Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 83

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Chapter 83.
Before the Sun Rises (1)
Whoosh.
Countless holographic windows floated before Hyun Se-hee.
The Break Room wasn’t bright because of the ceiling lights—it was the windows that illuminated it.
Hyun Se-hee spotted a flickering window and gestured toward it. As the window activated, a security officer immediately reported.
-We’ve secured all individuals carrying the green stones. However, it appears we may have been deceived.
“Deceived?”
According to the security officer’s explanation, none of them had even known they possessed the stones.
In other words.
“They were used as decoys for misdirection.”
-…That appears to be the case.
Hyun Se-hee issued an order.
“Still, transfer all subjects to the Information Department. We need to verify any connections thoroughly.”
The security officer’s window receded, and a hologram of an Information Department employee waiting on standby approached her.
-Regarding Zhang Wei. He’s been wanted by Public Security for the past year.
Lim Doo-ho, listening from behind, felt his chest tighten.
‘I actually encountered someone like that?’
-Master, why are you so startled? If worse comes to worst, you could just summon Iron-san and Hogu, ribbit.
Uh….
Call someone who’d crush even Poseidon’s toes?
That’s dangerous in its own way, isn’t it?
Rather than that.
‘I’ll just head into the Garage myself.’
-Master, you’re too soft, ribbit.
The briefing continued ahead.
-Zhang Wei entered and exited Chiko Island through South Korea using forged passports….
“Wait a moment.”
Hyun Se-hee interrupted.
She dragged one of the holographic windows and enlarged it.
Zhang Wei’s face, captured on CCTV, materialized clearly in the air.
Short sports-style hair, deeply tanned skin, and sharp facial features.
Hyun Se-hee pressed her forehead.
Ah….
“After eleven years, I completely failed to recognize that celebrity.”
As the Information Department employee paused to collect himself, Hyun Se-hee spoke first.
“He awakened in the military at twenty-two, and his position must be Bruiser.”
A Bruiser was a hybrid position that served as both tank and dealer.
The Information Department employee spoke.
-That’s correct. And there were four more who entered with him yesterday.
As four profiles appeared, Hyun Se-hee’s complexion darkened.
It was understandable.
All of them had backgrounds in the Chinese Military Special Forces.
Hyun Se-hee immediately forwarded the list through every available channel.
“Secure Zhang Wei and his associates immediately upon discovery. Also, compile a separate list of Korean Hunters who entered Chiko Island. And contact the Chinese side on Chiko Island right away to request cooperation.”
Doo-ho, watching from behind, swallowed hard.
‘Hyun Se-hee, you’re a walking command center.’
At that moment, Seol Ye-na’s words came to mind.
「Fireworks….」
「You’re going to… die.」
What if.
‘What if the death of Hyun Se-hee that Seol Ye-na saw was meant to take out the command center?’
It could be a leap in logic.
But the current situation felt sufficiently dangerous to Doo-ho.
More than anything.
My family is on this island!
That’s when Bom-i asked.
-Master, you awakened this year at twenty-six, didn’t you, ribbit?
‘I didn’t make it public. The Hunter Management Bureau respected my wishes and kept it confidential.’
The problem lay elsewhere.
Few people were unaware that Zhang Wei, who awakened at twenty-two, was powerful.
‘It even made international headlines.’
And such a person was now committing what amounted to terrorist acts on this island.
Doo-ho immediately checked the ferry schedule on his smart watch.
‘I have to get my family out of here!’
At that moment, Hyun Se-hee spoke to him.
“Today’s ferry has already departed.”
Doo-ho’s eyes widened.
‘She’s monitoring me while controlling all those windows?’
Wow….
Hyun Se-hee was a super-tasker?
Right then, Hyun Se-hee activated one holographic window. Beyond it, a Technical Department engineer reported with a troubled expression.
-We continue to receive error reports from Androids and full-brain interfaces. As you know, we’re critically short on field engineers.
Doo-ho spoke immediately.
“Excuse me, Director. If it’s Android repairs, I can be of help.”
Hyun Se-hee’s expression softened slightly.
“Lim Doo-ho. Tell me what you want.”
“…Could you move my family to a safe location until the next ferry arrives?”
Hyun Se-hee tilted her head slightly.
“Isn’t that excessive worry?”
“I think it’s acceptable to be excessive in situations like this. I’m the only Awakener in my family—everyone else is a Natural.”
Only then did Hyun Se-hee nod.
“What about the Air Raid Shelter?”
