096
Ep. 96
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Before the T&C Special Trade Center became a city of death, Eugene's flagship barely escaped into outer space.
Anyone who knew Akira Yujin well would not have believed that he stayed out so late in a dangerous place, but there was a good reason for that.
This is because important items had to be recovered from a special trade center.
"Have you taken all the shadows' equipment?"
"yes. Both Black Shroud and Red Queen have been collected. However, the damage was so severe…"
"It doesn't matter. "There is a way to restore even if only small details remain."
After the attendant left, Akira Yujin sat in his office and tapped his fingers on the desk.
Behind him, Code Blue stood guard in silence.
"I thought I would gain a lot, but this time my expectations were wrong. "I lost a useful tool."
"…."
"I just need to replenish the tools, but I'm curious about this. "Who beat Code Black?"
The moment he expressed his doubt, the sound of a person falling was heard outside the office.
Soon the door opened and a woman entered the office.
She has a long horn that only protrudes from her left forehead and wears a white bodysuit.
She was Sihyeon Eugene, once called Code White.
Upon seeing the vision, Akira had a strange smile on his face.
"Hehe, the prodigal son has returned. "You did it?"
"…."
Sihyeon couldn't understand Akira's words, but he didn't really care.
Akira Eugene is going to be killed by her on this spaceship today anyway.
"Hmm, as soon as a question is resolved, a new question arises. "It's obvious he's dead. How did he live?"
Instead of answering, she pulled out the sword from the back of her hand.
The name of the white bodysuit she is wearing is White Maiden.
White Maiden is a device that can implement various types of tools according to the user's imagination.
Like now, when she imagines a sharp sword, a sharp blade emerges from the armor, and when she imagines flying, wings appear on her back.
"Hoo."
White Maiden is an item that Akira personally gave to Sihyeon when she received the code.
He smiled faintly as the equipment he thought was lost when she died reappeared.
"It was something I needed, but I just happened to bring it. "It is a useful tool."
"It's relaxing. gaffer."
"Hehe, of course I have no choice but to relax."
Akira snapped his fingers and Code Blue, who had been standing behind him, stepped forward.
Code Blue pulled out the two daggers he was wearing at his waist.
"While you were wandering somewhere in the universe, the shadows continued to improve."
Even when Akira said he wasn't worried at all, Sihyeon didn't even raise an eyebrow. Rather, her answer was beyond Akira's expectations.
"know."
"huh?"
As Sihyeon winked, Blue turned around and slit Akira's throat.
"Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…!"
Akira with his head cut off in half fell on his desk.
"…It's over."
The death was extremely shabby for the person who had completely destroyed not only Sihyeon Eugene's blood relatives but also her life.
She should have been happy that she had succeeded in getting revenge, but she could not feel any joy.
'If I were Sihyeon Eugene….'
Would I have laughed out loud over the corpse of my enemy? Or did I cry?
She couldn't know.
"The job was done as promised."
"okay."
"I hope you keep your promise to let me meet my family."
Sihyeon, who was about to nod at Blue's words, widened her eyes.
Because Akira was standing up behind him.
"careful!"
"?"
Sihyeon shouted to warn him, but Akira was faster. Akira's hands turned into large claws and ripped Blue apart in an instant.
"やあ,これはかなり驚いた.(Oh, this is quite surprising.) 彼も包摂したとは知らなかった.(I didn't know he was included too.)" Akira mumbles something unknown
.
The wound on his neck had already disappeared without leaving a trace.
The claw that killed Blue shrunk to a small size and returned to the old man's wrinkled hand.
"Your resurrection is probably the work of a damn tiger." "
How…?"
Sihyeon also knew that Akira had undergone genetic modification surgery.
However, it was intended to prolong life, not a procedure that would allow recovery even with the head almost cut off.
Among the shadows, the only being who could show such magical skills was Code Black, wearing a black shroud.
"hmm? Ah, I'm sorry. "The language I used before came out."
"…Are you really Akira Eugene?"
"Hehe, of course. Well, to be exact, it's a half-and-half mix."
Akira smiled like an ordinary village father, but Sihyeon was extremely tense.
