Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 75

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Chapter 75.
Peaceful Days
The circumstances that led Isto to hack Go Gyeong-taek’s Android were thus.
Inside the Garage.
Thump.
Duho headed to his room—it was already five in the morning.
Better to sleep soundly in the Garage where time doesn’t flow than to waste the hours like this.
After that, he’d emerge and spend time training and preparing for the journey before his family woke.
Just then, Isto, who had been typing while watching his laptop, peeked his head up.
Master Duho!
-Your trident repair work today was absolutely flawless!
Praise from nowhere.
Hawkeye, who had been meditating in the corner of the Garage, added his own words.
-It was a moment where the master’s efforts shone brilliantly.
-Master. You must be exhausted—get some rest now. Don’t snore, croak.
“…You brats.”
Duho chuckled softly.
I knew well by now that I’d feel empty without these guys.
And so I responded in kind.
“You’ve all worked hard too. Take it easy and rest.”
I lay down on the bed.
The tension melted away, and I fell asleep almost instantly.
Whoosh.
Isto observed me from beyond his laptop.
Ooh.
-He’s entered delta wave sleep?
It meant I had fallen into deep sleep.
Clatter, tap tap….
Only then did Isto’s fingers begin racing across the keyboard at high speed.
Iron Frog.
-What have you been doing since earlier, croak?
Bom-i climbed onto Isto’s personal desk and asked.
Isto’s LED eyes rounded brightly.
Tap tap.
He tapped the full-brain storage device connected to his laptop and spoke softly.
-I’ve got the guy who was trying to shake us down.
At that moment.
Hawkeye approached, tightening his scope.
-Those are words we cannot simply let pass.
-Does Gildung get a sword too?
-Of course.
Soon enough, the three of us settled into position.
How much time had passed?
-Secondary virus incoming~.
『Stop harassing me without reason!!』
-Did you really think a mere human could stand against us?!
『You lunatic, what kind of nonsense are you spouting?!』
Isto and Hawkeye pressed close to the laptop microphone, cornering Jacob, who was trapped within the full-brain storage device.
Text streamed endlessly across the notebook screen.
『Stop!!』
『I am Jacob! I will never surrender to the likes of you!』
Isto and Hawkeye’s intimidation had no effect whatsoever on Jacob.
Unable to watch any longer, Bom-i stepped forward to the microphone.
-Both of you, step aside, ribbit.
Bom-i spoke matter-of-factly.
Like a seasoned negotiator.
-Jacob, is it, ribbit?
『You are… who?』
-I am Bom-i, ribbit.
『…Bom-i? But why does your speech pattern…』
Bom-i continued speaking calmly, refusing to match the other’s rhythm.
-From what I understand, a full-brain consciousness can’t operate simultaneously, right, ribbit?
『So what?』
-Someone of your caliber must already have a backup consciousness awakened, ribbit?
『…!!』
Bom-i leaned closer to the speaker and whispered softly.
-What do you think would happen if I put you in an Android and dumped you at the police station, ribbit?
『…W-what?!』
-Think about it carefully, ribbit.
The moment you’re caught, both consciousnesses are erased.
It’s essentially legal execution.
A moment of silence.
『T_T』
『P-please don’t do that!』
-Why should we listen to you, ribbit?
『That’s….』
Jacob’s words trailed off.
The truth was, he had nowhere to return to.
Or rather, if he did return, a truly dangerous situation would unfold.
Detecting Jacob’s wavering resolve, Bom-i spoke up.
-After all, you’re a separated consciousness anyway. So it wouldn’t be bad for you to live a new life, ribbit?
Text materialized across the screen that had been silent for some time.
『I shall follow Bom’s words….』
Isto and Hawkeye simultaneously thrust their thumbs upward.
Thump!
Bom-i inserted the storage device containing the original Taste Shop code into the laptop’s port.
-It’s the Pang-Pang that’s been selling well lately, and the newly launched Spicy Fire Chicken, ribbit.
Click!
The data flows in with the press of Enter.
『W-What are you doing?!』
And soon came the response.
『Ahhhhh~.』
『Is this spicy heat the taste of heaven? Or is it the temptation of hell?!』
『More… Give me more!』
Spicy fire-roasted chicken with a crispy texture.
Followed by amplified flavor bursting forth in explosive waves, pouring out an extreme taste sensation.
『Hyaaaaaaaa~~~.』
A fantastic taste experienced for the first time in his entire digital existence!
The devil… no, Bom-i whispered.
-If you release the information, I’ll let you sample new flavors too, ribbit.
『….』
A moment of silence.
In the end, Jacob surrendered everything.
『What about the Sungmaek Kaehwa-dan that Go Gyeong-taek secured?!』
-Tell me, ribbit?
After that, Jacob began spilling out all sorts of information without being asked.
Having revealed that Han Hyun-chul had intercepted Go Gyeong-taek’s commission—his own grandson’s request—Jacob boldly demanded.
『Now, the spicy fire! Give me the spicy fire!』
Conditioning patch complete.
Clap clap clap!
Isto and Hawkeye applauded while scanning the information appearing on the screen.
