All Masters of Cyberpunk
Episode 23: Imdiate Rewards
"Are you sure Director Seo Ik-gyeong sent you?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Thank goodness. I thought I was a goner..."
The dical director spoke with tears in his eyes.
Imdiately after subduing Gojinseong, the Fire Serpent, we headed to the sample storage with the dical director instead of clearing out the remaining mbers of the organization or freeing the hostages.
The safety of the dical staff was a separate issue from the start. Saving more dical staff wouldn’t yield any additional rewards.
These guys are pretending to be innocent victims now, but they are actually the villains who conducted inhumane experints on humans.
The nanomachines they developed neutralize tech bodies. As they needed subjects with tech bodies for their experints, they conducted illegal tech body surgeries on social outcasts like refugees and vagrants, then injected them with nanomachines for clinical trials.
Later, it was revealed that 40 people had perished during these experints.
Among the captured dical staff, none could claim innocence in the face of such tragic deaths.
"Here are the remaining samples. You can take these."
The dical director took out the samples from the cryogenic vault, which was secured with a triple lock. The problematic samples were stored in special containers maintained at ultra-low temperatures.
I subtly nodded, and Ha'an carefully received the container.
We successfully secured our objective. If we report this to Seo Ik-gyeong, the police forces currently waiting outside will storm in and wipe out the remaining mbers of the Cheongsa faction.
In the process, a few hostages might be sacrificed, but isn't that just karma? I'm not soone with enough ti to save every single one of those people.
Besides the samples, I had one more task to complete.
"Ha'an, you should escape first. I need to check on sothing else."
"What?"
She asked as if not understanding, but seeing my expression, she sighed deeply.
"You trust , right?"
"Alright. We can talk more once we're back."
As expected of a forr agent, she didn’t ask too many questions during the operation. Even during the fight with Gojinseong, she displayed excellent tactical prowess.
There's a reason why Ha'an is the most favored NPC among colleagues in Seoul 2056.
Once Ha'an left with the samples, I approached the dical director, who was hurriedly gathering valuables from another vault.
"Director."
"Yes, yes! Please, take so too. These belong to the dical staff, but they’ll be confiscated once the police arrive."
Even in this situation, he was busy collecting wealth. And it wasn't even his own, but his subordinates'. As expected of soone who conducted inhumane experints, his personality was despicable.
"I'm not interested in valuables... Where is 'Sample Oga'?"
The dical director froze in place.
"What...? S-Sample Oga? What's that?"
"I know everything."
In the mission to secure samples from Daegu Catholic Hospital given by Seo Ik-gyeong, there's a 'hidden reward'.
Until now, the nanomachines developed by the Daegu Industrial Union and Seo Ik-gyeong only induced tech body rampages.
However, in the process of research and developnt, sotis unknown truths are discovered.
Sample Oga is a special nanomachine created solely by the dical director, apart from Seo Ik-gyeong.
It not only induces rampages but also allows direct control over the subject’s will.
It’s more accurate than a hacking tool, and instead of laboriously breaching security, a single injection could completely place the subject under one’s control.
It’s the biggest weapon and insurance the dical director possessed, as it was impossible to mass-produce with just the facilities in the hospital's basent. Only one sample had been developed.
"W-What kind of joke is this? Hahaha! Sample Oga? There's no such thing!"
"Aren't you underestimating the City Managent Bureau's intelligence network?"
"......!!"
The dical director’s face turned pale as he tried to laugh it off.
"What did the Director say?"
"She said that if you hand over the sample properly, you can continue your research with your own team even after the hospital is discovered."
That’s a lie. Seo Ik-gyeong doesn’t even know about Sample Oga.
Before the dical director could wield Sample Oga, the Daegu Green Zone would be destroyed.
I learned about its existence only after visiting the dical director’s house following Ha'an's disappearance in the second playthrough.
The dical director rolled his eyes, realizing he had no escape, and knelt down.
"I had no other intentions...! It was purely out of scientific curiosity! It's not even fully developed yet!!"
"Good that you’ve changed your mind. Now, hand over the sample."
"Y-Yes... I understand!"
The dical director walked dejectedly to his office desk, unlocking a drawer. Inside was a small cryogenic container.
It was small enough to carry in a pocket. There was no need to check further.
The sample looked exactly like the one found in the ga.
"Here it is."
