Chapter 159 (1/2)

Cha Jun Sung returned to the medical tower in zone A. He is in Mechanic City for the first time in 1 year and 5 months. He wanted to contact his party right away, but the PDA is jammed.

“I can’t. I thought about it again, but I don’t want to. Send me back to reality.”

[We cannot do that. This is not a light matter that I can decide arbitrarily on. It is upper instruction beyond my authority.]

Cha Jun Sung is rejecting the in-depth examination. It is true that he does have something to hide but even if that were not the case, he would not want to go through with it anyway.

“Connect me with your superior authority. It’s troublesome for you to be stuck in the middle, right? I’ll tell them.”

Being in the middle is hard for everything. Most people do not realize that the person in the middle is swayed by people from both sides, but Cha Jun Sung is different.

Odin does not speak. If it is not possible, he would have said it. It seems like he is going to connect Cha Jun Sung to the superior. If it is higher than the helper as an administrator, is it a producer?

[I didn’t know we would meet like this… It’s a pleasure, Lifer Cha Jun Sung.]

“The superior?”

[Yes.]

“I’ll say it outright. I won’t get an in-depth examination.”

[Why not? If there is still an issue left in your body, we will treat it without deducting points. We have a reward in mind as well.]

Cha Jun Sung smirks. Point deduction? He has points in the millions just from what he had gathered before entering Public Underground. He does not care about deductions or rewards.

“Is there a precise reason why I have to do it?”

[We cannot let you walk around Mechanic City like this. If you go wild like you did then… It’ll have a great effect in reality as well.]

Cha Jun Sung smirks.

Is this a joke? Everything has become a mess since Life Mission appeared. The great effect was made a few years ago, no, when the beta started.

“Huh, treatment….. Who are you to oppress my freedom?”

He wants to speak plainly while he has the superior’s attention. He is curious as to what the other side is thinking.

“Fine. Let’s say there is still a problem with me. What if it can’t be treated? Are you going to kill me? Isn’t this a prevention experiment?”

There are a lot of things he realized while wandering in the mission. The biggest shock was that the A virus was injected into his body. Virus A was what was spread all over that world as well.

Life Mission’s operation – the creators and virus A are closely related. The feeling that it is like leaving a fish to a cat is strong.

“You take people living average lives, give them the strength to fight mutants, and push them into another world that is dominated by mutants… Isn’t this What distorted the balance in the first place? And you say a great effect on reality? It’s lacking explanation. You don’t have the right to take away Lifers’ freedoms.”

[Hm.]

“Oh, and… why did you put virus A into Lifers’ bodies?”

[….. How did you know that?]

There is a slight tremble to the voice. It seems like he is trying to keep his composure, but there was no way to hide the surprise.

No one knows this other than the helpers. It has been kept a complete secret from Lifers. It must not be leaked until the end, but Cha Jun Sung knows already.

“The Oriax and I shared our knowledge with each other when we fused. Looking into this, it seems virus A was what made us stronger in body modifications.”

They fooled Lifers. Why did the mutants become mutants? It was because of virus A. They experienced all sorts of bad things like madness because of that.

‘Are there problems caused by stage 5 or 6 body modifications? I’m sure Odin said that problems arise starting with the 5th stage.’

It was several years ago, but he remembers. Odin had said that there could be side effects beginning in the 5th stage. He is restricted from acquiring information because he does not have contact with the outside. He should be able to figure out what is going on once he gets outside. Though the virus was diluted, it is a harmful substance. Even if no Lifers become mutants, there could have been crazy people resulting from this.

“That’s not enough to persuade me to leave my body here to you with treatment as an excuse.”

[But you thought of it positively in the mission?]

“Because I needed to go here or to reality. I was sick of drifting through the mission.”