My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 280

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Technological Revolution (2)

“I heard you requested an interview.”

Azerion Imperial Hospital Director’s Office.

When the owner of the room opened his mouth with his usual cold expression, Hesperon, who was sitting across from him, nodded seriously.

“yes. “I’m talking about the prosthetic eye…”

He opened his mouth and raised one hand to stroke the eye patch around his right eye.

After losing an eye on the day of Riley’s attack, a prosthetic eye randomly implanted at the hospital was placed in his right eye socket.

This was a measure taken because the balance between the left and right sides of the face could be lost if the empty eye sockets were left alone, but since it was a prosthetic eye prepared by the Imperial Hospital, it was a top-quality product that was not easy to find.

It could be said to be a magic tool that uses magic stones as its core and has all kinds of beneficial health-related effects.

“I want to replace this.”

Therefore, the director of the hospital frowned slightly when he saw the milky white sphere displayed by Hesperon.

A milky-white, smooth bead the size of an average adult’s eyeball.

Even though he had great knowledge in many fields, it looked so extraordinary that he couldn’t guess what the material was made of, but he didn’t feel any special power there.

‘It is not a magic circle engraved or a magical item. There was no magic stone inside in the first place.’

To put it simply, it was an object, nothing more or less than an ornament.

The hospital director, who was quietly watching this, turned his gaze back to the patient.

In any case, he had a duty to do his best as a doctor.

“Currently, we are almost finished cultivating artificial eyes. Of course, in the case of Hesperon, this will not restore your sight, but at least you can make it look exactly the same as before on the outside.”

Even things like pupil movement and focus control.

The hospital director calmly said that if that happens, there will be no need to wear an eye patch anymore.

“Of course, it’s not that difficult to replace a prosthetic eye, but I’m planning on implanting an artificial eye soon anyway, so is there really a need for that?”

Hesperon nodded firmly at those words.

It may have been necessary before, but now it was necessary.

“Yes please.”

“All right.”

As his intention seemed to be firm, the hospital director agreed without saying anything more.

In any case, these minor problems do not have a significant impact on the results of treatment, so they try to follow the patient’s wishes as much as possible.

‘It would be a different reaction if I refused the artificial eye transplant later.’

I felt sorry for making him go to such vain effort, but I had no choice since he said that my eyesight would not come back anyway.

Since these are my eyes, shouldn’t I choose the one that will help me as efficiently as possible?

Immediately after replacing the artificial eye after such a simple procedure.

Hesperon, who casually returned to his private room inside the hospital, quietly looked into the mirror.

‘…It’s just as I thought. As expected, I can’t even recognize the Archmage in my current state.’

A milky-white sphere located in his right eye socket.

Its identity, which even the hospital director could not discern, was the prosthetic eye stolen from the ruler, commonly known as ‘Calicas’ mechanical eye.’

After crossing the dimension, all mysteries and functions were stopped, so now, unless you look inside, it just appears to be a bead made of a unique material.

‘There was no need to go to Earth or anything just to keep it a secret.’

In any case, what was more important than the procedure itself was how to operate it afterwards.

In its current state, it was simply a half-shell that could only be used on Earth.

‘Instead of doing that, it would be better to disassemble it and use it as food for Howard. The best thing is to create an environment that can not only collect actual data, but also conduct regular inspection and analysis.’

And the most suitable target for that was Hesperon.

I was in a situation where I didn’t have a single eye right now…

“Hehe, then… let’s get started.”

Because he had a secret plan that allowed him to bypass even the restrictions of that level.

Hesperon took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and focused his attention on his right artificial eye.

“…….”

Magical tools from one world cannot be used in another world.

It was an absolute law that no individual could do anything about.

But isn’t there another major premise that precedes it?

Beings called awakened people are an exception even to the rules of that dimension.

‘then.’

What if we could combine the magic tool and the awakened person into one?

What if we could go beyond the relationship between the user and the tool and make the user perceive it as a complete part of the body?

‘It may be impossible for others.’

He had the ability to make that possible.

