Chapter 154 – #155 Steam Factory Attack(1)
#155 Steam Factory Attack(1)
The rabbit armor and I took turns interrogating the Invisible. But speaking of interrogation, all we did was beat them up.
When I interrogated, I took Invisible to the room of truth and beat the rabbit armor with all my heart and soul.
We were both a masked duo and a violent duo.
“Hey. He passed out.”
“Then check it out.”
The price of not telling the truth in the room of truth was devastating. No matter how much I protected my head with a bulletproof helmet, it couldn’t absorb the impact.
As I removed the helmet from his head, the rabbit armor came forward and grabbed his head. Just like when he read Eldymo’s memories, this time he was trying to read Invisible’s memories.
Unlike Eldymo, the reason he didn’t read his memory right away was because Invisible was a villain.
It is said that it is not easy to read memories because Invisible’s psychic power rejects and resists the rabbit armor’s psychic power.
That’s why I took turns attacking the Invisible like this and drained a lot of my stamina.
“Hmm… I think this is enough.”
“Really? It’s a bit disappointing. The taste was good.”
If the word came out of Rabbit Armor’s mouth that he needed to lose more stamina, he was thinking of taking Invisible to the room of truth once again. It tasted like hitting.
Anyway, the rabbit armor used psychic powers toward Invisible, and I used psychic powers toward such rabbit armor.
I found out his 2nd and 3rd level characteristics.
‘Level 2 is mental protection, level 3 is range expansion.’
Mental protection was a defense device to not confuse the read memory with one’s own memory, and range expansion was a characteristic to see more memories.
“Whoa…”
After a while, the rabbit armor staggered and stood up. She was sweating so much that her mask was damp.
“Did you find out anything?”
“Okay.”
“What?”
“First of all, the purpose of distributing steam is a clinical trial.”
“A clinical trial?”
“Yes. They were circulating steam and observing how the people who took it changed. When the observation was over, they submitted a report to the top and improved the steam. Then they distributed the improved steam and observed it again.”
“Eh? What are you going to do with Steam?”
“Army.”
The rabbit armor, no, the memory hunter, who took off his sweaty mask, frowned and drank water.
“I plan to create an army of steam drinkers and start a war against the Dark City.”
“War? Wow… This Shadow Killer is a scumbag beyond imagination.”
Officially, the Shadow Killer has over a hundred murders. Probably a lot more if you include the unknown murders.
But as if that wasn’t enough, the Shadow Killer wants to start a war. How many people must fall bleeding before his murderous instincts stop?
‘Maybe it’s already reached the point where it can’t be stopped.’
Dark City is like heaven to me.
I have so much money in my inventory that it won’t dry even if I spend my whole life like water, I have powerful supernatural powers, and beautiful women I’ll never meet on Earth are mine.
The world full of dreams and hopes is the Dark City, but you’re going to turn it into a battlefield?
“War must not happen no matter what.”
“…”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
At my words, the memory hunter looked at me with absurd eyes. Am I wrong?
“It’s true… But hearing it from your mouth makes me feel very strange. It’s like watching a politician.”
“Who the fuck is this?”
No matter how fucked up it is, do you make an analogy to politicians? You want to fight me right now?
“That’s what they say. Didn’t they wage a war against the jet stream not too long ago? Do you know how many heroes were nervous because of that?”
“There’s nothing to say about that. But it was the jet stream that started the war in the first place. That bastard with no conscience hit me first.”
“I don’t care who strikes first. The party to the war a few days ago said that war shouldn’t happen.
“Eh? What do you mean by that? What else?”
The memory hunter shook his head.
“I don’t know what that is. The Shadow Killer is like a mutant whose thoughts and actions are unpredictable. But what’s certain is that he never moves with only one purpose. Even if he does one action, there are two or three There are no hidden purposes.”
“He’s such a troublesome guy.”
I found out that there is a shadow killer behind the distribution of new drug steam, but in fact, nothing has changed much from my point of view.
It’s because Shadow Killer and I are destined to meet again at any time, no, it’s because we’re connected by bad ties.
How can you be so sure?
‘I can’t give up being an S-class bug!’
I haven’t given up yet.
S-class insect capture achievement!
“What will he do?”
He pointed to the Invisible and asked.
From the moment the memory hunter confirmed his memories, his value disappeared. In addition, he was a subordinate of the Shadow Killer. The Shadow Killer I knew was not one to negotiate with me to save one of his men.
Besides, he didn’t say a word that would harm the Shadow Killer during the interrogation process. He kept his mouth shut and held back his moans.
He has the tricky psychic power of being invisible, so even if he was locked up, he didn’t know what he would do. There are truly inexhaustible things he can do once he becomes invisible.
“I’ll take care of him.”
“Treatment? How?”
“…”
“…”
The memory hunter didn’t answer. He just avoided my eyes as he made the gesture of drinking water.
I looked at the memory hunter and realized what thoughts he had in his head.
“Hey.”
“… Why.”
“Don’t do that.”
“…”
“You are a hero.”
“…”
“Of course you have a lot of dead people, but it’s not a hero’s job to point a gun at someone who’s passed out like that. I’ll take care of that guy myself, so you can rest.”
“No, he’s me…”
“Hey.”
