Cogs (2)
There was silence.
That’s because the words that came out of Ilya’s mouth were beyond Lennok’s expectations.
“It’s the Ascension Gate….”
It’s not a word I don’t know. It was one of the pieces of information I came across while looking for data on the Black Consumer Project.
Ascension Gate.
A top-secret project that is the biggest secret wish of Machine City Makina and is thoroughly shrouded in a veil, with only its name publicly known.
Considering that grandiose name, it’s not difficult to figure out what the leaders of Machine City want.
It was no surprise that the Machine City was struggling to avoid an end, as the Balkan City Council had done.
However, the fact that Cybrid Echo had at least a part of the design of the Ascension Gate was surprising.
As well as the mention of that word in this work related to Gearside.
Illya looked at Lennok’s thoughtful face before speaking again.
“I will not deny that I enlisted the help of another city council member to participate in this event. But I have no intention of antagonizing Congressman Mayer.”
“….”
“At that time, the reason why we prevented the transfer of full control of this operation to you was only to prevent our forces from being alienated from this incident.”
She said, turning her gaze to the corpse she had killed.
“As much as that, dealing with Gearside is an important issue for us.”
“…You know who’s behind the National Guard Command. I knew this from the beginning and decided to participate in the operation.”
“yes. you’re right.”
Illya nodded her head.
“It is also the reason why I, who is the most specialized individual in the organization, was mobilized for this task. No matter what happened, I had to come back alive and hand over the information.”
“….”
“We accepted a deal with another city council member to participate in this operation led by Senator Mayer, but that was just a method chosen as a last resort by our side, who had no contact with Mayer, who was a new member of the council. I want you to know that there is no ulterior motive that goes against the intention of the operation.”
Cybrid Echo.
It is certainly surprising that this organization, which is famous for being the most specialized in Android production and development even inside the megalopolis, shares its faction with Gearside, which is so infamous that it is nicknamed the Machine Church.
Is Ilya’s true intention when she mentioned the information about the Ascension Gate’s blueprint right here right now, to express that she is so earnest about this job?
But Lennok shook his head even after he understood that fact.
“It’s true that I’m interested in what’s going on behind the scenes, but even so, it wouldn’t be evidence to trust you.”
“….”
“How can you be sure that you are not intending to contact Gearside using the fact that you are of the same faction?”
“…Wouldn’t it be endless if we dig into such a fundamental relationship of trust?”
“It would have been if you hadn’t brought this up in front of me.”
Lennok’s eyes shone coldly.
“In the end, it’s just words that don’t mean anything. Do you think a few words can alleviate the attitude you’ve shown so far?”
Illya fell silent at that cold reply.
After a moment of silence, she asked, belatedly realizing Lennok’s true intentions.
“You want a deal.”
“A list of city council members who put that side in this case. Information about related factions. Why Gearside collects battle data in this way. The inside story of the Ascension Gate.”
“….”
“If you can’t convince them of all the principles of action, it’s only natural to doubt their intentions.”
While admitting that he participated in this operation at the instigation of another lawmaker, there is no value in persuading him that he just wants to stop Gearside.
Who are the lawmakers who are hoping for failure behind this work right now?
Wouldn’t it be strange to think of him as an ally worse than an enemy without sharing that much information?
Illya hesitated before answering.
“If we share the member’s information, it would be a planned procedure for our organization to pretend to him. This is something I cannot decide on my own right now.”
“Simple.”
Lennok nodded.
“Make a decision before this operation is over. Give me time until then.”
Without bothering to wait for her answer, I got on the bike.
Woooo!!
Lennok ignores the eyes following him and exits the parking lot of an abandoned building in Area 51.
Lennok opened his mouth immediately as he raced up the broad road.
“Dabi.”
[Collecting data related to Cybrid Echo. If you scan the network based on the keywords Machine City Machina and Gearside, you will get meaningful results.]
“Please organize the conversation history just now and send it to Mayer. No matter what decision Illya makes, it will be important to secure a list of the members of the council involved in this matter.”
