Bad Born Blood Chapter 272

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The Accretia Empire’s home planet is the planet Ark, but we were also human before we were the Empire.

The home of mankind is Earth.

But I do not know the Earth. I only know motherhood and home through words and concepts.

… … Very occasionally, I wondered, what kind of place was Earth?

Earth, the home of all mankind.

The Akrasia Empire considers the planet Ark as its home. However, even the ancestors of the planet Ark ultimately came from Earth.

Now I can’t go back to Earth. I don’t know exactly why I can’t go back, and I haven’t learned it.

‘I can only vaguely guess.’

I had a glimpse into the memories and life of Noel Mulizka, the founder of Aikies Victima.

Noel Mulizka’s memories indirectly tell us why humanity came to the planet Novas.

‘But even that isn’t accurate.’

Even Noel saw the ‘Unfamiliar Fleet’ indirectly. Since it is a memory that has been subject to subjectivity, there will be many distortions and errors in the scenery I saw.

I know very well how unreliable human memory is.

‘But it is certain that all of humanity was forced to come to the planet Novas by some danger.’

There is a reason why I am thinking about space and planets again.

Woohoo.

A dry vibration spread through the spaceship. Beyond the small window, a darkness dotted with stars could be seen.

‘Outside the atmosphere of the planet Novas.’

I was seeing outer space with my own eyes for the first time in my life.

Traveling through space is not a special thing. Interstellar flight was a basic technology for most races on the planet Novas. In the first place, the indigenous races on the planet Novas were extremely rare, and most of the people, including humans, were aliens who immigrated to the planet Novas through interstellar flight.

‘Humanity has no right to exclude other races from the planet Novas.’

It’s just that humans have gained hegemony over the planet Novas, so they wield their influence and act as if they are the owners and natives of Novas.

If you think about it, is there any other race as warlike as humans? They are a race that cannot stand not being the center and the protagonist anywhere.

Your thoughts are long, Luca. You should have said that the world of stars you first witnessed was truly wondrous.

… … I was captured by Mushir Al-Kashra and was trapped in his personal spaceship. Outside was a vast dark space. There was nowhere to escape, and I had no ability to do so.

‘My little sister is really funny.’

My prosthetic arm and leg were on the floor, and I was sitting on a chair with only my body left.

Now I was helpless. I couldn’t even deal with a child. This was me, naked.

‘You’ve been acting so smart all this time. But this is what happened in the end.’

I looked ahead with a bitter smile.

Mushir al-Kashra was sitting in the center of the spaceship.

The chair that fit Kashura’s armored body perfectly was full of all sorts of complex electronic and mechanical devices.

Keek, squeak, clank, clank.

A mechanical arm descended from the ceiling and was repairing Kashura’s armored body.

Wheein, keeeeeet.

A repair drone the size of a human head also circled around Kashura, replacing parts and welding armor.

Kiing.

Kashura turned her head and looked at me. Of the four eyes, only one was shining.

“I hope you forgive my rudeness in making you look bad. I’m afraid to even give you a basic body. I’m not always perfect either.”

“It’s not always perfect, it’s always imperfect. There’s no perfect person anywhere.”

I said indifferently.

“That’s right. But by your own standards, you can be perfect. Or close to perfect.”

Kashura spoke in a gentlemanly manner. It was soft-spoken for a monster that was going to suck my brain out. That made it all the more terrifying.

He acts crazy with a calm demeanor. He is a madman who has been around for so long that even madness can be cured.

Phew, phew, puuuuuu.

The cables and tubes connecting the back of Kashura’s head to the metal box snapped.

Gulp.

A sticky liquid dripped from the separated tube. It was pink in color and looked like cerebrospinal fluid.

Oh my god.

The pink liquid that fell to the floor was a refrigerant that had reached its freezing point and formed crystals.

‘No matter how many brains it had… … Its fighting power was simply too superior. It even had cooling.’

Kashura was handling the brain in a metal box while cooling it.

‘Even armored personnel carriers and combat vehicles surround their brain boxes with coolant to help amplify thinking and computation.’

But Kashura would be more serious than that. He would have soaked his brain itself in refrigerant. Like me in the storm.

‘Kashura also put in a lot of effort in this battle. He mobilized all the resources he had.’

I know very well what happened to me after the storm…

Gulp, gulp.

A sound like toilet water was flushing came from Kashura’s metal box.

Rattling.

The bottom of the metal box opened and the brain, trapped in a glass container, was released.

“Thank you for your hard work, Zveli.”

Kashura lifted the glass brain and looked at it quietly. His eyes narrowed with longing. Those feelings couldn’t be fake.

Kashura is an absolute powerhouse. He has no need to be pretentious. All his words and actions and feelings are true.

‘I was pushed to my limit in this battle and broke down.’

The brain in the glass container was mushy, as if it had melted in the refrigerant. It looked like a piece of meat that had rotted away after maturing. Pieces of the brain that had fallen off were floating around.

“That’s what the brains of Archie’s Bigtima users say.”

And the seat of ‘Zveli’ will be my seat.

“Zveli was a good friend. He was with me for half a century. We talked and debated a lot.”

