episode_0042

“I’ve suffered so much for the past 5 years… I can’t let those robbers rob me again.

The woman speaking nervously was Hong Seo-yeon, the president of Mirae Enterprise.

Her wavy black hair was constantly fluttering as she had just gotten off the AV she had been riding in. Unlike the noisy helicopters, the AV was relatively quiet. However, the wind generated during landing was something that could not be helped physically.

“Ha…”

Hong Seo-yeon, who finished touching her hair with her hand, took out a pair of black sunglasses that covered her eyes from her chest and put them on. The moment she moved her feet, the small drones inside the Av began to rise up.

Because of this drone, Hong Seo-yeon didn’t necessarily bring a clone bodyguard. It was equipped with small firearms that could easily subdue a person, and it also had excellent bulletproof and fireproof performance, so there was no need for people.

In an emergency, drones were more capable than clone bodyguards.

“Helen. Dr. Helen. Helen!”

Hong Seo-yeon, her eyes glowing red, does not respond when you try to talk to her. She came here in a hurry after receiving a call that the lab had been attacked, and her expression was naturally not good.

There were two reasons.

First, the future situation of the company where no one would believe that a research lab like this was attacked, so he would have to come here himself.

The second is that we need to remember that this research institute completed the project five years ago and has done nothing since then, so it is actually only losing money and not gaining anything.

“I shouldn’t have invested then. Damn it! If only my brother hadn’t had an accident. I wouldn’t have bought an island like this…”

As Hong Seo-yeon muttered and stretched out her hand, a drone floating in the sky flew in and opened the door. She hadn’t hacked it. She was the owner of this place. She just didn’t want to bother with fingerprint and iris recognition again.

“Scan it.”

Instead of going down right away, Hong Seo-yeon sends two drones down the stairs. The drones, which had become transparent without any particular noise, flew quietly, and she clicked her tongue as she checked the state of the building through the HUD in front of her eyes.

‘Damn… where did the insider come from again? We purged so much back then…’

There was no sign of any external intrusion.

The security androids had not reported anything special either, and were still patrolling normally at this very moment.

‘Was there a problem with the design…’

Hong Seo-yeon goes down, pressing her temples with her palms. The high heels make a loud noise, but there is nothing to be afraid of. The fact that the doctor is alive means that the other party intends to ‘negotiate’ with her.

If you want money, give it to me. The way to get the money back is too easy for Hong Seo-yeon. I don’t know what kind of idiot would take a hostage and threaten a future company, but there are plenty of ways to plant a virus or track a location.

Sometimes there are guys who pretend to be smart and ask for cash, but that’s the same thing. In Neo Seoul, she had hundreds, thousands of eyes and even more hands to use.

“…Helen.”

Hong Seo-yeon, who came down from the rooftop, calls Dr. Helen one last time, but she doesn’t answer until the end. She finally reaches the room where she gives orders to her pet girl, and swallows once without opening the door right away.

‘Idiot.’

She had a drone. It’s not for nothing that she says she has thousands of eyes. She sniffs softly and steps back as she senses the ‘vital sign’ waiting outside the door.

With a snap of the fingers, as if conducting an orchestra, the drones formed a wall and aimed their mounted guns in the direction of the bio-signals.

“Aren’t you taking me too lightly?”

He spoke, hoping the other person would listen, and snapped his fingers. A bright blue flame shot out of the gun’s barrel, and in an instant, the vital signs stopped.

“Huh..”

Hong Seo-yeon snorted softly as she opened the door with her hand and came in, as even red blood flowed out through the crack in the door.

“Let’s see what kind of idiot challenged the future company?”

Pushing her hair behind her ear, Hong Seo-yeon looks at the woman sprawled on the right side of the door.

She had long, blond hair and was wearing a black body suit.

“Oh, I guess that’s the rat I almost caught in the shopping mall last time. They say he’s a famous troubleshooter in Incheon, but I guess there’s nothing you can do about someone from the countryside?”

Hong Seo-yeon snorts and turns her body to the right, grabs her golden hair and slowly lifts it up. Her face hardens for a moment as she realizes that it is lighter than she thought.

“Wait… This…”

The body lying on the ground was not a shower. She was wearing her black bodysuit and was even holding a gun in her hand, but it was not a shower.

It was just another ‘pet girl’ with golden hair. Even though it was a successful project five years ago, Hong Seo-yeon was not stupid enough to not even recognize the face of the product she had created.

“No way this is…”

“Of course it’s bait!”

The rain that appeared with a shout was right behind Hong Seo-yeon on the left side of the door. She was wearing a black raincoat over her head, and glittering powder and such were flashing on the surface of her clothes without any real effect.

“This… little rat…!”

Hong Seo-yeon turned around quickly, but Sonagi’s gun was faster. Ta-da-da-dang! With a loud noise, a red flame shot out from the muzzle.

“Ugh..!”

The body of a woman who seemed to be the president of a future company swayed backwards violently. Thanks to the drones that had quickly arrived, there were no bullet holes in her body, but blood was flowing from her earlobes and cheeks.

