Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 764

“Guido Order’s main headquarters. The Papal See…” The name of the Order, which I never expected to see with my own eyes at this point.

Moreover, Lenok understood what the Papal See meant as soon as he saw it.

The pinnacle of fanaticism that worships foreign gods. It must be a high-sounding name for the main castle where the leader who leads the believers is located.

The magic flow reproduction module that Lenok was trying to procure through Baritz Corporation.

The unbelievable result that the leader himself had requested this part to be made a long time ago.

Lenok, who slowly put down his cell phone, slowly turned his gaze towards Prescott.

“I don’t know what this word means. Do you know, Director?”

“…Well, yes.”

Prescott answered in a broken tone, like a broken toy.

His head, looking down at the screen, was tilted forward, making it impossible to read his expression.

“I think there might be an error on the screen… There is no such data in the company database.”

“I see.”

Lenok said, turning his steps.

“The fact that Baritz Corporation has ever traded with the Order is just my delusion, isn’t it?”

“…”

“Okay. Then, let’s end this deal here.”

The moment Lenok said that and tried to open the cafe door to go outside.

Clank!!

Something cold touched Lenok’s forehead.

“…”

The sensation of a cold gun barrel. And not just a pistol, but the caliber of a rifle using a multi-magazine.

The soldier, who pointed the silenced gun barrel at Lenok’s forehead, slowly gestured with his eyes.

As Lenok slowly entered the studio again following the gesture, Prescott, who had been standing quietly, spoke.

“I told you earlier that I was well acquainted with the building owner.”

“…”

“I also told you in advance that no one would be coming nearby for a while.”

Prescott, who slowly raised his gaze, smiled with a gloomy look that was completely different from before.

“You didn’t listen to me properly.”

Du-du-du!!

Starting with the man pointing the rifle, several more people enter the studio.

Superhumans wearing heterogeneous equipment. All of them are freaks with a creepy atmosphere and magical power.

They must be a special mobile force unit directly operated by Baritz Corporation.

Of course, for an organization like Baritz Corporation, it is natural to secure and handle this level of superhuman power.

However, what Lenok could not understand was not the superhumans who appeared in front of him, but Prescott, who had chosen to force a breakthrough.

If Lenok were to report this fact to the media, or even die here, the aftermath would be indescribable.

Even considering that, is it necessary to keep the facts revealed here a secret?

“I’m sorry, Assistant Professor Bylon.”

Prescott snarled and grabbed Lenok’s research coat.

“We must prevent the company’s transaction information from being leaked to the outside, no matter what.”

“You mean the information about the Order is a higher priority than the immediate transaction.”

Lenok tilted his head.

“Is Baritz Corporation also obeying the Order’s doctrine?”

Clang!!

At that moment, a sharp blade cleanly cut off the collar of Lenok’s research coat.

The swordsman, who instantly exposed his neck, looked at Lenok with a cold expression and said.

“It seems like the director’s words don’t sound like words to you. Don’t you understand the situation?”

“…”

“I know you’re a spirit mage. If you try to answer anything other than what I ask from now on, I’ll cut off your lips on the spot.”

If they are members of Baritz Corporation’s armed forces, they must have finished investigating Evan’s abilities. They must know that Evan is a spirit mage.

They may already be aware that Evan was the one who annihilated the terrorist group made up of sorcerers during the God of Madness incident.

“You know a little about spirit magic. But it’s very clumsy.”

However, Lenok smiled calmly even while listening to the swordsman’s chilling threat.

“Of course, it is true that summoning through incantation is powerful, but that is not the only way-”

“You talk too much.”

The swordsman twisted his wrist without saying another word.

There are plenty of ways to make him listen without endangering his life. Prescott would condone cutting off his lower lip.

The moment he lightly stabbed the blade he was holding under Lenok’s chin.

Zzzzzzz…!!

Lenok’s features began to mix randomly on the spot.

His eyes, nose, and ears flickered and changed places all over his face in a bizarre shape. It was like noise on a monitor screen.

“…!!!”

The swordsman, surprised by the bizarre phenomenon, stopped his hand without realizing it, and Prescott shouted urgently.

“Subdue him. It’s okay to injure him!!”

Whoosh!!

But Lenok’s figure had already completely disappeared from the spot.

“W-where did he go?!!”

“Concentrate. I can feel his presence. He’s still in this studio!!”

Although he is not visible, his breathing and presence are faintly felt by the superhumans’ senses.

The opponent’s location, which is present in this place but cannot be confirmed with the naked eye.

“It’s not a spell. It’s magitech technology.”

