Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 312



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The Regressor’s Notepad 312

Milky Way (6)

Teia had constructed a magical space. It was a barrier to interrogate Jedric. This operation had to be completed quickly and immediately within Ortu.

If not now, there will be no chance, and the longer it takes, the lower the odds, and the closer we get to Congress, the more pressure there will be.

Above all, she could not stand to see Jedrick sacrifice any more innocent lives. It was a bit of an emotional gamble for Teia, but the odds were good enough.

“… … .”

Teia looked at Jedrick, who was sitting across from her.

Jedrick placed his handcuffed hands on the table. He looked at Teia as he thought.

Proof is impossible.

There is no evidence for bleaching itself. It is a magic and science that extracts only the essence and principles of the soul. Even if evidence is captured by any chance, numerous companies and organizations are already accomplices. They will not cooperate with Teia Isil, a mere Holy Knight.

“You have a quick temper, Sir Seongwi Knight.”

By now his balancers should have been moving.

The symposium can proceed without a hitch in just one or two days.

“Do you really think Congress would allow this kind of abuse of power?”

Teia twisted the corners of her mouth like a snake without saying a word. Jedrick continued speaking leisurely.

“A ‘strange’ act? Who makes the legal judgment that something is strange? If my company’s outstanding technical skills or my genius are considered strange, should I take that as a compliment?”

This abuse of power will soon be blocked by Congress, and this crazy woman will go to jail.

……no.

It’s not a bad idea to just cut off the neck.

“I wonder if you didn’t think about it or if you’re just stupid.”

Teia, still expressionless, took out some documents and handed them to Jedrick.

“Just read it first.”

Jedrick looked down at it. Suddenly, his eyes wavered.

It was an internal document from the lab. It was leaked data.

At that moment, one person came to his mind.

Dr. Vito.

“… … What the heck is this? Are you turning yourself in as an industrial spy?”

Teia took up her pen at Jedric’s boast.

“I’ll translate it for you. You won’t even be able to read the data properly.”

She pointed to a section full of figures and graphs.

“According to this document, different code configurations were discovered during the lab’s process of ‘creating’ an artificial intelligence.”

Code composition. The lab expressed it that way, but the form in which all the data was collected and reconstructed was the all too familiar ‘DNA’.

“It means that there were two different genes in one ‘can.’”

“… … .”

Jedric’s blue eyes turned cold. He glared at Theia.

“Among the products you considered defective and discarded… … .”

Teia continued speaking calmly.

“It means there was a pregnant woman.”

Sigh. Jedrick smiled silently. He leaned back in his chair, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes twitching.

“… … Holy Knight. Have you come out to write a novel?”

“Please feel some pangs of conscience.”

“I guess you just came back from watching a weird movie.”

“You didn’t just kill a person. You killed their soul.”

“When you’re done writing it, give me a copy. If you want, I can write a preface for you.”

The conversation between the two people ran parallel.

Jedric didn’t acknowledge everything, and Teia felt like she was talking to a wall.

“Sacred Knight Teia. I understand that you have a personal grudge against me.”

At that moment, Jedrick brought up a story from the past. At the same time, Teia’s “switch” shook.

Her mask of cool and composure wavered for a moment.

“But just like the misunderstanding that day, this too is just a misunderstanding.”

“……misunderstanding.”

“Yeah. Who knew a monster would show up in your town? I’m sorry I couldn’t pay you a fair price, but that’s business and the market economy.”

The veins in Teia’s hand twitched. Jedrick added a word with a mocking laugh.

“If I had known I would be retaliated against like this, I would have paid twice the original price. That is, considering the company’s social responsibility.”

Knock knock. There was a sound of something breaking.

“… … Do you have no intention of apologizing?”

Teia asked.

“Apple? Where? To whom?”

Jedrick asked back.

“… … .”

Teia was speechless.

Should I call this appearance shameless? Or should I say monstrous?

Instead, he shrugged his shoulders in triumph.

“On the contrary. The world is grateful to me, because everything I do is ultimately beneficial to civilization as a whole.”

A benefit to the entire civilization.

A hollow smile spread across Teia’s lips. She laughed out loud without realizing it. The magic attached to her fingers sparked like sparks.

If possible, I wanted to kill him.

* * *

[For now, I’m in a safe place. Don’t worry about me, and Dr. Vito, take care of yourself. The symposium will proceed as scheduled.]

Ortu Symposium. I got a call from Dr. Vito. He said that this little rat had been hiding like a ghost. If possible, I was planning on killing him today.

“Doctor, what should we do?”

Libra’s staff approached.

“For now, we will continue with preparations.”

“yes.”

“I’ll go outside for a bit… …?”

I stopped as I was leaving the symposium. There was a strange air inside.

It felt like magic was being concentrated somewhere, and the oxygen was being sucked out… … .

Kwaaaa …

It was an explosion. Heat and pressure shot up from the floor of the symposium. Debris flew, and my body floated up.

Boom─!

My back hit the ground. I managed to get away, but the area around me was a mess.

────! ──! ───!

Things like shelling keep pouring down. It seems like it was Bancheon’s doing, but it doesn’t seem like it was Bancheon. Jedrick has so many enemies that it’s hard to pinpoint the cause.

I left the symposium in a hurry.

The streets outside were also thick with acrid smoke and mud. First, I ran, my white coat fluttering.

Kwaaaa …

“Ugh, shit.”