Soon after, the ability “Chain of Covenant” was activated and communication began with the prosthetic eye that had stopped functioning.

———!

A sharp pain that starts from the corner of the eye and reaches the brain.

I felt more intense resistance than I had ever experienced before.

This was something I felt during the sealing ball on the right arm, but it was extremely tight from the beginning, perhaps because the level of difficulty increases as the level of the target increases.

Moreover, isn’t this prosthetic eye completely inactive now?

Naturally, communicating became more difficult.

‘But… I already expected this much.’

So what was needed was Howard’s “technological revolution.”

The ability to intervene in the system that makes up items from another dimension and modify part of it.

‘If the problem is that the laws of each dimension are different, you can take steps to make that part compatible!’

By readjusting the internal structure, some of the functions that were originally unusable can be used.

Of course, since I had just gained the ability, a full reboot was out of the question, but…

for example, a very small part—.

I was still able to at least breathe life into a completely silent function.

Jiying—

The preset conditions were met, and a small vibration was felt around the corner of my eyes.

A subtle driving sound that can only be felt by the person through the skull, with no noise leaking outside.

‘done.’

That fleeting moment.

The “Covenant Chain” quickly infiltrated the inside and did not miss the opportunity.

‘Now come this way.’

Encounter, negotiation, coordination, compromise, coercion, control….

Following that, the process of completely controlling the target and tying them together proceeded smoothly.

As soon as the series of processes was completed, numerous green symbols appeared in the pitch-black right field of vision and began to quickly pass upward.

And one sentence at the center of it all.

〈System restart.〉

“…Success.”

Hesperon, who had been staring at the phrase blankly, looked back at the mirror.

All kinds of symbols passed quickly across the smooth surface of the artificial eye, which was a simple milky white color.

Like a computer that has just started to boot.

Just a few seconds later.

〈System online.〉

〈Visual assistance function activated.〉

〈3D augmentation function activated.〉

〈Object viewing function activated.〉

〈Body temperature detection function activated.〉

〈……〉

〈Welcome new user Hesperon. !〉

In an instant, my half-vision became wide open, and everything in all directions began to come into view.

***

《The entity has been transplanted into a new body. Obtain the skill 「Mechanical Eyes: Callicas」.

In fact, if you think about it, the situation was quite similar between the spirit who lost his eyesight when his spiritual body was ripped off by Hans and Hesperon, who gained strength by sacrificing his eyes.

In that it was not simply a matter of trauma, but permanent loss of vision for a more spiritual reason.

In that respect, this special prosthetic eye was the perfect solution.

In the first place, the principle of this was to draw images in the mind by projecting the screen captured by the camera directly to the brain rather than through the optic nerve.

“But… I didn’t know it would be this bad.”

As I slowly looked around, an exclamation of exclamation came out of my mouth.

The range of vision was not simply restored as it was when both eyes were intact.

It was far beyond the viewing angle according to focus, as well as the driving range that a human should naturally have.

‘Huh? ‘This can be seen through perspective, right?’

He could even turn his eyeballs to see through his head and behind his back.

It’s literally like he has eyes in the back of his head.

Needless to say, his eyesight was sometimes a microscope and sometimes a telescope.

‘Come to think of it, I heard that an ostrich has a vision of 25. Is this what it feels like?’

Hesperon turned his gaze forward again and looked into the mirror.

The smooth surface that was like a bead when the operation was stopped was gone, and the mysterious pupil that suddenly appeared was naturally located in the center of the artificial eye.

A blue border surrounds the iris and luminous geometric patterns fill its interior.

“…That’s cool.”

It was a 100% objective impression without a single reviewer.

Isn’t it a dream that any man can’t resist, looking at these gorgeous cyborg eyes?

I was so grateful that I was once again grateful to Yulryeongja, who generously took care of everything until the end.

〈An unconfirmed update has been detected.〉

〈Basic performance has been greatly improved for unknown reasons.〉

〈Check additional details.〉

He quickly turned his gaze to look at the sentence that appeared in the corner of his right field of vision.

