“Argh…”
Brian slowly opened his eyes while his head was on Charlotte’s lap. He looked at her and asked, “How long was I out for?”
“Just five minutes!” Charlotte smiled and answered. When she got inside, she found him on the ground but just when she thought the job wasn’t done, the Ferris wheel stopped and the ones who were at the bottom came out.
Slowly, it operated on its own until everyone came out. Only then did it finally stop. She was thankful that Brian did his job before passing out.
Unfortunately, only Brian knew what truly happened. It was something he doesn’t mind sharing but he doesn’t know how to explain it. Since he knows this isn’t just a superpower. It’s like a connection between him and technologies.
He can’t control technology but he can communicate with it. This is his inborn ability which also gave him a successful carrier as a programmer. After all, when it comes down to programming, the most important aspects are knowledge and experience.
There is no such thing as talent. But, this ability of his allows him to go further. To be specific the technologies showed him the possibilities and the path which he keeps on walking.
He sighed just thinking about it. If it wasn’t for this ability, he wouldn’t have saved those people stuck on Ferris Wheel so quickly.
“Daddy! Daddy!”
“Argh!”
Suddenly, Ely rushed toward him running and jumping on his stomach. Brian’s head jolted up and his lips touched Charlotte’s lips which shocked both of them. But, his head returned back to her lap the next moment.-?(0)???.
“Daddy, you are finally awake! I was so worried.”
Ely wrapped her hands around his neck and almost bursts into tears. Hearing her words, Brian instantly forgot what just happened and patted her head.
(O)??? “It’s okay. I am alright, aren’t I? But if you keep sitting on me, I might not remain okay.”
Ely wasn’t that heavy but his body was feeling incredibly weak at this moment.
“Sorry, daddy!” Ely apologized and immediately got off his chest.
“So, you are finally awake. Do you mind if we talk a little?” Troy suddenly approached him and asked. Then, he quickly stared at Ely while signaling Brian.
Brian sighed and spoke “Ely, can you go and play with your new friend for a while. Daddy has something important to talk about.”
“Alright!” Ely nodded her head with a smile and immediately rushed toward Lily with a cheerful smile on her face.
“Lily, let’s play hide and seek!”
“So what do you want to talk about?” Brian stared at Troy in a serious mood and spoke. ?(O)???
Troy didn’t speak but rather took out a tablet and showed a picture to him. In the picture, there were nearly eighteen red dots on the map of the earth. Seeing this, Brian’s eyes widened as he turned to Troy and asked “Is this real?”
Troy nodded his head and Charlotte asked with a curious expression.
“What do these dots represent?”
Brian sighed as he returned the tablet to Troy and spoke “Spontaneous Dungeons! These kinds of dungeons are rare. Up until now, the highest record of spontaneous dungeons occurring at the same time is only four.”
“But this time, there are eighteen dungeons spontaneously appearing out of nowhere and with no prior notice. Normally, whenever a dungeon appears, a huge wave of Zero-Point Energy erupts at that exact place, condensing a portal and an entire landscape as well.”
“These landscapes are generally covered and looked like caves, holding hundreds of monsters which is why we call them dungeons. Originally, vampires and werewolves had no relationship with earth but because of the solar flare that awakened earth and gave some earthlings superpower alongside an immense amount of Zero-Point Energy which is normally present in the vacuum of space, they invaded us.”
“You know the rest. Vampires and Werewolves fought against humans but because of their own pride and greed, they also took down each other. Thankfully, humans had awakened those Top Ten Superheroes who could end the powerful vampires and werewolves at the cost of their own life, we managed to survive.”
“Of course, even normal vampires and werewolves are stronger than humans but are they stronger than nukes? Our world has technologically advanced enough to threaten the middle-range vampires and werewolves with nukes.”
“That’s how UMA was formed. It was actually formed to raincheck on other races and maintain the balance in power. This is why there are so many restrictions in the game otherwise do you really think humans would have just restricted themselves when they had the opportunity to grow?”
