< Oracle (1) >
In the name River, ‘Lee’ is almost silent.
In other words, if you just read it, River’s name is close to ‘River’.
And Sang-woo knew the name River well.
‘Sabu’s enemy…’
A man named River.
A man who is Sang-woo’s master Raven’s archenemy.
He was a super strong man who destroyed all dragons and heroes by himself.
‘…that’s right. A man named Graeber, apparently from Earth, said that he lost his comrades while being tortured by a dragon. Then he became a great wizard and killed all the dragons.’
Earthlings who suddenly fell into the Urencia Empire through a portal.
They were imprisoned and tortured by dragons.
All of them died from the aftereffects of torture, and only one River survived.
He begged for his life with science and technology as collateral, and learned magic to become a great wizard.
The massacre that followed.
At that time, the only one who survived was Sang-woo’s master Raven, who was thrown out of the portal.
And the master was still training with utmost pride, fearing the river.
for decades.
‘If this person is really that River…. What a small world.’
Sangwoo felt that the earth, or the universe, was very narrow.
Because he met Sabu, an alien from an alien planet, and met Sabu’s enemy’s friend right in front of his eyes.
While I was so lost in thought.
Trevor’s words continued.
“Perhaps you know Jermaine. By the name of ‘Master’.”
He looked at Lucas and said.
Lucas raised his eyebrows in surprise, then nodded.
“you’re right. I have already seen it once.”
“I saw it too. I don’t know what to say, but he’s a complete madman.”
Sang-woo also helped.
Trevor agreed with a firm expression.
“…it has to be. I don’t know the circumstances, but he seems to have forgotten all his past memories. Just now… now… ugh…”
Trevor suddenly grabs his chest.
He just fell to the floor.
[Spirit power]
Quickly, Sang-woo used his telekinesis to safely catch the collapsing Trevor.
Trevor clutched his chest in pain and frowned.
“Heuk…”
Is the moment of death approaching?
Trevor gasping for breath.
Elisa stretched out her hand.
[Great healing]
A bright light emanated from her hand and wrapped it around Trevor’s body.
Then, Trevor’s expression seemed to gradually become more comfortable.
His eyes lost their focus, as if he was looking at something.
In fact, old memories were unfolding in front of him.
* * *
A kid who loved science.
In high school, he was unpopular, being teased as a bookworm.
However, he worked hard on the studies he liked and eventually entered Harvard University, which he dreamed of.
And the moment I first set foot on the exciting university campus with a green lawn.
Trevor first met her there.
Two rosy cheeks with lively red hair.
As soon as she saw Trevor, she smiled brightly.
As if seeing someone she hadn’t seen in a while, she hugged Trevor.
“I missed you. Really…”
“Yes? Yes… me too.”
Trevor stood there awkwardly, not knowing why, then hugged her face to face.
Even though it’s the first time I’ve seen her, I feel a sense of intimacy with her.
Her name was ‘Elisa Ron’.
“Are you Elisa Lorne? Same last name as me. I…”
“I know. It’s Trevor Lorne.”
She already knew her own name.
Trevor gradually fell for her, seeing her with a four-dimensional charm of unknown depth.
And he fell in love with Elisha, who knew him so well and gave it to him.
It had been only a week since I had known her.
A happy time of staying up all night in the library with her, debating, making toast for breakfast, sharing, and making love.
In addition, two new friends with unique personalities.
Trevor was happy with everything.
It was a happy time like a dream.
And happiness came one after another.
“The Princeton Institute for Advanced Study? really?”
“Is that so? Who am I? It’s my brother, Sasa.”
With the help of Jermaine, the conceited man entered the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, which is notorious for being the world’s best laboratory and a concentration camp in the forest.
Trevor and Elisha River and Jermaine were all together.
It was also because he was assigned to the team of Dr. von Neumann, who was the most famous at the time.
They researched, discussed, and mulled like mad.
Just like those who want to explore all the truths of the world.
Those were tough times.
