The Crazy Demigod Returns

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“Ho, are you an awakened person?”

The people who were startled when they met Paik Kun-wu and Ha Yeon-wu were all old people.

Sixty should look less. An elderly person who has aged beyond a certain level and whose exact age is difficult to determine.

And what followed was people of various genders and ages.

“what?”

“Who, who came?”

Vigilance, fear, curiosity. Gazes mixed with various emotions were pierced by the two.

The appearance of an ordinary petit bourgeois who trembles with anxiety no matter who sees it.

“I am the son of the owner of this building. Who are those people… Do you?”

Paik Kun-wu, the original owner, revealed his identity and corrected the question. The old man was taken aback, then replied with a smile.

“Oh, he was the son of this family. In that Seoul, he became a great Awakener!”

“That famous Awoken son?”

“I know! It’s Baek Kun-woo!”

Perhaps he felt that there was no hostility, and only then did everyone, even those who had only shown their faces, begin to show themselves.

As if people were living upstairs, the number was increasing one by one through the stairs.

“What about my mother and father?”

When I asked the most important question first, the old man who greeted me first replied scratching his head.

“They went up to Seoul to find you.”

“yes?”

It was something that was not in the number of cases that I had thought of.

I had asked Paik Kun-wu about something similar, but he boasted that it couldn’t be.

He said of course he would know that it would be much safer and faster for him, as a child, to come down at any time than for two middle-aged couples who were not awakened people to come up.

Even knowing that, Ha Yeon-woo agreed with the explanation that they were not people who would act recklessly because of their affection for their children.

Because that was a normal way of thinking for ordinary people in the current situation.

“No way… .”

“Well, we only talk about what we see and hear, so what can we say… .”

“Uh, when did you leave?”

“It’s been less than a week, maybe… ?”

Ignoring Paik Geon-wu, who was in panic, the old man calmly continued his explanation.

All of these people gathered within days of the disaster.

At the time, right after the incident occurred, the building owner couple. In other words, it is said that Paik Kun-wu’s parents stayed in the building differently from other tenants and visitors to the mall.

Since this is the center, the mutant creatures were quickly cleaned up by the base guild, but the situation was different in the outskirts adjacent to mountainous areas such as Seunghaksan, Gudeoksan, and Yeomminesan.

Thanks to this, people who lived in the northern part of Saha-gu often passed by this area, the center, to avoid them and went south.

In the meantime, it was a nobleman who saw people who were moving to avoid the mutant life form through the window, and called them in without passing by.

“It was almost 40 people gathered like that.”

A mutant creature that was being cleaned up by the surrounding guilds at a fairly fast pace. However, it was a bonus not to know when and where a new entity would appear.

Because the infrastructure and communications that communicated the situation were all in a state of inactivity.

There were many places where the facilities were alive, but there was no one to manage and use them, so they were mana.

How many weeks did they spend in the building with the locals they called together?

Some are new and some are leaving.

“They said they were going to look for you one day. They said it would be better for them to go up to Seoul and join his son’s hometown than for his son to come here.”

“ah… .”

Paik Geon-wu’s expression darkened again, even though he was pleased that the two parents were still alive until a few days ago.

It’s because I’ve come here and seen roughly what the environment is like in places where the Awakeners haven’t settled down.

‘It’s strange.’

On the other hand, Ha Yeon-woo’s head was full of thoughts that this series of processes was out of place somewhere.

It wasn’t the exclusive property of the strong, nor was it a great insight that seemed to see the future.

A sense and atmosphere that only those who have experienced countless battlefields and lived in various situations in the midst of such tribulations can feel.

It was more like a kind of judgmental ability inscribed in instinct due to experience.

That instinct was saying that something was off.

It was because the space that ensured safety and peace that common petit bourgeois would use as a refuge gave off a smell that could only be smelled from battlefield madness.

The smell of madness that turns into a group of thieves who steal each other’s goods every night while on the way to evacuation for similar reasons, and eventually turn into a group of thieves who plunder.

It didn’t matter who he was before.

Neither a faithful religious person, nor a family husband, nor a woman who sent such a husband to the battlefield, nor any child who survived alone could escape them.

A victim or a position that arouses sympathy. Those things even acted as weapons rather than tags the moment they crossed the line.

Of course, it wasn’t just the intuition that was strange. That kind of thing is more like a guess than a judgment.

It is said that this is the main work space for the two couples, but the place where they live is their home, the mansion.

Assuming that the vehicle had oil, it could have been operated as long as it had not been damaged.

However, it was absurd that he didn’t even stop at home and prepare when he was planning to go up to Seoul.

Armed with functional clothes rather than the usual active clothes, at least to take care of things to protect yourself, and it was natural to load some of the food that was underground in the car.

Even if it’s a parent’s heart to move to find their son in this crazy world, those things are the minimum and maximum preparation and effort that a normal person can do.

However, before coming here, Paik Kun-wu’s home was very quiet.

There was not even a trace of entry into the basement where the relief goods were located.

‘First one.’

“Do you know any faces?”

I asked Paik Geon-wu, who was sharing personal affairs with a bird and an old man on a different road for a while.

“There are no faces I know. Maybe they gathered all the passers-by, whether they were close or not? We can be safe here for a while… .”

Ignored the one-dimensional sound that followed.

The main thing was that I didn’t know a single face.

‘two.’

I slowly turned my head to take a look around.

Using the five senses, not the senses.

It looks like it has been repaired, but the hinge is especially loose compared to the fine appearance. A door lock like a public toilet that is broken even though there is no reason to break it because it is inside.

They were allowed to hide in the building and even allowed to build a temporary wall on their own, but leaving without solving even these basic things was inconsistent.

‘three.’

The last puzzle was quickly put together.

