101. Director (2)
Once the contract was signed and officially available, Oliver cleared the room.
Fortunately, the living space on the second floor had a small bathroom and toilet.
According to people, there are many houses without these two.
In addition, there was a bed and a small refrigerator and desk that operated on magic fuel in the one and only room.
Suddenly, Oliver wondered if Murphy had taken care of him and saved him a good place on purpose.
“Because he’s really kind.”
Oliver murmured, and pulled out his gluttonous bag, and took out his belongings from the market.
When it comes to luggage, the necessities of life were blankets and pillows, a hanger to store clothes, and simple food items, but there was nothing more necessary than this.
Oliver said after finishing light tidying up, including laying the blankets, moving the desks, and putting food in the refrigerator.
“It’s good.”
Then I went straight down to the basement.
Main from here.
Oliver pulled out his huge glutton bag again and made him vomit.
“Rurrrrrrr-”
The gluttonous bag suddenly wept dissatisfied.
Really, is it normal? I have been working since the market until now.
Oliver pulled out a small gluttonous pouch and forced his mouth to pull out 10,000 randa.
Seeing the fluttering bills, the glutton’s eyes twinkled.
“Can I eat this and relax my mind?”
Then came the response. A different reaction than expected.
“…? Curl-! Crumple! Knuckle! Luck!”
Surprisingly, the large gluttonous pouch gestured like a human and said something.
Does the fact that the bigger you are, the more rebellious you are, the greater your intelligence and self-awareness?
But what was even more surprising was that he could only vaguely understand what the Gluttony Pouch was saying.
I couldn’t figure out what the hell it was.
“uh·····. Instead of a glutton bag, you want a name? right?”
“B-! Crackle!”
“… it’s interesting. Guess I’ll have to ask the person who made it later… Then, how about Big Mouse? Because you have a big mouth.”
The gluttonous pocket flapped his hand. seems to like it
“Knock? Crew!”
“I’m glad you like it. Well, I don’t need this, so put it back in-“
“- Kreuk! Crackle!”
“ah···. You need money too?”
“- Kreuk! Crumple!”
After eating the 10,000 randa that Oliver gave me, a bag of gluttony… No, Big Mouse started vomiting the stuff he bought back.
There were more furniture and equipment for the basement than the dormitory on the second floor. Most of them were bought from the gray market, not the traditional market.
The operating table to lay the invoice doll on, a movable shelf, and various materials necessary for repairing and remodeling the invoice doll were carefully arranged on the ship.
In addition, flasks and flask cases for storing emotions, mixing devices for experiments, and other experimental tools were placed.
Without stopping there, I changed positions several times to find the most efficient structure, but a whole day passed like that.
The next day, Oliver had a light meal with bread, milk, and apples bought in advance at the market, and immediately started working on the doll.
It was confirmed that it was repaired successfully during the battle with the truck robbers, but it was clumsy when moving,
Oliver changed his work clothes and laid the corpse doll on the lab bench to disassemble the defective part to see if there was a problem.
I loosened the tangled tendons and applied oil between the processed bones.
Fortunately, he seemed to be doing the right thing.
“phew····. It’s a little difficult.”
Oliver said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Touching an actual cemetery doll was physically exhausting, but it felt a bit difficult to do it alone.
It seems like it would be easier with just one helping hand.
‘Well····. Shall I make an invoice doll to help me? It would be better if it was a man because it takes effort, and it would be better to have two or three attached. I have to help out with several experiments, so it’s good to have multiple arms. I have to pour the heads too, so should I make more children?’
Oliver thought so and turned his head to the table in the corner.
There were Child-First, Second, Third, and Falls in test tubes, and their emotional state seemed to indicate that they were hungry.
Oliver extracted the stored emotions and vitality, mixed them, and gave the child an appropriate amount.
Child, who looked like a meatball spewing black smoke, ate the emotions and vitality Oliver gave him, choking and choking and savoring it.
‘It means that the level of perfection is higher than you think.’
A child who saw and imitated the artificial soul of a puppet.
To be precise, it was a kind of upgraded version that guessed the production method of the artificial soul and grafted it onto the minion.
I was a little embarrassed because half of it was done with the thought of failing.
Obviously, at first, he was just a clumsy artificial soul, but he had a desire to survive, perhaps because he was combined with a minion.
The fact that he whined that he was hungry is proof of that.
Oliver was half-experimented, feeding his emotions and vitality, and that’s how he’s been nurtured.
As a result, about three pieces of information were obtained.
The first was that if you feed a certain amount of vitality and emotions, the child will not disappear and will continue to be maintained.
The second was that he would never resist Oliver, even though he might show his will.
As an experiment, I left it to the point that it was debilitating because it did not give emotions and vitality all day.
It was the same with minions.
However, he did not know that it was because his ego and intelligence were still low.
Surprisingly, the child ate life and emotions, and as the survival time increased, his ego became stronger and his intelligence also increased.
Maybe if you keep raising it, you might have an intelligence similar to that of a human.
Oliver wondered.
Even then, will you follow yourself? Even if they didn’t obey and rebelled, it seemed like it would be fun in its own way.
Oliver even fed the child and then touched the corpse doll again.
I’ve already tweaked all the flaws, completed a simple test, and then started remodeling.
For example, an additional razor and dagger were added to the limbs of the invoice doll ‘Rag’, which the third entered, to increase the surprise effect.
