9. The Swallowed (2)
A basement hidden beneath a land that has been in ruins for decades after the company in charge of redevelopment went bankrupt.
With only the candles on the round table providing a faint light and water droplets condensing on the chilly walls, people began to come one by one in secret and take their seats.
The people gathered are all leaders of some organization.
And the name of this meeting where such leaders gathered was International.
This name, taken from the international organization of socialists in the past, was given because although it was neither international nor a single organization, it was suitable to contain the ambitions of those who dreamed of revolution.
Now the name has become so attached to the present that the original motif is no longer remembered.
“… “Is everyone here?”
A man asks in a quiet voice while a seat at the round table is empty. Others who knew the intention nodded. It was an agreement closer to flattery than sympathy.
Anyone with a keen eye can see right away where the weight of the round table is leaning.
However, the black-haired woman who did not notice, or did not see, raised her hand indifferently and pointed to the empty seat, raising her objection.
“No. Sarah Bohr didn’t come.”
“Tsk…”
The frowning man, Narkis, clicked his tongue. A blatant and clear response. As the center of gravity became uncomfortable, the atmosphere in the space suddenly subsided.
In a flow that even an idiot could read, minnows who read the current trend were busy booing.
“No way. That woman did not attend. “She doesn’t do anything.”
“Have you done anything in the first place?”
“Nothing.”
“Is she the only one who does that? “She despises all the idiots under her.”
“Now let’s take that b*tch out of the International, shall we? Are you capable? Or do you have any passion? “It’s disgusting to even talk to a b*tch like that, so do you really have to talk back to me so tactlessly?”
In a speech that was a mixture of flattery and sincerity that made it difficult to distinguish between them, the woman who raised her first objection calmly held up a paper cup and took a sip of the warmed tea.
As is often the case with electronic products used by Siwoo and other organizations, the prepared car was also an industrial product made by a large company.
Even a group of people who are angry at Megacorp’s evil behavior is enjoying this. The woman laughed slightly at the irony, then changed her expression again and spoke coldly.
“Well. I tend to believe that people who have experienced ‘that incident’ should not be excluded from International. Even if there is something you don’t like, I don’t think it’s right to completely exclude it.”
“Because they went through that incident, we have to kick them out all the more!”
Bang-
An enraged man slammed his fist on the table and stood up, fuming.
“We all went through the same thing. And I hope for a revolution more than anyone else. But Sarah, even though she went through the same incident, has no interest in the revolution or does anything about it. Basis. You answer. “Why should something like that be included in the International?”
The woman, Basis, did not blink even when faced with a man growling as if he was going to eat her.
On the contrary, he asks again as if it was a good decision.
“Then why can’t you fit in?”
“What?”
“As you said, Sarah has nothing to contribute to the revolution. However, he never interfered with the revolution and never took any action that went against the spirit of the revolution. So there is no reason to be kicked out.”
“Ha, you’ve never gone against the revolutionary spirit? You’re saying something funny. Do you know what the rumors are these days? In fact, the customers who ask Sarah-“
“Stop. Stop.”
Narkis calmed down his left and right sides, feeling inwardly satisfied. In short, the authority that made the space quiet made this place feel like a throne, not a round table.
He apologized with a hand gesture that seemed relaxed.
“I’m sorry. It was not easy for him to remember Sarah because she had no presence. Please understand… Ah, you’re coming at the right time.”
Beyond Narcis’ gaze, the red-haired woman became increasingly clear in the darkness.
Her behavior was shabby. Her pretenseful eyes wavered, her pretentious pretenseful steps faltered.
Some of her people openly pointed fingers at her, and some even laughed at her. Her carpet spread on the floor with her ridicule and ridicule was her path of thorns aimed only at her.
But she. Sarah Boer swallowed all her humiliation and sat down in her seat. She went so far as to make those who criticized her stick out their tongues.
With that, Narcis clapped his hands softly.
“Okay, everyone is here. “Okay, now let’s start international.”
Sarah gritted her teeth.
There were so many words left for her to swallow.
Because she won’t be able to say anything at this meeting either.
*
Next day. Finally, Siwoo also has a junior.
It wasn’t that there hadn’t been someone who came in behind Si-woo. However, since most of them already had experience, experience, and skills, they were treated higher than Siwoo, so this was the first time that the ‘youngest’ was truly admitted.
The female junior Sarah introduced who came to the company through International said this as soon as she greeted Siwoo during her first private meeting.
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“Seniors. “You’re not interested in revolution either, right?”
This is said casually as if you already know a lot about Siwoo’s organization.
Siwoo flinched for a moment, but since there was no one around him to hear, he nodded slightly.
“Uh. Well, that’s right. But why is that?”
“Ah, the place I used to belong to was a place that only shouted for revolution on a false day… “They said they would give me a place to sleep and food, so I went in, but it didn’t seem right, so I ran away to this ‘Swallowed Dagger.'”
“It’s a swallowed dagger… “It’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.”
‘Swallowed Dagger’ was the original name of Siwoo’s organization.
The name, which was probably given with dreams of revolution at the time of its founding, is now buried in the past and has become a name that few people call. It’s been several months since I’ve even heard of Siwoo, a container that only Sara occasionally uses.
Maybe people avoid that name. The name contained their lost aspirations, and there was something that weighed down the members just by that name.
“Then do you know what kind of organization this is?”
