Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 82

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Chapter 82.
New Year’s Eve (3)
The Management Personnel hastily transported the collapsed android man to the android technical support team.
“Step back! Move away from the storefront!”
As the Management Personnel shoved the onlookers aside, Hyun Se-hee picked up a wooden box that had spilled across the floor.
When she opened the lid, a green stone lay inside.
This stone.
‘It’s similar to the mana wavelength flowing from the Abyss, isn’t it?’
She handed the stone to the management team leader.
Then.
“Team Leader, just a moment.”
At his subordinate’s words, the team leader simply moved toward the store entrance while holding the stone absently.
Whirring… crash.
The Android’s eyes spun before it collapsed.
Screams erupted from the crowd.
Men and women who appeared to be androids lost their balance, stumbling or bracing themselves against walls.
Hyun Se-hee’s expression hardened as she witnessed the scene from inside the shop.
She glared at the Shop Owner sprawled on the floor.
“What is this.”
“….”
“…I’m asking what this is!”
The Shop Owner’s jaw trembled.
Then he stammered out an excuse.
“Th-that stone came from the Qingdao Abyss!”
“What?”
“…I saw children taking the stone out of the box and playing pranks on the Android with it… I thought it would sell well, so I smuggled it in. That’s all!”
Hyun Se-hee glared at him, utterly astounded.
“Are you out of your mind?!”
That was when.
Hyun Se-hee’s smartwatch vibrated briefly.
When she connected the channel, the employee’s expression looked troubled.
“Reporting in.”
-The CCTV cameras inside the Night Market have been malfunctioning since a moment ago.
“…?”
-The screens are glitching whenever someone moves.
She glanced at the wooden boxes before shifting her gaze back to the Shop Owner.
You.
“You’d better tell me the truth.”
“…Security! Call security! This is the Neutral Zone. I’m Chinese!”
The Shop Owner’s face twisted with fear as he blurted out whatever came to mind.
Then, in that instant.
“Gasp, gasp…!”
Someone pushed through the onlookers with ragged breathing and burst into the shop. It was a woman with long, wet hair plastered to her face by sweat.
Lim Doo-ho’s eyes widened.
‘Why is Seol Ye-na here?’
Hyun Se-hee frowned and gestured to the Awakener staff members.
“What are you doing? Get her out of here.”
The Awakener staff tried to grab her, but Seol Ye-na roughly shook off their hands and approached Hyun Se-hee.
“Leave this place right now. Immediately!”
Everyone in the shop stared at Seol Ye-na with bewildered expressions.
Lim Doo-ho was equally taken aback.
‘What’s gotten into her all of a sudden?’
Just as Seol Ye-na was about to speak again.
She choked.
Suddenly, she grasped her own throat and began to spasm.
The more she tried to speak, the more blue veins threatened to burst across her neck.
Hyun Se-hee, startled, stumbled backward.
“W-What is this?!”
And at the same time.
“Ye-na!!”
Yu So-young burst through the crowd moments later.
But.
Huh? Huh?
Yu So-young’s vision twisted the moment she entered the shop.
“W-Why is this happening again?”
The floor and ceiling seemed to flip and sway.
She crashed down.
Yu So-young fell hard.
So many boxes had spilled from the crates that the anomaly had spread throughout the surrounding area.
Even as her vision blurred, Yu So-young screamed toward her niece.
Don’t say anything!
“Do you want to watch your mother collapse?!”
Despite Yu So-young’s desperate plea, Seol Ye-na forced her vocal cords shut, her bloodshot eyes glaring into the void.
“Fireworks….”
Her gaze turned toward Hyun Se-hee.
“You… will die….”
Blood erupted from Seol Ye-na’s lips.
Her body trembled violently.
Lim Doo-ho burst from the crowd and instinctively reached out his arms.
Fortunately, I managed to catch her just before she collapsed to the floor.
“Ye-na!”
Yu So-young fumbled across the ground toward us.
“Why isn’t she responding? What?!”
Lim Doo-ho carefully leaned the unconscious Seol Ye-na against one side of the shop, then immediately supported Yu So-young.
“It appears Seol Ye-na has lost consciousness, Professor.”
At those words, Yu So-young relaxed slightly.
Looking outside the shop, Hyun Se-hee saw chaos everywhere.
An Awakener staff member raised their voice.
“Anyone experiencing vision problems, please remain still and wait! Chiko Island engineers will arrive shortly!”
“Do not enter the control perimeter—it’s dangerous. Please step back!”
The crowd gathered in front of the shop murmured amongst themselves.
“Did someone die?”
“No, it’s just the full-brain interfaces and Androids that keep collapsing?”
“Could an Abyss Rift have opened?!”
Amid the murmuring, all manner of speculation circulated.
Hyun Se-hee pressed her forehead and issued instructions to the staff.
“Call in additional personnel and establish scene containment. Quickly.”
