How to Live as an Immortal - Chapter 287
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How to Live Immortally Episode 287
287 Request, Baek Ga-on
“I’m not interested.”
“It’s not that I don’t want to see it, it’s that I’m not interested?”
“… … .”
For some reason, when Noah raised his voice, Gaon remained silent. It was because he felt like it was the right thing to do.
“Now that the love fight is over, let’s get ready.”
As Kenji nervously nagged, Noah coughed and connected the magnetic cable to his device.
“I’m ready.”
“Good luck.”
“I’ll be back as soon as I finish.”
Splash, the sound of Noah leaning back in the bathtub can be heard through the shower curtain. At the same time, the small supercomputer powers up, and the sound of the fan spinning fills the room.
It was at that moment that Kenji’s pupils, who were looking down at Alice with a troubled expression, began to shake.
“… … My safe house has been discovered. It’s been completely destroyed. It looks like a pursuit team has been formed.”
“Even if it rots, it is still one of the four major dark forces.”
With this, it will be revealed that Kenji was also involved in this incident.
“The number of personnel will increase.”
It didn’t make sense for someone like him to be detained. It wasn’t a place where he could be threatened with fabricated accusations.
But despite that, it was because there was a precedent for the crew members to agree with the situation while hesitating.
Yes, 50 years ago, Aris had personally dealt with the dragon head.
And that too without the permission of the leader.
Shinkoukai’s move to reverse the perception that “if it’s Alice, you don’t know”.
Kenji had no choice but to cut back on that. It was a search speed that was only possible with the active cooperation of his crew members.
“Even if the Master wakes up, there might be no chance of winning. This isn’t a problem that can be solved just by being innocent.”
It was at that moment that Alice’s shoulders, which had not moved at all, began to move slightly. Noah, who had been in the bathtub, also had a violent seizure.
Startled, Gaon pulled back the shower curtain and patted Noah on the cheek.
“Noah? Noah!”
“… Sob.”
He puts the package into her unresponsive device. A beat later, Noah opens his eyes wide and lets out a gasp. Gaon quickly pulls her out of the bathtub and covers her with a blanket.
“What the hell happened?”
“A metal abnormality was detected inside the frontal lobe. It seems likely that surgical intervention was also performed at the same time.”
“I checked it beforehand, but why?”
“I guess it was so small that I didn’t notice it.”
I tried to counteract the nerves connected to the device, but I couldn’t reach it. No matter how easy it is to stimulate bioelectricity, it wasn’t a stun gun.
“Then what about Miss Seventy?”
“We need to remove that foreign body quickly. Otherwise… … .”
What would happen next was obvious even without hearing it.
Kenji, his face distorted, glares at Noah.
“How on earth did you handle it… … !”
“Enough. Miss Phytoncide did her best.”
If it were a normal slot, it would have been difficult, but it was a relief because it was small. All I had to do was destroy it.
Gaon, sitting at Alice’s bedside, rolled up his sleeves.
“location.”
“It’s here.”
A hologram with the same proportions as Aris’ head appears. Gaon, who figured out the surgical point just by glancing at it, narrowed the area of the mandala and increased the precision.
Arahan is a martial art that contains the principles of circulation.
He detects a foreign energy among living objects. The foreign matter that does not circulate and moves backwards is smaller than a speck of dust.
It was a form I had experienced once before.
‘Nanomachine.’
Yes, it was similar to the anonymous one. That’s why it couldn’t be detected by existing tests.
Now that you understand the essence, all that’s left is to strike.
Analyze by focusing on only one point.
The two centrifugal forces were sharply processed in an instant. The basis for this was acupuncture. It was originally a martial art that was medical.
There, the Thousand-Hand Thousand Eyes, which expands the cognitive domain, and the Two Thousand-Ilryu, which accurately handles spirals, are grafted.
The head overheats from excessive use and steam escapes, but it does not stop.
Until I felt the sensation in my fingertips―
“think.”
* * *
‘You have to give up one of the two. That’s the only way you can move forward.’
A mysterious phrase heard at the Ryokan, Ubuki.
What on earth are the two, and what kind of nonsense is this that says one should be discarded?
At the time, I thought Gaon was teasing me, but after being teased by Blanca, I could see his true intentions.
It was like a direct statement that ran through the life of a woman named Alice.
A swordsman in the Miyauchi-gumi, a colonel in the punitive force – born into the Martian Defense Force but raised in one of the four dark factions, she was destined to occupy an ambiguous position in either.
A true gray molecule.
If you fulfill your duty as a soldier, your position as a swordsman will diminish, and if you gain fame as a swordsman, your position as a soldier will be shaken.
A dual identity, belonging to two places but not being able to have both.
A composition that truly seems to embody two sides of a coin.
But even if the front side came out, or even if the back side came out, there was no salvation.
The swordsman is in a position to protect the Miyauchi-gumi, but the soldier is in a position to subdue the Miyauchi-gumi.
The conflict between irreconcilable issues was no different from the will to destroy oneself.
Can’t you tell just by looking at the assassination of Yong-yeong’s dragon head?
There are no benefits for soldiers who simply carry out their missions, and only sanctions are imposed on swordsmen who cause trouble.
If this contradiction is not resolved and left alone, the woman named Alice will face ruin one day.
Gaon’s advice was right.
The person involved, Aris, should have been the first to realize this and prepare for it. She should not have just stood by and watched until the cracks appeared right before her eyes.
It was impossible to remain neutral, because the scales had already tipped over.
What remains is the ultimate binary choice.
Which one should I choose?
