Possessed an Academy Security Guard

88 – 088. Simultaneous Incident (3)

Overrank Dungeon. Knight’s Tomb.

In order to capture the heinous dungeon, where even the exploration party of the S-class guild was devastated, the executives of all the S-class guilds in Korea gathered here, in the Black Dragon Headquarters conference room.

If you look at the aspects of the guilds that participated, it was as follows.

The S-class 1st place guild. Royal Knights.

2Nd place. Asteroids.

3Rd place. Black Dragon.

Fourth place. Winter alliance.

And fifth place. Brave men.

Those who gathered there were hunters from the best guild in Korea in name and reality. Not only that, but almost all of the hunters who attended the meeting were also key members of the guild, who had a position of at least executive level or higher in each guild.

There are only two exceptions. There were people who were not even official members of each guild, let alone executives.

One of them was Midsummer, who attended as a student intern at the Asteroid Guild. But she had no one in the room who disagreed with her attendance. Even if she doesn’t take into account her background as a member of the Hansung Group, her skills are second to none compared to anyone in this room.

On the other hand, almost everyone in the room had doubts about the other person.

The eyes of the hunters who participated in the meeting were focused on one place. The man at the end of that gaze, Ahn Su-ho, chewed his lips carefully as if embarrassed by the stares of famous hunters looking at him.

‘…… The pressure is no joke.’

Ahn Soo-ho thought so and looked at each and every face of those who were seated at the meeting.

Even if they were the executives of an S-class guild, they were not familiar to An Su-ho. No matter how famous they are in this world, to Ahn Su-ho, who came from outside, they were no different from strangers.

Before attending the meeting, Han Yeo-reum showed her a list of attendees and a photo, so I was able to tell who was who.

“Then, since all the participants have gathered, let’s start today’s meeting.”

The innermost part of a long rectangular table. A woman in the seat of honor said that and stood up from her seat.

At first glance, the woman has a youthful appearance that looks like a high school student. The color of her hair, which she dyed her bright yellow, and her hairstyle, which was tied up in two neat pigtails, further emphasized her youthful appearance. Perhaps because of that, even the office-look blouse she wears looks like a school uniform shirt to others.

But no one in her presence used her youthful looks as an excuse to look down on her.

She could not be underestimated.

She was one of the strongest among the 18 superhumans who attended the meeting.

The woman’s name is Seol Ah-hyun.

Because he was the guild master of the S-class guild, Black Dragon, and one of the strongest superhumans in Korea, both in name and reality, famous for his nickname of Black Dragon.

“First of all, as I said before, Wilhelm…… It’s because I’ve obtained new information about the monster that is the owner of the Knight’s Tomb. The source of the information is Mr. Ahn Su-ho, whom you have been staring at for a while.”

Ahn Su-ho smiled bitterly at Seol Ah-hyun’s mention.

“Do you need an explanation about him?”

“It’s okay. Ah Hyun. I already heard about him at the last meeting.”

It was Seong Yu-jin who took the position of Submaster of the Winter Alliance this time. He met eyes with Ahn Suho and said with a smile.

“It is very nice to meet you. Ahn Soo-ho Mr. I’ve been interested in you for a long time.”

Ahn Su-ho is a security guard that Min Chae-ryeong most recently scouted under her.

So Seong Yu-jin, who cared about Min Chae-ryeong, was naturally interested in An Su-ho to some extent. However, Ahn Su-ho did not know such a situation. I could only guess.

‘Because Seong Yu-jin is also a villain.’

Even in the original work, Seong Yu-jin is a director of Yeoil Group and a person closely related to Na Joo-yong. Of course, she must also be aware of herself for interfering with their work during the last river and sky avalanche. Ahn Su-ho, who thought so, slightly avoided Seong Yu-jin’s gaze as if it was burdensome.

“An Su-ho ran into Wilhelm ahead of our guild’s expedition team and fought alone. In the process, Ahn Su-ho found out various information about him. Before starting the meeting, I would like to share information about Wilhelm that Suho Ahn knows.”

“The Lord of the Black Dragon. Will you be okay for a second?”

At that time, a profound voice interrupted Seol Ah-hyun’s words.

“Yes, Hunter Oh Ji-hoon. What are you doing?”

