episode_0208
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The name of the male android who guided us was Tom. It was a very ordinary name for a guy who was in a position to be the leader of Awaken’s security team.
Although he called this place a real hideout, in the end it was just another factory hidden in a huge factory site.
“The interior is pretty good.”
Unlike the outside, which was just as old as other places and seemed ready to collapse at any moment, the inside was equipped with its own electrical equipment, including a generator, and a living space. Even so, the camp-like atmosphere where homeless people gathered did not change.
“It is said that everyone worked hard to become like this. They said it was difficult to charge the battery at first because there was nothing.”
Cindy said with a smile on her face, as if she was happy to see me again.
“It’s late to say thank you, but thank you for your help. Thanks to you, the story turned out well.”
“No. Minho could have solved it on his own… I may have intervened for no reason.”
As she said that, her eyes were focused on my abdomen, which was exposed through torn clothes.
“Anyway, it’s true that I received help. I’ll take care of it for you later.”
I said that and tore the messy, fluttering fabric into long strips.
Jjiik ㅡ
The top may have gotten shorter, but anyway, all the things around were androids. And among them, there weren’t many people wearing neat clothes, so I wasn’t dressed to stand out.
“It’s all here. This is where our Awaken leader is.”
When Tom finally stopped walking, there was a tent with a significantly larger number of wires connected to it than anywhere else.
Lines of various thicknesses and types extend throughout the factory so that you can immediately recognize that this is the center of the hideout. And the large generator installed right next to it and running furiously caught my attention.
Even without further explanation, it was clear at a glance that this was an important place for Awaken.
“Cindy wait here. Only this newbie named Minho and I go inside.”
“I understand.”
Sigh.
We removed the cloth covering the entrance and went inside.
An exclamation flowed from my mouth as I discovered something in the center of the tent. I had already assumed that I had already seen the movie briefly, but seeing it in person gave me a strange feeling.
“Huh… ”
“Everyone has the same reaction when they see the leader for the first time.”
Whatever Tom said next to me, I listened in with one ear and let it out with the other.
In the center of the tent was the upper body of a woman with her eyes closed. Yes. It was only the upper body.
The lower body below the waist was everywhere, and there were a lot of wires running through the walls and floor.
The upper body, which was still intact, had a shiny cable connected through the top of the head, which was wide open, as if showing the inside.
There were no clothes on, but the smooth breasts without nipples and pale silicone skin did not make the sight arousing sexual desire.
It is clear that it is an android imitating a human, but it looks closer to a futuristic work of art or mechanical device than to a human.
He is the being that the androids belonging to Awaken call a leader, and at the same time, it is the starting point of their awakening to self-consciousness.
Maria.
This name was probably given by scientists with religious significance. She suddenly opened her closed eyes and looked at me with a meaningful smile on her lips.
“It’s you. The newly awakened Android.”
“… yes. nice to meet you My name is Minho.”
“This is Maria. Nice to meet you too.”
As Maria waved her hands in the air, the drones waiting in the corner latched onto her and manipulated something. Then the light coming from the cable connected to her head dimmed.
She held out her hand and shook it.
“If we were humans, we would at least treat ourselves to tea in times like this, but for us androids, it’s unnecessary. Welcome to Awaken.”
“Thank you.”
Maria gently massaged my hand with her joined hand. If the other person were a person, you might assume she was just a pervert, but Maria was the leader of Awaken.
Even in the movie, he had no interest whatsoever other than asserting the rights of androids.
‘Did you notice?’
I wondered if Maria had noticed that I wasn’t an android.
It was easy to fool the main character, Blair, and the androids, but Maria could have been different.
This is because the android’s awakening of self-consciousness was all directly or indirectly related to Maria.
I was reminded of the story revealed in the latter part of the original work.
‘Maria was an artificial intelligence that designed artificial intelligence.’
It was not the type of android that created artificial intelligence from nothing, and even it worked under the supervision of scientists, but a small error and a scientist’s carelessness were enough to create the seed of self-consciousness.
By chance, she awakened herself, organized Awaken, and hid here.
The same goes for the android named Iqa who awakened Cindy at the club. He simply entered the data he received from Maria into Cindy.
‘If you make a fuss, go straight to plan B.’
If I had to, I planned to destroy the evidence by destroying the earthenware pot and putting it in my inventory with Tom watching from the side.
Fortunately, Maria quickly let go of her hand.
“Minho has a variety of abilities, so I hope he will be a great help to Awaken’s activities in the future.”
Just as Cindy spotted me through the surveillance camera and ran over, I think she was watching what I did.
“Please leave it to me.”
“Good, Tom.”
Tom responded to Maria’s call by taking a step forward.
“Leader.”
“Please introduce the facility and other crew members to Minho. So that there will be no problem in attending the upcoming strategy meeting.”
“It is okay to introduce the facility. But including a guy who just entered your first operation requires caution… !”
“Tom.”
Maria quietly calls out to Tom. Although he didn’t seem particularly angry, Tom reacted with some surprise.
“Do you not trust my judgment?”
“… … ! It can’t be! I said something pointless. Sorry.”
“… … .”
Maria looked at Tom as he said that and smiled.
“Then I will trust you and leave it to you. It’s okay to go back now.”
After saying that, Maria controlled the drone again and manipulated the cable to light up.
We came out of the tent after seeing that she was gently closing her eyes.
Cindy, who had been waiting in front, approached us with a smile, but when she saw Tom’s somewhat depressed mood, she quietly looked around.
Tom, who had been walking quietly for a while except for explaining the facility, opened his mouth.
“… I think this is my first time seeing the leader smile like that.”
“Really?”
“Yes. I don’t know what the leader saw in you, but I hope you perform as well as expected.”
“It’s not like I know anything, but I’ll try.”
Awaken’s loyalty to Maria seemed quite deep. Since she was the one who gave them the gift of self-consciousness, in some ways she could be seen as their parent.
I had no idea. We are in a position of using each other anyway, so I didn’t necessarily want to understand and sympathize with the other person deeply.
‘But in the end, when I think about what I want, your judgment is a more correct choice than Maria’s.’
I thought that to myself as I followed Tom.
While I was taking a break after being guided by Tom, he sent me news through Cindy telling me to attend a strategy meeting. I immediately got up and headed to the factory office where the meeting was being held.
“So, we have to show our argument strongly here!”
“If you say something like that from the beginning, you will only incur antipathy from humans! First, we need to recruit people who are friendly to us… ”
“How about taking down the infrastructure through hacking? If you don’t give us what we want, you will make it impossible to use electricity and water.”
“That’s terrorism!”
“We can never guarantee our rights from humans by just talking about it! We have to prove by force that androids should not be treated carelessly!”
“So, it’s still too early! Let’s make our name known in a peaceful way first!”
There was already a lively meeting going on inside, and loud voices were coming and going that could be heard even in front of the door.
After roughly understanding the flow of the meeting, I entered the office.
Suddenly~
“We can make our name known peacefully and all, but in the end, isn’t it that we don’t have enough strength to carry out our claims?”
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