Chapter 9

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There was a dreamy smile on Ok Taecyeon's face, as if immersed in the imagination of a beautiful life.

"I thought about having a child! Having a girl, beautiful and weak, who only belongs to me. She can only rely on me, will not exclude me, and will not discriminate against me. We would depend on each other, and would only have each other with utter disregard to what the world thinks... "

The expression on his face, the tone of his words, and the words he used to make may have seemed dream-like and full of glee to Ok Taecyeon, but it was the complete opposite to Lisa. She frowned.

"If this child was born, what exactly would you do to her?" She asked.

The smile on Ok Taecyeon's face may seem cheerful and positive, but a close inspection will show that it was a smile close to chaotic and sinister. "Whatever I please. Although, she has to be obedient."

"Like you were at the beginning?" Lisa acknowledged.

"Yes! Just like me at the time." He mindlessly and intuitively answered, leaving no time to waste.

"You do know that that means that you want to create another tragedy, right?"

"Maybe! But why should I care? I just want to live a happier myself. I deserve it!"

"Do you wish your happiness to the extent of the pain of others? What is the difference between you and those people who hurt you?"

"Is there any difference? People are selfish. What's wrong with considering yourself first?"

"There is nothing wrong with thinking about yourself. But you must not hurt innocent people."

Their spat made Ok Taecyeon sneer, "I said that there are no innocent people in this world. Who dares to say that you haven't done any sin since they were a child? Haven't you caught on to my cheating and ruined my life?"

"The person who broke your hope is me! If you want revenge, take it on me. Why bother others?"

"Because I don't have much feelings for this ruthless world. But I don't want to be left alone, so I naturally need some people... to be buried!"

He glanced at the hostages around him and smiled again at the corners of his mouth, both stingy and indifferent.

Lisa glanced at the look of the people around him. They were all resentful, and this time no one was sympathetic.

Mission accomplished, she smiled internally.

In the guard area of the west side of the Social Affairs Bureau building, Jeon Jungkook, alongside his assistant Kim Mingyu who was followed by a police officer. They entered the temporary command center of the hostage-taking incident very low-key.

Jungkook was wearing a hoodie with a large hood on his head, covering most of his face.

"Mr. Jeon, it's great that you can come." Joo Won, the director of the Earth Security Department of the Earth Union's Public Safety Department, greeted the interim commander warmly and extended a hand to him.

Jungkook reached out and shook his hand.

Joo Won stated, "I don't like bad guys who use the life of innocent people as pawns. However, these situations are inevitable."

After simply saying hello, Jungkook changed the topic by saying, "The most troublesome thing right now is the war robots disguised as real people, correct?"

He was knowledgeable about some of the basics. Under normal circumstances, war robots will not be allowed to leave military areas and enter non-mission areas. However, the gangsters disguised the war robot as real people and controlled the access control system. Several war robots were successfully mixed into the Social Affairs Bureau building.

Joo Won nodded.

"Yes! The parliament has agreed to hold an emergency meeting before ten o'clock to give us another twenty minutes. However, they cannot be coerced to announce the abolition of the 'Parental Qualification Certificate' system. So before 10.20 am Seoul time, we must complete the rescue of the hostages. To rescue the hostages, we must first control the war robots. Otherwise, there will be a blood bath in the testing center, and not a single would survive."

"Where did he get the war robots?"

"Our preliminary judgment is that he made it himself. Our technicians said that it was more troublesome because we could not get the design drawings, various parameters, control procedures, and maintenance records. They are completely different."

"That's more troublesome." Jungkook nodded and asked, "Are the internal network of the Social Affairs Bureau still controlled by the robbers?"

Joo Won was very ashamed to reply, "Ok Taecyeon's network technology is actually very good. So great that when our technician tried to regain control, he triggered the other party's alarm program and received an automatic warning letter. The warning letter said that as long as we attack him, whether it is a cyber or physical one, he will start executing the hostages in advance."

"Now, the entire building's monitoring network, access control network, and information network is controlled by the gangster. In addition, the wall of the building has an anti-perspective layer, which can block the signal of the fluoroscopy. There is no electronic equipment on the hostages. We can't figure out what's going on inside. We are at a disadvantage."

As the two of them discussed and assessed the situation, Kim Mingyu had opened the large box that he had brought with him and took out Jeon Jungkook's special computer and other electronic equipment inside, then connected it with the already set up police equipment.

Jungkook sat down in front of his computer, and his fingers began to fly on the specially dedicated control keyboard.

"I will take back the control of the three major networks inside the building without alarming the gangster. I'll take a look inside, and only then will I manage to control those war robots..."

As a professional killing machine, the biggest weakness of war robots was whoever controlled it, commands it. Robots do not have any psychological burden when fighting back.

Of course, it was often a hundred times more difficult to take control of war robots on the battlefield rather than to kill them directly, which will be the most crucial problem of their situation. But they won't back down without a fight.

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