{ Aiden Lee 1 }
“… … .”
a moment of silence.
Perhaps it was burdensome, Yang Yang-gwang spoke again.
“Are there no other characters inside BH?”
“Anyone with any knowledge of this is being kept in strict containment. We were the only ones who escaped from there. So I can assure you that no one can tell you otherwise.”
At that moment, Yuhan Wol’s low voice, who was quietly listening to their conversation, rang out.
“You must have been a very important person.”
“ha ha ha! I feel like I’m praising myself, but… This would not have happened in the first place without me.”
Aiden paused for a moment, then put a smile on his face and looked at Yuhan-wol again and said.
“You deserve to be heard.”
deserve it
It was an ambiguous word.
Is it by passing his simple test?
Or was it because he was a test subject?
If not…
‘Because it’s S-class?’
Yuhanwol’s voice cut through Aiden’s words to begin the story in earnest.
“Previously… ”
Looking into the abyss, Aiden’s eyes staring at him, Yuhan Wol asked.
“I wonder what you want from us.”
“that… I’ll tell you after I explain the story behind this.”
“Are you saying that after the story is over, it doesn’t matter if you don’t move the way you want?”
Aiden, who had guessed the meaning of those words, answered in a serious tone.
“okay. As I already promised.”
“Why?”
I’m going to tell you all the essentials that no one else would know.
And without any conditions.
Yuhan-wol had no choice but to be suspicious.
But looking at him like that, Aiden opened his mouth.
“It’s my favor… You can think of it as a sign of a sense of responsibility.”
* * *
“The Ubermensch Project.”
Yang Kwang said.
It was the answer to Aiden’s question whether he knew what the project name was.
“okay. I know. So do you know what that means?”
“no.”
The name of the secret project was deliberately misleading.
So it was Yang Kwang who didn’t pay much attention to him in the first place.
“okay. what an unfamiliar term. Ubermensch is… It means superman in German.”
Hearing those words, Yang Gwang-gwang’s eyes passed Yuhan-wol without realizing it.
If you don’t call him a superman, who will you call a superman?
And Aiden’s explanation while looking at Yuhan Wol tickled Yang Gwang’s ears.
“The experiment you participated in, the Ubermensch Project, was to create a superman.”
‘Also… yes?’
Yang Yang Kwang felt something very strange.
Why the hell do you use such an intuitive project name for such a creepy, top-secret topic?
It’s an act that doesn’t match up at all.
As if imagining such doubts, Aiden looked at the two of them and said.
“The name of the project reveals the purpose of the project so easily that you might be surprised, but in fact, it’s not that strange either. BH’s security is very thorough, and besides, this project was treated as a top secret in such a BH, so I said it all. Shouldn’t it be said that the name of the project or even its existence will not be leaked to the outside in the first place?”
He paused for a moment, then resumed the explanation.
“And it wasn’t unusual at the beginning of the project to use the word Ubermensch as the name of the project. At that time, there was no reason to seriously hide it, even by making the name absurd. I wrote it so naturally that I kept writing.”
‘It’s a project to create a superman.’
Yuhanwol thought while observing Aiden as he explained in detail.
Judging by the results, he was right.
the present self.
If you don’t call this body a superman, what else would you call it?
However…
His low voice came out.
“I only play games… Become a superman?”
Aiden laughed at his words and said.
“Don’t you know too well? It hurts more than anyone else.”
There is no reason not to believe his explanation, which may sound absurd, but since he himself has personally experienced the incident.
What made that incredible thing possible?
Aiden’s words continued.
“Bruce Hendrick… Was it 15 years ago? I got a call from him all of a sudden. He said he wanted to hire me. He was quite famous back then. Because I knew that I was not very interested in the world.”
15 years ago.
It was the time when BH entered the pharmaceutical industry.
“Were you a scientist? in the pharmaceutical field?”
He nodded at Yuhanwol’s mention.
“okay. right. But Bruce Hendrick at the time had nothing to do with pharmaceuticals or biotechnology. So I simply turned down his ridiculous offer. But, as if he had expected it, he immediately put in an unconventional condition.”
“Extraordinary conditions? How much?”
Aiden responds to Yang Gwang’s sudden question with a glance, showing that he’s looking at something interesting.
