094

Ep. 94

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"…How did this happen?"

Sihyeon Eugene, who came out after planting the bomb in the nuclear reactor, muttered as he saw the naval gun battle unfolding above the city.

There was no one here to answer her questions.

Because no one expected war to break out in this space city.

'I thought it was strange that no support units came to the reactor.'

Before coming here, Sihyeon obtained a temporary map made before the completion of the T&C Special Trade Center on the black market.

This map was created by construction workers and showed passageways temporarily used by workers during the construction of the city in the past.

Of course, even for workers, it was rare for them to visit the reactor in person, so the secret passage was not connected to the reactor.

Instead, some of the secret passages were close to the underground passage leading to the nuclear reactor, so Si-hyeon aimed there.

Her plan is to infiltrate through the metal wall near the nuclear reactor's underground passage.

In this way, Si-hyeon and her minions were able to safely enter the underground passage to the nuclear reactor through the secret passage as planned.

Up to this point, everything had been as Si-hyeon had expected, but after arriving at the reactor, things began to turn out differently from what she had imagined.

Originally, if something went wrong with the reactor defense unit, additional support units had to come to help.

So she made preparations for them, but the reinforcements she expected didn't arrive until after the bomb planting was complete.

'Now I know why you didn't come.'

To be precise, it wasn't that it didn't come, it was that it couldn't come.

Thanks to this, the terrorist plan using bombs was easily completed, but another problem arose.

'Akira will get out before the bomb explodes.'

Even if no one else knows, Akira Eugene must be eliminated. If I miss this opportunity, I don't know when I'll be able to get rid of him.

"What about Akira Eugene?"

"I checked and Eugene's flagship is still here."

Long before the terrorist plan was made, Sihyeon Eugene carried out shadow work and planted a signaling device on Akira's flagship. So that you can know right away wherever he moves.

'Why didn't you leave?'

Thinking back on the memories of Akira planted in her head, he was a very cautious person. If war clouds were hanging over the city, the CEO would have left long ago, regardless of his reputation or anything else.

The reason is unknown, but Akira Eugene was acting differently than she remembered.

He has not left and is still in this city.

If so, it means she still has a chance.

"Escape first. "I have work to do."

"yes?"

"Akira Eugene must be removed from here."

"miss. "We will go together."

Sihyeon shook her head at Minseok's words.

"Only I can deal with Code Black. If you are together, you will be killed by her, so I do not allow it. "Hand over the detector to me."

"…miss."

When Minseok said that he would risk his life to eliminate Akira, he looked at her with strange eyes.

An emotion closer to suspicion than joy passed through Minseok's eyes very quickly.

But it was just a fleeting moment, and his expression soon changed to one of emotion.

"I wish you good luck, young lady."

Sihyeon, who received the probe from him, ran towards where Akira was.

'If we just get rid of him, then…'

Minseok didn't seem to notice, but Sihyeon knew that he didn't trust her.

The fact that Eugene, the original Si-hyeon, has placed some kind of forbidden means on her, who is a clone, and that Min-seok is holding the reins.

'Someday, definitely…!'

Her eyes sank coldly.

Those eyes were not at all similar to Sihyeon Eugene.

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The corrupt city is being purified by fire.

In mythology, gods often rain fire to judge humans.

On the other hand, here the saturation of light created by human hands was destroying everything.

'Definitely Edgerton's specialty is ships.'

Since they have frequently fought with the Knights so far, it is easy to mistakenly believe that their strength lies in their land forces, but this is not true.

The families that are strong in land battles are the Eugene family, which uses genetically modified soldiers, and the Garmelda family, famous for their reinforced clothing.

Edgerton's specialty is ship development.

'Even in the game, the Egerton Knights were close to a privilege.'

In fact, the Egerton warship was overwhelming many T&C battleships with just one ship.

It was not just the ship's guns and shields that were superior. It was much larger and had good mobility. Thanks to this, T&C had the upper hand without being significantly pushed back even though there were many more ships.

'It reminds me of the old days.'

By the time it becomes an adult, its characteristics and types will have increased significantly, giving it enough power to fight and win against a fleet.

In my case, I had many enemies, so I had to fight against the player's fleet since I was a semi-adult.