“That’s your mistake. Zveli would hate you. They didn’t become one by agreement.”

“The feelings and thoughts before becoming one are not important, Luca. Have you ever seen our left brain and right brain hate each other? We think we think with one brain, but in reality we have two selves. If we break it down further, there are more than that. Well, it would be meaningless to explain it in words. You will know. What unity is.”

“If my brain is still functioning properly.”

I looked in the mirror. There was a piece of metal stuck in my left temple. It seemed to be quite deeply embedded.

“I am an expert in this field. It will be a somewhat difficult surgery, but… … I will help you recover. For the sake of unity.”

“If you try to swallow me up like that, I might get a bad reputation. As you can see, I’m not a gentle person.”

Kashura laughed softly.

“All the users of Aquis Victima who became one with me were not easy. Zveli was a considerable ordeal and asceticism. Oh, and Zveli… … is your vassal. Your master’s master.”

“……what?”

This time I couldn’t help but ask a stupid question. A penetrating wound to the temporal bone could make you stupid, damn it.

“Zveli is Kinuan’s teacher. He is the one who taught Kinuan the Akiest Victima.”

“Kinuan, did you give your master’s brain to him?”

Kashura’s eyes curved into a crescent moon shape.

“It was a fair deal. I’ve known Kinuan for a long time and have often worked with him. Kinuan is a very interesting person.”

Perhaps, the person closest to Kinuan on the planet Novas and who knows his true intentions is Kashura.

“Cooperation? I don’t understand. I heard that you once stopped Kinuan at Barbara’s request. The Barbara I’m talking about is Giselle Custoria’s collaborator… … .”

“I know who Barbara is better than you do. At that time, Zbeli’s durability was reaching its limit, so I was trying to collect Kinuan as a spare. In the meantime, Barbara, please do my daughter a favor.”

I opened my eyes wide.

This is driving me crazy. What did Kashura just say? Is today the day I become an idiot?

“daughter?”

This is the second time today that I’ve received such a rebuttal. What a rare day.

“To be exact, he is the biological father. The child does not know that I am the father. I have provided the Empire with my genetic seed, that is, frozen se*en, for the purpose of body augmentation, and received the necessary technology. The Empire’s armored body technology is far ahead of mine in many aspects. The power of collective intelligence is amazing.”

Suddenly I understand.

Barbara and Kashura had something in common: a brilliant mind, a strange madness, and a ‘unique mental power’ that was not bound by the physical body.

Kashura was a very unique individual even among humans, and some of those characteristics were inherited by Barbara.

‘The Empire has tried many times to artificially create beings like Mushir al-Kashra. Barbara must be a byproduct of that.’

If we could train multiple brain users like Mushir Al-Kashra, we would have a truly fearsome army.

“Ha, haha. So there was a reason why that woman was so unusual.”

If I had a prosthetic arm, I would want to hold my forehead.

“I don’t hear much news about her, but I hope she’s doing well. We may not be related by blood, but she’s still my biological daughter. If we were in the same situation, wouldn’t you bend your arm inward?”

Kashura added with a laugh, his mechanical body rattling and trembling.

Profit.

Kashura inserted the vial containing Zveli’s brain into the nozzle.

“Zveli, may you rest in eternal darkness… … .”

Kashura muttered as if he was seeing off an old friend. He stared at the glass bottle for a long time as it flew away into the distance and disappeared.

‘Kashura consumed Zveli.’

I have never seen Zveli. Kinuan also rarely mentioned his master.

However, Zveli was Kinuan’s teacher, and judging by the way the battle drained his brain… …Zveli would have been a very good user of the Archies Victima.

‘There can’t be many brains like Zveli. Kashura cherished Zveli’s brain and used it all up this time.’

Mushir al-Kashra is now weak. It will not be able to display the same grandeur as it did in the previous battle. It will only be able to display such power two or three times a century at most.

“If you have any questions, feel free to ask, Luca. Sharing information is essential for unification anyway.”

If there’s any clue that can be pulled out, we have to pull it all out of his mouth. Any clue that can hold onto even a faint possibility.

“What is Kinuan’s purpose?”

“Well, I don’t know. If a highly skilled Archie’s Victory user also has a schemer’s disposition, it becomes very difficult to read their mind. Even Archie’s Victory users of similar levels have different usability depending on their disposition. You are a combat-oriented Archie’s Victory user. That makes you more useful to me.”

I frowned.

“You must have guessed it, right? You even united with Zveli, Kinuan’s master.”

“Now, I wonder if Kinuan’s purpose means much to you… … but I think it serves as a basis for a closer bond. Zveli thought Kinuan was a natural revolutionary. He fits the essence of Akiest Victima the best.”

“I’m curious about the thoughts of the unified body, not Zveli’s thoughts.”

Kashura stood until Zveli’s brain was out of sight, then sat down.

“Kinuan is a semi-fatalistic character. He is the embodiment of the idea that he lives to overturn the laws of cause and effect, that he likes to deviate from rational predictions and intuition, and that he mocks the fate and destiny of others.”

It’s strange. I blinked and blurted out a word.

“… … In the end, it seems you don’t know.”

“That’s why I said I didn’t know earlier.”

Kashura grumbled.