Chapter 506 – Pocket Girls
“The main system granted an exception. However, if you take a threatening action, you can attack without notice, so please be careful.”
His voice was polite, but on the contrary, when he aimed his bloody Gatling gun at himself, the party swallowed dryly and nodded in fear.
“Wow… It’s big.”
“I know.”
Upon entering, Hana exclaimed admiration at the sight of the huge monitor.
“Welcome to our laboratory.”
“Oh…”
And the woman’s voice coming out of the monitor. Soon after, the monitor turns on and a human face made up of 0s and 1s appears.
“Are you the manager of this facility?”
『To be precise, it is a program in charge of managing the agency, and my name is Gaia.』
After that, Gaia begins to calmly explain who she is and what she is in charge of.
『I am now in charge of restoring the damaged nature and human habitat as ordered by Dr. Redding, the deceased founder and director of the Institute.』
“For example…?”
『We are mass-producing G.E.C.R to restore the surrounding polluted areas, increase ecological diversity, or increase human habitation.』
Gaia’s answer was not much different from what Kyuhyun had said before.
“Did it work?”
“We are constantly trying, but it is not an easy situation. The biggest problem is that the G.E.C.R, designed to withstand extreme conditions, is often damaged.”
A program that kindly answers Soo-yeon’s questions. Kyuhyun, who heard the answer, was dumbfounded and asked Gaia in a slightly annoyed voice.
“What are you thinking? In the Contaminated Zone, terrible disasters such as mutants and psionic storms, as well as combat machines with broken logic circuits attack the G.E.C.R. Why would they push the machine there and ruin it for nothing!!! You can put robots in this stable area!!!”
“The reason is simple. This is because the pollution in that area is the most serious, and the pollution is spreading to the surrounding area. At the same time as I was given the mandate, I was ordered to prioritize restoration of the most contaminated areas ‘to the best of my ability’. Therefore, I have no choice but to be faithful to that order.”
A manager program that calmly responds to Kyuhyun’s enraged words. Even after hearing her words that she is following the rules, Kyu-hyeon may not be able to understand it and starts spitting vicious words with an angry expression.
“Then, what repairs the Leviathan? Their logic circuits have been completely contaminated after being constantly exposed to psionic storms, and because of this, they are mercilessly attacking civilians as well as psychics!! In conclusion, aren’t you joining in attacking civilians? That’s going against your purpose!!”
『It is true that the leviathan in the contaminated area actually attacks the G.E.C.R because the logic circuit is broken by the psionic storm. But apart from that, they don’t attack humans unreasonably. They only act rationally based on the orders they have been given.”
“What bullshit!!!!”
As if Kyuhyun couldn’t stand Gaia’s argument at all, she yelled at Gaia with a harsh cry mixed with her curse words, unlike him.
“It is true. You said that the Leviathan’s logic circuit was corrupted, but they are still acting according to their principles.』
After her words, the program starts showing records that seem to have been reported by Leviathan.
“…All the humans I encountered are in psionic blooms?”
“That’s right. They have been ordered to eliminate any human who has developed psionics in the past by any means.”
“That means…”
Gaia’s answer gave the party a fright. When they all shut their mouths in shock. Gaia drives a wedge by calmly explaining the situation.
“That’s right. All human beings currently in existence, though weak, show the ‘wavelength’ of the psionic awakener. The same goes for everyone in front of you.”
“…”
To the shock-silenced group, Gaia begins to explain why Leviathan has no choice but to be aggressive.
‘Yo… On the day of destruction, when the humans who began to awaken as if they were running out of control could not be controlled, the world unified government ordered them to be massacred at random without considering the level of awakening of psionic users in order to secure immediate security. What’s the situation?’
‘In the meantime, the government completely collapsed, and since there is no one to correct the order, they still attack psionic awakeners or humans with signs of awakening like madmen.’
‘In the meantime, the surviving humans without psychic powers actively engaged in intermarriage with psychic people in order to somehow preserve the species, and of course they all mixed blood…’
The party finally realized why the battle machines were going crazy. All of them are shocked when they realize that the conventional theory that the storm has contaminated the logic circuit is not true.
“…In fact, all of the present humans that exist are Awoken.”
“That’s right. There is only a difference in the degree of awakening speed.”
“Ha…”
The group becomes depressed after realizing that the human race in the Pocket Girls world is more unstable than they thought. Leaving them behind, Seong-il asks questions.
“Then why don’t you guys attack us?”
『Unlike Leviathan, who was ordered to attack recklessly without knowing the awakening level of the psionic awakener or the level of danger, we are allowed to attack only dangerous entities that thoroughly threaten order. You do not appear to be capable of violating the rules of law and order, so we do not attack.”
