episode_0074

“Chairman…! Now let’s go-”

“Are you pestering me like that because you think I’ll be late?”

Before the secretary could finish speaking, Hong Seo-yeon, who had neatly changed her clothes, opened the door and went out.

Unlike Hong Seo-yeon’s replicant, who had been looking quite uneasy for the past few days, Hong Seo-yeon, dressed in a stunning black suit, looked so good that it could be said that she had returned to her prime.

“Oh, it’s nothing. Mr. Chairman! I’ll prepare the vehicle right away.”

“Okay, don’t just stand there stupidly. Go and get ready quickly.”

The secretary smiled happily and moved, and Hong Seo-yeon lightly pushed her side hair behind her ear.

“Hong Kwon-tae…”

Since you know all about his plans, all you have to do is give him one nice hit.

Hong Seo-yeon, burning with revenge, was busy thinking about what would happen next.

* * * * * *

“Is it normal for new product launches to be this big…?”

“Of course. Honey, this is probably the biggest advertisement our future company does. How many products do you think will sell here? It’s bigger than advertising on the network all year long.”

“Huh…”

There were new product launch events like this in 21st century Korea. Could it be compared to the new product launch event held by Megacorp? Ji-hoon had a strange thought, and Hong Seo-yeon seemed more interested in hitting Hong Kwon-tae than in announcing a new product.

“Trinity, is Hong Kwon-tae attending today?”

“Yes, I have confirmed that he is already sitting in the official seat. It seems that he was looking forward to today.”

“If we had been just one day late, we would have been in big trouble. Right, honey?”

Hong Seo-yeon checks the new product in front of her with a satisfied smile.

There were indeed several cyberware implants prepared, but the first one to be seen was the arm.

There were a few muscular arms that didn’t match Hong Seo-yeon’s slender body at all, and a few slender arms that suited the woman’s body well. Below that, there were legs, and further down, detailed organs were on display.

“There are people who buy new arms and legs like this right away…”

“There are so many. There are many people who hate being left behind even for a moment. Especially, arms and legs are parts that cannot be hidden, right? It also feels like they are bragging about how much money they have.”

Hong Seo-yeon laughed and pointed to one of the cyberware prosthetic limbs.

The apricot-colored arm had a large logo of a future company engraved on it. When Hong Seo-yeon touched the HUD once, the logo disappeared and it looked like a normal arm.

But when I fiddled with the HUD again, I was back to a very cyberpunk-looking arm, with neon lights strangely flashing and the small parts that make up the cyberware prosthetic arm appearing translucent.

“…The model name is also displayed.”

Don’t you sometimes see people brag about the expensive phones they bought? These cyberware arms and legs also have that function. They have a display function that clearly shows the model name and the company that made it.

It was an action no different from showing the logo of a luxury bag.

“But if I buy a new cyberware implant, I have to throw away the original one, right?”

“That’s right, honey. Most of them are thrown away. In the first place, some of them are customized to the individual, so unless they are sold on the black market, they become waste. ”

“I wondered where the unlicensed, rip-offs could get cyberware implants…”

Megacorp makes new products that are outrageously expensive and sells them to the rich.

They buy new products that are released at regular intervals and throw away the ones they are currently using. Humans who rescue abandoned cyberware implants from huge dumps undergo illegal procedures.

It may sound ridiculous, but it was the natural flow of the cyberpunk world Ji-hoon now lives in.

The people who install the cyberware implants that are thrown away in the garbage dump do not have the economic power to purchase the products that Megacorp releases in the first place. They were not customers from the beginning. No matter where they received the illegal treatment, it was not a part-time job for someone like Hong Seo-yeon.

“So, honey, is there anything I can help you with? What do I need to do?”

“Honey, just sit back and watch. There’s nothing you can hack remotely from there. These are all standalone network products.”

Hong Seo-yeon looked at the products displayed in front of her for a long time.

‘What’s going on here…’

You can’t tell if it’s the thing that’s going to kill you. There’s a way to do it by taking the products apart one by one, but there were only three minutes left until the presentation.

That’s impossible. What good would it do to have some kind of program installed in the first place? There’s only one chance to embarrass Hong Kwon-tae.

I can control the replicant without any physical strain ‘now’, but… .

‘It’s obvious that your body will be overloaded. You should think that this is only your one chance to remotely control it… It’s only once or twice that you can help me…’

You have to make the most of every opportunity that will never come again.

Hong Seo-yeon thought and thought again.

How to feed the best herbal medicine…

* * * * * * * *

“Hello! Everyone, the genius of the future enterprise!! I am Hong Seo-yeon!”

Hong Seo-yeon, who appeared with a bright smile and flashy fireworks, was enjoying the new product launch event.

“Is this okay…”

Unlike Ji-hoon, who had an anxious mind, Hong Seo-yeon was so bright and cheerful that people who didn’t know her circumstances would think she was the same as usual.

She approached the cheerleaders who had just been dancing. Her arms were the new products that were being announced today, and she deliberately rolled up her sleeves to show the model names, and grabbed the cheerleaders by the waist.

“Everyone, what is the name of the product I’m introducing to you today?”

Hong Seo-yeon laughs lightly and lifts one of the cheerleaders with the strength of her right hand.

