Drug-Eating Genius Mage - Chapter 572

Genius Magician Who Eats Medicine Episode 572

Remnants of Memory (5)

After realizing that Kaise hid the secret he learned in the machine city of Makina.

Afterwards, Lennok inspected all the remaining facilities of the power plant and returned with the artifacts and data he had obtained.

“We obtained materials including daily necessities from the dormitory and warehouse.”

Illya was also holding various books and items such as magic catalysts, as if she had had her own harvest.

“There seems to be a lot of materials remaining, probably because various catalysts were used in large quantities in the course of the research. Guessing the origins might give us some more clues.”

“Good job.”

After saying that, Felix opened his beak slightly when he saw Lennok, who had followed him belatedly.

“Half that… … ?”

“They fell in the power room.”

Clap!!

Lennok, who fixed Gileon’s ironclad wings with magicians and lifted them up, answered.

“It’s broken and can’t be used right away, but if you replace the internal parts and connect the circuits, the function itself will be restored.”

Gileon had independent flight capabilities decades before anti-gravity technology was developed.

That must be because, apart from Gileon’s physical magic and abilities, the ironclad wings themselves have abilities and functions related to flight.

If it’s repaired properly and its function is restored, Lennok might be able to get his hands on that ability.

Even though it was bombed there, there was no reason to leave such an item there as it had some of Kaise’s blood on it.

“In addition, a large number of artifacts and research device parts were obtained from Kaise’s laboratory. Let’s talk about the details once we get out of the closed area.”

“I’d love to. Just in time to escort Claude Azlan, I have completed my own preparations.”

“what?”

At those words, Lennok turned his gaze toward innocence, but then fell silent.

It was because the innocent neck and both wrists were caught in the long steel plate and restrained as if covered with a knife.

Innocence, who had been lowering his head, looked at Lennok and smiled troubledly.

“If this makes you feel safe, then I don’t mind… … .”

“… … .”

For an 8th-level person with the highest level of ability, a steel plate like this is no different than a piece of paper, but should I say it’s still better than nothing?

“It’s okay, so let’s move. We got more items than we thought, so it’s better to bring a means of transport.”

Saying so, he picked up an abandoned jeep near the power plant, repaired it in an instant, and started the engine.

ugh!!

“It’s a piece of junk that’s been around for decades, but you managed to get your hands on it.”

The look of Felix glancing at the jeep that is shaking with a mysterious look.

Lennok, who was brushing the dust off the steering wheel, answered.

“It’s because the parts are worn out, not because the internal structure is broken at all. It would have been something that worked just fine decades ago.”

“No, isn’t it true that it is broken? If I had been parked near a power plant, I would have been seriously exposed to radiation… … .”

Seeing Illya bewildered, Lennok nodded.

“that’s right. Almost all of the internal wires and circuits are melted away.”

“Then how… … .”

“You can replace the passage that connects the power of the internal parts with magic power.”

“… … .”

“Magic energy is materialized in the form of a long and thin passageway, so that it serves as a circuit for a short time. It’s not that difficult once you get used to it.”

“It is not difficult. Because I couldn’t even try in the first place.”

“To agree.”

With the party responding with an absurd expression, Lennok quickly left the confined area and arrived at the sluice outside Kurvas Dam.

Unlike the first time entering the area, the way out of the area was awkwardly easy.

While Felix explained everything to Keegan Grimes, who had come running out with a bald head, and handed over his innocence, Lennok leaned on the steering wheel of the jeep and asked for the beginning of the year.

As I forced myself to hold on to my consciousness, dispersing the rising smoke, I saw my innocence being restrained by the soldiers Keegan had brought with me.

Arbitrary actions that were not consulted at the time of the operation and for extremely personal and inhumane purposes.

It must have been difficult not to point out the departure from the operation initiated under the direction of the Central Council and the Senate.

Claude wasn’t too surprised that he knew he was going to be like this.

Innocence, who was completely tied up by the special forces members who had followed Keegan, walked past Lennok and stopped.

“Hey… … !!”

The trembling voice of the special forces member escorting him from behind.

Although he is being sent for work, he knows how meaningless it is against a level 8 superman.

If Innocence again went on a rampage over reason, everyone in this place except for Lennok’s party would become a piece of torn meat.

But even knowing that, Lennok calmly smoked a cigarette as he saw the innocence walking this way.

Lennok asked, facing innocence surrounded by thick chains and steel ropes that moved his entire body like a coffin.

“You walk well even with your limbs bound. Is that also a martial art trick?”

“If you ask me, that’s how it is.”

Claude laughed.

“I can teach you myself if you want.”

“No reservations.”

Lennox also sighed at the answer.

“Because I suffered too much to believe that promise, now the back of my head is tingling.”

“Whoop whoop… … .”

The innocence shed a helpless laugh said.

“Even though it may have been with Kaise-dono’s help, it was definitely your will that determined my treatment.”

“… … .”

