No Need for Adjectives to Describe an Overwhelmingly Powerful One.
In Victory's observation room, after spending the night there, I cleaned up thoroughly before heading over to Gloria.
The girl had an unusually fierce aura.
Why was she like that—
"Yesterday… erase that day from my memory."
The memory of Gloria, drunk and throwing a tantrum at me, must have been wiped away.
It did seem oddly high self-esteem, but—
In a way, I thought it was just her, and I shrugged my shoulders.
"I don't quite understand what you're talking about. Could you please tell me?"
"…Whatever."
Since Gloria, like Min Chaerin, possessed the superpower to detect the truth and lies, she must have realized that what I just said was a lie.
But in the end, perhaps accepting my consideration, she simply moved on without saying anything.
Later, even now, I was feeding breakfast to Gloria.
She stared at me intensely.
She probably had something to say.
Still, not asking first and waiting calmly.
Gloria finally opened her mouth.
"What do you think of that build?"
"You must mean Director Yoon Carter. Since he handles the combat part of Black Cell, he's incredibly strong."
"Compared to me?"
"Right now, yes."
It was a rather ambiguous answer, and Gloria looked puzzled.
But I smiled and continued.
"If Gloria grows stronger, you could easily beat Director Carter."
Gloria's eyebrows twitched.
The girl, who had seen through my words as the truth, immediately asked what didn't make sense to her.
"Why can you be so confident?"
"I can't explain it precisely, but… even if I say so myself, I'm called the genius of the century. Please trust me without being too anxious."
Was my answer not what she wanted?
The girl changed to be quite indifferent, but—
She heard something unexpected.
"Then you know how I can get stronger faster."
Did Gloria's ambition to get stronger suddenly increase?
It was truly a surprising change.
After that, Gloria kept asking me how she could get stronger immediately, but—
With adult-level intelligence but no elementary education, Gloria was like that.
In such cases, I had to explain through media, and I promised to prepare it for tomorrow, but—
The girl pretended not to care, but she seemed quite expectant.
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The moment I left Gloria's observation room, I called Secretary Min Chaerin.
[Can I take a tablet with various photos and videos out to the dangerous zone?]
"That's roughly what it is."
I honestly wondered what would happen if I refused, but—
Instead, the director immediately approved.
[Of course, but when you look at the content, Director Eileen must have been puzzled.]
"But all of them are necessary."
[Hmm… I'll take your word for it. But after using the tablet, you must return it immediately.]
Then, the permission was in place.
The next morning, as promised, I turned on the tablet to explain it to Gloria.
Various animal shapes appeared in the girl's pupils.
Her face became quite interested, so I told her the reason I showed it.
"Among the beasts, the lion is called the king of all beasts, and the tiger is called the master of the mountains. However, even those powerful beasts can never be caught by an existence."
"What is it?"
"Exactly the elephant."
The elephant, with its overwhelming mass, surprisingly had no nicknames.
Just being strong was enough for everyone to recognize it.
"Just like that, an overwhelmingly powerful one doesn't need adjectives. Gloria is the same."
"Then I'm a guy who only relies on mass?"
"No, not at all. I think you're an even more amazing existence."
The future Gloria would simply become the world's strongest with just her raw mass.
But here, if a small element was added, what would happen?
Of course, the euphemism was too long, and she signaled to stop dragging it out and just say it fast.
The element shot out from my mouth.
"What Gloria needs right now is just technology."
"The advice is surprisingly sound."
"After all, that's the answer, but the effect will definitely be there."
Genius is 99% talent and 1% effort.
It was a cold advice that if there's no talent, effort means nothing, but—
Conversely, if there's no effort, it also means discarding 99% of the talent.
"Generally, technology is made to help the weak against the strong."
"I know that too."
"Then it's easier to understand. But technology now… makes it so the weak can never beat the strong."
Of course, the weak becoming strong by mastering technology.
But now, even the strong are defaulting to mastering technology.
Because of the difference in talent, the strong become stronger faster than the weak, and the gap widens even faster.
Eventually, the tablet showed one video instead of photos.
"So, let's start simple with this."
[BASIC BOXING TECHNIQUE]
That's how Gloria first encountered the concept of technology.
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It would have been strange if I was teaching technology to the ultimate villain Gloria.