In addition to black magic, the blade was applied with paralytics bought in the gray market.
He said it was not fatal, but it seemed to be able to double the effect of Excession.
In addition, the ‘swordsman’, wielding a saber (cavalry sword) with three arms, was equipped with a small shotgun and two small single-shot guns to add a surprise ranged attack.
The ‘Warlock’ doll had two more arms, allowing it to use multiple black magic at once.
We also increased the number of tanks that contain emotions and increased combat continuity and firepower.
For the ‘sniper’, we added a dispersion device that sprays tear gas in all directions when the enemy approaches and a spring-loaded knife that jumps out by surprise.
Thanks to that, I spent quite a bit of the compensation I received from the polluted area, but I was pretty proud of it when I finished the job.
it was then
beep- beep- beep-
A beep was heard.
It was from the direct communication device that Forrest gave him, but Oliver turned on the beetle-shaped communication device and held it to his ear.
[Dave?]
It was Forrest’s voice. It’s also a serious voice that comes out when you’re working.
“Yes, Mr. Forrest.”
[Is the time okay? I’d like to see your face… I have something you might be interested in.]
***
Oliver moved right away.
After all, everything urgent was done.
And now I needed to make money.
But it just didn’t move.
First, Oliver packed important books and valuables such as an invoice doll and a child, and left any items that could not be stolen in the warehouse.
Before leaving, I left the minions that fed Rath Boom in the basement.
If an intruder arrives, it is said to self-destruct.
After tidying up, Oliver arrived in front of Forrest’s restaurant office.
smart-
“Come in.”
As soon as permission was granted, Oliver opened the door.
There was Forest, dressed as usual, and Coco Yang.
Informational Sang, who met Oliver once or twice and had a short conversation.
I knew she was doing business with Forrest, but this was the first time I’d seen her here, and I instinctively had an intuition that Forrest was involved in something important.
“Come here.”
“hello? Forrest.”
“Oh. It’s fun.”
As Oliver and Forrest had a conversation as usual, Coco interrupted and laughed as if it was funny.
“…why do you do that?”
“Oh, I’m sorry…. It’s just that he’s the hottest solver here these days, and it’s just the same as when I first saw it.”
“Is it bad?”
“Not at all. Rather the opposite. That’s great. It’s about keeping your focus. Most of them can’t. Especially men.”
Her enigmatic words were still there, but Oliver could see that she wasn’t just talking empty words.
I could see her feelings.
She was satisfied with Oliver’s attitude and was looking forward to it.
I don’t know what to expect, but it didn’t seem like a bad feeling.
Forrest cleared the order.
“If it’s okay, can you sit down first?”
Oliver sat down right away.
“As I told you in advance, I have business to call you. I’m sorry to have to call you on a break, but I hope you understand that it’s time to start working.”
“No, thanks. ‘Cause I’m thinking the same thing… But what’s going on? I think it’s pretty important.”
Coco intervened.
“I’m talking to men, can this rude lady say something?”
Forrest gladly handed it over. This made sure
The important thing was that Ms. Coco brought it.
“First of all, I have a question for you before the full story begins.”
“…?”
“If a woman asks a question, a gentleman must answer it.”
“What is a gentleman?”
“…? Are you kidding me right now?”
“Surprisingly, Dave is not joking. All of this is sincere.”
Forrest said as if he knew from experience.
After hearing the answer, Coco spoke again.
“ha·····. It means a man with culture and manners. Strong, brave, kind to women.”
“I’m not particularly strong, not brave, am I not kind?”
“does not matter. These days, it just refers to a man with a lot of money. Money is courage and strength… Please don’t say any more. It’s polite.”
Oliver was also going to say he didn’t have much money, but he hurriedly shut his mouth at Coco’s words.
She grinned as if tired.
“ha·····. Who are your customers so far?”
“Well····. A magic lab, a gang, or a city.”
“The magic lab was chimera hunting and catching, and the city cleaned up the polluted area . . . It’s a bit vague to call them both official clients. Then, Dave’s only official client is the gang. A gang of crime perm.”
Oliver looked at Forrest.
Forrest shook his head as if he hadn’t said anything, and it was true.
“There are no secrets in this city. With a little poking, you can see it all indirectly. Thanks to that, I am able to live.”
“Incredible.”
“Yeah, that’s great. That’s why I know Dave collects books on black magic and demons.”
“Sorry, that’s what I said.”
Forrest said willingly. Coco was stunned.
“Don’t blame Forrest too much. When I gathered information about Mr. Dave’s work, I was asking for it in return.”
“My information?”
“Yes, information gathers information. So now I can write like this.”
Coco smiled brightly.
“I ask another question. You are slowly building a reputation as a solver, have you achieved your desired goal?”
Oliver was worried.
It was fun, unexpected experiences, and I got a lot of books and gained different knowledge, but well…?
If the original goal was achieved, it was not.
“no.”
“Absolutely. Dave is looking for valuable items that I hear only once in a while. It’s hard to come across unless you’re a giant… What if you could get a book about the devil?”
Devil.
The moment he heard the word, Oliver thought of the old man on horseback he saw in the battle with Joseph, the countless patterns he didn’t know, and the entrance to hell he saw through the puppet’s jaw.
Oliver answered.
“Good.”