It’s impossible for Lennok to pay attention to the strife within the city council, but at least it is possible to tell Mayer the information he needs.
If it were Mayer, he wouldn’t forget this deal and would try to maintain a good relationship for the long term.
It was only natural that he, who was quite sympathetic to Lennok, wanted to live on and rise to the top of the city council.
The moment Lennok, who had organized what he had to do in an instant, turned on the bike’s built-in interface and tried to check the location. The life reactions of allied Freelancers displayed on the
map
began to disappear rapidly from a certain point.
At the same time, voices mixed with astonishment rang out from the communication network one after another.
[Appearance of Defense Force Special Forces!! They are military level supermen!]
[Uncontrollable with current power alone! I need support right now!!]
[Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!]
“….”
The moment Lennok immediately turned his bike and opened his mouth.
Illya’s cold voice echoed a step ahead.
[I want to join. I hope the others continue to assist the other members in their pursuit.]
With those words, the flash of light that bounced off the parking lot Lennok came out of ran down the road.
After launching five spears, Illya, who climbed on top of them, began to accelerate while leaping low on the road.
Piying!!
Seeing that, Lennok, who had been pulling the throttle inadvertently, stopped his bike and stared at her.
Maximize your mobility using your own unique equipment.
Perhaps that was the driving force that made the operation smooth as it traveled between vast areas like Lennok’s bike.
It is unknown in detail, but probably because a person named Lundel had similar mobility, he was able to achieve unrivaled results in such an operation.
Thinking so, Lennok started pulling the throttle again.
You have to achieve as many achievements as possible today to reduce the number of defense forces hiding inside the city.
As time passes, the possibility that the other side will notice how they are being tracked increases, and the more it does, the more difficult it will be to reduce the risk factors inside the city.
At this point, when the opponent was taken aback by the sudden surprise, extracting the maximum efficiency was the framework of this strategy established by Palad and Mayer.
The moment Lennok was about to lower his head to check the tracking records of the Special Forces members of the National Guard, which were continuously filmed on the interface.
I meet someone’s gaze on a traffic light on an outskirts road and pass by in an instant.
Kiki profit!!
As soon as I recognized it, I stopped the bike.
A monster bike with a thick body turns half a turn on an empty road and heads in the opposite direction.
Something on top of the traffic light was staring down at Lennok, just as it had appeared there for the first time.
“….”
A motorcycle helmet worn over the face. A black rider jacket and leather boots.
Dressed much more like a driver than Lennok, who immediately jumped on his bike.
However, the life response felt in the body is weaker and fainter than that of an ordinary human.
Lennok, who immediately remembered the opponent’s appearance, opened his mouth.
“That’s the face I saw at the meeting.”
It’s a normal helmet, but it’s a different story if you say that you were wearing that helmet intact at the conference hall.
A man who stayed silent in a corner of the conference hall, not interacting with others.
The outfit wasn’t unusual, so I was confused at the moment, but it wasn’t difficult to remember.
“The pursuit and killing of the National Guard confirmed in this area is over. You better look elsewhere.”
“doesn’t care. It’s not something I started seriously anyway.”
Helmet replied, and lightly jumped off the traffic light and started walking towards Lennok.
“I just wanted to play around lightly before starting work. Oh, but it’s kind of pissing me off being pushed to third place.”
“It’s third place…Right. Were you Lundel?”
Considering the remark of third place, it is proof that this man is the one who put up a performance second only to Ban and Ilya.
It means that he is the one who has subjugated the National Guard with mobility and skills comparable to Lennok and Ilya.
However, the man Lundel did not pay attention to Lenok’s words and began to shorten the distance with great strides.
“I didn’t like this method originally, but I tried my best not to ruin the stage I had prepared. But you can’t get in the way of Echo’s girl, can you?”
“What are you talking about….”
Lennok, who was trying to answer with a frown, was cut off.
Raising one hand, Lundel suddenly began to distort the helmet he was wearing.
