Chapter 35 Part 10: Commission – Violence

“…I, is it over?”

“Yeah, it’s over. How is it? Are you okay?”

To be honest, Haran’s expression as she looked at Eun-ji, who was sound asleep, didn’t look good at all.

A dying expression, so difficult that I thought she might spit out what she was suppressing right now.

As expected, Haran, who heard my question, shook her head and expressed that she wanted to rest.

“Please let me rest. …I feel like I’m going to die.”

“Yeah, take a good rest. Everyone is like that at first.”

“…Damn it, how on earth do the people in the world where Ms. Ella lived receive something like this without being okay?”

“There’s a way. It’s also harder because the facilities here are too poor.”

How long has it been since I started using one of the rooms in the office as a surgery room.

When I opened the window wide for Haran, who seemed to have difficulty breathing as if she was nauseous, her expression improved a little.

“Hoo, I feel a little better. …Anyway, it’s really amazing. It’s really like a different person.”

“I touched her face overall so that her impression changed, so it’s understandable. If you just change her hairstyle, no one will know.”

“…There’s one thing I’m curious about, is it really okay to do this kind of surgery?”

“What are you talking about? You’ve already finished the surgery.”

“No, that’s.. There’s maintenance and stuff, right?”

“…Ah, you’re talking about that? You don’t have to worry about that.”

That’s one of the common misunderstandings that people who have a sense of aversion to mechanical bodies, mainly Confucian scholars, have.

They don’t try to get surgery because they think that if the machine malfunctions after the surgery, they will die as is, but that’s a huge misunderstanding.

In the first place, if you think about it, it’s obvious.

People pay attention to the point that it’s an “artificial” body, but in the end, an artificial body is an artificial “body” that is made to be used as.

Not only can it be used as a full-body prosthesis, but even if you only change one arm on a normal body, it’s a thing that’s made to move perfectly.

It’s impossible to even sell it without compatibility as well as extreme stability and strength.

…That’s what’s known in Neo City, but well. In fact, those Confucian scholars are right.

It’s true that the definition of an artificial body is like that, but in reality, only rich people can use such prostheses.

In the first place, it’s natural that it becomes expensive if you meet all those strict standards, so everyone uses cheap products.

Cheap prostheses that ordinary citizens use and don’t even follow the laws are just like parts attached to the body, so they break down easily.

But, this body is not something that ordinary citizens used…

It’s literally something that’s hard to get even if you offer a thousand gold, a thing made by putting in all the technology without caring about the cost.

If there are various functions attached all over it, just like my body, I have to repair it from time to time, but in order to transplant it into Eun-ji, I removed most of the functions.

There’s no way repair is necessary.

“I have to replace the role of the body, so there’s no way I can go to get repairs often. There’s a self-repair function, so it can repair most injuries by itself.”

“Then that’s a relief.”

“Well, it breaks down if it receives damage above a certain intensity. But, you don’t have to worry about that.”

It’s the face, not other parts.

If the shock that damages the parts of the body I use reaches my face, I would have died instantly because my head was crushed in the first place, so there’s no need to worry about it.

Scratches that occur in life will be naturally repaired.

It means that the problem Haran is thinking about is an unnecessary worry.

“If you’re even worried about other people, it seems like you’re completely okay now? How is it, is it doable?”

“…It’s harder than I thought. I’ve been to the gate several times, so I thought I was used to blood.”

“I know, I know. I was like that at first too. It’s more disgusting than I thought, isn’t it? You’d better get used to it.”

It’s more disgusting than you think to directly dig out parts of a person’s body for surgery.

Because you have to keep looking straight at the inside of the squirming body.

It’s disgusting in a different sense than fighting.

Hesitating can lead to the death of the surgical subject, which gives a severe blow to the mind in a different sense.

“…Will there be a time when I’ll use it, this skill?”

“There is. If your acquaintance is on the verge of death, it’s always helpful to know this.”

Most mercenaries don’t know this surgical method, but there was a separate reason why I bothered to learn this skill.

Because I’m also human, I tend to make mistakes sometimes.

When I receive a rescue request or an escort request and the enemy attacks the rescue target and they receive a fatal wound.

At that time, this skill, which can somehow keep the person alive if there are parts, was helpful.

