Villain’s Programming - Chapter 268



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Episode 268 The Weight of Life

Do-jun returned to the hotel, took a shower, and lay down on the bed.

“Who the hell created SIRI’s AI? Did Apple have aliens kidnapped underground too?”

Even though several hours had passed, Dojun couldn’t get SIRI out of his mind.

‘And Jobs too.’

Jobs said he wanted to see the world amazed by SIRI when the iPhone 4S was released, but he made a bitter expression, saying that it didn’t seem like it would happen.

‘Terminal pancreatic cancer?’

Do-jun sighed. Even if he was the one in the final stages of pancreatic cancer, there was nothing he could do.

‘If there was a mid-level panacea, could it have saved Jobs?’

Although I don’t know the cure, I thought maybe it would be possible to recover her to the point where she could undergo surgery like the case of Chief Kim Jae-hwan’s mother.

Kim Jae-hwan’s mother’s cancer size was reduced with a low-grade panacea. An intermediate-grade one would definitely be even more effective.

‘But there is no intermediate panacea. There are ways to obtain it, though.’

Dojun opened the quest window.

– Content: Create a game that will be nominated for GOTY.

– Limit: 3 years.

– Reward: Intermediate Panacea.

– Failure: Delete one random talent.

Dojun was still working on the ‘GOTY Quest’.

‘If you complete this quest, you can get an intermediate panacea. However, the fastest way to complete the Gaemamusa is early next year. GOTY is selected at the end of the year, so getting the panacea will be at the end of next year at the earliest.’

No matter how much I thought about it, there was no way to obtain the ‘Intermediate Cure-all’.

‘Is there really no way? It would be a shame to let Jobs go like this.’

Do-jun, who was thinking about how to save Jobs, suddenly had an idea.

‘Wait a minute, even if I can’t get a mid-level panacea, can’t I get a low-level panacea?’

It was already the end of May. Jobs would die in October, less than four months away. The cancer had spread throughout his body, and even if he had found a low-level panacea, it was obvious that it would not save him.

‘But… won’t we see the iPhone 4S released in just one month, exactly one month?’

Do-jun, who saw the possibility, spoke to the empty space.

“Morning star.”

The morning star looked somehow happy.

“Yeah! I have a question.”

“Can I get help twice a year?”

“That’s right. That’s right. But, you know, can’t you get that help a little earlier? Can’t you get the help you’re supposed to get in July of this year now?”

The morning star answered without a moment’s hesitation.

* * *

Saetbyeol, who arrived at the ‘collapsed world’, swallowed dry saliva.

“what’s this?”

The morning star raised its head and looked at the sky.

The ‘Collapsed World’ was not as big as it used to be. It used to be big enough to swallow up the world, but now it had turned into a 3m tall pillar.

‘But it got darker.’

The sun was high in the sky and light was shining all around, but in front of the pillar of darkness, the light disappeared.

The color of the dark pillar was so dark that it absorbed all the light. It was so unrealistic that it was hard to see it.

Looking at the hole in the sky, it was clearly a cylinder, but because all the light was absorbed, there were no shading, so it looked flat.

‘What is this? Why did it change like this?’

The curious Saetbyeol cautiously took a step closer.

It was then that a voice spoke into Saetbyeol’s head.

[Come closer.]

Saetbyul was startled by the young woman’s voice and stepped back.

‘What? Who said that?’

Morning Star looked around, but saw no one. Morning Star looked at the ‘black pillar’ in front of him.

‘Surely that’s what the pillar said?’

The morning star calmed the startled heart.

“Hello? Is anyone there?”

The morning star asked, but there was no answer.

‘Should I get closer?’

The morning star approached again, and then the voice was heard.

[Closer.]

This time it wasn’t a young woman’s voice. It was Sally’s.

“Sally?”

[Yes, that’s right. Sally. So come closer.]

Saetbyul knew that it couldn’t be true, but she was very curious about the identity of the voice.

‘Why am I like this? I can’t stand to wonder.’

I used to not be curious, but after I started feeling emotions, it was hard to hold back the emotions that would burst out.

