How to Live as an Immortal - Chapter 286
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How to Live Immortally Episode 286
Will it be 286?
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A sound resembling a groan echoes from inside the hole that allows a clear view all the way to the 4th underground floor. Occasionally, signal interference occurs along with the sound. Evidence that they are unable to escape the influence of the electromagnetic pulse.
Silk, the scars weren’t the only ones.
The entire mountain fortress, boasting 80 years of tradition, was in shambles. It was a building that announced the beginning of the Miyauchi-gumi. It was a sight enough to indicate that the organization’s prosperity had faded.
“under.”
Hoya, the leader of the Miyauchi-gumi, who was witnessing the tragedy in the middle of the mountain, unconsciously clenched his fist. One executive was killed, and dozens of members were sacrificed.
The plan to fully utilize the fact that Geomho and Aris care for the organization has come back to bite them.
This and that, everything is messed up.
By the intervention of just one person―
“Blanca.”
“Yes, what’s going on?”
“Iris, I joined hands with you to deal with that woman quietly. It was no use participating in such a ridiculous play.”
Despite Hoya’s scolding, Blanca didn’t lose her smile. Perhaps it was because she had a mischievous expression that she never saw on Alice.
A tendon appeared above Hoya’s forehead.
“Why did you change the script in the middle?”
“Um, are you upset?”
“For such a mere reason… … !”
“Don’t take it too seriously. After all, once this is over, the Mars Defense Force will protect the Miyauchi-gumi as promised.”
Blanca places her hand on Hoya’s chest and smiles wryly.
“I would say it is an achievement that rivals that of the first dragon head.”
Collaborating with the military in the name of a criminal organization was a task that even the Squadron Leader, Hobuki Zenya, could not dare to accomplish. However―
“You have to speak correctly. It’s not the Mars Defense Force, but rather the protection of some radicals. And they can be abandoned at any time.”
“How many people are screaming and crying out for even that? Or did you suddenly change your mind after seeing the deaths of your subordinates?”
It was a hateful question. They both knew that since they were each other’s enemies, it was impossible to stop midway.
Hoya’s answer was set.
In fact, urging Blanca was merely an extension of political rhetoric to gain an upper hand in the deal.
“I can easily endure it if it is to check Ryong-young, who has brought humiliation to the Miyauchi-gumi for the past 50 years.”
“You see, it doesn’t matter what happens to my actions.”
“But if it keeps happening like this, I’ll have to reconsider… … .”
Blanca suddenly disappears without even listening, as if her business is over. It may not be an extremely arrogant action, but Hoya cannot be held back.
Blanca is not the message, but the messenger. Her intentions are the intentions of the Martian Defense Force.
Whew.
A dry wind blows through the acid.
“… … .”
The original plan was for Blanca to take Alice’s place and continue the reign of the Sword Master, but it wouldn’t have been a bad idea to just execute Alice.
“Ryoichi.”
“Yes, captain.”
“What’s the situation?
“There are signs that someone else was involved. At least it wasn’t Alice who killed Jogo.”
“Yeah, it definitely seems like there are some things that don’t fit the circumstances.”
According to Blanca’s argument, Alice, who had lost her mind, had to commit indiscriminate massacre regardless of affiliation if it was the Miyauchi-gumi.
But what is the result?
She only used her power to escape, and then she slipped into the shadows without anyone knowing.
There are two possibilities. Either he lost his will, contrary to Blanca’s intentions, or―
“You must have an assistant.”
Coincidentally, there was one person who came to mind. The young man I saw at Nobita’s mansion.
“Did you say it was a tug-of-war?”
The name is Baek Ga-on. I tried to arrest him along with Aris, but Ryoichi advised me that he might clash with Baekdu. So I showed him mercy at best―
“I never thought it would come back like this. Even if it has Baekdu’s name, that lowly blood won’t go away.”
At that time, I turned a blind eye, but now that I was confronting it head on, I had to make a decision. Hoya’s eyes, calculating the pros and cons in his head, light welled up and disappeared.
“You were the one who brought it in the first place. Can you take responsibility for it until the end?”
“Of course.”
“Show me that you are different from the Miyauchi-gumi that my father led.”
Hoya, who said that, leaves the mountain castle under the escort of Yorunokai. Ryoichi, who was quietly watching the place where he was staying, the corners of his mouth go up in a suspicious manner.
“I don’t know if being different necessarily means it’s the right way to go.”
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Unlicensed treatment facility in District 39.
A girl who doesn’t fit into the underworld waves dryly with her hood pulled over her head.
“Oh, I’m here.”
“You came early, thank you.”
Before the old man could scream a second time, Gaon, who had caught her, stood in front of Kenji. Although he frowned as he looked the girl, Noah, up and down.
“Is this the relief pitcher you were talking about?”
It was Gaon, not Noah, who responded to her seemingly distrustful reaction. He grabbed her shoulder and praised her as if nothing had happened.
“He is a renowned neuroscientist. There are few in the Seed Colony, or even on Mars, who can compare to him.”
“What, all of a sudden? I still have a lot to learn, so it’s not like that.”