Because of the words of none other than one of them.

“I-maybe… How is the situation around you right now? Or a monster… .”

The words of an old man asking quietly.

“Were you always in the building?”

“What kind of power do we have to go out? At best, when food ran out, I quickly robbed nearby stores or a few places.”

When Ha Yeon-woo looked around. It was a conversation overheard from Paik Kun-wu, who was sharing the news with the current situation.

“Food… ? By any chance, how many people live in this building?”

His gaze returned to Paik Kun-wu, who seemed puzzled.

The old man must have felt that his question was a mixture of words to save food, and he replied with a smile.

“Thirty two. No, thirty… Oh no. is twenty-nine Great.”

An old man who is confused even in a situation where it is obvious that the number of people must have been completed a long time ago.

The good impression of not knowing anything gradually began to overlap with the guest ghost on the battlefield.

“uh… ? No way… .”

Paik Kun-woo, who was embarrassed, was lightly blocked. Because I decided that there was no need to catch or share anymore.

I didn’t run to this place in silent meditation for several hours.

Sometimes he heard the battle, sometimes the circumstances of Seoul, and of course he fully grasped the situation here, his destination.

Among them was the story of the basement, which Paik Kun-wu believed so much.

In the first place, both the building here and his home were built after the Gate incident. The purpose, of course, was a comfortable old age and minimal protection from danger.

Paik Geon-wu explains that the main house has enough food for a family of four to live on for half a year, and this building has four times more preserved food.

There was no reason to use the cellar until a disaster occurred, so even if food was consumed after that, it would take about a month.

In the case of this place, even if there were close to 50 people instead of just 30, it was normal to have food left over.

“Baek Kun-woo.”

“yes yes.”

“I’ve never killed anyone before.”

A question close to an assertion coming out of the mouth at the same time as drawing a conclusion. The atmosphere at the scene immediately subsided as if cold water had been poured upon the words of discussing death.

“Why is that all of a sudden… .”

“Answer me.”

“Oh, no.”

In the end, the Awoken are beings whose job it is to kill someone.

It was quite peaceful unlike the Pan continental warriors who often ate knives, but they said that they were the ones closest to dying.

However, Paik Kun-wu’s life as an Awakened would have been quite smooth. There was a high probability that he had never stabbed a knife into his body, let alone taken a human life.

Those who lived as non-registered Awakeners for criminal organizations such as Cougars or for other personal reasons.

Or, if you are a middle-class Awakener with poor quality and mediocre skills, or a criminal from the beginning.

In fact, except for such special circumstances, it was close to reality that there was no big fight between humans while working as an Awakener.

It wasn’t an environment where murder and destruction were possible due to the existence of dungeons, and unlike the Pan continent, Earth wasn’t an environment enough to lead a life while taking someone’s life.

Drones and satellite equipment take pictures of the Awakened’s every move, but it doesn’t make sense to kill someone carelessly.

In particular, a strong man who stood out from the beginning, such as Paik Kun-woo, would not have been involved in such a minority situation.

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Literally, he must have walked the Tantan-daero.

“hey.”

“… hey? Did you say hey now?”

Wearing a black sweatshirt and a hat that was pulled down tightly.

Moreover, since he was Ha Yeon-woo, who did not say a word right after entering this place, it was obvious that those who knew Paik’s identity would have regarded him as an attendant or a colleague.

“Who are you? gagging… .”

He lightly squeezed the old man’s neck to block out his chatter.

“Kyaaak!”

“What, what are you doing… .”

Surprised voices erupted from all over the place.

A scene in which the thin and fragile neck seems to be broken at any moment.

His pupils shake violently. It’s like you didn’t expect it at all.

It was the two eyes that only Ha Yeon-woo could see properly.

‘At least there’s no sign of regret.’

I was confident in reading primal emotions. I thought my doubts were getting closer to certainty.

“Stop, sir!”

He heard an urgent voice from Paik Kun-wu, who said that he was much older than himself, and that he would call him teacher after the title Na Sang-gi used to call him when he stopped by Sara Autonomous District.

“He asked for help.”

“I asked for help, I didn’t say to intimidate innocent people!”

it’s clear eyes Annoyed cold eyes that have not lost anything or been tired of the world.

Ha Yeon-woo, who had been staring at Baek Kun-wu’s eyes, opened his mouth.

“Choose. Ignore some noise and move according to my will to produce the best result, or to resolve things according to your will, which is still not freed from the delusion that all old and powerless humans will be good in the past.”

Paik Kun-woo asked for help, and Ha Yeon-woo accepted it.

I don’t know if the area of help is simply help of force, or if it’s asking to find parents.

That’s why, as always, I just give you options as usual.

If I gave up on myself the best way to save my parents for the odds.

‘That’s all there is, but… .’

He did not promise a future with Paik Kun-woo. There was no such thing as a deep trust, and there was no relationship from the past. It was just in between.

We met a few days ago and made a deal in exchange for help.

However, it was clear that he was a useful guy.

It was also perfect for a plan that wasn’t something I had in mind while heading here.

In general, if people like Paik Kun-wu erase their debts, the possibility of betrayal is drastically reduced.

He might be indecisive and immature, but he hadn’t tasted the sweetness of betrayal or backstabbing.

Or did you instinctively stay away from those things?

‘Even if I refuse, I’ll have to stick to the plan.’

It didn’t hurt to realize that he could have killed his parents because of his choices.

Because those things will pile up and become the ingredients you rely on and eventually become loyal to.

That said, it’s a good way to get them in moderation.

However, saving it was always the best option.

Even if you were right now, if someone had saved your family at that time.

‘Because they would have granted me anything I wanted.’

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Paik Kun-wu’s mouth, and soon the answer came after a short thought.