EP 21 – Knights Without Borders (1)
… … Breaking news. The U.S. Department of Defense has predicted that the largest gate ever to open in the UK will be opened in the near future.
12 local time. Defense Secretary Peter Alexson said ‘Herald Omen through Research United Satellite’.
Abbreviated, Horus announced the system.
He also claimed to be able to measure the flow of all magical powers on Earth.
[…] … The possibilities of the Horus system are endless. Now we can measure mass movements of monsters, and even figure out when and where gates will open.
… … And according to Horus’ observations, it was expected that a large-scale gate would open within 50 miles of Canterbury, England.]
With London included within the range of gate danger predicted by the Horus system, the international community is paying attention.
* * *
The Superhuman League is an international organization in which the Korean Hunter Association, the Chinese Superhuman Cooperation (communist party puppet), and the European Superhuman Powers Commission (the pro-Lumière Hunters Association) are allied.
Due to the circumstances of the adult, the coalition system between the governments failed. Instead, Li and Choongbin Li pushed their puppets, and Lumière blocked EU intervention and brought his own camp.
In other words, the Superman Federation is an alliance between hunter associations in each country, not a union between nations like the United Nations.
Of course, everyone in the world knows that the horse is a superhuman alliance, but in reality it is a three-force alliance. So, in reality, it was close to a political culinary act.
It was blindfolded to insist that this was not the United Nations when rice and researchers had already come and gone at the government level. really.
But,
Politics is a mass of power with infinite possibilities,
Therefore, political ceremonies also exert a force that cannot be ignored in certain cases.
To put it simply.
“The Superhuman League and the EU have nothing to do with each other. The UK is not even the EU.”
“So, from the perspective of the Superman League, Britain is not a part-timer?”
“Isn’t that the establishment of a three-dan argument?”
it’s Brexit
In fact, if you ask if the Superhuman League and the EU are South and South, of course, the answer will come out, but if you ask if the EU and the UK are South and South, people will surely tilt their heads.
So this miracle syllogism is established.
“The UK is not really the EU. Yes?”
“… … uhm.”
“Isn’t it ambiguous? To be honest?”
In 2016, a referendum was voted on Britain leaving the EU, and in 2017 Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty was invoked.
Moreover, in 2019, the British Conservative Party, which was represented by Winston Churchill and Marcaret Thatcher, collapsed due to a devastating defeat by the far-right party called the ‘Brexit Party’.
Even in second place was the Labor Party. In a parliamentary system, the far-right and the left came to power.
There, 21 years of economic cooperation failed,
Until the economic crisis of 22 years.
Thus, Britain became increasingly at odds with the EU. To be precise, the ruling party frantically shoves exclusive nationalism. to keep the government in power.
And that nationalism bombarded Britain after the gates were opened.
“The status of the UK is similar to that of Jeju Island in Korea. Safe land.”
“… … Wasn’t there a gate there too?”
“It wasn’t that the country was destroyed because there were so many gates there, it was because there were not enough troops.”
and.
“Isn’t England heaven compared to mainland Europe?”
“Aha.”
Compared to the semi-feudal European mainland, Britain maintained its own government and its military system was not collapsing.
because.
This was because more than half of the NATO forces (US forces) in Europe were killed by a sea monster while trying to return home across the Atlantic, and the rest of the defeated soldiers settled in England.
That was also the reason why the 7th Fleet could not cross the Pacific Ocean and lived in rented rooms in Japan.
so,
If the pro-American country in Northeast Asia is Japan, the pro-American country in Europe is the UK. And neither island country was accepting foreign refugees.
Therefore, the ambiguous relationship between the Superhuman League and the UK is barely established.
“Honestly, things are very complicated. It seems that the EU has not yet decided how to respond.”
“Uh… … .”
“But you predicted it.”
The chaotic diplomatic situation.
I don’t know who is who, who is the enemy.
But if there is one person who predicted him, it would be a reasonable thing to go to that person.
“… … What is this?”
“Well, money knows the answer… … .”
