231 Tue – Subtle Balance(1)
“You can’t get anything like this.”
When others are rejoicing, filled with hope that the war may be over.
In the end, Eve, who withdrew all the troops from Kasaras’s nature, was alone, quenching her anger. The image I see now is that he is muttering to himself and biting his nails, but the other image, the Hive Mind of the Legion, was thinking of using the withdrawn troops elsewhere.
“What are you going to do?”
“As long as I failed to take it from the enemy, I must always have what I get.
“…do that.”
It seems like a sudden decision, but that’s just what it looks like.
With computational power far exceeding that of a supercomputer, Eve would have analyzed a lot of data and calculated the highest probability.
And in the first place, it would be absurd to not be able to eat at least one planet of the Federation, which is now mostly half-destroyed with a force close to billions.
“I’m curious about one thing. So far, there hasn’t been much of a direct situation.”
“what?”
“What if the superior sends us ‘hunters’ there? We have to fight us.”
“Ahh.”
I opened my eyes and slowly opened my mouth. When Eve heard the question, she snorted as if she had said something. Then he put his hand on his chest.
“I’m Hunter Eve of the Guardian of the Cosmic Alliance. So, depending on the mission, I can do anything. Even if the opponent is the strongest and worst space monster.”
Eve smiled and drew a clear line. This was the terrifying point of Eve. It’s incomparable to others’ clumsy spying. Because Eve herself can be anything.
After all, knowing that one humanoid avatar cannot be overturned no matter what he does, he can literally play a human ‘even to the soul’.
“Can I ask you one more thing? It seems that the Federation and the Union have joined hands. What if they cooperate?”
“Then you’ll eat them both. Of course, will you help?”
“then.”
Eve also knows that now some of my troops are invading a new world for their revenge.
And of course I will help Eve. If you are in crisis.
“You two are coming back. It seems that no new plans have been made yet.”
It was then that our assistant, Lieutenant Levik, came to inform us of the withdrawal. Of course, Eve is moving troops, but for now, there is a high probability that the state of peace will continue.
*
‘Are you leaving the troops as they are? Then it’s not bad.’
This is almost the only corner of the continent that was not involved in war on the planet that was being invaded.
Thanks to this, in the middle of the metropolis where all civilizations were maintained, Eve was outside alone.
In recent years, precisely after the rapid development of the Legion’s nest control system, Eve has more time to immerse herself in clutter.
A command system close to a macro, a detection system that automatically sends a stimulus when an abnormality is detected, and a defense system were devised by the manager-type sub-mind Richard, whose computational power is inferior to that of Bond Eve.
Eve actively introduced them to reduce her distraction as much as possible.
‘Stupid people. They don’t know that they’ll be attacked again soon.’
Standing with her arms crossed over the railing, Eve looked down at the bustling crowd.
Although he did not know it, the development of the control system reduced the burden on his nerves, and the increased distraction was affecting Eve’s thinking little by little.
No one knew whether the effect was negative or positive. Because in the first place, Eve had never been so relaxed neurologically and computationally.
variable. This, too, was a variable that was eventually created by torsion. A variable hidden by the rapid growth of the Union that neither spectators nor Shinwoo could catch.
‘…what is today’s rice?’
Eve’s ego, who became the variable itself, was contemplating the dinner menu because of the new instinct of gourmet that had recently awakened.
“What. Who are you?”
Eve, who sensed the presence at that time, spoke to the being who had just entered the rooftop without looking back. There was no courtesy or respect. Gone are the days when I was simply a young ego, and now I’m just pure cheeky. After all, there was no need to bow down to anyone, given his current status.
“The reputation was great. It’s the first time we’ve met in person, isn’t it?”
“…you.”
However, Eve, who had been sullen, heard the other person’s voice and slowly turned her head.
The person who came to visit Eve is a tall, strong man wearing a black coat. But he was big enough to warn Eve too.
“How do you think the chieftain of the Guardian Coalition is here?”
“As you may know, the Earth is now safe from the threat of the Demon Realm. In that state, our Guardian Alliance has become one with the Guardians, so now we have come to a place where we need it more.”
Ji Chang-hyun, he opened his mouth softly. In fact, Eve was wary of him. By Eve’s standards, he was too noble and clean. And that cleanliness, of course, was reluctant to the Hivemind of the Legion.
“I got it. But you didn’t answer what I said. Why did you come here, so to me?”
“Are you going to be straight-forward?”
Recognizing that Eve was wary of him, he smiled faintly and showed something from his waist.
At the same time, Eve’s momentum changed drastically. He broke his vigilance and showed his hostility openly.
“I’ve been watching since I was active on Earth. I came to work here and improved my skills. That’s why I’m greedy.”
“I don’t avoid fighting.”
“Not fighting, but because I want to teach. So that I can become stronger.”
He smiled bitterly and shook his head. Working solely for the prosperity and development of mankind, he, precisely the player behind him, was just as greedy as he was in the early days of the game that created the Alliance of Guardians.
The desire to properly teach Eve, who shows unusual talent, to become a true strongest person. Actually, it wasn’t just Eve.
He was touching all the talented people included in all the factions that now belong to the Federation, showing potential.
“It’s ridiculous. Are you stronger than me?”
“If your self-esteem is hurt, you just have to prove it. I think you’ll be coveted too. To become the strongest sword in our alliance organization.”
Rather, Ji Chang-hyun, who took a step forward, was not pushed by Eve’s momentum. The eyes of the two people approaching their noses collided in the air.
The certainty he now had was that he had seen his opponent wrong and also had seen him well.
Eve is clearly the strongest enemy that threatens the existence of mankind.
But Eve, who is in front of me right now, thinks of herself as a human being, and is a being who thoroughly plays a human being.
“The horrendous war continues without end. Space monsters called Z, ancient aliens called Kasaras, and old grudges like the relationship between the Demon Realm and Earth. In the process, countless hopes are born and grown. I, no, we believe in them.”
“…that those people will eventually lead this war to victory? It’s bullshit. It’s all about weight, productivity and technology, and rotation that ends the war.”
Even now, having to play a human, Eve could not essentially agree with him. After all, they were words that denied their victory.
“No. My hopes include all of what you said. The pioneers who changed human history in the first place have been everywhere, on Earth or in alliances, and their development is not limited to individual force.”
“…can you grow?”
However, Ji Chang-hyun was calm and Eve was shaken.
Because it was none other than who he was today to prove his words.
After simply combining one legionnaire, evolving and growing into an optimal form, Eve has been continuously modifying and developing its system and direction as a colony.
Of course, Eve herself knows that Richard, the sub-mind, was great behind the scenes.
So it was more difficult to grow. I also wanted to achieve innovative evolution myself.
‘I can do it too.’
Eve’s heart gradually shook violently. In fact, if it was the past, it was not even worth shaking.
Because it was cooler, simpler, and at the same time what I wanted was simple.
But now, as the emotions are diversified, the desire itself is enlarged and subdivided.
It is different from the past when victory and survival were everything. There was a victory of the desired kind and process, and the standard of self-satisfaction gradually increased.
The benefits that I wanted to get by rolling sub-minds now have a growing desire to get them myself.
“Then let’s try it? See what you can give me.”
“Gladly.”
In the end, Eve made a choice. And of course, Ji Chang-hyun accepted Eve’s request.