Chapter 318 – Pocket Girls
“If you endure that stage, the nanomachines will stably settle into your body… Well, few people can withstand that.”
“…If you hold out?”
“If you persevere, as I said before, the semi-permanent bio-nano machine will give the recipient great power.”
“Ohh…”
“First of all, nanomachines, an intermediate form between machines and life forms, combine with the cells of the subject and reproduce on their own to increase their number…”
“…Isn’t that dangerous?”
“Oh, it’s not surprising. They’re incredibly sophisticated. They’re programmed to keep only the right amount in their bodies.”
“Hmm…”
“Anyway, after a certain amount of self-replication, the nanomachines get energy from the subject and start a permanent activity.”
“…Then wouldn’t it put strain on the subject’s body? What if the power was taken from the nanomachines?”
“Oh, that problem is surprisingly not a big deal because nanomachines manage the body’s metabolism more efficiently.”
“Ohh…”
“For example, if you eat too much food, the machines digest and use substances that humans cannot digest and absorb…”
“Oh…”
“Moving around to save energy from sunlight…”
“Insane… Photosynthesis?!”
“Yeah. Isn’t it great? Anyway, I keep energy through various activities like that. So that there is little burden on the user.”
“Oh oh…”
“Then, if the user is injured, it instantly restores the injured area using the energy it has accumulated.”
“…How? Is it possible to convert stored simple energy into matter?”
“Yes. Surprisingly possible. The principle is…”
A doctor who explains some complex things. However, Seong-il could not understand his words at all, and he shook his hand with a wry smile and asked for the explanation to be omitted.
‘Fuck… This isn’t a level of study I can understand.’
When Seong-il puts on a troubled expression, Dr. Jun smiles and nods his head in agreement.
“Well… Anyway, the machine will help you to use your psychic power more elaborately or powerfully for permanent wound healing ability and disease resistance ability.”
“Oh oh…”
“If…If only we could find a way to control the side effects, it must be an experiment that could save humanity.”
‘Hmm… A side effect…?’
A thought pops into Seong-il’s head at the doctor’s bitter muttering.
‘Wait… If it’s a problem that damages the body… Can’t it be solved with an elixir?’
One brilliant idea. Seong-il thinks that the side effects of this experiment can be overcome by using the elixir based on the side effects he experienced in Dr. Low’s experiments in the past.
‘Come to think of it, the side effect of Dr. Lowe’s strengthening treatment, premature aging, was also treated with an elixir…?’
Seong-il, who rolls his head quickly. He put on a serious expression and answered Dr. Jun.
“…By any chance, what if there is a way to deal with that side effect?”
“What…?”
Dr. Jun looks at Seong-il as if he is absurd. To him, Seong-il cunningly spews out lies based on his memories of being killed by Tae-seong in the past.
“That… When I was young, I found an army truck near our shelter.”
“…However?”
“I went into the truck while I was playing exploring alone, and there was a box lying in the middle of all the protection.”
“…”
“I opened the box with a curious mind, and there was a potion bottle in the box.”
“…So?”
“In the instructions I read while picking up the potion, it was written that the potion could completely cure any form of disease, injury, poison, etc., As well as restore severe bodily harm and even bring the dead back to life.”
“Do you believe in such a ridiculous story?”
“Uh… I thought so too. So I didn’t tell the superiors separately, and I had a potion as a souvenir. About 10 years?”
“…”
“Then, as I started my trip this time, I met a crazy hyper-dan guy.”
“…So?”
“That madman out of the blue asked for my partner, Red, and then started attacking me.”
“Oops…”
“Fortunately, with the help of Red, I was able to defeat him, but this madman out of the blue made a partner to attack me at the end, and I was stabbed in the stomach by sharp ice and was dying.”
“…”
“The pissed-off Red roasted him and his partner, and was holding me and crying…”
“Hmm…”
“I just drank this potion just in case I was dying.”
“…No way?”
“Yes. The stomach was stabbed so badly that the wound disappeared completely while the intestines were pouring out.”
“!!”