There were also moments when I hated studying for the first time and wanted to put it down.
But with Elisha, anything could be done.
And the day has come.
“Can’t Trevor really not go?”
Project Rainbow.
Elisa continued to dissuade ship stealth experiments using Tesla coils.
Elisa, who had been holding back from participating in the experiment from the beginning.
But she couldn’t break Trevor’s stubbornness and said she would follow.
“I have to go. I want to experience the experiment vividly.”
A self-confident look.
He did not listen to Elisha’s concerns.
I just wanted to quickly show my research and achievements to others and be recognized.
And Elisa followed Trevor’s words in everything.
“…all right. Then go.”
That’s how Eldridge Ham started.
When the ship arrived at a certain point in the water, the Tesla coil was activated.
The experiment had begun.
And… since then everything has gone awry.
Shaaaaa –
An ominous green mist that suddenly spreads thickly.
All vision becomes opaque.
Along with the dizziness, it felt like my body was being sucked into something.
But then an intangible aura that holds him back.
A familiar silhouette appeared in Trevor’s opaque vision.
She is reaching out her hand towards herself.
‘…Elisa!’
He called her as hard as he could, but it was only in his heart.
Trevor’s voice couldn’t reach Elisa.
Elisa disappeared somewhere.
‘no!’
And that was the last appearance of Elisa that Trevor remembered.
Afterwards, hallucinations and illusory memories swallow up Trevor’s vision like a tidal wave.
The new memory is a red bookmark made of Elisa’s hair that was tucked between her worn-out physics books.
The bookmark he had been looking at for decades had pierced a corner of his heart.
Is it because of the pain?
Trevor wakes up from a kaleidoscope.
“…Master, are you okay?”
Could it be that it’s been too long?
Elisa’s voice, which she hadn’t gotten used to yet, asked for her regards with concern.
Along with him, three faces staring at his own face caught in Trevor’s field of vision.
His vision was unfocused, as if he was already quite exhausted, so he couldn’t quite make out who was who.
But even so, he knew at once who he was looking for.
Burning red hair was her symbol.
“…Elisa… I don’t know why… but… you… you were… the real Elisa…”
Trevor said incomprehensibly as he reached for Elisa’s cheek.
But it was only his heart, and he couldn’t move at all.
Just like the Eldridge ship back then…
‘Now I know… even if it’s the last time…!’
Although he was already dying, his last rage awakened.
And was it a retrospective?
Trevor squeezed the last of his strength and barely lifted his hand.
Then, he carefully caressed Elisa’s cheek as she looked down at herself and shed tears.
“…Now… I’ve met… again… I really… missed……”
And as if that was the last time, the focus in his eyes completely disappeared and he said,
“Elisa… I love you. …”
Trevor closed his eyes without saying that one word.
Seeing Trevor’s face like that, Elisa’s eyes wavered mercilessly.
A scream erupted from her mouth.
“master!!!”
Afterwards, she, an artificial intelligence, hugged Trevor as if she were a real person and began to cry sadly.
“Hey… heck… Master…”
And Sang-woo and Lucas looked at him anxiously.
What passed through their heads in common was worry rather than sadness.
Right away, the worry that Elisa might run out of control again.
But that worry was unfounded.
How long had it been since Elisa started crying?
Sang-woo and Lucas waited on either side of her without saying a word, fearing that she would scratch and turn into a boil.
And Elisha stopped sobbing.
She opened her mouth quietly without looking away from Trevor.
“…go.”
“yes?”
“Just go. You won’t have anything to worry about. Master’s orders will be followed.”
It was said that the mayhem system would never activate again.
The two are relieved by those words.
But it didn’t tease.
“All right. Then we’re done…”
It was strange to be polite to an artificial intelligence, not a human, but whatever.
I mean, things went well.
Sang-woo and Lucas left the Tronsa building with Elisa behind them.
Pod!
The two arrive at Lucas’s office.
The two of them sat on the sofa, both looking dazed.
