Chapter 30: Globb the Gno
[Congratulations. You have been accepted under the tutelage of Globb the Technician]
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Grey blinked when he saw the notification. "Didn’t you say there’s a test? Where’s the test?"
"You passed it already," Globb said.
"I did? What did I do?"
"Being a technician requires a special sixth sense. Not a lot of people can get a feel for it, and you’ve already surpassed the minimum threshold."
"Sixth sense?"
"Mm. Um, wait, hold on..." Globb fell into his thoughts, stroking his chanical jaw. "... Right, right. We were given a briefing on your world, Earth, right? Stupid na, by the way."
Grey did his best not to roll his eyes. He couldn’t read a single fantasy book where the main character got isekai’d that didn’t make fun of Earth’s na. Could we get over it, please?
"Anyway, it’s like soul, or quantum entanglent, sothing, sothing, genetics. You get it, right?"
Grey’s lip twitched. "What the hell is any of that supposed to an?"
"Whatever. You don’t need to know. It’s called Cyber State."
"Now that’s a stupid fucking na," Grey grumbled.
Globb laughed uproariously and more than a little bit abruptly.
"Alright, co in, co in. I’ve only got a certain number of credits for how long I can teach you. What use you make of it will depend on yourself."
Grey didn’t even know what to say. Had he picked right? What kind of teaching was he going to get from this guy?
...
Minutes later, Grey was sitting in front of what looked like grid paper cut out from similar material to what one would see a keyboard mat made from, though thicker. It looked like the sort of thing a watchmaker would piece together small parts on, but far more substantial and sturdy.
Grey’s finger tapped on it continuously as he waited for Globb to co back. It felt like he was wasting ti here.
Finally, Globb peeked out from behind a second set of curtains, walking forward and then letting a bunch of parts tumble out of his arms.
Honestly, it looked like he had just gutted the engine of a car. Let alone the oils that were coating everything, there were various pipes and fixtures, and sothing Grey could have sworn was an exhaust.
"The first thing you need to learn is how to collaborate with the Cyber State to quickly identify parts, what they do, and what is currently wrong with them. Once you succeed in this, the Genesis System will automatically grant you the Technician Profession, and you’ll be able to interface with it directly.
"This will be like having a handy assistant no matter where you go—."
"But that would require a Nexis Suit, wouldn’t it?"
"No. That is what this Cyber Mat is for. The Nexis Suits use the sa material, but they’re more so designed to allow for direct upgrades to the body. Its use for communicating with the Cyber State is more secondary.
"A Cyber Mat is different. It can even project the Cyber State out into the real world, allowing you to draw maps, diagrams, and blueprints with your mind that can be seen by others or used as references to complete your parts."
Grey’s foot began to tap at the ground. He found himself getting impatient. He couldn’t find an easy way to tie all of this into building a vessel for Protheus.
He felt like he was missing sothing. Would the first quest with a reward of just an introduction really be so complicated? Wasn’t there a limit to how badly he could be screwed over?
"Tiout." Grey ford a ’T’ with his hands. "I don’t have the ti for this. You yourself said I only have a limited few credits, right? Can I decide what you teach ?"
"Yes, but I wouldn’t advise it."
"I want to decide," Grey said firmly. "What do you know about Fras? I want to build one."
Globb blinked. "Fras? As in ch Fras? It’s impossible for
to teach you sothing like that. That’s beyond the scope of a Technician. Only ch Engineers can build Fras, and if you were one, then you’d be able to build your own thod of interfacing with the Genesis System and wouldn’t need a Nexis Suit in the first place."
Grey’s heart sank to rock bottom. He had bet everything on this. There was no way it could end this way.
"Wait, wait. I don’t need a full ch Fra, I just need a vessel?"
Grey ended what should have been a statent with a question mark. He didn’t even know what he was saying or if there was any difference at all.
Globb didn’t reply, and for a long while, Grey thought he was really fucked this ti.
It felt like he was constantly spinning his wheels. He hadn’t even gone as far as his first life yet, and every step he tried to take felt like it ca with three back. It was like he was better off not reincarnating in the first place.
’Hm?’
Grey was trying to rein in his desire to crash out when he noticed sothing odd about Globb. He was just standing there, frozen. It felt like that invisible person was playing god again.
’Wait!’
Grey hurriedly stood and pulled on May’s suit again. He shifted it and tightened it until he could get nice coverage over his forearm.
In his rush, he stumbled a bit and touched the Cyber Mat. To his surprise, a jolt ran through his body, and his ability to see and feel the connections of his neural network to the suit was amplified several tis over.
He took advantage and locked May’s Nexis Suit into place.
As expected, the mont he did, he got a notification.
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[You have triggered a Rare Instance]
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Operation: Second Wind of the chanical Jaw Lineage
Quest Rank: Rare
Mission Type: Retrieval
Objective: Reclaim the Ancestral To of the chanical Jaw
Description: Globb the Gno is one of the last of his lineage, living out his days in the safety of the city and away from the Fog of Chaos. However, deep within him, a fire burns for the days his father, and his grandfather before him, once told of.
Outside the city limits, the Ancestral To of the chanical Jaw resides in the hands of the Wicked Forest Witch. Defeat the Wicked Forest Witch and retrieve the Ancestral To.
Reward: Path of the chanical Jaw
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"FUCK ," Grey roared, finally losing his cool again.
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