Kill the Dragon

“Knut, take aisle four. Okto will be there. No, you won't be able to see your face anyways. Wait here.”

Lee went into Aisle 4. On the left and right sides of the aisle were technicians sweating red.

“Hey, Jihan. It's good to see you alive.”

“Me, too."

Lee said hello to everyone he met.

At the end of the passageway was a thick iron door. There's a commotion in there. It was the sound of the machines moving.

“I'm working on controlling the psychoframe. Don't get too close to the door. It's probably radioactive. ”

At the technician's words, Yihan flinched and retreated.

“Is that psychoframe moving to the reactor? ”

Lee remembered the psychoframe that killed the Death Worm.

“We're using the reactor as propulsion and auxiliary power that requires high output. The only psychoframe that Knute uses is a third-generation psychoframe. ”

“Knut was in it. ”

“Chief Octo hates the third generation. Well, neither are we. It's like the second generation we've built has been turned over to the United States. The architect is completely different from the second generation. It's called Iron Maiden. ”

“Why?”

Lee Han knew the meaning of the nickname. Iron Maiden, a medieval torture device. It will never have a good effect on the wearer

“Generation 3 can only be worn by healing factor users. You see what I mean? ”

“Without the healing factor, the wearer dies. ”

Lee Han frowned.

“It's not like the reactor miniaturization technology hasn't been around in a while. I just didn't realize that one of the Arc Project treaties didn't have nuclear weapons. ”

Once the arc is magnetically armed with nuclear weapons, it surpasses the military forces of the state. Nuclear weapons were enough for the Supreme Council states. In the Arc, all nuclear technology and weapons were prohibited. I have received support from the country of the Supreme Council if necessary.

Even the man-made islands that were home to the arc needed periodic fuel supply because they didn't use nuclear power. It was a kind of drug and necklace.

“And miniaturization is possible, but not enough for psychoframes. It's been four hours since the battle ended. If the safety's on, it's already out. ”

“I'm glad I'm still quick to understand. That's right. If we're going to release that much energy at that size, we can't do anything about radiation leakage. The wearer must stay in the control room all day to recover from his daily activities. Even that's possible because you're a healing factor power. ”

Lee's expression distorted. There was no direct mention, but the situation was obvious. It's literally putting a man in a torture chamber. The wearer must endure sustained radiation exposure. Repeat the resurfacing and exposure caused by the healing factor.

“How... did you come up with this idea? ”

Lee said something emotional. The sagging engineers were speechless. I had nothing to say. I said I wouldn't do it with my mouth, but they are also cooperatives.

Inside the control room were three octopus technicians in work clothes. There is a psychoframe at the center.

Shh, shh, shh.

The inside of the work clothing was on fire. Okto sweats a thick sweat.

- Jetpack removed.

- Okay, come on.

The outer shell of the psychoframe was opened. In it, Knut falls like a fallen man. Knut had no hair and no eyebrows. Hair and hair did not fall into the category of regeneration.

“Ugh."

Knut has been nauseous. His skin seems to crumble and melt. All kinds of side effects hit him. The body repeats its regeneration and destruction. Neurological disturbances and mental confusion led to hallucinations.

‘It's okay.'

Knut mutters to himself. You received more than 3 times more analgesics than the combat Awakening Potion. Analgesic doses far exceeded lethal doses. I can't stand it unless I numb my senses.

‘I've been halfway around the world. No problem at all. Who's going to use that monster if I can't stand it? ’

Knut bites his teeth tightly and stands up. You're surrounded by buoyancy and move. He settled down as soon as he entered the separate shower room. Nasty drugs spilled in the shower.

The green light intensifies in Knute's pupils, then repeats its weakness.

“Ha, ha. ”

Knut gasps and gets up. It's been an hour since I entered the shower. I felt that my dull senses gradually recovered. He opens the closet and pulls out the hard energy bar. I need to eat something to get my strength up.

Enemies.

Knut forcefully chews and swallows. My insides kept ringing.

‘Hah, I'm glad I finished early today. ’

This was good enough. The combat time was not long.

‘Han. You're alive. ’

Knut was only able to recall this moment. He shifts his fingers and waits nervously. I wanted to get out of here quickly. I wanted to ask Ihan what happened in the meantime.

Okto finished his work and sweated red. He stands on a washing machine conveyor belt. The belt moved and the cleaning proceeded. Finally, Okto was able to take off his work clothes after he turned over the nose piercing chemicals.

“Look at the tremors on your hands. ”

“Oh my God, you're the only one who's having a hard time. ”

The technicians grunt. Okto rinses his mouth with water. My head was messed up by long shifts.

It was difficult to do delicate work in a full-body work suit. Okto has lost weight, unlike in the past. There were dark circles beneath the snow. He went out after taking a shower. I widened my arms and smiled as if when I was depressed.

“Look who it is. Isn't that exhausting?”