“There was something that took me a while ago.”

It was Submaster Oh Ji-hoon of the Royal Knights Guild who raised his hand and asserted his right to speak. A middle-aged man with dark scars across his face asked with sharp eyes.

“A little while ago, you said that the reason for convening this meeting was to get new information about Wilhelm. The source of that information is that man named An Su-ho. Am I right?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“That’s because I don’t understand that part. As I recall, the reason the decision was made to involve that man in the raid at the last meeting must have been because of his fighting prowess, not information.”

Oh Ji-hoon felt a strange sense of incongruity from Seol Ah-hyun’s words a while ago. Just listening to her words, doesn’t it sound like the appointment of Ahn Su-ho as an informant rather than a combatant?

“Well, that man must have some information about Wilhelm in his own way. But isn’t that not very different from what the advance team found out anyway?”

In the dungeon raid, the advance team plays a role in finding out the inside information of the dungeon, especially the combat power and attack patterns of the host monster, in advance for smooth raid.

Although the advance party of the Black Dragon Society suffered a devastating blow from Wilhelm, the advance party’s role was clearly fulfilled. Even if Ahn Soo-ho met Wilhelm before the advance party, it was unthinkable that Ahn Soo-ho would have obtained more information than the advance party.

However, when Seol Ah-hyun convened the meeting, she said the purpose was information sharing.

“The Lord of the Black Dragon. Do you think the information the man has is worth it?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Can you guarantee?”

Is the information that An Su-ho holds worth? Oh Ji-hoon’s question implied that meaning, but it also contained another meaning.

“Even if that man has a lot of information that could be a clue to the attack, I can guarantee that it is the truth.”

The advance team’s information is reliable. Because they were verified hunters, and the information they said could be cross-validated with each other.

However, Ahn Su-ho is different. They did not have the means to verify whether the information Ahn Su-ho said was true or false. Kang Ha-neul’s statement? Even if the responsibility for clearing the overrank dungeon was heavy, it was too heavy to believe Ahn Su-ho’s words with an unverified statement from one student.

An overrank dungeon is a demonic world where even an S-class superhuman cannot be sure of life or death.

Because the cost of believing wrong information straight away will never be light.

“Certainly you might think so. No, of course you think so.”

As Seol Ah-hyun admitted, Oh Ji-hoon’s question was not unique to Oh Ji-hoon. Other Hunters present here also had similar questions and doubts.

It was the same in midsummer to some extent. Midsummer had no doubts about Ahn Su-ho’s strength. Through Illyana, she secured Kang Ha-neul’s pre-censorship statement, and she confirmed that all of the contents were true with Illyana’s artifact that saw through lies.

However, even if the contents of the statement were true, she could not have thought that Ahn Soo-ho would have found out more about Wilhelm than the vanguard.

‘Why the hell is the story going like this?’

Originally, Ahn Su-ho should have been introduced and ended as a member of a new combatant, just as Oh Ji-hoon said. Yes, in the process, the sharing of Ahn Su-ho’s information could have occurred, but it would not have been an issue to the extent that it would become the main agenda of the meeting.

But things were going strangely. Midsummer didn’t know why, but she could guess.

‘Something must have happened when the two met separately.’

Before today’s meeting, Ahn Soo-ho asked Han Ye-reum if he could meet Seol Ah-hyun separately before her meeting.

It was not a difficult request. Even though Han Yeo-reum is only her student intern, she is one of the successors of Hansung Group. If it was her request, she would listen to even the guild master of the Black Dragon Society at least giving her a little time before the start of the meeting.

As expected, Seol Ah-hyun readily agreed to a preliminary meeting with Ahn Su-ho. Prior to the meeting, the two had a short meeting in Seol Ah-hyun’s office.

“But don’t worry. From now on, whether or not the information Mr. Ahn Su-ho will tell you is true…….”

Something must have happened during that meeting. Midsummer thought so.

“…… I will vouch for it.”

If it wasn’t for that, there would be no way Seol Ah-hyun would show that kind of attitude to Ahn Su-ho.

***

About 30 minutes before the meeting starts. Seol Ah-hyun’s office.

A feeling of astonishment appeared in Seol Ah-hyun’s eyes as she sat on the sofa facing Ahn Soo-ho.