The members who realized the identity of the technology quickly exchanged glances.

“Is it optical camouflage…!!”

“That’s impossible. Does such a sophisticated optical camouflage exist that can confuse our senses?”

“He’s the founder of anti-gravity technology. It’s not impossible.”

“Spread out. Surround the studio and corner him!!”

The area of the studio cafe is quite large, but if several people divide the space, they can quickly narrow the search range.

To escape from here, you have to open or break the closed windows or doors. If you search while paying attention to that, you can quickly corner him in one place.

The moment the superhumans thought so and quickly widened the distance.

Crash!!

Along with the sound of a shelf breaking in the distance, a great shock shook the studio.

The figure of a man stuck upside down in a wall-mounted cleaning machine, and Lenok’s figure looking at him right next to him.

Lenok was holding a small electric shocker that emitted intense electricity.

“Jerome!!”

“This rat bastard…!!”

The enraged swordsman was about to kick Lenok’s stomach straight across the studio, but Lenok’s figure disappeared like smoke on the spot.

While the blade was cutting through the air, this time the waist of the soldier who had pointed the gun at Lenok’s head was folded backwards and slammed into the wall.

“Ugh…!!”

The shock of having his spine bent backwards and broken. He must have suffered irreparable damage.

The enraged members rushed out, but Lenok’s figure continued to disappear and only reappear in other places.

Flick! Flick! Flick!

Each time he disappeared and reappeared, the number of them increased by one.

Soon, dozens of Lenoks stood in the studio, looking at the superhumans from all over with expressionless faces.

The members, overwhelmed by the bizarre scene, frowned and slowly tightened their equipment.

“T-this is such a mess…”

“What the hell is going on!!”

Prescott, who was watching the scene from afar with a sharp gaze, shouted.

“He mixed dummies with optical camouflage. It’s an illusion using diffuse reflection!!”

“An illusion?!!”

“It’s all just an illusion. There’s only one real one!!”

“…”

Even so, all the dozens of illusions that are visible now are so sophisticated that it is impossible to distinguish them with the naked eye.

The vividness is as if a projector is directly shooting into the eyes from an invisible place.

How sophisticated and three-dimensional does the optical camouflage technology have to be to make this possible?

“This is where the individuality of spirit magic, which is different from other spells, lies.”

Lenok’s voice echoed from behind Prescott.

“The possible output is somewhat fixed, but the room for application extends in a different direction from the caster depending on the spirit’s capabilities.”

Lenok, who was standing with his hands behind his back with a smiling face, said.

“A closed cafe studio. If you use an environment where reflected light works well on the ceiling and walls, you can temporarily deceive even the senses of well-trained superhumans.”

“Are you saying that the optical camouflage you are using is borrowing the power of spirit magic?”

Prescott’s expression distorted at Lenok’s words that he had been responding to the conversation with a spirit already summoned from the beginning.

Not only did he not notice the sign right in front of him, but he was also annoyed that he had created an environment suitable for Lenok’s spirit.

However, Prescott did not miss the shadow shaking under Lenok’s feet.

Grab!!

Prescott, who grabbed Evan’s arm with a real body among them, shouted loudly.

“I got him!! Holter!!”

“Okay, I’m going!!”

A giant with an iron club landed behind Lenok and swung the club with all his might.

The moment he was surrounded by Prescott and a giant named Holter, and was caught without being able to move.

Thud!!

Lenok’s head, hit on the back of the head, snapped forward, and he collapsed to the ground.

At the same time, dozens of illusions that had been wandering around disappeared all at once.

“Haa, haa…!!”

Prescott, who was panting, finally sat down and looked down at Lenok, who had fallen.

Prescott, who was looking at him with trembling eyes, gestured to Holter, who was holding the club.

“T-tie his limbs. Tie him up so he can’t even breathe without my permission!!”

“…Okay.”

Holter, looking exhausted, took out an iron rope and tightly tied Lenok’s limbs.

Prescott looked at the back of Lenok’s head as he was being restrained, and then let out a hollow laugh.

The place he had prepared to meet Evan.

He was reminded of the pathetic sight of running away like crazy without even being able to properly face him in this studio.

“Well, it’s okay…”

Anything more than that can be considered after dealing with this sudden situation.

Holter, who picked up Evan, who was slumped on his shoulder, asked.

“Is it okay to return to headquarters like this?”

“…No. We’re going to the Advisory Committee headquarters.”

Prescott shook his head, thinking carefully.

“I made a big mistake. The company won’t cover this level of information leakage.”