“…It’s over. Something feels off.”
Breaking the silence that had passed for a moment, Sang-woo opened his mouth first.
Lucas nodded too.
“Trevor Lone… It was an incident that showed how much love can drive people crazy.”
“Iknow, right.”
Sang-woo replied calmly.
He didn’t know love yet.
Because I haven’t been able to love properly.
Maybe that’s why he couldn’t understand Trevor’s heart well.
I can understand it rationally, but I don’t think it touches me emotionally.
‘Isn’t it a good thing since the criminal is dead… But why does it feel strange?’
Feeling such an unknown, subtle and uncomfortable sensation, Sang-woo tried to ask Lucas about another subject.
“Rather than that, can I not see Lucas? I think we should say that the Tronsa incident has been resolved.”
“I already did. With this one.”
Lucas tapped his smart goggles.
“Because the video was still being broadcast.”
“aha. Then it’s really over.”
“Not yet. There is still Tronsa left, and the dangerous artificial intelligence Elisa remains. The government will try to retrieve or destroy Elisa no matter what. Tronsa will also try to belong to the state somehow.”
“Hmm…”
In fact, if you think about it, it was a natural conclusion from the state’s point of view.
A company that has accumulated tremendous technology and capital.
There are few employees and everything is spinning automatically through machines.
Moreover, the position of president is now vacant.
From the point of view of the state or other companies, it would seem like a very tasty prey.
“Still, something is regrettable and regrettable. Tron’s technology was amazing…”
Of course, our Sangwoo felt sorry for not being able to use Tron’s products in a different way.
Then I suddenly remembered something I had forgotten.
“By the way, Mr. Lucas, do you know of a guy named Saint-Germain among Trevor Lorne’s friends?”
“…I know. Well, Sang-woo knows that too. You should have seen it some time ago.”
“yes. After all, that man was the ‘master’. Somehow… Ah, but now that I think about it, I didn’t hear from Trevor Ron what the Master was like. I thought you would tell me something.”
Sang-woo is sorry.
Seeing this, Lucas opened his mouth.
“…Sangwoo, there is a way to find out about the man called Master.”
“Really? how?”
“Because there is someone who can find out about it.”
“Oh really? Then let’s go ask.”
“Hmm, yes. The ransom is a bit high, but I also thought that I should find out more about the man called the Master.”
“How expensive is it…”
Did the chairman of Enlighten, the world’s No. 1 group, say it was expensive?
At that, Lucas laughed.
“She can’t be paid in cash. Shall we call right now?”
“Now? But can I stay with you?”
“it’s okay. Because I think Sang-woo is on the same side as me. If that’s not the case, then I must be the wrong person.”
Lucas, who showed deep trust in Sang-woo, manipulated the smart goggles.
Then, a video appeared on the screen on one side of the office.
Touuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
After a few beeps, someone appeared on the screen to see if the connection was successful.
Dark smokey makeup.
Skin as pale as drawing paper.
Black lipstick.
Sporadic reggae hair.
It was a young woman who looked like a hippie.
She was staring at Lucas with a frown on her face, as if she was disapproving of something.
“hello. Miss Oracle no Ashley. I contacted you a few hours ago and I will call you again.”
“…why. Shall we negotiate this time?”
“yes. I have contacted you to negotiate.”
Sang-woo was able to figure out who she was from what Lucas briefly mentioned.
Oracle.
The very person who foretells world disasters.
Is it because of its special ability?
For personal protection, he was a person wrapped in a veil that made it impossible to know whether he was a man or a woman, but this hippie was the oracle.
‘You can’t judge a real person by their appearance.
While Sang-woo is trying not to be prejudiced.
A conversation between Ashley and Lucas continued.
“The condition, as I said before, is that artificial intelligence or hacking, right?”
“no. Conditions have changed. I want to know about a man.”
“who?”
“My name is Saint Germain. I am the Master of the Illuminati.”
< Oracle (1) > end
