60 – Interlude
The hero suit’s safety check was done in order.
However, I felt that it would take longer than I thought, as equipment and manpower were in short supply.
Since there are only 3 psychics with black technology, it must be inevitable.
ㅡ The more I get to know you, the more I think the supernatural powers of that woman, Ji-eun, are amazing.
What a super power.
If you ask the superpower that saved the most people in the world, no matter what anyone says, it’s black technology.
It was also Black Technology that created the elevator that can take 1,000 people at a time to move to the underground shelter.
Besides that, the preparation of weapons to detect monsters or fight them is all black technology.
Since the appearance of the monster, the dangers of nuclear power plants have come to the fore.
No matter how safe and strong it is built, if a monster stirs it, it will be exposed to danger.
However, there was no alternative system capable of generating electricity with as high efficiency as nuclear power.
Without Black Technology.
A new concept of energy using the corpses and nuclear power of monsters can replace nuclear power plants.
Even if the power plant is destroyed, there is no risk of radiation exposure like nuclear power plants.
This alone is enough to be called a psychic power that has already saved the world.
ㅡ But why does Jieun live so freely?
It’s because the state controls it and if it bothers you, it’s enough to leave for another country.
Headhunting does not occur unless a hero is famous and strong enough.
However, Black Technology is different.
ㅡ The person who possesses such great superpowers has not been in touch lately.
That’s right.
Originally, I used to contact you often, but these days, I’m a bit infrequent.
Did something happen?
July has already passed the middle and entered the third week.
The end of July is coming soon, and I will be graduating in August.
Then you will have less time to meet with your acquaintances at the university.
ㅡ It’s a waste to give it to someone else, and I don’t want to have it.
No, man.
ㅡ Rather than that, it’s that suit-type monster. Things turned out so much easier than I thought.
… Did you think so too?
ㅡ Of course not.
Yong-soo said that a man gave him the suit along with new superpowers.
Come to think of it, he himself wondered why he had received the suit without any doubt.
Yong-soo has already returned to being a normal person, but I was still worried about him.
What was the reason the man approached Yong-soo?
Unlike Insu, Yongsu was living a normal college life.
But why?
ㅡ It must be because I have a relationship with you.
Yeah, that’s the part.
The man knows me.
I know all my personal information including my name.
I feel a chill run down my spine, so I checked my parents’ safety, but they seem to have no problems.
This is a really strange problem.
If I were that villain, I wonder if I would target my weakness first, my family.
ㅡ You are an extremely petit bourgeois and a terrible villain.
No, isn’t that normal?
ㅡ It means an enemy with romance. It is because you have brought a person with whom you have an uncomfortable relationship to the stage.
The human being in the uncomfortable relationship didn’t move as expected, so it ended so blandly?
If this is Sam Spa, it should have come out with a composition similar to Goblin, Goblin II and Spider-Man.
You created a situation that would end so blandly?
It’s hard to believe the enemy is that clumsy.
ㅡ Things in the world don’t go the way you think. It is said that humans do not change easily, but it is as if they have changed.
Ignoring Grid’s rather philosophical words, I confirmed the day of the hero suit test.
My suit was ordered recently, so the order of inspection was quite fast.
“Three days later.”
My suit was made from Grid’s corpse, so Grid had slightly altered the original product.
So it was a bit of a worry.
ㅡ trust me.
If you say that, you lose more confidence, hey.
***
The inspection of the hero suit was carried out by going directly to the designated laboratory.
Luckily, the lab I had to go to was an underground shelter not too far from where I live.
Identification checks and belongings were checked along with a person who had been attached as a guide in advance.
I felt that they were quite strict, seeing as they even mobilized metal detectors.
It’s only natural that it’s an underground shelter lab that even politicians can’t enter.
As the elevator going directly to the lab passed a certain floor, the surrounding scenery began to come into view.
“Wow….”
“Whoops.”
A nearby guide laughed at the admiration that came out of me.
“Everyone who comes here for the first time has that kind of reaction. I did too.”
“Mmm. Because it feels like something sci-fi.”
“Isn’t it?”
The sight seen through the transparent elevator was an underground base that seemed to have jumped out of science fiction.
Even though it was underground, the ceiling was high and there was no place where shadows lingered, enough to be called a city in the middle of the day.
ㅡ What a dog….
It must be really cool that the grid reacts like this.
“Please follow me.”
“Yes.”
I walked forward, following the woman who started to lead.
Ah, there’s a moving walk here too.
Conveyor belts carry goods all over the place, but it would be disappointing if there were no moving walkways.
The laboratory in this underground shelter was almost fully automated, as if people were being kept in check as much as possible.
“Please wait here.”
The guide led me to what appeared to be a waiting room, dropped the car in front of me, and left with the words to wait.
I put down the suitcase I was holding and sighed.
No matter how much I think about this, I feel dizzy because I feel like I’ve come to the wrong place.
I’m sure I’ve been inspecting the hero suit.
Aside from me, there was a hero who recently ordered a new hero suit, and there was a post that they left a testimonial, so I read it.
But no one came all the way to the underground shelter to inspect it.
This is the backbone of the country.