* * *
South Korea Medical Center on Chiko Island.
Seol Ye-na lay on a treatment bed.
While a Healer and medical Android monitored her condition, Yu So-young and the others waited in a small break room at the end of the corridor.
Yu So-young’s vision had returned.
She looked at Hyun Se-hee and asked.
“Se-hee. Did you happen to contact my younger sister Hye-won?”
“Oh, not yet…. Professor, one moment please.”
Just as Hyun Se-hee was about to turn to the staff member beside her.
“Please don’t.”
Yu So-young stopped her, and Hyun Se-hee blinked.
“Doctor?”
“If she finds out… Sigh. I think it would be better if I explained it to her myself later.”
A brief silence fell.
Hyun Se-hee didn’t press further.
She simply nodded briefly, then turned to the staff member.
Hyun Se-hee asked carefully.
“Doctor. I know this is difficult, but I’d like to hear what happened.”
Yu So-young couldn’t answer immediately. She glanced toward the treatment room, then lowered her head again.
Lim Doo-ho, reading the distress on her face, bowed his head respectfully.
“I’ll take my leave now.”
Yu So-young took a moment to steady her breathing before speaking.
“Lim Doo-ho, please listen as well.”
Doo-ho’s gaze immediately fixed on Hyun Se-hee.
His eyes desperately conveying his desire to go!
The truth was.
The atmosphere of this place felt ominous, and the thought of visiting his family came first.
But Hyun Se-hee said nothing, simply raising her fingertips.
Whoosh.
A faint mana barrier curved smoothly around the edge of the rest area. Outside sounds were instantly cut off.
‘Come on, let me go?!’
Doo-ho cried out internally.
Bom-i, perched on his shoulder, spoke so only his mind could hear.
Master.
-Looks like we’ve gotten our nose stuck in some troublesome business, ribbit.
‘That’s what it looks like, isn’t it?’
-What can we do? If that’s our fate, we accept it and keep rolling, ribbit.
‘…?!’
Then Hyun Se-hee spoke.
“Doctor, it’s safe now, so please tell us.”
Yu So-young slowly opened her mouth.
“I was resting at a cafe near the entrance of the Night Market, drinking a beverage… when Ye-na suddenly began trembling.”
Her gaze turned toward the treatment room.
“So I followed Ye-na’s line of sight. Someone seemed to be holding a paper bag… and in that instant, my vision suddenly spun.”
The moment he heard those words, Doo-ho recalled what had happened at the shop.
‘That man had a paper bag in his hand too?’
Yu So-young pressed her brow.
“While I was flustered, Ye-na said something. That I needed to find the woman who was with Lim Doo-ho, that person.”
Hyun Se-hee’s eyes narrowed.
“She was referring to me.”
“…Yes.”
A brief silence.
Hyun Se-hee carefully opened her mouth.
“Your niece—does she possess a precognitive ability among her sub-skills?”
Yu So-young did not answer.
She only smiled bitterly.
That was enough.
Hyun Se-hee nodded slowly.
“…It seems your niece saw a scene of my death.”
She continued, as if the situation had become clear.
“There appears to be a restriction in place, and forcing it out like that… she must have suffered backlash.”
At those words, Doo-ho swallowed hard.
Bom-i spoke to Lim Doo-ho.
-Master, back at the Workshop, mana flickered in Seol Ye-na’s eyes—it seems she glimpsed something about you, ribbit.
‘…Is that so?’
-Of course, it’s just speculation, but isn’t it strange to invite a complete stranger into the Abyss together, ribbit?
Lim Doo-ho pondered for a moment, then glanced sideways at Hyun Se-hee.
If the ability is real, what happens to Hyun Se-hee?
‘Looking at the context alone, it suggests something goes wrong with Hyun Se-hee during the fireworks….’
Now that I examined her more closely, Hyun Se-hee’s expression appeared somewhat anxious.
The moment she swept back her disheveled bangs as if casting off her complicated emotions, her smartwatch chimed.
“One moment. I’m receiving a call.”
She immediately connected the channel.
“Report.”
-Administrator. The CCTV distortion range has suddenly expanded.
Hyun Se-hee’s brow furrowed.
“How far?”
-Not just the Underground Basement level anymore—the above-ground CCTVs are experiencing the same phenomenon. Android malfunction reports have also surged.
“Assemble teams of Awakeners and track their movements first. Confirm whether the Chinese section is experiencing the same situation.”
-Yes, understood.
The channel disconnected.
Lim Doo-ho, who had heard the report from beside her, recalled the scene he’d witnessed at the shop moments earlier.
The man leaving the shop.
The paper bag in his hand.
What if—
‘That bag contained multiple green stones, and for some reason, he distributed them among people to orchestrate this chaos?’
I had to speak up.
Lim Doo-ho opened his mouth.
“Administrator. When I entered the shop earlier, there was a Chinese man leaving with a paper bag.”