“The Air Raid Shelter?”
“It’s called an Air Raid Shelter, but it’s actually a facility designed to protect important figures.”
“Then, I’ll ask for your help.”
As Doo-ho spoke, Hyun Se-hee was already issuing orders.
Yu So-young, listening from the side, quickly interjected.
“I can look after the android. Instead… I’d like my nephew and younger sister to stay with Lim Doo-ho’s family.”
After catching her breath, she added.
“My nephew may look like that, but he’s actually quite skilled, so it would be better for Lim Doo-ho’s family as well.”
Hyun Se-hee smiled faintly.
“Your nephew. I got a rough idea when he came to me, surpassing our Awakener staff members.”
Hyun Se-hee pulled the window forward again and issued an order.
“Move Lim Doo-ho’s family and Professor Yu So-young’s family to the Air Raid Shelter.”
Only then did Doo-ho breathe a sigh of relief. At least his family’s safety was secured.
“Thank you.”
“We should be thanking you.”
Professor Yu So-young moved first.
And then….
Seeing Doo-ho rolling up his sleeves, Hyun Se-hee asked.
“Don’t tell me you can repair the androids outside without equipment?”
Doo-ho simply smiled.
Hyun Se-hee shook her head in disbelief.
As Doo-ho turned, his gaze stopped on a small box on the table.
Beyond the transparent lid, the confiscated green stones were visible.
After thinking for a moment, Doo-ho pointed to the wooden box.
“May I take this with me?”
“Go ahead.”
Doo-ho asked as if surprised.
“Aren’t you going to ask why?”
“Because I can’t quite figure out what you’re thinking, Lim Doo-ho. And you wouldn’t have asked if you didn’t have a plan.”
* * *
In the Corridor, Doo-ho’s eyes fell upon androids loaded onto a carrier robot.
Upon closer inspection, their eyes trembled with damaged pupils.
As Doo-ho looked down at the box, Bom-i asked.
-Master, why did you bring those stones, ribbit?
“I’m going to try replacing the electronic circuits in those android eyes with mana circuits using Soulbot.”
Oho~.
-That’s a good idea. But it seems like you can only manage one unit, doesn’t it, croak?
“That’s enough.”
-Croak?
“Once a technique succeeds once, you start becoming proficient at it from then on.”
Lim Doo-ho steadies his breathing and extends his hand.
Sssss.
The Soul Bot stretches from his fingertips and seeps into the Android’s eyelids.
Mmm.
Electrical circuits related to the Android’s artificial eye begin to form in his mind.
It feels like all the knowledge he’s accumulated so far is being organized at once.
[You have gained experience]
[You have gained experience]
Lim Doo-ho was searching for one of them.
Night mode.
Reading information.
Calibration….
Finding the desired circuit, the corners of Lim Doo-ho’s mouth rise.
“Let’s substitute the visual information.”
Of course, the tangled circuits are too numerous to lump together under the term “visual information.”
Still, as long as it exists in my mind.
‘I’ll have to push myself.’
As I draw out more concentration, my fingertips tremble.
The difficulty is incomparable to when I touched the Android’s leg circuits before.
Phew.
‘My head is burning.’
Sweat from my forehead trickles down my cheeks.
I secure the strands so that the substituted mana circuits connect smoothly toward the Android’s artificial scalp.
And with the Soul Bot, I open the Android’s artificial scalp ever so slightly.
A small gap.
I push a small mana stone retrieved from the Garage into it.
-What are you doing, croak.
“I can’t inject mana directly myself, can I?”
-Oho, as expected, Master has good adaptability, croak.
I use the metal manipulation skill on the Soul Bot to fix the mana stone so it doesn’t come loose.
Once I power on the Android and wait.
It blinks its eyes.
Soon its pupils turn toward Lim Doo-ho.
The tense Lim Doo-ho opens the box.
And I take out a green stone and show it in front of the Android.
A moment of silence.
The Android stared intently at the green stone, then glanced back at Lim Doo-ho.
“That’s it!”
Lim Doo-ho retrieved a potion from the Garage and downed it in one gulp.
This….
“Once I get the hang of it, this might actually be doable?”
He immediately extended the Soul Bot toward the next Android.
The trajectory was locked.
‘Now I need to increase the number of Androids that can withstand the stone.’
* * *
Zhang Wei was sprinting with two green stones clutched to his chest.
Whoosh!
He moved so fast that the tourists only noticed something was amiss after he’d already blurred past them.
