Black Badger - Chapter 441



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441. Emergency (2)

“Eww!”

what’s this!

what’s this!!

What is this….

Huhuhuhuhu!

“Eww!”

When I shouted in panic, Kairos, who was unloading luggage from the car, came running.

“What’s going on!?”

The minister stopped right next to me.

“oh.”

Then he let out a short exclamation as he looked at the Tig floating in the air.

“I see you.”

“Why me?!”

I looked at the robot vacuum cleaner flying in the air in confusion.

“Why is there a robot vacuum cleaner?!”

This thing didn’t originally have this feature!

This is….

this….

It’s so absurd that I can’t even speak properly.

I barely managed to come to my senses, my mouth still open.

After blinking, he approached Tig, who was spinning around in the air and slowly landing.

Tig landed lightly on the first floor.

I put away the two propellers that had been sticking out into the air… .

“Who said this?”

He knelt down next to Tig and said.

“Is it Yoon?”

It must be Yoon, right?

“He took you and made you like this?”

I brought up the issue of not being able to clean the second floor for no reason… .

As I was caressing Tig’s lid in shock, Kairos made a “Hmm?” sound.

“There are letters appearing on the side.”

what?

I looked at Tig’s side in confusion.

It was only then that I noticed that my beloved robot vacuum had a gel-like liquid crystal display attached to the side.

Sharp alphabets appeared on the thin liquid crystal display.

〔yes….〕

“Tig!”

I screamed.

“Tig! What the hell is going on!”

〔Upgrade completed.〕

The sentences came from the right and swept across to the left like a billboard.

The LCD wasn’t attached only to the part where the sensor was.

〔Now you can clean the second floor too~.〕

“When did Yoon change you like this?”

I asked the question, not really knowing how to feel.

I completely ignored Kairos, standing in the hallway, muttering, “Thank goodness it’s white. If it had been black, it would have looked like a cockroach.”

“Can he just fly, or did he become an artificial intelligence like Martin? What on earth did Yoon do…?”

〔I don’t understand.〕

Red alphabets run across the round sides.

〔Your faithful cleaning helper, Tig!〕

“oh.”

As he held onto Tig, his mind blank, Kairos stroked his chin.

“You’re less intelligent than Martin.”

“… Don’t call Tig stupid… .”

He muttered in a subdued voice.

And then I looked down at the robot vacuum cleaner with amazement.

What the heck is this….

My cute Tig… .

No, it’s not broken.

It’s still a TIG though.

But something feels… .

I came to my senses only after Kairos waved his palm in front of me and said, “You? Are you okay?”

“Yoon.”

As soon as I came to my senses, I took out my cell phone.

I pressed the call button without even checking if the other person was out doing some land reclamation work.

The shooter received it quickly.

[Choi Hyun-jun said that if you want to buy it, you have to wait two months.]

As soon as the man picked up the phone, he started talking without even saying hello.

[They say that demand has skyrocketed recently, but the supply chain has been cut off, making it difficult to keep up with demand. Since Black Badger headquarters was overrun by creatures, the wealthy have been ordering security core devices in droves.]

“No, the rare earth issue has already been resolved.”

For a moment, I forgot why I was calling and started grumbling.

“Why are you talking about supply chains again now?”

[Well, it’s not a complete lie. I’m just saying that the supply of quartz rock has not been keeping up with demand lately.]

“Is it quartz rock?”

[Silicon wafer raw materials.]

What are you talking about?

I was momentarily confused, but quickly understood the context. It seemed like something called a silicon wafer was needed to make the core device.

But that didn’t matter to me.

When did I ever say that I wanted to buy fairly and in order?

He lowered his eyes and sighed.

“You’re not the one who doesn’t understand what I’m saying, are you? If the chairman says that, then… .”

[Choi Hyun-jun also added that he would be happy to give a tour of the equipment factory at any time.]

Yoon continued speaking with a voice mixed with a slight smile.

[I told you the location. You come to headquarters soon. I’ll let you know then.]

“ah.”

You’ve got quite a good balance.

I laughed when I heard Choi Hyun-jun say, ‘I can’t help you openly, but if you want to steal the device, there’s nothing I can do to stop you.’

