episode_0067

If there is a physical entity, hacking is easy.

Trinity’s ‘body’, visible through the sunglasses, was definitely capable of uploading a program. With a snap of a finger, Trinity could be controlled at will.

‘There’s no need to talk at length.’

It took a long time to get here.

Ji-hoon decided to use the power of the cyber hypnosis app without hesitation.

[Answer Kim Ji-hoon’s questions unconditionally and truthfully] [Duration: Forever]

“Ms. Trinity, why did you bring us here?”

Now that I’ve been hypnotized, it’s a piece of cake.

Ji-hoon was able to eat with peace of mind.

Hong Gil-dong, who didn’t know the situation, looked a little nervous, but at least he didn’t think the machine gun hidden in this room would come out, so he put down the hand he had on the gun.

“To show you my true self.”

“…Are you insisting that the triangle floating on the monitor is you?”

Ji-Hoon hears a different story from what he expected.

‘what …’

Clearly, she was under hypnosis. The program had been uploaded, and just in case, she checked the program uploaded to Trinity’s ‘body’ several times, but it was the same.

Hypnosis is in effect.

“That’s right. Everything in this room is me.”

“All of you? If you make jokes or puns, I can’t give you any money either.”

“Sis, if you have any circumstances, it would be better to tell me in detail.”

Despite Hong Gil-dong’s serious words, Trinity on the monitor remained silent.

“Mr. Trinity, who is that person in that room?”

Jihoon asks again.

“Are you Trinity speaking on the monitor?”

“yes”

“Are you the person lying on the bed over there on the other side of the wall?”

“It looks like you’ve scanned it. I’m the one behind the wall.”

“What about Android?”

“That’s me too.”

“That can’t be true.”

“I didn’t lie. Mr. Ji-hoon. Mr. Hong Gil-dong.”

Jihoon’s cyber hypnosis app is absolute. She can’t lie. But Trinity says that the monitor, the android, and the person on the bed are all her.

How did this happen?

“How could all three be you?”

Trinity answers Ji-hoon’s words without a moment’s hesitation.

“I controlled the Android remotely, and the me on the monitor and the me on the bed are both Trinity. Nothing more, nothing less.”

“…Please tell me exactly who the person behind you is.”

“It’s me. Trinity.”

The same story just keeps repeating itself. Ji-hoon finally sighed. He thought he would meet the net runner, but he ended up meeting a woman who was just playing with words…

“If you decide to show us your true self, please show us the person behind the wall.”

“Sis, please”

Hong Gil-dong also asked if this was the first time he had done something like this. Trinity seemed to be a little worried this time…

“Come in”

She gave her permission, thinking that since she had brought them this far, she would definitely get their money.

─Slurp

As the massive wall rises, the inner room becomes visible.

The first thing that caught my eye was the pure white walls. The walls strangely reminded me of a hospital room, and the room without a single window felt a bit like a prison.

There was a bed at the end of the room, but it wasn’t what Ji-hoon had imagined.

“…It’s a winter sleep center.”

A woman was lying on a state-of-the-art medical bed in a large, opaque chamber with opening and closing glass.

She was wearing an oxygen mask and had electrodes connected to her entire body.

That wasn’t the end of it. Various medical devices were attached to the woman’s body and were constantly moving, as if her body was horribly damaged.

─Beep, beep, beep.

The electrocardiogram machine in the corner of the room beeps nonstop.

It was proof that the woman in front of me was alive.

“Huh…”

Next to Trinity, who was lying in the hibernation chamber, was a famous potion known as ‘Soylent Red’.

There was a huge monitor on the wall, with some program running on it.

[Project Trinity]

[Consciousness upload progress 89%]

Ji-hoon clicks his tongue. It seemed like he knew what was going on and what had happened without Trinity having to explain it at length.

First of all, Trinity wasn’t playing with words.

“Mr. Hong Gil-dong, I think this woman is the Trinity we’ve been talking to so far.”

“Bro, why do you think so?”

In response to his question, Ji-hoon pointed to the monitor.

“This woman, her body is dying. It looks like she’s uploading it to the network.”

“That’s right, Ji-hoon. You have a good eye for detail. Or are you interested in this technology?”

Trinity did not deny it, she admitted it.

The android, who had been waiting in the area with the sofa, naturally entered the room and smiled.

“As you can see, Trinity is uploading its consciousness to the network.”

“Real bodies, networks, remote-controlled androids… . Oh, so that’s not a pun on the word “Trinity”? ”

Trinity smiled strangely at Ji-hoon’s disbelieving words.

『If the soul remaining in a body dying from an incurable disease is perfectly uploaded to the network, there is no need to call it Trinity anymore.』

Ji-hoon clicked his tongue as he watched her speak with a smile.

Every word coming out of her mouth was confirmed by a cyber hypnosis app. I checked her profile just in case there were other people manipulating the monitor and android, or other networks, but nothing changed.

Trinity didn’t lie.

This legendary netrunner was simply doing something incredible: uploading his mind, his soul, into a cybernetic.