“Now, you, that, what the hell, what…… ?”

She murmured in disbelief. As if to sentence her, Suho Ahn spoke again in her small voice.

“Seol Ah-hyeon, Lord of the Black Dragon. He said he knew you were a regressor.”

Seol Ah-hyun. In the eyes of others, she was a model of a self-made woman and a typical victor who ran only on the road to success.

She graduated from the academy with honors. And right after she graduated, she set up her own guild and quickly grew it into her S-class guild. Where is that? She aggressively invested the money she earned from raiding dungeons, earning thousands of percent of her profits, and her physical strength was also excellent enough to become the youngest S-class superhuman. Her popularity was also strong, and her surroundings were always full of people, and her reputation for her was always overwhelmingly positive. That was her success story, which she achieved at the young age of her twenty-six.

Since she boasts such a brilliant resume, there were naturally many people who wanted to find out the secret of her success. In the process, the world predicted that her psychic power, ‘future poetry’, would have a great influence on her success. Actually, it was true to some extent, but the real secret was different.

It wasn’t enough that she looked into her future, it was the fact that she was a regressor who returned from the future to the past.

“Me, Ahn Su-ho? I don’t quite understand what the hell you’re talking about. Are you a regressor? Although my ability is to see the future, that is to see the future, not to return to the past.”

Seol Ah-hyun belatedly made an excuse with a belated attitude, but Ahn Su-ho dismissed her excuse with a single word.

“April 15, 2019.”

“…… Yes?”

“It’s the day your comrades were wiped out in your first life, and it’s also the day you returned to the past with an artifact called the Regression Stone. Isn’t it?”

“How do you do that… ….”

Do you know? Seol Ah-hyeon blurted out her words with a puzzled face without even being able to say that.

‘How do you know? I’ve read the original.’

Seol Ah-hyun was one of the heroines who appeared in the original work and one of the helpers to Ryu Tae-hyeon in the middle and late half. What Ahn Su-ho said a moment ago was also what she confessed to Ryu Tae-hyun about her previous life in the second half of her original work.

That’s why Ahn Su-ho was able to know that fact. Because he remembered in detail what appeared in the original story.

However, even as a regressor of hers, there was no way that she, who was just a character in a novel, could know such a situation.

“You…… , What the hell is it?”

Sol Ah-hyun’s face, looking anxious, had a strangely welcome expression. Ahn Su-ho could easily guess the reason.

‘They’ll think of me as a regressor like him.’

There are very few people in this world who have the ability to read other people’s memories or thoughts. Moreover, Seol Ah-hyun knew that Ahn Su-ho was not such a talented person. That’s why she had no choice but to mistake Ahn Soo-ho, who knew her secret, as a regressor like herself.

Then why did she put on a happy expression, thinking of Ahn Su-ho as a regressor?

‘Because I’ll be anxious.’

The reason was that she was a regressor, but she was no longer a regressor.

The point of her return is April 15, 2019. It was almost a year ago from now. Her future as she knew it already ended a year ago. Her superpower ‘future vision’ is the ability to see a short future within tens of seconds, and there are many restrictions on seeing a future farther than that. That’s why she used to tremble with anxiety these days.

She was

Her regressor, she had always acted knowing her future, and the fact that she no longer knew her future was enough to make her tremble with anxiety.

She survived alone after all her precious comrades in her life died in her first playthrough. Could it be that the same thing happened in her life as well? Wouldn’t another terrible incident come upon him? Those concerns have haunted her mind for the past year, haunting and gnawing at her psyche.

In the meantime, the overrank dungeon incident happened.

Han Yong-su, who participated in her advance party and fell unconscious all the time, was one of her most cherished colleagues in her first playthrough.

That made her anxiety even worse.

And that’s why she was delighted with the appearance of a new regressor. She wasn’t sure yet that An Su-ho was a regressor, but that if he was, she would be able to dispel this anxiety within herself.

Such anticipation was revealed on Seol Ah-hyun’s face. When Ahn Su-ho paused without answering her question, she became impatient and asked again.

“I asked what you really are. Hopefully you too…….”

“There is nothing to talk about, isn’t it?”

Ahn Su-ho deliberately gave an ambiguous answer. Because she didn’t know that Seol Ah-hyeon might have an artifact that can see through lies.

