Chapter. 10 Lead and Silver Coin (21)
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Ezel usually thought of himself as one of the most stable and highly survivable wasteland survivors.
Where do you live? It’s a dome. It is also an official residence for officials of the 40th division dome, which is said to be the most suitable for survival. There is no risk of being suddenly attacked or assassinated.
Group affiliation? Dome. Among them, the 47th District Inspection Department has been making a name for itself recently.
Personal ability? As an agent of the Inspection Department, I had developed skills close to an expert in shooting and close combat, and I thought I knew more about search, tracking, and hiding than the average scavenger.
Truly a veteran. A survival expert himself! I thought that if I continued to live like this, I wouldn’t have to worry until I reach the age of 35, which is the average lifespan in the wasteland….
‘It’s just a moment for a person to go…’
Looking at the five black guns pointed at him, Ezel shed bloody tears inside.
It was very sad to see him walking unarmed in front of these common soldiers who would kill him in 5 minutes if they were determined to kill him.
“Belonging to the executive branch. Researcher Angel Ridden… Yes. “Did the administration volunteer to help us?”
External security entrance in front of radio tower.
Ezel was raising his hand in front of the security door, which was covered with a lot of devices that had no apparent purpose, perhaps because it was an old-fashioned building.
“Yes yes! That’s right! Well… there was a lot of talk in our administration about various things, but if you think about it, it was the inspection department that allowed us to secure research funds, and there was also some talk about whether or not the job of overseeing a city was suitable for most of the people who are confined to the lab all day. …. We had some fights among ourselves. lol!”
“There was a conflict of opinion… Even so, isn’t it too sudden? Why all of a sudden!”
“That’s it!”
Ezel desperately searched through his memories. I had a list of excuses written by Professor Park in my arms, but how could I use them when a gun was pointed right in front of me!
[Well… I asked for it, but they gave it to me. Just pass it on as a quick fix. Correct appropriately. It won’t be that difficult, right?]
After Ezel’s earnest request, he roughly scrawled a note while holding a bullet with one hand. I thought I had memorized it before going into action, but the moment the cold muzzle of a gun touched my forehead, my mind turned into a blank slate.
‘It’s not that difficult! ‘How can you turn your head when your life changes with just one word!!!’
Coo wook –
The muzzle of the gun against my forehead was pressed even harder, and my entire consciousness was caught up in it. I need to talk. Whatever it is, you have to make an excuse! Open your mouth and move your tongue! shit! That bastard is making an impression! hurry!!!
Ezel desperately shook his head as he watched the sentry’s frown becoming more and more frowning. I only thought that I was going to die like this, and no matter how much I pressed the pin signal that was planted under the skin of my palm before coming, there was no sign of the professor and his group showing up.
Rattling rattling!
As the atmosphere became increasingly hostile, other sentries sitting nearby also began to approach this way.
“…is it suspicious? “Hey, why did you suddenly come here?”
“Ugh… uh…”
My tongue is so stiff that I can’t speak. The guard’s hand holding the rifle is tense. In my ears, I hear the sound of the safety device being released. The trained body was clamoring to jump in immediately and take down the guard.
‘Running in? As soon as gunfire rings out, all-out war begins. Operation failed. Die. So vain? Raise the muzzle and hit the uvula. Security facilities will be activated. The operation failed. Why doesn’t the sniper shoot him? Is there still a chance? answer? If you answer! If you answer…!’
Ouch!
“Lord die! It’s like! die! “I came because I didn’t want to die!”
The moment the sentry’s thumb lowered the gun’s safety, the words that had been swirling around came out in a fit of rage.
‘It works! The words come out! ‘I was speechless!’
He just said he didn’t want to die, but what was important was that his stiff tongue loosened.
“Ha, that guy is funny. Hey, who killed it? You want me to tell you why you came? “Why did you suddenly change your attitude?”
Ezel’s eyes widened at the sentry’s question. [When asked why he suddenly changed his attitude.] The situation was written down on paper. That sentence, which was unmistakably the same, reminded me of the professor’s nagging from 30 minutes ago.
‘Ugh. You can’t believe they gave this guy a silver badge as a veteran. Listen carefully. Unless they’re stupid, they’ll stab you at least once. I was drawing a parallel line, but suddenly I surrendered. It’s suspicious, right? In that case, look as frightened and desperate as possible…’
Wow!
“Wow!”
“Executive! The executive branch is very blatantly trying to kill us! These guys are holding guns and are trying to take power by killing us all, calling us cows and rotten flesh for justice!! I want to live! “I want to live!”
“Ah Okay! Okay, let go of this! What power does this bastard researcher have… Jimmy! “Come and get this guy off me!”
The sentry is taken aback when Ezel suddenly rushes towards him, shedding tears. To be honest, I thought he was going to shoot me right away when he ran at me, so I avoided the firing line and went in as if I was tackling him, but seeing that he didn’t react, I guess he didn’t really intend to shoot me and was just curious.
Other guards violently take Ezel away from the panicked guard. When I saw their smiling faces, I felt like I had successfully overcome the first hurdle.
