Chapter 1852 – 1852. Eternal Eden
“…What do you really want?”
Na Chaeyoung asked in a subdued voice. What I wanted was obviously Na Chaeyoung. I could rape her right here and now, but then my relationship with her would be completely ruined. She might even stab me in the back at a crucial moment.
Judging by her eyes and demeanor, she didn’t seem like the type of woman who would just take it. But I didn’t think I could keep holding back with a woman like her by my side.
Na Chaeyoung hated being dominated. But she also hated dying. She probably had confidence as a player, and it was better to respect her freedom.
“Let’s make a deal. We give each other one hour a day.”
“…What do you mean?”
“I’ll give you the right to use me for one hour a day. In return, I can use you for one hour a day. How about it? Fair, right?”
“Fair? Don’t be ridiculous. You just want my body.”
“The fact that I’m not raping you is already a big concession.”
“……”
She couldn’t argue with that. In reality, she was powerless right now. Her life was in my hands. Yet, she was frowning as if she didn’t like it. She was probably doing all sorts of calculations in her head.
“What are you thinking so hard about? One hour a day. I’m saying I’ll be your sword. You don’t get many opportunities like this.”
“……”
Still, there was no answer. I waited patiently for her reply. About three minutes passed. Then she spoke.
“I don’t know if you’re worth that much. You have a 5-star potential, but you also have the dullard trait. Your potential might not bloom for months, even years. So, prove your worth to me.”
“That’s a funny thing to say. How am I supposed to prove it? Should I fight you?”
“That situation will come soon enough. I’ll decide on the deal then.”
“I can rape and kill you right now.”
“Things won’t always go your way.”
Na Chaeyoung’s eyes, which had been slightly wavering, no longer did. They just turned cold and calm. She had also made up her mind. She was quite an impressive woman in many ways.
I lowered my gun. Then, we got back in the car and drove off again. My hands were itching to grope Na Chaeyoung’s breasts, but considering what we had just talked about, I had to hold back for now. From now on, she and I were equals.
We arrived at a used goods shop located in the middle of rice paddies.
“A used goods shop in a place like this? That’s weird.”
I said as I got out of the car. The used goods shop building was quite large. Around the building, discarded appliances were scattered.
‘If I just put up walls around the used goods shop… it would be perfect for defense?’
It seemed like she had chosen this place in preparation for the situation 30 days later.
“There’s a small village five minutes away by car. This used goods shop was actually a repair shop. I bought it for cheap since it was abandoned.”
“How much?”
“20 million won.”
Even so, wasn’t that too cheap? But then I looked at the location and the building and nodded. The building was big, but it was too old. It seemed like it would only be good for use as a warehouse at best.
I followed Na Chaeyoung inside the building. It was different from the outside. It was relatively organized, and there were large machines. On one wall, there were guns hanging. Most of them were pistols, but there were also quite a few assault rifles.
“Did you make all those guns?”
“If not, why else would I be here?”
Na Chaeyoung put on a white gown that was hanging on a chair. Then she let out a small sigh.
I picked up one of the guns hanging on the wall and fiddled with it. This heavy feeling. It was a real gun.
“You managed to make something like this. As far as I know, pistol parts need to be precise.”
“I’m a technologist. If I have the resources, I can make parts as much as I want.”
“How? Show me.”
Without a word, Na Chaeyoung picked up a square object that was on the workbench. Steel? Or plastic? Anyway, the shape of the object, which seemed to be a resource, began to change. It shrank from the size of a palm to a tiny size and turned into a small spring.
“I can change it like this. It consumes a lot of resources… but the advantage is that I can make it quickly.”
“How do you get those resources?”
She pointed to a large machine in the corner of the workshop with her finger.
“It’s a decomposer, a basic skill for technologists and bionics. If you put something in, it breaks it down into trash and resources.”
“Bionics too? Does it break down living things too?”
“There are useful resources like bones and muscles. It’s not that great of a machine. The decomposer is just a basic skill, after all.”
“What can you make right now?”
“Guns, drones, and turrets are about it. All I’ve been researching while cooped up here are those things.”
“So, you need to research to make something new.”
“I can make it if I acquire existing blueprints or technical data. But there’s a condition that I need plenty of resources.”
“If you have enough resources, you can mass-produce them?”
“Making them one by one isn’t efficient. My stamina drops when I use my abilities. It takes a day to make one pistol. To mass-produce, I need to build a factory.”
And to operate a factory, you need labor. A technologist can accelerate technological development, but it’s impossible to produce weapons endlessly alone.
I used the decomposer. I turned it on and put a microwave oven inside. Whirrrrr! The decomposer started spinning with a rather loud noise. About five minutes passed. Trash and resources were separated next to the decomposer. The resources were square-shaped objects, and the trash was just that, trash. Surprisingly, there was less trash than resources.
“Pick out a decent gun.”
“Are you giving it to me as a gift?”
“I need to see your skills.”
“I don’t mind that, but I’m not a gunslinger, I’m a swordsman. If you want to see my skills properly, give me a sword.”
“A sword… Alright. Try shooting a gun first. If you’re so confident, you should be good at shooting a gun, right? There’s a shooting range in the basement, so shoot there. Oh, and take a knife too.”
I took a pistol and went down to the basement shooting range. The shooting range wasn’t very big. It was only about 15 meters long.