"Good."
I received Sample Oga and imdiately drew my gun, pointing it at the dical director.
"W-What!!"
The dical director fell back in shock.
"W-What are you doing!!"
"I hold no personal grudge. Don’t bla ."
"You! If you and Seo Ik-gyeong intend to eliminate
like this, you’ll regret it!"
Realizing he had no escape, he began to resist vehently.
"I knew this would happen, so I deleted all the files related to Sample Oga! The design exists only in my head! If you dispose of , mass production will be impossible!"
"Ah..."
"Ah, what? Don’t kill ! Don’t kill ! I did everything you asked! Do you have no business ethics? No humanity?"
I sneered at the man who was cursing with a red face.
"That sounds like sothing the victims of your experints would say, doesn't it? Or not?"
"What...?"
"Unfortunately, I’m not Seo Ik-gyeong’s minion or anything."
The dical director’s eyes trembled.
"If this were mass-produced, who knows how many people would suffer. And being able to control soone's mind... It would’ve been quite a spectacle, wouldn’t it?"
"W-Wait, we can talk this out...!!"
There was no need to listen further.
Bang! I pulled the trigger without hesitation. Blood splattered from the dical director’s head, staining the floor.
Karma.
I looked at the dical director who had collapsed on the valuables he was hastily gathering.
Those are yours now.
You need plenty of travel money for the afterlife.
And this cursed sample, exchanged for the lives of dozens of innocents, will save thousands of innocent lives.
I will keep it safe until then.
Breaking News
Terrorist Incident in Nam-gu Concluded, 13 Casualties Including Police
The series of disturbances at Daegu Catholic Hospital in Nam-gu was completely resolved by 22:00.
After receiving a report from Dojin that the samples were secured, Seo Ik-gyeong imdiately dispatched the police, who overwheld the remaining mbers of the Cheongsa faction with superior firepower.
In the process, five hostages, including the dical director, lost their lives to police bullets, leading to a tragic incident.
Director Seo Ik-gyeong: "An unavoidable tragedy in the chaos, taking full responsibility."
Daegu Police: "Investigating any illegality. Please refrain from attacking the officers."
The City Managent Bureau and the Police Departnt dismissed the controversy as unavoidable.
The involved officers took a 3-day paid leave and then resud their duties.
Despite the controversy, Daegu Central Police Departnt held a joint morial service for the eight officers who died in the operation.
The citizens of the Daegu Green Zone genuinely mourned the officers who fulfilled their duty to the end.
Police Hunter, Fire Serpent Gojinseong... Where was he found?
Suspicious Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Cheongsa Faction Leader, Police "Investigating Thoroughly."
Gojinseong, identified as the killer of the officers, was found dead in the lobby on the second basent level after a fierce battle with an unknown assailant.
However, the identity of his killer remains unknown, as all surveillance caras inside the building conveniently stopped working.
The police claid they were doing their best to restore the CCTV but never actually organized a team for the restoration.
As always, such incidents in Daegu naturally fade away within days, so the City Managent Bureau closed the case arbitrarily.
Where Did the Survivors Go? Controversy Surrounding the Hostage Incident at Catholic Hospital, "Growing."
During the incident's resolution, so survivors from the Daegu Catholic Hospital terror attack disappeared, leading to additional incidents.
Chilgok Gyeongbuk Hospital: "Minor System Error... Will Conduct Thorough System Checks."
Survivor in His 20s Confird, ntally Distressed, Requesting Privacy...
Director Seo Ik-gyeong: "Will Severely Punish Unfounded Rumors About Survivors."
These incidents were dismissed as minor mishaps due to hospital system errors and survivors' PTSD.
Thus, another day passed in the Daegu Green Zone.
A day as ordinary as any other.
In a society post-Great Chaos.
[Check the Deposit.]
Tiriring.
At the cheerful sound of the ssage, I checked the cannon account linked to the handheld terminal.
A total of 250 million. It was the down paynt he had promised.
[I can't help but admire you for your neat work, and you even took care of the dical chief in the anti?]
[We just preemptively removed the anxiety factor.]
[I was going to change it anyway, but it worked out, because Pastor Joo Kang-hyuk's eye is reliable.]
Coincidentally, Pastor Joo Kang-hyuk did not know Xu's inner world.
If such an inhumane experint had been carried out in his own territory, the "Southern District
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