Since it was already a story, another cheerleader goes on top of that cheerleader.

In an instant, a small human tower was created by the cheerleaders on Hong Seo-yeon’s arms.

The cyberware arm with the neon sign flashing seemed to be able to easily withstand such things, and Hong Seo-yeon moved her right arm up and down as if exercising it.

Lifting six human towers with those smooth, slender arms of a woman, not those thick, muscular arms…

“Wow what the fuck… The implant Sonagi used was nothing…”

Temporarily enhancing human arms and legs using drugs and hormones was truly beyond comparison.

“It should be able to stop at least one tank, so it can be called a new product, right?”

Hong Seo-yeon smiled and lightly lowered the cheerleaders to the ground. Their legs, wearing skirts short enough to show their panties, were also obviously products of a future company.

‘Instead of muscular arms and legs… they’re advertising themselves as being thin and smooth on purpose. Why is that? Is it… trying to appeal to the fact that they’re different from other companies?’

In a way, it’s natural for muscular arms to lift huge weights.

But what if a woman’s frail arms, which can’t even lift a single carton of eggs, can lift six people?

That is something that transcends ‘human power’. It is something that breaks common sense and can advertise that the products of future companies are that great.

“You said that many people would be interested in this product, right? Oh, I wonder if you’ll hear a lot of criticism from the Ministry of National Defense because of this product.”

Hong Seo-yeon grumbles slightly and sits down on the chair. When she punches with her left hand and hits her thigh with a “bang!”, her two legs are separated.

Unlike the eyes, the arms and legs can turn pain perception on and off, so they don’t feel pain, and they confidently replace them with new products with flashing neon signs.

“The world has become so dangerous these days, hasn’t it? There are so many strange gangsters like CMP and others. Where on earth do they get their money from? They even drive around in armored vehicles. ”

Hong Seo-yeon smiled and showed off her new product, her new legs, which she had prepared with a cool look, and tapped them with her palm.

Waiting for her as she walked to the right of the stage was a small, yet truly enormous tank.

“Okay everyone…”

Hong Seo-yeon smiled, stretched out her right arm, and began to lightly push the tank. It looked like she was leaning against a tree with her arm.

“You can’t buy life with money, right? Oh, don’t worry. We’ll take care of that soon. But! You can’t die before that, right? If you die! You won’t be able to take money with you to the afterlife!”

─Whirring

The tank moves with the sound of its engine. It spews out black smoke and its tracks rotate slowly.

But he can’t push Hong Seo-yeon away.

“What the fuck… What the heck? This is…”

『At the last demonstration, it seems that Chairman Hong Seo-yeon stopped the tank using both hands and both arms.』

“Wow, shit, so this time you’re going to block it like that?”

Ji-hoon was dumbfounded, but he knew best that there was no trickery anywhere in the new product launch event.

The engine roared loudly in an attempt to somehow crush Hong Seo-yeon with the giant tank.

“You should live a long life with that wonderful body until you can buy eternal life with money, right? What do you think? This expensive oil-eating monster is nothing compared to the arms and legs of our company, right?”

As Hong Seo-yeon lightly farted, pure white smoke was gently emitting from her arms and legs, as if a steam locomotive was moving.

This was also a deliberate attempt to show that he had exerted a great deal of strength, and it must have really worked because people laughed and clapped their hands.

Hong Seo-yeon kept pushing until the tank stopped. This might have been Hong Kwon-tae’s trick. Fortunately, the tank stopped naturally, and after seeing the people inside get off, Hong Seo-yeon lightly shook her hands and reached for the drone on display.

“If I showed you the shield, I should show you the spear. Even if you have arms and legs that can stop a tank, it’s hard to stop a flying bullet, right? Right? Oh my… We’re not like the masters in martial arts novels. How can we dodge all the bullets?”

Hong Seo-yeon shrugs her shoulders and puts something on her waist.

“Is that the energy shield that Seoyeon mentioned earlier? I heard it’s really expensive.”

『That’s right. It’s something that ordinary people can’t even dream of. The electricity needed to charge it is also enormous.』

but.

No matter how expensive it was, it was still cheaper than the price of life. There were plenty of people willing to pay billions of dollars if they could just block bullets that could come from anywhere.

And this product is something that has always been around.

As time went by, the demonstrations became more aggressive and the performance was improved… but many people still find this part interesting.

Long ago there were pistols, then submachine guns, assault rifles, and even giant sniper rifles…

Hong Seo-yeon, who put on a surprise show by blocking most firearms, was planning to demonstrate this item again this year.

‘Now is the perfect time to die.’

Other than that, there was only a demonstration of the drone later, but now was the best time to decorate the title of ‘accident death’. So Hong Seo-yeon smiled and decided to make a move.

Of course, it was Ji-hoon who came up with the idea.

“Isn’t this the guy we always see? It’s not fun if you just increase the firepower and increase the timer like you always do, right? So this time…”

Hong Seo-yeon smiled and pointed to Hong Kwon-tae, who was sitting in the official seats.

“Let me show you that the performance has been greatly improved from 1-person to 2-person. Come on! Come on up. The legend of the future company! Vice Chairman Hong Kwon-tae!”

Hong Seo-yeon shouted with a smile, and the white-haired old man, who had never thought that this situation would come, was momentarily speechless.