There were microphones and cameras on the ceiling. Na Chaeyoung would be watching me through the camera. I held the pistol and took a stance.
“…You have a good stance. You’ve been to the military?”
“No, I’m exempt.”
“……”
I aimed the gun at a target shaped like a person and pulled the trigger. Bang bang bang bang! The slide kept pulling back and the muzzle spat fire. It didn’t take long to empty the entire magazine.
“Impressive.”
Na Chaeyoung said in a nonchalant voice.
“Out of 15 shots, you hit five. And you didn’t hit the head or heart even once. Was shooting at 10 meters that difficult?”
“I told you, I’m not a gunslinger, I’m a swordsman.”
I casually tossed the pistol behind my head.
“…Don’t handle the gun carelessly. It took a day just to make that.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
I answered casually and picked up the knife. I wondered if there was anything I could cut. There was a target, but it was 10 meters away. I was too lazy to go closer. Besides, the target was a wooden board. It wouldn’t be fun to cut it.
I lowered my gaze. A steel table.
‘That should be fun to cut.’
Crack.
I created a subtle electric current and lightly coated the blade. It was a kind of sword aura. I swung the knife at the table.
Swoosh!
The steel table split exactly in half and collapsed. I clicked my tongue briefly after seeing the knife. The blade was damaged even though I had coated it with sword aura.
“…To cut a steel table in half with a knife… that’s not normal. How did you do that?”
“Of course, I used my ability. I coated the blade with electricity and used it like sword aura, you could say?”
“Is that possible?”
“It’s possible because I succeeded. More than that, I wish you would make me a proper sword. Look, the blade is ruined after just one use.”
“You can’t see it from here even if you say it there. Just come up.”
I went upstairs and handed the knife to Na Chaeyoung. Na Chaeyoung looked at the knife from all angles.
“…Can’t you protect the blade with that sword aura?”
“It consumes too much. For now, the best I can do is to sharpen the blade with sword aura.”
“…Okay. I’ll try to make one. But I don’t think it’ll last long… I’ll need to do some research to make a stronger and more durable sword.”
She took the resources and went to the workbench. I thought she was going to start working right away, but she was searching for information about swords on the computer. I sat down on a chair at a reasonable distance. I wanted to touch Na Chaeyoung’s chest right away, but… I held back.
I glanced at her as she concentrated and took out my smartphone. As it was a modern setting, there were webtoons and web novels in this world too. Most of them were things I had never seen before. The movies were also things I didn’t know.
It was then, as I was killing time, that I heard the sound of a car. Na Chaeyoung and I simultaneously turned our gaze to the monitor. Six black sedans stopped in front of the building. Men in suits got out in a rush. It was obvious at a glance. They were gangsters.
“The Gosan Faction.”
Na Chaeyoung muttered in a stiff voice. I approached her. I grabbed the knife in her hand as if I was taking it away.
“It looks like it’s finished. I’ll go prove myself, so wait here.”
“What? Wait a minute! Those guys have guns!”
“I have a sword.”
I looked at the sword and went outside. The blade was about 30cm long, not very long. But it was sharper than a kitchen knife.
Half of the 20 gangsters aimed their guns at me as soon as they saw me. I took cover behind an empty refrigerator that was in front of the building.
“I heard this is Dr. Na’s place… Hey. Where’s Dr. Na?”
“Why are you looking for my woman?”
“Your woman? Are you Dr. Na’s gigolo or something?”
“I’m not a gigolo.”
“This bastard! How dare you when the boss is talking!”
The gangster in the front raised his hand to stop the gangster who was acting up.
“Okay, okay. I’ll tell you since you seem curious. Dr. Na was supposed to make a deal with our boss today. But Dr. Na is nowhere to be seen, and our boss was found dead with his throat cut. We suspect it’s the work of a skilled swordsman killer. And maybe it’s related to Dr. Na. Dr. Na, we know you’re inside. We know it’s not your doing, so let’s talk. You know me, right? I’m Jin Kanggu. If you keep being uncooperative, we might misunderstand.”
Jin Kanggu looked straight at the camera and spoke.
I pondered. If I rushed out like this, I would be riddled with bullets and die. Without complete recovery, I couldn’t do a crazy kamikaze attack. I didn’t have acceleration, so it would be hard to dodge bullets.
‘It would have been easier if I had brought a gun.’
I had to wait for an opportunity until they got closer. But would they even get closer?
“Dr. Na! We don’t want to hurt you. Let’s clear up any misunderstandings!”
Zzzzt.
A static noise came from the speaker, and then Na Chaeyoung’s voice came out.
“Do you think I’m an idiot? If you wanted to talk, you could have done it over the phone. You guys were planning to capture me from the start.”
“Haha, as expected of Dr. Na. You’re sharp! The boss of Taehwang told our boss that he wanted to meet you. So, let’s go quietly, Dr. Na.”
“I don’t want to meet anyone.”
Whirrrrr!
Three turrets, cleverly hidden in the discarded appliances in front of the building, rose up and began to fire at the gangsters.
“Shit! Take cover!!”
The gangsters ran back and took cover behind their cars, returning fire. Bullets rained down. It was like a small-scale war.
‘I don’t know what’s going on. I need to capture one of them and interrogate him.’
An unexpected scene caught my eye.
The gangsters were taking something out of their pockets and putting it in their mouths.
‘…Drugs?’