“Of course, New Gods wasn’t created for humans alone but because of Vampires’ and Werewolves’ pride, most of the players in New Gods are humans. Except for these three powers, there is another force that UMA can’t ignore.”
“It is the force that exists beyond Earth, on the outer space of the cosmos. Of course, that is very far and if we can’t face the current problem, we won’t be able to face the future.”
Saying so, Brian turned his head to Troy and asked “What did UMA decide to do?”
“Nothing for now! They aren’t sure whether to deploy all of our forces in some coincidental incident.” Troy shook his head and answered but suddenly, Brian grabbed his collar and shouted.
“What do mean coincidental? This was a well thought planned attack. Can’t you see the clues? Have the UMA gotten so bad that they are ignoring the threat that lies in front of them?”
Hearing his words, Troy looked at Brian’s angry expression with a slight confusion on his face.
“Calm down, Brian! You are still injured.” Charlotte was also surprised by his reaction. She pulled him down on her lap once again. But, Brian raised his upper body and stared at Troy.
“Do you have any clues? Because the headquarter didn’t find any. If you have any clue, please tell me, and I will inform the headquarter.”
“Urgh! Just how bad have they gotten?” Brian clenched his head and turned his head to Charlotte.
“Do you still have those sunglasses?”
Charlotte nodded her head and took out his sunglasses from her purse. It was surprising but just before they left, Brian asked her to keep it in her purse in case he might need it. But, she only thought of this as an accessory.
Brian took the glasses and wore them. His hand moved and clicked on the side of his glasses. Suddenly, a virtual projection appeared in front of them.
“Lily, show the project SD- recent theory!”
“Wait, you named your A.I. after my daughter’s name?” When he called out Lilly, Troy got annoyed and shouted at him.
“There are approximately 57 people with this name. Are you saying that they all stole this name from you?” Brian looked at him with an annoyed expression and asked.
Hearing his words, Troy realized his mistake and rubbed his head embarrassedly.
“No, I guess!”
“Whoa! Is this the project that you are working on?” Charlotte pointed at the map with eighteen blue dots and eighteen red dots.
“Do I look like someone who would waste his time on this useless project?” Brian gave her a strange glare and asked.
“N-no, I guess.” Charlotte got embarrassed and lowered her head.
“This is one of the primary functions of Lily. She can gather all of the data from UMA’s satellite and figure out everyone on her own. You can say that she is a self-developing A.I. Of course, I have put some restrictions on her but she is more capable than hundreds of A.I’s developed in the different corners of the world.” Brian answered with a sigh. He didn’t want to make her uncomfortable, not in the slightest.
“And, you are telling this so openly.? Troy looked at Brian with suspicious eyes and asked.
Brian looked at him and spoke “General Troy, sixth ranker superhero, superpowers Chain Creation and Manipulation. You have taken such a one-way usable superpower into something more capable. You are currently the best investigator that UMA can offer especially with your ruthless tortures.”
“It is said that there is no one who has ever succeeded to keep his mouth silent in front of you. Then, there is your wife. Peggy Carter, the head of the Information Team. With your help, she has almost every bit of information that her rank can hold. There are still too many things that she can’t learn, not with her authority at least.”
“But for someone with such high investigation skill, do you think I don’t know about your suspicion and your investigations during this day? Well, in any case, it doesn’t matter. You can’t find me in the UMA with your rank. So, let’s talk about the current problem, shall we?”
Hearing Brian’s words, Troy clenched his fist but he quickly calmed down and nodded his head. Charlotte had already clenched her fist as well, especially when she saw him doing so.
Brian turned his head at the projection and said “This wasn’t a coincidental attack. It was a well throughout plan with a well throughout techniques. General Troy, can you tell me what you in this map?”
Hearing his question, Troy gave a serious stare at the map. After a few seconds, his eyes widened as he looked at Troy.
“Is this even possible?”
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