Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 306



Cogwheel (2)

There was silence.

That’s because the words that came out of Illya’s mouth were beyond Lennok’s expectations.

“It’s the Ascension Gate….”

It’s not a word I don’t know. This was one of the pieces of information I found while looking for information about the Black Consumer Project.

Ascension Gate.

It is the machine city Machina’s biggest secret and a top-secret project that is completely shrouded in mystery with only its name known to the public.

Considering the grandiose name it is not difficult to figure out what the leaders of the Machine City want.

It was no surprise that the Machine City was struggling to avoid the ending just as the Balkan City Council had been doing.

However it was surprising that Cybrid Echo had at least some of the blueprints for the Ascension Gate.

That word was also mentioned in this incident related to gearside.

Ilya looked at Lennok’s thoughtful face and spoke again.

“I will not deny that I borrowed the help of other city council members to participate in this matter. “But I have no intention of feuding with Representative Mayer.”

“….”

“The reason I stopped you from being given full authority over this operation at that time was only to prevent our forces from being marginalized in this matter.”

She said as she turned her gaze towards the corpse she had killed.

“For us dealing with Gearside is an important issue.”

“…I was aware of who was behind the National Guard Headquarters. “I knew this from the beginning and decided to participate in the operation.”

“yes. you’re right.”

Illya nodded gently.

“That is also why I the most specialized individual in the organization for independent action was mobilized for this task. “No matter what happened I had to come back alive and hand over the information.”

“….”

“We accepted a deal with another city council member to participate in this operation led by Councilman Mayer but that was just a last resort method chosen by us who had no particular contact with Mayor who is a new council member. “I hope you know that there is no ulterior motive that goes against the intention of the operation.”

Cybrid Eco.

It is certainly surprising that this organization which is famous for being the most specialized in android production and development even within the metropolis is aligned with Gearside which is so infamous that it is nicknamed the Machine Cult.

Was Ilya’s true intention in mentioning the information about the blueprint for the Ascension Gate right here and there to show that she was that desperate for this matter?

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But even after Lennok understood that fact he shook his head.

“It’s true that I’m interested in the inside story but even so it wouldn’t be proof that I should trust you.”

“….”

“How can we be sure that you are not planning to use the fact that we are of the same faction to contact Gearside?”

“…If we delve into that fundamental trust relationship wouldn’t there be no end?”

“I would have done that if you hadn’t brought this up in front of me.”

Lennok’s eyes shone coldly.

“In the end it’s just words that don’t mean anything. Do you think you can clear up the attitude they have shown so far with a few words?”

Illya closed her mouth at that cold answer.

After a moment of silence she belatedly realized Lennok’s true intention and asked.

“You want to make a deal.”

“A list of city council members who supported you in this matter. Information about relevant factions. Why Gearside collects combat data in this way. “The inside story of the Ascension Gate.”

“….”

“If you can’t convince me of all the principles of action it’s natural to doubt their intentions.”

Admitting that he participated in this operation at the instigation of another member of the National Assembly the superficial persuasion that he only wants to stop Gearside is worthless.

Who are the lawmakers who are hoping for a failure behind this issue right now?

Without sharing that much information wouldn’t it be strange to be considered an ally worse than an enemy?

Illya hesitated before answering.

“If we share the member’s information it will be a planned process for our organization to get in trouble with him. “This is an issue I cannot decide on my own right now.”

“It’s simple.”

Lennok nodded.

“Make a decision before this operation ends. “I’ll give you some time until then.”

Without waiting for her answer I got on the bike.

Woooo!!

Lennok ignores the gazes following him and leaves the parking lot of Area 51’s abandoned building.

As he ran towards the top of the wide road Lennok immediately opened his mouth.

“Dabi.”

[Data related to Cybrid Echo is being collected. If you scan the network based on the keywords Machine City Machina and Gearside meaningful results will come out.]