Hyun Se-hee’s gaze turned toward Lim Doo-ho.
“The shop owner called him Zhang Wei. Perhaps he’s involved in something suspicious with those stones.”
Just then, the security team contacted her.
The adult novelty shop owner had already sold several green stones, and it was confirmed that a man named Zhang Wei had taken some of them.
Upon hearing the report, Hyun Se-hee immediately raised her smartwatch.
Beep beep beep beep….
As her fingers moved rapidly, dozens of channels materialized in the air simultaneously.
She began issuing orders.
“First, verify the identity of the man called Zhang Wei. Track his entry point, all contacts, and movement routes.”
Her gaze sharpened.
“Apprehend him immediately upon discovery. If necessary, physical force is authorized.”
* * *
Deep within the Chinese Night Market Section.
Advertisement holograms crowded densely above the narrow Alley.
Whirrrring….
Advertising drones showcased restaurant menus through holographic displays, soliciting tourists passing through.
At that moment, Zhang Wei pushed through the crowd and turned the corner into a small warehouse.
A holographic schematic of Chiko Island’s internal structure floated above the smartwatch on the table.
The One-eyed Man opened his mouth the moment he saw Zhang Wei.
“Won’t they be tracking us soon?”
“We’ll consume the island before that happens.”
Zhang Wei gazed at the hologram with narrowed eyes.
The red dots marked on the blueprint had nearly vanished.
The One-eyed Man scratched his head vigorously.
“Almost everything’s been dismantled.”
“What’s left?”
“Not much. And if those things detonate, we’re in trouble too.”
“What do you mean by that?”
The One-eyed Man furrowed his brow.
“Didn’t I mention it? I’ve rigged the pillars supporting the Artificial Island and the power generators in the South Korea sector as well.”
“You did?”
When Zhang Wei questioned him, the One-eyed Man laughed.
“If we succeed, we take Chiko Island as our pirate base. If we fail, we all go down together.”
A moment of silence.
Zhang Wei gestured toward the Chinese sector on the hologram.
“What about the Chinese side?”
“Took care of the higher-ups quietly first. Family truly trumps business, as they say.”
The One-eyed Man smiled with a bloodthirsty edge.
“Still, they’re fellow Chinese, so we should minimize casualties, shouldn’t we?”
Zhang Wei chuckled in response.
“That’s why I like you guys.”
The men around him laughed along.
Zhang Wei pointed to the entrance of the Chinese side of the Neutral Zone on the hologram.
“Once the plan begins, seal off the Chinese entrance to the Neutral Zone first.”
The One-eyed Man asked.
“Why?”
Zhang Wei gestured toward the Main Security Room.
“Once I breach the Main Security Room, the Koreans will put up fierce resistance. So we need to apply heavy pressure from the start.”
The men around him snickered.
Then one of them grumbled.
“We don’t have many stones left, can’t use bombs. Isn’t it only a matter of time before we get caught?”
The One-eyed Man removed his prosthetic eye and erupted in anger.
“Caught? What are you talking about!”
Zhang Wei stopped the two of them and pointed to the Main Security Room on the schematic.
“Don’t worry—I’ll pry it open no matter what. Hell, there’s even a real hidden card at the bottom of the island.”
His colleagues laughed with sinister delight.
“We already stole 300 combat robots meant for the People’s Liberation Army wholesale—you think we can’t handle one island?”
The man beside him snickered.
“Honestly, I never expected there’d be no radar or sonar underwater at Chiko Island.”
“Exactly—if we hadn’t seen this schematic, we’d never have known our whole lives.”
The one-eyed man asked.
“So how many stones are left?”
Zhang Wei’s smile faded.
“Four.”
“…Why so few?”
“That damned Hyun bitch confiscated them.”
The one-eyed man’s expression twisted.
“How the hell did Hyun Se-hee find them?!”
“I don’t know!”
Zhang Wei, furious, continued.
“Luckily, I spotted her first when I was leaving the old man’s shop with the stones.”
“Damn it, really.”
“I didn’t believe it at first either. But as I kept going, something felt off. So I hurried back to the shop, and the Android just collapsed right there inside.”
Sighs erupted from those around him.
Zhang Wei looked around at his colleagues and spoke.
“It’s obvious the job went south. I contacted you guys right away. The old man will call soon to save his own skin.”
The one-eyed man asked.
“I was curious anyway—what happened that made the security team panic?”
Zhang Wei sighed before answering.
“I planted a few stones in some tourists’ bags. I also scattered some along the path I came from.”
The man beside him let out a hollow laugh.
“Hah~ That’s Zhang Wei for you.”
“Right, showing such ingenuity there.”
Zhang Wei cracked his neck.
Hyun Se-hee….
“I was planning to blow up the Control Tower first to match the fireworks, but that got complicated.”
Became a Mecromancer
Author |
Gungang E
Published |
February 25, 2026
Publisher |
Tail Six
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