episode_0418
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It was, of course, Maria who first sensed the disturbing movement.
She had been monitoring all servers connected to the network since the last Crocodile Studio incident.
Of course, although she is an excellent artificial intelligence and can handle calculations with equipment brought from the future, it was difficult to monitor all information processing on Earth in real time.
Although Maria separately created AI for information collection, continuous management was required for perfect processing. I thought maybe building a building full of equipment would give us a little more space.
However, the story was different if information was collected based on a few keywords.
Among those keywords, the ones she focused on were mainly those related to me. Awaken, Glitch, Maria, Lee Min-ho, etc…
As someone who has collected souvenirs from various travel destinations, it is difficult to imagine falling into a crisis in real life, but I could not see it as an unnecessary waste of computing power. Because you never know when something will happen.
And right now, something was caught on the surveillance network that Maria had deployed.
While I was taking a shower after leaving Janey, who had been harassing me all night, in bed, Maria spoke to me.
Shoot~
-master.
‘why?’
-It looks like someone is targeting the owner.
‘me?’
I can’t believe there’s someone targeting me in real life. It was a strange story to me, as I don’t remember making any enemies.
Still, Maria wouldn’t play around with something like this, so it was clear that something was going on.
I washed off the foam and wrapped my entire body with the mask.
Chi-ik!
With the sound of boiling water, the water droplets on my body turned into steam and evaporated. The shower booth quickly turned into a sauna.
I sat down on the sofa with my dry, dry body. The clothes had already been taken out of the inventory.
‘Please explain in more detail.’
-A request to steal technology from Glitch and Awaken has been posted on Darknet. In the attached data, the owner and I are listed as related people.
‘It’s a dark net… ‘
Darknet.
It was a dark Internet that I had only heard about through hearsay.
It is a network that can only be accessed through a browser and a complex process that I am not familiar with, but from the rumors, it can be seen as a kind of real-life online underworld where regulations and laws do not apply.
-It’s a roughly correct analogy. Although the darknet guarantees anonymity and freedom to an unspecified number of people, there are many criminal organizations and illegal activities hidden within it. The same goes for the request made to us this time. The anonymous client promised to pay $30 million if the technology was stolen by any means, including hacking and physical theft.
‘Wow, 30 million? Then how much… It’s roughly around 40 billion won, right?’
-Yes, well… I don’t like it when our technology is valued at only $30 million, but it’s one of the largest requests on the darknet.
Well, even if it was a real-life underworld, there wouldn’t have been many transactions involving that much money.
-The post on the darknet was deleted through hacking. The security was tight for a human, but for me, it was impossible. The problem is that during the short period of time I detected and deleted the request, information about the request spread quite a bit. I think it happened because the amount of money involved in the request was large. sorry. Maybe it would be better for me to just delete the entire darknet…
‘are you okay. good job. There’s no need to worry about that.’
He consoled Maria, who was blaming herself.
Even though Maria had abilities, I had no intention of using them to control 100% of the internet world.
I’m not trying to be Skynet or Voldemort… Doing so doesn’t bring much benefit to me. Rather, it is fortunate that people do not become cautious online just because there are hackers with incredible skills.
Then, if everyone tries to handle important issues only with analog documents, it is detrimental because it interferes with information collection.
Our weapons only show their power when the enemy does not properly understand their true nature. There is no need to turn the board over in our palms.
Deleting the post is the only appropriate response.
‘Still, we may have become a little more cautious in the process of breaking through security. Just in case you don’t know, make it look like the client deleted it himself.’
-yes!
‘So, have you figured out who the anonymous client is?’
-I’m tracking it now! However, if you look at the amount, it seems like a request from a company rather than an individual.
‘hmm… It looks like he was very overweight.’
There have already been many official contacts between companies.
Various emails and DMs were pouring in from Glitch, Awaken, and even me and Maria, who seemed to have a close relationship with the two.
Although they are all automatically sorted and trashed.
We had no reason to collaborate with or receive investment from other companies.
Because there was nothing lacking.
Bringing someone in will only hinder Maria from doing her work. It’s also like my inner self is diminishing.
Perhaps some of those who had been rejected were vengeful, and at the same time, unable to contain their greed, they submitted a request to the darknet.
It wasn’t a matter of concern.
Ordinary humans cannot subdue even one of the androids belonging to Awaken, let alone Maria and me. Needless to say, thanks to Maria, they acquired an upgraded combat algorithm and could transform into the killing machines in the movie if they wanted to.
The only possibility for ordinary humans to win would be to blow it up with explosives without giving them time to react, but if the goal was not war but the theft of technology, there was no way they would do that.
At most, they would have only thought about kidnapping and torture.
In that case, rather than worrying about our employees, I was more worried about disposing of the corpses of mercenaries who would come in upon receiving a request.
While I was organizing my thoughts, Maria shouted Eureka.
-I found it! This is a request from Hisako Group! To be exact, it appears that Tomoya Takahashi, the managing director of Hisako Network, put it in himself!
At the same time, she shows the Hisako Network logo and a photo of a person named Tomoya Takahashi.
‘Hisako Group? here is… ‘
It was definitely a name I had heard somewhere. I looked at the photos and searched for memories. And before long, I was able to remember where I had heard of this company.
‘It’s a company connected to Olivia’s father, Raymond!’
To be exact, it was a place where a lawsuit was being filed with Raymond’s client. I think I heard there is a fight over the copyright of some kind of conversational artificial intelligence. Hisako Network is trying to steal artificial intelligence from the small IT company that Raymond defends.
‘You made a request there?’
I had a bad feeling when I heard about Raymond’s situation back then, but I never thought I would hear that name again.
And that means they’re targeting me this time.
‘It seems that Hisako Network is a dirty company that will stop at nothing.’
In that case, there is a possibility that the kidnappers who targeted Olivia were also instigated by these guys. When I first thought of this idea, it was only a possibility, but I am becoming more and more confident.
-What should I do?
Maria asked me cautiously.
I was worried for a moment about how to handle this matter.
Gather evidence and move public opinion like when dealing with Crocodile Studio, Lim Jin-soo, and Oh Gyeong-mo? no. Even if you disclose information from the darknet as evidence, no one will believe it. Rather, it would only spread the word about Maria’s hacking abilities. And it didn’t seem like they would care about public opinion, given that they even filed a lawsuit to eat away at the achievements of an already small IT company.
So, are you going to secretly collect evidence of illegal acts committed by the Hisako Network and report them? well. I don’t know what evidence remains, and in the end, I can’t punish them for the trick they pulled on me. After a slow trial, you’ll end up paying a fine. This is not a satisfactory method.
‘The only way left is… ‘
I will personally destroy the Hisako Network.
But is that really a good idea?
It was clear that taking down a company, no matter how evil it was, was on a different level from simply dealing with criminals or busting up a few local gangs.
‘If you make a mistake, the problem may become so great that it may become irreversible… ‘
-master?
At that time, Maria called me. He must have been worried because he was lost in thought without saying a word.
‘are you okay. Rather, this incident… ‘
Just as I was about to tell her that it wasn’t that big of a deal, a new fact suddenly occurred to me.
‘for a moment. ‘I have Maria now, right?’
A realization that felt like a lightning bolt struck my head.
Yes. Unlike before, where I had to go out on my own and solve problems on my own, now I can receive assistance from Maria.
If Maria is there, no recording device can capture me. This means that it is possible to carry out activities without leaving any videos or photos, except for the memories of eyewitnesses.
Even if someone happens to see me using superpowers, it will probably just be a rumor or an urban legend.
‘… ‘Can I play a game?’
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