Chapter 320 – Pocket Girls
Seong-il instinctively realizes that he is the key director of the lab and the Black Ball maker he is looking for.
‘This bastard…’
Looking at the way he receives reports and the way he treats his colleagues, he can feel that he is in charge, but rather than blindly attacking him, Seong-il tries to follow him and get important information.
‘I came in after all these hardships, but it’ll be troublesome if I miss the opportunity with hasty actions.’
Thinking so, Seong-il grabs the ring once again and reuses the invisibility.
‘Whoa… No problem for the next 30 minutes…’
When the fire that fell on his feet was resolved, Seong-il turned on 『Emotion』 With all his might and calmly pursued the doctor.
A doctor who moves somewhere accompanied by several assistants. He receives the materials handed over by the researcher, reads them, and then asks him.
“Why is the supply of experimental materials being delayed?”
“We’re… Doing our best, but recently many psychic people have died due to unreasonable experiment schedules, so we’re having trouble finding suitable test subjects.”
“If that’s the case, you would have said that you could bring in things you ‘hunted’ for experiments, not things you ‘raised’?”
“That… That’s because the location of the research center is a location, so if you go on an unreasonable hunt, you can attract the attention of the shelter guys…”
“Ha, shouldn’t you and the staff handle it well! The completion of ‘Project Black’ is nearing, but you’re delaying the work just because of that problem?”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
“As you know, the ball we made cannot be reproduced for a while! There are no second chances!”
“Yes… Yes yes…”
“If you succeed in capturing the strongest individual we found using the ball as planned, don’t you forget that we can train an army based on the genes we got from that guy to get rid of the shelter guys?”
“Muh… Of course…”
“Then!! I mean, whatever the means and methods, supply and demand the test subjects necessary for the plan!!”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry.”
“You don’t need to say sorry!!”
“Yes… Yes yes…”
Seong-il quietly listened to the bloody conversation behind their backs. Through their conversation, he learns the secret behind the birth of Black Ball.
‘I guess the black ball is an item made to capture a specific S-class psychic?’
‘I don’t know why, but it seems that mass production is impossible. So, is there only one ball in the game…?’
At that time, Seong-il was thinking deeply about the ball. The doctor continues to speak to his assistant in a voice full of annoyance.
“Is the stability of the experiment forcibly extracting the psychic powers of the subjects improved?”
“Ah, that’s going smoothly. However, as you well know, extraction can only be done from B-class or higher…”
“That’s why you have to find the test subjects well, don’t you?”
“Oh… You’re right.”
“The project that forcibly extracts the mental powers of your subjects, injects them into one, and temporarily turns him into an S-class object is very important to us.”
“…”
“First, it is a time limit, but if you can temporarily use the abilities of S-class objects in battle, you will be able to gain a huge advantage in the war against Shelter. Make sure it works, because it can eliminate the variable of the S-class object capture project we’re after.”
“Yes…”
“If you go to capture an S-class object without this experiment and fail, you’ll only end up eating the strongest ball, right?”
“That… It is.”
“By the way, if you are unable to conduct a verification experiment due to a disruption in the supply and demand of test subjects and end up blowing a black ball while attempting to capture it, what will happen to you, the person in charge of the problem?”
“…I will definitely capture 300 specimens within this month. Dr. Walter.”
“Trust me.”
To Dr. Walter’s enthusiastic explanation and subsequent threats, the researcher who appears to be a deputy responds with gritted teeth.
‘Dr. Walter. As expected, this person was the final director of the laboratory.’
Seong-il clearly grasps the doctor’s identity. He listens to the conversation between the two and realizes why the Hyper Team is hanging on to this experiment.
‘Yo, these bastards were thinking of using blackballs to capture the super wild psychic they’ve been eyeing? After catching them, I plan to create an army by fostering a large number of clones or offspring using the genes of those with abilities.’
‘However, what I don’t understand is… According to their conversations, it seems that this lab has already completed the Black Ball, so why are they maintaining the lab in this dangerous place…?’
‘Can’t we just make a laboratory within the range of their forces and conduct research safely? It will be easy to get the guinea pigs needed for research.’
The more you know, the more questions arise about the actions of the hyper team. Seong-il frowns at that figure and quietly follows the doctor.
‘Once you follow this human, will the location of the black ball come out? If it’s already completed, it’s sure to be somewhere around here…’
In the original work, the only way to get the black ball was through the Hyperdan route, right before the final battle, by stopping here and receiving it directly from Dr. Walter.
Seong-il had no way to know the location of the ball because the route to steal was not implemented in the game.
‘How do I…’
Up until the end of the war, Seong-il, upset by the evil deeds of the Hyper group, immediately raised an alter ego and tried to wipe them out and steal the ball.
However, as he listened to the conversation between the doctor and his assistant, his blood began to cool, and Seong-il, who became calm, was able to realistically see the situation around him.
‘First of all, I’m sorry to the captives, but I’ll have to achieve my goal first.’
In addition, Seong-il became curious about why Dr. Walter’s laboratory was located near the shelter. Rather than kidnapping him right away, he decides to follow him for the rest of his hiding time.
‘…15 minutes. Let’s just chase it for 15 minutes.’
Seong-il decides to subdue him and cause a disturbance just after that time has passed.
“Dr. Walter is here!”
“You’re struggling. Open the entrance to the restricted area.”
“Yes!”