“You said you wanted to become an irreplaceable person? Then learn it. If I’m on the verge of death, if you know this skill, you might be able to save my life.”

“…
…Will that happen?”

“Yeah. If that happens, I can give you my virginity, so try hard.”

“Aaaah, really! I told you to stop making jokes like that?!”

“Ahaha, sorry. Shall we stop the small talk here? Call Eun-ji’s parents too. Those people also have to get surgery.”

…

“Yes? Isn’t it just Eun-ji who needs to get it?”

“Don’t say ridiculous things. They need to touch up their faces a little, although not as much as Eun-ji. Quickly.”

“Ah, yes, yes…!”

How long has it been since I formed a long-term relationship with people like this?

I also thought that I might be hated if I kept teasing them, but I couldn’t stop the jokes from popping out without me knowing.

Interacting with someone who has a good heart was always fun.

It was so happy to get out of the human relationships full of betrayal and deception and have a conversation with a relaxed heart for the first time in a long time.

To the point where I momentarily turned my eyes away from the thought that she might betray me too.

“How is it?”

“…It’s a strange feeling. It might sound strange if I say this, but it feels like I’m not me.”

“I feel sorry about that. If you don’t like the way you look, I can change it a little more.”

“No, I don’t have any complaints about my face… it seems more pretty than before. It’s just that I’m scared to live a new life.”

A fresh start is scary, huh.

I nodded in agreement with her words.

It’s scary, isn’t it. People always chase what they’re familiar with.

Even though they say they want something new, they tend to feel fear and anxiety when something new actually appears.

I was the same too.

Even though I came back to the original world, I couldn’t let go of the mercenary work that I had already gotten used to, and I’m repeating the work from that time.

However, I can’t tell someone who has to live a new life that it’s natural to be anxious about the future.

I licked my lips and spat out appropriate words of comfort.

“Don’t worry too much. You’ll be able to adapt well.”

“…I hope so. Thank you so much so far.”

“Yeah. Just in case, don’t do anything that will make you bear a grudge against other people. Because your victim might call me.”

“Don’t worry, there’s absolutely no way that will happen. I’m scared to death….”

“Then that’s a relief.”

Eun-ji and her parents, who bowed and expressed their gratitude.

I sent them away, pretending to accept their greetings.

So that her past is no big deal.

So that she can think like that.

“You missed them?”

“Yes, Guild Leader.”

“Think carefully and tell me again. I am, now, asking if you missed them. Answer me accurately.”

Gulp.

A meeting room decorated with elaborate decorations.

At the sight of his superior glaring at his subordinates with a murderous look and scolding them, the subordinate thought.

I’m screwed.

If I make a mistake to the Guild Leader with that look, I’ll be going to the hospital as is.

Why do I have to say this on the day I’m reporting!

I complained like that in my heart, but I couldn’t help but tell the truth.

So he closed his eyes tightly and opened his mouth again.

“It’s the truth! The traces of the existence presumed to be Code Name, Machina, have all disappeared! The case is scheduled to be closed as an unsolved case…?!”

Woojigeun! (sound of something crushing)

And, he fainted without finishing his words.

Leaving violent traces on the floor, which didn’t match the splendid room.

“Hoo….”

The superior, who was constantly puffing on a cigarette without caring that he had slammed his subordinate’s head into the floor.

The Guild Leader of Hresvelgr opened his mouth, not hiding the fact that he was displeased with his subordinate’s words.

“Clean it up.”

“I understand.”

Just one person at best.

What is this mess because I couldn’t catch a single returnee.

It’s bad enough that my son died, but Hresvelgr has put all its efforts into it, but it still hasn’t caught a single person.

The guys who initially expressed comfort have slowly started to have strange thoughts.

It’s not that the returnee is strong, but is it possible that those guys were just paper tigers? An unimaginably outrageous imagination.

It didn’t seem like there were any guys who were ready to say that thought out loud right now, but…

If this continues, Hresvelgr’s reputation will plummet to the bottom.

That couldn’t be the case.

It’s a guild that I’ve put my whole life into grinding to get to this point. It’s not a guild that should be ignored by ridiculous guys at all.

I had to use something.

A way to bring that son of a b*tch who I want to chew and swallow right in front of me.

He kept smoking his cigarette and started to worry about how to catch a single loach.