How to Live as an Immortal - Chapter 348



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348 Kill is the command.

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“… … So, since you know that the reason for this communication paralysis lies entirely with MTI, instead of keeping quiet about it, take their side?”

MTI’s president, Alexander, summarized Olivia’s ramblings in a few short sentences.

I thought she was plotting something when she was meeting with other candidates without even specifying a target, but this is what happened.

“I made it clear at our last meeting. We are innocent victims. The ones who are carrying out the DDoS attacks are other guys.”

“Where is it?”

“I suspect it’s a syndicate.”

“I see. Then what is the reason? It’s not a small force that would harass an innocent Megacorp just for fun.”

“… … .”

Is it because I feel like whatever I say will be refuted by Olivia?

There are many excuses floating around in my mouth, but none of them are satisfactory.

From the looks of things so far, she must have been waiting.

Alexander just made a mistake.

I wonder if he noticed the ‘secret’.

“Stop acting like you know something. That might work for other people, but it doesn’t work for me.”

“Really? I thought I would get the biggest confession of my life.”

Again. A meaningful smile, seemingly knowing, yet not knowing.

Alexander felt as if there was a thorn stuck in his throat.

“Then how about we quickly settle the proxy war, appoint Baekdu as a director, and finish the communication paralysis issue? Chairman Baekseol will also cooperate in rooting out the syndicate without saying a word. Of course, covering up MTI’s mistakes is a bonus.”

A reasonable and effective solution.

The exquisite balance that left no one harmed was admirable, but Alexander could not accept it blindly.

“I can take care of my own business.”

To do that, I had to become a director.

“It seems suspicious that you are refusing to the end. Surely there is no other reason for the communication outage?”

“Think as you wish. I don’t want to be with those guys who speculate.”

“That’s too bad, I thought we could get closer. But please reconsider, there’s still time.”

Olivia readily steps aside and leaves.

Alexander, left alone, bit his fingernails until he was unrecognizable.

Even when I killed my brothers and parents with my own hands, I didn’t feel like this.

It seemed as if the sound of a castle I had built with great effort was collapsing was in my ears.

Olivia’s suggestion.

It’s not that I’m not impressed. But it’s not a good idea to accept it. The evidence is now out of MTI’s hands.

It is no exaggeration to say that we have already been eliminated in the proxy war.

What are you talking about when you don’t even have the right to negotiate?

Moreover, there was a serious problem that went beyond that.

The real cause of the communication paralysis.

‘Theft.’

Yes. A few years ago, MTI had BH stolen by the Syndicate. It is still a mystery how they managed to pinpoint the location of the massive data center located 200 meters underground, but it happened.

To overcome the biggest crisis since its founding, all involved were silenced.

It was only natural that he kept the truth hidden from his confidant, Victor.

Since losing BH, MTI has already lost its function as a telecommunications company.

I’m just maintaining it somehow with the money I’ve accumulated.

But what if Olivia were to report these circumstances?

At the end of it all is destruction.

Nothing will be solved by just standing by. This is an issue that four out of five people agree on. Even if they try to make a fuss, if they come together, MTI cannot resist.

A dilemma where you can’t do anything.

Olivia must have guessed that this would happen, so she backed down obediently.

Knock knock knock, knock knock knock.

A ray of light flashed through Alexander’s mind and then disappeared as he chewed his hand, forgetting that his fingers were bleeding.

okay-

“Let’s flip it. Once we flip it, that’s it.”

It was Alexander who usurped the crown from the beginning through an unfair surprise attack, not a fair competition. When he tried to break the status quo with logic and reason, there was no answer.

Olivia is trying to overturn the preconditions of the proxy war with a peace treaty?

Then Alexander could have just suppressed it with violence.

There is nothing that money cannot buy. Why not? I have even bought indulgences.

Alexander immediately contacted Sushant.

“I have someone who can get rid of you without anyone knowing. Can you do it? Yeah, yeah. Okay, so don’t be so quiet. You’ve done it before.”

The light returns to Alexander’s eyes as he finds a turning point.

A golden opportunity to both secure evidence and ignite controversy.

There was no way he could miss it.

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A third force that suddenly emerged, Trian.

I wonder what Samael’s intentions are, but I shouldn’t confuse priorities just because events are happening simultaneously.

After all, what Gaon pursued was Baekdu’s victory.

It was then that Aimer, who had collected the wings, reported the results of the investigation.

“… … This is the transport plane, Griffin.”

It is said to have been designed around the same time as the Typhon, a machine specialized in stealth maneuvers.

[Of course it’s for military use. The one I brought with me when I was discharged is the best]

“Since I left the Mars Defense Forces in an unfortunate incident, there’s no way I’ll be able to receive any follow-up support.”