[When dealing with multiple enemies. If you want to deceive the enemy, you must look as weak and ugly as possible.]
This is a sentence I read over a hundred times when taking the inspection examination. When the contents of ‘Intelligence 12-3 Unit’, which he had memorized so well that he would jump out of his sleep and scream, came to mind, Ezel knelt down on the floor as if he had been thrown and cried out in a sincere and earnest voice.
“The administration has decided to help the Department of Inspection! That’s why we came! What civilian engineer? The four researchers, including me, are so outstanding engineers that we can’t even compare to those idiots! W here! Ollie behind me was in charge of maintaining high-tech equipment during the Great War, and Kenneth! This guy is an engineer who used to work at NASA! I guarantee you, if you let us in, we can find out what the problem is and fix it in just one day!” My
fingertips
were shaking with excitement and tension. Is this correct? Are they really going to be fooled by this clumsy acting? Wouldn’t it have been better to slit the carotid artery of the guard in front of them when they were caught off guard, take his gun, and shoot him wildly?
It was hard to just leave the guards giggling among themselves after hearing my earnest cries. We can secure the entrance safely now. If it weren’t for the restriction of having to go in quietly, if you miss this golden opportunity and there’s no way back…!
Tingling-tingling-
At that time, I felt a tingling sensation from the pin signal inside my palm. A short word written in Morse code.
[GOOD]. doing well.
‘….Ugh!’
Those little words. Relying on the one sign that his allies were watching, Ezel was able to suppress his legs that were trying to jump out.
The sentries who had their backs turned to Ezel and the researchers again. The opportunity is gone. Now there is only a ruling.
“hey. “There are four inks there.”
“Yes yes?”
Quickly!
The sentry threw something in front of Ezel. They were handcuffs.
“Let’s fill each other in and follow along. “I think the manager should take a look first.”
The sentry grins and hits Ezel on the top of his head with the muzzle of his gun.
“They said they came here to join us as allies. What’s so scary? huh? “Is this your first time seeing a gun?”
“Ha haha…. You were so nervous. I’m afraid they’ll kill me, so I can’t bear it and I’m afraid they’ll kill me…”
“Huh?”
“I did it because I was scared of dying! ha ha ha! ha ha ha!”
“…Strange guy.”
The sentry who was talking to Ezel, who was speaking gibberish, shook his head and headed towards the main entrance of the radio tower. Ezel, who had been straining his legs to rush forward with all his might, staggered and followed behind him.
Click, click, click, click!
[Fuck! Fuck! help! Fuck! Delayed!]
His handcuffed hands were constantly swearing at the signal.
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Wow!
“Ummmm. you’re good.”
“right? Homo. Just looking at that guy, I thought he was good at that kind of thing because he looked so sly and cunning.”
“I know. Hold on well, Angel. I can’t believe a beginner could suppress his aggression in that situation. “It couldn’t have been easy.”
“I guess that means my tweezers lecture worked well. “Vex, some water.”
“Oh my god, I got down on my knees. “Is this really serious?”
Around the time when Ezel was going back and forth between heaven and hell in front of guards less than a fistful of distance away.
The professor and his party were observing Ezel through a telescope on a rooftop not far away.
Gulp-
“Gulp!” “Wow, I thought I was choking.”
“Are you going to eat again while saying that?”
“The doctors said that. If you don’t eat properly and use your left hand too much, you could get really thin and die. “It means refueling the equipment before the battle.”
“Ugh, there’s no such thing as a monster.”
“this.”
Wow!
The calorie bar that he threw with all his might did not hit Ian’s face, but was sucked into his mouth. A very talented guy.
“They say it’s a trend these days. “Ian, your chin is like that, and the Raptors are always changing their limbs, so I’m following the trend.”
“Hehehe. “But my chin doesn’t have the same function as yours?”
“Why not?” “When you brush your teeth, you only need to brush half of it.”
We waited on the rooftop for 15 minutes, making silly jokes like this.
I’ve already forgotten 20 calorie bars. Even after eating like this, I don’t feel full except for some bloating, so it looks like my body has definitely changed.
[Let’s look at it positively. The fact that calories are needed to exert force means that our bodies have not yet changed enough to escape the laws of physics like that guy named W.]
‘Does this mean that we are closer to humans as much as we are uncomfortable?’
[That’s right.]
Grumble.
Hearing Hyde’s words, I squeezed my large left hand. Huge grip strength that can be felt even without holding anything in particular, and the hard texture of the upper.
It’s been a while since I got this hand, and it’s been a while since I thought of it as something foreign. I also thought about how I could be useful in battle.
Since we were the absolute underdog in front of the Artists’ Union this time, we planned to use everything we had, and this left arm was also included in that.
Click. Click click.
“hmm? Vex. What are you doing?”
“No, just. “Angel seemed very nervous, so I sent him a message to cheer him up.”
“Why with that much? “He’s not that great of a guy, and he just tricked five guards, right?”
While saying that, I lifted up the binoculars, and at a glance, I saw him pressing down on the ground with his forearms, dripping with cold sweat. At a glance, he looked like a soldier on the battlefield just before charging in with guns blazing.