“I will never forget this grace that gave me this opportunity. I will definitely repay you in the name of Claude Azlan, the guardian of the battle gate.”

It is not easy even to bow one’s head to the wire wrapped around the neck.

But still, the innocence slowly bent the restraints surrounding it and lowered its head toward Lennok.

Keegan, who had approached Lennok’s side as he watched the innocence disappear casually through the floodgates, said.

“Azlan-nim will go through a military trial and be escorted to a special prison.”

“A military tribunal?”

“Because the agenda of the closed area is in fact being treated as a wartime operation.”

Keegan, who looked ten years older than when he first started the operation, laughed hard.

“I almost ruined the operation itself with my single action in a wartime situation, so taking responsibility for that is also subject to aggravated punishment.”

“… … .”

“As he was in charge of this operation, it will be difficult to avoid charges of treason. I wonder if he will be imprisoned for a considerable amount of time… … .”

At the point in time when he realized that he was going crazy, he probably had no intention of going back and forth.

However, it was not out of mercy or goodwill that Lennok, knowing that fact, dared to use his pocket watch’s abilities at that point to preserve his innocence.

A rare opportunity to use the power of a pocket watch with no obligation or liability to a living human being.

And the existence of a sense of indebtedness to Lennok who was given such a temporary opportunity.

It was because he thought that using Kaise’s power and clearing his debt to Claude Azlan would be useful someday.

Should I hope he doesn’t stay in jail for a long time?

Either way, it was no longer within Lennok’s control. That didn’t work either.

Keegan’s expression trembled nervously, sweating incessantly, raised a trembling hand and began guiding Lennok.

“According to the order from the superior, we are going to settle this matter at the Kurvas Dam control room. Are you okay?”

* * *

The meeting room of the Kurbas Dam where the strategy to enter the closed area was first planned.

The clean scenery at the time was nowhere to be found, and the scenery of the meeting room was extremely messy.

All sorts of paperwork, food, clothes, as well as pen holders and ink were rolling around in a mess.

It was as if dozens of people had settled for lodging and lodging overnight for several days.

Looking at dozens of screen transmitters and dozens of broken communicators rolling around on the walls of the meeting room, Lennok guessed what had happened.

‘Even when the signal reached in the middle, it was said to be about 840 attempts.’

After entering the closed area and losing contact, he continued to try to contact Lennok, and was looking for a manpower to help with this work from the outside.

As the three of them, Lennok and Felix Illya, took their seats in the conference room, the atmosphere in the conference room became heavy.

“… … .”

Somehow he sits still, but with a vacant attitude.

Even those with physical abilities at the level of Felix and Ilya could not help but feel tired from what had happened so far.

As if Keegan and the other attendants were no different, they were all moving with a look of bewilderment.

If it wasn’t for the settlement of work this time, there are a lot of people who would have to lie down and take a rest right away.

Keegan, who was sitting in the middle of the conference room, came to his senses and spoke first.

“About three hours ago. So right after communication starts to reconnect… … It was confirmed that the radiation exposure phenomenon inside the closed area had completely disappeared.”

“… … .”

“I would like to congratulate and thank you for the success of the operation inside the closed area. It is entirely up to you to prevent the entire water resources of the 20th zone from being exposed to radiation and to save people.”

At Keegan’s gesture, the attendant, who was standing in a daze, hurriedly turned on the projector.

Even the eyes of such an attendant had thick dark circles.

Keegan said, confirming the results of the investigation that the concentration of exposed particles detected in the water quality of the dam was lowered through the projector screen and that the landscape inside the closed area was being observed, which was not observed outside.

“However, in the course of this operation, there were so many violations of responsibility and oversights both in the field and in the office, so I will take responsibility for this work and step down from the position of manager.”

“… … Officer Grimes, is that your will?”

The focus returned to Felix’s eyes, who had been listening to the story with his beak open.

“If it is the result of someone else’s coercion rather than one’s own will, we can formally object.”

“… … .”

“I know how hard the manager worked for this operation. If you’re stepping down from your position with unnecessary responsibility unintentionally-”

“Thank you for your words.”

Keegan laughed at Felix’s words.

“It is completely my will to step down from public office. In fact, because I was thinking about it, I was able to do it without thinking about it.”

“… … is it.”

Felix reacted as he closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

Lennox could understand Felix’s thoughts to some extent.

Kurvas Dam Control Room, a first-class secret facility that is strictly forbidden to enter except for bond officials.

Keegan’s judgment was so bold that he invited Oliviera, the chairman of the cartel, to seek advice solely with the will to solve the case.

Regardless of how helpful that judgment was in this operation, it is natural for Keegan to take responsibility for rectifying the post-war process.

“Now what will happen in the future?”

“I was holding you back to explain that part. From now on, I will tell you how the treatment of District 25 will be.”

At Illya’s words, Keegan took a slow breath.

As he glanced around, the other attendants left the meeting room in perfect order, as if they had promised.

