Chapter 1100 – Right Place

000

“Rejoice. You will become the vessel of God who will rule the new world.”

He was probably not the only one who heard such a voice in his blurred consciousness.

What you see beyond the shaking surface of the water are several beings that have the same face as you.

It makes them realize that they are just one part of them, not the slightest bit different from head to toe.

What did they say?

Are they… The vessels of God who will rule over the new world?

That’s a damn honorable thing to do.

While thinking that, he had no choice but to fall asleep again.

They are not allowed to think freely using it, let alone their ‘self’.

The only thing allowed is the forced injection of information through a hose connected to this body.

Just sleeping, waiting to wake up one day.

But they didn’t know.

There is already a ‘chosen being’ among them, and everything except him is a part to complete those beings.

Except for them, they were all born as cogs in a large movement.

That’s why some people are stuck in a dream in a water tank, unable to wake up, and are either disposed of or used as material for other experiments.

Without any way to know his situation, being born itself was part of a great plan—

In themselves, their consciousness, being worthless beings, falls asleep beneath the dark swamp.

That is.

It was also the soul karma they carried, having been born as a clone of a young man with the soul of a ‘finished being’.

001

“Then. I used the elevator that those monsters rode up on… Are you okay, Cleon?”

The group waiting outside Laplace’s laboratory, including Cuon, were suspicious that Cleon had returned in quite a tattered state, but they organized the information about the laboratory they had given.

In the end, the destination is the deepest part of this laboratory, a hidden place.

To do that, you have to go down to the lowest floor and take the elevator again.

“Ah, ah… It’s okay. My back just feels a little tingly.”

Even as Cleon said that, he glanced at Lila, who cleared her throat with a red face.

This may be because the misunderstanding was resolved by saying that Cleon did not touch Nemeia at all.

In the end, we succeeded in dressing Nemeia with the concept of ‘armor’.

However, perhaps because she is not yet used to walking on her own two feet, she unconsciously puts both hands on the ground and tries to imitate her quadrupedal walking, but her uni, sweating profusely, stops her. Stand up

“Well, if you walk like that, you can see everything underneath when you look from behind!”

Of course, she didn’t prepare her underwear…

I wanted people to be aware that in many ways, the body of a lion is different from the body of a human woman today.

“About the elevator. I did a little research while you were in your room. It has power, but it’s locked, so I can’t use it.”

Meanwhile, when one of Attis’ disciples said that, Cleon tilted his head.

“If it’s a lock… Shouldn’t I just break it?”

In response to Cleon’s natural words, Attis shook his head.

“It’s not that it’s physically locked, it’s in a systematic sense. Even if you open that door, it doesn’t move because you don’t have control. Tsk… It looks like there’s no emergency staircase. It’s annoying…”

“Is the only way to go down is the elevator?”

When Melusine, who still looked like a pink weasel, said that, Cleon reacted as if he was surprised to see her for the first time.

“Well, it’s a physically connected space, so if you destroy the floor… Wait, Melusine!? Why is it like that again…”

“A lot of things happened. And it wasn’t just me.”

Melusine answers, and she smiles self-deprecatingly.

And when the black tentacles growing from her back moved, they pointed to the three puppies that Quartz was holding in her arms.

“You have no shame, Cleon. You fell into the enemy’s trap…”

“In this form, I don’t think it will be helpful in battle or navigation.”

“But don’t you think it’s the perfect size for petting?!”

Even though they are in the form of animals, the three speak in human language without any inconvenience.

“Well, has everyone in the Bangui unit also become like that…”

“It’s Laplace’s trap. It’s full of really vulgar hobbies, right?”

When Kshat, who was watching the scene, spoke, Cleon could only nod his head in strong sympathy.

“Laplace will also come back to repay what he owes me… If I go forward, I want to hurry.”

“Well, what happened to that guy from you was all his own fault. Even if he comes back, I can just kill him again.”

Lila is someone who casually talks about killing people, but if the opponent is Laplace, there is no need for Cleon to decline.