“Please organize the conversation history just now and send it to Mayer. “No matter what decision Illya makes it will be important to secure the list of lawmakers who were involved in this matter.”

Although it is impossible for Lennok to pay attention to the internal fighting within the city council he can at least provide Mayor with the necessary information.

Mayer will not forget these transactions and will try to maintain a good relationship in the long term.

It was natural that he who was very sympathetic to Lennoch would hope to survive and rise to the top of the city council.

The moment Lennok who had quickly organized what he had to do turned on the interface built into the bike and tried to check the location.

beep beep beep

The vital responses of friendly freelancers displayed on the map began to rapidly disappear from a certain point.

At the same time voices filled with astonishment echo one after another from the communication network.

[National Guard special forces appear!! They are military-level superhumans!]

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[Quaaaaa!!]

“….”

The moment Lennok immediately turned his bike and was about to open his mouth.

Illya’s cold voice rang out one step ahead.

[I will join. I hope that others will continue to assist in the tracking of other members.]

With those words the flash of light that shot out from the parking lot where Lennok left ran down the road.

Ilya who launched five spears and climbed on top of them began to accelerate by jumping low on the road.

Peeee!!

Seeing this Lennok who had been inadvertently pulling the throttle stopped his bike and stared at her.

Maximize mobility using your own unique equipment.

Perhaps that was the driving force behind Lennok’s bike which allowed him to travel across vast areas and operate smoothly.

I don’t know the specifics but perhaps Rundel also has a similar level of mobility so it would have been possible for him to achieve unrivaled results in this type of operation.

As Lennok thought so he started to pull the throttle again.

We must achieve as much as possible today to completely reduce the number of National Guard troops hiding inside the city.

As time passes the likelihood that people on the other side will notice how they are being tracked increases and the more difficult it will be to reduce risk factors within the city.

The goal of this strategy set up by Pallad and Mayer was to extract maximum efficiency at this point when the opponent was taken aback by the sudden surprise attack.

The moment Lennok was about to lower his head to check the tracking records of National Guard special forces members that were continuously displayed on the interface.

I make eye contact with someone riding on a traffic light on a suburban road and they pass by in an instant.

Good profit!!

As soon as I recognized it I stopped the bike.

A monster bike with a thick body turns halfway around an empty road and heads in the opposite direction.

Something on top of the traffic light was staring down at Lennok just as it had first appeared there.

“….”

A motorcycle helmet over his face. A pitch-black rider jacket and leather boots.

He was dressed much more like a driver than Lennok who was immediately on his bike.

However the life response felt in the body is weaker and fainter than that of an ordinary human being.

Lennok who immediately remembered the other person’s appearance opened his mouth.

“That’s the face I saw in the conference hall.”

It was an ordinary helmet but the story would be different if we were to say that the helmet was still worn in the conference room.

A man who remained silent in one corner of the conference room without any interaction with others.

The color scheme wasn’t unusual so it was confusing for a moment but it wasn’t difficult to remember.

“The confirmed pursuit and killing of the National Guard in this vicinity has ended. “You’d better look elsewhere.”

“doesn’t care. “I didn’t start this seriously anyway.”

Helmet replied then lightly jumped off the traffic light and started walking towards Lennok.

“I was just playing around because I wanted to have some fun before starting work. Ah I’m still a little upset about being pushed to third place.”

“Third place… I see. Were you Rundel?”

Considering the comment that he was ranked 3rd it is proof that this man was the one responsible for achieving performance that was second only to Ban and Illya.

This means that they are the party that has subdued the National Guard with mobility and skills comparable to Lennok and Illya.

However the man Rundel paid no heed to Lennok’s words and began to close the distance with great strides.

“I don’t usually like this method but I didn’t want to ruin the stage I had prepared so well so I tried my best. But you can’t be bothered by Echo’s girl right?”

“What are you talking about….”

Lennok frowned and tried to reply but his words were cut off.