Before coming to the space city, she received as much genetic modification as possible. Not only because of the operation, but also because she was able to face the mysterious monster that killed her again.
Thanks to this, we can say that the current situation is close to perfect, although it is not as good as before.
However, even she had no chance of winning against Akira, who was smiling in front of her.
'You can't win.'
I knew it instinctively. Even if dozens of people stick together, they won't be able to defeat that monster.
"Hehehe, you're trying to make plans for the future."
"!"
"okay. You never gave up. So, Kusotora, or rather Beomho, may have chosen you."
"…."
"I am merciful and will allow a total of three attacks. "Do whatever you want."
Three chances given by Akira.
Without hesitation, she pulled out the plasma pistol she was wearing on her waist.
The pistol burst into flames and a ball of green energy passed by Akira's ears.
"Hehe, even Eugene, the visionary of the world, is scared."
She didn't react and fired another shot. This time too, I strayed far from Akira.
Akira frowned.
"this. Before you know it, it's your last chance. "I gave you three chances and you wasted it."
Seeing him speaking with regret, Sihyeon smiled even though she was sweating coldly.
"There's something I learned a while ago."
"what?"
A long, thick tentacle appeared from her left arm and struck the wall behind Akira.
By aiming the pistol at the same point, the inner wall, which had already lost durability, was shattered the moment it was hit by the tentacle.
"What…?!"
The air in the office quickly flowed out into outer space, and Si-hyeon also quickly escaped with the momentum.
Even on her way out, she stretched out her tentacles and didn't forget to grab the dagger that Blue had dropped.
"this!"
Akira, who had not expected Sihyeon to act like this, turned his gaze to where Sihyeon had flown.
Sihyeon, who transformed White Maiden into a spacesuit, flew beyond the black space of space.
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"Hmm."
Jaeseong, who had fallen asleep as soon as he got on board, opened his eyes.
"Hwaaaam hmmm?"
He stretched out his arms on the chair and looked around.
Strangely enough, there were no passengers in sight before he fell asleep.
"what? "Has everyone gone to eat?"
Since the spaceship he boarded was a luxury spaceship operated for VIPs, there was a separate restaurant car where luxurious course meals were served.
Thinking that everyone had gone there, he closed his eyes to go back to sleep.
'No, wait. 'Can't you see the crew?'
Even if the customers went to eat, it was strange not to see any flight attendants.
"What really?"
Jaeseong woke up with an unknown sense of anxiety and stood up.
As he passed through the auditorium and made his way to the dining car, he smelled a strange yet familiar smell.
A strong, fishy smell that smells like you put a piece of metal under your nose.
'Where did you get it?'
Thinking that he had had a similar experience while working before, he opened the door of the dining car.
And he could immediately remember where he had smelled it.
It was the smell of blood.
Instead of delicious food and quality alcohol, the restaurant car was filled with flesh, bone fragments, and blood.
In the hell of royalties that appeared in the middle of space, monsters that were fearful of coming out of a dream were enjoying a feast.
In the middle of the lounge, a monster with dark green scales and large wings was sucking human blood.
The person who drew blood from him was someone he knew.
He was the head of the medical team who complained to the crew before going to sleep. Whether he was dead or alive, he was shaking his legs every time the blood was sucked out.
At the bar table on one side of the restaurant car, a pink monster was grabbing the head of the human resources management team with its numerous tentacles and slowly eating him.
Her appearance was even more miserable than that of the medical team leader. Dozens of thin tentacles were burrowing into every orifice of her face and pulling out her brain.
"Our product! Hehe! Always safe! Hehe! All the best to you! Hehe! Hike! thank you! Hehe! thank you! Hehe!"
She, who always showed an intelligent side, spoke incomprehensibly with an idiot-like face.
"Huh?!"
He let out a short scream and the monsters looked at him.
Unable to withstand their gaze, Jaeseong closed the door and quickly ran away.
'Pilot Joe! 'You have to tell the pilot!'
He ran between the audience seats faster than he had ever run faster in his life.
Arriving at the cockpit, he knocked frantically on the door.
"Open! A monster has appeared! "A monster has appeared!"
How much did you knock?
"Open."
The sound of the lock being unlocked was heard from inside the door along with a human voice.