“…”

“Here, we need to use the power of the committee to settle Evan’s affairs, and then report back to headquarters.”

The members of the Advisory Committee are influential figures who have established a considerable position in their respective fields.

By borrowing their help to resolve the situation, and then reporting to the headquarters, he can at least get his money’s worth.

“Among the committee members, there may be people who are curious about what’s inside this brain.”

At that moment, Prescott said that and grabbed Lenok’s head with a cold gaze.

“Ah, that’s a problem.”

Lenok’s voice echoed from behind Holter’s back.

The contradiction that the voice of Lenok, who had fainted and collapsed in this place, was heard from behind him.

The moment Holter, who realized that fact, gritted his teeth and turned his club around and swung it behind him with all his might.

Zzzzzzz!!

Holter’s body, which had been subjected to an enormous amount of electricity all over his body, trembled and fell forward.

“Ugh…!!”

The giant’s eyes rolled back and he foamed at the mouth while convulsing.

The pain was so severe that even Prescott, who was watching from the side, felt a chill down his spine.

And in the place where Holter was blown away, Lenok was standing there with an electric shocker the size of his forearm.

“The place I want to visit today is not the Advisory Committee, but the Baritz Corporation headquarters.”

“Y-you are…”

Evan, who was hit on the head and collapsed in this place, and Evan, who was standing in front of Prescott in perfect condition.

Both of them are definitely the real people who exist with a physical body.

Prescott muttered, his lips trembling.

“I-it wasn’t optical camouflage… From the beginning, you were playing with us…!!”

Lenok immediately plugged the electric shocker into Prescott’s temple without waiting for those words.

After seeing Prescott, who had lost consciousness and collapsed, Lenok, who had released the Guide’s Ghost, looked around the studio and said.

“Things have become ambiguous. I was originally planning to pretend to be kidnapped after stalling for time.”

He was playing around with the diffuse reflection illusion using the Yoheishingu [a type of spirit tool], and in the end, he even pretended to faint with a clone made by the Guide’s Ghost.

However, things went wrong when Prescott tried to take Lenok to the Advisory Committee instead of Baritz Corporation.

If Evan’s clone is handed over to the engineers of the Advisory Committee, they will know that the clone is not a real human.

That was not what Lenok wanted.

“It’s a plan improvised to suit the situation, so it can’t be helped. Maybe I should have looked more pushed back…”

[Why are you trying to get kidnapped by this stupid organic being in the first place?]

David grumbled.

[You can just hack the module design and complete the paper right away.]

“If that module is related to the Order, the story is a little different.”

Lenok said, rummaging through the unconscious Prescott’s belongings.

“Moreover, the module I was trying to order was directly custom-made by the Papal See a long time ago… This is an issue that I can’t ignore without checking. And look at this.”

Lenok shook his head after taking all the belongings from Prescott’s possession.

“There are no items or artifacts symbolizing Guido, or even a common tattoo. This man is not a member of the Order.”

[Then…?]

“Baritz Corporation has traded with the Order, but it is not an organization that is subordinate to the Order’s doctrine.”

Even so, if they are openly posting data of direct transactions with the leader on the company’s internal security network, what could be the reason?

Before finding the module design, Lenok felt a very strong need to confirm that fact.

“Okay. I’ve decided.”

Lenok, who muttered that, picked up the touch screen from Prescott’s possession.

The terminal that Prescott himself used to access the company’s internal security network.

If David’s ability is plugged into this thing that was used to obtain the data of the magic flow reproduction module.

He might be able to get the minimum information Lenok needs right away.

Dealing with this situation was enough to worry about later.

“David. Get ready.”

Lenok, who had passed the biometric authentication by placing Prescott’s hand on the screen, raised his magical power.

Woo-woo-woo-woong!!!!

“It’s a network of a mega-tech company that is among the top three in the mega-city. I’m going to go all out from the beginning.”

[I’m ready!]

Kiiiiing…!!!

Magnetic Field Deployment

Cerebral Hierarchy Mental Image Realization

[Dream Thought Electric Mirror]

Faaaaaaaat!!!

The cerebral spirit, which instantly increased its size next to Lenok, deploys a magnetic field and maximizes its cerebral function.

The power of the spirit, which exists in the cerebral space rather than the material world, is amplified at an incredible speed and reaches the Saint level.

It breaks through the boundary of an independent network and forcibly invades the database.

Zzzzzzz!!!

Forcibly breaking through the firewall and acquiring authority. Intercepting signals and information that cross by bypassing packets.

He destroyed all the security procedures that were deployed to protect the database before they could even work, and attached them to other data and smashed them.

