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by adminEpisode 145 – Welcome to Yeon-guk 8 -
Homunculus.
Although it has a human appearance and acts like a human.
A doll that has no soul and just follows along.
Unlike on Earth. Because the concept of soul exists and has been proven on this earth.
AI is free from the same human rights issues as humans.
Even if they imitate the same thing.
Even if it means feeling pain and emotions.
In the end, it’s the same without a soul.
“… ”
The saint of healing must have thought so too.
A living being born through human methods, not the methods given by God.
A soulless, high-intelligence life created as a result.
A sin of creation that must be eliminated.
However, upon seeing that, the face of the healing saint shook.
She may also be a homunculus, but it would be her first time seeing the real thing.
‘no. Now that I think about it, he actually behaves well, doesn’t he? ‘Is this really a homunculus?’
no. It might be wrong to expect consistency from a psychopath in the first place.
“Really… person… Looks like it.”
“It’s no different from a real person. It was designed so that it could never be distinguished using the cognitive method of sight.”
What is the difference between a homunculus and a real human?
there is no answer.
To be more precise, there is no distinguishing meaning.
We can never know that fact with our five senses.
This is similar to how humans cannot actually see electromagnetic waves, infrared rays, or ultraviolet rays.
Even if something has changed in the meantime, nothing has changed from a human perspective.
‘Of course, it may be possible if you use the ghost sword technique, but… ‘It’s too dangerous.’
A homunculus is a machine created to function exactly like a human without a soul.
The body is no different from that of a human being.
It’s no different from a human, but it doesn’t have a soul?
In the worst case scenario, I could be trapped inside.
‘There’s no need to gamble.’
Anyway, the probability that this being is not a homunculus is as good as none.
“For now, let’s open our mouths. Because you have to be able to speak.”
“Is it really necessary? Let’s just kill it. They said we were going to go to that company anyway. If the creator himself took the initiative, wouldn’t it be better to do so because the homunculus problem would be solved?”
“First of all, that’s not the problem, Lucas. It doesn’t matter as long as the homunculus found it when it was killed. It’s just a mistake.
But the problem is that this homunculus was captured. That means something intervened.”
Someone has tied up this supposed homunculus.
The real person was left dead.
Something that couldn’t have happened naturally.
That’s why you need to know exactly what the person creating this situation wants.
“There are many possibilities. First of all, since the body will be found someday, they may be hoping that someone will find the body and report it to Cakill.
If Caquil starts investigating, he will naturally find a bound homunculus.”
“Is that so?”
“There’s more than that. They may be aiming for that and trying to make people think of real people as homunculi. Maybe they just kept the homunculus for a while.”
“That doesn’t make sense.”
“I know. There is no benefit to be gained by making people mistake you for a homunculus. Anyone who could create a situation like this would just kill them and report it to Carkill.”
“Storage also makes no sense.”
“These are just some of the possibilities. Because in such possibilities, something truly plausible will emerge.”
Since ancient times, humans have wanted to fly in the sky.
Everyone said it was impossible.
But humans did it.
After breaking through the most efficient flying bird on Earth, I managed to escape the planet I live on under my own power.
If you don’t act or think, nothing will change.
So you have to do it.
It was then that the gag in his mouth was removed.
“ character. Please tell me. Who are you? And who tied you up?”
“Me, I’m human!!! That person is my older brother!!”
“Oh? You’re saying something obvious. Since my ears weren’t blocked, let’s say that’s possible. Are you saying they are identical twins?”
“No! I’m not an identical twin! He just looks a lot like my brother!”
Genes are great.
There are cases where children and parents look alike.
There are cases where brothers look identical.
Sometimes, there are cases where they are so similar that it is difficult to tell them apart unless they are really each other.
Since identical twins are not common, they seem to be insisting that they are at least common siblings.
There aren’t many brothers that look alike like that.
“Then say it again. This is Yeon-guk, so you have to prove it, right?”
“My brother’s name is Ian. My age is 43.”
“You don’t think that’s all it takes, do you? Even if that person’s name is Arthur Tantalota, we don’t know if it’s real or fake. Because the first impression is of a person who is a corpse.”
“Birthday is June 27th! Cancer! Check the calendar! Because your birthday will be out in the open!”
Due to the characteristic of homunculi that they perform body snatching.
Of course, you will know the information about the target to be snatched.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t check it.
I immediately looked around and pretended to search.
“Is this it?”
Then suddenly Lucas opened his mouth.
A calendar was revealed, left roughly unattended in one corner.
It was clearly written there.
birthday.
“I think everything is correct?”
Birthdays are also special for Yeonguk people.
In Yeonuk, the older you are, the better you survive.
So the older you are, the better you are treated.