“Ms. Trinity. Then let me ask you one thing. It’s a very important thing to check before giving me the deposit. ”

“Is it because the money you give me is money that you ask so many questions? Or did you come all the way here to ask those questions?

“I would say the latter.”

Ji-hoon smiled once, and Trinity also smiled slightly, as if she had expected it to some extent.

“Sis, have you ever received work from Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae of Mirae Enterprise?”

It was Hong Gil-dong’s question.

“Please answer truthfully.”

It was Ji-Hoon’s question that borrowed the power of the hypnosis app.

“Yes, there is. He personally requested that I hack Chairman Hong Seo-yeon’s replicant in exchange for a considerable amount of money.”

“As expected.. Since the work was given directly without going through a fixer, it seems that Hwalbindang couldn’t hear any rumors.”

Hong Gil-dong nodded at Ji-hoon’s guess.

I found the net-runner who had been given the job by Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae. It took some time, but considering that I was planning on finding all five of them, I could say that I was a little lucky.

“Mr. Trinity. We need your strength.”

“Sis, please”

“If you need my power, I’ll help you. My mind is almost uploaded to the network, so there is no network or electronic device that I can’t hack. But

』

Trinity gave a small smile.

Hong Gil-dong and Ji-hoon knew very well what would come out of her mouth.

“Do you need money?”

“That’s right. I need a lot of money.”

“Soylent Red is called a panacea… You can maintain your health just by taking it regularly”

“It’s not enough to cure an incurable disease. But I need to stay alive until my soul is fully uploaded to the network.”

“Money is going to be expensive.”

Trinity does not deny Hong Gil-dong’s words.

『If you want information on Mr. Hong Kwon-tae and hack into Ms. Hong Seo-yeon’s replicant… 1 billion would be enough.』

“….”

After hearing the outrageous amount, Hong Gil-dong silently rubbed his forehead with the back of his hand.

No matter how much prices rise, 1 billion is 1 billion. Hwalbindang doesn’t have that much money.

“Did you tell Mr. Hong Kwon-tae about this amount?”

“I asked the vice president for more money than this. He can pay.”

“Is Soylent Red the reason you have to make so much money?”

『That’s right. This project will take quite some time. You will need to continue taking Soylent Red to keep your hibernating body from dying.』

So if it costs a lot of money…

Ji-hoon briefly touched his chin. He already had a woman who could solve such problems in an instant.

“Why does it take so much time?”

“Because the technology to upload my soul to the network has not been perfected yet.”

“Conversely, once that technology is perfected, there will be no need to be obsessed with Soylent Red.”

Trinity doesn’t respond to Ji-hoon’s words right away.

“It’s a dreamlike story.”

“I happen to have someone who can solve that dreamy story for me.”

『There is still a lot of research to be done on the technology of uploading souls into cyber networks, and most of the technological advancements have been made by future companies.』

“As it happens, the smartest woman in that future company is on our side.”

『…』

Trinity was silent.

『I understand that Ms. Hong Seo-yeon has had an accident. Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae also asked me to adjust the replicants and move the bio IDs to prevent the stock price from falling.』

“That’s because the vice president used you to swallow up Mirae Enterprise. In other words, if you help us this time, the president of Mirae Enterprise will owe you a great debt.”

“That doesn’t mean she should help me with my research or technology development.”

“If she needs your strength right away, it’s a different story. Hong Gil-dong guarantees it, and I’ll ask you to do it.”

“oh my god”

Trinity is very embarrassed.

It was like a dream. If Hong Seo-yeon could help him upload his soul to the cyber network, the research that he thought would take a year or a hundred years could be completed in a matter of days.

Unable to contain her excitement, Trinity let out a tiny laugh.

“If that sounds too good to be true, I can connect you with Hong Seo-yeon right here.”

“No, it’s okay. If she wants to help me with my research, I’ll need her bio ID first.”

Trinity smiled and sent the android back to the charging stone.

“I will not receive any advance payment or compensation. Instead, I will make sure that Hong Seo-yeon will… ”

“Please help me. No, she will help me. There is nothing I can do right now.”

“Okay, I’ll send you an email with good news within 24 hours.”

As Ji-hoon made another promise, the power to the monitor that had been talking to Ji-hoon and Hong Gil-dong just a moment ago naturally turned off.

“…Is this the end? Mr. Hong Gil-dong.”

“That seems to be the case. They will automatically extract information about future companies from the cyber network and give it to us.”

“Can you do it? Seoyeon said it would be difficult.”

“Isn’t Sis a girl who will do anything to make money? She must have created a point where she can access Hong Seo-yeon’s replicant whenever she wants.”

Ji-hoon nodded his head at Hong Gil-dong’s words, thinking that it was definitely possible.

“Hmm…”

Before leaving the room, Ji-hoon looked at the ‘real’ appearance of Trinity, who was sleeping in the hibernation chamber.

She was beautiful, wearing a pure white hospital gown. However, she had an incurable disease, and her body looked so frail that she would die without a small medical device.

‘Without changing the body into a prosthesis… there are cases where such a method is used.’

Ji-hoon didn’t pay much attention and decided to leave the Trinity in the room as it was and go back to his house in Hong Gil-dong’s car.