A scene of a quiet conference room with only four people sitting around a table in a spacious conference room.

Keegan quietly opened his mouth, leaving behind the soundless stream of water pouring from the dam through the window.

“Probably with a very high probability… … Area 25 will be free from decades of quarantine.”

“… … .”

Everyone understood the meaning and kept silent.

The designation of closed areas that have never changed since the development was completed after the districts were divided in the megalopolis Balkan.

Are you saying that District 25 will be the first to end the quarantine measures and get out of the closed zone?

“The Senate of the Central Council once prepared a manual for the change of use or merger and separation of districts at the time of the urban expansion and development plan. I had seen the manual at the time a long time ago.”

Keegan continued.

“Among them, there was also a provision that if the use of a closed area was completely exhausted and lost its meaning, the environment of the area would be reconstructed and opened to suit the use of the surrounding area.”

“Do you think the manual created decades ago can be followed at this point?”

Lennok asked.

“If it was simply a provision made in case there might exist, it would be difficult to keep it even because of the interests of the city government and the council.”

Regardless of whether the relevant provisions actually exist, the situation in megacities has continued to change over the decades.

It is no wonder that the figures of the city government who made the provision at the time are also few.

If it is simply a provision made formally in preparation for the future, it is rather awkward to expect that it will be followed.

But Keegan listened to Lennok and shook his head slowly.

“no. Almost certainly, the closed area will be closed and opened.”

“Why?”

“This is because the districts divided by the megacity expansion and development plan are not the result of simple administrative measures.”

“… … .”

“It’s not just to make management easier that the powers of the past city government removed the names of pre-existing districts and pasted in numbers.”

Keegan said forcefully.

“It was a trick to keep the city’s darkest and greatest secrets hidden in the cracks of the district.”

The city’s darkest and greatest secret.

Is there anyone who doesn’t know that it is a by-product of the failure of the Black Consumer Project?

However, the fact that the entire district was reorganized to hide the evil was a story that even Lennok had never heard of.

Felix also twitched his eyebrows and twitched his beak, as if he hadn’t noticed that fact.

“Are you saying that by-products of a project that existed only as rumors are hidden between the cracks in the district?”

“A gap in the area means that such a thing actually exists?”

Ilya asked with a bewildered expression.

“Because there will be a gap created when considering the area of the megacities seen on the satellite map and the actual three-dimensional effect.”

Lennok, who had been thinking as he pounded on the table, opened his mouth.

“It is not difficult in itself to create a space that no one knew at the time of design, with a little magical measures. Do you want to say that?”

“Nobody knows which quarters they have cracked open and where in the city they hide their secrets.”

Keegan replied.

“However, that is the only possibility I can think of at this point in time when the truth of the project’s failure exists and it is certain that the by-products have not been dealt with.”

“It’s too dangerous to say with the position of Administrator.”

said Felix, looking around the conference room.

“Did you bite people to explain this to us from the beginning?”

“I thought that was what I should say to all of you who have returned from such a dangerous operation.”

Keegan nodded weakly and spoke again.

“After receiving the word from Mr. Maze, I immediately realized what he meant by saying that, and I looked through all the related materials.”

“Maze?”

“Oliviera Lone Maze. I can’t seem to remember my last name.”

In response to Felix’s tilting his head, Lennok explained instead.

“Did the chairman of the cartel speak directly to you?”

“yes. As a result, we realized that the lifting of quarantine measures in closed areas was not the will of the city government itself, but a necessary measure to maintain the overall structure of the assigned areas.”

Because there is a manual that has been set before, it is not to follow it.

Keegan was saying that only by following the manual could they maintain the district structure of the megalopolis they had designated.

Because the myriad areas of the megacities, now allocated through numbers, were themselves one of the means to hide their failures.

Said Keegan, who operated the projector and brought up a map of District 25.

“As District 25 is located close to the Kurbas Dam and the 20th District, it will probably be used for a similar purpose after the quarantine measures are lifted.”

“… … .”

“In the process, collaboration between various construction projects and development projects will be actively carried out.”

Keegan said that and smiled mischievously for the first time.

“Do you understand what this means?”

“… … hmm?”

The group’s expressions slightly changed at Keegan’s sudden question.

Lennok laughed when he finally understood why Keegan had been explaining the future of the lockdown while unraveling these secrets.

“I see. Since the city government can’t directly reward you, did you plan to deal with it this way?”

“Isn’t it the land of the closed area that you restored yourself?”

At the same time, the key contents of the district 25 redevelopment plan manual appear naturally on the screen.

At the time of redevelopment of the closed area, it explains where to design the commercial district including the subway, raise public offices, and how far the area expansion will proceed.

That moment when Felix and Illya realized the value of the information belatedly and their complexions turned slightly pale.

Keegan laughed as he naturally sent the map that floated on the hologram to each party’s cell phone.

“Of course, it would be right to give you the first opportunity to buy.”