18 – World 11. Trading (3)
– I am doing city related work. We would be obliged for your cooperation.
The drone blinked a red light attached to the center and asked for cooperation.
However, looking at the muzzle attached to both wings, it didn’t feel like a request at all.
Anyway, Carina said with a frown as if she didn’t like the drone itself.
“What?”
– First, we will scan your biometric ID for background check.
pod-
As soon as the words were finished, a green light appeared from the drone and illuminated Karina’s face.
-Scan complete. District 3 resident Karina. Please indicate your destination.
“I’m on my way home.”
-confirmed. where did you come from?
“District 4.”
Unexpectedly, Karina was answering each drone’s words one by one.
‘Are drones acting as police here?’
I looked around and saw that other people were also being questioned while being captured by drones.
-What did you go to District 4 for?
“To meet an acquaintance.”
– Please tell me the name of your acquaintance.
“Hayden.”
The drone blinked its light again.
Hayden, a resident of District 4. Has confirmed. Finally, do you know anything about the disappearance of death fog?
“do not know.”
-confirmed. Thanks for your cooperation. Have a comfortable trip home.
After the question was finished, the drone climbed upwards and left, and Carina spat with a very displeased expression on her face.
Looking at it, it seemed like he hated drones, so he hated them.
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Did the drones kill anyone?
‘More than that, he was really looking for me.’
It seems that the effect of the death fog was greater than I thought.
Besides, if this search continued, there seemed to be a possibility that they would find me.
‘I’d rather have it revealed first.’
The problem was that I didn’t know what would happen as soon as I revealed my identity.
I didn’t know that if it was solved simply, an appropriate deal would be exchanged, and if not, they might try to suppress me using all sorts of means.
‘I might take Hayden, Len, or Karina as hostages again.’
This world has excellent science and technology and even the power of players, so it was not strange even if there were variables that I did not know about.
‘Or am I worrying too much for nothing.’
In the meantime, Carina, who glared at the departing drone, moved on.
I looked at Karina for a while and asked.
“Do you hate drones?”
“To be precise, I hate people who fly drones.”
Now, drones were roaming all over the place interrogating people.
“Anyone who pilots a drone like that must be a high-ranking person.”
“I am the daughter of the ruler of this city.”
Karina replied as if she had nothing to think about.
It seems that they met each other before returning.
“Lee Seong-min too, be careful if you ever meet. A person who will do anything to protect this city.”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if you could protect the city?”
“There is a degree to that. Even if he crossed the line, he crossed the line.”
line?
Not understanding exactly what he meant, I looked at Karina for a moment.
“Probably, if they find out Lee Seong-min’s true identity and ability, they will try to get it at all costs.”
“I don’t know if I can do that.”
“Is it possible? After feeding a microscopic robot, you can infiltrate the brain to create a vegetative person, and various drugs can make you lose your intelligence.”
“…”
······That works?
I thought for a moment about all my abilities and whether I could stop the robots roaming inside me.
‘I wonder if I’ll die roughly if I cause an electric shock to my entire body.’
The problem was that I couldn’t do that 24/7.
Where can I get an EMP machine?
“How can I stop it?”
“The simplest way is to inject nanorobots into the body. Then it will take care of removing foreign substances from your body.”
“Nano robots…….”
It seemed like something simple yet difficult.
“For reference, a single injection of a nano robot is worth more than 30 million credits.”
More than 30 billion in Hanwha.
Considering the price of 150 connectors, it was definitely expensive.
Certainly, by the standards of the modern world I was in, it was worth more than 30 billion won, but for some reason it felt more expensive here.
At that time, Karina spread her left palm and floated a small hologram on top of it, and began manipulating something.
Seeing how it operates like a mobile phone, I asked again.
“What is that?”
“Well. It’s like an intelligent terminal.”
Perhaps Carina explained it in an easy-to-understand way, and said that the hologram floating on her palm was an intelligent terminal.
“I’m thinking of ordering a connector with this. But there are only six left.”
“Will the quantity be added later?”
“Perhaps? By the way, they are all used products.”
It seemed that the world was in this shape, so it was impossible to produce a new product.
“There is no other way, so I have to buy a used one.”