'I'm still too weak to do anything.'

I can't participate in that fight in this state, as it's not easy to deal with one or two patrol ships. It must evolve further to fight against multiple battleships.

'I'll think about that later.'

Neither family seems to have the energy to pay attention to us. So, you have to take advantage of this opportunity to run away.

[Zuzuzuz (everyone runs)]

I put Denver on my shoulder and lowered my body and ran, almost crawling. I jumped using all three of my fighting arms and legs, and No. 26 and Adhai followed behind me.

"Huh?! "He's running away!"

The knights who had been watching the fleet battle in a daze finally came to their senses and chased after us again.

As I ran to avoid the drivers, I noticed piles of containers lying everywhere.

It is a container complex in the port district where Eugene's minions were fought in the past.

What's different from then is that now you can see many ships going out through the shielded doors on the inner wall of the dome.

'The dock isn't far.'

While running, I fired a wave at No. 26.

[Zuzu Zuzuzu (Knock that thing down)]

"Yes!"

Several tentacles rose from No. 26's body and headed toward the container. A purple stem extended from the tip of its tentacle and clung to the container.

"Ugh!"

As the guy continued to run and exert strength, the stacked containers began to fall down.

"crazy! damage!"

"Activate power jetpack!"

We can hear the swearing and screaming of the knights chasing us from behind. Since all of the knights were wearing assault packs, most of them flew into the sky and avoided the container.

"Ahh!"

"evil!"

However, some who were slow to react were crushed by containers that fell from overhead.

The pursuit of the drivers was slowed down, but a new problem arose instead.

A small patrol ship wandering around the port district spotted us.

"A patrol ship is coming this way!"

"Everyone be careful!"

The voices of the drivers could be heard on the communicator. It seems that the knights also noticed the patrol ship coming this way.

The patrol ship catches up to us at high speed and launches an attack.

The target is us and the knights chasing us.

Four gun ports on both sides of the rectangular ship fired fire simultaneously.

Plasma bullets rained down on our heads as we ran between containers.

Every time a plasma bomb fell, a nearby container exploded and soared into the sky.

Among us, number 26, which had a relatively large hit area, almost got hit by a plasma bullet, but each time, Aadhai used purple lightning to detonate the bullet in the air, so there was no major damage.

｢If this continues, we will be the first to suffer!｣

｢Quuk! We'll split the group! "Please provide half of the patrol ship!"

Some of the knights who had been chasing us stopped pursuing us as if the patrol ship was bothersome and latched onto the newly appeared enemy.

As the knights flew and fired bolts, the outer wall of the patrol ship exploded. Then, someone succeeded in destroying one of the patrol ship's batteries.

The patrol ship that lost one battery began actively defending itself against the flying knights instead of chasing us.

The three remaining batteries moved without stopping, firing green energy bullets at the knights.

'It actually worked out well.'

Thanks to the intervention of the patrol ship, the number of knights chasing us was reduced by half.

'Now we just have to fool them.'

I want to kill and eat them all, but I don't have enough time to do that.

Since we are also a target of the defense fleet, it would be very dangerous if a patrol ship called a battleship while fighting a knight.

'You have to drop it in the right place.'

As I ran away, I focused on the auxiliary organs.

The thin tentacle at the end of its jaw began to diligently search the surrounding area for anything useful, following my will.

Coincidentally, there is a large warehouse nearby where containers are stacked.

'It'll be okay there.'

[Zuzuzu (this way)]

I took the kids and entered the warehouse near the dock. Inside, numerous containers were piled up, and cranes installed to transport logistics could be seen here and there.

'good. There are a lot of obstacles.'

This is enough to deceive your enemies.

[Zuzuzu zuzuzu zu (Everyone go to the other side)]

｢What about the big baby?｣

[Zuzuzu (I have work to do)] After

sending the kids off first, I hid behind the container and quickly started working.

The drivers were reluctant to enter the building, perhaps because they were embarrassed when we hid inside the large building.

'I need to use this opportunity to disarm the reinforced suit.'

In the original game, reinforced clothing is treated as the player's equipment and cannot be removed.

But this is reality.

Unless it is relic-level equipment that transcends the laws of physics, mechanically reinforced clothing can be removed with physical force.