“This… bitch…”

“It’s not over yet..!”

Sonagi, who had heard Jihoon’s plan from start to finish, knew that this would happen. She took out the electric grenade tied to her waist and threw it at Hong Seoyeon without any hesitation.

“Ugh..! Do you think I’ll get scammed again?! Do you think I look like such an idiot!”

On the other hand, Hong Seo-yeon laughs.

There’s no way she wouldn’t know about the electric grenade, which even has a blue label on it. She wears a drone and uses the drone’s body to block it instead of holding it with her hands.

─Phase jjik!

A few drones naturally fall from the sky as blue electricity bursts out. In that brief moment, the flow changes. Now, Hong Seo-yeon can attack Sonagi.

“I need to know which kid ordered this…!”

Hong Seo-yeon, who shouted with eyes full of venom, blatantly aimed for Sonagi’s arms and legs, not her vital points.

“Ugh..! Really..!! There was no need for this to go as you said…!”

Tadatang! Tadang! Drumroll! A chilling sound that would make your stomach churn followed Sonagi’s footsteps, and she barely managed to hide behind a pillar and took out a remote control from inside her raincoat.

“Ha.. Come out now. Come out now! What kind of bastard are you? What kind of bastard are you? You ordered me to do this!!! My little brother, right? Right! My little brother again! Me…!”

“There’s no such thing! Let’s see if I can ask questions while stuck on the ground!”

“Another prank…!”

As soon as she hears Sonagi’s words, Hong Seo-yeon takes action.

She expects bullets to come from an unexpected place and stretches her arms and legs toward the drone. At that moment, the bomb placed on the ground explodes.

“Ugh….!”

The flames were not the problem. The floorboards and concrete that made up the room were broken into pieces and fell on Hong Seo-yeon. A terrible sound of “thud thud!” was heard, but Sonagi did not let down his guard.

‘Ji-hoon said that he wouldn’t die even if he was attacked like this. I don’t know what on earth made him think that…’

Sonagi swallows and looks into the interior of the white smoke rising.

‘Wow…shit..!’

Sonagi, who confirmed that Hong Seo-yeon was still alive in the thick cloud of dust, urgently turned his face inside the pillar. To his surprise, Hong Seo-yeon’s limbs were intact, even though the bomb exploded at her feet.

She stood on two legs.

“Ha.. Ha, haha. Who has such good hair? I really want to take you to my company…”

Hong Seo-yeon walks through the air, pushing back her dusty hair. To be exact, her limbs are equipped with drones. A suit made of steel, like something out of a science fiction movie, protects her body.

However, her two legs were not flying as smoothly as expected, perhaps because they had been damaged by the bomb that exploded under her feet.

“How much is this…”

Hong Seo-yeon mutters and walks to the pillar where Sonagi is. The clanking, clanking sound sounds dangerous, but Sonagi calmly swallows and waits.

“Are you giving up now?”

“No, there’s something called a plan.”

Hong Seo-yeon was already close enough to grab Sonagi’s head with her hand. Strangely, Sonagi took out the gun on her waist and aimed it in an unprofessional manner.

“Ha..”

Of course, a gun like that wouldn’t be enough to destroy Hong Seo-yeon’s drone suit. With a dull bang, the bullet was blocked by her palm.

“Is this the end? That smartass… . Ah… yeah, this is it?”

Hong Seo-yeon, who was speaking, checks the vital signs displayed on the HUD and turns around. There stands ‘Lee Ji-ah’. She stands as if she will shoot the gun she is holding at Hong Seo-yeon at any moment.

“Ah… Is this really the end?”

With the most disappointed expression in the world, Hong Seo-yeon lightly snapped her fingers. That was all, but Lee Ji-ah lowered the gun she was holding in her hand.

“Stay right there. You shouldn’t hurt Mom, right? You’re smart. You have a good idea. Trying to use him to kill me… Ha…”

Hong Seo-yeon clapped her hands lightly, pushing her hair back. It was a sincere compliment to hear that her idea was good.

“Ha.. You won’t kill me?”

“What?”

Hong Seo-yeon is a little embarrassed by Sonagi’s smiling face even in this situation and answers.

“The clone behind you… I could hack into it and make it kill you.”

“Ha… ha, hahaha!!!”

Hong Seo-yeon laughed happily at how funny that was, and then lightly slapped Sonagi on the cheek.

“Don’t be ridiculous. Do you know who wrote those programs? It’s me! The president of a future company! Hong Seo-yeon! It’s not something a country girl like you can hack! Do you know how many programs are uploaded there?”

“Ugh… My hands are so dirty…”

“Speak up when you can. There’s no way a country bumpkin like you could touch a future company. I’ll make sure to find out who ordered you to do it.”

“So you’re saying you won’t kill me?”

“What do you want to hear? If you can hear me with just one finger movement, why kill me when I’m not stupid?”