“Chain of Covenant” included not only synchronization but also additional effects that strengthened the target.

It seems that such things are recognized as updates.

However, perhaps because of that, there were some things that bothered me a little…

〈Location information confirmation… failed.〉

〈Satellite connection attempt… failed.〉

〈Communication recovery attempt… failed.〉

〈…… 〉

‘That’s a useless thing. Okay, stop.’

〈Emergency response sequence ends. Switch to normal mode.

The performance of the prosthetic eye’s auxiliary personality AI, which would have been relatively passive originally, also improved.

Of course, since I was clearly subordinated to the “Chain of Covenant,” it shouldn’t matter much.

‘The black flame dragon residing in the right arm and the AI residing in the eyeball. I feel somewhat complicated.’

Still, the AI… nicknamed ‘Callie’, named after the dimension it came from, wasn’t all bad because it wouldn’t run wild like “Right Hand of Craving”.

“Okay then, now I want to test its performance in earnest.”

It goes without saying that if you have a new ability, you have to try it out yourself.

Hesperon immediately went out of the private hospital room, but paused for a moment…

‘Well, it would be better to hide it for now. ‘Because it might attract unnecessary attention.’

After a short thought, he put a black eyepatch over his right eye again.

Of course, there was no problem with function because the eyelids and eyepatch were easily visible.

“Now then, let’s go! First, after taking a walk and turning around…”

New Hesperon, who had evolved further than before, took a majestic step.

***

“hmm?”

Today, after completing paperwork and touring the ward, the hospital director suddenly stopped.

As I inadvertently turned my head out the window, a person caught my eye.

After remaining still for a moment, his head slowly tilted to the side without realizing it.

A person specially requested by Princess Riley.

A man named Hesperon was acting suspiciously near the walking trail.

Sometimes I look blankly as if I’m looking into the distance, and sometimes I focus while looking down at the flower bed.

Every time I bump into another person, I get startled and look away, but when I see the bathroom wall next to me, I frown grimly as if I’m in a bad mood.

In the end, I closed my only eye tightly and then sighed and looked up blankly at the sky.

“…Hmm.”

As expected, it was a unique behavior pattern that had never been shown before.

The hospital director looked at the scene seriously and slowly stroked his chin.

Now that I think about it, he brought a prosthetic eye that I didn’t know what it was and said he wanted to replace it with the existing prosthetic eye.

Since he was acting like that right after that, I started to wonder if he had some kind of mental problem.

‘Well, it’s worth it. The reason I was hospitalized this time was because of the perpetrator who left me with a permanent disability in the past. Still, I was somewhat relieved to see that he was in good shape so far.’

What’s more, isn’t he still under the influence of the curse?

Rather, it was surprising that he seemed fine until now.

‘I’ll have to prepare for psychological counseling tomorrow. Come to think of it, I heard he wanted to go out, so I was thinking of a way to compromise… hmm?’

The hospital director was frantically writing something down on the chart in his hand.

His gaze paused again as he glanced at Hesperon.

To be more precise, it was the area around his right eye, which was still covered with a black eyepatch.

“…That’s strange.”

And then, without realizing it, I blurted out a word.

But when I looked again, there was nothing particularly strange about it.

So that was even weirder.

‘The flow of magic power is also quiet…’

My intuition felt something was off, but I couldn’t find anything wrong with my reason.

‘…Is it because of my mood?’

The worry continued until the person who was in the middle of his adventure completely disappeared from sight.

However, the hospital director frowned slightly and then took a short sigh and took another step.

He was too busy to keep wasting time on vague issues.

Meanwhile, Hesperon, the party involved in the problem.

As soon as I returned to the private hospital room after a light walk that also served as a performance test for the prosthetic eye, I gave the first instructions to AI Callie.

〈I will carry out your orders. Afterwards, clothing viewing is blocked until a hazard is discovered or until further instructions are given. Also, if there is dirt in the viewing path, it is automatically filtered.〉

“Hmm.”

No matter what anyone said, he was a proper gentleman.