However, that dubious attitude made Seol Ah-hyun more confident. Swept away by her embarrassment, anxiety, relief, joy, and various emotions, she couldn’t continue her words and licked her lips.

“Ahyeon. I know your anxiety. It is very difficult and frightening to walk in a world where you knew all the consequences and move forward into an uncertain future. But if you help me, I might be able to help alleviate that anxiety.”

This was not a lie. Ahn Su-ho, who was possessed by the novel he was reading, was a possessor, but from the perspective of the character in the novel, he was no different from a regressor. Since I remembered all the big events that would happen until the latest episode, it would be possible to warn Seol Ah-hyun and her colleagues not to fall into danger.

“My anxiety… ….”

You can relieve this anxiety that you have.

To Seol Ah-hyun, who was taken aback by the sudden situation, that sweet proposal was almost like a whisper from the devil. As if Seol Ah-hyeon was bewitched by Ahn Su-ho’s words, she repeated his words.

On the other hand, Ahn Soo-ho looked at Seol Ah-hyun and thought.

‘I was lucky.’

Originally, he was looking for an opportunity to meet Seol Ah-hyun. He thought that if he acted as if he were a regressor and aroused her anxiety, she could easily make her her assistant.

The problem was that, as a mediocre guard, he could hardly get a chance to meet with the guild master of the S-rank guild, but Midsummer solved it.

‘When Midsummer found out about the censored statement, I thought it was a crisis, but it turned out to be a blessing in the end. Besides, the timing was good. She must have been at the peak of her anxiety as the Black Dragon Expedition had suffered heavy damage.’

Ahead of today’s meeting, Ahn Soo-ho tried to get Seol Ah-hyun to his side somehow. Only then will he be able to convince others more easily at today’s meeting.

‘Come on, Seol Ah-hyun. How are you going to come out?’

Ahn Soo-ho thought Seol Ah-hyun would accept his proposal. Probability of at least 90%.

In her original work, her mental state was so unstable that her anxiety about her future was resolved by her dependence on Ryu Tae-hyeon. Then, he thought, she wouldn’t be able to refuse her own request.

“…… Did you ask for help? What can I do?”

And finally, the moment Seol Ah-hyun’s answer came out, Ahn Soo-ho smiled softly, realizing that he was right.

“I will reveal information about Wilhelm at today’s meeting.”

“About Wilhelm? Wait, can you?”

“Yes. I know how Wilhelm from the future, the Knight’s Tomb, was attacked.”

At those words, Seol Ah-hyun’s face visibly brightened. It was a welcome move for her, who was not at all nervous about raiding overranked dungeons.

“What I want to ask of you is that in the process of disclosing the information, I want you to guarantee the reliability of my information. While mentioning Ahyeon’s ability.”

“If my ability is future poetry? But that’s not the kind of ability.”

“I know. Ahyeon’s future poetry is the ability to glimpse the short future within one minute. But wouldn’t it be possible to randomly see distant futures related to that object by making physical contact with it?”

“How did you know that? That’s something that hasn’t been made public…….”

“But don’t you know someone?”

It was said that it was not disclosed to the public, but it was something known to the ranks of the executives of large guilds. At least those who will attend today’s meeting will know. Ahn Suho thought so.

“Did the future me tell you that?”

“I will leave it to your imagination. Besides, that’s not what’s important right now, is it?”

Ahn Suho said. At a meeting a little later, he saw his distant future through physical contact. Please tell me that the future was a future in which the capture of the knight’s tomb was successful.

If Seol Ah-hyun said that, the executives who knew her abilities would listen to Ahn Su-ho’s opinion. If she doesn’t believe it right away, she’ll at least consider it a worthwhile opinion.

And for An Su-ho, that was enough. That alone would be an impressive first impression.

“If you do as I say, the success rate of this article’s raid on the tomb will increase dramatically. Of course, the probability that Mr. Ahyeon’s colleagues will be safe will increase. Wouldn’t it be?”

“Right. It will. But… ….”

“But? What is it?”

“I am anxious. Maybe what you’re saying isn’t true.”

“Why do you think I am lying?”

“If you’re not friendly to me, you’re free to tell lies to harm me and my guild.”