'thank god! The pilot is alive!'
Thinking that the rope of salvation had finally come down, Jaeseong opened the door wide.
There was the pilot he had been waiting for.
"uh?"
However, it was very different from what Jaeseong had expected.
Because only the man's ankles were visible to Jaeseong's eyes.
"It" that was swallowing the pilot whole nodded its head and swallowed everything up to his ankles.
"Oh·rae·ki·da·ri·shin·seop·ni·da·"
Jaeseong chuckled after seeing "that" speak while exposing his bloody teeth.
'It's a dream.'
He closed his eyes, hoping to wake up from the nightmare quickly.
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'Once the ship has been taken over.'
All of the live food within the escape ship went into the stomachs of the three of us.
Aadhai and No. 26, who had feasted on delicious food for the first time in a long time, fell asleep holding their full bellies.
I spread out the blankets in the audience, covered them, and returned to the cockpit.
'What should I do next?'
A variety of ingredients and calorie bars are stored in the cargo and dining compartments, so you do not have to worry about food issues during the voyage.
Controlling it was not as difficult as a patrol ship, so I was able to control it on my own as long as I received assistance from the navigation AI.
'But there's a problem.'
This ship had been targeting the nearby Megacorp space fortress even before departure, so it did not have much fuel in reserve. After a few faster-than-light voyages, you will quickly run out of fuel.
'It's not a good place for us to go around here.'
Of course, I can't build a space fortress, and I don't have enough fuel to get to the planet I was originally aiming for.
However, it was not easy to stop by and go to another planet nearby.
All nearby planets have much stronger defenses than special trade centers, so sneaking in is difficult.
'It's not that there is no way, but…'
It is to seize another ship.
This was a method that was often used when playing games in the past.
'There is a place here that can be reached by faster-than-light sailing.'
There is an area managed by Space Dog.
There is no planet good enough to harvest resources or host human ranches, and it is not geographically important enough to build and manage a space city, as in the case of special trade centers.
Additionally, in very rare cases, an event occurs where a group of Metallic Gremlins pass through the area. Even the steel space fortress won't be able to hold out for long if caught by them.
Because it was a truly useless area, neither Megacorp Star Union paid any attention. Thanks to this, Space Dog was able to enter the gap.
'If you go there, you will rarely encounter Megacorp or Star Union.'
It's not a bad option if you're only going to target one pirate ship and you won't be there for long.
However, this method also has a problem.
'You never know when Space Dog will find us.'
Space Dog's cartels are constantly moving to commit piracy, so if you're unlucky, they may not return to the area for several months.
So, I mainly used this method in the game after securing the space flight feature.
'Because as long as I have space flight, I can search for pirate ships myself.'
But if you do that with this ship, you'll quickly run out of fuel.
'Some kind of breakthrough is needed….'
When I heard the word 'breakthrough,' I immediately had a thought.
'New transcendence trait.'
I opened a semi-transparent text window.
｢'Transcendence' Material List (New!): Wings Endurance Space Flight Giant Creature Hijacking｣
Currently, I have gathered all the materials for the new Transcendence trait.
Since the space flight and giant creature characteristics were obtained as samples, only 0.5 is filled, so they cannot be used directly, but they can be used as materials.
'If you think about it, the previous unique characteristics were not completely unrelated to the material.'
The ingredients of a complete organism were all characteristics related to my body.
Even if the unique characteristic obtained through transcendence is itself a completely new characteristic that does not exist before, it cannot be considered to be completely unrelated to the nature of the material.
'Just looking at the materials, it seems deeply related to free activity in outer space.'
Although the only trait I have acquired is a perfect organism, this trait has allowed me to safely overcome some very dangerous challenges.
'If it goes as expected, there is a high possibility that the second unique characteristic will also show effects outside the standard.'
Maybe it will solve the difficulties I'm facing right now once and for all.
'But the problem is prohibition.'
It is difficult to choose carelessly because you do not know what type of ban will be imposed on which characteristic.
Is it a new unique trait or is it the status quo?
While I was thinking about it, a phrase in the text box caught my eye.
'There is no end to evolution.'
After thinking about it for a while, I made a decision.
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