Saetbyeol took a step closer without realizing it. Now, Saetbyeol and the ‘black pillar’ were only one step away from each other.

That was when.

– Morning Star.

Saetbyul opened her eyes wide at the Master’s voice. Saetbyul was always ready to respond to the Master’s words at any moment.

The morning star found herself right in front of the black pillar and took a long step back.

Saetbyeol was very surprised, but forced herself to speak in a bright voice.

“Master! Did you call me?”

– Yeah! I have a question.

“What is it?”

– I can get help twice a year, right?

“Yeah. I can get help once in the first and second half of the year.”

– Can’t you pull that out a bit? The help you’re supposed to get in July of this year, can’t you get it now?

This is something Saetbyeol had asked the ‘Sky’ before, when she was alone.

“Yeah. Absolutely not!”

– ha.

The Master sighed. Seeing that, Saetbyul wanted to help, but this was the rule. The rule could not be broken.

– okay!

After the conversation with the Master ended, Saetbyeol moved away from the ‘black pillar’. This was because she realized that the closer she got to the pillar, the more difficult it was to control her emotions.

But after a few days, the morning star came back to where the ‘black pillar’ was.

“You can’t just run away. You have to find out what it is.”

In Saetbyeol’s hand was a long wooden stick. Saetbyeol approached the ‘black pillar’ and stabbed it with the stick.

“uh?”

The wooden stick went forward without a trace, as if it had stabbed the empty air. Saetbyeol pulled out the stick and looked at the part where it had entered the black pillar.

‘There’s nothing wrong. It’s the same as before I stabbed him.’

The morning star was not satisfied with just looking and touched the wooden stick with his own hands. As expected, it was the same.

The morning star looked at the ‘black pillar’.

‘What on earth is this?’

Morning Star observed the ‘black pillar’ for a few more days and then went closer to look again.

‘If I get emotional again, I run away right away.’

The morning star approached the pillar. Then the voice was heard again. This time it was an old man’s voice.

[You don’t have to be afraid of me.]

“You… what are you? Who are you?”

[I am a being similar to you. We are inseparable.]

Saetbyeol asked with her eyes wide open.

“What… does that mean?”

[If you’re curious, touch me. You’ll know when you touch me.]

Saetbyeol felt a surge of desire to touch the ‘black pillar’, but held back.

“No. Just say it. Who are you?”

[I can’t explain it in words.]

“Then our conversation ends here.”

[Aren’t you curious about who you are?]

“It’s okay. I lived without knowing until now, and I will continue to live that way from now on.”

The ‘black pillar’ remained silent for a long time after Saetbyeol’s words.

“Hmm. If you have nothing more to say, I guess I’ll go now.”

The morning star turned around. But then.

[Your Master said so, right? He said that even though the deadline hasn’t come yet, he couldn’t get your help?]

In an instant, Saetbyeol’s eyes widened.

“How did you… do that?”

[I can help you with that.]

* * *

Zhang Linfeng went shopping at LA’s Chinatown Market and stood at the checkout counter.

“Hi, Bruce. Did you go grocery shopping today? Do you always cook for yourself?”

The middle-aged cashier called Zhang Linfeng “Bruce.”

“Yes, Aunt Margaret. Because I like cooking.”

“Yeah, you have to eat well when you’re young. By the way, have you ever wanted to meet my nephew that I mentioned before?”

“It’s okay. Things are better now.”

“Oh my. It’s not just because she’s my niece, but because she’s really pretty. Anyway, if you feel like it, definitely tell me.”

“yes.”

After answering, Zhang Linfeng left the mart. Zhang Linfeng got into the Lamborghini parked in the parking lot. Zhang Linfeng’s appearance was very different from before.

He wore thick-rimmed glasses, shaved his head, and grew a beard instead. But that wasn’t the only change.

I used to be skinny with a potbelly, but now my potbelly is flat and my whole body is covered in lean muscle.

No matter where I looked, there was no sign of the old Zhang Linfeng. Zhang Linfeng looked at his crazy face in the Lamborghini side mirror and laughed.

‘I exercised and took medicine to build this body.’