Ahn Su-ho stuck out her tongue at Seol Ah-hyun’s prudence. But at the same time, she was also relieved. Listening to Seol Ah-hyun’s words, at least right now, she doesn’t seem to have any artifacts to detect her lies.

“I am on your side…… Even if you say that, you will not be able to understand it if you think so. Then what are you going to do?”

She said that, but in fact Ahn Su-ho already knew the answer. And as expected, Seol Ah-hyun gently grabbed Ahn Su-ho’s hands the next moment.

“I don’t know about you, but I can narrow the scope of the future, even if it’s a distant future, to some extent, if it’s related to me.”

“So?”

“From now on, I will take a peek into your future. To be precise, the future of the relationship between you and me.”

He meant to see whether he and Ahn Su-ho would be allies or enemies in the future. The glimpse of the future scene was only for a moment, but Seol Ah-hyun had only that much of a basis to judge An Su-ho.

“What if the two of us were aiming guns and knives in the scene we peeped at?”

Ahyeon Seol did not answer Suho Ahn’s question. There was no way she could answer. If she really saw such a scene, she would have thought to kill Ahn Su-ho without hesitation.

It was a natural reaction. For her, who worries about her near-anxiety disorder, there’s nothing more terrifying than her regressor becoming an enemy who knows her future.

“I will activate my ability now.”

As she gently closed her eyes, a faint red light leaked from between her closed eyelids. It was a symptom that appeared when Seol Ah-hyun saw the future.

Ahn Su-ho thought that she would never become hostile to Seol Ah-hyeon, but she felt uneasy inside. Because the future is a matter of not knowing how it will go, and the possibility that he will seek his life afterward with Seol Ah-hyun, whom he wants to cooperate with, was not zero.

“…… To?”

However, the future Seol Ah-hyun glimpsed was completely different from Ahn Su-ho’s and Seol Ah-hyun’s expectations.

‘Huh ♡ Suho. Stop bullying me and let this go. Huh? I’m begging you…… ♡’

‘Your attitude to ask is bad. I guess I haven’t reflected much yet?’

‘Hey♡! Mi, I’m sorry. No, I’m sorry, sir. ….’

“…………………… Eh?”

Seol Ah-hyun’s thoughts were colored white by the scene unfolding in front of her eyes. Even though she was an S-class superwoman who had gone through all of her prenatal battles, she couldn’t properly judge the situation. To that extent, the future of the two people she glimpsed was shocking.

‘Mi…… Friend… ….’

Seol Ah-hyun turned her head at the sight that she was embarrassed to even put into words. However, the future scenes were being projected directly into her mind. Even if she turned her head or closed her eyes, she couldn’t escape the scene.

She glimpsed her future for at most 10 seconds. But those 10 seconds felt like an eternity to her. As she finally returned to her own office, her pink-tinged landscape of her future disappearing, her slightly bewildered face greeted her.

“Ahyeon? Are you okay?”

“Huh?!”

Seol Ah-hyun hurriedly removed her hand from her hold and wrapped her arms around her shoulders. Looking at Ahn Su-ho’s face, she felt the embarrassing feeling she felt a while ago. Looking at her with even her earlobes stained red, her Ansuho asked insinuatingly.

“So how was it? The future of the two of us.”

“Ser, no way ah, ah ah, did you know that?”

“Yes?”

Ahn Su-ho, taken aback by the moment, asked with a dumbfounded expression. But to Seol Ah-hyun, she felt as if she was making fun of herself even though she knew everything about that reaction.

‘No. Even in the future that person came from, me and this man are like that…… There is no guarantee that he was between. But the future I just saw……. That means, in this world, someday this man and I will be like that…….’

“Ahyeon? What scene did you see?”

“That, that. The two of us…….”

Seol Ah-hyun couldn’t bear to speak directly. He was embarrassed to even put into words what he had seen, and his mouth couldn’t move. He was ashamed to even imagine.

“…… That, after a very close relationship? It seemed to be. Yes… ….”

So she spoke softly in her ant-crawling voice, without making eye contact with her eyes.

“A close relationship. I look forward to that.”

Ahn Soo-ho, who did not know her situation, dyed Seol Ah-hyun’s cheeks even more red by saying that.

It was 30 minutes before the meeting to capture the Knight’s Grave.