episode_0216
by admin
“Where on earth are you doing? !”
Blair Lovena, the female protagonist of New Kind and a journalist. She was currently fidgeting in her living room, biting her nails.
Normally, she would have been wandering the streets looking for news, but why is she still spinning around in her small house?
The cause was Minho.
‘Awaken I heard from Minho… ‘
Awesome information about a group of self-conscious androids. In order to hear the information in more detail, I put all other reporting on hold and waited anxiously.
This is because a serious safety problem may have arisen among the androids spread throughout Elysion.
‘The murder case at the club could not be reported because there was no evidence that the killer was an android… ‘
If we were to be honest, there was Minho’s testimony, but in the end, it was just words. The words of an android who even proudly lied to its owner.
Although the idea of an android lying was a novelty, it ultimately meant that it could lie not only to its owner but to everyone else, including Blair.
So Blair has been waiting for Minho to send additional objective evidence. If there is objective evidence that no one can deny, it proves that what he said is true.
Meanwhile, a major incident was reported on the news just yesterday. It was an incident where a group of androids attacked a factory.
The anchor said that it was the work of androids that caused a defect in artificial intelligence, but Blair, who had already met Minho and the self-conscious android, was able to notice the truth hidden behind it.
‘That Awaken has moved…’ ! What he said was true!’
Even before Minho contacted her, Blair found out that what he said was true through a major incident.
The problem is that Minho, who was said to be infiltrating Awaken, has not even sent her a single short message yet.
I thought about him and gave him an expensive security terminal with an anti-eavesdropping function, but he didn’t even say a word about such a big incident… It was quite unfair for Blair, who had not let go of the device even when sleeping or showering from that day on. Even her pride was hurt a little because she thought that the news delivered by Elysion’s official news channel was biased and the speed of reporting was slow.
‘At least reply!’
After sending dozens of one-sided messages, Blair felt like a woman obsessed with her ex-boyfriend.
However, Blair, who was proud of being a reporter, held back her anger and took out the terminal.
When she was stressed, she preferred to vent her anger in print rather than yelling or throwing things. Because of the nature of my job as a reporter, I was used to writing down text, and simply typing on the keyboard did not cause a nuisance to those around me.
One of the reasons she used this method was the easy cleaning up of all angry sentences that can be erased with just a click of a button.
‘I kept waiting, believing that the bad guys were contacting me, but why should I hear about it on the news? Isn’t this what those bastards you were talking about did? If you had told me in advance, I would have prepared too. There was no news about the information they said they would give me, and I didn’t even check the message. You said you became self-conscious, but have you already picked and learned only the things that are bad for humans? Or are you just in the same company as those who did Awaken or something? Reply, you bastard!’
She felt like her mind was calming down a little as she wrote a message while tapping hard on the screen of the terminal without any thought coming to her mind. And the moment I raised my finger again to delete the emotions that poured out without a filter, I suddenly looked at what I had written and opened my mouth without realizing it and muttered.
“Could it be that you really deceived me…? ?”
“Are you deceived? Did you get scammed by someone?”
“Huh!”
Blair suddenly screamed and fell down at the sound of a voice coming from behind her.
chin.
Fortunately, the owner of the voice held her arm, preventing her from falling awkwardly onto the floor of her living room.
“You have to be careful.”
“Uh, uh… ”
The man holding Blair’s forearm tightly was Minho, the android she had been anxiously awaiting news from just moments ago.
But maybe it was because I was so surprised.
“Ah… ”
Before she could express her joy, Blair lowered her head and checked her thumb pressing the transmit button on the terminal.
Tiringㅡ
It was at that moment that the message receiving tone rang on the terminal that Minho had taken out of his inventory.
Blair’s face turned pale when she heard that sound, as if she had been sentenced to death.
***
‘I was so shocked that even I was a little surprised. ‘Maybe you should have just knocked on the window from outside?’
I was currently sitting on the sofa in her living room with Blair, who was calming her frightened heart.
For a moment, I wondered why Blair was so surprised, but when I thought about it, it wasn’t such a difficult question.
