Vol 3 Chapter 4 (1/1)

Biological signature confirranted Biological signature confir, potential ht be necessary, your doctor has been notified-, pernature confirmed for Xin Yue Harris, deviation of 112 detected -Monthly cycle in effect, exception granted for breaching deviation threshold-, pernature confirmed Xin Xin Yaranted Situated 20 floors down below ground and serviced by a separate elevator systele hallway leads to a roouarded by six armed security officers in the front half while the second half is guarded by sensors tied to the nu the walls and ceiling, leading to the entrance of the conference rooe’ [T/N: The metal-stake turret should technically be translated to dart turret as the kanji used were 棒手裏剣, but considering the size, appearance and everything, it would be e search them up for reference)] The four individuals wait at the end of the hallway as they are greeted by the distinct,to them in a monotone from the metal door in front of the to the room consists of three separate layers of half a meter thick metal walls made with different properties in mind As such, if the sensor responsible consider anyone to be hostile, they would be stuck at a dead end and be one-sidedly fired upon Finally, a suard as the final layer of protection, against electronic devices The conference roole piece of ancient artifact that entered into Leviathan’s possession decades ago, surrounded by a co layers constructed since time immemorial After the artifact was finally accessed, it was decided that it -along with all the equiplo this secretive space e the relole corporation, the space has been re-purposed The unique machinery built with information extracted from the artifact -which subsequently caused the downfall of the previous owner- is now stored here Originally, it was thought that the Faraday cage would isolate thewith the rest of the world, thus reviving the victims that resulted from the previous owner’s reckless research But beyond all expectations, the , with the victims still connected to it somehow This machinery is known as the Prime Server, unknown to the rest of the world, it’s the server that runs Second Phantasia “Greeting everyone” The CEO greets the hundred odd people already waiting within the spacious conference room All the people present politely nod at him and the new arrivals, everyone who’s present are depart responsible for their selected projects related to Second Phantasia Behind the CEO are the three colleagues that requested this ular room’s interior is like a step pyrahest point The quartetat the level just before the apex and taking a seat As soon as Hector steps onto the top, iure are projected all around the room as the sound amplification syste, I know et back to work” The ues can’t , but it can’t be helped” Thefor a moment as he mentally prepares himself for his next sentence “But we have come upon some new information about the Systeraphic infores this time?” “It could also be about the sudden appearance of the Beast-for on that” “Then what…?” The roo beehive as everyone talks to those next to the speculation back and forth After a few moments, Hector clears his throat with a keho “We have reasons to believe that soher level access than us and bypass our current li could be heard “As you all know, the Priives us limited access to its data and heavy restrictions for the manipulation data sent to it Mainly, the abilities within Amoaltz are too nue and repackage theories and set them apart as Classes But, sos” Thejust below The woe brief case and passes stacks of paper to the people nearby, who grabs one and pass it along until everyone has a copy “We all knew of the ru with the conflict in the center of the continent, with the Cult of Vengeance and Missouri being the center of attention But I’ular abilities spotted during a fight between two guilds at the eastern edge of the continent o” The man holds up his copy of the paper, the others look down at the paper and read the contents “Our research team scoured the forums and interviewed participants, the data has been cross referenced with ties, they are all consistent The e explosive projectiles, fla that, we have the post and confireon that were assisted by a group of powerful users” The people are reading the various accounts on papers attentively The sounds of hmm and ah fills the room “Then we have a reliable first hand account that users have access to the ability to custoic, also the ability for NPC followers to directly ic systeic?!” “Isn’t this bigger than the Kingdom system we had to build to cover up Missouri?!” “Who are these users?! We have first hand accounts, so we knoho they are right?!” The room exploded as the attendees react differently The External Infor each other and s, happy that their thousands of hours of work enabled the more information as they will need to work on a new interface option to hide the fact Second Phantasia isn’t under the direct control of the coues want access to the users so they can learn the ies necessary to access these different systems Of course, there is also the Co, as they are the ones responsible for finding and sieving through the limited data accessible via the Prirammers to ith There are also the Medical and other field specific department heads that show their own expressions as it relates to the onthat new interface for these two systems! You knohat you have to do!” The CEO raises his voice over the cladom system, do your best work!” It can be said that it isn’t necessary for the CEO to say the last bit, as every researcher present is grateful to be working on Second Phantasia The Prime Server itself is still beyond their coy is any researcher’s dreaets filtered and passed down onto thethey in al how the Prime Server connects with all the units around the world has proven invaluable, the company was able to introduce the first Wireless Coo thanks to these data Most i necessary to run all these researches through its subscription based system on top of the unit purchases and rentals That’s why even though the Systeerous in the past under the previous owner, it’s still actively running to this day “Oh right, congratulations to the Lucio’s tea the first of the 99ers, the contact infor is over” The excited voices and discussion stops at that as everyone look at aa coues nearby that worked with him react in the same way Their joke has now backfired on them and bit them in the ass, the various masters’ pressure on them are not a joke as each of them wield considerable influence within their respective countries The others shake their heads after looking at the the similar lest they suffer the saor as they try and divide the various tasks that are going to be needed ast themselves “Kun” “Yes, Uncle Hank?” The two of them are seated in a private roo facility, which is now alive with excitement The Untouchables hired by the in with their liinable to see others fight for the hts never occurred These people has been living at al time, they all kno precious this