lot of work.
At the same time, it is also a passage that shows how talented a person she is.
As it happened, Sim Cheong was busy concentrating on work today, but on a rare occasion, she received a direct contact on her smartphone.
Most things are communicated through the extension, and there are not many personal relationships, so it is rare to receive a call from a personal number like this.
Thanks to this, it wasn’t difficult to guess who the opponent was.
“Yes, I received a call. “This is Sim Cheong.”
[Excuse me. This is the spade of the 7th Division.]
As expected.
It was a call from the person I expected.
“Yes, Mr. Spade. How are you? Didn’t anything get into trouble because of the neck spell?”
[… Not really, nothing like that. I’m fine.]
“Then that’s a good thing. So, what’s the matter?”
I could sense hesitation beyond the speaker.
Although it was a busy situation, Sim Cheong didn’t care and waited patiently for her answer.
And after a while, Spade spoke in a cautious voice.
[About the suggestion you mentioned earlier.]
A while ago, Sim Cheong proposed work on No. 13.
Ask for help in arresting him.
Of course, Sim Cheong has no intention of ending it with a simple arrest, but that is what he told Spade.
There is no need to tell you the whole truth.
[I will accept your suggestion.]
[Please tell me what I should do.]
Spade’s voice, making a decision, was heard from beyond the smartphone.
In this way, the event that had stopped for a moment begins to move in earnest.