“When I came to my senses, my body was healthier, and it wasn’t enough, even the small scars I had before were all gone!!”
“…”
“And…”
“…?”
“Actually, this is also a secret, but a side effect occurred belatedly in an experiment I received from Dr. Lowe a while ago.”
“!!”
“It was a side effect similar to what Dr. June said. Symptoms of premature aging and the feeling that the body is being crushed from the inside out.”
“…No way?”
“Yes. I took the potion, and as if something had happened, the side effects disappeared in an instant.”
“!!”
“…So, if I use that potion, wouldn’t it be possible to pass this psychic procedure without any side effects?”
“Hmm…”
Dr. Jun looks at Seong-il, who has uttered a passionate speech, with a suspicious look on his face. He asks him with a look that he doesn’t understand.
“Then why didn’t you tell Dr. Low about that part…?”
“Why? Because I’m greedy.”
“…”
“So… Honestly, with this potion, it’s like having an extra life, so why am I giving this to someone else…”
“Uh…”
An overly candid (snobbish) expression of Seong-il. As the doctor froze for a moment, Seong-il looked at his expression and quickly took out the elixir and showed it to his face.
“This potion. Let me show you the effect.”
“…?”
After saying that, Seong-il takes out one of his travel knives and inflicts a deep, long cut on his arm.
“You! What are you doing…!!”
Either way, Seong-il spreads a few drops of elixir on the wound right in front of his eyes.
“!!!!!!”
Then, the wound in the affected area began to heal in an instant. Seeing that shocking figure, the doctor stared blankly at Seongil’s arm with a frozen look.
“Hmm… It’s a bit of a waste. The last time I used it, there are 4 leftovers… It’s a bit like blowing it once like this…”
“What!?”
Dr. Seong-il’s words that he used such a powerful potion only for demonstration purposes made the doctor’s eyes go round.
“Uh… If I don’t do this, you won’t believe me…?”
“But that’s right!! Why do you blow such a powerful potion so easily!!”
Dr. Jun was excited to see Elixir performing miracles right in front of his eyes. He yells as if the lab is about to float away and rebukes his holy day.
Seong-il, who smiled bitterly at his active appearance, shook his hand and answered him.
“Well… But there are still three left.”
“Where exactly did you get that potion?”
“I don’t remember.”
“…?”
“No… How can I remember exactly where I stumbled upon the truck I stumbled upon while wandering around the shelter when I was still a kid.”
“That… But the approximate location is…”
“Probably, the adults in the shelter seem to have taken it away? It’s probably a truck lying on the road…”
“…”
“Again, I was very young then. What would a kid under 10 know?”
“Hmm…”
Seong-il’s shameless excuse that can’t be blamed. What would a doctor do if he just did it because he was young and didn’t know anything?
Although Seong-il’s words were questionable, he couldn’t deny his words because the miraculous effects of the potion were real.
“Can I get you a potion?”
“What…!?”
“If this potion can really help the project you want to do, I’m willing to donate the rest.”
“!!”
“I am also a member of Shelter. I have to sacrifice this much.”
“That… Can you do that?!”
“There are conditions instead.”
“…?”
Seeing Dr. Jun’s shaken expression, Seong-il catches his breath and tells him.
“Give me nanomachine surgery.”
“What?!”
An unexpected holy day request. As he stands there blankly with a shocked expression on his face, Seong-il makes a strong request to shake him.
“I heard that I have to pass the 1st stage project to pass the project anyway.
“But that’s impossible! Even if you use a potion, you don’t know if you will succeed or not. You’re young!!”
“But someone has to do it.”
“That… But…”
“Then let’s do this.”
“…?”
“I’ll give you one potion. Experiment with the potion. And if you think there’s a possibility of overcoming the side effects, please contact me. Then I’ll give you all the rest after the procedure…”
“…Can’t we just give it all away?”
“Am I not stupid?”
“…”
“As I said before, I want to transfer the potion that might be spare for my life to someone else for free without receiving anything?”
