Chapter 323 – Pocket Girls
“Where’s the modification? Are you looking at me as a Hogu?”
“Keep…Keep…!!”
Seong-il puts her fist in the abdomen of Dr. Dane, who is telling lies.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve already infiltrated this place and grasped some information about the main VIPs, but I’m telling you a shameful lie…”
“!!”
“I’ll ask you again, Dr. Dane. You’re the deputy director here, right?”
“…”
“No? So, since I don’t need it, there’s no need to keep it alive?”
Threatening like that, Seong-il pulls out her dagger, 『Devil’s Tooth』, Which was tied around her waist, and aims it at him.
“Hee… Hee!!”
“Last question…”
“That’s right! I’m the deputy manager! I’m sorry for deceiving you!”
Dr. Dane quickly changes his stance to see if the threat has worked. Satisfied with her appearance, Seong-il starts asking him this and that.
“What must I do to free the restraints of the subjects here?”
“Ah… That’s…”
To Seong-il’s question, the doctor quickly answers how to release the restraint.
“…Is there a separate person in charge among the general members over there?”
“Yes. That’s right. Our researchers only do research. They don’t do simple management.”
“That’s right…”
They decide to go out and find the manager, and Seong-il asks what he really wanted to know.
“Okay. Then let’s start asking questions in earnest.”
“Gulp…!!”
Dane swallows his saliva as if he is getting nervous at the word Seongil’s full-scale. Seong-il starts asking him questions about meteorites.
“What the hell is that meteorite?”
“…We don’t know the exact identity.”
“What…?”
“Really. The meteorite is probably the ‘source’ of the power that destroyed mankind. No one knows exactly what that meteorite is.”
“Hmm…”
“And… Well-spoken Deputy Director, I’m just an assistant with more authority. If you’re looking for any solid information, you’d better ask Dr. Walter directly rather than me.”
‘There are no lies.’
Seong-il was able to read the other person’s emotions and quickly grasp the truth thanks to his ability 『Emotion』.
“Okay. Then let’s ask Dr. Walter about the meteorite, and let’s move on to the facility.”
“…”
“Do you know of a device that can communicate outside of you?”
“…It exists, but it may have been blocked.”
“Well, if that happens, there’s nothing you can do about it. Anyway, so where is the device?”
“…Follow me.”
Perhaps in desperation, Dane obediently takes Seong-il and moves somewhere.
“Oh…”
A telecommunications facility that looks like a giant computer. Seong-il starts asking Dane how to use it.
To that question, the doctor obediently begins to teach how to use the machine.
“It’s like this…”
Fortunately, the radio system has not been cut off yet. Perhaps it was because the generators and other key facilities were concentrated on the 3rd basement level, it seemed that the Hyper Team could not cut off power or communication.
“Okay. I’ll go back.”
Returning to the place where the hostages are gathered, Sung-il seeks out a security officer with the help of Dr. Dane, and with his help, Seong-il rescues most of the slaves.
“Are there any balls connected to them?”
“Mmm… Of course. If you restrain the slaves with the ball, you can easily control the slaves as much as you like.”
“…If you can easily control the ball, why did you treat them like that?”
“Uh… Well, if you use the torture device built into our Hyper Dan’s cheeks to torture them, most slaves will become docile.”
“However?”
“As I just said, I’m docile to a degree, but there are cases where I don’t listen to psionic torture to this extent.”
“…So you did something like that?”
“…”
Figures of psychic people who are naked, their hands and feet tied so that they cannot move, and their ankles are tied and dangling dangling in the air.
When Seong-il asks in a cold tone while watching him, the Hyper Team remains silent.
“Well, that’s it. How do we free them first?”
“Oh, that’s…”
If there’s anything stabbed by Seong-il’s cold gaze, Hyperdan calmly teaches you how to free the psychics.
When the number of slaves is high, Seong-il orders to free the slaves by releasing three or four hyper units.
Perhaps seeing the formidable force of the moment, the hyper-dan henchmen obediently followed Seong-il’s orders, and Seong-il succeeded in rescuing all the psychics who were being held shortly after.
‘All urgent fires are turned off…’
The urgent work that can be done on the 3rd basement floor is finished. He ties up the hyper team that helped him again, puts the rescued psychics into a ball, and casts 『Inner Plane』.
“Oops…? Oops…”
When Seong-il arrives at the Inner Plane and approaches Dr. Walter, the doctor mumbles something in a restrained state, perhaps feeling the presence.
‘Should I satisfy my curiosity now?’
Curiosity about meteorites, never heard of in the game. To solve the problem, Seong-il rips the tape off the doctor’s mouth and removes his eye patch.
“Kuh…”
“Nice to meet you, Dr. Walter.”
“…You are?”
“It doesn’t matter who I am. What matters is that you were captured.”
“…”
Dr. Walter glared at him without wavering at the words of such a holy day. Seong-il admires her resolute appearance.
‘Is it because he’s also one of the villainous bosses?’
However, Seong-il had no intention of letting him stay in such shape forever.
As if to show off, he pulls out his 『Devil’s Teeth』 And juggles in the air while subtly threatening him.
“Let’s ask a question.”
“For what?”
“The origins of this lab, the details of Project Black and Blackball, and the strange meteorite underground.”
“Puhahahaha!!”
“…?”
“Do you think I’ll say it plainly?”
“…”
The attitude of a doctor who has no guts. Seong-il, who lost his sense of humor for a moment, stands there blankly, at a loss for words.
“Looks like you’re a bastard from the heinous Shelters.”
“…”
“Rather than giving my precious knowledge to those who are buried in ideals and can’t even look at reality, it would be more appropriate to let myself lead to ruin.”