“Anyway. If I were to repeat what I was talking about earlier, I would suggest destroying the floor and going downstairs. That way we won’t be surprised in such a small space.”

When Melusine, who sensed that her story was momentarily derailed by their situation, forcibly returned the topic.

Cleon would nod his head as if he liked it.

“What?”

“No!”

However, before Cleon can shake his head, he fails to show any sign of approval at the urgent voice coming from next to him.

The group’s gaze turned towards Artis and Laila.

“Well, Lila and Artis. I didn’t think they would both be so against it…”

When Kuon made such a voice in embarrassment, Sasha instantly narrowed her eyes and looked at her two scholarly women.

“No way, both of you. You can’t destroy the lab and lose the data. You’re not thinking like that, are you?”

Hot!

Attis’s shoulders flinched, and Lila turned her head slightly and blew her whistle.

“Is it true… In any case, I plan to destroy the results of this terrible research as much as possible.”

“Yes. Whatever it is, these are not the types of technologies that can be forgiven on this continent.”

This time, Lila spoke out in confusion at Cleon and Amelia’s words.

“Well, of course I know! The reason we’re against destroying the floor and going down is because we don’t know what’s down there!”

“As you know, this place is full of laboratories where regressors conduct various experiments and are left abandoned or sealed. It may be a ‘corridor’ on the floor we are on, but we don’t know what a room below there is where the results of dangerous experiments are sleeping. Because.”

When I remember the harsh criticism I made earlier, what the two people said sounds somewhat like an excuse, but…

Cleon also nodded, expressing some understanding at their point.

“… What these two people say makes sense. In that case, I think it would be a good idea to do something about the elevator…”

Of course, even if you say that, it won’t give you an answer.

If the group is silent and looks at each other for a moment.

There was someone who carefully raised his hand.

You can see his arms shaking slightly, but he raises his gloved hands above his head in a polite manner.

“Fleur?”

“Lady?”

It was Fleur.

Naturally, Cleon and Kshat reacted with surprise, and Fleur would speak through Kshat.

“… The lady said that the elevator is something that is also used in the Descartes family mansion in Eratus, and that she has studied its structure. In case the control is taken over due to an emergency, there is a way to bypass it. That it would exist…”

“If that’s true, shouldn’t we find a way around it again?”

When Schrödinger points out something sharply, Fleur nods her head.

“Yes. So, the young lady said she would find a way around it herself.”

As Fleur said that, she searched through her bag and took out a screwdriver longer than her hand.

“But, lady, do you mind? The facilities here are better than those in the mansion where safety is guaranteed to a certain degree…”

Kshat seemed worried about Fleur showing such enthusiasm.

As if to stop Kshat, Cleon grabbed her arm.

“Mr. Cleon…”

“Because Fleur had the courage to come up with a solution for us. I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave it like this. Let’s try it. If it’s dangerous, we can protect it.”

At Cleon’s words, Fleur shook her head vertically, so much so that the gas mask she was wearing shook.

Kshat, too, seemed to understand what he said and apologized for expressing his opinion, saying, “I was sorry.”

Then, Fleur moves straight to the place where the elevator is located.

The group looked at each other for a moment, then most of them sat down on the floor in the hallway to rest.

Cleon and Kshat followed behind Fleur to protect her.

002

Click, click. When the sound is heard, the steel plate where the elevator button was is removed, revealing a complicated mechanical device and wires inside.

Cleon glances beyond, but soon shakes her head as if she doesn’t know anything.

In comparison, Kshat was a small lantern held in her hand, which helped Fleur by illuminating her dark interior.

And, what followed was the silence of Fleur, who silently continued her work, and the two people who watched her.

How many minutes have passed?

Cleon felt a little awkward and felt his toes and fingertips tickling.

“Well, Cleon, you went with your grandfather, right?”

“It’s not that long, though. We met this morning… Until now.”

When Cleon said that, Fleur closed her mouth again for a moment.

“Uh, what did it feel like? Grandpa…”

“What does it feel like…?”

Cleon wrinkled his eyes as if he was thinking for a moment about Fleur’s sudden question.

