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Chapter 101 – Corps (1)

“Isn’t that an impossible inference?”

Hiding, I paused for a moment. Come to think of it, it wasn’t implausible for them to wait here.

Lee Ji-yeon said that through Baek Seung-cheol, the president of the association, who cooperates closely with the state, not only national institutions but also foreign powers are digging into my identity wearing the Nano Omega.

I used a sword well and brought it back, but I don’t know why they dig this far, but anyway, they filmed the disappearance of Kim Seo-yoon as my fault, and that actually happened.

[I will handle it.]

“It’s making things bigger. I’m pretty sure you don’t know it anyway. This time too, I just want to take a picture and watch it while watching the people around Kim Seo-yoon. How long can you hold out like that? one week? It’s okay if you come back later.”

I clicked my tongue and turned around. He had the confidence that he would not be caught, and even the confidence that he would not lose even if a conflict broke out, but he did not want to give an excuse.

It’s not like they’re just chasing me after eating, so if I go to bed in moderation, I’ll get exhausted and fall out.

“Well, no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think it will take that much time.”

Of course, it’s true that it’s a little annoying. I couldn’t understand why noblemen with so many things to do would waste their time obsessing over such pointless things.

**

“Damn it, is it dawn? It seems like an awakened person who was briefly exposed in a blind spot.”

“Are you fooling around today? In the first place, it was a very groundless operation.”

Early in the morning when the dawn is dawning. Unaware that the target they were looking for had already detected them and had just gone home, the waiting agents hiding in their cars sighed at the dawn.

It was a very frustrating mission for them, who had to just kill themselves and keep their positions without clear clues and grounds.

“Let’s withdraw and shift. Could you please keep doing this? It is clear that the superiors have made a fool of themselves.”

One of them, a Hispanic man, yawned and shook his head.

Shortly after hearing the news that Kim Seo-yoon, one of Korea’s common Awakeners, had gone missing, the superiors judged the case to be the work of an unknown monster they named Code X, and dispatched them.

An unknown monster whose identity, purpose, and ability are completely unknown, whether it is an invasive species, an Awakener, or something completely different.

However, it was hard for even the members of the organization to understand why they were so obsessed with beings who couldn’t even get a clue, no matter how much their organization spread their information network all over the world.

Moreover, in the current situation where a fierce behind-the-scenes war is going on with the intelligence agencies of other countries right now.

“The magic detection device, they say it’s a rare item, but they’re only investing in this opaque mission.”

“From what I’ve heard, it’s not for nothing that the upper management clings to this job while they’re busy. I heard there was a strong demand from Liam Anderson. Find that monster.”

As he lifted up a crystal ball the size of a fist and rubbed it, a colleague brought up the story, claiming it was a rumor he had heard.

The rumor is that Liam, who is attracting the most attention these days, is the backbone of the Code x search operation that the organization is currently working on.

When he heard that, he clicked his tongue.

“why?”

“I don’t know. In the first place, that person is a person whose intuition is resolved only when he does his own thing.”

Starting the vehicle, they left as they were, chatting with Liam. Anyway, the surroundings of the surveillance target are monitored 24 hours a day by other agents taking turns.

They will continue monitoring from the night when the target working in the cafeteria returns to the semi-basement after his activities are over.

“I will do the last report.”

He himself communicated that he was returning after completing his mission. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the report. Upon receiving this report, I hoped that the superiors would quickly end this ignorant mission.

“Didn’t you show up?”

“That’s right. He said he didn’t even get his nose out. We cannot keep watching the poor in a foreign country where there is nothing forever.”

“This way, the options are reduced even more.”

And Liam, who received the report from across the Pacific, put down his glass and laughed.

“There is nothing, that is wrong.”

“But Kim Seo-yoon’s father Kim Chul-hun, mother Ahn Hee-suk, and younger sister Kim Ji-min are really nothing special…”

“Why not special? Their family, Kim Seo-yoon, went missing after being attacked by him.”

Liam laughed at the intelligence agent, a bright-blonde beauty, who had been relaying news to him. He was already convinced that Seoyoon Kim’s disappearance was the work of Code X.

“How are you so sure? Even if we analyze existing behavior patterns, there is no correlation that Code x will take Kim Seo-yoon, who is seriously injured.”

“It’s a problem for smart people like you to try to analyze like that. He can’t analyze it. In the first place, we don’t even know its true purpose.”

his eyes sparkled In fact, more than half of his confidence is just intuition. But he trusted his intuition. It was that intuition that saved and helped him through countless battles after becoming an Awakener.

