Chapter 137
I appeared in the alley of a city which seemed to have been developed by a machine civilization .
“Is this the right place, Lena?”
“Yes, I’ll show the location on the map .
BiiBBib
A mini map appeared, indicating the location of the person I wanted to meet .
As I walked out of the alley, I saw a street filled with flowers of great beauty, covered in its entirety by a large dome in the sky .
“Feels like we are in some Sci-Fi . ”
I exclaimed after seeing the domed city . Although I had already known about it due to Machina’s report, seeing it first hand was an entirely different feeling .
The human race of this age had already proceeded into the cosmic era . Although it was a civilization which existed long before mine, It was strange to see that they were so much more advanced than Earth .
This very place is an artificial planet with large skyscrapers and a population of a billion people .
The planets name was Gehenna, and it was only medium sized and located in a rather remote area of space . There had already been more than one million artificially created planets built in outer space .
“Johra, the target is on the move . ”
“Okay, I’ll hurry up . ”
I sped up in order to quickly catch up .
“What’s going on, why is she moving so fast?”
“It appears the target has noticed the fact that Johra is following . ”
“Hmm, using magic is risky so I’ll just outsmart her . ”
The target had glanced behind expertly as she turned the corner .
“I’ll mark you her expected route and you can intercept her midway . ”
“Okay, I guess I can delay catching her for a little while . ”
I walked around the corner of another alley and lay in wait .
“Now Johra . ”
“Caught you… . ”
“Bam!”
I had just grabbed my target’s sleeve, but the next thing I knew my head was stuck in the ground .
“Hey… that’s a bit much no?”
After having thrown me, she had escaped without once looking back .
“Huh, it seems that she doesn’t like strangers . ”
I stood up and patted the dust of my clothes .
“She’ll probably be heading towards her house, se we can just go there first and set an ambush . ”
“Alright . ”
When I was about to finish making my preparations, I got word from Lena .
“Target’s home has been located, but it seems that she’s already left . ”
“Great, shall we step inside?”
Zzing
I stood before the front door while Lena hacked her way in .
Click!
“That’s pretty cool no?”
“Sure, but it’s still inferior to the Rohim’s technology . ”
After unlocking his door, I stepped inside and began setting up the traps . After that was done, I headed to his kitchen and whipped myself up a meal .
“It seems that their diet isn’t so different from ours . ”
I found the refrigerator and after fishing out some ingredients, began chopping them up with a knife .
“To celebrate our long awaited reunion, a home cooked meal would be best . ”
An hour or so later the food was ready and the timing couldn’t be more perfect as there was movement by the door .
“Just in time, come on in!”
“You’re that guy from before . Why are you in my house?”
Chulkuk Chulkuk
The trap which I had previously constructed was sprung, and restrained her in a very thorough fashion . She struggled and foamed at the mouth from the gag which had been inserted, but wasn’t able to escape .
“I call that thing the Redeemer . It’s a combination of both magic and science and isn’t at all easy to escape from . Perhaps if you had your original strength you could get out, but right now it’s impossible . ”
I felt her eyes burning with hatred .
“Dont hate me too much, you might not have any memories of me but we go way back . Oh, the food is ready . Lena, bring her to the table .
“Will do!”
The trap named the Redeemer was essentially a steel sphere which fasted the prey’s limbs to each end . It also had the added bonus of being able to transport the target by rolling around .
“Good, now let’s eat first since the meat is ready and we wouldn’t want it to get cold . ”
Although I didn’t know what kind of meat it was, I had sliced it into steaks and served it with a special sauce . We also had a vegetable salad to accompany the meal .
“I made this for us with deep care . Lena, please help her enjoy the meal .
“Okay . ”
A robotic arm emerged from his spheric prison and brought a piece of steak to her mouth .
“Oh right, we’d have to remove the gag . Okay, be sure not to make any loud noises now, alright?”
However it was clear by the look in her eyes that he wouldn’t comply .
“Lena prepare an array to cancel and sounds from escaping . ”
“Will do . ”
“Help! Help! A psychopath broke in! It’s an emergency!”
As soon as the gag was removed she began to cry out for help . I paid her no mind and focused on eating the steak before me, aware that her shouts would never go more than 2 meters at which point the array Lena had installed would stop the sound in its tracks .
“Stop wasting your energy and start eating . We have a lot to talk about . ”
Finally, after a long period of shouting, she had given up . She seemed to have resigned herself to her fate .
“So your name is now Noren?”
“How do you know my name, are you a stalker?”
“Stalker huh? Well I guess that isn’t entirely wrong . ”
“What is it that you want? Money? My authorization key is in my drawer beside my bed . If you take it you can have access to all my savings .
“Money? Have I ever needed that? Even if I did, I wouldn’t come take it from you . ”
“So what then, my life?”
“Come on, I would never”
“Then… . ”
“What?”
“Is it my body then?”
“Ha ha ha! You’re cracking me up, taking me for some kind of rapist . ”
“Then just why have you done this to me!?”
I stared at her and spoke seriously .
“What is it that you remember, what is your oldest memory?”
“What… my memories? Why do you want to know that?”
Noren’s face showed that she was embarrassed .
“I was informed that you would periodically wipe out your own memory, is that so?”
“How do you… . ”
“Well, I’ve looked into you . Every 10 years you have your memory wiped . ”
“…”
“Not answering is the same as acquiescing . ”
“…”
Her expression was once again that of embarrassment .
“Do you not know how long you have been living for?”
“How can you possibly know that I can’t remember?”
“Well, It was my wish that you could live out your days in hiding, but it seems that someone has already been meddling, Why don’t you guys show yourselves!”
Kukkung
Before I could even finish, two beings with large gray wings materialized before me .
“Master Johra, why didn’t you tell us that you had arrived!”
“Dummies, how could you say that when you are the ones which were supposed to picked me up . ”
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