Compensation
Even monsters are a headache, but suddenly the universe.
If this was a novel rather than reality, I would have listened to the sound of excessive setting.
‘There is also an example of Dragonia, so it’s not an impossible story at all… … .’
It’s a story that’s hard to believe.
It hasn’t been half a year since the monsters started appearing in reality.
Although the damage is unexpectedly serious, it is not that civilization is in danger of collapsing or humanity is in danger of extinction, and it is not that there are no countermeasures such as modern weapons, contractors, heroes, and various new technologies. you.
Besides, there was something unclear about Sophia’s words.
‘Even if I made a spaceship as soon as the monster appeared, it’s been less than half a year since I started making it, but it has an organ that takes three years to complete? It doesn’t make sense to say that it was brought from another world, but I don’t think it’s like that.’
“Explain.”
“An explanation. What do you mean?”
“All. It means that you should explain everything from beginning to end so that I can understand what it is, what it is, why the organs you created are in it, and why you are making this suggestion to me.”
“Do you have any reason to explain that? I’m here to sell, not to talk.”
In response to Sophia’s rebuttal, Yooseong said with a ridiculous expression.
“It’s not yours, so what are you selling? What you’re doing now is just a criminal proposition. If you don’t want to explain, let’s end the deal here.”
“That, that… … .”
Sophia, who had been thinking about Yoosung’s determined attitude for a long time, finally opened her mouth with a long sigh.
“Haha, I can’t help it. Instead, promise me that you will steal the organ after hearing the story.”
“If the story is understandable.”
“like. If an ordinary person acquires the ability of a user, how do you think he will use that ability?”
“Why are you asking such a thing all of a sudden?”
“If you listen, you will understand, so please answer.”
“… … Well. It will depend on how you set the standard of mediocrity, but generally speaking, you will use it to gain wealth, power, or honor.”
There may be many types of powerful powers, mysterious abilities, and special objects, but ultimately, what you get by using them comes down to three things: wealth, power, and honor.
“Right. Most people will use abilities to get those three things. So did I.”
It was around high school that Sophia became a user.
Sophia, who obtained goggles with mysterious powers that could bring abilities and items from another world, was swollen with the idea of becoming rich, but soon realized that it was not so easy.
The easiest way to make money using Goggles’ abilities is to sell goods from another world.
But as a student, even that was never easy.
“At the time, I was not very smart, so I was at a loss as to how to deal with artifacts and gems. I couldn’t even figure out who to sell the artifact to and how to sell it, and in the case of jewelry, I took it to the gold and silver room without much thought, and the owner called the police and it caused a stir.”
It was equally difficult to use their abilities.
I couldn’t do the right thing, I was guilty of stealing, and in the case of casinos, I couldn’t even enter.
Sophia, who was struggling to find a way for a mere high school student to earn money legally and naturally without arousing anyone’s suspicion, one day accidentally found a flyer.
“There was a math olympiad competition held by the state. The prize money wasn’t that great, but it was the only way I could make money legally at the time.”
“no way… … .”
“That guess is right. I gained skills related to math, calculations, and intelligence, entered the competition, and won easily.”
Not only did he get the money he wanted so much, but he also got an unexpected honor at once.
And Sophia, who couldn’t forget the thrill of that time, kept going to the Olympiad competition over and over again.
“There was an uproar because I won all kinds of competitions, from state to national and international, in math, physics, chemistry, and biology. I even heard that he was a genius following Einstein or von Neumann. I wish it had ended there, but I made a big mistake because I enjoyed receiving attention.”
“What mistake?”
“I presented an object from another world as an invention for the science fair. But, by Earth standards, it’s a product made with a bit of over-technology… … .”
A product of superscience that surpasses the current human technology.
Naturally, there was an uproar at the scene, and soon after, government agents armed with black suits took Sofia away and questioned the source of the object.
Naturally, Sophia had no choice but to persist until the end because it was her own invention, and she was able to succeed in convincing the agents.
The problem was then.
“They suggested what it would be like to work in the government. In fact, the words were solicitation, it was just threats.”
“Did you accept that?”
“I couldn’t help it. Most of the points were spent on purchasing skills related to science and intelligence, so there was no way to resist.”
‘It seems to have turned out as I was worried about when I first cleared the quest.’
A treasure that cannot be protected becomes poison.
Meteor at the time did not reveal his identity to users, thinking that he could be used.
Sophia was the opposite.
After showing off his ability carelessly and buying people’s attention, he ended up being used.
“At first, I didn’t think living like that was bad. The treatment was good, and it was fun to work while listening to the voice of a rare genius inventor. But as time went on, I started to think that this wasn’t enough.”
The rewards obtained through quests to make things the government required went into purchasing scientific knowledge and methods of manufacturing facilities and equipment that could implement that knowledge into reality.
As soon as all the requested items were made perfectly, the level of the items requested by the government gradually increased, and Sophia, who was able to bring the knowledge of the other world, carried out all the schedules even under stress.
The complaints that piled up little by little eventually exploded after the monsters appeared.