A birthday when you turn one year older is bound to have a special meaning.
“You can remember your brother’s birthday! Don’t tell me what to do just because you don’t remember! For Yeonguk people, birthdays have a very special meaning, even if they don’t know any other anniversaries!”
His argument is reasonable.
At first glance, it seems correct.
If the zodiac sign for June 27th is Cancer, it is also correct.
So it’s a problem.
“But… I really have a question.”
“Well, what… !”
He smiled and answered the question.
“Hey. Lucas.”
“Why?”
“Do you know when my birthday is?”
“What? that… Isn’t it March?”
“What is my zodiac sign?”
“What was the constellation for March? With a water bottle… Which fish was it?”
I feel confident once more through Lucas’ reaction.
That man is a homunculus.
“Nun.”
“Yes?”
First of all, there was no need to inform that homunculus that the healing saint had arrived.
She was given the title nun.
After all, she was a nun before she was a saint.
It wasn’t particularly wrong.
He continued talking.
“There will also be a nun in charge.”
“Yes.”
“Do you know his birthday?”
“Of course I remember it.”
“Then the constellations are… What?”
“Uh… that… ?”
It was clear from the reaction.
Even if it was Lucas, he could do that.
This is clear from the reaction of the healing saint.
A normal human would not even know the other person’s constellation.
“ character. You’ll see… Other people also remember birthdays. however… Are you talking about constellations?
The constellations are confusing even if you just divide them by the months… But how could we know right away? Yes?”
“That’s because I know the constellations well… ”
“Really? Then, your name, age, year of birth, and zodiac sign. Tell me everything.
If you know about constellations, of course you do, right? Please quickly tell us why you are there.”
“My, my name is… !”
Even if you have been instilled with knowledge in advance. New knowledge cannot be created.
New identity, birthday, year, zodiac sign. Can you think of all of this at once?
Even if you say your name and birthday are easy. Things will start to get messy starting from this year. There is no answer to the constellations at all.
You may know your own Chinese Zodiac sign, but do you know the Chinese Zodiac sign of someone who is one or two years older than you?
First of all, I don’t know.
“Look. There’s no way you could know. Of course, the only thing I remember is the memory of that person.”
There was nothing surprising.
Because there is no way a spy could say he is a spy.
Since they are made similar to humans, they have a desire to survive, so they will struggle even more.
If it is revealed that he is a homunculus, it will eventually come to an end.
“Well, I was just too embarrassed to say anything. I’m real! I had been starving for several days to begin with! ”
A man who claims to be mentally and physically weak in order to survive.
In fact, because memories are irreversible, memory loss can occur in extreme situations.
To begin with, there is a human with amnesia named Lily next to him.
It wouldn’t be right to not believe that it’s just suspicious.
“Really?”
“That’s right!”
He must have felt some hope when he saw me and tried to do whatever he could.
But what can I do?
I found a way long ago.
“That’s right. This is just an opinion and cannot be physical evidence. A nun cannot dare to arbitrarily control people’s lives. If you are a real person, you are committing a mortal sin.”
“Ma, that’s right! You’re going to make your priests into sinners… !”
He struggled, holding the healing saint in his mouth.
The healing saint looked at herself and began to worry.
This is because the reaction was so genuine that it could have been a real person.
“But it’s not very useful.”
Because there is solid physical evidence.
He said that in confusion.
“Physical evidence? What is that… ”
Sure~
Grab his face and point toward his chin.
There was a clear dot there.
Other people expressed doubts about that appearance.
The healing saint, who had studied medicine to some extent, immediately recognized what the problem was.
“Nun? Looks like you figured out what the problem is?”
The healing saint turned away from my horse and ran straight to the corpse.
What she confirmed was… It was exactly the same location I pointed to, the left chin.
Only then did the man understand the situation.
No, the homunculus looked at the saint with trembling eyes.
The saintess had cold eyes that were incomparably colder than before.
I just opened my mouth.
“It’s the same. There is a dot in the same location. How do you explain this? Homunculus.”
“What does that mean? Sister! I am truly human… !”
“… Even though they are identical twins, their moles do not look exactly the same. Identical twins are formed when the same lens separates. And the point is… It is an acquired condition.
Even though they are identical twins, their moles are not the same. There are many cases where foreign substances get stuck and cause spots to form. But the fact that there are similarities in the same location… ”
It means that it was made according to “.”
The outcome was decided.
Even for identical twins, the location of the mole is not the same.
In fact, because it is such a minor difference, people cannot distinguish it well unless it is on the face.
However, family members may know the location of the mole.
Also, since we live together for a long time, there is a chance of seeing the mole even if it is in a specific place.
Of course, it is essential to copy everything to avoid arousing suspicion.
It was the same for him too.