Noah knew very well that he had an outstanding objective intelligence score, but he just wanted to maintain a humble attitude. However, it could be said that it was a defense mechanism to hide his shame.
Of course, as Gaon’s tongue grew longer, Kenji’s lips grew shorter.
“This little thing? Hmm, I guess I have a connection to these kinds of things.”
That’s a real murder.
When Kenji, who had accepted it at face value, gave a serious evaluation, Noah’s smile, which had been hiding his satisfaction, cracked.
“… … Sir, can I go?”
As Noah turned her back, raising the corners of her eyes as if she was displeased, Gaon quickly grabbed her waist and pulled her towards him.
“Let go, where are you holding on?!”
“No, you have to do the superconductivity value.”
Yes, I remember receiving from Gaon the ultra-high temperature superconductor developed by the Mars Defense Forces in the past. Noah slumped his shoulders as he thought of the fresh material that would surely be waiting for him in the lab.
She was a woman who would forget breakfast but not a favor.
“I heard that it’s a price that leaves a lot of change. So what is it? The reason you called me in the middle of the night?”
“I want you to look at one person.”
Gaon immediately guided Noah to the hospital room where Aris was staying. Of course, in order to take quick action, the old man had to first undergo a multi-angle examination.
Noah accepted the result and began to drool for several minutes.
“There are abnormal vital signs all over the body. Upon closer inspection, the symptoms seem similar to those when an android intentionally ignores the Admin Code.”
Administrator code.
It was a word that literally meant administrator rights.
It was a set of encrypted plugins, commands that would give humans an advantage over artificial intelligence.
“If this is the case, wouldn’t it be better to go to a nearby hospital? Anyone can see that this is a huge crime. If we report it to the media, the Mega Corp or the board of directors will take interest, so wouldn’t it be more efficient to gather outstanding ripperdocs and deal with it?”
“Unfortunately, I’m from the Mars Defense Forces.”
“ah.”
“You know about the punishment unit, right?”
“… … I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”
“Anyway, I want to erase the command entered into Miss Seventy’s mind, but is there a way to do so?”
A way to defeat the input command―Noah crossed his legs and wiggled his ankles.
There have been many instances of AI ignoring the Admin Code. One such example is the AI that is commonly referred to as unlocked.
From the beginning, both the administrator code and the AI source code were based on a program block. Since there was an intersection of 0 and 1, it could be easily adjusted, but if the target was a human, the difficulty level increased significantly.
Because compatibility itself was impossible.
By applying the basic principles of the Administrator Code, you can manipulate the deep consciousness that makes up the human mind―
“You know that this is a topic that could be written as a thesis right away, right?”
“But I still believe in you. Even when you groan, you always find the answer.”
“Ha, I really don’t know how you plan on living without me.”
Ironically, even in the midst of idle chatter, inspiration seemed to well up in him. His superior intelligence, which was so great that he could even treat difficult problems as a kind of game, quickly gauged whether he would succeed or not.
“There is one way, but I don’t know if it will work.”
“As expected, phytoncide.”
Gaon cheered with his index finger raised, but Noah couldn’t smile.
It feels like it’s playing on the palm of my hand.
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“Where should I put this?”
“Put it over there.”
As Gaon and Kenji dragged all the rack cabinets from the unlicensed practice and stacked them into a tower, Noah connected the central processing unit in parallel.
The number of cables plugged into the ports alone is in the hundreds.
Noah, who confirmed that the calculation ability was working as set, took off his coat.
“Do you understand my explanation?”
“Half.”
During the Eden Park drug factory incident, Noah had understood the source code of the device operating system that Preston had left behind. Now, he has even finished interpreting the machine language that is its origin.
It could also be seen as having awakened everything about the device.
And that device is―
“It’s a bioelectric terminal. It’s originally focused on getting feedback, but if I reverse engineered part of the operating system… … .”
“You can give feedback.”
“After all, the human mind is nothing more than a collection of electrical signals occurring between nerve endings.”
In other words, it was a plan to intervene in the mind by giving electrical stimulation through the device. In a way, it was an expanded version of Eden.
It was not without its uncertainties. Everything had to be handled on the spot. That was why we had to procure a small supercomputer, however clumsily.
“But it will be difficult to completely release it. The time given is limited, and manipulating the mind is not easy.”
Noah hung his black stockings on the shower curtain and took off his remaining clothes.
What she saw before her eyes was a bathtub filled with ice. It was a means to lower her body temperature, which would otherwise overheat during the dive.
It’s a classic and orthodox method, but―
“No matter how much I think about it, superconductors alone won’t do.”
It was too unfair to be suddenly called in and have to show my bare skin.
“What am I going to do with my body…?”
“Will it work?”
Noah retorted calmly and stuck one arm out through the shower curtain.
What she handed to Gaon was a round coin-shaped storage device, a package.
“Please insert it into my device in case of emergency.”
It was an escape program in case you failed to break through the Mars Defense Forces’ security and wandered around the conscious world.
“Oh, and if you lift the shower curtain while I’m diving, I won’t leave you alone.”