Chapter 303
‘doctor’
The unidentified being that Woo Jin-cheol mentioned approached Su-ho faster than expected.
As if Suho had been waiting for Russia to come.
“... ... The 47th doll?”
As Suho’s eyes narrowed, the pink-haired woman bowed her head politely and said.
“Yes. I am the best toy that the doctor has completed after 46 experiments. The doctor sent me as a gift to show his favor to Seongsuho.”
“gift?”
What does this mean?
As Suho’s guard rose at those words, the woman ripped off her own arm without saying a word.
Knock knock.
... ... ?!
Swoosh-
Before she could even be startled by the sudden action, the woman’s arm regenerated in an instant, with pink cells writhing.
The woman who had presented such an astonishing performance with such an indifferent expression introduced herself again indifferently.
“As you can see, I am the ultimate toy and slave who will fix itself no matter how much you break it. This is a message from the doctor, so please, Seongsuho, play with me as much as you want. You can use me for any purpose, whether it’s to relieve stress or for combat.”
“... ... .”
When there was no answer from Suho, the woman tilted her head.
“Do you not like me? I was designed to be quite attractive, and people will not like me by human standards, but if there is anything you do not like, I will fix it.”
“... ... .”
Suho frowned instead of answering, at the tone of voice that sounded like he was describing some kind of electronic product.
No, isn’t that too suspicious?
It’s also weird that a guy I don’t even know is offering to give me a gift out of the blue.
That gift is immediately the best toy and slave?
How many people would readily be grateful if you suddenly showed up and gave them such a gift?
To begin with, Suho simply felt uncomfortable and disgusted when he saw a being that was not even human but rather an artificial human.
I was genuinely curious.
Does this guy called ‘Doctor’ really think that his goodwill will be conveyed like this?
Don’t you know that this will only make you more alert?
‘... ... Or is there some other purpose despite that?’
Moreover, Suho was more surprised by the woman’s action of cutting off her own arm without hesitation than by the fact that the woman’s arm had spontaneously reattached itself before his eyes.
Isn’t that inhumanity of treating oneself like a toy grotesque?
[Your Majesty.]
Berdou was also on high alert.
Ber muttered, glaring at the woman next to Suho.
[The energy of Itarim is thickly concentrated. As if... ... .]
Glance.
Ber’s gaze turned to the sickle held in Hasul’s hand.
[I think I see a sickle made from that stone.]
The sickle of the harvest.
A weapon made by melting down a whole foreign stone.
Woo Jin-cheol said that he had received that scythe from the doctor before.
And then, from the unidentified ‘experimental subject’ that had formed out of a pink powder before my eyes, I could feel an energy almost identical to that of the scythe.
The implications were clear.
“You are my gift?”
“Yes. Please accept me.”
“Before I decide whether to accept or reject a gift, I need to know who sent it.”
Suho asked the woman with a stern expression.
“Is the ‘Doctor’ who created you an apostle of Itarim?”
“you’re right.”
Immediate answer.
Suho was momentarily speechless at the woman’s obedient nod.
I never thought it would happen, but it’s true.
“I heard from the doctor that if General Ber wanted to, he could massacre all the apostles who arrived on this planet at once.”
[hmm.]
As the words continued, Ber simply crossed his arms and snorted with an arrogant and scary look in his eyes.
The words that had been dismissed as nonsense until just now are finally starting to make a little sense.
“But the reason you are just quietly watching the situation unfold is clearly because you want to train the
Shadow Lord’s son and deploy him as a new force for war.”
[That’s quite a lot. For an apostle of Itarim, he has quite deep insight.]
... ... Nod.
What can I do?
All Suho could do here was nod his head with a serious expression.
Well, there was a bit of a misunderstanding involved, but it wasn’t entirely wrong.
Regardless of the minor details, isn’t it true that the prediction was fairly close to the correct answer?
“In that sense, I would like to ask for your cooperation with Seongsuho with good intentions.”
“Cooperation? What do you want?”
“The Doctor wants to study and analyze this planet thoroughly. Naturally, this will require considerable time. The problem is that the other Apostles are still destroying the planet you are studying in real time.”
“Wait a minute. You mean... ...?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
As Suho’s eyes grew wider as he understood the logic of the words, the woman nodded.
“The doctor wishes that all the other apostles who interfere with his research will disappear. In the hands of Seongsuho.”
“... ... !”
[... ... !]
This time, even Ber couldn’t help but be surprised.
Of course I knew.
The Itarims temporarily united over a common enemy, Seong Jin-woo, but in the end, they were in a relationship of keeping each other in check.
A complete winner-take-all.
In the first place, they were invaders who came from across the walls of distant dimensions to monopolize the vast amount of mana remaining in this universe after losing its master.
But what about the apostles below them?
First of all, apostles who serve the same god will cooperate with each other even though their methods may be different.
However, the apostles who served completely different gods could openly check each other or fight behind the scenes.
To the point of asking for a murder so directly.
“So in the end, you need a proxy to fight for you. You yourself should hide in a safe place.”
[He seems like a very mean and cowardly guy.]
Ber pressured the woman with an overbearing expression that showed he was quite displeased.
[If you are going to make a request like this, it is not the custom on this planet to come to me in person, see my face, and bow down.]
“I hope you understand that. The doctor really hates going out of the lab.”
[That’s what they call a coward.]
“... ... Rather than that, I think it would be more efficient for you to leave the work of going out and gathering information to us and save time so that you can focus solely on your research.”
“That’s what they call a cowardly homebody.”
“... ... .”
Ber and Suho, who were sarcastic in turn, were a pretty good match for each other.
As a result, the woman who had always maintained a blank expression developed an expression for the first time.
Ignoring the woman’s slightly crooked snout, or rather, her mouth, Suho pointed to Hasul’s scythe and asked.
“Then I’ll ask while I’m at it. So, was this sickle also made by your doctor?”
“... ... That’s right. Although it was a failure, it was told to humans for the purpose of keeping the Apostles of Paradise in check.”
“The apostle of paradise just watched that?”
“Yes. Aside from the strife between the apostles, on the surface, they were on the same side with a common enemy, so there was no reason for the other apostles to stop them from handing over or contaminating the stones to humans.”
“... ... Am I contaminated?”
Hasul looked at the sickle she was holding with a disgusted expression.
But even so, there was something strange about the sight of him not letting go of the sickle of the harvest.
And the woman who heard Hasul’s words, Subject #47, stared intently into Hasul’s eyes and opened her mouth.
“That’s not contamination, that’s called ‘evolution,’ Subject 13.”
Suddenly.
At that strange gaze, Hasul’s expression froze on the spot.