Crash.
Ugh!
In his wake, Androids and digital entities lay scattered across the ground.
An alarm blared from behind.
“Stop, Zhang Wei!”
Three Awakeners from South Korea’s Security Team were in pursuit.
The gap between them refused to narrow.
Zhang Wei caught a glimpse of them in his hand mirror and let out a smirk.
Stop?
Ha~.
These idiots.
“They should say something that makes sense.”
In that instant, more personnel joined the pursuit.
Zhang Wei shook his body once.
And then.
What?!
The Security Team Awakeners froze in shock.
Zhang Wei had split into eight separate copies, each scattering down a different path!
“Split up and chase them!”
The real Zhang Wei slipped smoothly down the corridor leading to the Main Security Room.
Then he stopped abruptly.
Zhang Wei halted in an instant and extended his arm backward.
Slash. Thud.
The Security Team member chasing the real Zhang Wei collapsed to the ground.
“Hey, be grateful I let you go without pain.”
Zhang Wei flicked the blood from his entrenching tool and resumed running.
.
.
.
Screech! Shriek!
Security Team members lay sprawled across the Corridor floor, bleeding.
Thud thud thud.
As Zhang Wei turned the corner, the Main Security Room door came into view.
Whirrrr.
A combat Android stationed in the Corridor scanned Zhang Wei.
-Identity verification failed. Security clearance violation. Please withdraw.
The Android issued its warning.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Zhang Wei spun an entrenching tool in one hand as he walked forward.
-Please withdraw. Area entry is not permitted.
“Not permitted? What are you going to do about it?”
The Android ceased its warnings and charged at Zhang Wei to subdue him.
But then.
Its optical sensors suddenly spun wildly.
Its body lurched violently before crashing to the floor.
Crunch.
Zhang Wei drove the entrenching tool deep into the combat Android’s neck without hesitation.
Two more Androids emerged from the wall, their charging complete.
“Oh my, how terrifying~.”
Zhang Wei staggered forward with a swagger.
Beep beep beep—.
The emergency alarm began wailing.
The remaining combat Androids took their positions in unison.
Androids descended upon Zhang Wei from ceiling and walls alike.
Spin. Crash.
Yet their optical sensors whirled as they lost their balance, tangling with one another.
Hehehehe….
Zhang Wei laughed with such delight his shoulders bobbed.
Crunch! Snap!
He trampled over the fallen Androids and severed their necks mercilessly with the entrenching tool.
“Stop!”
Bang! Bang bang….
A Security Team member who had just entered opened fire.
Ping! Clang! Clang!
Regardless of the Security Team member’s curses, Zhang Wei picked up a flattened bullet casing from the floor.
Ting!
Whoosh—.
The bullet he flicked with his finger pierced straight through the opponent’s forehead.
Upon reaching the entrance, Zhang Wei pulled out a small EMP device from his pocket and activated it.
Bzzt.
The lock held up surprisingly well.
‘Should I force it open with brute strength?’
The moment he wrapped mana around his fist.
White smoke billowed up, and the lock gave way limply.
Click.
The door cracked open slightly.
He reached out and slid the door open to the side.
Boom!!
Finally stepping inside, Zhang Wei immediately slammed the door shut and kicked it with his foot.
The metal door twisted slightly, making it nearly impossible to open from outside.
As expected, the Security Team members were in an uproar outside the door.
“Zhang Wei!”
“Damn it, we can’t open it!”
Zhang Wei pulled out a key card from his inner pocket and approached the main control panel.
As he moved his fingers across the panel, the locked auxiliary windows opened one by one.
He scanned the control panel and began laughing uncontrollably.
Hehehehe. Ahahaha.
Ahhh.
“What’s the point of worrying about security? I tracked down the company that made this, beat them up, and they handed me a master card.”
Zhang Wei inserted the master card into the slot.
Beep.
A warning message appeared prominently in the center with a short recognition sound.
『Winter dome opening is prohibited.』
『Do you wish to proceed anyway?』
“Of course.”
Click.
He turned the opening dial.
Whirrrr, whirrrr, whirrrr—.
An emergency siren blared, and new text appeared on the hologram.
『Dome opening initiated.』
『Air purification will proceed for 10 minutes.』
A map of Chiko Island unfolded in the air.
And….
Red dots began appearing one by one around Chiko Island in South Korea.
Became a Macromanser
Author｜
Healthy E
Published｜
February 25, 2026
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© Keongang E, 2026
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