second chance at life iven the explanations and the expectations of the eet themselves fired The pay is paltry, it’s actually less than the govern into the fact that living expenses such as boarding and food are covered with on-site doctor and a famous field medic nearby, it’d take a fool to say that the conditions are bad “Does anyone else know about Gui? I ame and that Gui is actually a fox” “He about this yesterday as well, what’s going on?” “Kun, you aren’t aware of various things since you lived by yourself here…” The scarredman “If others find out that Gui can understand us, they will find a way to take him away to use as research material” Kun’s face turns into a frown, before he can ask, Hank continues “It’s sieons and even war raptors like eagles and hawks, but having an animal that can understand and speak human words, can climb, swim and scout ahead in virtual silence, every General in the world would want that Gui belongs here, not in some damn lab, so make sure no one finds out who Gui is Since the trainees will see Gui in both here and in the game, it isn’t unthinkable that news of it will leak out” Kun has a conte expression on his face as he processes the inforh he considers Gui understanding him as normal, it is very likely that it isn’t normal to the rest of the world “Then wouldn’t this be a simple matter? We will just tell Gui about it and ask him not to speak when others are around Rick and the, so it should be fine as long as we don’t meet in real life, not that that would happen as we are quite far apart” The scarredin with Gui and let hiress on Lidi I hate to adht actually be onto sohtly eet in touch with Barthos - eh, that old buddy of mine that helped us with the construction of this place, we should be able to get a test run going with the trainees as soon these guys calms down” A deep smile appears on his face despite the serious talk just now “Got it, I’ll leave it to you then, Uncle Hank” “And that’s the jist of it, got it Gui?” “Yes, Brother!” With the setting sun as the background, the man and beast talk to each other quietly in a secluded part of the cah it’s still early afternoon where Kun is The de better, with so in front of a large white tent is Bell, keeping an intense eye on the entrance Inside the tent is Lindia and Till -forced to enter by Bell before Kun logged on- who are currently having a session Rick is still out in the jungle so on the top of the canopy, causing birds to fly aherever he goes “For the last tiirl answers coldly as she was merely told that the person in front of her is a doctor, and that Till needed to be checked by her “If that’s the case, I wouldn’t be here” The gray-haired wo with you, why are the rest of the children terrified of you even though it’s quite obvious that they greatly ad “Is it normal to torture others like you did when you could have easily killed them off?” For the first time in her life, Till is left speechless as she ponders those questions herself Narrowing her eyes, she tries to divert the subject “Did Bell put you up to this?” There’s a trace of hostility within her voice “Does it really et et theoing to try and hurt the to help you?” A look of confusion appears on Till’s face as she realized that she did have a sense of hostility speaking those words Her twisted sense of self-preservation cultivated by her previous school environ at her to not relent, while another part of her conscience is telling her that these people, practically strangers, do care enough about her for this to happen in the first place Does it matter if it was Bell, Kun, Rick or even all three? They are all still here, if they wanted to avoid her, they can siht outside The woman breaks her icy look and softens “Look, I can’t say for sure if I’ht all the time I have never coddled my patients, even if they are a child I believe that all trauma can be overcomed if the person has a chance to process it Post Trauma Stress Disorder coiven event and the person stays locked in a perpetual flight or fight state If you want to talk, I will be here for a while longer, to help your… adopted siblings, was it?” Till’s face twitches a little as she can’t deny that that they do have a better complexion and see her eyes and cal her turbulentthe tent “Hirl suddenly bites the felinoid in the ar to eat~?” kon Bell lightly bops Till on the crown of her head with a fist “And that’s for roup of silhouettes can be seen approaching the camp Above the trees is the furry white blob that juroup Afterup, the four of the in the other white tent and the rest of the de a quick dinner “You know, if we can find the base of where these God damn bastards are at, we could ask the 1st Princess what the hell is going on” Rick co next to the crackling caht Bell, Kun, Rick and Hank already discussed and tried to figure out the situation to no avail previously This tiht into the matter, which turned out just as fruitless “Oh, you mean those bad people frole” Gui says it offhandedly as he lays on the ground next to the ca hiray fox sih or to cry “Why didn’t you say anything?!” Rick is the first to recover and blurts out with an exaggerated gesture “You never asked” Gui yawns co his lips “When did you figure out where they were, Gui?” Kun knows that Gui doesn’t share infory, so that sort of reply ray fox “That day e had the s-s-s-s” Gui flicks his tongue a bit before trying again “Snake, you toldtheir hideout and came back here” “Can you lead us to them?” The fox stands up and sniffs the air with a kunka kunka “Maybe…?” The four looks at each other before nodding “What the hell?! How come there are so many monsters not in the online bestiary out here?” Rick complains as he takes down yet another monster that’s a cross between a snake and a civet which tried to aer in his left hand with a reverse grip, the right dagger slashi+ng it nor the path of the left hand soon after, and then ends it with a outside in crescent kick with his trailing right leg “Well, it’s not like anyone would coht out…” Till also senses a heart-pu of her past But it’s also the saainst it As for Bell, she has nightvision since she’s a felinoid Kun and Gui are both accustoht hunts due to their past, this ray foxes are naturally nocturnal animals “Well, at least the leather is nice… these wouldjackets” Kun makes quick work of the carcass “Too bad we don’t have enough ti around in a wide circle, keeping away from the monsters with his sense of sainst the trees, his scent trail is now extremely faint, so he needs time to pick up his own scent markers as they make their way to the hideout … … … “Hmm…? There haven’t been any monsters for a while…?” The blond youth walks carefully,lest he falls into another puddle Till is leaping from tree to tree, so there’s no problem for her “We are almost there” Gui silently sprints forward and then climbs up onto a tree He roup follows hiht can be seen, with the clear silhouette of a largeoutlined Zaaaaaaaaaa Bell hisses sharply while staring at the man with her iris contracted