Genius Magician Who Eats Medicine, Episode 663
Causal Retribution (5)
The grumbling Darby poked her head out and looked around the elevator.
[Shall we hack the internal facilities one more time?]
“…wait for a sec.”
Lennok, who was carefully examining the instrument panel, put a hammer into the keyhole located under the elevator button.
Tok.
The moment he lightly tapped the hammer on the keyhole, the shape of the hammer reassembled and changed into the shape of the key.
“It was this.”
When the key was inserted and unlocked, a new button hidden behind the instrument panel was revealed.
A button with no number or name on it.
As soon as Lennok pressed it, the elevator started moving again.
Wheein!!
The door of the elevator that had stopped at a certain altitude opened, revealing a passageway that seemed to allow only one person to enter and exit.
The entire passage is covered with a hard alloy to withstand external shocks.
That’s why it must have preserved its original form even in the battle between Lennok and the Mechanized Corps.
In a huge room at the end of the aisle was a large glass display case.
A design mock-up located inside the display case. It looks sloppy and messy, as if it wasn’t organized properly.
“This….”
Looking at the model, Lennok pondered, and took out Kaise’s research journal from his arms.
Lennok, who was comparing the blueprint drawn at the end of the log with the model of the room, slowly opened the display case and began to touch the model.
“The specific proportions are different from the blueprint, but there are some rules. If you organize the compatible patterns and fit the model drawing, maybe… … .”
Kurleung!!
At that moment, the shape of the room Lennok was standing in began to change like the shape of a model drawing.
The shape of the room where all sorts of machine parts are assembled and rise from all sides, changing shape and changing into a smooth metal cavity.
The blueprints left in Kaise’s research log did not mean to find a place like this.
On the contrary, it was a message to assemble the shape of a room like this using the blueprint as a key.
And, assembled according to the shape of the blueprint, a silver-colored metal body slowly rising from the other side of the vanished model stand.
A metal object shaped like a door frame quietly rises and floats in the middle of the room.
[What is this?]
Darby tilted her head as if she couldn’t understand even after seeing it herself.
[It’s not very intuitive for an object left by an organism called Kayse… … .]
“Here is a message.”
Beneath it was a few words of a message someone had scribbled.
[An item made by refining the failed delusion of persuading Jin-gun Hwadeok. One of the test bed candidates for the project.]
[He has obtained cooperation through several deals, but he seems to have no regrets in life. I don’t think we’ll ever see each other again.]
[Since it’s predicted that future adjustments will be difficult, project officials who have obtained this item should secure only the dragon’s heart and dispose of it.]
Also, what is hidden here is to prepare a new test bed for the project. Was it an arrangement for
Kaise Bajour made this object with the help of Jin-gun, a firebox, and hid it here.
However, at that point, did he predict that Jin-gun Hwadeok would not live long and leave a message to the project officials?
That sharp intuition and judgment that transcends time were those of Kaise that Lennok knew.
If there’s only one thing that gets in the way –
“It’s the dragon’s heart…” … .”
The knowledge of the old world that Side Squad agents wanted to acquire in exchange for Jin’s hammer during the assassination of Narcissa Solmer.
I didn’t take it seriously, but could it be that the item was also related to the Black Consumer Project?
If so, how did Side Squad know about it and try to get their hands on it?
side squad. Or, there are people involved in the project inside the Ex Machina.
Perhaps, even among the committee members Lennok took hostage and ate, the person concerned might have been mixed.
“….”
Should I turn the Ex Machina upside down one more time and interrogate them one by one?
But as soon as Lennok came up with the idea, he thought it was unlikely.
Even if you don’t, it’s difficult to handle the aftermath of running rampant against the Ex Machina while being watched by the entire machine city.
Even more so, there is a high chance that you will only suffer losses if you rush ahead now that your condition has not fully recovered.
It is best to bury it for now and visit Makina again later to dig into the related situation.
“For now, getting this frame in your hand is the end….”
[Do you know what this door frame is, Master?]
As she grabbed the floating door frame of Jineun and pulled it out, the door frame, which had been separated into four pieces, was weakly folded into Lennok’s hand.
Lennok answered as he folded it one by one.
“I’ve confirmed before that the dragon’s heart is a legacy from the old world. But Kaise told me to secure it through this doorframe.”
[…] … Right?]
“The fact that Jin-gun Hwadeok made this door frame and the reason Kaise asked for cooperation. Considering the fact that it was a new test bed candidate, there is only one possibility.”
Lennok, who had erased even the remaining messages, raised his gaze.
“This is the new simplified Ascension Gate itself created by miniaturizing the Ascension Gate’s abilities to the limit.”
Lennok’s eyes sank deeply as he stared at the huge metallic cavity.
“Kaise predicted the failure of the Ascension Gate project decades ago and tried to reduce its capabilities and use it as a test bed for the project.”
It is different from the simple Ascension Gate that Lennok forcibly opened by borrowing the power of the magnetic realm.