“He has a clear purpose, but since he doesn’t know that purpose, his actions seem bizarre. The same goes for returning the stolen magical sword to the Korean Association President’s house, and he will surely reappear around him.”

“Why are you so obsessed with him?”

“Now I don’t know.”

In the end, at the words of the agent who couldn’t stand it, he drank the drink again. However, even in the drunken body, those eyes were still clear.

***

[Is it possible to find it just like that? When we meet again, do you have the confidence to win?]

“noisy.”

The agent left, and a voice that others could not hear rang in Liam’s head, as if he had been waiting for it.

Liam frowned and raised his middle finger in the air.

[Derek Crave seems to have failed in the middle and was eaten in reverse, but you are different.]

“He’s stupid, but he’s good enough to kill dozens of people, and that’s just not enough to pay off.”

His Constellation continued to urge the absorption of power through murder. The existence the Constellation informed him to convince him was Derek Crave. Seeing Derek’s growth, it was to encourage him.

But even after seeing that, Liam was still refusing the Constellation. He was already the strongest, but there was no need to take risks and pursue power.

[Of course, you can relax now. But it’s not just that monster you call code x. As you know, the new species that have started appearing this time are completely different from the existing mass-produced objects. Can you beat them?]

“…even though nothing special.”

A new invasive species, he flinched at the Constellation’s mention of them. The new species, which had already appeared in North America, caused great damage with its strong strength and excellent combat power, as in other places.

Liam has yet to fight a new species. He is now in a mansion in the west, but the new species has appeared in the east.

[Can you be sure? You should be well aware. There is no point in looking for strength in an urgent situation.]

“Don’t talk like you know everything.”

He shook his head to shake the voice that kept trying to seduce him.

[I’m not saying anything that hurts you. What I am saying is true. You, no, you will have to prepare.]

“What?”

[About the monsters that will come.]

The Constellation scolded him as if he couldn’t understand his attitude of not listening properly, and warned him in a stern voice.

[They are a legion. Did you think it was a group of simple beasts? Already in the large dungeons, you will have seen the synergy of invasive species united as one. If they cover the earth and the sky and start ravaging this land, how will you protect this civilization and life?]

“They don’t attack in small increments like now, but in large numbers?”

[Imagination is free, but always keep the possibility open. All I can say is to recount the results so far. When your enemies get stronger, they get stronger, have they ever gotten weaker?]

The Constellation ended her speech vaguely, but if there was something to notice, she could understand the meaning behind it.

Thanks to that, Liam’s expression hardened slightly. It’s true that the Constellation hasn’t told lies until now.

“…Even if that’s the case, I’ll definitely have to catch him with my own strength.”

Eventually, Liam threw down his glass and stood up. However, the large-scale invasion that the Constellation warned of was already showing signs in the news on TV, which he hadn’t even turned on.

***

“Gates occur, the size is medium to large.”

“Come on, everyone! Evacuate slowly and safely everyone! There is still time!”

An ordinary weekday, which was unmatched, now people are calm. Even if a huge hole is drilled higher than the roof of the tallest building in this downtown area. People evacuated far away from the gate in line with the control of the quickly dispatched police, and the dispatched military forces instead flocked toward the gate.

“The gate that can be classified as medium or large that appears here is the third in the world…”

Journalists from the media also risked their lives to come and relay the scene. This soft and natural response was proof that the response system to respond to the now boring gates had developed considerably.

“The gates are starting to react. That’s a little fast.”

“Evacuation and preparation are already perfect. Being open to the air is something to be concerned about, but you can be prepared for it.”

Everyone who gathered to stop the monsters that would come out from there kept their tension but did not lose their confidence. A lot of data accumulated over the years was the source of that confidence.

“Gates react! They come out!”

Soon, the cracks in the space began to shake, preparing to spit out something sleeping inside. At the same time, numerous cannons and combat helicopter missiles aimed there were ready to show their hot firepower to the monsters that would pop out from the inside.

“Come out…!”

“Shoot them away! Drop as much as possible at once to minimize damage!”

And immediately after that, at the command of the superior, countless fireworks across the city sky hit ‘it’ that appeared from the gate, creating a huge explosion and thick smoke.

“How much did you drop?”

Even at the moment when the view was obscured by acrid smoke, the military general who was in charge of the operation looked at the place without blinking an eye.

“······uh?”

“Movement is observed. But the enemy…”

But at that moment, something huge broke through the smoke and attacked the combat helicopters.

A super-giant creature floating in the sky that was only observed in dungeons classified as other worlds until now. And on the creature’s head stood something resembling a man, holding a weapon resembling a spear.

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