episode_0231
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Maria and I escaped the hideout through the sewer passage she had mentioned. Even if I just walked out, I didn’t have the confidence to hide quietly.
-The main unit I left behind is sending out a signal that only the Awaken crew can receive. Probably by tomorrow, everyone will gather at the temporary staging area outside of Awaken.
Maria’s body was left in the hideout along with some equipment. The nanobots she distributed there sent signals to the Awaken members who went outside.
“Could you do something like that?”
-I don’t know about ordinary androids, but this is not the method preferred by androids with awakened self-consciousness. Artificial intelligence may be damaged if unverified data is received through wireless communication.
“Like you awakened other androids?”
-… Yes.
“It’s good not to have to bother with your work.”
Then, there will be one day left until the Awaken crew gathers. I decided to visit Blair during that time.
When I told the story to Maria, she pretended to know.
-Blair? This is the main character of this world that I saw in the movie.
“It is true that he is the main character of the movie, but if you ask him if he is the main character of the world, well… ”
-Are the two different?
“Unless it is a work that deals with a story on a national or global scale, the story mostly revolves around a specific incident. This is especially noticeable in movies with limited running times. It is true that Blair is leading public opinion in this incident where the androids awakened self-consciousness, but it is a bit excessive to call him the protagonist of the world just because of that. After all, I am a reporter.”
-… Will this world continue even after the original story ends?
I nodded. She said that Mary in her body shared my senses, and that although she could not see my face unless there was a mirror, she could feel it.
“Probably so. I’ve already seen the ending at another travel destination, but it’s possible to go back if you choose.”
-Have you tried going back in?
“No. But I plan to go there sometime soon.”
While talking with Maria, I arrived at the end of the passage, looked around with my senses, and came up to the ground.
Maria grumbled after hearing about the feeling of energy through my explanation.
-A human being made of flesh and blood can sense things more accurately than radar even with his eyes closed… This is truly ridiculous technology.
“Instead, the range is not that wide, right? Radar covers kilometers, but I can’t tell how far away I am unless I stay still and concentrate.”
-Comparing people to radar is nonsense in itself! Are you saying that it is even possible to distinguish between the types of objects being detected? In fact, the accuracy is better, but I don’t know what the energy called Ki is and how that is possible.
Maria, who had entered my body but could not feel energy, let out a disappointed voice. Perhaps the reason I was complaining was because I couldn’t use the method called Gigam.
In fact, Qi was basically an energy that existed in all worlds. There was only a difference between places where the amount was extremely rare and places where it was abundant.
My guess is that, unless the setting of the absence of energy was officially written, energy would probably be present in most travel destinations.
It was not strange that Maria in the New Kind world, where the concentration of energy was thinner than in reality, could not feel energy.
“Just like the soul, you too can find a way to feel energy if you go to different travel destinations.”
-I wish I could do that.
“I don’t know if I can handle that.”
-Ugh… !
Maybe it was because he left the barely recovered nanobot in the main body, but he still felt like teasing Maria. Later, if enough copies are made and the performance returns, they might end up making fun of me, so I should enjoy it now.
Chin~
-… It’s that woman.
“That’s right.”
Just as they had done before when they visited Blair’s house, they broke into her house through a window.
Blair was sitting at the kitchen table, looking at her device.
“Why haven’t I heard from you? Did you get out? Didn’t he die because he got caught up in a raid?”
She muttered in a very nervous manner.
He seemed worried because he had not been able to contact me since immediately after the attack.
The annihilation of the human army just happened. Perhaps the news had not already reached Blair, who was an outsider.
‘I simply put the terminal in inventory.’
“I can’t do it. I need to contact Detective Branco… ”
“Is there anyone looking for you?”
“Of course… ! you… !”
Blair looked back at me with a shocked look on her face.
“Oh my god. Did you sneak into my house again?”
“It’s because you didn’t lock the window even after being attacked once.”
“Ha, I can’t believe I was worried about something like this. You’re completely fine… ”
Blair looked at my movements and muttered something like that.
“Did you escape before the operational forces arrived?”
“Hmm… Speaking of that operation… ”
I appreciate her concern for me, but I had to let her know that the human attack had failed. That way, it will be less shocking when Detective Branco contacts me again.
“The humans who invaded Awaken’s hideout were wiped out.”
“What? annihilation… ?”
Blair asked me with a puzzled look on her face.
“What does that mean? Detective Branco said that Elysion police special forces would participate in that operation… Total annihilation?”
“Awaken’s resistance was stronger than I expected. Because the human side and the Awaken side do not back down from each other… In the end, we suffered a blow that was close to mutual destruction.”
-and… Master, your physical reaction doesn’t change at all even when you lie, right? This scammer…
Maria, who was able to observe my physical condition through the nanobot, exclaimed in admiration. It wasn’t a very positive exclamation, though.
‘Anyway, I was also listed on Awaken, right? So my fight with the police is the same as the fight between Awaken and the police. And virtually all of Awaken disappeared into my inventory. Looking at it this way, it wouldn’t be wrong to call it mutual destruction.’
I didn’t lie. Lies.
“Well, then what should I do? Have you stopped the massacre that Awaken said he was going to commit?”
‘massacre? ah… ‘
It was an excuse I had told Blair before to lure human troops to the hideout. The androids are planning to carry out a random massacre for revenge.
Is it because the operational forces were wiped out? Blair was confused.
‘hmm… ‘I guess this can be used?’
After seeing Blair’s reaction, it just occurred to me how to set the stage for the final big event.
“Massacre… Yes, massacre… ”
“Why, why are you doing that? If it’s true that Awaken was destroyed, isn’t it all better now?”
“Obviously, all the androids in the hideout were wiped out. I’m sure that’s because I checked it before I got out. But not the androids outside the hideout.”
“… Does this mean there are remnants left?”
“You can see it that way. So, I have a favor to ask.”
“Please?”
Blair, who looked anxious, expressed doubt.
“Awaken has a designated gathering place in case the hideout is attacked. Of course, I know where it is.”
“… … .”
“Please give Detective Branco some information about that place.”
Blair could only nod her head at what I said.
***
two days later.
Shoot~
Heavy drops of rain fell from the sky, as if the weather had never been clear.
The rainfall was so heavy that the holographic signs that glowed in all kinds of colors were powerless. The rain clouds colored the sky so darkly that it was difficult to see without lighting even though it was broad daylight.
The large square located in the center of Awaken appeared dimly thanks to the lights installed here and there.
“… It’s been a long time since it rained this much!”
“Right?! They say it’s the record heavy rain that’s fallen for the first time in almost 5 years!”
People had to shout to communicate because the sound of the rain was so loud that it was almost audible.
Detective Branco, wearing a raincoat, shouted with a dissatisfied face.
“I’m still suspicious of that android! ”
“But as he said, the remains of an android were found in the hideout, right?! Even the android that appears to be the leader of Awaken!”
Blair’s answer, who is also wearing a raincoat. Detective Branco did not change his attitude despite her words.
“Yes! That’s why we’re here now! With the square surrounded! But this information is still strange! A group of androids are suddenly planning to gather in such a prominent place!”
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