182 – Messy (2)
– Code red, code red…! There is an intruder inside the academy! Students must immediately follow the guidance of their teachers…
“It’s a mess.”
I thought the sound of the broadcast echoing inside the academy was getting louder, but soon a clanking sound started coming from beyond.
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“I don’t think it would be unusual if the school’s security system was activated…”
Soon, androids began to appear from afar, running toward us at high speed.
It is truly a thrill to see the International Hero Academy protection system, which I was only aware of even when I was vice president of the student council, in front of my eyes.
– Warning, warning! This is a dangerous situation!
“…Huh.”
– Evacuate the area immediately!
Of course, for those of us who came to the academy as intruders, this is someone we never want to encounter.
Especially in a situation where we know roughly how much the artificial island budget went into developing those cans.
“Wow, wow…”
But Rumia, who was holding my hand tightly next to me, seemed to just be amazed at the sight of these guys.
“This is my first time seeing this in real life…”
“What?”
“These are really expensive units… You wouldn’t know it if they were top-ranking heroes, but they have performance that most heroes can’t even show off their business cards… Sigh.”
Her eyes twinkled and she mumbled, but then her right hand convulsed and she stopped talking. I watched her silently for a moment, and then, with an effort, her nails pretended to be hers and she quietly closed her mouth. Opened.
“Pandora, I want to ask you a favor.”
It was a very dangerous situation, confronting me head-on with the essence of artificial island technology, but fortunately, I had faith.
– This place is dangerous!
– Get out of the area now!
“…Please get rid of these guys.”
Because inside the backpack was a drone connected to Pandora, which can hack everything as far as electronic machines.
“…….”
“Hey, Pandora?”
But how did this happen? For some reason, there is no answer from the Pandora drone in the backpack.
“Why, what’s wrong?”
Could it be that he heard the conversation between me and Lumia in his backpack and got upset? If not, did you see them holding hands because the drone was equipped with a viewing device?
But when I thought about it, she suddenly became quiet earlier for some reason.
We were talking excitedly until we got on the subway with Lumia.
– Warning, warning. Leave the room immediately.
– If orders are not followed, force may be used.
“Wait… Just wait a moment.”
I, who was slightly sweating because of this, said this to the androids who were slowly raising the level of warning, and quickly took off my backpack and started rummaging through it.
“Hey, Pandora? What are you doing? Are you upset?”
“…….”
“I’m sorry… Can’t you help me just once? The situation right now is quite dangerous…”
I eventually took out Pandora’s drone from inside and whispered, but then I had no choice but to stop talking and look embarrassed.
“…The drone is turned off, right?”
A monitor attached to Pandora’s drone that was always turned on. The monitor, which used to display various expressions and words using emoticons, had lost its light.
“Why suddenly…?”
“I don’t know? Maybe there were no batteries?”
As I was looking at this with a puzzled expression, Rumia scratched her head next to me and expressed her opinion in a humorous voice.
“No, that can’t be true. Pandora said so. This drone is her own masterpiece, even equipped with a solar generator…”
“…But I’ve been carrying it in my backpack all this time, and we’ve even been on the subway for hours.”
“Ah…”
When she listened to what she said again, she found that it made quite a bit of sense considering what had come out of Rumia’s mouth so far.
This operation was unplanned and sudden, and the hideout where the villains were gathered had minimal power to avoid surveillance.
As Lumia said, it may have really been discharged.
But, could Pandora really not have calculated it?
No matter how poor he is on a daily basis, Pandora is basically a genius to the point that he goes in and out of the Hero Network as if it were his own home.
“It’s a bit strange that a guy like that simply couldn’t calculate the battery…’
– Warning, warning, warning!!
“…Surprise.”
I was lost in thought for a moment while holding the drone, but I had no choice but to come to my senses when I heard a voice in front of me that was several times louder than before.
– If you disobey instructions, we have no choice but to use force, student!
Now that things are like this, I don’t think I can borrow Pandora’s abilities, so then I have no choice but to deal with him with force?
– This is your final warning! Leave the scene immediately!
‘…After all, Android is the enemy.’
But the weakness of my abilities is none other than machines and androids like the ones in front of me.
Of course, there was a time when I misunderstood my abilities with the concept of hypnosis, and even after realizing my true abilities, I experimented with them, but the fact remained that my abilities could not affect machines or artificial intelligence.
