87 – The bare face behind the mask
In a dark van covered with silence.
My head was pounding, and there were two people sitting in front of me, holding my eyebrows together.
One person is Supervisor Lee Tae-seok, who takes off his sunglasses and closes his eyes.
Another person was Ex Machina, who sent me the secret of Masquerade.
“What are you going to do?”
Ex Machina asked quietly.
My head is pounding because of that right now.
There was no way I could give an answer easily.
“……… ….”
Perhaps the same was true for Inspector Lee Tae-seok, who simply kept his mouth shut.
“Ex Machina. “Did you tell Ruina about that information?”
“It couldn’t have been done. Louis I think she was the only survivor in the lab, but what would she do if I told her now that there was a survivor?”
“I’ll go see you.”
I answered immediately without hesitation.
Even now, she still thinks about the incident at the lab very painfully.
In the end, she destroyed everyone she hated and everyone she liked with her own power.
In the meantime, were there actually survivors?
It was clear that he would definitely go to meet the opponent regardless of whether he was a villain or a hero.
And then something happens.
“I think I understand why they always say that the Masquerade came from hell… ….”
The research center destroyed by Ruina and her entire site must have been a veritable land of death, so Masquerade may be subconsciously recalling her memories from that time.
“What on earth is that research institute?”
“Well, okay.”
In response to my question, Ex Machina glanced at Inspector Lee Tae-seok.
Inspector Lee Tae-seok, who had our attention, opened his mouth heavily.
“I looked through some confidential projects from the past.”
“Confidential…… ?”
“A system for nurturing psychics by the state.”
Ex Machina added an inorganic word.
“A person with superpowers…….”
“There is a lot of information that has been physically shredded, so I don’t know everything. However, the position of head of the National Hero Committee is vacant, and the power of our company’s hardliners has waned. “I was able to obtain some remaining information by force.”
Just by listening to the words, I could tell that there was an incredibly complicated secret struggle going on in a place I didn’t know about.
Anyway, the point is that by chance, the saboteurs disappeared and some old confidential information was picked up.
“This is just the bit of information this gentleman was looking for.”
Ex Machina showed the screen of the laptop.
“What is this?”
A paper document with blurry quality was displayed on the screen.
However, almost all the writing was marked in black, so it was impossible to read it properly.
The only thing that can be read as text is one line.
“RF line closed… ….”
“This is probably a report after the lab was destroyed by Ruina.”
“I’m sorry. “Even we had no idea this was happening.”
Suddenly, Inspector Lee Tae-seok lowered his head to me.
“Oh, no! “Why is the warden apologizing?”
“Our company has numerous teams, and each team works without sharing information. However, you can find out as much as you want. We may see bloodshed between teams. “I didn’t really look into it because I didn’t want to see blood.”
“That means. Are you saying that this work was led by another team of the National Intelligence Service?”
“It’s just a guess. This plan was implemented after the laboratory where Ruina was located was destroyed. “Because information disclosure was physically denied.”
“But it is 99.999% Certain that it was the government’s doing. This level of concealment and censorship is not at a level that most companies can handle with great care. Of course, we can’t find out who the leader is now.”
“Well, then, aren’t there still plans to train other psychics?”
I suddenly asked the question, thinking that there might be more people like Ruina and Masquerade who suffer from not being able to control their abilities.
“Nothing.”
To my question, Ex Machina gave a short, definitive answer.
“Nothing… ?”
“Definitely not.”
Then, Supervisor Lee Tae-seok also agreed with her answer.
“In addition to the RF line, EF, FE, DX, NX, etc. It looks like there were several research institutes. Everything disappeared in one day. “Like magic.”
“Everything?”
“Yes. Probably after Ruina destroyed her lab and escaped.”
Jujumyeonmil.
As expected, it was a meticulous leadership that could never have been achieved unless the power was at the level of a state.
“So… …. “What do I do now?”
With my heavy words, the story returned to the starting point.
Anyway, in conclusion, the only survivors in the lab are Ruina and Masquerade.
Should we let them meet, or should we keep them unaware of each other’s existence until the end?
That was the problem.
“It would be better to listen to each other’s stories first.”
Supervisor Lee Tae-seok quietly put on his sunglasses and expressed his opinion.
“But the moment you talk about this issue, you end up indirectly saying that you know where the other person is.”
Next, it was Ex Machina’s plausible opinion.
“Ruina is fine, but the problem is still the Masquerade…? ….”
Louis I’m sure if there were any survivors she would cry and say she would go see them right away.
However, Masquerade only said that she was looking for him.
The moment I met her Ruina, I was uncertain as to how I would treat her.
In the worst case, the two people could cause catastrophic damage.
Ruina’s bare face behind her mask might be exposed to the world.
“Still, I can’t stay here. “If time passes like this, it will explode one day.”
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Watcher Lee Tae-seok, who is trying his best to prevent this from happening, says that it needs to be resolved immediately, so it seems like this is a really urgent problem.
“I agree with it too. I can’t hold on to this time bomb forever. “I will do my best to support you.”
“Ex Machina… …. Warden…….”
Immediately, the eyes of the two people focused on me.
“Handler.”
“Hero Handler.”
Soon after, two people softly called out my hero name.
And what I asked next.
Please take care of Ruina.
It was.
* * *
Turd, trudge, trudge.
Near my house when I returned.
I was lost in thought as I walked helplessly down an alley with only the faint light of streetlights illuminating the way.
It was entirely up to me to tell Ruina about this incident.
That’s because the person she follows the most is me.
But after speaking, I had no idea whether I would be able to control Ruina.
It’s late at this hour.
Even if she tells me that she wants to go find the Masquerade immediately after hearing her story, I won’t be able to stop her.
I didn’t even want to think about what happened next.
Because Masquerade did not tell us anything about the process of finding himself.
In the worst case, Ruina’s life could be in danger.
“Haaa… ….”
I, who was just an ordinary civil servant, suddenly became involved in a secret national project.
The events of the past few months felt like a dream, but now it felt like I was living an even more exaggerated dream.
Since when did my fate become so strange?
When you meet Masquerade?
When you participated in the meeting of Draconius and the heroes?
What about an unexpected hot spring trip?
When team leader Jang Se-hee came back as a maid?
When you destroyed the old people of the National Hero Committee?
When you almost die in a villain attack?
When you took Ruina to a company dinner?
When she lay down sick with a cold?
When did you meet Ex Machina and splash around in the East Sea?
What if you encounter a bank robber?
When did you first drink with Ruina?
What happened when Ruina suddenly came to our company?
The first time you moved in with your girlfriend and slept with her?
What if the SSS level villain I met through blackmail became my girlfriend?
“……… ….”
Thinking back, I was so shocked that I couldn’t even open my eyes.
“Even so, we can’t let it collapse like this.”
There are strong supporters behind me.
I’ll leave the Masquerade issue to them for now and do what only I can do.
Before I knew it, I had arrived in front of my villa.
Entering her password on the keypad in the common entrance, she climbed the stairs to the fourth floor, where she would be waiting.
And once again.
I unlocked the front door with a familiar hand gesture and opened the door.
“Ah! Welcome baby♡”
A lovely voice is heard right away.
My girlfriend is always like this, when I come back from outside, she greets me with a bright and cute look.
Even for her, her, her.
I plan to do everything I can.
“Ruina.”
“Hung?”
“I have something to tell you. “Can you listen for a moment?”
I put my hands on her shoulders and opened her mouth.