“Ah… That’s it…”
『I don’t know if the order is excessive, but we can’t blindly refuse their rescue request, which was given a legitimate order by the manager in the past.』
“…Can’t you reconsider the order?”』
Seong-il, who grasped the context, sympathizes with the Pocket Girls world and asks Gaia with a feeling of grabbing at least a straw.
“It’s possible.”
“Oh… How?”
“Anyone with admin rights can appeal to me. However, in this case, you must prove that psionic users are not dangerous. Only then can we collectively suspend the facility support order for Leviathan.”
In fact, Gaia’s words telling Seong-il to give evidence. Her holy day is questioned with a puzzled look on her face.
“How? How do you prove it?”
『If it is difficult to write evidence, you can send a video. We will look at that and judge for ourselves.”
“…Video?”
Requirements of the Sanin program beyond the mountain. Seong-il frowns at the absurd situation.
“You mean that…!! Are you saying that from now on if we’re attacked by Leviathan, we’ll have to hold our phones and take a video?! What kind of bullshit…!!”
And as if Kyuhyun felt the same way, he shouted as he stretched the veins in his neck.
“It is not difficult. It is highly likely that you already have the related video.』
“…To?”
Gaia’s answer is difficult to understand. The program then explains the details in a calm voice.
『Ultra-high-performance nanomachines injected into the administrator’s body can extract the user’s memories and visualize them.』
“!!!!”
Everyone is surprised by Gaia’s words. They all look at the holy day in unison.
‘Fuck… Spread the word about all my abilities.’
Seong-il regrets that he should not have brought the party.
“Haa… I see. I’ll allow you to read my memories.”
“You can put your hand here.”
Seong-il swears inwardly and goes to the place where the repair robot leads him and puts his hand on the fingerprint reader.
Whoa…!!
Then, after a resonant sound flows from the machine, Gaia’s face disappears shortly after and a video suddenly appears there.
“!!!!”
For some reason, the memory of meeting Dr. Low and Dr. Jun and talking with them about the world situation and ideology begins to appear in high-speed video.
“Because Seongil-ah. This project is…”
“Oh, is that Dr. Jun?”
Of course, his colleagues start to see the scene as it is because they are by Seong-il’s side.
‘Damn it… All of this is private and confidential, but you’re revealing it all to the people around you?!’
Seong-il is perplexed and seriously contemplates whether to remove her palm to keep his secret.
『Accept the complaint and switch the video to private mode.』
“!!!”
Despite just thinking inwardly, Gaia stops sending the video, as if she had read Seongil’s inner thoughts.
“Ah~ What is it… It was fun…”
When Seong-il hears one muttering that he is sorry, he unwittingly relaxes and smiles.
‘Oops…!!’
But was it because I was careless because of one action? Seong-il inadvertently recalls reality.
Wooooo!!!!!
At the same time, the internal computers begin to calculate something with a tremendous amount of light and noise.
‘Couldn’t it be…?’
Seong-il, frightened by the sight, desperately recalls only memories related to Pocket Girls as best he could.
『Identification complete.』
“…!!”
When the face made up of 0 and 1 appeared on the monitor again, the party turned their heads to the monitor in unison.
『I judged that the manager’s objection was reasonable. In the future, our facility will reject Leviathan’s repair requests.”
“Whew…”
When the affirmative answer came out, the party sighed in unison. Kyuhyun, who had the most relaxed expression among them, looked at Gaia and asked if he remembered something.
“Couldn’t it… Be possible to transfer the authority of this facility? If so, it would be better…”
『In principle, it is impossible.』
“This…”
Kyuhyun looks disappointed at Gaia’s remarks that cut off his words. Apparently, he greatly regrets that answer as he wanted to help the world by maximizing the efficiency of the ruins and making many repair robots.
『However, it is not that there is no way.』
“What!? What is it!?”
Kyuhyun talks as if it won’t work, but when Gaia suddenly changes his words, he asks with joy.
『This information is highly confidential and can only be shared with the manager.』
“Ah…”
In fact, Gaia issuing a celebration order to the rest of the people except for holy days. Seeing that, the party looked at Seongil in unison.
“Okay…”
Seong-il feels slightly uneasy at Gaia’s request to meet her alone. However, he can’t blow a good opportunity, so he asks while looking at Kyuhyun.
“What do you think?”
“I have to. Unconditionally. And the conversation has to lead in a positive direction.”
“Okay…”
When Seong-il receives Kyu-hyun’s confirmation, he begins to think more seriously.
“Haa… Everyone, please wait outside. I’ll talk a little and then go out.”
“…Request.”
Kyuhyun speaks while looking at Seongil with strong determination in his eyes. Seong-il nodded his head in agreement, and after seeing that, the group quietly followed the repair robot to the entrance.
“Okay. How can I transfer the authority?”
“Previously. I have something to be sure of.”
“…What?”
“I know you are not from our world.”
“!!!!”