“Yes. Then I will order it.”
“But isn’t the price cheap if it’s used?”
When asked, Karina shook her head as if she hadn’t even thought about it.
“expensive. It’s a machine that goes to another dimension. Even second-hand ones are sold by people who have died twice and have difficulty accessing them anymore.”
It was a somewhat understandable answer.
Proper production in the current world will be difficult, and there will be many who want to gain the power of players.
It’s not unusual for the price to go up even if it’s used.
I also talked to Karina and entered District 3, and I was able to arrive at her house shortly after.
“…”
Karina seemed to be hesitant to let me into her house for a moment, but soon opened the door casually.
Crunchy-
However, when I went inside, I couldn’t understand why I hesitated, so I found a neat space.
‘Come to think of it, there was an android.’
Could it be that the android I was carrying with me cleaned it up?
The more I thought about it, the more things I needed to bring from this world.
Anyway, I removed the magic from my body, revealed myself, looked around and said.
“Can I move everything here?”
“I’d appreciate it if you would, but… can you include all of them?”
“It’s a simple thing.”
I replied as if it wasn’t a big deal, then I picked up all the things in the house and put them in the subspace.
Regardless of the size, I put all the closets and large products into the subspace, and within 10 minutes the inside of the house became sluggish.
“…”
Karina, who watched the scene, just stared blankly at me with a face that was at a loss for words.
“Even though I’ve been watching it myself… it’s so amazing.”
“I am also fascinated by connectors and Android.”
thump-
Along with the answer came the sound of someone knocking on the door.
However, Karina headed straight for the door as if she had already expected it.
Crunchy-
Karina opened the door, and there was a box that could hold two or three people, along with a crude robot that looked like a forklift.
– Complete biometric ID scan. I have confirmed that it is Karina. Please tell me where you want to put the 6 connectors you ordered.
“Leave it in the hallway.”
-All right.
It seems that the connector I ordered on the way has already arrived.
‘It seems to be faster than any delivery food.’
While admiring it in a small way, the robot left the rest of the connectors in the hallway one by one and went back.
“Mr. Lee Seong-min. Grab your connector here. Quickly.”
“Ah, yes.”
As soon as the robot returned, Karina quickly looked around and told her to grab the connector.
Following her words, I took all the connectors in the hallway and asked her why.
“By the way, is there any reason to take care of it quickly?”
“It’s an ability that doesn’t do much good to be caught. It’s better to keep hiding it as much as possible.”
Simply put, it means to be careful.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with that, so I nodded and headed back to Hayden’s house with Karina.
Just like when I came, I didn’t want to just walk in silence, so I asked Karina some questions.
‘Now that I know of the crisis in this world.’
Is the world left to connect and move on?
“What about other worlds?”
“Yes? What?”
“It’s the circumstances or something.”
“Ah, it’s a piece of shit.”
Karina summed it up in one word.
“A bitch?”
“Because it is surrounded by enemies on all sides. The two surviving kingdoms are somehow trying to conserve troops and supplies, and players usually fight well, but when a war breaks out, they run away.”
escape?
“Because fighting well and war are two different things. Besides, you know that when a player dies three times, it’s over, right? Who wants to fight at the cost of their lives? I want to stay strong until the end.”
When I heard the story, it was a situation that had no choice but to be a piece of shit.
“Do you leave it alone in the kingdom?”
“I put various rewards or restrictions on it. But in the first place, the players don’t really like the people there.”
Karina’s words continued.
“It was wrong from the start. The player’s physical level rises only when he helps the residents, so at first he volunteered. Then, the people over there gradually treated me as a slave who listened well.”
“It seems that the position has been reversed later.”
After that, I guessed briefly.
So when I asked that question, Karina smiled.
“Because the players are also stupid, so I didn’t follow their words. After my physical level went up, and I raised my strength by raising my job and protection level, I set out as if I wanted to avenge what I had experienced.”
It was also as expected.
The problem was that this side wasn’t fine with the death fog either.
The fog of death would disappear if we worked together to save the world, but all I could think of was that we were doing it quite a bit.
‘but. People can’t always think rationally.’
Still, this place was blocking the fog of death with something called a shield.
Perhaps other cities are in a similar situation.