Okto looked at Lee Han and said. I looked up at Lee, who was leaning against the wall.

“I'm losing weight. Are you on a diet? ”

“at an age where you have to watch out for your health. I'm surprised you're still alive. ”

Okto smiles. He was still bald.

“I must have been devastated by my death? ”

Lee Han nagged without malice. Okto shakes his head excitedly.

“There was no one better than you. Even if you design a performance of 10, all you have to do is draw out 8 or 9. You're the only one who can bring up the numbers I want. ”

Okto liked Lee Han. Lee did not betray Okto's idea. If placed like sophisticated mechanical parts, this led to the same performance as Okto's expectations. Lee never betrayed Okto's expectations.

“I'm sorry to say this as soon as I met you.... Okto, I need a psychoframe. ”

Lee got to the point. Okto shrugs.

“You know I can't make you do that just because I want to. ”

Lee needed a psychoframe. No one knows what's going to happen. When I woke up in the morning, it was not strange for dragons to come. To fight dragons, a minimal amount of equipment is psychoframed.

I've been through a lot of what happens when you try to kill a dragon naked. Two of the Arc's finest warriors could not escape the classics of a single dragon. It's surprising to hear that first-generation bikers in the past, but second-generation bikers are not satisfied with that kind of combat power. They had to deal with hundreds, not just a few.

“Try. Is there anything left? ”

Ihan urges you. Okto thinks for a moment and tells the man next to him.

“Do you still have this data? ”

“I won't be gone. Maybe even the latest. ”

“Then take him and get a physical. Height, weight, athletic ability. ”

“Right now? This is gonna be hard.”

The technicians grumble. They're exhausted, too.

“You're not dying. Move fast. You guys.”

Okto kicks his men in the ass and says,

‘Is Knut still inside? ’

Lee looked back as he followed the other engineers. Knutman never made it out of the control room.

Lee Hwan updated his body data. He grew in the late 170s and was 180 centimeters tall. He said he was more likely to grow in the future. I scored okay on various sports tests. Neither worse nor worse than before.

Okto looked at the monitor in his glasses. Recently, my eyesight has worsened a lot. You need glasses to see the letters. I thought it might be the effects of radiation. It's going to get worse.

‘I didn't want to have a family and have children anyway. ’

Okto spoke to himself and retrieved his data. I compared current and past data on a graph.

“There are no significant indicators on the graph. If I get a little taller.... ”

Okto mutters. He has a slight smile on his mouth. There have been many changes to the exterior. I quit my favorite snacks because of the food shortages and lost weight. But the inside was not so different. He likes machines more than people. People are more inaccurate and unreliable than machines.

‘But it's as accurate as a machine. ’

There are many stronger reinforcements than this. But there's no better reinforcement for psychoframes. Lee proved that through numbers and statistics.

“Psychoframe that can be used right now.... ”

The wearer recovers the psychoframe even if he/she dies. If you are an enhanced psychic, it becomes a second generation psychoframe mounting condition. That way, I recruited a second generation Cyclist and filled the circle.

"I don't have a psychoframe assigned to me right now. ’

Okto frowns. He looked at the inventory. I noticed some old inventory. There were broken psychoframe parts. It is not possible to create one psychoframe even if you collect all the stock parts. I needed a core mainframe The mainframe is not built overnight. Even after gathering all of the arc's budget and capabilities, the second generation of psychoframes were not over 100 years old. Expensive and difficult to make Not only the mainframe, but the second generation's core artificial muscles are impossible to mass-produce. A product of craftsmanship and handcraftsmanship.

“Mainframe…. Skeleton?”

Okto blinks. I took a look at the inventory I had when I was pulling off the artificial island. At that time, there were some equipment that was not formally registered due to lack of status. Equipment reserved for Okto's personal use. Items that have not been registered in the Arc's database have come out.

“Is it still there? ”

Okto summons a few of his resting men to Warehouse 10. Your men grumble and follow you.

Warehouse 10 is literally a storehouse of junk. It's useless right now, but it's a place where waste materials and equipment are stored. There was no formal category, so the interior was a mess. It took me a long time to find the things I wanted.

“Chief, isn't that what this is? Just the old ones. ”

“That's an injection knife. Hey, are you still there? ”

The technician has touched the psychoframe weapon. A knife stored in the interior of the room suddenly popped out. I almost cut my nose. The sharp blade does not rust.

“Oops! It still works. ”

“Keep that, too. ”

Okto searches the garbage shed. A large wooden box appeared in the corner. Sealed tightly. It says "Do Not Open - Do Not Deal" in a row.

“Hey! Bring it! ”

Okto shouts. A minion engineer brought a crowbar.

Yuck!

Okto raises the nailed box slightly. I can see the inside. Okto smiles in contrition.

“Okay, this is it. Move it!”

Looking at the heavy wooden crate, your men cry.