Even in the US, even if the White House explodes as a joke, there is even a saying that the research center where the black technology resides must be protected.
Is it okay for me to be in such a place?
ㅡ It feels good to be a special person. Heh heh.
Grid seems to like this situation, entering a facility where no one can enter without permission.
A bold guy. I’m just going out because I don’t have a liver, right?
ㅡ You’re a coward, Hogu.
If you continue to be a jerk, you can turn all the drinks in the refrigerator into Sol’s Eyes.
ㅡ This bastard!
The moment Grid was about to go crazy, the guide came in again and told me to follow him.
“What’s going on?”
“Oh no?!”
Something seems to be happening….
Earlier, she had a businesslike face, but now it was clear that she was holding back a smile.
What is it?
Unlike earlier, the guide led me to a place with a lively atmosphere.
I entered the room opened by the receptionist and at that moment….
“Who is it?”
As I said that, the guide covered my eyes from behind.
“Yes? The person who guided me until now… ?”
“Can I be so careless?”
“Hmm?”
The voice is different, but the accent felt somehow familiar.
This accent oozes a sense of playfulness, as if teasing me a little….
“Author?”
“Correct answer!”
Her voice changed when Ji-eun, who removed her body from me, touched her neck.
She was the author’s voice that I had been hearing for three years.
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“How did this happen?”
Your face, height, body, and voice all changed, so you felt like a complete stranger?
“Isn’t it interesting? Aren’t suits supposed to be just hero suits?”
The author said that and pinched his face.
Then the flesh on her face began to grow.
“….”
Oh, what a surprise.
“Oh, I was surprised.”
How did you know?
The author left a message for her to wait here for a while, and then she left again.
Did you go to take off your makeup?
But the one who came back was Ji-eun in the form of a guide.
“Why did you come as is?”
“Yes?”
“Huh?”
What is it?
“Tada!”
I wanted to do something, so I wanted to stay blankly, but the author appeared from behind the receptionist wearing an office look and a white coat.
“Are you surprised?”
Her mouth won’t close.
Her chin is going to fall off like this.
It’s less than when I realized that the grid was parasitic on my body, but it’s the most surprising moment of the year.
ㅡ Parasite? I’m a parasite?!
You bastard, you’re having another seizure.
I slightly ignored the grid guy who pinched my back so as not to be noticed, and washed my face dry.
“Oh, were you surprised?”
“Surprised. Why are you here?”
“I am also a psychic with black technology, right?”
“No, you… You didn’t like your psychic powers very much, did you?”
It has been three years since I have known the author.
It’s not so dull that the author doesn’t notice that she hates her psychic powers rather than likes them.
ㅡ Who didn’t even notice that she had a crush on her for three years?
Shut up.
“Whether you like it or not, it doesn’t disappear, right?”
“That’s right, but….”
“Senior.”
“Huh?”
“Seniors graduate in August, right? Right?”
“Isn’t it?”
She’s already done her credits, and she doesn’t even have to go to school.
“I’ve been thinking about it too, but I don’t feel the need to learn anything in school anymore. That is why I am here.”
“… Drop out?”
After hearing my words, the author covered her mouth and smiled softly.
“It’s not a dropout, it’s an early graduation.”
Can I graduate early?
Since the author is also a student with excellent grades, I knew that she was listening closely to her grades.
Still, it is possible for her to graduate a semester early, but it would be difficult for her to graduate a year early?
“Because black technology is advantageous the sooner it advances into society. Credits are recognized for working in the lab like this.”
It seems that the author has been going to this research institute and researching right after his vacation.
That’s why I haven’t been in touch lately….
I felt like the author had become a great person, so it was a bit complicated.
ㅡ Is it the feeling that the fish in the fishbowl has left for the sea?
What do you keep saying, you bastard?
“Anyway, I saw the news. Are you a senior again?”
“Sure. It’s me this time.”
“Somehow, it feels like there are never-ending incidents around seniors. Are you Conan?”
“Is Aingyo talking too harshly?”
“Ahahahaha!”
The author took her suitcase from me, and she said to wait a moment and left.
I drank the cool juice in front of me and sighed.
“I guess you are very close?”
She thought about it for a moment before she nodded her head.
“Because we’ve known each other for three years.”
“Hmm?”
The guide looked at me with a sense of something meaningful.
“I… How long will the test take?”
I was in a strange mood, so when I changed the topic, her guide raised a finger at her.
“One hour?”
“One minute.”
“Yes?”
“Sir, it’s over. There is nothing wrong.”
?
“….”
To end this soon?
I blankly accepted the neon suit case the author gave me.
Then, the author took out her smart phone and took a picture of my face.
“What?”
“Because the blank expression is funny.”
I just took it and brought it back, but the inspection is already over.
Of course this reaction comes out!
The guide gave the author a slight nod of her head, and she bowed her head slightly before she went outside.
“Are you curious?”
“It’s full of wonders.”
The lab in this underground shelter, the inspection that ends in one minute, and you today.
Everything is full of mysterious things.
As I was thinking that, the author started staring into my eyes with a rather serious expression.
“Senior.”
“Why, why?”
“Senior… What is your true identity?”
Huh?