As for what it felt like… It was never a ‘good feeling’.

A tone of voice that seems to be testing someone somewhere.

The way of speaking indirectly seems to suggest, ‘I know everything,’ and the way it gently scratches a person’s nerves.

It exuded the arrogance that scholar-type characters have as a stereotype.

Therefore, although Cleon acknowledged that he was knowledgeable, he did not feel like acknowledging it himself.

There are many undeniable evil deeds he has done so far.

Fleur would know that too.

All he can say is that he can never give Old Burn a good opinion.

But still, he asks himself such a thing…

Fleur really must have a strong desire to know about her grandfather.

So, if Cleon were to be a little kinder to her and tell her story about Old Burn with as much consideration for her as possible…

“Well… What… He was really… A person with personality. I guess…”

He says this while breaking out in a cold sweat, using the best vocabulary he can.

He didn’t lie.

A regressor’s executive, isn’t he truly a bundle of personality?

However, as Cleon himself knew, it was never a good evaluation.

Was this… A mistake?

‘, Cleon thought, taking a quick look at Fleur.

“Hehe…”

Surprisingly, Fleur was smiling.

“Cleon, it’s okay if you don’t show us that much consideration. We fully understand what kind of person our grandfather is, and we have no intention of condoning what he did.”

“Otherwise, he wouldn’t have done something to lock him up in a room in the mansion.”

At the calm reaction of the two people, Cleon felt ashamed of himself and could only scratch his head.

Therefore, Cleon closed his mouth for a moment and then sighed.

“He’s a dangerous person. He is. Even though he only spoke through a terminal. … There are many things about Oldburn Descartes that have not yet been revealed to us. If there is something among them that must be prevented, I would not hesitate to ask him about it. I’m going to cut it down.”

Cleon says he will cut down his grandfather, Old Burn, in front of his granddaughter, Fleur.

But the two people weren’t that surprised.

“… That’s right. Cleon will do that. I will also help with that.”

In response to Fleur’s words, Cleon was unable to ask, ‘Really?’

Even in that trembling voice, Fleur’s determination was conveyed.

“But, there are still many things I want to ask my grandfather. What is ‘Kadmon’? Why was he kept in a locked room from which he could escape on his own… I mean many things.”

‘Kadmon’?

Cleon was a word she had never heard before, but it must be a keyword she knew.

Let’s ask Lila later.

Then, suddenly, Cleon comes to mind and speaks to Fleur as if he has something to tell.

“… But one thing is clear. When he talks about you, it is conveyed that he truly ‘sincerely’ loves you.”

Even wicked people have such feelings.

Therefore, it would be impossible to deny the affection he showed.

“Yes… I too… Have felt that many times.”

It was the moment Fleur said that and turned the screwdriver inserted inside.

When there was a ‘click’ sound, Fleur made an ‘ah’ voice.

Next moment.

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“… It stopped…?”

When Kshat spoke in a questioning voice, Fleur nodded as she took out the screwdriver.

“Yes. I turned off the power to the elevator once with this, so when it restarts, the control rights will be reset.”

“I see. How do I restart?”

When Kshat asks that question, Fleur says ‘Hmm…’ And looks around a little.

She uses both of her hands to move along her wall, as if searching for her position.

And she points toward the ceiling.

“Maybe. I think I’ll have to touch the power source inside that narrow wiring pipe.”

“It looks pretty… Detailed.”

If Cleon says that just looking at the crossed wires is headache-inducing, Fleur will nod.

“Yes. Some things might give you an electric shock if you accidentally touch them.”

“… And it’s hard to touch from the outside.”

“It looks like it’s probably connected to the vent…”

What Fleur said and pointed to was a small hole in the wall.

“… I don’t think anyone can get in their like that.”

“I see…”

Probably, it was installed or maintained using small terminals like the one Oldburn used to communicate with Cleon.

Cleon was a little worried about what to do.

At that time.

What suddenly came to mind was the group of people gathered around when I turned my head.

Among them, a figure resembling a ‘pink weasel’, walking on its short legs and sharing opinions with the group, was particularly noticeable.