-Bom-i is magnificent!
-What cruel efficiency on display!
That was when it happened.
“Mmm….”
Duho, waking from sleep, sat up and asked.
“You guys aren’t resting? What are you doing?”
As Isto and Hawkeye fumbled in the sudden turn of events.
-We were just discussing the Taste Shop’s new menu items, ribbit.
Bom-i answered naturally.
Duho chuckled softly.
“Why can’t you just tell me? Are you worried I’ll take the money you earned?”
-…Do we really not have to give it? Croak?
“Of course not.”
Duho rose from his seat, stretching as he continued.
“It’s money you all earned through your own effort.”
With that, he mentioned heading out for morning training and left the Garage.
Bom-i watched the space where Duho had been and murmured.
-This master is too kind, croak?
-That’s why we must protect Duho, croak!
Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap!
Isto’s fingers flew across the keyboard in a blur.
Whirrrr~
-Changed the main chip, croak?
Isto’s LED eyes curved with sinister delight.
Click!
Moments later, he pressed the Enter key.
Go Gyeong-taek’s back appeared on the laptop monitor.
Isto manipulated the viewpoint.
The screen shifted slowly.
And then,
A white-haired man’s hologram materialized within the monitor.
-Gyeong-taek, you’re family to us—how could you even consider being scouted….
A man’s voice flowed through the laptop speaker. But the white-haired man’s words trailed off.
His gaze fixed precisely on Coco, or more accurately, on Coco’s artificial eye—the one Isto had hacked.
He seemed to sense that someone was watching.
Following that gaze, Go Gyeong-taek turned around.
Whoosh.
Go Gyeong-taek’s startled face filled the entire monitor screen.
The three Super Intelligences realized the figure in the hologram was Han Hyun-chul.
Only then did Isto speak into the laptop microphone.
Oh!
-Well, well, looks like luck’s on my side?
At those words, Go Gyeong-taek’s expression went blank.
As Isto manipulated the keyboard, the viewpoint in the monitor tilted diagonally.
Coco’s head had jerked sharply to the side.
What an expression.
-Did you think I couldn’t do anything after swapping the chip?
Isto’s threat.
Yet something felt off.
For some reason, tears glistened at the corners of Go Gyeong-taek’s eyes.
* * *
Coco, who appeared as a golden lifeline to Go Gyeong-taek.
Ghost!
“I saw the world announcement, sir!”
When Go Gyeong-taek greeted him with enthusiasm, Han Hyun-chul wondered what kind of situation this was.
This bastard.
‘Now he’s even putting on an act!’
Conscious of Han Hyun-chul’s gaze, Go Gyeong-taek instead spoke to Coco as if disappointed.
“You could have at least contacted me before entering.”
Coco shot back curtly.
-Is the human insane? Why would I tell someone like you?
“Ha ha….”
Go Gyeong-taek shrugged his shoulders and turned his head to look at Han Hyun-chul.
An intentional display of Ghost’s personality to Han Hyun-chul.
Once he believed it was real, he could extract an apology by leveraging all the groundwork he’d laid so far.
Go Gyeong-taek introduced Coco.
“Chairman, this is Ghost.”
Han Hyun-chul’s eyes widened for a moment.
‘You expect me to believe that?’
He wanted to snap back immediately.
But what if it was real?
In the midst of his turmoil, he noticed his grandson Go Gyeong-taek fumbling nervously.
“Ghost, this is Chairman Han Hyun-chul.”
Coco’s expression looked indifferent.
Then.
Ah!
-Did you receive the letter on the desk?
A single phrase from Coco’s lips.
-…!
Han Hyun-chul’s pupils trembled.
‘The letter on the desk?’
That was something only Han Hyun-chul, Go Gyeong-taek, and Ghost—who had left the letter—knew about.
In other words, the other party was either Ghost or someone close to Ghost. Separately, the furrow between Han Hyun-chul’s brows deepened.
-But why does your manner of speech sound like that?
A brief silence.
Coco’s lips twisted.
-What’s with the white-haired one pointing things out?
“…!”
Profit, profit!!
-White hair! You mean white-haired person?!
-Then it must be black hair?
Tremble, tremble.
Han Hyun-chul’s hologram visibly quivered with agitation.
I acknowledged him as absurdly powerful, but I never expected such rudeness.
-Truly lacking in courtesy.
Unfortunately, the digital medium failed to convey Han Hyun-chul’s weighty oppressive aura at all.
The problem was….
Whirr.
Coco planted her weight on one leg at an angle.
A stance that brazenly expressed her displeasure.
Sizzle, sizzle.
Heat shimmer rippled around Han Hyun-chul’s body so visibly that even the hologram captured it.
Go Gyeong-taek stifled an inward chuckle before.
“…Chairman!”
He spoke only this word as a plea for composure, then wedged himself between Coco and Han Hyun-chul’s hologram.
On the surface, the performance of a grandson sweating profusely in panic.
But!
Internally, Go Gyeong-taek wanted to dance with joy.
Nice!
‘Go on! Be even more defiant~.’
Did you see that, Grandfather!
‘I’ve been managing this uncontrollable madman by catering to his moods!’
