episode_0072

“No way… You made all this in two days?”

Ji-hoon, who had just finished eating breakfast and taken a quick shower, couldn’t believe the sight before his eyes.

『Chairman Hong Seo-yeon’s work efficiency is superior to that of others. Since Ji-hoon procured all the construction materials and necessary items, completing this room was a piece of cake.』

“No matter what…”

Does this make sense? Ji-hoon scratched his head in disbelief.

Even if Hong Seo-yeon is good at her job, she can build a huge room and build all the computers and various electronic devices in it. Is it not for nothing that she is the president of Mirae Enterprise?

Ji-hoon was dumbfounded, but he calmly started looking around to see what the room was and what items were inside.

“Ms. Trinity, these monitors here are just monitors, right?”

“That’s right. It’s not necessary for the Chairman, but it was installed for emergencies and for Ji-hoon.”

“For me? Oh… Well, if Seoyeon logs in, I’m out… I don’t know what’s going on? ”

Ji-hoon’s question was not answered by Trinity. What other reason could there be?

‘Well… besides that, it would feel good if someone watched me give Hong Kwon-tae a good blow…’

Ji-hoon guessed roughly and turned his gaze away from the huge monitors that filled the wall, and this time pointed to the numerous wires and computers that filled one corner of the room.

Ji-hoon simply says ‘computer’, but in reality it was different. It was a computing device with various functions and each with a different name. In Ji-hoon’s eyes, it was just a computer, but…

“What’s this here? Well… It’s not just a computer, it looks like a server…”

“That’s right. The equipment here is a device that helps Chairman Hong Seo-yeon manipulate her replicants.”

“No, do you really need something this huge to just control it…?”

Wouldn’t it be okay to just roughly control it like you would a game character? Ji-hoon simply thought so, and Trinity smiled slightly as if she noticed his thoughts.

『Chairman Hong Seo-yeon created a replicant in preparation for his own death. It was set to be operated for about a year and then naturally destroyed. However, during the one year it was in operation, it had to look real to anyone…』

“If you didn’t physically hack like you did, you shouldn’t have been hacked in the first place, and even if you were hacked, you wouldn’t be able to remotely control it… Did Hong Seo-yeon set it up?”

『That’s right. Chairman Hong Seo-yeon’s meticulous personality has created this moment and is blocking our next step.』

After hearing the explanation, Ji-hoon nodded and then pointed to the large chair in the center of the room.

The black chair was designed to be comfortable to lie on, and was surrounded by a tangled mess of wires and devices.

‘I think I used all the cyberware implants I brought here?’

Clearly, the things Ji-hoon had brought back were artificial brains, prosthetic arms, artificial limbs, artificial lungs, and eyeballs, but none of them remained.

Ji-hoon had no idea what they were doing with all those implants that had been dismantled, but he could see one or two parts that looked like they were the ones, just like the CPU.

Still, compared to the other neatly organized devices, this chair looked quite crude. It was crude enough, but the black chair placed nicely in the pure white bathtub was really strange.

Are you thinking of turning on the water in the bathtub? Won’t you get electrocuted if you turn on the water? Ji-hoon was very worried.

“Honey, what are you looking at?”

It was the voice of Hong Seo-yeon, who appeared wearing only a pure white bathrobe.

“I was wondering what you were doing all night, so I was watching. And…”

Today is the day to give Hong Kwon-tae a little room.

It’s hard to believe that they’ve managed to prepare a room and equipment to control replicants in less than a week, but Hong Seo-yeon tells me that they’re ready to put their plan into action right away.

‘You said today was… the day to announce the new product, right?’

Hong Kwon-tae may destroy Hong Seo-yeon’s replicant today, or play with it a little longer.

But in the end, Hong Kwon-tae will destroy the replicant. He will either play with it until the end and destroy it, or kill it in a hurry and then bribe the reporters to tell a proper story.

So. Hong Seo-yeon wanted to somehow control her replicant as soon as possible. There was a reason she drank coffee all day to replenish her caffeine and worked without taking a break.

‘Well, me too… If someone were to use an android that looks exactly like me to do all sorts of crap and then kill them in front of the whole world, I wouldn’t be anxious… .’

Hong Seo-yeon looked at Ji-hoon once and smiled bitterly.

“I’m sorry, honey. We’re newlyweds… and we don’t do anything fun and I just work all day…”

“It’s okay. Isn’t it funny to say let’s hang out since you’re newlyweds when you’re in danger?”

Hong Seo-yeon smiles slightly at Ji-hoon’s thoughtful words. It was something she had hoped for, but it felt even better when she actually heard it.

“Ah… I think you were asking Trinity a few questions earlier. Should I explain the rest?”

“It’s better for me to know the strategy than to just have it in my head.”

Ji-hoon nodded. Of course, he could have found out about Hong Seo-yeon’s plan using a hypnosis app, but was it really necessary when she said she would tell him?

Hong Seo-yeon immediately reached out to the thing that Ji-hoon was most interested in.

“Honey, you’re a net runner. I thought you’d know what this was… but I guess you don’t?”

It was a tense moment, but Ji-hoon nodded anyway. It was true that he didn’t know.

“Well, you might not know because you do net running differently from other net runners. Anyway, this chair here is a device that helps you with net running. To be exact, you use this…”

Hong Seo-yeon gently patted the chair.

“You can see that it’s diving into the network.”

“…Do you think you can sit in this chair and hack your replicant, linking their senses and encouraging them?”

“That’s right. Netrunners need these huge chairs… auxiliary computing devices to do netrunning. Well, mine isn’t that great, but I know the replicants will keep trying to break the sensory link…”

“Do you need a system that automatically continues the link without you having to do any special calculations?”