Rundel raised one hand and suddenly began to crush the helmet he was wearing.

Let’s do it!!!

What appeared from inside the helmet as if it were being smashed with bare hands was not even a human face.

An eerie appearance that resembles a skull. Dozens of mechanical wires flowed through empty eye sockets and looped into the nose and mouth.

A contradictory appearance that has the shape of a human but is actually far removed from that of a human being.

Even his subtle words and actions that seem to be reluctant towards Illya. There was no need to ask who the person who appeared at this moment was.

Gearside. The organization that was commanding all of this while hiding behind the National Guard headquarters began to take action directly.

“….”

Only then did Lennok slowly get off the bike exhaling smoke.

Tobacco smoke disperses and disappears through the cold fog of dawn.

Lennok asked as he slowly raised his magic power again.

“Since when?”

[Since when?]

A hard mechanical sound that was completely different from before. The vocal cords themselves do not move at all. Was wearing a helmet meant to cover up that fact?

Lennok looked at Rundel blankly and said.

“It was last night.”

[Oh that’s correct. How did you know?]

“If I had infiltrated here from the beginning and deceived Mayer there would have been much more I could have done than this.”

Lennok answered.

“Did you steal the details of this operation a little too late and choose a person who was good at disguising his identity to disguise himself?”

From Lennok’s memory Rundel was not a particularly talented person who stood out among the freelancers gathered here to begin with.

There are many things that don’t make sense to say that he was hiding his skills for today so it would be accurate to say that the person standing in front of him right now killed the real Rundel and took on his identity sometime yesterday.

Once a series of inferences are made they continue to spread rapidly without stopping.

“If there was someone in the National Guard’s intelligence unit with this kind of ability there’s no way the information wouldn’t have spread. “If it’s strange that he revealed his head after hiding it until now I can’t help but think about the intervention of a third party.”

[….]

“Gearside. Now I have decided to step in and take matters into my own hands.”

Rundel who was listening to Lennok clapped.

Clap clap.

The sound of slow applause echoed hollowly across the empty street.

[This is why dealing with smart guys is tiring. I really don’t know how much room to give.]

“….”

[But it is clear that even such trivial entertainment is quite good entertainment. Aren’t you enjoying these moments too?]

“well. “I’m not sure.”

Lennok laughed and responded.

“There are so many people who say things like you.”

I can roughly understand what they are saying.

According to the information Jenny gathered Gearside is a magical engineering research group. It is also an elite created by gathering only a small number of talented researchers.

The person Lennok is currently facing must also be quite proud of his intelligence and research abilities.

But to Lennok that fact was not that important.

Such trivial backgrounds were things that could be figured out even after trampling on the opponent in front of you.

[You are arrogant. But I like it. If I didn’t have that much confidence I might have been disappointed.]

Rundel leisurely stroked his chin and muttered as he slowly lowered his center of gravity.

[I too have been preparing in my own way to be here today. Please try not to disappoint.]

Slam!!

Rundel’s left palm split open a sharp blade emerged from between them and a hard mechanical sound rang out through his motionless throat.

[Wizard of Area 49. Obtained the battle data of the lightning squad. Let’s start now.]

Rundel’s body with his shoulders slightly narrowed disappears on the spot.

Immediately after a blinding flash of light and an enormous amount of heat exploded from Lennok’s right rear guard.

Kwaaaa!!

A bombardment so intense that it is hard to believe it came from a human body.

The impact caused the asphalt on the nearby road to overturn the traffic lights to shatter and glass shards to fly.

[It turns out that they were not wrong when they said that although he is a powerful magician he has combat abilities comparable to those of the vanguard.]

In an instant Rundel’s skull-shaped head flashed in the heated air.

Weeeeeee!!

As he says this Rundel’s right wrist is completely turned over and his entire forearm is being used like a gun gun.

Rundel had just occupied the rearguard by moving at a high speed that even Lennok could not notice. Immediately after that he used his arm as a gun to fire a huge energy bullet.