The core of the third floor, which was full of researchers. At the end of that place, instead of a researcher, several heavily armed hyper troops, accompanied by psychics, were guarding somewhere.
‘What is this place…?’
An unusual looking facility. Seong-il frowns at the sight as if he is looking at a giant bank safe and examines the door. Then, a thought crossed Seongil’s mind.
‘Oh!! Come to think of it, I wonder if any of them can detect me?’
Just in case, Seong-il tries to project 『Emotion』 On the psychic of the Hyper Team. Fortunately, there was no psychic with the ability to detect, and Seong-il, relieved, followed Dr. Walter and approached the steel door.
Squeak! Cuckoo Palace!!
‘!!’
When the huge circular steel door opened with a sound appropriate to its size, Seong-il followed Baltor Balsa as he passed through the door. A huge black rock appears in front of him.
‘This…?’
A rock that makes you feel strong waves even though you have not projected 『Emotion』. The wave makes Seong-il feel a great threat.
‘What the hell is this rock for? To make you feel such a strong presence even without using 『Emotion』…’
The appearance of a rock that looks unusual just by looking at it. For some reason, Seong-il felt that it would be dangerous to use 『Emotion』 On that rock.
“Are you collecting data well?”
“Ah! Dr. Walter, are you here?”
“Yes. What is the condition of the ‘meteorite’?”
“It’s the same as always. When a creature approaches, it has a high probability of dying, or awakens its superpowers with a low probability, and if a machine gets close to it, all circuits melt.”
“I see. What did you ask for?”
“…As requested, we are trying various experiments to collect meteorite fragments to make additional black balls, but nothing works, so it will take at least 10 years to make the next ball.”
“Hmm…”
“That… As you know, the only way to artificially collect meteorites is to break them by exchanging the lives of S-class psychics, but at the moment I can’t afford to do that…”
“It’s okay. I didn’t expect that part either.”
“Go… Thank you!”
Seong-il overhears their conversation. He realizes why the Hyperdan created a secret laboratory in a dangerous place surrounded by enemies and guarded it with covert and impenetrable security.
‘That meteorite was a great thing. What a ‘raw material’ needed to make a black ball…’
In addition, Seong-il begins to have doubts about the white ball.
‘Come to think of it, isn’t the reason that there was only one white ball for the same reason as the black ball? If meteorites are the raw material for black balls, doesn’t that mean that Shelter forces can also use similar meteorites to make white balls…?’
Although they are now antagonistic and growl at each other, the two are clearly a group of scientists who have diverged from one root.
Given the nature of the two groups, the possibility of sharing a certain level of technology is high, so I think it is possible enough.
‘However, there is a blind spot in that hypothesis, just listening to what the hyper-dan guys are saying, it seems like these guys exchanged the lives of S-class talents to collect meteorite fragments, but how did they collect meteorite fragments in the shelter? ? Given their nature, I don’t think they would have sacrificed their lives to make balls…’
Seong-il feels his head hurt. The time when I felt tired in a situation where one was blocked when one was solved.
Dr. Walter begins to move his body into the space to the right of the ‘black meteorite’.
‘That’s…!!’
A large laboratory near a meteorite and a giant glass vacuum tube in the middle. Inside, the black ball Seong-il had been searching for so long was floating around in the center of the vacuum tube, being injected with strange energy.
“Doctor, are you here?”
“Yes. You worked hard… The reason I came today is…”
Quaang!!!
As Walter tries to talk to his researchers, he hears something explode underneath him.
And not long after the sound of the explosion, the laboratory is filled with acrid black smoke.
“Khehe… Keheh!! What…!! What is it!?”
“Cool…!! Guards!! Guards!!”
The Hyper Team researchers panicked at the sudden uproar.
Seong-il, who caused the commotion, silently throws the doll on the floor, summoning three alter egos, and then attacking the surroundings at random.
“Children! Play with me.”
“Huh!!”
The alter egos spread out in all directions without hesitation at Seongil’s command and unleashed relentless attacks.
They copy and use Seongil’s abilities, albeit in a limited way, and start pouring attacks on enemies at will in the dark.
“You bastard…!!”
At the same time, Seongil pours out the anger he had endured on Dr. Walter. He hits Dr. Walter on the back of the neck with a sharp knife.
Poop!!
“Kuk… Kuk hak…!”
A doctor who stretches out as it is in a merciless attack. When he faints, Seong-il immediately turns around, puts a strong weapon in his hand, and strikes the vacuum tube.
Clink!!
Thick glass shatters as easily as a vase. Seong-il uses his telekinesis to quickly pick up the ball and put it in his bosom.
“Fuck, I’ll see you later you bastards.”
After swearing at those around him, Seong-il carries Dr. Walter on his shoulder and casts 『Inner Plane』.
Cheeky!
Seong-il puts the main character, the doctor, down on the inner plane, and uses the rope he brought to restrain him and blindfold him.
After completely restraining the fainting doctor, Seong-il casts 『Inner Plane』 Again and returns to the messy laboratory.
The situation at the scene where it became an abyss. Seong-il’s alter ego was excitedly beating the panic-stricken researchers who were being sprayed with black smoke gas.
Seong-il, whose blood began to boil at the sight, activated the auxiliary magic on his gauntlet with a murderous appearance, took out the cursed sword and summoned the ghost knight, muttering.
“You fucking bastards. All of you guys know how to kill me today.”