That was the reason I visited Cheon Geum-soon’s office. She grinned and poked at her laptop screen.
Numbers and graphs were cluttered.
She pinned the screen.
“Can you see this?”
“what.”
“Yo-oh.”
She tapped somewhere on the graph with her sharp claw, but I didn’t know what that meant.
I didn’t even need to know.
I am the one who explains, not the one who explains.
As he made a small gesture, Cheon Geum-soon smiled softly and started explaining.
“This was 22 days ago. From this point on, the British pound is a bit strange, isn’t it? It almost feels like the legs don’t fit… … ?”
“What is the key?”
“The British government started manipulating the centipede money. ruler! Then why?”
Cheon Geum-soon started flipping through the monitor screen with a few clicks. She paid attention to a potion company.
“Yo, yo, yo, you bastards are the main culprits, right? They say it is a British company, but in fact, it is a money changer that connects the United States and the United Kingdom.”
“… … How did you know that?”
“… … no, what Because I was touching Hwanchigi, something, and this and that… … . Anyway!”
She hurriedly changed the subject and switched screens.
“There are several money changers besides here. Do you mean that dollars usually flowed into the UK? But 22 days ago, British money started flowing into the US? Look here. This is the time when bulk orders from the United States began to arrive. Other companies also received bulk orders from the US around the same time.”
“… … I just needed a potion in America-”
“But that coincides with the time the British government started manipulating the pound price.”
“Write… … !”
It was said that something started to happen 22 days ago.
“Let’s see other countries. The U.S. suddenly shuts some deals, opens deals, and it’s just like that.”
“Does it say that it is a Moldovan national company?”
“Will the US do it openly? Do you subcontract to subcontractors?”
“Ah yes… … .”
I asked Cheon Geum-sun.
“So what is the conclusion?”
“This, this, it was just like this in the past, the sudden thing America is doing… … .”
“… … when?”
“Before the Iraq War.”
* * *
Ahead of the unprecedented situation, I met several people.
To be precise, several people contacted me,
“For now, we have blocked all ways to get out of the country. Your Excellency met with the media outlets, and he even cracked down on them one by one.”
“thank you. Chief.”
Captain Doo-Sik Kim.
“… … The Horus System is a concept beyond our imagination. Theoretically, theoretically possible, but… … .”
“It’s possible, right?”
“… … yes.”
Chief Chen Hwaran.
“Brother, how did this happen… … ? Next week’s election is… … . First of all, I took the position with prudence.”
“okay. I’m hanging out for a while.”
Ho-Jeong Lee.
“Hyung, the anti-monopoly law that shot GS. Once I put each one back. Shall I shoot? Shall we not?”
“Just load it up.”
Ilho Yang.
“Hmm… … ! The count ended with receiving the research team and giving them stimulants. The reason we decided to dispatch hunters to Europe was for free volunteer work, so I think it would be possible to reconsider?”
“… … Hmm.”
“First of all, most of the hunters do not want to go even if they die. I don’t think you can force death. The EU didn’t call us in the first place, we said we were going, but we canceled it… … . right?”
Hong Seon-ah.
“There is nothing more painful than going to a foreign country and dying. either to yourself. to the family.”
“… … .”
“Do you know what I mean?”
And up to the plate.
Each of them shared their positions with me.
I have considered all comments.
It was not Inju (印朱) who stained the politician’s seal in red.
and,
The person in power who will bury the most blood has come to me.
“… … Minister.”
“welcome. Lumière Executioner. Would you like a cup of yulmu tea?”
“Why is the airport closed?”
I sat on the hospitality sofa and placed the barracuda tea across the street. Lumiere calmed the excitement and took a seat across from me.
Her halo was vibrating precariously.
“Minister. There is no time. ASAP-“
“Then, as the Minister of Portrait Management of the Republic of Korea, I will tell you three things.”
I wondered if my voice could be so insensitive.
“Most Korean hunters applied for this overseas dispatch for the purpose of money, and no one can force death on others. But we will try our best.”
“… … What does that mean?”
“Only volunteers will be sent to Europe.”
and.