“Oh right.”
Come to think of it, this was Ezel’s first experience of this kind. I don’t know the details of his past, but he was a young chick who went into a bunker with his family during the war, happened to be an orphan, ended up in an orphanage in the Dome, and became an agent of the Inspection Department not long before we met. No, when I got into a fight with a raptor, I didn’t run away and held on until the end, so I guess I’m a middle-aged chicken?
“Hmm… I think it was a bit of a difficult mission for an unskilled soldier.”
“Are you thinking about that now, you bastard?”
“But there was no one but him who could go in, right? It’s not like I can hide with these arms. “You and Ian too.”
Monster arms. A muscular man with a steel jaw. Small stature and old face.
Even if you walk around with “A person with suspicious behavior” written on your forehead, you will still be less suspicious than us.
Even if we force a breakthrough, we don’t know what kind of bizarre defensive equipment there might be in the radio tower, which was no different from an old-fashioned headquarters. I’m saying this is the best thing for now.
Click. Click click. Click.
[Fuck! Fuck! help! Fuck! Delayed!]
“Oh. Go in. Let us catch up soon. It moves as planned. You’ve already figured out where to infiltrate, right? The moment Ezel approaches the exhaust system, everyone secures the area and enters. okay?”
“I’m asking for help, but are you just going to do it the way you did?”
“He’s been doing that since a while ago. It’s a habit, it’s a habit. “If you leave it alone, it will do well.”
Wow!
Taking the cue from me popping the last calorie bar into my mouth, the group gathered their gear and bags and quickly began heading down.
Our preparations are complete. Now I can only hope that Ezel will do well.
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Hop. Step by step. Step by step. Step by step.
A hallway inside the radio tower, completely reinforced with metal plates. They say it was used as a war headquarters, and it looked like it could withstand most attacks.
The guards were talking to the researchers, including Ezel, as they passed through the hallway.
“Well, since you’re inside, I’m glad you came. Maybe it’s because it’s an old facility. “Isn’t there more than one or two places where the taste went bad?”
“Hehehe. then! We’re different from those tight-lipped executive idiots. They say if you have ability, you will be treated well. You know aisle 13, right? The sewerage there was completely clogged…”
This means that most of the eastern section of the dome was blown away and the foundation was completely moved to this side. It is said that it is inconvenient because a lot of the facilities are broken. They said that if you treat them well from now on, your life here will be easier…
It seemed like they were saying it would help relieve tension, but Ezel and the researchers didn’t hear anything.
Whistling – whining –
because above their heads, very futuristic yet somewhat clumsy security turrets were constantly moving.
“Hey…”
“Hmm? why.”
“That turret. “Is it safe?”
The researchers, who flinched every time the turret moved in this direction, crouched down as much as possible and listened to Ezel’s words.
The sentry grinned as if he had finally figured out why the researchers were moving like this.
“Oh, is that because of that? I am indeed. Of course it’s safe! We’re not stupid. “Now look!”
“What are you trying to do… hey!”
Whick! Whick!
Gi-ing- Gi-ing-
A sentry waving a gun above his head as if to confirm safety, and a turret moving nimbly along with it.
“Whahaha! I’m scared. No need to worry, you bastards! The first thing our president did after taking over this place was to secure a security system. They said that all private engineers worked hard to solve the problem in one day. “Isn’t it proof that it’s safer if you don’t shoot us now in the first place?”
‘no! No, you stupid bastard! So please stop shaking that gun! Then they all die, you idiot!!!’
Ezel fell flat on the floor and screamed inwardly every time the guard waved his gun.
A semi-luminous lens that does not reflect light. Tri-folding turret. Even the steel plate made of the same material as the wall above the muzzle.
If what Ezel saw was correct, it was the latest generation 3rd generation security turret. An object that usually hides inside a wall, but pops out and attacks enemies when it spots them.
It’s out there, and it doesn’t just move back and forth from side to side, but it reacts so quickly…
‘It doesn’t recognize it as an enemy or an ally, and is set to alert mode! I don’t know who fixed it like that, but the moment you do even one hostile act input into the autonomous response circuit…’
I could see a terrible future. There is even a security facility attached to the building. If one security turret is detected as hostile, all turrets become hostile to that object.
‘This is already a fucking killing field. These idiots are just using the facility without really knowing anything!’
Like Ezel, the names of family members and names like Jesus and Buddha flowed out of the mouths of the researchers lying on the floor like moans. This means that the engineers clearly know how that turret reacts.
“Father in heaven, please forgive us our sins…”
“Ugh! We’re going to die. I wasn’t applying! Amy’s dad, on this birthday…”
“Hey, why don’t you come quickly!”
“Your legs are all loose! “I’ll be there soon!”
I never wanted to move, but if it looks suspicious, that’s the way to die.
‘I heard that these automated security facilities have vacated important facilities such as the command room in preparation for hacking. Let’s just go there, please! Let’s get there safely! God!’
Click, click, click, click, click!
[help! danger! help! danger! Security facility! Crazy! Help! Help!]
All Ezel could do was move around and press his palms like crazy to encourage the researchers.
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