Is it because the ‘Knight of Conquest’ has the ability to dominate the ‘living things’ on land?
‘Then do I have to use Kkeutreuki…?’
In that case, the only way left is to use Kkyungi, which has as much power as most top-ranking heroes, but this has its own problems.
Because no matter what, we infiltrated the Academy secretly, and if we use the secret, we will inevitably be exposed to those around us.
Of course, the plan has already gone awry due to the appearance of another intruder, but that doesn’t mean that if we show up, we could also be dealt the reverse.
So, the best solution would be to take advantage of this situation.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t be defeated by them like this.
– He was found to be a person with abnormal movements. Start scanning.
‘Get ready, kkeuk-ah.’
– Kyaek…?
‘I will ask you to do so in moderation so as not to affect those around you as much as possible.’
I was looking at the androids who had started scanning me and Lumia with their eyes turning red because of this, and quietly gave a command to Kyaek.
– Kwirrr…
‘Do you think it will be difficult? No, you can do it.’
When I heard those words, I almost felt my heart tremble, but in any case, it was something I had to do at some point in order to develop my fighting skills.
– Scan completed, scan completed.
“…….”
I was about to get into a battle stance while quietly glaring at them.
– Academy student, confirmed.
“……?”
I began to quietly tilt my head as I saw their eyes suddenly turning green again.
“What is it…?”
Although she is in disguise with me, unlike Lumia, who is still employed, I have already graduated a long time ago.
I don’t think they would have made such a mistake after spending a huge amount of money on the artificial island budget.
– We will evacuate you to a safe area.
– We apologize for forcing you to move.
Then why is it suddenly like this?
“…As expected, that’s right.”
As I was tilting my head while thinking that, Lumia, who had been holding my hand until then, suddenly smiled and opened her mouth.
“I guess I still have the ability to be lucky in my body.”
“…But, wasn’t it revealed last time that your ability was ‘analysis’ and not luck?”
“Yes, but it’s true that luck still exists, right?”
When I made a puzzled look at those words, she dragged me along with the android and soon opened her mouth.
“This is proof that Se-Ah Lee has not yet reaped her abilities in this body.”
“That means…”
As her complexion suddenly darkens, she smiles her eyes and whispers in a low voice.
“…Now do you understand why you have to kill me?”
“…….”
“Now I can apply it in a good way, but in the end, it must end in the hands of my senior before it goes as she intended.”
“…But, then what about you?”
She was silent for a moment at those words, and then when I asked her a question, her eyes widened and she began to look at me blankly.
“Isn’t this really a dream?”
“…….”
“Kang Ha-neul’s obsession with me is something I only saw in my dreams.”
Then, she quietly smiles with her eyes and adds in a low voice.
“…But if it’s not a dream, I think I’ll be really happy.”
I couldn’t even reply to those words.
– Sorry for touching your body, students…
– Do you have trouble moving around? Could you please guide me to a nearby medical center?
All I could do was maintain her silence, listen to the mechanical voices of her androids ringing in her ears, and look at her with her faint smile towards me.
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How much time has passed?
– You have arrived in the safe area!
– Go to a teacher near you and follow their guidance.
“…Okay, let’s go now.”
The androids who grabbed our clothes and dragged us to the academy’s main building saluted us and then started running back to where the intruder appeared.
“Even if I go back, I’ll be kicked out again right away, right? If that happens, my plans will be disrupted…”
“…Sir, I have a way.”
I was quietly frowning and muttering while looking at those guys, when Lumia whispered in a low voice next to me.
“What method?”
“Please follow me quietly.”
While saying that and following her lead, I couldn’t help but make a blank expression.
“…This is a cafeteria, right?”
The place Lumia confidently dragged me into was none other than an empty academy cafeteria.
“Does this look like a canteen to you?”
“…Then what is it?”
When I see the wicked smile on her lips, I start to feel uneasy for some reason.
“This is actually a bug room?”
“…What?”
Sure enough, the story Rumia brought up was something she would have thought was crazy if she hadn’t read her memories.
“My friend said that. If you can get in here, you can teleport anywhere in the academy… Did you say it was a glitch? Anyway…”
“What is that, you idiot…?”