170. blueprint (3)
“Some call me a savior.”
called a savior.
Is it a metaphorical expression?
Does it mean literally?
Is it important in this situation right now?
Haley was confused.
“Determine. Whether to hand over the location of the material and receive a cure. Keep your mouth shut and you will rot in the cell.”
Haley looked into Cain’s eyes.
It was definitely different from the inquisitors who had come so far.
When they talked about the ark and the destruction of the world, they laughed.
“What happened to your head because you’ve been in prison for so long?”
However, this man mentioned the ‘New World Project’ first and showed an accurate knowledge.
‘It would be right to judge that he was the emperor’s closest aide. However.’
How do you know the secret of this place?
No matter how much you ponder, the answer does not come.
There isn’t enough time for that.
But if. really if.
If this person is some kind of transcendent being.
And if you have the same purpose as you to disturb the emperor.
A small hope fluttered in Hailey’s chest for a moment.
He swallowed his saliva and asked.
“Cure petrosis. Are you saying you can be any god?”
“… … .”
Cain did not consider himself a god.
Although there was one new believer who got caught while reading the holy papers recently.
“Didn’t you hear a rumor about being in prison? Let me try it out for myself.”
Cain threw the syringe in front of Haley. The medicine was only one-third full.
“Effectiveness can be confirmed with just that much administration.”
Haley hesitated for a moment.
Then, as if determined, he picked up a syringe and inserted it into his left leg.
It won’t be poison.
If the emperor had intended to kill him, he would have done it earlier.
“… … !”
Before long, his left leg began to tremble, and soon he moved freely at Haley’s will.
“What is this… .”
“If we break the position of the material, we can heal the rest of the legs.”
Haley made a blank face and then came to her senses.
And asked in a confused voice.
“You’re so omnipotent, why don’t you know the location of the data?”
It was like the next question.
“If you know everything, why are you asking me for the location of the material?”
The simple answer is ‘I don’t know’.
When I started writing, I had all the main settings set in advance.
worldview. big events.
important area. Magic. characters.
The only non-pre-planned setting is the small events that fall between the main events.
‘Because there is a possibility that small events can be changed at any time by the characters.’
The characters start to come alive the moment they leave the author’s hand and arrive at the text.
It interacts with other characters or events and moves in unexpected directions.
Isn’t the flow of the story greatly disturbed by the death of the main character, Laxen, just by his own existence?
‘The finished part as written is exactly half of the whole plot. first half.’
The events in the first half have already been developed, so all the settings are complete.
However, the small events that will take place in the second half simply have a skeleton except for the core part.
Ultimately, the future is completely unpredictable.
After thinking, Cain played the recorder again.
“The development of a cure doesn’t seem to have much to do with the treasure hunt.”
— There is no perfect existence in this world. even if it’s a god.
There is no perfect existence.
Words that are also connected to the roots of the work.
That is the reason Laxen was not portrayed as an absolute who solves everything alone.
Because I wanted to emphasize the need for a lot of helpers to get through hardships.
Hailey’s eyes lit up in silence.
“Still, I can’t believe it. Even if you give me the location of the data, there is no guarantee that you will heal me completely and the Emperor will release me.”
Cain understood what he meant.
It was doubtful whether he really was a hostile to the emperor.
“His Majesty predicted that part. make an oath Can’t we do this? Johann Kirif obeys the emperor’s orders. Given the location of the research data, we provide Dare Haley with a sufficient amount of petrification treatment.”
Cain gave an example of what would go into the oath.
“We are also committed to fulfilling mutually recognized terms through dialogue, including the release of There Haley.”
Cain emphasized the part of ‘clearly recognizing each other through dialogue’.
Haley recognized Cain’s intentions and felt a shiver of goosebumps appearing on her back.
“I am the enemy of the Emperor. At least the blueprints won’t fall into his hands.”
It is intended to include conversations that have taken place while avoiding CCTV surveillance in the terms of the agreement.
Even now, avoiding the eyes of the emperor.
To appear as an oath with no problems on the surface.
‘Certainly, if you use the blind spot of the oath in this way… .’
Cain was the emperor’s enemy, so he could only be certain of it.
“Ask me again. Will you accept the oath?”
– Trust me. All necessary actions have been completed.
Cain’s voice was heard again in front of his eyes.
***
The emperor’s office.
Cain nodded in front of the emperor who was signing the papers.
“Did you have a good conversation?”
On one wall of the office, screens connected to all CCTVs of the Imperial Palace were output.
He must have watched all the circumstances, but the emperor pretending not to know was very funny.
Cain hid his ridicule and spoke in a polite voice.
“We have located the material, subject to treatment and release of petrification. The Northeast Garbage Dump in District 33. The exact coordinates are 32.11.129.”
“Really? I suffered.”
The emperor was quiet.
This one just continued to work without even looking at it.
‘He must have sent someone as soon as the coordinates came out of Haley’s mouth.’
Cain remembered the police in District 33, who were preparing to go immediately after receiving a call from the imperial family.
But it will be of no use.
Rather, it will move faster this way.
On the way up from the basement, Estelle had already finished the radio.
“I see. I will send a message to Milsian-san immediately.”
We have already deployed Milsian at the garbage dump in District 33.
No matter how fast the local police were, they couldn’t be faster than the Milsian who was waiting in advance.
‘Of course they will also find the blueprints.’
But that’s a fake blueprint, not a real one.
A complete blueprint that was copied from the blueprints of half that had already been found.
A fake that looks more like the real thing.