Hong Seo-yeon nodded and took off the bathrobe she was wearing.

Her flawless, pure white skin and beautiful breasts immediately caught my eye. It was a slightly exciting moment, but neither Ji-hoon nor Hong Seo-yeon had any sexual thoughts.

“Do I need to wear clothes like this to do net running…”

『You don’t have to wear it, but it’s essential to wear it if you’re doing work that requires calculations above a certain number of values.』

Trinity answered, and Hong Seo-yeon started wearing the purple suit that Ji-hoon had been pointing at.

It looked similar to the black bodysuit that Sonagi was wearing, and both were identical in that they highlighted her body very clearly.

Another thing that stood out was that the purple suit Hong Seo-yeon was wearing had many holes. Instead of holes where you could put your fingers in and take them out, there were round ports all over the suit that could be connected to various wires and electronic devices.

“Whew… Did you gain weight…”

Hong Seo-yeon, wearing a purple suit for the first time in a long time, grabs and touches her lower abdomen, rubs her buttocks, and makes a dissatisfied expression.

‘In times like this…’

Ji-hoon naturally approached Hong Seo-yeon and hugged her from behind. He patted her shoulder without saying a word and rubbed her waist once.

“You’re just thin, but aren’t you just making up your mind because you’re nervous?”

“Oh, honey, you don’t know, you used to have some leftover clothes?”

“It seems like there’s still some left. ”

When Ji-hoon spoke, Hong Seo-yeon told him not to flatter her and hit his chest with her palm for no reason. However, after hearing that she was slim, Hong Seo-yeon’s worries about her slightly protruding lower belly disappeared.

“Women are like this,” Hong Seo-yeon thought to herself for a moment, then touched her lower abdomen a few more times before walking out of the room.

“Honey, help me move this.”

“What the heck…”

Ji-hoon, who had imagined moving one or two objects, was speechless when he saw the ice cube that Hong Seo-yeon was pointing at with her finger.

“I can’t believe this…”

“As you think, honey, you have to put all of this in the tub. Use some force. Can you do it?”

“….Let’s give it a try. What.”

Ji-hoon had to carry ice until it was full in the snow-white bathtub, just as Hong Seo-yeon had requested.

* * * * * * *

“Oh my… I feel like I’m going to freeze to death just looking at it…”

In the bathtub where each transparent ice cube was floating, there was Hong Seo-yeon. She was sitting on a black chair, and surprisingly, the chair, which was completely waterproof and was explained to help with net-learning, was intact even though it was emitting a flashing light.

“If you just connect up to this…”

With Ji-hoon’s final help, Hong Seo-yeon was connected to various wires all over her body. The feeling of numerous black wires being connected to various ports on Hong Seo-yeon’s neck, chest, arms, legs, stomach, buttocks, and legs created a truly bizarre atmosphere.

“Is this really safe…”

“Yes, honey. It’s common to do net running like this. When you do more than a certain amount of calculations-”

“Because your body gets hot. It’s common to jump on ice like this and put people on it and dive into the cyber network… I get that… .”

Still, it looked really dangerous. Ji-hoon couldn’t relax easily and just looked at Hong Seo-yeon.

Rather, Hong Seo-yeon, the person involved, completely prepared for net running by zipping up her purple suit all the way and tightening the choker around her neck as if this was nothing.

‘Isn’t this fucking killing me?’

If Hong Seo-yeon dies, there will be no food or shelter. Ji-hoon was anxious, but all he could do was help Hong Seo-yeon with her plan as much as possible.

Because the idea of helping the smartest genius in the cyberpunk world with your head was just too stupid.

“Then, I’ll start now. Honey, it’ll be over soon. In an hour, at the new product launch, Hong Kwon-tae… I’ll just give that old man a beating.”

“Don’t overdo it… Just make sure you don’t make mistakes…”

When Ji-hoon spoke with a worried voice, Hong Seo-yeon smiled, grabbed Ji-hoon’s shoulder, and kissed him on the lips.

“Chairman, from now on, we will use the prepared backdoor program to connect to your replicant.”

“Okay, Trinity. Let’s hurry up and finish that, too.”

Hong Seo-yeon spoke as if she was handling some light matter and then laid back down on her chair.

“I will start connecting now. Three, two, one.”

─Wooo…

As soon as Trinity finished speaking, Hong Seo-yeon’s body shook violently. The numerous computers filling the room also began to make loud noises and the temperature in the room strangely began to rise.

Ji-hoon, who had already heard the explanation that this was not a special situation, was still anxious and staring at the large monitor that was outputting the video.

『Backdoor program activated, access port opened, signal verification completed』

─Woof, woof

『Connecting… Connecting… Completed. Remote control program operation complete』

“Whew, well, fuck… . There’s a backdoor, so there’s no way something could go wrong.”

Ji-hoon sighed in relief and wiped his forehead with the back of his hand.

“It was successful. Mr. Ji-hoon, please check the monitor.”

As Trinity said, I looked at the screen, and the ‘vision’ of Hong Seo-yeon’s replicant was clearly displayed there.

“What? It’s better than I thought…”

I was nervous for no reason. Ji-hoon sat down on the chair with that thought in his mind.

“Hey… Hey, can you hear me? My voice?”

Hong Seo-yeon’s voice, which sounded a little uneasy, was heard by Ji-hoon and Trinity.

“Ah, I can hear you. Honey, I think I’m connected properly.”

“Uh… Well, huh, I don’t know how it looks from your side…”

Hong Seo-yeon pauses for a moment to consider her words and then lets out a sigh.

“I can’t see anything in front of me.”