“It was far beyond the best in the industry at the time.”
“Five… … ”
“Well, but that amount of money was at a level I could get even if I went to another large corporation. At that time, I was not known to the public, but in the pharmaceutical industry, I was famous as a real super genius. Should I at least say that everyone in the industry knew about it?”
“… ”
This is an unconfirmed personal claim.
Yang Yang-gwang was staring at him, reluctantly, nodding his head outwardly, but muttering inwardly.
Aiden’s words continued to be heard, whether or not he knew what he meant.
“It wasn’t the money that was an exceptional condition for me. He spoke out of nowhere. I mean do whatever you want. He said he wouldn’t touch anything, so I could do whatever research I wanted to do.”
In general, there is no company that does not give work to its employees.
Employees should do what the company wants in exchange for money.
So, you need to create a value that is profitable or beneficial to the company.
That’s the basic contractual relationship.
Naturally, employees want to be paid more and at the same time they want to do less work.
Therefore, giving the employees full autonomy is a really unconventional condition.
‘Is it that reliable? Or are you expecting a better performance?’
“Well, it was a very good condition.”
“okay. That alone was an excellent condition for a scientist like me. But that wasn’t all. He acknowledged the results of my research as personal property, and said that he would not claim any shares in the company or any rights for it.”
At Aiden’s words, Yang Gwang-gwang said with an absurd expression.
“Is that what you mean to believe?”
Then why do companies pay a lot of money to recruit them?
“right? When I heard the terms, I too thought it was nonsense. Even more so when you think about the times at the time. Because there was a time when individual rights were much more neglected than they are now. So I asked. Then you… What does BH get?”
“I mean, did you?”
“Then he did. He is not in this business to make money. It is his clear goal to contribute to the ultimate development of mankind. At the same time, he said with certainty that giving full support to you, one of the super-geniuses in human history, so that you can freely do your research as much as you want, is precisely in line with that goal.”
Yang Gwang, who felt it was difficult to keep his expression on his face at the opponent’s blatant remarks, turned his head to the side.
Looking at Yuhan Wol’s ridiculous expression, I thought it would calm my heart a little.
However, contrary to Yang’s expectations, Yuhan Wol’s face did not move even the slightest bit.
‘Can you stand this? Wow… .’
In many ways, this superhuman project must have been a success.
Yang Gwang-gwang turned his face to Aiden again, and tried again to focus completely on the current situation.
Maybe now this is a dangerous place.
It may be because of a lack of sense of crisis that the other person’s thoughts and emotions go up and down at each word.
Yang Yang-gwang asked him again with a serious expression on his face.
“Hmm… So, did he enter the BH?”
“okay. I decided to join because the owner confirmed it.”
“And you played a very important role in the Ubermensch project?”
“okay.”
Yang Kwang glanced at Yuhan Wol’s reaction.
I paused for a moment to give him a chance to speak, but no question came from the man sitting next to me.
There are a lot of things he wants to ask, and they are still popping up.
“After joining like that, during that time, I was completely immersed in my personal research. Even as you said, I was in a position where I had an enemy at the company and was getting paid.”
Towards Aiden, who was about to continue speaking, Yang Gwang suddenly asked a question again.
“Aren’t you envious of those around you?”
Those who receive special treatment are naturally envious and jealous.
“It did. But it was unavoidable… Geniuses are supposed to be like that. Anytime, anywhere.”
‘Anywhere… .’
Yang Kwang said.
“If we’re full of geniuses, it won’t happen to each other, right?”
The place where he worked is BH, the world’s number one company.
Even if his words were true, how could he be the only one who excelled?
There must have been an abundance of talented people who said that they can grow long.
However, Aiden’s expression and tone of voice returning were unexpected.
“Hey, what nonsense is that?”
“to?”
Yang Yang-gwang involuntarily questioned his somewhat rough choice of vocabulary and absurd expression, and a confident tone that sounded like Aiden’s truth resounded in the room again.
“How can a genius fill the world? If so, is that really genius?”
“… ”
“Even if they say they have talented people, they are also very jealous and jealous. Maybe even worse than the average person.”
“… ”
To Yang Kwang, who is doing his best to keep his expression, Aiden said.
“Your silence now is part of that.”
“what?”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”