Even if it were me, I would be startled if I suddenly heard someone’s voice behind me when I was alone in a house with no one around.
However, what was a little unfair was that I didn’t hide her presence on purpose. I just opened the window and came in, and she was writing something down on the terminal, so I just waited.
And even if she had knocked on the window from the outside instead of coming into the living room, the surprise would have been the same due to the nature of her house, which was on the top floor of the villa.
‘Isn’t it scarier that way? It’s like a ghost story about a person standing outside the window even though it’s not on the first floor… ‘
In any case, what we should be more concerned about right away was Blair, who seemed to be out of his mind as if he had been sentenced to death by society.
The cause is this.
It was because of the message she sent me full of resentment.
I displayed the message on the terminal screen and placed it on the table in front of the sofa.
“Well, it’s not that I don’t understand Blair’s position. It hasn’t been long since I found out about Awaken, and the guy who was said to be a spy and disappeared has been out of contact for a long time, and just looking at the news, a major incident was reported in which an android from Awaken was the culprit… ”
“… … .”
“Still, perhaps because I’m a reporter, I feel intimidated by the text, as if I’m being randomly punched with apnea. I guess you used to spend some time on the Internet.”
As expected, it was a travel destination with a science fiction background. Thanks to the translation function installed by default on the terminal, I was able to vividly read her anger.
Blair, who was lowering her head, muttered something.
“… Do it.”
“Yes? I can’t hear you very well?”
“… Do it!”
“Is the audio input sensor broken? Is there a good Android repair shop nearby?”
“US. not. sun! I’m sorry for the misunderstanding!”
After pretending not to hear several times, Blair screamed.
She was huffing and puffing, her face as red as a tomato, and she gave me a sharp look.
“But honestly, you didn’t do anything well either! Unless there is controversy, reporters tend to be forgotten by the public even if they take a short break… I took a break from work and waited for news… ! It’s that difficult to give a simple reply?!”
It’s not that what Blair said was wrong, and the fact that he didn’t tell us about the attack was purely intentional, so it can be overlooked.
Still, it was a decision I made because I was worried that she would come to the scene and get caught up in the situation, but perhaps because the main character is prone to insensitivity to safety, she didn’t seem to appreciate my concern for her own safety.
‘I need to push a little harder.’
I said while tapping the terminal screen with my index finger.
“No. You say you now believe that Awaken is real, but you doubt me for telling you that?”
“That’s… Because I already have a record of lying… ”
She retorted in a voice as if she had just gotten angry, glancing at the terminal and crawling back in.
“It’s too much, really. When we first met, he was worried that I might be discovered as a spy and be harmed.”
“Ugh.”
“If it had really been Awaken in the first place, there would have been no reason to bring in reporters since the police had all gone. Why would there be any reason to intentionally scratch and make a mess?”
“Ugh… ”
Blair, who looked as if she was being stabbed by a spear every time I spoke, responded softly.
“Sorry… ”
‘Is this enough?’
If you tease him more, he might explode out of shame.
I leaned back on the sofa, took a comfortable position, and forgave her with great generosity.
“Okay then. People can make mistakes in life. Anyway, now you believe that everything I said was true, right?”
“Hey… ”
“Why?”
“Oh, no… believe. Yes.”
Since I was talking to her in English, I never used honorifics, but English also has nuances.
Depending on the way you speak or tone of voice, the same words can be used to say something to a high-ranking person, or it can be a convenient thing to say between friends.
I decided to use this incident as an excuse to talk to her more easily.
Blair seemed to have tried to point out that fact, but she was so confused that she couldn’t finish her sentence. This is why people should not live in sin.
Blair, who took a moment to catch her breath, soon recovered her complexion and asked me.
“… So, why did you suddenly come here after no contact until now?”
“Oh, that’s right.”
As soon as I arrived, something interesting happened and I forgot why I came to see her.
I spoke lightly, as if I was talking about the weather.
“Sooner or later, Awaken will commit a large-scale massacre.”
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