episode_0558
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“Now, wait a minute…! Isn’t that the colonel you first disguised and killed…!”
“That’s the appearance. The real essence is an android with a different shell.”
“Android… ?”
Terence was staring blankly at the screen, repeating what I said. He also roughly heard the explanation, so he knew what I was saying.
His face turned pale belatedly. Maybe he was an American like Olivia, and he thought of Skynet like her.
“Could it be that Maria is a robot controlled by an AI?”
“Oh, that’s not it. It’s complicated to explain, but you can think of it as a separate AI.”
“There was more than one AI like that? This is not a Terminator… ”
Terence was also thinking similar thoughts.
It was a different kind of android than the famous robots that appear in movies, but I don’t think he would understand even if I explained it to him.
I reassured him as he muttered absentmindedly.
“But don’t worry too much, it’s not like I’m actually skinning a person and putting them on.”
The corpse in the inventory was taken home, its appearance was modeled, its military uniform was changed, and it was deployed.
It was a much more advanced method than something like the human face mask that appears in martial arts movies.
“I didn’t worry about that…but it’s really safe, right?”
‘Did I say that for nothing?’
Terence’s face seemed to turn paler when he heard the words human skin.
But he’s a soldier, so he’ll come to his senses soon.
This attack on Apophis did not end with simply killing its leaders.
While I was dealing with the executives, Maria was already moving, thinking about the next thing to do.
-Apophis is deeply entrenched in the US military organization, so simply eliminating them is not a feat. Rather, if too many officers go missing, the US could run wild like a hornet’s nest. It’s also entirely possible that the sparks from that could fly to Cyphers.
Maria anticipated Terence’s worries ahead of time.
‘And there’s no evidence that we did that?’
-If they are targeted for political purposes, it depends on the justification. Since the government will see Cyphers as nothing more than a terrorist organization anyway, they just need to change their perspective a little.
So, the executives that were dealt with were replaced with androids that looked exactly the same.
This would allow us to control Apophis while also preventing the US government from gaining further interest in Cyphers.
In fact, the android that was deployed for this mission is not, strictly speaking, an Awaken. It is not an Awaken that has realized its self, but a simple artificial intelligence that simply performs input actions.
You can think of them as the second generation models that Maria created in reality for this situation.
This would have been impossible for an ordinary artificial intelligence, but Maria had originally been working on developing artificial intelligence in New Kind’s laboratory.
Since then, she has achieved such great specs that creating a downgraded version of the AI was not a difficult task for her.
There was no special reason why Maria created them.
– Awaken, who has self-awareness, wouldn’t enjoy this kind of role. Of course, he would obediently follow my orders, but he is already working in the company as a human being. If I give him a fake role, he would be discouraged.
You could say that it was for the work-life balance of the existing Awaken members. I don’t know what Android’s work-life balance is like, but it was a huge step forward compared to the past when it was treated like a tin can.
An android being controlled by an android. It’s funny, but I can’t help but think of it as my subordinate now, so I can’t help but pay no attention to it.
However, since the androids made in reality do not have self-awareness, a process of periodically issuing commands to adjust their actions was necessary. Maria usually takes on this role, but as a soldier, there are many situations where real-time remote communication is impossible.
So, to fine-tune the details, we were originally going to put one of the Awaken in command, but if Terence takes control of Apophis instead, this one will have one less thing to do.
“There may be differences in rank on the outside, but they will follow their father’s orders. At this level, there should be no problem in taking control of Apophis, right?”
“… If it turns out like this, isn’t control already over?”
Terence answered, seeming to have calmed down a little.
“Even if the executives are like that, there are lower-level members. It wouldn’t be very efficient to replace all the members with androids. Since they are agents working in the field, if they are damaged for no reason and it is discovered that they are machines and not people, the whole world could turn upside down that day.”
“Of course… there must be such a problem. But since all the executives have been replaced, I think I can take control of the whole thing if I just spend a little time.”
I don’t know what Terence’s abilities are, but since he was known as the Black Mamba, it seemed like he would have no problem taking on this job.
If it seems like a lot of trouble, then we can just go ahead with the original plan.
He looked at me for a moment, lost in thought, and asked.
“What do you want?”
“What do I want?”
“I used to think that no matter how great the power, it was just the power of an individual. I never thought I would see that this was possible. But now I know. If you put your mind to it, it wouldn’t be difficult to swallow up an entire country. With just a little bit of effort, you could control all the leaders of the world as you wish.”
Terence’s eyes were shining brightly as he spoke like that.
It was a complex look of caution, fear, excitement, and tension all mixed together.
It wasn’t that I didn’t understand.
Because your definition of the world you believed in would have changed completely in just a few hours.
It must be quite shocking to know that there is an individual with this much power and that a man with that power was casually interacting with his own daughter.
I shook my head, thinking about giving something grandiose.
“Have fun living.”
“… Fun? Is that all?”
“Is this a simple answer? But it is true. Power or money is not important to me. I have enough as I want now, and I can get more if I reach out. I have no intention of becoming a politician who endlessly seeks power or a pig who piles up gold bars and dollars in the safe.”
“If it were a normal young man saying that, I would say he doesn’t know the ways of the world… But when you say it like that, it doesn’t sound like a joke at all.”
Terence broke out in a cold sweat as if he had imagined something dizzying.
“Then what do you mean by fun?”
“Nothing much. Just broadcasting like I am now, getting people’s attention, and making romantic memories with my girls.”
‘And then go on a trip and have an adventure.’
He shrugged and continued.
“I don’t intend to throw the world into chaos. I like the current reality. But sometimes, if I see something that bothers me, I will try to solve it. Like Apophis did to my father this time. Then, whenever I want something, I can take it.”
“What an… abstract goal. Phew, but I guess I should be thankful you don’t have a goal like world domination… ”
The tension in Terence’s body released.
It seems like he was relieved to hear a more human answer than he had expected. It seems like he was shocked by the sight of an android disguised as a human and acting like one.
“You’ll find out soon enough. You can’t ask me to assassinate you when you see politicians who are frustrated, right?”
“… … .”
I threw out a joke, but there was no laughter in return.
I cleared my throat and changed the subject.
“Ahem… Then should we go back? If we delay any longer, my father will be considered deserter. I think I should wrap up this matter as well.”
“Finishing…? Is there still something left?”
Terence questioned whether he thought the matter was over once the executives were dealt with.
“Now that we’ve replaced the body, we need to deal with the head too.”
Boss of Apophis.
Now it was time to clear the space that would become Terence’s.
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While Minho was discussing the end of this matter with Terence.
The women, including Jeong Su-jin, were doing their best to keep up with the situation that was quickly passing by.
Of course, it was difficult for them, who had been just ordinary people until just a moment ago, to understand everything like Terence.
The only thing I understood correctly was that Minho had a power that was much greater than I had thought.
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