Chapter 1812 – [Cyberpunk: Dimension Runner]

We could tell that the guys who attacked us had a clear purpose other than simply robbery or terrorism. Because it was revealed in their words and actions.

Perhaps thinking that the important thing was the head, the attackers decided that at least one limb was unnecessary, so they aimed at my legs and shot me. In this cyberpunk world, it is an object to be used against an opponent equipped with an implant, so its power is so great that an ordinary person would have their legs tattered.

However, since I was about a million light years away from ordinary people, I blocked the incoming bullets with telekinesis. As the bullet stopped in the air, they were frightened and surprised by the unexpected situation.

“What?! It’s a reinforced plastic warhead, how the fuck!!!!!”

“It’s not an MC implant!!!! It felt weird from the fucking beginning!!!!”

Wow, this is the second time I’ve shown telekinesis here… Is it related to the gangsters I just met when I came here? No, they were captured, so it would be difficult to leak information. It’s difficult to say anything.

In that case, it looks like the information came from the police, and if it was reported to the attackers, the police couldn’t have done it themselves, so there was probably someone in the middle.

“It’s too late to regret. Recite a haiku!!!!”

“Naomoto, you bastard!!!!!”

Even though they were the same as the vegetables, they still had a strong will. This is because I chose to fight rather than run away.

Of course, I had no intention of seeing it that way. I rushed forward and cut off both legs of the guy who was aiming the gun with a low kick, and then hit the guy right next to him, shocking his internal organs and incapacitating him.

No matter how much you replace the implant, unless you change the entire internal organs, if the internal organs are shocked, you will not be able to move easily due to pain and damage. And it’s not a fool, and if I replace all my internal organs with implants, I’ll go crazy, so it’s an option I can’t choose in the first place.

Two people were hit at once. However, there were still a few people left, and some of them even had one of their arms replaced with a heavy weapon implant. Crunch!!! The muzzle pops out with a heavy sound, and then it fires something that looks like a grenade.

“Die!!!!”

Tooung!! The grenade that was fired flew straight towards me, but I slightly used telekinesis to blow it away and exploded it in the air. A shock wave explodes with an intense flash, and fireworks unfold in the air.

At that moment, one of the guys, aiming for the flash of explosion, spewed out something like thread from his wrist. Are you Spider-Man? You might think, but it wasn’t sticky like spider web, but a metal wire. In particular, it is sharp enough to cut through quite a few metals.

“You bastard!!! I finally caught it!!!!!”

That damn wire was wrapped around my neck. Then he pulls and tightens, adding force to cut my neck.

However, simple physical attacks do not work on me as I am protected by a force field. Rather, the fact that he caught me means that I can catch him.

“What, what?! What kind of implants did they put in my skin that my teeth don’t even fit in?!”

“Very good. Anyway, come.”

“What? Ahhh!!!!!”

I pulled on the wire wrapped around my neck and actually pulled him in. Then, he wraps the flying one in the same wire, wraps it up, and throws it in the corner.

Since the wire is twisted, it will be difficult to unravel it unless you cut it. Even if I try to use force, the blade is still standing, so what if I get cut into pieces?

Anyway, once I got it all sorted out, it was easy to handle the rest. There were three or four of them left, but they had implants designed for close-range use, probably because they were fists, so it was more convenient for them, rather than being people who kept a distance and giggled.

The situation was resolved in less than 5 minutes. All that remains is the scene of the incident left in the middle of the road. Other people just ignored it when something happened or made a U-turn and got out.

As an open shooting occurred in the middle of the road, the police were dispatched as well. The city police of Abyss City even mobilized a helicopter this time to clearly show that it was a pretty big incident.

Soon, fully armed city police appeared. But…

“Huh?”

“Uh…?”

I made eye contact with a familiar person whose face I had seen before. He also glanced at Eden, who was waiting leisurely in the car.

This is the Abyss City police officer who was dispatched because of the gangsters when we first came here and escorted us to the Naomoto Company headquarters. The name is probably…

“Mr. Victor?”

“Ah, yes. But the current situation…”

“It’s similar to last time. It’s a little different.”

“Is that so? Please wait a moment.”