“Sure. Of course I know.”
“How?”
“Senior, don’t you know? “Isn’t this place really famous?”
“Famous?”
Siwoo tilted his head. This from another associationSince Siwoo had barely heard of Yagi, these words were even more unfamiliar and unfamiliar to him.
The junior nodded vigorously.
“Yes! Isn’t there anyone who doesn’t know? Association without resolution. A revolutionary group without a revolution. “I heard those words a lot.”
“I don’t think I meant it in a good way…”
“What do you think? “That’s why you’re here, too.”
“… “That’s right.”
Siwoo groaned and sighed as he answered.
This junior’s overly direct words had the feeling of piercing the person’s heart.
“But don’t go around saying things like that too carelessly. “Having such feelings and actually talking about it are completely different things.”
“No way. I know that much. I’m talking like this because it’s in front of my senior… “By the way, is there a bathhouse here?”
“It exists. “Even though the contents are not good.”
“Then shall we have a cup of tea and talk? “You have a lot to teach me.”
“… Okay.”
The junior continued the story at his own pace, paying no heed to Siwoo’s words. Unlike Siwoo, who is new to being a senior, it feels like he has a lot of experience as the youngest.
Maybe that’s why Siwoo was able to teach his juniors more easily and conveniently.
“Then, as a newbie, shall we start with the most basic?”
“Yes!”
Teaching at first was, of course, a chore. In fact, rather than teaching, it was closer to handing over Siwoo’s role as the youngest, but the junior did a good job without complaining.
“Seniors. But what is the meaning of doing this?”
“… Well. “I don’t know either.”
The next thing taught was security. If you want to live in the underworld of cyberpunk, there are things you must follow and the reasons are unclear, but they are customary. For example, we taught how to use other operating systems to replace Windows.
We also installed several programs that are essential to being active in Siwoo’s organization. They were basically ordinary programs with slightly different uses, such as programs to establish secret contact networks or programs to receive compensation.
“This… It’s somehow easy, right? Intuitive and simple.”
“Everyone feels that way at first.”
“… “How are you?”
“It’s hell.”
Then it was time to learn coding. Although the world of 2077 was not as good as Siwoo’s artificial intelligence, there were many auxiliary programs that made coding easy and convenient even for beginners, so it was possible to code enough to create something even with just two weeks of learning.
Once all that learning was over, it was now time to produce something. However, even though it was production, it was still just filling in the minor parts of the program, so it wasn’t very difficult and even if there were mistakes, Siwoo was able to make up for them.
Siwoo, who received artificial intelligence from SF Siwoo, is now in charge of creating a larger framework based on his previous achievements.
In this way, the junior slowly adapted and grew under Siwoo’s intensive care. Siwoo also handled things more comfortably and familiarly than when he lived alone as his youngest child.
Everything went so smoothly that I felt like I could live like this forever.
But one day, about two months after my junior came in.
It’s always calmAs if there was no such thing as a deceived sea, an incident occurred that would completely change the smooth flow.
*
It’s the time when a vivid sunset is pouring in outside the window, and one by one people are starting to leave work.
Siwoo created his share of code first and was waiting in front of the laptop, leaving only the parts for his juniors to work on.
Filling the empty part itself was simple. Siwoo, who has science fiction artificial intelligence, can do this with just one click.
However, it was unnatural for Si-woo to work until that point, and his junior also had to have work to do, so Si-woo had to wait in silence for his junior to finish the work.
Fortunately, my junior didn’t plan on working overtime, so he sent me the file just as the sunset was fading. A breathtaking time. Siwoo opened the file, confirmed that there were no problems with the contents, and connected it to his code. Since it was a malicious code, Siwoo could not test its operation directly, but after looking at the code, it was clear that it would work well.
Just submit it like this and Siwoo’s work is done. Siwoo smiled confidently and entered Sara’s office. Since he had never been rejected recently, Si-woo’s movements showed a sense of composure.
But that leisure did not last long. The moment Sarah’s scrolling stopped at a certain point. Siwoo froze with all his laughter gone.
“This part… “I can’t connect?”
“Yes?”
“Look at this. “Did you not review it properly?”
Siwoo slowly read the code on the laptop screen that Sarah had turned on.
But he didn’t have the ability to figure out that Si-woo was reading.
The work that Siwoo had done so far was only the result of the help of the artificial intelligence Navita, and Siwoo himself was still at the level of making it by copying code from the Internet.
Siwoo also knew this, so he reviewed his junior’s work separately with Navita’s help. But he never even thought about having a problem with the connection.
In the end, in times like this, I’ll have to borrow Navita’s power. Siwoo said with the intention of quietly calling Navita in a place where no one was around.
“… “I will go and do it again.”
“It’s a basic problem. “Why, don’t you know?”
“… Yes. “I guess it’s because I’m nervous.”
Sarah saw Si-woo looking very difficult and embarrassed.
Several possibilities came to her mind. She had as many things on her mind as the number of red hairs on her fingers, but there were a few that stood out in particular.
2 months ago. Sudden growth. And what it looks like now.
Sarah was silent for a moment as she connected those keywords, and then she laughed.
“It’s okay. For this simple problem, you only need to change a few lines of code… Well done. “You can leave work now.”
“Yes. All right.”
Sara was convinced as she watched Siwoo leave work, barely touching her chest.
There is something.
A secret that may be important.