No, it doesn’t matter if you struggle.
That corpse has quite a few intact parts.
We just need to check how many different parts there are.
“Ah… . ah… !”
The homunculus must have intuited his own conclusion.
He had a mesmerized expression.
Unfortunately, I am also a fake.
This is the result of being programmed to make this kind of facial expression in these situations.
“Aaaa!!!!!”
A homunculus running towards you with a huge scream.
That reaction alone determined the outcome.
“Kwaaa!!!”
However, his small rebellion did not yield much results.
I am a knight. A Qigong master who uses the source of life to control my body.
Even a single homunculus can be dealt with without any problem.
Anyone who uses a homunculus for combat would be a fool in the first place.
“Homunculus… ”
Lily didn’t think anything of it when she finally met the homunculus.
He showed a complicated expression.
Does he still think he is a homunculus?
You can listen to it later and just listen to your thoughts.
Anyway, I’m not digging into all of Yeon-guk’s secrets.
All I have to do is keep my promise to the saint and obtain the dragon body and moon blood.
“Now you can’t do anything. So it would be better to speak softly. Because you are treated like an object and not a human being.
This nun will also not be indifferent to you no matter what she does to you.”
“Huh. I guess you don’t know much about homunculi. Did you really think I would reveal information through torture? If so, it would be a waste of time. I recommend quitting.”
under.
Do you really think I’m stupid?
“Really. I have a question.”
“What is it?”
“Did you think I knew nothing about homunculi?”
He spoke directly in a very scary voice.
“What is that… ?”
“No matter what. What you did cannot be forgiven. But you know what?
Because you were created in the same useless way as humans… When torture occurs, people feel pain and fear.”
“Well, that’s why… Do you think I’ll say it?”
“Ah. In general, this would never happen. however… Your body is human.”
And the human body can never defeat the mind.
I said so.
It’s unfortunate, but the most important thing to create a homunculus was.
It will be exactly the same as humans.
Humans have not yet fully understood the human brain.
So, without understanding the human brain, I just copied it.
I had no choice but to control it through gaslighting by inserting memories.
This is like a primitive man who discovered fire, but did not know the principles of fire and only knew how to use it.
Since I don’t know how to make fire, all I can do is use the fire that comes naturally.
Since we don’t know how fire starts, it may be okay under control.
A fire can spread or go out for reasons they are not aware of.
Because they don’t even know the principle.
“Don’t talk nonsense. Do you think I would believe that?”
“There are also examples. There was a man who was born with a body that could not feel pain. The man didn’t feel any pain.”
He snorted, probably thinking that talking about pain-freeness was talking about torture.
But unfortunately, my words were not about torture.
“But why? That person felt pain at some point. It’s terminal cancer and a compound fracture of the pelvis.
The pain from these two was so extreme that the pain was transmitted to other nerves that were not responsible for pain.”
“What does that mean?”
“The human body is not something fixed like yours. It creates a path fluidly. If you completely understood the brain, you could have prevented it… You couldn’t do that, right?
ruler. What you have is a human body. Can the instinct of a homunculus, which uses a specific method to create a new path for such a body, overcome?”
“Do you think it will work?”
“What does it matter whether it works or not? The result is decided anyway.”
“What… ?”
“Ah. I guess you don’t know much about it because it’s a homunculus. To put it simply… ”
To push fear.
He said with a crooked smile.
“There is no such thing as failure. Because we won’t stop until we find out who’s behind you or until you reveal the information.
Failure begins with giving up. We have no intention of giving up, so why do we fail?”
Of course, you don’t have to do that for the rest of your life.
Because we all know who the problem is anyway.
The only reason we do this is to create plausibility.
In the end, I succeeded in telling all the information.
So, this is to create evidence that I have learned relevant information.
The body snatching that took place in the small house was eventually stopped by something.
It was discovered by us and ended simply.
Now, back from my brief misdirection.
It was time to get back to normal.
“ character. Mr. Lily. First, let me report this body. If I leave this any longer, there could be a mess.”
“Are you planning to say that the homunculus is the culprit? Then it will be taken away, right?”
“First of all, the cause of death is suicide. Just because no one else has come to visit this person, it seems like no one lives with him.”
“You might think so because Kakill is not preventing murder, but preventing funerals. Even if you commit murder, there is no reason not to report it.”
“That’s right.”
Lily immediately prepared to report.
Since there is no communication modification in this country, you have to go and report it in person.
Because it is completely anonymous. There is no need to worry about the murder being revealed.
The healing saint and I decided to create a space to interrogate the homunculus in this ownerless house.
When things were progressing steadily to the next schedule.
“A new item has appeared in the Dome of Creation!!!!”
A new wind was blowing through this land.
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