Since they’re giving me a tour, I have to go.

I’ll have You and Rose do some research around the factory and have Lin procure a few more good vehicles.

I wish I could get Don Child before he frames me, but that won’t happen that quickly.

The promotion exam is just around the corner… .

After thinking about it for a while, I remembered why I called Yoon.

I shouted as soon as I heard Yoon say, ‘I’m quitting.’

“Yun!”

[why.]

The shooter answered dryly.

I looked down at Tig, who was slowly spinning beside my knees.

“What did you do to Tig!”

Yoon kept a short silence.

The voice that returned a moment later was filled with pure bewilderment.

[They said the second floor wasn’t cleaned.]

ah!

I tilted my head back and looked up at the ceiling.

“I didn’t ask you to remodel it!”

[What’s the problem?]

Yoon seemed genuinely unaware.

[The added feature does not interfere with the cleaning function.]

“I guess so. I know that. Something… . A shape… . The moment it comes to mind, I hear a sound or something like that…”

I couldn’t bring myself to say that if it was black, it would have looked like a real bug.

Tig is listening from the side.

I didn’t even explain how it felt to leave my beloved, cute toy for a while only to find it had come back in a strange form with all sorts of strange features attached to it.

Because Yoon won’t understand… .

The shooter snorted.

[If it’s a vacuum cleaner you love, shouldn’t you like it no matter what it looks like? Develop some tolerance.]

“I don’t want to hear that from Yoon alone!”

[I upgraded it, but there were a lot of complaints.]

“The Tig was perfect even without any upgrades… And it also has AI functions? Like Martin?”

[Why do robot vacuum cleaners need artificial intelligence like Martin?]

no.

ah….

I was so shocked that I walked up to the wall of the cabin and leaned against it.

As he looked at the modified Tig in an exhausted state, Kairos quickly turned the robot vacuum over.

“Did you put the propeller back on because there was a possibility that the mopping function would be damaged if you put your feet on it?”

〔 •́︿•̀ 〕

A sad emoticon appeared on the flipped Tig’s side.

I said it as soon as I saw it.

“Let go of Tig.”

“You really are attached to everything.”

[Inferior AI reports are particularly disturbing.]

“Don’t tell me I’m inferior to Tig. Don’t listen to me, Tig. You’re the best robot vacuum cleaner.”

〔Full of delicious hair~〕

“Hilde?”

A voice from the open cabin door brightened the mood.

I turned my head and saw a welcoming face with wide open eyes.

A man wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants.

A man who stepped down from his post as Commander-in-Chief two months ago.

“Are you back?”

The master asked a question.

“What are you doing here?”

Only then did it dawn on me that I had returned to the cabin after two months.

***

Yehyun is said to have slept like crazy for a month.

Yoon and Ami slept so soundly that they had to hold the back of their hands up to their noses to check if they were breathing.

He said he fell asleep while reading a book, fell asleep while checking his phone to see if someone was calling, and slept for 12 hours as if he had passed out after going out to play with Ami.

However, he said that the past month has not been as lucky as the first month after retirement.

“Ska has entrusted me with the task of exposing spies.”

Ye-Hyeon said with a bitter smile.

“You said you needed to help me at least this much… You have a lot of time and you know how to read materials, right? I couldn’t argue with you.”

“Did you find out anything?”

If I had met Ye-Hyeon at headquarters, I would have used polite language.

Because he is a senior and advisor to Black Badger.

But now he wasn’t at work, and he seemed to want to use formal language with me. So I also relaxed my expression and answered him informally.

The other person had a ten-year-old expression on his face, saying that he was very thankful that he was safe.

Yehyun noticed my shoulder injury like a ghost.

It smells faintly like disinfectant.

He didn’t nag me about it. He just looked sad for a moment after hearing that I said it wasn’t a serious injury. He didn’t ask any more questions and invited me and Kairos to his house.

The missionary politely asked the two of them to talk things through, then returned to his house next to the hut.

Yehyun didn’t catch Kairos.

Instead, he ordered a set meal of raw fish and showed me various materials until the delivery arrived.

“We are currently going through all the existing core data.”

He showed me a pile of documents on the table.