“I don’t know how much they overestimate me, but they told me to build a spaceship that could escape Earth and migrate to other habitable planets. It’s about making a super-sized spaceship capable of moving the minimum star system… … . It’s a ridiculous order.”
An item far beyond the level of civilization on Earth.
Sophia, feeling intuition that it would be impossible to make even if she put everything she had gained as a user and everything she would gain from being active in the future, so Sofia refused, saying that this was something she could never make.
However, the high-ranking people already regarded Sophia as a magic box that could create anything as long as she put in a budget and pecked it, and eventually became the general manager of spacecraft development against her will.
“The atmosphere was so hideous that I was only making the appearance plausible, but it was also a situation where I was gradually reaching the limit. When I was contemplating whether I should run away or cause an accident and delay the construction schedule, a good idea came to me when I saw a new user asking to make an engine with enormous output.”
“Are you going to use me to delay the completion of the ship?”
“To be precise, it is completely blanked out. Whether it’s a spaceship or an engine, it takes a huge budget to build. It is unreasonable for the US to make both at the same time. The engine was built in the past, so somehow the ship is being built, and if the engine disappears, the development of the spacecraft will naturally be canceled.”
It makes sense.
However, there were still unanswered questions.
“Didn’t you just run away? No matter how specialized you are in production, if you are a user, you can lose at least one body, right?”
“Are you kidding? If I did, my honor would be put to the ground. I’ve never failed to make anything up until now. The failure to build a spacecraft must be due to other factors, not my lack of ability.”
“Why didn’t you ask other users for help? It would have been quicker and easier if we wanted to stop the development of real spaceships.”
“Yooseong doesn’t seem to know how selfish the users are. How many users have you met so far?”
“three.”
“Little. Most users only think of themselves. Unless the crisis is such that at least one country is destroyed, they do not pay attention to such a request.”
“What about Kang Chang-seok?”
“He puts his own safety above all else. I’ve asked a few times, but they just said that they have no intention of going out of Korea.”
No matter what question I asked, the answer came back like flowing water.
Yooseong, who couldn’t find any contradiction in the long-term question and answer, had no choice but to nod.
“Then are you taking the organ now?”
“Well.”
“Are you changing your mind now? You said you would tell a story that you could understand?”
“At the time, I didn’t know how scary it was. According to you, the spaceship is not simply owned by the United States, but is a special item for high-ranking people and rich people. To steal it? It seems like the most novel method of suicide in the world, isn’t it?”
No matter how blind I am to Dragonia’s repairs, this is too dangerous.
Unless you have at least three strong skills… … No, even if it was a user belonging to the three rivers, there was a high possibility that it would be impossible to rectify it if such a thing was done against the United States.
“Of course, I have prepared everything for that part. Couldn’t I have told someone who had just become a user to steal something like that without any countermeasures? I’ll create a perfect alibi that no one can deny, and I’ll disable all the security systems where the ship is located.”
“That’s not enough.”
“Isn’t this enough? What more do you need here?”
“repair.”
Yooseong looked straight at Sophia, who was making an absurd expression, and said.
“If you listen to everything, after all, this is not what I am asking you to do, but you are asking me, right? Then, of course, shouldn’t we pay the appropriate compensation accordingly?”
“Um, how much do you want?”
“I don’t really like firewood.”
Receiving the exact words she had spoken through the messenger, Sophia cleared her throat and averted her gaze.
“Hmmmm, what about the artifacts I made? Force field generators, railguns, reinforced suits, optical camouflage cloaks, etc. are confident creations that will never bow down even compared to things made in another world.”
“It’s hard to use because you’re noticing it on Earth, and it’s hard to use it because it cuts down on the clear rank in quests, but it’s better to just get a normal rifle or body armor than to receive it.”
“… … All I have is money and artifacts, so there is nothing I can give you other than these two.”
“Why not? Do you have one?”
“Sir, you’re not asking me to make that gynoid as a reward, are you?”
“You were supposed to pay a fair price for that, right?”
“Then what do you want?”
Yoosung raised his index finger with a strange smile.
momentary silence.
Realizing belatedly that the meteor’s finger was pointing at her, Sophia shouted with a blushing face.
“Ji, what the hell… … .”
“I don’t know what you’re imagining, but anyway, it’s not what you’re imagining right now, so don’t misunderstand. All I want is your skill.”
“Technology?”
“I came across an old house a while ago… … I got one. There are so many broken places that I want to fix it, but I can’t figure out what to do because I don’t know anything about it. While I’m fixing it, I’m thinking of remodeling this and that and adding various modern facilities, so I’d like some help with that.”
“Um… … .”
something is weird
A request to a user with advanced technology is only home repair?
It’s strange that technical skills are needed to fix a house, and since it’s remodeling and modern facilities, it bothers me about things that are subtly attached.
“… … like. I accept it.”
‘Anyway, it’s like a large mansion or a secret base. I was thinking of leaving the US right now and starting anew, but I’ll be able to deal with it while I’m staying in Korea for a while.’
Sophia at this time did not know how long that moment would last.
this is not a game