The plane won’t take off until this is stamped.
I forced an extremely violent choice on the person who just thanked me yesterday.
“… … .”
Lumiere kept a brief silence.
I silently looked into her blue eyes.
And it was a painful enough time for each other.
But,
Finally, Lumiere nodded.
“… … I do that. Minister.”
As soon as Lumiere finished speaking, he got up and turned around. It was an act without a single hesitation.
She strode over and grabbed the doorknob.
It was at that moment that my mouth opened.
“Then, I will speak as Hunter Han Seung-moon.”
Standing tall, her movements stopped.
“… … Lumiere.”
Why?
In fact, I didn’t even want to bring this up.
But regardless of my will, my mouth was moving at will. This wasn’t my head.
“… … There was a very reasonable analysis that the United States and the United Kingdom had foreseen this situation 22 days ago.”
“… … .”
“This is not just a gate occurrence. They foresaw this 22 days ago and warned us right before the gates opened.”
I was going to say something more.
don’t go
At least go a little later.
It is dangerous to use force without knowing the circumstances behind it.
There may be pitfalls.
Maybe the gate won’t open.
It is a safe choice to depart after the gate is open.
I can make a cause.
EU-UK relations are available.
The way is to create, not to find.
And if she was mad, she would say:
I’m not doing this because I want to.
Politicians have their own way.
Unfortunately, it was Koreans who voted for me.
But.
She didn’t wait for me to speak.
“… … There is no reason not to go.”
She turned to those who really needed her.
There was no hesitation about it.
So, with a bang, the door closed.
I stared blankly at the closed door for a long time.
and realized
“… … I’m sorry, Noah.”
What I really want to say is that it can only be done after the door is closed.
* * *
There is a man with the surname Kim.
Born in Sincheon-dong, Siheung, he is a middle-aged man who has turned 57 this year.
When I was young, there was a time when I was quite successful in the courier business, and I married the pretty wife I met at that time and had two sons.
The IMF remained his biggest trauma.
He was intoxicated with alcohol, disappointing his family, and fell into alcohol to forget him. My pretty wife worked in a restaurant, paying for alcohol and tuition.
While wandering the streets drunk, he mistook a high school girl for his wife, hugged her and squeezed, and went to the police station.
He was hit by two sons and broke his teeth.
Seeing the shabby figure of his wife hanging from the pants crotch of his two sons trying to kill him, Kim seems to have grown up late.
He started a courier business and became a courier.
After a long period of ups and downs that cannot be expressed in words, ‘turns and turns’, he opened a belated heyday with a monthly salary of 5 million won.
He was also a successful businessman when he was young.
I bought bitcoin at 200,000 won per month.
sold on time
They moved to an apartment in Gangnam, and the family half-forgiven Mr. Kim, who knelt in the living room and cried.
Mr. Kim just smiles at his wife, who looks more lovely than when he was young these days.
When I got old and wore something like this, I gave my wife, Juchaek, a gift with a handwritten letter, and finally put an implant in the front teeth that were broken by my sons.
The gate opened on the way to and from the dentist.
In the window of the apartment there was a monster he had never seen before.
He threw himself and surrounded his family.
lost one arm
The monster entered the house.
at that time,
A certain fireman burned the monster, and they joined the Apgujeong camp.
They are now at refugee shelters in Chungcheong Province.
The second son took a stimulant to raise his family and became a hunter, then suddenly entered the academy to go abroad to earn money.
So Mr. Kim, who has an armless disability, his wife, who has started working in the restaurant again, and the first son who works as a hunter, Shidabari,
We sat together in front of the small TV and begged and prayed that the youngest child would not go abroad.
Europe knows something.
In times like these, their tears were not enough to shed for their loved ones.
-As the reconsideration of the business plan for the external business division is decided at the GS shareholders’ meeting, the dispatch of hunters of the Aegis defense agency to the outside world is on hold indefinitely. In the midst of this, President Cheon Geum-soon expressed his intention to start large-scale new recruitment… … .
Han Seung-moon granted Kim’s wish.