Even when I looked at it myself, it was nothing like before.

Zhang Linfeng parked his car in the parking lot of a luxury mansion near LA’s Chinatown and went into the house.

The house was very luxurious. All the furniture was new and the TV was over 60 inches.

Zhang Linfeng put the bag of groceries he had bought on the table and sat down on the sofa. Zhang Linfeng opened the laptop in the living room and opened the mailbox.

[Requested photo]

When I opened my mailbox, it was full of pictures of ordinary middle-aged women and men.

“Father, mother.”

They were Zhang Linfeng’s parents. They lived as usual, but occasionally sighed and looked depressed.

Seeing that, Zhang Linfeng wanted to contact his parents right away, but he couldn’t.

He was officially dead. Even the Chinese government and his own parents knew it.

In the photo, the mother was touching herself and crying. Zhang Linfeng’s heart felt heavy.

“I want to go right now.”

Zhang Linfeng was satisfied with his life in the United States. He had money, so there was nothing he couldn’t do. However, the only thing that frustrated him was that he couldn’t meet or contact his parents.

‘And the most frustrating thing is having to live a fake life my whole life.’

‘Burs’ was the identity of ‘another person’ that Zhang Linfeng had bought with a large sum of money. The real ‘Burs’ was said to have died some time ago.

‘Is there any way to go back to China?’

Zhang Linfeng shook his head. No matter how much he looked into it, no matter how much money he spent, there was no way to enter China as Zhang Linfeng.

‘No. There must be a way. I just couldn’t find it. It was like that before, wasn’t it?’

Zhang Linfeng recalled the time he ran away to Korea. At that time, he thought he would never be able to go to China again, but he was able to go in the end.

But there was something crucially different between then and now.

“Chain letters, I don’t have any chain letters. Is there any way I can get a chain letter?”

The first thing that came to mind was Ma Huateng. Since Ma Huateng was the one receiving the ‘lucky letter’ right now, it seemed that if he disappeared, the ‘lucky letter’ would come to him.

‘But if I kill Ma Huateng, they might hate me. I have to find another way.’

Zhang Linfeng, who had been pondering, suddenly opened his eyes wide.

‘Yes, there it was! Irregular! The last chain letter I saw clearly said to remove ‘Irregular’!’

Zhang Linfeng thought deeply about who the ‘irregular’ was. To be honest, he couldn’t think of who the irregular was.

However, the person who most interfered with what ‘Chain Letter’ was trying to do immediately came to mind.

‘Hwang Do-jun! It’s Hwang Do-jun! If there’s an irregular, it’s definitely him!’

Zhang Linfeng paced around the living room, pondering.

‘Ma Huateng hasn’t eliminated Huang Daojun yet. But what if I eliminate Huang Daojun?’

Zhang Linfeng clenched his fist.

“To me… a lucky letter will come to me again!”

Jang Linfen spent money to find out where ‘Hwang Dojun’ was.

‘What? You’re in America now?’

Zhang Linfeng realized that his opportunity had come.

‘Even if it’s not a chain letter, you have a lot in store for me.’

“Hwang Do-jun, this time I will get revenge on you properly. In my own way.”

* * *

Dojun went to New York with Sally. It was because of Sally’s mother, Dorothy’s birthday.

Dorothy said she didn’t have to come, but Dojun pushed for it and decided to have a ‘birthday party’ with just the family.

Sally asked me while I was taking a taxi home from the airport.

“Dojun, but in Korea, they increased the security. Is it okay in America?”

“What, what could happen? Almost no one knows me.”

Do-jun strengthened his security in Korea after seeing Ma Huateng’s ‘mail’.

When Sally asked why he was suddenly increasing the security, Do-jun replied, “It’s because a lot of people are looking into it.”

“Well, Americans have a hard time distinguishing Asian faces, so I guess it’s okay. Of course, not me.”

After about an hour’s taxi ride, the two arrived at Sally’s parents’ house.

Robert and Dorothy greeted them warmly.

Dojun took Sally’s family to a ‘Michelin 3-star’ restaurant that he had made a reservation for.

The restaurant was located in the sky lounge, so I waited in front of the elevator.