Let’s go!!!
It wasn’t even a human face that appeared from the inside, as if the helmet was smashed with bare hands.
A creepy appearance resembling a skull. Dozens of mechanical wires flowed out of the empty eye sockets and twisted into the nose and mouth.
Its contradictory appearance, while taking on a human form, far deviated from the human form.
Even the subtle words and actions that seemed to dislike Ilya. There was no need to ask who the opponent who appeared at this moment was.
gear side. The organization that was hiding behind the Defense Force Command and commanding all of this began to move directly.
“….”
Only then did Lennok exhale and slowly get off the bike.
Tobacco smoke disperses and disappears through the cold mist of dawn.
Lennok asked, slowly raising his mana again.
“Since when?”
[Since when?]
Hard machine sounds completely different from before. The vocal cords themselves do not move at all. Was the helmet worn to cover up that fact?
Lennok stared blankly at Lundel and said.
“It was yesterday evening.”
[Oh that’s right. How did you know?]
“If I had infiltrated this side from the start and fooled Mayer’s eyes, there would have been much more I could have done.”
Lennok replied.
“Did you steal the details of this operation a little too late and pick out a good person to disguise your identity among them?”
According to Lennok’s memory, Lundel was not a skilled person who stood out so much among the freelancers gathered here in the first place.
There are a lot of things that don’t match because they’ve been hiding their skills for today’s sake, so it would be more accurate to say that the person standing in front of them killed the real Lundel yesterday and assumed that identity.
The reasoning that has been followed by biting the tail once does not stop and spreads rapidly.
“If there is a person with this ability among the intelligence units of the National Guard, there is no way that the information would not have spread. If it’s strange that you’ve been hiding until now and revealing your head, you have no choice but to think of a third party’s intervention.”
[…] … .]
“Gearside. Now I’ve decided to step in and take care of things myself.”
Lundell, who had been listening to Lennok, clapped.
mate mate.
Slow applause echoed hollowly across the empty street.
[This is why dealing with smart guys is tiring. I have no idea how far I should give it.]
“….”
[But it’s clear that such trivial amusements are quite good entertainment. Aren’t you enjoying these moments too?]
“Well. I don’t know.”
Lennok smiled and replied.
“There are too many people who talk like you.”
I can roughly understand what the other side is talking about.
According to the information Jenny gathered, Gearside is a magical engineering research group. It is also an elite created by gathering only a small number of talented researchers.
The opponent now facing Lennok must also have considerable pride in his intellect and research ability.
But to Lennok, that didn’t matter too much.
Such trivial backgrounds were things that could be found out even after trampling on the opponent in front of them.
[You are arrogant. But I like it. If I didn’t have that much confidence, I might have been rather disappointed.]
Lundel, who leisurely stroked his chin, muttered as he slowly lowered his center of gravity.
[I, too, have been preparing in my own way to create this place today. Try not to disappoint.]
Clap!!
Rundel’s left palm split open, a sharp blade protruding from the gap, and a hard mechanical sound echoed through his motionless throat.
[The Wizard of District 49. Securing the battle data of the solid squad. Let’s start now.]
Lundel’s body, slightly narrowing his shoulders, disappeared on the spot.
Right after that, a dazzling flash of light exploded from Lennok’s right rear.
Kwaaaaang!!
An intense bombardment that is unbelievable to have come out of a human body.
The impact overturns the scorched asphalt on the nearby road, shatters all traffic lights, and scatters shards of glass.
[They said that he was a powerful sorcerer but had combat abilities comparable to that of a avant-garde, so he wasn’t wrong.]
Rundel’s skull-shaped head flashed in the air that instantly heated up.
Wheein!!
Saying that, Lundel’s right wrist was completely turned inside out and he was using his entire forearm like a bag.
Just now, Lundel preoccupied the rearguard with high-speed movement that even Lennok couldn’t notice, and immediately after that, he used his arm as a muzzle and fired a huge energy bullet into it.