In the aftermath the asphalt on the streets in the area evaporated exposing bare ground and an unpleasant smell began to fill the area.

[Reflexes. Changing speed. Formula composition. Everything is absolutely perfect. It’s like a programmed machine.]

“Isn’t that too talkative for a piece of machinery?”

A cold voice heard through the smoke.

Immediately after that a bright blue lightning struck from the sky and struck the ground.

Kwaaaa!!!

An enormous amount of heat that easily exceeds the firepower that Rundel had just released.

However rather than catching the lightning strike from the front Lundel delicately avoided the aftermath of the lightning strike by retreating backwards as if it were disappearing.

An overly sensitive attitude. But what is more impressive than that is the high-speed jump itself achieved with that steel body.

A faint presence so faint that it was difficult to detect with Lennok’s senses.

Added to this is a positioning point that cannot be confirmed with the naked eye so it feels as if you are really leaping in space on the spot.

It wouldn’t have been surprising if Rundel’s first attack had taken damage if it hadn’t detected the hit location with a reinforced shield and concentrated its strength.

[I think I’m misunderstanding something.]

Rundel spoke leisurely with a calm voice.

[We are researchers at the forefront of magic engineering not idiots who worship machines without intelligence or substance.]

“….”

[And it is natural that seekers of knowledge talk a lot. In order to teach dull idiots shouldn’t we explain the knowledge we have in an easy-to-understand manner?]

“Either way it seems clear that he is insane.”

Lennok let out a cold sneer.

“Are you planning on saying that you’ve been hunting the National Guard just to get that out of the way?”

No matter how you say it it does not change the fact that Lundel has assumed the identity of a freelancer and subjugated the National Guard intelligence unit that he cooperated with.

No matter how grand the cause is in the end he is just a shadowy outlaw no different from Lennok.

[I’m not going to say it wasn’t fun. Because it was fun in its own way.]

Rundel took off his tattered rider jacket and shrugged his shoulders.

At the same time mechanical parts protrude here and there from his body instantly forming a reinforced exoskeleton.

It began to change into a form optimized for combat.

[However it is also true that the more data is secured the more the National Guard personnel will be needed. I was just doing some pruning in advance to prepare for that moment.]

“Prune.”

Lennok couldn’t help but laugh at that confident declaration.

“That sounds like something a terrorist would do not a researcher.”

It is not difficult to understand what kind of ideology Gearside holds just from what Rundel said.

An elite group that values ​​improvement and development through magic engineering as the top priority and is skilled at ruthlessly cutting out anything else.

The achievements made in that process contained a different kind of fanaticism than faith and it probably developed into a form similar to religion giving rise to the nickname the Machine Church.

However despite Lennok’s harsh response Lundel nodded.

[He’s a terrorist. I’ve heard it a lot. Our beautiful hometown has proven that if you make a fuss about ethics and morality and human dignity in the end you can’t do anything.]

“….”

[If you think about it is there really a need to be obsessed with the human body? As long as you can fully demonstrate your elaborately perfected intelligence it doesn’t matter if you have a body that can help show off that intelligence. In the end there is no change in the goal.]

Hiss!!

Rundel who suddenly appeared in front of Lennok whispered.

[There’s no law saying a machine can’t reach ascension right?]

“That means…!”

Kwaaaang!!

Before he could finish speaking Rundel kicked Lennok violently.

The shield surrounding Lennok could not withstand the leg force and flew backwards crashing into the outer wall of a nearby building.

Googoo googung!!

A blow that completely exploded the bottom of the building’s foundation.

The empty abandoned building was unable to overcome the external force coming from outside and collapsed.

A huge amount of cement dust burst out from between the collapsing buildings covering the streets with a gray fog.

[Interspace interference rate 89%. The adjustment has been roughly completed.]

Weeing!!

[Let’s go quickly.]

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