“…”
“You look very tired. Take a break.”
“… Okay.”
The memory hunter sighed, nodded his head with a weary face, and walked out. To think that a man known as a hero is going to commit murder… The future of this country, no, the Dark City is bleak.
I watched the memory hunters stumble out of the warehouse and approached the Invisible.
“Hmm.”
It’s right to kill him now to prevent future troubles, but for some reason it’s a waste to kill him like this.
“It’s not a superpower, but something that can create abilities similar to a superpower has been created?”
If this level of scientific technology has developed, wouldn’t a technology to extract psychic powers from people with psychic powers also be developed?
“Hmm. Invisible…”
After thinking about it for a while, I made a decision.
*****
“Hmm? Where did the Invisible go?”
After resting outside for a while, the memory hunter who came into the warehouse asked me when he couldn’t see the Invisible.
“I sent it to America.”
“America? Where is it?”
“There is. A place where bad guys get fucked.”
“What?”
“Anyway, you’ll never see The Invisible again. Forever.”
“… Yes. He’s just a minion anyway.”
It was a very complex expression, but he nodded.
“Then, now we just need to catch the developer. Hiya~ If we do well with this, we can solve this problem in almost a day?”
“…”
As I spoke, the face of the memory hunter who had barely returned became complicated again. Why is he like that? Wouldn’t it be nice to deal with such a huge case in one day? But why is your expression like that?
“What’s wrong? Where are you sick?”
Are you sick? I’m not sick.
“That’s ridiculous.”
“What?”
“When I was investigating with heroes, there was hardly any progress in the investigation, but since I worked with you, didn’t I get a decisive clue in one day? I have a fundamental question about whether I am a hero.”
Quite absurd, the memory hunter stuck out his tongue.
“Ehehe~ What are you talking about?”
And my shoulders and the bridge of my nose started to rise rapidly. After all, isn’t that what the memory hunter is trying to say, that I’m a fucking fucking guy?
Ah…Why did God create me…!
A lot of money, good-looking, tall, good-looking, good-looking, good-natured and energetic, good at sports, even superpowers… There was really nothing missing.
Pick the best man in Dark City! If there is a contest, I will win first place at the same time I submit the application form. If there’s someone as good as me in Dark City, come out!
“Yo! Steel Armor is so handsome, he raps so well, he’s perfect from head to toe! That’s perfect, that’s the truth of life!”
The rap came out of my heart out of excitement.
“What is that fucking rap?”
And I was cursed too.
…Why?
*****
After eating lunch in the warehouse and taking a break, we headed to Area 70, where steam is being produced.
For reference, it is normal for Area 70 to be right next to Area 71, which is also my area.
However, this Dark City made the numbering of the districts very strange, so the 70th and 71st districts were not right next to each other, but quite far away.
It was a place that could be reached by moving only three areas from Area 39, the area of Invisible.
“They’re bold bastards. How can they build a steam factory there?”
“It’s dark under the lamp.”
“Isn’t this too dark? Heroes, are you doing things right?”
“How do I know that?”
I replied bluntly, but he also turned his head slightly away from my eyes, as if he was embarrassed.
Not far from Area 70 was Area 1, which was one of the locations where the Hero Association headquarters were located. The Hero Association headquarters were located across eight districts, from districts 1 to 8.
In other words, an unidentified steam developer who is wanted by the Hero Association has been constantly producing steam near the Hero Association.
I was searching in the wrong place without knowing that, so it was really absurd from the memory hunter’s point of view.
“Oh hey, you lupines. Thinking that my taxes go to the Hero Association makes me angry. Hey, if you’re so incompetent, honestly, shouldn’t you even take the money?”
“…”
I kept teasing the memory hunter until I reached Area 70 and he kept avoiding my eyes. Anyway, he was a man who had a lot of fun teasing.
By the time I stepped on the car and arrived at District 70, it was night before I knew it.
“Are you there?”
“Okay.”
Pointing at a shabby building about to collapse, the memory hunter nodded.
It was very shabby, but considering its size, it was a building large enough to be used as a university or library.
The memory hunter put on the rabbit mask before getting out of the car. I also got out of the car.
I stretched and relaxed my stiff body from a long drive.
“But what are you doing here, so it’s so gloomy? There’s no one walking around.”
“Currently, District 70 is half a ghost town. It has less than half the population of other districts.”
“Eh? Why?”
“Originally, there was a lot of floating population here too. Besides, most of the people living in District 70 were artists and scientists. There were also many research institutes.”
“But why?”
“There was one murder after another.”
“A murder case? Could it be that the shadow killer is behind it?”
Now the formula ‘Murder = Shadow Killer is the culprit’ has formed in my head. Then Rabbit Armor scratched his chin and said.
“At the time, I couldn’t find a connection between the murderers and the Shadow Killer, so I concluded it was a murder due to insanity… But if you think about this incident, it might be so.”
“You bastard.”
I stuck out my tongue at the evil deeds of the Shadow Killer.
Killing so many people to spread fear simply to build a factory to produce drugs…
‘I tried to grow and eat more, but it couldn’t be done. If I run into them later, then I really have to kill them.’
“Anyway, let’s go in.”
“Okay.”
Rabbit Armor and I proudly walked towards the steam building.