“Um… But if we can mass-produce that potion, many people…”
“So you have to experiment with me, even for them. If you pass the procedure without any side effects, as I said, I’ll give you all the rest for free. Because it is.”
“Hmm…”
“Isn’t that reasonable?”
Dr. Jun glared at him for a moment, perhaps at a loss for words at Seong-il’s logic. After standing there for a while, he asks Seong-il.
“…Why do you want to undergo this procedure so much?”
“Why? I could decorate a scene in human history.”
“!!”
“In addition to that, the powerful ability… I know and believe in the potion’s efficacy, so it seems like a fool not to receive the treatment…?”
Sungil’s answer seems quite plausible. The doctor is troubled with an expression that can’t even do this or that.
‘Once I’m half way through…’
Seong-il, who knows the effect of the elixir, thinks that he will not be able to refuse his offer.
‘Anyway, the elixir will regenerate in a few days, since it’s been used for a month…’
In fact, as long as there is a bottle, the elixir can be used unlimitedly, so Seong-il does not hesitate to hand the elixir to Dr. Jun.
“Whoa… Let’s think about it for now.”
‘Nice!!’
At Dr. Jun’s positive signal, Seong-il calls out to his heart.
“For now… I’ll give you one serving.”
“Um… Yes. Wait a minute…”
After saying that, the doctor brings the flasks and gives them to Seong-il.
“Wait a minute…”
Skillfully grabbing the elixir bottle and pouring the liquid into the flask.
“…Are you giving me everything?”
“No. I don’t know why, but if you pour it all at once, it’s only for one serving.”
“Aha…”
“There was no excess amount?”
“Hoo…”
“I’ve used it twice, so I know the mechanism roughly.”
“Right…”
Seong-il and Dr. Jun talk about this and that for a long time before breaking up.
“If you have any concerns, please contact me.”
“Whoa… I get it.”
“Then stop!”
When he gets an unexpected harvest, Seong-il goes back to his lodging with a happy expression on his face.
‘Huuu… Dr. Jun will be busy analyzing the potion for a few days and thinking about whether or not to perform the treatment, so shall we go and rob the hyper-dan secret laboratory that we have been putting off?’
Seong-il decided to finish the work he had been putting off for the rest of his time. He carefully hides his whereabouts and moves to the garbage dump where Hyperdan’s secret laboratory is hidden.
‘Whoa… It’s been a while here.’
A secret laboratory that he found out using Patricia, a spy of the Hyper Corps who had infiltrated the Shelter. Seong-il settles down far away from there and inspects the lab.
‘Hmm… What’s the pattern of the guards…?’
In order not to waste the hard-earned opportunity to infiltrate, Seong-il inspects the entrance to the institute with the utmost caution.
‘I wonder if I’ll try monitoring it for now.’
Seong-il, who is located in a dark place far from the entrance of the laboratory, hides himself using shadow hiding. He monitors the Hyper Team for almost half a day, figuring out their behavior patterns.
‘Hmm… These guys… First of all, they send out reconnaissance once an hour…?’ The entrance shift seems to take quite a while…’
Despite the fact that two scouts have been patrolling, the gatekeeper is still in place. Seeing this, Seong-il decides to aim for the timing of the scout’s shift.
‘Because you don’t know when the gatekeeper will be replaced…’
Seong-il secretly hides and waits for the next scout to come out.
‘It’s out!!’
Upon exiting the entrance, chatting with the gatekeepers, they each begin to pull their partners out of their balls.
‘Hmm… What should I do…? Shall I follow you? Or just wait…?’
Seong-il, which I thought about for a while. Then he decides to follow them.
‘Because there may be variables or secrets that I don’t know about.’
The effect is excellent, but instead of using the transparent ring, which has a limit on the number of times, Seong-il tracks them down using shadow stealth from a distance.
‘Shadow stealth is good, but it’s true that stealth is broken in a bright place…’
Reflecting on the shortcomings of stealth, Seong-il follows the henchmen at the maximum range of 『Emotion』.
Seong-il followed them for a while. After about 30 minutes, he confirms that they stop at their seats.
‘Hmm…?’
