episode_0557
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Maria is currently selecting Apophis’ list. Not only the executives, but also the members of the organization.
If you simply tried to go up from the bottom, even if it was Maria, the path would have been cut off here and there. Not revealing much to the lower ranks is a characteristic shared by many secret societies.
But we took the opportunity to cook the Bushmaster fresh from the mission.
He is a member of an organization who receives orders directly from executives.
Thanks to this, we were able to capture the moment when the line connecting to the Apophis executives was still functioning.
In some ways, you could say that Terence played the role of bait well.
He repeated the process of killing the executives connected in this way and extracting information.
“… Shouldn’t we at least get some information and kill them?”
Terence said that to me in a disdainful tone when he saw me mechanically dealing with the guys.
“If there is such an easy way, it would be better to capture him and interrogate him rather than kill him right away… ”
“It’s okay.”
I shook my head at Terence’s opinion.
There really is no need to do anything like interrogation.
Although the telepathy artifact did save us some time in interrogating him, we found out everything we wanted to know about Apophis through Terence and Bushmaster anyway.
There are also women there, so it would be a bit awkward to work on the probe, and it would be a hassle to move to another location.
‘Maria is still gathering detailed information through hacking and nanobots.’
Terence, who is watching from the side, may not know, but if I kill one guy, all the information he had will become Maria’s.
It wasn’t just about exploring information stored on terminals and computers.
Maria figured out what kind of person the subject was by looking at the books he often reads, the news he mostly watches, and his search history, and then expanded the scope to search for people he had in common with or who he had been in contact with.
If necessary, you can even hack into your smartphone or car’s navigation system to check if you’ve been in contact with anyone by checking the records of places you regularly visit.
Finally, the nanobots left at the scene scrape together the information recorded in analog form.
As a result, we were able to catch Apophis’ executives who had been hiding one by one.
I said as I put the last officer’s body into my inventory.
“The executive line is now finished. As expected, this is a secret society. It seems like there are executives who don’t know anything about this. Even executives don’t share everything with each other… Anyway, they really like secret things.”
“You really… I can’t believe it… You handled Apophis’s body so easily.”
Terence muttered with a look of wonder on his face.
That’s how amazing the abilities I’ve shown are.
Hacking, disguise, and even space-jumping tools.
Because it seems like it’s an ability that could easily turn a country upside down if you put your mind to it.
Does he really know that this is also the result of sufficient strength control?
Maria, martial arts, and various tools.
Even if just one of them was used sincerely, it wouldn’t be a problem to turn a country upside down.
However, the results would have been less clean than now, since the areas in which we can do things are slightly different.
Suddenly, Terence, who seemed to have made up his mind about something, spoke with a solemn expression.
“You don’t plan on killing all the members of Apophis, do you?”
“Well… ”
I was planning to decide on that after first completing the list of organization members.
He tilted his head and asked.
“Do you have something in mind?”
“It’s up to you to decide, but… can I give you my opinion?”
“Of course. After all, the two people who suffered the most from this incident are Father and Soojin.”
Terence opened his mouth cautiously at my calm answer.
“If you kill all the executives, even the regular members, it seems like it’ll be a huge problem. To be honest, it feels good to be suffering from this, but in fact, you’ve already been acting quite aggressively.”
“That’s true. Because they killed all the executives.”
Although my sensibilities have become somewhat distant from those of modern people due to having been through so much, I was able to understand what Terence was trying to say.
“Most of Apophis’ officers were high-ranking military officers, so if so many of them disappeared at the same time, it would inevitably cause chaos. To others, it would seem like officers suddenly disappeared without reason. The government might even perceive it as a new form of terrorism.”
“That’s right.”
“So, first of all, I think it would be best to use that hacking ability to cover up this incident as quietly as possible. I can’t stop people from having doubts, but at least if we can change the computer records to show that their disappearances are not disappearances but have some reason behind them… ”
Terence looked at the situation with a cool-headed soldierly disposition.
If he had been the old me without superpowers, he would have simply been happy that the guys who had been harassing him were gone, but he was worried about the ripple effects that would occur if the executives of Apophis disappeared.
“If only I had a higher rank, I could have joined forces with you to minimize the workload… But I don’t have the power, so I can only talk like this.”
A bitter smile crossed Terence’s lips.
If it weren’t for Apophis, he might have been promoted to his former rank of lieutenant colonel or higher.
It was not easy for me to sympathize with the feeling he would have when he saw the trunk of the huge organization blocking his path evaporate in an instant. It was clear that it would not be a simple feeling like a sense of relief.
“Still, I have some connections in the mainland, so I’ll do my best to help in any way I can. I realized through this incident that it’s not a good idea to just sit back and do nothing.”
“Um… ”
After hearing Terence’s words, I was lost in thought for a moment.
Actually, Terence didn’t know, but the problems he was worried about had already been resolved. I didn’t think much of it, but Maria had been considering the repercussions of what I was doing from the beginning.
So what I was thinking was a slightly different issue.
I made up my mind and opened my mouth.
“Then may I make a suggestion?”
“Just say whatever you want. You are our family’s benefactor.”
Terence answered as if he would grant any request, but he couldn’t help but look flustered at my next words.
“I’ll help you, so you can take control of the remaining Apophis. Being low-ranking won’t be a problem. After all, except for a few agents, few people know exactly who is above them, and there are no more people blocking their advancement.”
‘It’s time for me to start building a network of powerful people. In this case, it’s about making someone who is already on my side into a person of power.’
There was no special reason why I had been dealing with the secret society guys by exterminating them up until now. Even if I left the organization, most of them were doing illegal business, so I didn’t find them appealing.
But Apophis was a little different.
Although these guys sometimes carry out dirty missions, they are still US soldiers.
Unlike those who sell weapons, drugs, and people without the government’s knowledge, these guys have the government on their backs.
When I think about it that way, rather than simply getting rid of the organization, putting my own people in it was clearly a more attractive option.
Then, I can prevent similar organizations from forming again and the same thing from happening again, and at the same time, it will reduce my hassle a little.
‘The problem is that there aren’t that many people I can trust.’
In that sense, Terence, who already has military status, is the perfect candidate.
“Of course, with your abilities, you can take control of Apophis without much difficulty, but first, you have to deal with the officers’ disappearances… ”
“That problem has already been solved.”
“What…?”
“It would be faster to see it with your own eyes.”
Exactly!
I snapped my fingers.
Then, a video of a familiar landscape began to play on the probe’s screen.
“Colonel? Where have you been? I didn’t see you leave, but I was worried because you weren’t in the office.”
“I had to leave for a bit because something came up.”
“Someone came to see the colonel earlier. Was it Sergeant Thompson? The colonel wasn’t there, so he just passed away. What should we do?”
“You don’t have to worry about that part. We met by chance and finished talking.”
A scene where a soldier and an officer are talking.
Terence’s eyes, which had been looking at the screen with a puzzled expression, slowly widened.
“Now, wait a minute…! Isn’t that the colonel you first disguised and killed…!”
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