“You know, when I briefly went inside Kyle’s defenses, I took a video of their residence.”

After nodding, I looked at Yehyun.

The innocent smile that reminded me of the old days while ordering a Korean meal has disappeared. Instead, he is wearing the aura of a commander-in-chief that I am familiar with.

Experience isn’t something that easily disappears.

“know.”

“You may remember that we asked about the flower that was caught in the video. At that time, we only asked about the flower, but in fact, that was not the only thing we focused on at that time.”

“then?”

“I looked closely at the materials. They looked like they came from inside the core.”

The latest medicines. Clothing and fertilizers. Toilet paper.

Staff working at the center confirmed the maker and manufacturing date of the materials captured in the video.

And they found out that several of the items were taken out after the priest portal through which the Green Dream was leaking was destroyed.

That means that goods are still leaking out from somewhere.

“It’s probably not the center core. They’re probably extracting supplies through a core that isn’t heavily guarded. I’m currently looking into the data to confirm that.”

“Something is going to happen soon.”

“Yes. Of course, I can’t guarantee that the person leaking insider information and the person smuggling are the same. However, if you find the smuggling route, you can go up there and find the spy’s clue. Since there is no communication, the spy’s information will also be transmitted in physical form.”

“What are you trying to do?”

He muttered gloomily.

I was so busy fighting Colton that I barely paid any attention to Kyle.

Kyle has been quiet lately. It’s as if he knows I’m fighting the elder. It’s as if he’s waiting for me to lose all my energy from fighting the elder before he forces himself on me.

Or is it that the Archmage Cecil card, which was the trump card, has disappeared, so he is protecting himself for the time being?

Or are you planning a different move altogether?

It was frustrating, but there was no way to confirm it.

It was also impossible to plant spies. Unlike us who can pretend to be human, humans cannot imitate us.

Because there are no leaf veins.

A feeling of being connected.

A distinctive presence… .

Will he be agitated if I take medicine to silence him?

“Hilde.”

As I was staring blankly into space, lost in thought, a child’s voice pulled me back to reality.

“Eat lots of raw fish. It seems like you’ve lost some weight….”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I was just thinking about something else while we were eating together. It’s been a while since we last met, so we were just talking about work.”

“… Aren’t you pushing yourself too hard?”

Yehyun placed a plate of raw flounder fin on my plate.

“I know how much those who turned against the Falcon are suffering. I may not be of much help, but if you need help, please let me know. Whether it’s financial or personal…”

“are you okay.”

I can’t let this get entangled with you even after I retired.

I chewed on the halibut fin and picked up the ginger, chuckling.

“Eating raw fish like this really brings back old memories.”

It was an attempt to change the subject, but it didn’t work.

Yehyun looked at me closely and asked me a question.

“Even though I look like this, I still have connections here and there.”

“That’s right. I wasn’t saying it wouldn’t help. You haven’t retired from being a Black Badger. In fact, I think you’ll get more calls from here and there…”

“I think you have a rough idea of ​​what’s going on. Have you hired a lawyer to defend yourself against the false accusations?”

Ye-Hyeon asked a direct question.

The salmon he hadn’t yet put in his mouth dangled from his chopsticks.

“They’re trying to arrest me on some outrageous charge like attempted core overthrow….”

“Ah. I was trying to get arrested on purpose.”

Yehyun might come to take the promotion exam, so I should let her know before she gets surprised.

When I raised my head and spoke, the eyes of the person sitting across from me widened.

I added urgently.

“If you take me to a place without CCTV first, it would be easier for me to respond, right?”

Bam

Salmon sashimi falling onto the table.

“I can respond right away. I can even assassinate him, but I want to go inside and check something.”

A mouth that doesn’t close.

Sadness and anger soon took over his white face, which had been covered in shock.

I ended up having to listen to Yehyun’s nagging for a long time.

***

Cabin life with winged Tiggs… .

A few days ago, Ye-Hyeon, who lived across the street, brought me food every day.

After that short period of time, the day of the 63rd promotion exam arrived.

When I went to the headquarters early in the morning to renew my will, I was met with many happy faces.

“Rick! Amy!”

Nice to meet you.

“How have you been?”