Chapter 508 – Navigation
We followed Chaos into the lab.
『The enemy is coming! Get ready!』
With the cry of Chaos, robots that appeared to be guards appeared.
『Ka, what is the chaos weapon?』
Veronica asked in confusion after seeing the security robot.
『Yellow! Shout Chaos Magnum!』
『Yes, yellow? Why are you calling me that?』
『Don’t worry about the little things. What are you doing?! Yellow! The enemy is coming!』
『Ka, Chaos Magnum!』
-Clap, click, click.
The forearm part of the Yellow aircraft was opened, and a large and heavy Magnum was placed in the hand.
Veronica quickly and skillfully fired her pistol at her guard robot.
A heavy bullet flies and hits the security robot. And the security robot hit by the bullet shatters into pieces.
『Ka, Chaos Armor is amazing…』
Veronica said in admiration after seeing the security robot being completely destroyed by a single bullet.
『Heh, do you finally understand? Chaos Blade!』
Suddenly, a nice-looking sword is created in the hands of the Chaos aircraft.
Chaos lifted the sword like a fish out of water and smashed the security robots with a large, needlessly flashy movement.
It wasn’t that the security robots didn’t resist, but their weapons couldn’t do any damage to the Chaos Armor.
The incarnations of me and Celestia were organized into red and yellow… No, by the hands of Chaos and Veronica, without using any hands.
‘Is this enough?’
I felt like a secretly hidden camera was watching us.
Well… I think it would be enough to show this much.
I pointed the Chaos Magnum towards the camera and pulled the trigger.
And by expanding consciousness, the entire laboratory was placed within the cognitive domain.
We quickly identified devices that exchange information signals with the outside of the lab.
He unleashed his will and the power of flame and burned down all the magical circuits of the monitoring devices within the laboratory.
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Zephyria County had the Helena Information Management Department.
Helena Information Management Department controls information about Helena floating around in ‘links’.
The job is to deal with people who access information above a certain level.
The most common method in such cases is to manipulate the mind and make the person lose interest in Helena.
It was because it was the quietest and most trouble-free.
Mental manipulation leaves traces.
And it is a serious crime.
However, Zephyria’s army exists above the law.
It wasn’t difficult to cover up something like that with the power of the military.
In the past, there was a time when information control was more drastic.
But the world has changed.
Above all, I realized that rough methods cause considerable backlash.
Normal humans had family and friends.
The actions of the Helena Information Management Department in the past aroused a lot of resentment and returned with a strong backlash.
After that, there was a shift to a more moderate and covert method.
In fact, wasn’t Hellion’s intention reflected?
If he had not wanted it, the Helena Information Management Department would still have been using radical control methods.
Even the people at the Helena Information Management Department don’t know the exact reason why they are doing this.
However, in the military, top-down is the basic principle.
In short, it was a place to peel ramen.
Since I was given a mission and assigned to a department, I just acted according to the manual.
Helena’s Information Management Department was a department that handled confidentiality, but it did not have a very busy life.
It was a leisurely place that was on par with the ground supervision and management department. And thanks to the recent rampage of the great devil named Uno on earth, this person has been promoted to the position of the top boss.
-Beep.
For the first time in a long time, an alarm rang in the idle Helena Information Management Department.
Manager Belgere, who was half-sleeping in a chair with his feet up on the desk, frowned and slowly opened his eyes.
I was thinking about killing time like this and leaving work early, but an unexpected situation occurred.
Belger hoped it was nothing special and asked his adjutant Langco, who was observing the situation from the side.
“Where is it?”
“This is Selby.”
“Selby?”
Selby was where Helena’s laboratory was located in the distant past.
However, the magic unit’s bastards had already taken away all the research materials there, and all that remained was a dilapidated building.
Still, it was a place that was recognized and maintained for its value as bait.
The Dark Forest, which was initially open to civilians, is only a part.
Coming to Helena’s laboratory deep in the dark forest means there is a purpose.
And it can be said that he has accessed Helena’s information level, which is quite high.
Of course, there is a possibility that unlucky civilians may have wandered in. But it’s all filtered out by security robots.