The foundation of the gate created by miniaturizing the principle of the gate of ascension itself in reality.
Kaise persuaded Hwadeokjin-gun, who had made the foundation of the Ascension Gate, to create a miniaturized artifact that could contain the Ascension Gate’s abilities.
Wouldn’t it be the idea to apply Moon’s ability to the project and use the void of the old world as a test bed to rewind infinite failures?
“That’s why he left a message saying that he would be able to secure the dragon’s heart here. If there is just one difference… … .”
Lennok laughed.
“It’s true that I have all of the Ascension Gate’s open code and core system structure in my hands.”
Unlike the other members of the project, Lennok is able to open the void in the old world with the power of the Simple Ascension Gate on his own without borrowing the help of Jingun.
Even if it is not possible right now, all the necessary preparations are in place.
If the collaboration between Kaise and Jingun Hwadeok was made properly, it was only a matter of time before it was reproduced.
“Let’s go back. Everything you see here is over.”
Lennok left the room without hesitation, got on the elevator, pressed the button, and nodded.
“I go back to the Balkans to research and produce a simple ascension gate, and investigate the heart of a dragon in it. The traces of the project that Kaise left behind seem to lead there.”
* * *
Machina Special Prison Facility Top Control Room.
Hundreds of screens switch quickly, circuits are connected everywhere, and announcements sound.
Conversely, none of the people standing in the control room opened their mouths.
bang!!
The door opened violently, and the shoulders of the soldiers standing guard trembled.
The executioners who had been lingering around for a long time also looked back at the door with stiff expressions.
“I, Commissioner Narcissa….”
Narcissa Solmer, in a wheelchair, entered with a murderous expression on her face.
One difference is that unlike when he came alone, he brought dozens of soldiers this time.
She looked around with a sad expression on her face and asked.
“How fast is it?”
“It is estimated that the last sighting was near the defense tower of Hwadeokjingun.”
“calculation?”
Everyone fell silent at Narcissa’s cold question.
“I couldn’t even handle the proper trapping of a fallen mage who was injured and exhausted. Not tracking or capturing, but guessing?”
“…He’s tampered with the security system. They reversely interfered with the database of medical equipment brought in for research, destroying our authority.”
The doctors also said nothing and were breaking out in a cold sweat.
As a result, it is an undeniable fact that their demands and mistakes influenced Ban’s escape.
“If he had broken his handcuffs or used magic, he would have been able to track its location without difficulty… … .”
“There must be a location tracker in the patient’s uniform?”
“…It doesn’t seem to work.”
“okay. I understand.”
Narcissa looked back at the soldiers with an expressionless face.
“You mean he escaped from the detention facility without using magic even once, wearing handcuffs made of magic-blocking metal and wearing a hospital gown.”
“…..”
“Are you really sane? Did you really not know what would happen if there were additional casualties due to this situation?”
“I have no face.”
“ha….”
Narcissa, who sighed and managed to catch her breath, quickly came to her senses and asked.
“They said it was presumed to have been seen near the Defense Tower. Knowing that, why haven’t you identified the location yet?”
“It is difficult to approach easily because the abilities of the psychic Aosh Spero, who cooperated to deal with this situation, are overflowing.”
“…Spero? Are you referring to the Sphero I know?”
Among the executioners, a middle-aged man who looked older nodded his head with a serious expression.
“Because the high-ranking superhumans collided, it was difficult to confirm the battle situation in detail.”
“No matter what, do you ask for cooperation from the renegade who went over to Gearside?”
“There was a strong demand from the members of the Iron Heart Commission.”
Although the head of Gearside died in a foreign land and the lifeline was cut off, they were one of the most dangerous researchers who rebelled against Makina.
Now that the organization has been disbanded, the remaining forces are rather creating their own forces and dominating in the shadows.
Level 8 Psychometric Psychic. Aosh Spero, called Mastermind, was also one of those dark monsters.
“ha….”
Due to the chaos in the city caused by Hermes’ suicide, control is scattered and shaken here and there.
Apart from Narcissa trying to rectify the situation, the other members of Ex Machina also try to control the situation by moving according to their own standards.
Narcissa, who rubbed her temples as if in pain, opened her mouth as she looked at the prison screen.
“First of all, contact the commissioner who gave the order to the site and call all the people involved. From now on, until the location of the lightning bolt is specified, no one will-”
Narcissa, who was quickly checking the screen, immediately stopped.
“…Commissioner Solmer? Why do you… … .”
The other enforcers and agents who turned their heads in the direction of the gaze were also at a loss for words.
Room 6 in the deepest part of the special prison facility, which was empty at the same time as the dog-roe escaped.
The image of a young man wearing a hospital gown and handcuffs was being projected on the camera that illuminated the screen.
The image of Lennok sitting on the bed and calmly waving his hand at the screen.
As if the current chaos was a lie, it was as comfortable as if it had been there from the beginning.
The figure of the escaped prisoner returning to the prison facility as if nothing had happened even after turning the whole city upside down.
No one in the control room could easily open their mouth.