It was made to take a huge amount of time and resources to actually produce.
However, the finished product is nothing more than a lump of scrap metal that does not function.
In vain anticipation, the Emperor will order the creation of a new conversion device, see the finished product, and tear up the blueprint.
At least half a year later.
realizing that he had been fooled.
“Haley’s treatment and release will only take place after the material has been fully recovered. I made an oath, so he probably wouldn’t lie, just in case.”
quiver-
The emperor rose from his seat and approached Cain.
He put his hand on Cain’s shoulder and said.
“Your idea of staking petrification treatment as a condition was valid. You have done something that others couldn’t, so you should be rewarded accordingly. Do you want anything?”
There was a slight tremor in the Emperor’s voice.
Using the new conversion device, he must have been drawing a picture in his head that absorbs mana at a different speed than before.
‘This is a reward for those who have thoughts of ruining the plan.’
Killing the emperor is undecided.
However, the mana tank was definitely going to be in our hands.
Cain thought for a moment.
It did not appear to the emperor as too presumptuous, but he had to take care of the real benefits.
A few options ran through my mind. Cain licked his lips.
“I wish you would give me the title.”
***
Wasteland outside the wall.
“As soon as you appear near the wall, you will be fired without warning.”
The car that pushed Haley down disappeared far away.
Haley, who had followed him with a blank gaze, looked around.
On the left is the wall of the 20th Division.
On the right is the wall of the 30th Division.
Far out of sight, towering walls.
Unknowingly, a smile came out.
“Heh heh… .”
The wall in the direction I had to go was fixed.
Now, you will never be able to return to the inner area of the 20th division again.
“Emperor Caedric-!! I will kill you-!!”
Haley suddenly shouted loudly, as if having a seizure.
Anger against the emperor was boiling in his chest.
“No matter how hard you try, nothing as low as you can change.”
before release.
One last word from the Emperor.
“Kill-!! Definitely-!!”
The emperor sees himself as insignificant.
You can tell from the fact that he was released here without any defense.
“f*ck you bastard! I know how to leave you alone-!!”
Even more annoying was that he couldn’t deny that.
No matter how much a vagrant talks about the emperor’s plot, he will only be treated like a madman.
I can not do anything.
I.
“Uh-huh… .”
Haley laughed and cried.
His condition was pitiful and hopeless.
Everything that had been built up until now had collapsed, leaving only one body covered in bulk.
It wasn’t much different from when I was just born into the world.
If there is another thing, is it that there is not even an asset of ‘youth’ left in the present self?
“Ahhh-!!”
Haley cried out loud.
Like a baby just born into the world.
But nothing came back.
Even the echo did not return, only the cold winter wind blew.
“Only the body remains… .”
Haley’s gaze, looking down at her body, reached her legs. They moved freely according to their will.
“Cure petrosis, this is ridiculous… .”
An unidentified person who visited the prison.
No, strictly speaking, it is not unidentified.
“I am a representative of a pharmaceutical company. But that can’t be all.”
Haley made her own assumptions about the identity of ‘John’.
It may be the resistance that seeks to overthrow the country, or it may be the prince’s servant who seeks the right to succession.
“… … .”
I do not know.
What is certain is that he is the emperor’s enemy, so he can be certain to some extent.
Because I made an oath with the condition that the blueprints would not be passed on to the emperor.
“It was a gamble, but it was a gamble worth trying… .”
Haley spoke to herself in the air.
It was a habit I had in prison.
He also wanted to acknowledge his choice to anyone.
Haley sat on the ground and stared blankly at the sky for a while, then got up.
Once I had to move.
That’s how you do it whether you live or die.
And when I was just about to take a step towards Area 33.
Several bikes and vehicles stopped in front of Haley.
“Sir, do you need a taxi?”
Padded iron plates around the gun and vehicle in hand.
was a hunting dog.
Haley’s heart sank.
“Ah, he and I can walk alone.”
The hounds walked up to either side of Haley and searched through her clothes naturally.
“Leader? Do you really have nothing?”
“It’s a beggar. the poor.”
The man called the captain shook his head and said.
“No? There you are.”
The captain’s finger pointed to Haley’s stomach.
Then he pulled out a knife and pretended to be sharp.
It was a body language that everyone could understand, regardless of language.
“Hiccup.”
Haley’s face went pale and she began to hiccup.
“Come on, come on, I’ll take you easy. president.”
“We provide an eye patch for the safety of passengers.”
Unlike horses, the hounds’ hand movements were rough.
He stuffed Haley into the trunk, tied ropes to his hands and feet, and gagged his mouth.
Kick- Tong!
The sight, which had been darkened by the eye patch, became completely dark as the trunk was closed.
Soon the car moved and Haley’s body slammed into the trunk.
‘I’m dying like this.’
Also, there was no such thing as a god in the world.
Because if a god existed, he wouldn’t bring such a vicious fate to an individual.
The vehicle continued to move.
My senses were cut off, so I couldn’t gauge exactly how much time was passing.
Haley fell asleep from tears in her eyes.
And at some point, I opened my eyes to a bright field of vision.
“──!”
“────?”
A murmur was heard all around.
Someone came up to me and loosened the gag and the ropes on my hands and feet.
Shrek.
The eye patch soon disappeared.
Hailey squinted her eyes at the sudden flash of light and looked ahead.
A middle-aged man with a well-groomed impression was reaching out towards him.
“I apologize for taking you in a rough way due to unforeseen surveillance. Welcome to Area 47.”