Moreover, the essence of Mastop, which supports Shirley, is mass media.

There would be no technology to repair the Griffin on its own, as it would create added value with just one pen.

[I found some interesting information when I looked into it]

“What is it?”

[I think I made a deal with the syndicate]

That was another unexpected turn of events. But there was nothing strange about it. Since he was out of favor with the military, the help of the four great dark factions was essential to maintain the Griffin.

If it’s normal―

“Wouldn’t it be natural to ally with Ryong-young?”

They were also connected to the radicals. And unlike the syndicate, they were easy to approach.

[After being discharged from the army, I think he went on a tour of small colonies. Since the regulations there weren’t as strict, it must have been easy to operate the Griffin.]

Indeed, large autonomous regions like Seed Colony prohibited the landing of unauthorized flying objects. However, villages with blurred boundaries between the inside and the outside would have been able to come and go freely.

What if it is a place that is suffering from the threat of alien species?

It was no different from Nodaji.

“Did you meet the syndicate then?”

They probably knew more or less about Shirley’s situation, so they must have approached it with the concept of securing a relief pitcher in advance.

[There aren’t many hangars that can accommodate a transporter the size of a Griffin, especially if the location needs to be hidden.]

A place that does not overlap with other dark areas of activity and is easy to conceal.

“It’s District 39.”

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District 39, Buk-gu, a waste disposal site where scrap metal and old materials are piled up like spires.

The place that Aimer discovered was a place that Gaon was very familiar with. To be exact, it was an area that he had kept in a corner of his mind.

According to the register, the owner of this place was Harrison Marker.

Yeah, I mean, the junk dealer I went to to find out who hired the biker gang Wheel Brothers.

‘Were you a syndicate underling from the beginning?’

He must have been something close to a dedicated broker. I should have been suspicious from the moment he listed the characteristics of his client, Banzino Lombard, in detail.

Well, it’s a good story now that it’s over.

As you go inside, you see a pile of garbage soaring high into the sky, surrounding you like a bulkhead.

The road is so complicated that if you don’t know the geography, you will never reach the center and will just go around in circles.

Of course, this did not apply to Gaon.

He jumped to avoid the CCTV and reached the top in one breath, using numerous scraps as stepping stones to run. Reaching the depths was a snap.

There are no guards on duty, either because of negligence or because it is a business establishment.

That’s when a camouflage net was introduced to hide the color of the main body on one side of the field of vision.

‘Found it.’

Gaon landed without a sound and threw himself through the open lamp door.

At the same time, a platinum blonde wearing a plug suit as thin as a film catches the eye.

The inner thigh is designed with a perforated design to dissipate heat from the over-implanted slots.

A single line of agitation is engraved on the expression that is so dry that it makes the intelligent beauty pale.

What’s unusual is that the left eye is gold, while the right eye is blue.

“you are……?!”

Shirley, who was resting, was startled for only a moment.

Although she was an uninvited guest, she was a former soldier. In other words, emergencies were a daily occurrence.

Unlike his head, which was pondering what to do, his body had already taken the pistol out of the holster on his chest and fired it a long time ago.

The time taken from recognition to judgment is approximately 0.1 seconds.

It was at a level that was no different from the active duty―

“Not bad.”

It didn’t work on Gaon.

Shirley thought she had aimed wrong and tried to fire again, but the small caliber bullet did not penetrate the mandala and only ricocheted.

“If you fire inside the plane, it won’t be able to take off?”

“… … .”

Shelly, who had holstered her pistol, raised both arms and seemed to kneel, then sprang up like a spring and quickly closed the distance between her and Gaon.

When you think of snipers, you might think they are only good at handling firearms, but that is a misconception.

A sniper had to carry a heavy sniper rifle weighing tens of kilograms and go on an operation with no end in sight.

Moreover, since the level of ability is determined by the first bullet, the concentration and patience required for the job were superhuman.

There was no way she would be vulnerable to close combat. In addition, she was a kickboxing expert, having served in the military for a long time.

If it’s a classic surprise attack―

Crack.

“Ugh.”

Gaon sat down on Shirley, who had collapsed helplessly, and touched her wound, restricting her actions.

“You’re lucky. If it had been caught from the sky, I would have cut it down without asking.”

Even Gaon, who was confident that he had seen the end as a prosecutor, could not dare to judge the aerial battle. Because it was not a matter of whether he could win or not, but whether he could finish or not.

It was an unexpected, so-called pleasant miscalculation for Gaon, who had visited with the intention of detonating only the griffon to prevent the ghost of Matan, Shirley, from running wild.

Of course, for Shirley, who was suddenly thrown into a mud puddle, it was like a bolt from the blue.

“… …Kill him.”

“The order is to kill.”