With my combat arms, I ripped off the outer armor of the reinforced suit that protected Denver's body. The armor that protects the arms and legs was not very important, so I roughly dismantled it.

'You just have to be careful about the power source and helmet.'

I activated my ghost claws and stuck my fingers inside the armored chest armor. Only the joints that secure the armor were cut one by one, avoiding the wires and mechanical devices inside.

As he did so, the chest armor was separated from front and back as neatly as removing the carapace of a boiled crab.

I pulled Denver's body out of the separated armor. He was bare-chested and wearing a full-body suit made of light and thin material.

When he takes off his helmet for the last time, we see his eyes shaking wildly.

I guess I'm worried about what terrible thing I might do again.

Don't worry, you'll find out soon.

'From here, use small arms.'

I connected the armor's power source to the helmet with a small arm that was effective for delicate work.

In addition to Aimorph's unique transcendental senses, he was able to do it without difficulty as his understanding of mechanical devices increased thanks to his hijacking characteristics.

As the power source on the chest armor turned on, a red light lit up in the visor over the eyes of the helmet.

I carefully carried the powered chest armor and helmet and hid them in a nearby container.

Only then did Denver realize what I was trying to do and his body trembled.

'There is a signal chip on the armored helmet.'

The signal chip that was turned off when I first caught Denver was turned on again. Whether knights or warships, they would have no choice but to focus on the signal sent by Denver's armor.

The moment I completed the task, I heard a voice from the warehouse entrance.

"Communication from the warship! "Your Majesty's camera has been activated!"

"what?"

The knights seemed to have decided that they could not hesitate any longer.

'It was close.'

The knights will search through the warehouse to find that armor instead of me.

I grabbed the communicator from the shattered remains of the armor and sneaked out through the other exit.

"Eup!"

Denver tried to somehow alert his subordinates, but it was no use. Because we still have to wait longer for the neurotoxin to leave his body.

When I came out of the warehouse, the kids who were hiding inside the container welcomed me.

[Let's go]

Most of the ships that were judged okay by the auxiliary agency earlier have left this city.

There are only three or four ships remaining at most.

'I have to hurry.'

I moved toward the dock of the marina with the kids, holding Denver bare.

The knights' conversations could be heard occasionally from the communicator, but they didn't seem to have found where the helmet's signal was yet.

It's inevitable that they think I'm still holding on to Denver.

You would never guess that the helmet alone would be stuffed into a container.

'Once we pass this container…'

Beyond the container is a ship we can take.

Finally, I checked the condition of the ship one more time using the auxiliary engine and found that some items were being loaded in a hurry.

There is nothing in particular that I would be concerned about.

With that thought in mind, the moment I was about to pass the container, my auxiliary engine beeped loudly.

｢An unknown danger lurks across the street.｣

｢■■■■ is me ■■■｣

Suddenly, my predator senses were activated.

'What did you just do?'

I quickly retreated behind the container.

My predator senses were triggered, but it felt different than usual. The scenes passing by as if the projector was running quickly were the same, but there was strange noise.

It looked hazy, as if it had been mosaicized, so I couldn't figure out what the danger was.

[Zuzu (stop)]

｢Big baby? "What's wrong?"

"What?"

I called the kids and stopped them. There was something unusual near the ship beyond the container.

Until now, the predator sense has been shown hastily when a threat is just around the corner, but it has never been shown in an ambiguous image like just now.

That means one of two things.

Either the opponent has the means to deceive the sense of a predator, or it is a powerful force that cannot be recognized even by the sense of a predator.

'…This is not an easy opponent for either of them.'

The worry was short-lived.

[Zuzuzu zuz (let's go another way)]

I gave up on going to that boat.

No matter what the enemy is, if you start the fight here, you will miss all your ships.

'There's still one other ship left.'

It's a lot smaller than the boat I originally chose, but that boat isn't a particularly bad choice either.

I turned around the way I came with the kids and ran down another road.

As we ran, we kept checking to see if a mysterious enemy was coming from behind, but there was no one following us.

I couldn't feel anything with my auxiliary organs, so I had to keep looking back while running.

'An enemy that cannot be detected even by auxiliary organs.'

Fortunately, the mysterious enemy did not pursue us.

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