Hong Seo-yeon laughed and tried to slap Sonagi’s cheek once more. However, Sonagi avoided his touch, turned her body to the right, and reached out with her hand.

“It would have been better to kill him.”

Ji-hoon, who helped Sonagi up by holding her hand, had a smartphone in his hand.

“Take off”

It was a very simple order from Ji-hoon, and the effect was simple. Lee Ji-ah threw the gun she was holding on the ground, ran to Hong Seo-yeon, and started to take off the drone she was wearing.

“What, what are you doing? Don’t let go of this?! You! Why are you listening to that guy! Stop it! Stop it! Mom said so!”

“No! Keep going!!!”

Lee Ji-ah’s hand, which had paused for a moment, moves again the moment she hears Sonagi’s words. Hong Seo-yeon, who immediately sees how the situation is going, looks at Ji-hoon instead of Lee Ji-ah. Then, she frowns after checking the smartphone in her hand.

“You.. You, how..!! There’s no way you could hack..!!”

Hong Seo-yeon tried to somehow move her body wearing the drone to throw Lee Ji-ah off, but it seemed impossible.

Lee Ji-ah’s body was not a ‘normal human body’, but a modified body that had undergone cyberware treatment. It was clear that she could exert several times more strength than a normal woman, and she knew how to take off the drone, pulling it apart very skillfully.

“Over there..! Ugh..! Shit..! Ugh…!!!”

When the drones on his right and left hands were taken off, all that was left were the broken ones on his two legs. Removing them was honestly easy enough for Ji-hoon to do.

“Ugh..!”

“See, am I right? I said there’s nothing but this girl drone.”

Ji-hoon shrugged his shoulders slightly and pointed at Hong Seo-yeon. There was no need to use the last resort he had prepared.

“Ha.. haa, haa… Is it fun?”

Hong Seo-yeon, cornered in the room, looks truly pitiful. The stockings she is wearing are all torn and tattered, and the black skirt and jacket she is wearing are also a mess, scorched by the fire.

The hair that I paid a lot of money for at the hair salon was completely messed up, soaked in dust and sweat. On top of that, Sonagi even took out a submachine gun and aimed it at me without thinking…

“What.. do you want to do this for? Huh? To be honest.. my brother made me do it? He’s still…”

“What should I say, Jihoon? Do you want to do it with this person too?”

“Hey.. Well, that’s true. But isn’t it a bit too much from the beginning?”

“Then shall we start with money? I wish I had more money. When I go back home, I will buy a rather expensive TV. Should I buy an Android?”

“….”

Unlike Hong Seo-yeon, who was momentarily dumbfounded, Ji-hoon and Sonagi began to talk earnestly.

“Are you stupid? What are you going to do if you take the money? This crazy bitch will track us down and try to kill us again.”

“Then what, what are you going to do? Can you hack this woman?”

“No, it’s still going to be hard because ICEBreaker’s level is still low, but hey, how about this? Take her to Mr. Damon and change her chip to another one.”

“Uh.. That seems a bit difficult, but I’ll just use the electric grenade I have…”

A man and a woman are talking shamelessly in front of each other.

Of course, Hong Seo-yeon couldn’t help but be angry.

“This is fun… I think I won…? So what. Are we deciding on a prize or something? The two of us? This is a couple I want to kill…”

“Well, you could say that. But Hong Seo-yeon. You lost. Can you win? Even though she can’t hurt us, her mother, she can take off her clothes or hold her hand, right?”

Sonagi speaks and waves his hands.

“And even if you get shot in the arm or leg, your life won’t be in danger?”

It was Sonagi who was trying to do to Hong Seo-yeon the same thing he had tried to do to himself.

“Ha.. haha… Okay. Then I can’t help it. You little rats…”

Hong Seo-yeon got up from her seat, staggering.

Of course, Sonagi kept aiming his gun, but he didn’t care.

“Come out now!”

“…”

The moment Hong Seo-yeon shouted, Ji-hoon laughed softly.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but all the pet girls here listen to me.”

“No, that doesn’t matter at all. I don’t need them”

Hong Seo-yeon shouts once more and steps back.

At that moment, there was a loud thud in the building and the sound of glass breaking could be heard.

“Hey, Kim Ji-hoon! Are you sure?!”

“No.. I’m sure. I’m not doing anything!!”

“Then what is that sound you hear outside!”

“Of course outside..? What the fuck! Hey! Get down! It’s raining!”

Ji-hoon shouts and grabs Sonagi’s waist, pinning her to the floor.

A loud noise that seemed to rip my eardrums in that split second.

─Tadadang! Tadadang!

As the gunfire ends, the sound of huge chunks of iron moving can be heard.

“Orders.”

A rough voice is heard, and an android appears, shoving its body through a wall riddled with bullet holes.

Machines wearing round helmets. Huge guns that could be used in war right away were in their hands.

The bright red sensors were flashing, and the eyes of the machines working tirelessly were looking at Hong Seo-yeon.

“Kill them all! Damn it! Kill them all!! Kill all these bastards!”