Chiiiiik…!!

The touch screen held in both hands became so hot that it began to emit faint smoke.

The device itself is overloading and melting because it cannot handle the amount of information being processed inside the terminal.

However, even knowing that, Lenok focused on observing the inside of the database while deploying the magnetic field.

Flicker! Flicker!

Lenok asked, looking at the countless files, images, and data folders that were flashing by at an incredible speed on the screen.

“How far can you go?”

[About 2 minutes to the area this organic being accessed… I need more time beyond that.]

David answered urgently.

[The firewall is the strongest among the networks I’ve accessed…!!]

“…”

The only time David, a cerebral spirit, had difficulty accessing the network was when he hacked the terminal network that Kaise Bajur had designed himself.

Does that mean that the in-house network that Baritz Corporation built on its own is protecting data with more security and firewalls than that?

Since he is borrowing the power of the magnetic field, hacking itself might be possible if there is enough time, but the problem is that the terminal cannot withstand it.

Once Prescott’s terminal breaks down, he will have to find a way to access the network again from scratch.

He has to choose whether to just take the module design and leave, or dig deeper.

The moment Lenok was lost in thought, repeating his worries for a fleeting moment.

[Nice to meet you, Assistant Professor Evan Bylon.]

A message from someone appeared on the screen.

“…!!”

A message from the other party that openly calls Evan by name.

It’s not a pre-recorded message or anything.

Someone on the other side of the network is watching what Lenok is trying to do at this very moment.

[I apologize for the late greeting. It was only after the access record of Secretary Prescott Byner was forcibly cut off that I noticed your visit.]

“…”

[Originally, I was going to just watch, but the skills you showed were so outstanding that we had to make a decision.]

“Skills?”

While Lenok muttered unconsciously, the message continued immediately.

[You are the first hacker in the last four years to have delved this deeply into the company’s security network.]

“…”

[It’s also interesting that the fact that the most prominent scholar in the Balkans is such an excellent hacker has not yet been revealed…]

At that moment, the firewall that David was desperately trying to break through disappeared like a lie.

The screen, which had been covered with noise and firewall messages, was completely cleared, and the data located further down was instantly revealed in detail.

[More than that, it seems that we need to solve the problems facing us first.]

Someone, presumed to be a high-ranking official of Baritz Corporation, released the firewall himself and opened the door.

While Lenok stopped at that fact, the message continued to speak.

[If we do not clarify the relationship between the headquarters and the Order today, there will definitely be problems in the future.]

“…”

[So, instead of hiding it, I will show you everything. Instead, after checking this video, could you meet our vice president?]

After confirming David’s hacking ability, he judged that hiding it was meaningless.

Is he planning to release all the security of the database and allow access to the information Lenok wants?

The bold and reckless response is difficult to understand, but it is understandable if you think of it as the ambition of a dinosaur company that has spread its feet throughout the Balkans.

While Lenok was thinking that and operating the melting terminal to bring up the screen.

[The schedule of the Papal See’s first and last visit to the Balkans.]

A very old video began to play on the screen with a lot of noise.

[And, it is a video containing the official last activity of the Guido leader.]

Chiiiiik…!!

A magnificent procession of thousands of people wearing pure white priestly robes.

The wave of people that penetrates the entire city shakes the entire street like a huge wave.

Even though it is an old video, the strangely unified movement makes you feel the unmistakable inflammation of fanaticism.

And, a huge pure white throne moving in the center of the procession.

On top of the beautiful throne, which was covered with a hazy veil on all sides, someone was sitting weakly leaning.

The fingertips are cracked and crumbling. A gesture that is difficult to even be sure if he is breathing, let alone moving.

A quiet and eerie aura, as if a corpse had been placed on the throne.

However, all the citizens watching the procession are only staring at the corpse-like body as if they were possessed.

“…”

Lenok, who was staring blankly at the scene like the citizens in the video, suddenly came to his senses and raised his magical power.

The leader that Lenok knows is not an ordinary human being.

Moreover, a monster whose origin and existence are different from those of transcendents who are beyond reason.

Even if it is just an old video and a record, once it starts to recognize an external gaze…!!!

[Your acting has improved a lot…]

Too late.

A limp body. The fingertips that are crumbling in all directions.

A weak voice, as if he was dying right away, began to turn exactly towards this side.

[Imitating another self was not a strange thing for us.]

The leader, who turned his head beyond the veil, was smiling faintly while looking at Lenok.

[That’s why I repeatedly told you that you shouldn’t have met yet.]