An ordinary human would have already run away when he saw the security robot inside the lab, and then the alarm wouldn’t have sounded here.
There was no way the humans who had worked hard to get to Helena’s laboratory would give up easily just because they saw the security robot.
“Put up the surveillance screen. Let’s see… Is it some low-level magical engineer? Or… Is it a fly that came in out of curiosity?”
Helena is the greatest magic engineer in the history of Zephyria.
Among those studying magic engineering, he admired Helena and often visited her laboratory.
A holographic screen appears in front of Belger.
His relaxed face hardened.
The sight seen on the screen was unusual.
Red, yellow, black, blue. Humanoid robots of heavy heating colors were visible.
Maybe it’s a reinforced armor suit.
The security robots were being brutally destroyed by the unknown aircraft.
No, the only ones that can destroy the security robot are the red and yellow aircraft. The black and blue aircraft appeared to be watching leisurely with its arms crossed from behind.
“What is this…”
The security robot deployed near the Helena Research Institute was not a flimsy item used by civilians, but a high-quality anti-personnel weapon.
Such weapons were being destroyed without any use by the intruders.
“What?! That’s that? Where do they come from? A robot? A reinforced armor suit? Is this a design I’ve never seen before?”
Unless there was a coup, it can’t be military equipment.
“Guardian Robotics? Campanion? Which company is it?”
I couldn’t help but think of Belger as one of the most famous private conglomerates in the robotics and Android field.
“This aircraft is not registered in the private sector.”
Adjutant Langco’s words threw Belger into even greater confusion.
At first glance, it is a weapon that appears to have extraordinary performance. That’s because I couldn’t think of people who would make such a big deal secretly and make such a thing.
The gaze of the black aircraft turned to Belgere, who was in confusion.
To be exact, he was looking at the camera, but Belger felt like he was looking at himself.
The black aircraft looks at the camera and raises its arms. There was a large pistol in his hand.
The moment I felt sparks flying from the tip of the pistol, the screen turned off.
It was a performance that felt like a declaration of war.
“… Are these guys crazy?”
Do they know that it is Zephyria-kun they are messing with?
If we knew, such a provocation could not have happened.
“… What about other cameras?”
“For some reason… The entire research center has gone down… What are you going to do?”
“What should I do? I have to catch them. Who is the dispatched squad on Selby’s side?”
“It’s the Doom Bringer.”
“Not bad for a Doom Bringer. Order to dispatch.”
Even though Belger said they had unusual weapons, he couldn’t possibly think that they could deal with a Doombringer squad that possessed magic weapons.
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The security robots in the lab were all destroyed by Chaos and Veronica.
『Huh… Is this all?』
Veronica, who had fun destroying the security robot with Chaos, looked around and said.
『Isn’t that right? If you look at the fact that it doesn’t come out any more despite this commotion.』
There were no more robots that caught my senses.
After determining that there were no risk factors, we began exploring the lab in earnest.
『… It’s empty.』
Veronica said in a sullen voice.
I didn’t look around the entire inside the lab, but it looked like an empty building with nothing special.
「Celestia: There is a place that comes to mind.」
Celestia sent me a raid message without Veronica hearing.
『Veronica… Let’s go this way. Celestia says there seems to be something.』
“Yes? How to do that?』
『She is an expert in this type of exploration.』
We couldn’t reveal to Veronica, who didn’t know our true identities, that Celestia knew about this lab.
The incarnation of Celestia took her steps slowly looking around her surroundings. Her appearance seemed as if she was tracing memories of her past.
Her steps stopped in front of a door.
This door looks a bit narrow to enter while wearing Chaos Armor.
『Chaos. I would like you to remove the armor.』
『I understand.』
We took off our armor and entered the room.
It was like a child’s playroom.
The reason I thought so was because there were things that looked like half-broken toys rolling around on the floor.
Celestia walked there slowly.
“Is this a child’s room? It’s amazing. There’s a place like this in the lab…”
Veronica also looks around in fascination.
Did Celestia touch something?
An illusion created as a hologram is played in the room.
“Ah!”
Veronica is shocked when she sees that.
Two people were seen in the holographic welcome.
One is a young girl.
Another one… Was Helena wearing a white researcher gown.