After that, the doctor shuts his mouth and presses his chin strongly.
‘…What?’
A strange sense of incongruity approaching Seong-il. He instinctively uses 『Sensation』 To scan Dr. Walter.
‘This human! A suicide device inside the body!?’
Fortunately, the suicide device he activated seemed to be a device that slowly paralyzes his senses and causes him to die, rather than killing instantly when activated.
‘Oh… I don’t have much time!’
Embarrassed, Seong-il swallows dry saliva and ponders what to do. In the meantime, one thought passed through Seongil’s head.
‘『Wonderful Magic Book』!!!’
A magic book that I had a lot of fun using against the Hyper team a while ago. Seong-il quickly opens his inventory and takes out a magic book.
“Hoo…”
And even in the midst of dying, Dr. Walter looks with interest at the cracks in the air.
Whether he did it or not, Seong-il quickly put his hand on the magic book, put his other hand on Dr. Balter, and uttered a spell.
“[Powerful Seduction]!!”
Seong-il tries to use the 5th class powerful charm magic on Dr. Walter just in case.
“…!!”
Dr. Walter, who was directly hit by mental magic. He starts to open his eyes for a moment, and soon after, he puts on a blank expression.
‘Has it happened…?’
As the doctor, who had shown an extremely cynical and hostile appearance, sits idly by, Seong-il clears his mind and tries to ask him the same question.
“Can you answer the question?”
“…What exactly do you want?”
‘Done!!’
Maybe it’s because he’s a normal person, but it’s an enchanting spell that seems to have worked through it without difficulty. Seong-il tells him his demands in an urgent tone.
“Stop committing suicide.”
“Impossible. The nanomachines I hid in my mouth will melt my organs and kill me.
“…How long can you stay alive?”
“Well? 10 minutes? 30 minutes? If it’s time to answer the question, maybe 10 minutes.”
‘Fuck…’
Seong-il ponders whether to use the elixir to save the doctor. However, even if he tries to save him like that, it will be meaningless if the doctor tries to commit suicide again. Also, he didn’t want to waste the elixir to save the wicked.
‘In addition, I have to make a deal with Dr. Jun using the elixir sooner or later. If I use the remaining count this time, I have to wait for a month, but that’s annoying.’
Although it is possible to recharge, Seong-il did not want to use the precious elixir for the life of the disgusting wicked. He just decides to ask questions for the rest of his time.
“What is the identity of the black meteorite underground?”
“Ah, that’s it? It’s probably identified as an ‘existence’ that radiated the power that drove our humanity to ruin.”
“…Existence?”
“That’s right. For convenience… So it’s called a ‘meteorite’ for appearance, but in fact, I’m not even sure if that being is really a ‘mineral’.”
“…Why do you think it’s not a meteorite?”
“Yeah, that object didn’t crash from space.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s simple. Those ‘things’ suddenly appeared on the same day and at the same time in the South Pole and North Pole, respectively.”
“Hmm…”
“As soon as the two beings appeared in the world, they emitted a powerful psionic wave. And due to that tremendous wave, humanity forcibly began to develop supernatural powers, and most of them started to go crazy as a side effect.”
“Right…”
“After that month, each country managed to rectify the chaos, formed a joint investigation team and sent it to the Antarctic and Arctic. They suffered all kinds of hardships and succeeded in discovering the meteorite.”
“…”
“And interestingly, the place where the meteorite was found didn’t have a meteorite-specific crater, and it was said that the meteorite was just floating in the air. So, it is doubtful that it is even a ‘meteorite’.”
“I see… So what do you think the meteorite is?”
“Of course I don’t know. That’s why I risk studying meteorites here.”
“…Then let’s change the question. What have you learned about the meteorite while studying it? Just tell me what’s important.”
There were many questions, but since Dr. Walter’s time is running out, Seong-il only asks him the main points. To his question, the doctor nodded and began to answer.
“…It is understood that the meteorite suddenly appeared in this world about 100 years ago, tearing apart time and space.”
“The basis for understanding that? Because of the crater I mentioned earlier?”
“Well, I started reasoning based on that too. But, the most important reason was power. The meteorite’s power to tear apart and control the laws of time and space!”
“…Seize the law?”
“That’s right. For some reason, meteorites have the power to twist and control the surrounding space and the laws of physics.”
“Hmm…”
“If that’s the case, I can’t help but think that the meteorite didn’t crash from space at some point, but that it ‘descent’ into our world by itself.”
“…Right.”
“By the way, that being always messes up the surrounding laws and ruins everything. If it’s a living thing, it takes life. If it’s a machine, it ruins the structure.”
“Oh… If it’s that dangerous, how did people drag the meteorite before the fall?”
“I don’t know.”
“…?”
Seong-il looks absurd at the irresponsible doctor’s words. In response to his reaction, the doctor begins to answer with a unique cynical expression.
“I don’t know… In the old world, they probably paid a huge price to transport meteorites. In addition, there were many technologies that were unimaginably powerful before the collapse of civilization, so of course they would have used those technologies.”
“Hmm…”
“What is certain is that not a few are dead.”
“Right…”
“And currently, at the bottom of the meteorite, there is a circular mechanical device made by the old civilization, which greatly controls the negative waves emitted by the meteorite.
“Ah… That’s right.”
“Well… Even if you control a lot of things with machines, you will die instantly if you enter a radius of 10m. At least, if you are an S-class psychic, you can survive for about 5 minutes. The problem is that even if you endure, you will die from the aftereffects.”
“…”
The power of a meteorite that looks bloody. Seongil realizes why 『Emotion』 Warned him.
“Hmm… The pieces seem to be less dangerous, but are they impossible to destroy…?”
“It’s impossible.”
“?”