In the aftermath, the asphalt on the roads along the street evaporated, exposing the bare ground, and an unpleasant smell began to fill all directions.
[Reflexes. Youngchang speed. composition of the drink. everything is absolutely perfect It looks like a programmed machine.]
“Isn’t it too talkative for a machine?”
A cold voice amidst the smoke.
Right after that, a blue lightning strike from the sky hit the ground.
Kwaaaaa!!!
A tremendous amount of heat that easily exceeded the firepower that Lundel had just fired.
However, instead of catching the lightning from the front, Lundel stepped back as if it had disappeared, delicately dodging the aftermath of the lightning strike.
An overly sensitive attitude. However, what is more impressive than that is the high-speed jump itself realized with that steel body.
A presence so faint that it is difficult to capture it with Lennok’s sensory sphere.
In addition, the location preemption that cannot be confirmed with the naked eye is added, so it feels as if you are really leaping into space on the spot.
As for the first attack Lundel fired, it wouldn’t be strange if he took damage if he hadn’t sensed the location of the attack with a reinforced shield and concentrated the intensity.
[I think you’re misunderstanding something.]
Lundel spoke leisurely with a soft voice.
[We are researchers at the forefront of magical engineering, not idiots who worship machines with no intelligence or substance.]
“….”
[And it’s no wonder that seekers of knowledge talk a lot. Shouldn’t we explain our knowledge in an easy-to-understand manner in order to teach stupid assholes?]
“It seems clear that either way is insane.”
Lennok let out a cold sneer.
“Are you going to tell me that you’ve been hunting the National Guard all this time just to get the word out?”
No matter how you say it, it doesn’t change that Lundel has been subjugating the National Guard’s intelligence unit, which is a cooperative relationship, by taking on the status of a freelancer.
No matter how grandiose a cause is recited, the essence is nothing but an outlaw in the shadows, no different from Lennok.
[I don’t mean to say it wasn’t fun. It was fun in its own way.]
Lundel shrugged after taking off his tattered rider jacket.
At the same time, mechanical parts protruded out of his body, forming a reinforced exoskeleton in an instant.
It began to change into a form optimized for battle.
[However, it is also true that the more the data is secured, the more manpower of the National Guard becomes unnecessary. I was just doing some pruning in advance in preparation for that moment.]
“Pruning.”
Lennox laughed impatiently at that confident declaration.
“That sounds like something a terrorist would do, not a researcher.”
It is not difficult to understand what kind of ideology Gearside is a group just from what Lundel said.
An elite group that puts improvement and development through magic engineering as their top priority, and is good at mercilessly cutting out anything else.
The results that were poured out in the process contained a different kind of fanaticism than faith, and it probably developed in a form similar to religion and created the nickname of the Machine Church.
However, despite Lennok’s sharp answer, Lundel nodded.
[A terrorist. I’ve heard a lot. Our beautiful hometown has proven that we can’t do anything in the end if we make a fuss while thinking about ethics, morality and human dignity.]
“….”
[If you think about it, is it really necessary to cling to the human body? As long as you can fully demonstrate your elaborately completed intellect, it doesn’t matter if it’s a body that can help you show off that intellect. In the end, the destination you’re aiming for doesn’t change.] Shik
!!
In an instant, Lundel appeared in front of Lennok and whispered.
[There is no law that a machine cannot reach ascension, right?]
“That means… … !”
Kwaaaang!!
Before he could finish his sentence, Lundel kicked Lennok hard.
The shield surrounding Lennok could not withstand the force and flew backwards, crashing into the outer wall of a nearby building.
Koo Goo Goo Goong!!
A blow that properly hit the bottom of the building ground.
The abandoned building, which had been empty, collapsed as it was, unable to overcome the external force fired from the outside.
Enormous amounts of cement dust burst from the collapsing buildings, covering the streets with a gray mist.
[Simple space interference rate 89%. The adjustment is roughly finished.]
Wi-ing!!
[Let’s go soon.]
The Genius Wizard Who Takes Medicine Episode 310