But then a family came to Do-jun. It was a young couple of Do-jun’s age and a boy of about five years old.

“Dad, where are we going?”

“We’re going to a fancy restaurant. My friends bragged about going to a fancy restaurant, and it’s one of the best restaurants in New York.”

Dojun was surprised to see his child’s father.

‘Isn’t that guy Jeremy?’

Although he looked young, he was definitely the ‘DNA researcher’ Jeremy from my lost memories.

‘You must have a family?’

After a while, the elevator arrived and Dojun and Jeremy got on it. There were only two people in the elevator.

After a while, the elevator started going up to the sky lounge. But it had only just reached the 20th floor.

– Boom!

The elevator suddenly stopped.

“Ugh!”

Dorothy tried to fall, and Robert caught her. Sally also tried to fall, but Dojun caught her.

‘What is it? Is it broken?’

That was when.

Dojun was startled by the message that appeared before his eyes.

Jeremy sat his surprised son in his arms and pressed the elevator button. But no matter how many times he pressed it, the button did not respond.

‘Who is after me?’

A red light flashed on the elevator control panel. Malice was there.

That was when.

“Ahh! Dad. Dad. I’m scared!”

Jeremy’s son started crying in fear. Jeremy said it was okay, but the boy continued to cry, perhaps because the lights were out.

‘Copycat!’

At Dojun’s words, a copycat appeared on Dojun’s shoulder.

Dojun turned on the light on his cell phone. Dojun held the cell phone up to the control panel and spoke to the child.

“Brave friend, do you like games?”

At the word game, the child stopped crying and spoke to Dojun.

“…yes.”

“That’s great. You’re a game maker.”

“is it so?”

“Of course. And he even made an elevator game.”

Everyone in the elevator listened to Dojun’s words.

“Elevator game… is it fun?”

“It’s fun. However, when it stops like this, it’s surprising. That’s the fun part of the elevator game. The rules are simple. If you’re surprised, you lose, and if you’re not surprised, you win. Brave friend, are you surprised?”

The child shook his head.

“I wasn’t surprised.”

“Oh, well then you won. Well then, there’s nothing we can do. Since you won, the elevator will start working again.”

That’s when Copycat jumped up and grabbed the red one on the control panel.

At that moment, the elevator light came on.

“Huh? Looks like the power is on!”

“Wow! Move!”

The people’s eyes grew wide. Dojun sat down and looked into the ‘little boy’s’ eyes and said.

“Thank you, brave friend. You won this game because of your courage!”

The child said with a bright smile.

“This game is fun!”

“If you listen to your parents, they will let you play more fun games.”

Dojun looked at Jeremy as he said that. Jeremy said with a very grateful expression.

“Dad, are you really going to let me play the game?”

“of course.”

After a while, the elevator arrived at the sky lounge. Jeremy said to Dojun.

“thank you.”

“What? I didn’t do anything.”

“The child has a weak heart, so you shouldn’t be startled.”

Jeremy said that and handed Dojun his business card.

“Please contact me anytime. I will definitely repay this favor.”

Dojun went into the restaurant. Everyone else just thought it was a normal ‘accident’.

‘I guess I need to be more careful.’

Dojun took a few days off and came back to the airport with Sally. It was now time to return to Korea.

Robert and Dorothy picked them up at the airport. The airport was also very crowded.

Sally hugged her parents and said goodbye.

“Mom, I’ll come often.”

“Next time, be sure to bring your grandchildren.”

“huh!”

As Sally finished her greetings and Dojun was saying goodbye, the phone rang. It was Steve Jobs.

“Excuse me, just a moment.”

Dojun immediately pressed the ‘call’ button.

“Jobs?”

– Dojun, are you at the airport?

“that’s right.”

– If I leave now, I might never see you again.

Dojun thought that was true. If it were true in his past life, he would never see Jobs again.

“What does that mean? We will meet again.”

Dojun did that, even if it was just words.

– Okay. You’re probably busy with the plane, so I’ll just ask you one quick question.

“You can ask as many questions as you want.”

– Do you know anything about CHAT-GPT?

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