Since there was at least one familiar face, there wasn’t the harsh atmosphere of the police, where they would point their guns and shoot at any moment like before. As he communicates separately, the siege and vigilance immediately lighten.

He came closer and asked us about the situation. It was a similar situation to last time, but this time there was definitely a situation where someone was controlling it from behind.

“What happened? It couldn’t have been inside Naomoto Company again…”

“This time, I’m not sure if it’s an internal enemy or an external enemy. These days, we’re quite famous not only within the company but also outside the company.”

“… I guess it’s because of the Ecosystem Restoration Department’s work.”

“Do you know?”

“There are quite a lot of stories coming out from our side right now. It is said that Naomoto has achieved great results in restoring the ecosystem. In particular, the story that they brought in an organic maguro the size of a human and had a company dinner with executives is still a dubious rumor.”

“Oh, that’s true. When we met before, it was that bluefin tuna we were carrying.”

“Are you sure it was an organic harness?! Did you carry that precious thing yourself?! Even if you couldn’t do it, it would cost millions of dollars!!!!!”

Value is relative. The bluefin tuna brought in from Cherubim is not that precious to us, but here, it is a natural food ingredient that mega corporations and those in power are eagerly looking for.

It wouldn’t be a lie if he said he would do it for millions of dollars. Rather, even if you have money, you cannot live.

“First, let’s arrest them and leave. However, make sure we know who is behind them, and we will personally find out about that later.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Naomoto Company’s name value was great. We were the victims of the attack in the first place, and thanks to that, even though there was a commotion, we were able to return home quietly without any problems.

But the news spreads even after returning home. Even in the 21st century, news spreads quickly to the other side of the world, so how could it be worse here? When he returned home, he received a call from Chairman Naomoto Mada.

-I heard you were attacked. Are you guys okay?

“Oh, it’s no problem. It’s hard to get hurt by this kind of idiots anyway. But…”

-Yes, there must be someone behind it. It looks like they are acting as I warned you before. However, in this case, I think I’ve heard of it.

“It certainly seems like that. They seem to have worked as a team, but their level is low.”

-First, I will try to clearly figure out who is behind it. Let’s go first and get some rest.

“Yes, I understand.”

We decided to leave that to Chairman Naomoto for now. At least that part will be taken care of. Because I am not the chairman of a huge company that dominates this planet for nothing.

And we spoke separately to Eve, who was waiting, and to Keter, who was returning from work. Eve reacted violently and expressed her emotions as if she would find out who was behind it at any moment.

“I am the best person to find those types of people!!! I will find them and let them know what a simple asshole is!!!!!”

“Well, it might be a little difficult.”

“Are you saying my abilities aren’t good enough?”

“It’s not a lack of ability, it’s a lack of time. They probably should have done something a long time ago.”

“What is that… Ah.”

Eve immediately looked through the Internet and quickly grasped the situation. Even though a few hours had passed at most, the other person cut off his tail.

Eve, who understood the situation over there, explained it to me. I had a rough guess, but I don’t really know what the situation is, so it’s better to hear about it from Eve.

“Raider… That’s why we call them freelancers here. It doesn’t mean self-employed, but freelancers in the sense of freelance workers. Anyway, they were all caught and detained, but right before interrogation, the implants were hacked and overloaded, so data and everything was lost. They say it flew away.”

“I knew so.”

[If you had roughly guessed it, couldn’t you have just interrogated him from the moment he was first caught?]

“I wonder if the people who concealed evidence to that extent gave us evidence that could be used for interrogation? It would be a hassle to have, so we left it to them. In the end, we’ll have to look for it from the beginning.”

Even if I had interrogated them, it would have been difficult to find the people behind the request. Perhaps the people behind it also used agents to move them. Weren’t they nothing special to begin with?

I left the interrogation to them just in case, but that ended up being meaningless. So now, if you want to find out who’s behind them, you have no choice but to move directly.

[Shall I look for it? Oh, no. Eden would also be possible.]

“The Earth is so damaged, but are Gaia Records still okay?”

[That’s because humanity is screwed, not the Earth. It may take a very long time, but the Earth alone may be able to recover.]

“No, that’s the same… Can you convey your thoughts through electrical signals and understand everything? I don’t know about anything else, but you wouldn’t be able to understand that because you’re not a major in Keter.”