But now, I just thought she would grow up nicely.
However, Gloria was more genius than I expected.
In the laboratory, Gloria took the posture like in the video and threw a punch at the giant iron frame.
FWOOSH!!
FWOOSH!!
'Real cannon fire is coming from my hands?'
Of course, the posture was a bit clumsy right now.
It was power usage on a completely different level.
Gloria was not only surprised but also seemed to be enjoying it.
But perhaps checking my satisfied expression?
The girl turned her head away.
After that, while Gloria was smashing the iron frames like beans,—
Startled!
"……………"
"Gloria? Why the wall…"
Gloria stopped punching and started staring at the empty wall.
I wondered why suddenly.
The words she threw at me earlier came to mind.
Currently, the outside of the lab could be seen from inside, but—
From outside, you couldn't see inside.
But Gloria had apparently noticed who was outside by her previous clairvoyance ability.
Then who was it?
Since the Black Cell organization members knew Gloria's danger well, even the director never came near her.
But hearing the voice echoing in the lab, I roughly guessed.
[Mr. Maxwell Gray? I have something to discuss, can you come out?]
"Who are those guys?"
"Just people who want to talk to me. Wait a moment."
"…I'll be back."
So, as I came out of the lab, men in expensive black suits appeared.
And their identities were—
"We are truly happy to meet you, Mr. Maxwell."
"We are from Black Group."
Just as the director had warned earlier.
Nathan's subordinates had come to transfer me.
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The time for choice came surprisingly fast.
But thinking of the director's personality matching the boss's…
I naturally thought of her father and her.
Anyway, one of Nathan's subordinates stepped forward and introduced himself.
"I am Victor Haynes. Fortunately, I work as one of the boss's secretaries."
He sent the closest one?
His actions were too similar to the director.
Still, Victor started spitting out the words I expected.
"Mr. Maxwell… don't you think Black Cell is too small? You are a talent that should work for the entire group, not this place."
He persuaded me while handing over a document.
"These are things directly proposed by the boss."
"Truly magnificent."
The salary was on a different level from what was received here.
Even a contract to parachute in as a core executive to the research institute under the group.
If I accepted this offer, I would become an enemy of the director, and I would be completely bound to Nathan.
Moreover, the research institute sent would definitely do dirty work like here.
I closed my eyes briefly to choose my words, then handed the proposal back to Secretary Victor.
"Being pointed out by the boss is a true honor. However, all research currently ongoing in Black Cell is designed on the premise that I participate."
This was a statement carrying rejection.
The subordinates and Secretary Victor looked very puzzled at me snatching this good offer, but continuing to speak, their faces showed they understood to some extent.
"What if I leave my position now? The continuity and flow of the research would be cut off. If I do it wrong, I might go down the wrong path."
In short, it was a question like, 'Even if the core person of the project disappears and it's completely ruined, is it okay?'
It was also a top priority project that determines the group's future.
And the subordinates in front of me, too, were company employees.
Did they know the many reasons why various projects at the company level were ruined, so they couldn't object to my words.
Of course, I added indirect reasons as well.
"Even the boss has good talents like you. But me, a mere one-year veteran, would only cause trouble if I joined."
"Then Mr. Maxwell…"
"I'm really sorry, but I'm still lacking a lot. And I'm only needed where I'm needed."
So, I decided to stay in Black Cell.
I wondered what would happen if I forcibly transferred me, but—
"As expected, the boss is worthy of attention. I'll step back for now, but… we will meet again someday."
"Please tell the boss it's a good meeting."
"Hahaha, don't worry about that."
He stepped back surprisingly easily.
Then, was this just a probe?
Still, it ended quickly and well, really fortunate.
Later, I shook hands with Secretary Victor and quickly parted ways.
I went back into Gloria's laboratory, and—
She looked at me with a strange gaze.
Probably because she heard what Victor and I were talking about with her clairvoyance, and she realized that everything I said was a lie.
To the confused Gloria, I smiled and said.
"Where would I go if I left Gloria here?"
Suddenly, Gloria took a deep breath, and her pupils widened.
But the girl immediately became very fierce, then became like a duck.
"I want to go back."
"You've been late a bit. Thanks for working hard today. Ah, and in a little while, the kids I met earlier…."
"Just do as you like."
Gloria looked a bit angry somewhere.
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