I am-
Just before the resolution takes shape, the thoughts subside. The confused mind becomes clearer and an unfamiliar ceiling appears in the field of vision.
“This is… … ?”
I heard the truth from Blanca, who was given full authority over the punishment unit, and the elimination code was activated. I resisted until the end, but judging by the fact that I fainted, I guess my will didn’t last long.
That means―
“no way.”
Did you kill all the crew members?
Aris, who sat up in the house she didn’t want to think about, touched the device with a different feeling than usual. It was as if the lockdown had been settled―
“Don’t release it carelessly, it’s a device that suppresses your symptoms. I’ve destroyed the captured nanomachines, but who knows? There might be more.”
“Gaon, sir?”
A sigh of relief escapes my lips as I see a familiar face. Naturally, questions arise in the meantime.
“What happened? What about Miyauchi-gumi?”
“There’s someone I’d like to introduce you to more.”
As Gaon takes a step back, an unexpected person appears.
“Kenji?”
“Unworthy disciple, it has been a long time since I last saw you, Master.”
It was only after Kenji, whose whereabouts had been unknown for a while, knelt down on one knee that he was able to come to terms with reality.
“Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you. I didn’t know we’d meet again like this.”
Gaon, who had been cheering and clapping his hands, sat down. The long-awaited three-way meeting had come to fruition.
“Let’s talk leisurely now. Morning is still far away.”
* * *
Gaon, who listened to the events that occurred from Aris’ perspective, sorted out the situation.
“… … In the elimination code, is it Blanca?”
It’s not that there aren’t parts that match Kenji’s testimony. It’s surprising that the metahuman organization was not led by Paradise, but by the disciplinary unit.
“No, it could be both.”
The current incident is likely due to the coincidence of the goals of Paradise, which seeks revenge on the consultant, and the Punishment Unit, which wants to deal with the useless Ace.
The cooperation of the Miyauchi-gumi would have been essential―
“I think that guy named Jojang is suspicious.”
“That’s right. Only when you realize that Blanca is imitating your master will you be able to fully support Shinkoukai.”
Until recently, Kenji had been a swordsman. Hoya’s personality was so obvious that it was easy to grasp.
Gaon, who had been silent for a while, looked at Aris.
“So what are you going to do from now on?”
“……I don’t know.”
Alice, whose words trailed off without answering, touched her forehead. Didn’t we just learn from the discussion that this issue wouldn’t be resolved simply by getting rid of Blanca?
In a situation where there are enemies on all sides, is there really a solution?
Just because you gave up one and chose the other, the aftereffects didn’t disappear.
I am no longer a swordsman,
The one who is no longer a soldier―
Either way, there was nothing but despair.
“If Blanca has the elimination code, I’m dead. There can’t be more than one nanomachine in my body.”
Therefore, even if he was sentenced to a suspended sentence, the outcome was already decided.
“In the worst case, the order may be overwritten.”
For example, commit suicide.
“It will be too late to regret it then.”
“You’re not thinking of giving up, are you?”
“… … Given the circumstances, isn’t my opinion not important?”
If they resisted to the end, they would have to deal with the Mars Defense Force and the Miyauchi-gumi at the same time. If they got that far, it wouldn’t be a matter of victory or defeat. Since they had already clashed, they would have no choice but to become fugitives.
No matter how strong a person is, he cannot fight the world.
“rather…….”
The moment Aris was about to utter her last words while enduring the excruciating pain that felt like her intestines were going to burst, Gaon blocked her path.
“Just cool your head down. You’ll be confused since you just woke up.”
Without giving her a chance to respond, Gaon laid Aris down and swept back her bangs.
“Don’t make any hasty decisions. Nothing has been decided yet.”
And soon, he was given a transfusion so that he could fall into a deep sleep.
* * *
Noah pulled his hood over his head as he left the unlicensed clinic.
“I guess I’ve heard a lot of things I shouldn’t have, so I’ve become a bit more cautious.”
“You were the one who cured Miss Seventy, so shouldn’t you at least know why you had to do that?”
“Now that I think about it… … .”
Noah, with his eyes narrowed, pinched Gaon’s side.
“You didn’t keep your promise, did you? I clearly told you not to look.”
“Oh, that’s right. It was an act of God. And thanks to my quick reaction, I was able to get out of there without any aftereffects. I wish you would praise me for that, though.”
“Ha, if you can’t speak.”
Almost simultaneously, Noah shrugged his shoulders as if defeated, and the optical camouflage spread across her half-coat.
“Then I guess I’ll call it a day. I have a lecture in the morning.”
Without even saying goodbye, he quickly disappears. It was then that he suddenly felt a presence behind him. Kenji, who had come out of hiding, asked.
“Are you dating?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“Well, your romantic situation is none of my business.”
“What are you trying to say that you’re beating around the bush like that?”
“Master, no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think he’ll come forward. No, even if he regains stability, he’ll probably sacrifice himself.”
It was a conclusion that Kenji could come to because he had been watching Alice for a long time. Moreover, the situation was formed in a way that forced him to make such a choice.
“But I want to tear Miyauchi-gumi apart somehow.”
Kenji, who grew up in solitude, had an antipathy towards the organization that was beyond imagination. However, the only person he killed was the former president of Shinkoukai, Kayao Taku, for the sake of Alice, who would be left alone.
She put out all her anger for the sake of her peace, whom she regarded as her mother and sister.
However, such patience was in vain as Miyauchi-gumi was once again repeating the mistakes of the past.
so-
“It’s a request, Baek Ga-on. No, Yang Hou, the Sword Ghost.”