[Oh!!!! That’s right!!!!!]

Gaia Records is definitely a memory of stars, so it has all the records. Not only the actions of the underworld in this matter, but also the evidence and various actions will be recorded.

But this is a cyberpunk world. Most news could be delivered via e-mail or whatever, so even if you understood it, it was nothing more than a set of 0s and 1s. Others may not know, but Keter does not have the ability to decipher the records of 0 and 1.

No, what if I steal your password? The password is supposed to be something you wouldn’t normally understand, like a nonsense quiz. So even Gaia Records was not omnipotent.

Of course, it would work if you confided in everyone around you… But the benefit was small compared to the effort and effort. So much so that it would be better to move and search for it yourself.

“Would you use it if you don’t know even a single machine language? As technology develops, machine language will become like a second language.”

[Shut up artificial intelligence!!!!! Even if people don’t know that, there is no problem in living!!!! A tiger that wants to eat you will look after you just because you know machine language?!]

“I have nothing to say, so just watch me swear. I understand.”

[Ugh… This is a bit annoying. I think I’ll have to make machine language interpretable in some way later.]

“It won’t work normally, so if that’s the case, it’s better to use a computer from the beginning. In short, add Gaia record viewing rights to the main computer and create an all-purpose computer that is close to a battery for that planet.”

[Oh, that’s pretty tempting. This is a temporary alliance again!!!!!]

“Isn’t this your second temporary alliance? And why are you trying to create something sinister?”

“It’s not ugly. It’s an absolute perfection that combines nature and technology to evolve.”

[That’s right. There is no such thing in dimensional civilization.]

“It just seems like Chimeramon. In order to see Gaia records in the first place, you have to have a good affinity for nature, but on the contrary, Gaia hates the computer side because it is a technology side. Unless representatives of nature and technology like you meet and collaborate, will it be made?”

“That’s why we make it.”

[Now that I think about it, it’s so funny!!!! I definitely have to make it!!!! Ah, it’s useless, but there’s no harm in making it.]

Nature and technological development are contradictory. It would be good to protect the natural environment as technology develops, but greed makes us ignore such trivial things.

So, as technology advances, Gaia, the will of the stars, closes Gaia Records accordingly. Our home is Kether, which is Luveana, and Eden, which received the blessings of the Absolute of Nature. Thanks to this, it is easy to view and edit Gaia records. Normally, it would be difficult even for a decent transcendental person.

No, if it were you, would you treat Jin Sang-son, who would rather be killed? That’s roughly how it feels.

Anyway, if Keter lends authority to read Gaia’s records and Eve can interpret the information she reads… A computer that is close to omnipotent may be created just for that planet. If only computing resources were provided, weather conditions could be predicted without error. If you do well, you can even predict the weather and announce it for a week or two.

First, we come back to the main topic. Eden summarized the current situation and asked about his future course of action.

“Dad, what are you going to do about this?”

“Whatever we can do, we will reveal the background and punish the bastard. Even if it’s me, he messed with our Eden, so we have to investigate the other person as well.”

“I’m just thinking about catching them and killing them.”

“Whether the opponent is the chairman of a mega-corporation or the president, I will kill him.”

What would you think of an opponent who slowly narrows the siege and then comes to kill you? Wouldn’t you be scared inside? Well, it’s a story you don’t need to think about because you’ll die in the end whether you’re scared or not.

[Oh, then you are going out, right? Then, I will go with you.]

“Keter you?”

[I was just working while you guys were playing!!!!!]

“Well, strictly speaking, we’re not playing… But there’s nothing we can do. I’ll take her out tomorrow. Just in case, Eden is with Eve.”

“Why me?”

“They could attack with a plan and preparation. Even if they hack it somehow, you need someone to guard you just in case.”

“Okay, then I’ll stay with Eve, so Dad can go on a date with Keter.”

“It’s not a date!!!!!”

[And!!! Date!!!!!]

No, I just said it wasn’t a date. What are you talking about?!?!

Well, somehow this outing feels ominous, but I don’t know what’s going to happen… Perhaps only the absolute fate of fate knows.

So do your best, bitch!!!!!