episode_0550
by fnovelpia
“Maria, track your location.”
As soon as he heard that Jeong Su-jin’s father had gone missing, he ordered Maria to investigate.
I spoke out loud out of consideration for the women sitting next to me, so question marks appeared over their heads.
Moon Ji-yu asked.
“Maria…? Who is that?”
“An AI that has awakened self-awareness and has become a companion in the SF world. Now, it is the fastest and most accurate private detective in the world.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about… ”
“I know! It’s like Skynet?”
Of all the women here, Olivia seemed to have the most knowledge in this field.
He nodded roughly.
“Similar, but different, he’s on the good side. I’ll tell you more later.”
“Brother…! What should I do? What if something happens to Dad…!”
“Sujin, calm down.”
He grabbed the shoulders of the fidgeting Jeong Su-jin and infused her with his internal energy.
She came to her senses and looked at me as a warm feeling enveloped her body.
“Speak slowly. What do you mean your father is missing? I asked Maria to investigate, but I need more information.”
“That, that’s the driver texted me asking if I knew where my dad was… He said it’s been 6 hours since he disappeared and they’ve been looking for him. I can’t get through when I call him… ”
‘Six hours? This is definitely not normal.’
Considering that the driver usually stays with the executive, he probably called him as soon as he realized Terence was missing, so it was definitely strange that he still couldn’t get in touch with him. On top of that, he wasn’t answering Jung Soo-jin’s calls either.
If we think about it, it could have been more than six hours since he disappeared.
Jeong Su-jin seemed anxious just by hearing that he was missing, but from what I saw, it seemed almost certain that he was kidnapped. Who on earth kidnapped him?
“Where did you part ways with the driver?”
“Osan? You said Osan Air Base… Why did Dad go there?”
An air force base in Pyeongtaek used jointly by the US and South Korean militaries. The place where Terence went missing was none other than the military base.
Jeong Su-jin wondered why her father, who should have been in Chilgok, was there.
“You must be here for business. Just wait a moment. Maria will find out the information soon.”
Sure enough, within seconds, Maria came up with an answer.
“There is no mention of Terence Millard on the network.”
She did not show her true form considering the circumstances.
If she had revealed her true self, things would have been several times more difficult.
If the group had seen the pretty girl calling me master, they would never have been able to even dream of this half-assed atmosphere.
Instead, she spoke through speakers installed throughout the house as if she were talking right next to them.
When a woman’s voice was suddenly heard, the group looked around with wary expressions.
‘For the time being, I’ll have to be careful about talking to other women.’
Looking at that sight, I had that thought.
He shook his head and asked Maria again.
“Can you track it without a trace?”
“It’s possible. Although the name isn’t mentioned directly, there is a suspicious conversation log in Enigma Chat.”
“You did a good job creating Enigma Chat. It’s useful in many ways.”
“Thanks to the proper promotion by Cyphers.”
Olivia and Moon Ji-yu reacted in surprise at the word Enigma Chat.
“Enigma Chat…?! That was made by Minho too?”
“You can also see the conversation history? Other celebrities use it to secretly contact their lovers and stuff… ”
“It was originally made to catch criminals, but come to think of it, there are people who use it for that purpose. Don’t worry. I don’t know because Maria automatically filters out conversations for personal use. And as you know, it’s really secure, so it’s free from things like hacking.”
Olivia’s eyes were sparkling with curiosity, perhaps because she already felt that the organization I was the leader of was unusual. Moon Ji-yu had a slightly awkward expression, as if she was contemplating whether or not she should tell her acquaintance to stop using Enigma Chat.
I nodded my head, meaning that he should just figure it out since it was just a few celebrities and there was no need to worry about it.
Jiying-
A hologram appeared before us.
As with the speakers, Maria’s equipment was also installed in the living room, so that other people could see the holograms I was seeing.
[The silver eagle catches the old lion and flies up. It will arrive at the nest before dusk.]
“Considering the old lion cipher and the last location visited, this message seems suspicious.”
“That’s definitely true. Are you on a plane?”
This makes it more likely that Terence was kidnapped rather than disappeared on his own as I suspected. I don’t know what kind of big-headed bastard would kidnap an American major inside a military base.
“So can you figure out where that plane is now?”
A hologram appeared showing a world map and several airplanes leaving South Korea.
“If we trace the plane that left Osan Air Base after the time Terrence Millard went missing, and the location of the person with the smartphone that sent that message… this plane is the most likely.”
As Maria’s speech progressed, the candidates became fewer and fewer, until only one plane remained on the screen.
The plane was already almost halfway across the Pacific Ocean heading to the United States.
Once the location was determined, the task was decided.
Retrieving Terence.
If you don’t want to get in trouble, you have to get him back to where he came from while the plane is still in the sky. There’s a difference between committing a terrorist attack on American criminals and committing it on a military base.
If there was a place where I could get work done quietly, it was on that plane crossing the ocean.
‘I can’t use the key anywhere inside a flying plane, so I’ll have to take a manta ray.’
But Maria stopped me as I was about to leave.
This time, the voice came into my head rather than through the speakers.
-Master, the investigation revealed something surprising. Terence Millard, Jeong Su-jin’s father. He used to be a member of a secret society.
Stop.
‘… Soojin’s father was a member of a secret society?’
-Yes. I did some background research to track him down, and I found something a little unusual. There is a deleted record in Major Terence Millard’s military database. There is also evidence that he was originally a lieutenant colonel but was demoted to a major.
‘and?’
– It seems like there was some involvement from a secret society during that process, but it’s hard to know the details because the records are so old. However, it is true that they seem to be related in some way. Considering the time of the demotion and the abnormality in the records, it seems like he is not currently affiliated with a secret society.
‘What is the name of that secret society?’
-I don’t know the exact name, but I think it’s a group with a snake as its symbol.
‘It’s a snake…’
It seemed clear that something unusual was going on.
Well, they are the guys who kidnapped an American major inside a military base. It’s something that would be hard to imagine unless they were a secret society of some size.
‘Is there some kind of secret organization within the US military?’
Maybe this incident happened because of Terence’s past.
If so, there was a good chance that it would also affect the safety of his daughter, Jeong Su-jin.
‘It looks like our father-in-law used to be quite good at this. Maria, get Soojin’s body scanned.’
-yes.
It was a directive in case.
However, Maria’s scan results revealed something unexpected.
As Maria had said, a necklace with a snake-shaped ring was hidden under Jeong Su-jin’s shirt.
I pretended not to know and pointed to the necklace string exposed at the side of her neck and asked.
“Sujin, that’s a necklace I’ve never seen before?”
“Huh? Oh, this… I found this when my brother was cleaning up my dad’s house when he went to San Francisco.”
Jeong Su-jin took out a ring from her shirt and showed it to me, still with a worried expression on her face.
It seems that he had been carrying Terence’s things around as souvenirs without knowing anything about them.
‘Great. I can just kick all the guys with those rings on the plane.’
I turned around, keeping the snake symbol on the ring clearly in my eyes.
“I’m going to a nearby empty lot, so everyone follow me.”
“Vacant lot? Why there?”
“You should bring him here before your father is processed as a deserter.”
And as a boyfriend, I show off my skills a bit. My car isn’t even a sports car; it’s a space probe.
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