The noise was deafening.

I pretended that this situation was burdensome and difficult. I staggered along the street. As Killian, I should not have used the power of Sion Ascal.

There are quite a few eyes watching me right now.

Riley would be one of them.

He’s not coming close, though, so be careful.

“first of all…….”

Let’s go back to the hotel.

Because the bag of evidence that Teia needs is there.

* * *

Phagectic──!

An electric current shot through Jedrick’s eyes. Jedrick smiled, and Teia let out a faint sigh and lowered her hand.

“I didn’t do anything.”

“You’ve already done too much.”

“It doesn’t matter. You’re going to jail. Jahanna and Jade will applaud you.”

Jedrick froze. The mere thought of his brother and sister’s happiness was a visceral itch.

“You will remain a criminal who has violated countless human rights. Not as a genius entrepreneur, not as the head of Libra, but as a mere filthy idiot.”

Teia scratched him. She had withstood Jedric’s advance, now it was her turn.

“… … .”

Jedric was silent. Teia also met his eyes quietly.

Blue eyes like the deep sea, with anger welling up at the bottom.

“People like you are the world’s problem.”

Finally, Jedrick opened his mouth.

“People like you always talk about human rights and crime. You don’t even know what’s a million times more important than that.”

“What is more important than human rights? I wonder, too.”

“living.”

Jedrick declared.

“The survival of the species.”

He recited his thoughts.

“Civilization has struggled to survive. The course of this struggle is human history.”

Perhaps it was the home education he received from Libra.

“But once they can afford to eat and live, they all lose their minds and forget that there is an external force on this continent. So they start talking about human rights… … and the individual being important.”

Teia listened to him in silence.

Sometimes you have to listen to a dog’s whining so you can understand what the dog wants.

“Do you know what is happening in the polar regions of this era? The concentration of magical power is growing suspiciously thick.”

Teia frowned.

“The monsters are appearing more frequently, and the monsters are running wild.”

Jedrick smirked as he looked at the handcuffs tied around his wrists.

“A great catastrophe will soon strike.”

“Now you are trying to act like a prophet.”

“A lot of people will be eaten alive. Pregnant women, infants, and all.”

There has always been a cycle to the rampage of the monsters. Jedrick has always been educated about it.

So, if we capture those trashy humans──those cancerous lumps with no productivity at all, and recycle them into ‘technology’ that can help the continent.

“It’s all for the good of all. My AI is purely a product of my efforts and technology for the good of civilization. I can’t let a piece of shit like you ruin it.”

Teia’s expression turned cold.

“… … The more I see him, the more I want to kill him.”

Smart─.

Just then, the disciples outside the interrogation room knocked on the glass. Teia looked in that direction. The faces were not very good.

“Why don’t you go? It seems like things aren’t going well.”

Jedric suggested. Teia willingly got up.

If things continue like this, I feel like I’m really going to die.

“professor.”

The disciples clung to Teia as she left the interrogation room.

“What’s going on?”

“… … .”

They whispered with serious faces.

“There is no data in the lab.”

“… …There is no data?”

“Yes. There is not a single piece of data. Not just data… … not even a single computer.”

Teia stood there dumbfounded.

“The information is leaked.”

“I don’t know the details, but… … .”

She looked at the document in her hand.

This amount of evidence is not enough to put Jedrick in prison. This is just a key. A key that opens a room that leads to more evidence.

“What, what should I do? If this continues, we will have to go to court.”

“Don’t panic.”

Teia picked up her cell phone.

She has a plan B. If she doesn’t have a plan B in the first place, she doesn’t gamble.

[owl]

Teia sent her a code.

“There is someone who can help you.”

In addition, he singled out several disciples by pointing to them with his finger.

* * *

I returned to the Hansa Hotel. The luxury hotel was surrounded by a magic bulkhead, meaning it was safe from bombing.

However, there were quite a few guys who insisted on running out of this safe hotel.

“Everyone! Come here!”

“To us!”

Raye, Elise, Kane, and Asher. The four of them protected civilians from the sudden bombing.

I watched them for a while and then came up to the presidential room.

“… … .”

There is no time to sit on the sofa and relax.

I moved as if the world was in a state of urgency. Sweating profusely, I took out my luxury bag ‘full of evidence’.

I climbed the emergency stairs clutching it.

The place where Killian’s proper ending awaits him is probably the rooftop.

“Phew. Phew.”

I climb the stairs with great speed, almost out of breath. This isn’t difficult at all, but whatever.

anyway.

I arrived at the rooftop and stood at the [H] sign, which was the helicopter landing point.

I was just pretending to wait for the helicopter…

[Vito: Dr. Killian. I see you. Wait there.]

Of course, Vito seems to be hiding in a place I can see.

“what.”

If you do this, the legs might not fit properly.

I replied quickly.

[Dr. Vito, can you hear me?]

[Vito: I can’t hear your voice. I’ve called a helicopter, and it will be down soon. There is an armed group inside the hotel, so please wait there for now.]

That was when.

“Dr. Killian!”

A familiar voice called me.

It was Riley, a purple-haired woman soaked in sweat, dirt, and stone chips.

I looked at her. I thought of Vito watching me from somewhere.

“……hmm.”

The ending was a bit cumbersome, but the climax that had already been decided would remain unchanged.

Dr. Killian, who was centrally involved in Jedrick’s inhumane artificial intelligence, dies here.