His gaze conveyed to Han Hyun-chul.
Go Gyeong-taek’s earnest mediation and Coco’s insolent demeanor.
Han Hyun-chul cooled his flushed forehead with his palm and settled his mind.
Looking back over the years, how many hunters had I seen stubbornly raise their heads just because they possessed some strength?
Sharpening one’s edge would only lead to it breaking.
The opponent was a savage who could even beat down uncontrollable dragons!
I needed to change my approach.
-…I spoke carelessly.
Han Hyun-chul swallowed his pride and began to cajole.
-But let me ask you something.
Coco flicked her finger, inviting the question.
Throb.
A vein suddenly bulged on Han Hyun-chul’s forehead.
-Will you continue descending into the Abyss.
-Why is white-haired person curious about that?
-Heh heh….
Huff, huff.
Han Hyun-chul’s breath came in ragged gasps.
The moment Go Gyeong-taek’s eyes flickered with suspicion, Isto spoke.
-Our Master Duho will enter when the time comes, I’m sure.
Go Gyeong-taek and Han Hyun-chul etched the name Duho into their minds.
‘Is Ghost a two-person organization?’
‘Does he enjoy games?’
But that was beside the point.
-How would you like us to assist you going forward?
I had hoped to use support as a pretext to forge ties with Ghost.
But never mind.
-Just don’t interfere, will you?
Beep!
Han Hyun-chul wanted nothing more than to charge forward and smash that damned Android to pieces.
Coco remained infuriatingly apathetic.
The conversation went nowhere, and Han Hyun-chul realized he was being led by the nose by that creature’s pace.
Yet he couldn’t simply cut the channel and leave!
Looking back, he could see how his grandson had borne the mental burden of catering to this damned machine’s whims.
Still.
‘I doubt the higher-ups will believe this.’
The most difficult people to deal with in the world are those who start with “very well.”
And that was exactly what this damned thing was doing right now.
Especially since we don’t even know who they are!
No, wait….
‘At least I’ve learned that Ghost’s name is Duho.’
He studied Coco for a moment.
Perhaps Ghost was the type
who despised those who wormed their way in with false familiarity, and thus concealed their identity meticulously.
Regardless.
-I need you to make me one promise.
-What would that be?
-Will you inform us before entering the Abyss?
This alone mattered.
A being capable of annihilating the world’s only Abyss layer.
Such a person could not be allowed to face danger.
We had to protect them, no matter what!
Coco tilted its head briefly before speaking flatly.
-Do you have a “Spiritual Vein Awakening Pill”?
Thump!
Han Hyun-chul’s and Go Gyeong-taek’s hearts sank in unison.
The “Awakened Essence Elixir” was a miraculous potion that exponentially accelerated an Awakener’s growth.
But that wasn’t why I was shocked.
‘How did they find out about the one I secretly procured for that runaway brat?!’
If Han Hyun-chul had been alarmed by the information leak.
‘Did they see my ledger when the Main Chip was compromised?! I stashed another one in a private locker on Chiko Island without Grandfather knowing!’
It was a precious elixir—only four had been discovered in the Chinese Abyss.
Han Hyun-chul hesitated, but seized the opportunity to connect with Ghost, and spoke with grave reluctance.
-That works. We’ll deliver it directly….
Coco cut off Han Hyun-chul’s words and stared pointedly at Go Gyeong-taek as she spoke.
-Give us the locker number at Chiko Island. Mr. Go?
Crash—!
Lightning struck inside Go Gyeong-taek’s mind.
Damn it….
‘They’re asking for mine?!’
He felt tears of blood welling up, but couldn’t open his mouth.
Meanwhile, Han Hyun-chul’s face in the hologram twisted viciously.
That bastard Gyeong-taek!
‘I told him to gather them all, and he deceived me and skimmed some off the top?!’
In the end, Go Gyeong-taek revealed the locker number through tears.
Seeing this, Han Hyun-chul spoke.
-I think we’ve shown our sincerity at this point….
Coco cut off Han Hyun-chul’s words once more.
The exposé wasn’t over.
White-haired one.
-The Interceptor isn’t a good look.
-W-what do you mean by that?
-Slave Number One spilled everything. You intercepted Mr. Go’s Main Chip….
Hahahaha!
Han Hyun-chul immediately burst into hearty laughter to mask his bewilderment.
When he glanced over.
Go Gyeong-taek was staring at him like a man who’d lost his mind.
My chip? Intercepted?
Someone intercepted my chip.
‘It was Grandfather?’
The Living Room fell silent.
Coco broke the awkward silence.
You two.
-Did you really think you could rob us?
“!!”
-…Ah.
Coco, balanced on one leg again, spoke up.
-Why don’t you all have a nice family squabble? Hehehehe~.
Along with her cheerful mockery, Coco’s hacking disconnected.
Shortly after.
Loud shouts erupted from Go Gyeong-taek’s house in succession.
I Became a Mechromancer
Author |
Gungang E
Published |
February 25, 2026
Publisher |
TalesYX
Website |
https://talesyx.com
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ⓒ Gungang E, 2026
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