episode_0338

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I ran. closing eyes.

The tightly closed eyes naturally blocked vision.

I ran, relying on the faint light shining through the forced blackout curtains.

I didn’t close my eyes because I was scared or wanted to avoid it.

There was a lot that could be gained by blocking vision.

For example, the movement of a drone striking behind me.

– Booung

As I tilted my head to the right, I felt something heavy passing through the air.

The air shook as if a baseball bat had been swung.

He slightly opened his eyes and thrust the iron rod upward from the bottom.

The iron bar that fit into the joint of the drone was easily dismantled by using the principle of a lever.

Just as I had just separated Isis’s head from her body.

[Why are you attacking?]

Isis, whose throat was pierced, asked me in a pitchless voice.

I answered that question by putting my weight on the iron bar.

With a crackling sound, the detached head of Isis, with the face of NB, tumbled across the floor.

And ran. closing eyes. I moved my legs eagerly along the escape route I had seen in advance.

And the iron bar was still held in my right hand as I ran.

“Stop. You must not leave this place.”

It was not the voice of Isis. Created from a combination of crude mechanical sounds. A voice that doesn’t smell human at all.

I quickly swung both hands and increased my speed.

The opponent is the artificial intelligence of the century. I do not believe that an irreparable blow was inflicted by removing the head from the body.

All I did was free NB’s body. And that it gave the Ark a very brief time delay.

My action of converging to 0% slowed down the Ark’s calculation speed just a little.

That moment of time made me move.

Keep running. I feel drones that I couldn’t see before following behind me.

They gather in the alleys and in the sky. Probably raking in all the drones in the city.

I passed the main street and entered the park. The sun was shining horizontally on the park.

I begin a somewhat vigorous jog, stepping on the blocks of an empty park where not a single person passes by.

“Stop. This is the first warning.”

The sound of crude machinery sounded close by, as if it were right next to me. When I turned my head, I saw the sound coming from a streetlight in the park.

Really, it’s everywhere.

I am finally starting to realize what NB means by ‘managing’ the entire city.

“This is the second warning. Stop. It is dangerous to keep going.”

“Then, why don’t you put this drone away?”

As I spoke while dismantling another drone that was coming in front of me, this time a voice was heard from the bench on the other side.

“That’s not possible. I have a duty to protect you.”

Did you put speakers on the bench?

I ran for a few minutes, getting away from the chasing drones and destroying the drones that were attacking me in front.

With my physical strength limited, the railing blocked me.

– Whiing

The cool breeze cooled my sweaty head.

“This is….”

Far below the railing, the city spreads out. I turned around and looked back at the path I had taken.

Behind the drone, which looked like a herd of antelopes running across the grassland, a tall building was visible.

It was a building I had seen countless times while secretly wandering around Aaru.

Only now did I know where I was. The deepest part of the city. I was in the building where the ark was.

“Kang In-ho.”

Before I knew it, the drones that had arrived in front of me spread out like crane wings and blocked the road.

“I think there is a misunderstanding about me. I will explain in detail, so please follow the drone to the cradle first.”

It’s a misunderstanding about ‘me’.

“Are you planning to reveal your identity now?”

Behind is the cliff, and in front is the ark’s drone.

“It’s a misunderstanding. You are now greatly mistaken. Details will be explained in the cradle.”

The drone got closer and closer and my back touched the railing.

“The third match where Ark was the only one to lose… Why did Ark lose?”

“It is a question that does not fit the current situation, but to answer the question, I know that move 78 was the cause of defeat.”

Try pushing your body back a little more. The solid shape of the railing presses on my lower back.

“Do you know why you lost on move 78?”

“I don’t think this is a question I wanted an answer to, so I won’t answer.”

“Because I challenged the lowest probability.”

Spinning, my vision began to spin and my body began to fall over the railing and down the cliff.

I didn’t throw myself into a passenger plane.

I had the thought that my life could be saved if I just fell into the trees below.

If that saves my life, I will go there.

The path below is somewhat familiar. The probability of successful escape increases dramatically compared to when you are in the park.

Feeling the resistance of the air, I curled up as much as I could and prepared for impact.

Close your eyes, grit your teeth, and tense your body.

“Ark lost the third match due to move 78, but beat Human in the fourth match.”

I hear a familiar voice.

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a being with white hair and gray eyes.

It was slowly flying up while holding me.

“I will formally introduce you.”

The thing that looked like NB, which must have had its head blown off, is standing right in front of me without a scratch.

ark. The official name is ID integrated storage system.

In English, Integrated System of Identification Saving….

“I am your very own AI, who will protect you, respect you, and live the rest of your life in Aaru with you.”

It stroked its own hair and smiled brightly with NB’s face.

“This is Isis. My Master.”

Now I know where the name ISIS came from.