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James Reed, who obtained Junho Choi’s permission, also drew a positive response from the conversation with the President of the Republic of Korea that followed.
It was a situation in which the U.S. government interfered, but even when things went smoothly, things went too smoothly.
This could be thought of as a courtesy to the allies in the US-centric mindset, but James Reed didn’t believe what he looked like naive.
“not good.”
It was close to the experience I got while staying in Korea for a long time. Choi Jun-ho and the Blue House, who readily accepted it, must doubt the truth.
In particular, the current president of the Republic of Korea smiles kindly, but he has a heart that hides a few snakes inside.
Haven’t you been in the current situation after seeing it as a good thing and passing it on?
While the filings locked in the US still think they can move Korea with just a few words, James Reed knew that was impossible.
James Reed looked at the data again. The documents I checked many times while coming here included speculations about the Japanese movements and the secret research they conducted.
It was clear that it was related to the research of artificially creating something of the divine beast. It was sank on Dokdo, and it was clear that Japan’s movement was somewhat specific to its location.
“It’s weird.”
Is the information obtained in the US not being known in Korea? It is a neighboring country and has as many Humints as the United States. James Reed thought that Korea would know as much as America knew.
Still, why are you lukewarm about the movement?
I thought that I couldn’t move on without the doubts in my heart being resolved.
The awakened people who have come this far are the ones who should be the future of America. At any rate, meaningless sacrifices had to be prevented.
James Reed immediately pulled out the phone and tried to speak to the country. In a phone call with the vice president, he suggested proceeding with caution, but what came back was a quick-witness order.
-As long as the league is keeping an eye on it, it will definitely come closer. The Korean side will be in charge of the investigation, so please solve the field work quickly.
With that, the call ends.
I was trying to take it off and got stuck.
“… … .”
James Reed, staring blankly at the smartphone, gathered wrinkles between his forehead. If we clash with the league on Dokdo as it is, as well as check each other with Japan, will we be able to achieve proper results?
Everything will change depending on when the league appears and Junho Choi’s intervention.
“Then we have a snare on us.”
Only then did James Reed, realizing that they had plunged into the bog, spit out swear words.
* * *
“The thing made in Japan is what is called the essence of an artificial divine beast, which is an object that mimics the essence of a real divine beast by condensing the heart of a monster.”
By the time he arrived on Ulleungdo, the information given to James Reed was detailed and detailed.
The information before processing and the information verified several times were almost identical.
What sank on Dokdo is the essence of artificially created divine water, and when we heard about the amount and importance invested in it, we became convinced from speculation as to why Japan committed such an irrational number.
“So the Vice President had no choice but to do that.”
James Reed seemed to understand why the Vice President ordered it to go ahead despite the many risks.
However, the thought that it was still dangerous did not disappear.
James Reed, who headed for Dokdo aboard a pre-prepared warship from Ulleungdo, could see the Japanese people who had been seated in advance. Some of them had familiar faces.
“Macho Man.”
“Gunji!”
It was Gunji, a Japanese Mamorigami (guardian) superman. The Japanese side also sent as much power as possible to recover the purified water of artificial divine water.
“… … .”
A strange silence fell between the two sides. Gunji looked at James Reed with brightly shining eyes.
“We were the first to settle down here, macho man.”
“Usually, I would have convinced myself and left.”
“Are you not going to leave?”
“Because things can’t be like that.”
“… … .”
Gunji frowned. James Reed shrugged his shoulders as he received the gaze.
“You want to try it?”
“No way. We don’t care, we explore. We will do our own thing.”
“You are arguing openly.”
“It can’t be.”
Gunji couldn’t retreat to Gunji, and James Reed to James Reed.
“Don’t touch each other.”
“OK.”
With such an incomplete agreement, the two began exploring Dokdo.
However, even though an agreement had been reached, the war of nerves between the two sides could not disappear at once. The search was sluggish due to cunning interference with each other and actions that offend one another.
‘The biggest problem here is the existence of the league… … .’
The problem is that they want to monopolize the fruits in Japan, and they want to step into it.
Artificially creating the essence of the divine beast means that it succeeded in condensing the power beyond imagination into a small space.
This can be used in many ways. It is possible to manufacture weapons of overwhelming output, and it becomes possible to construct efficient power plants or smart farms.
This research topic was also a hot topic in the United States, so I definitely wanted to take a peek at the secret.
There was no way he was unaware of that thought.
“Macho Man, the things that fell here belong to us.”
“But it fell into Korean territorial waters. So I recognized Korea’s rights. We came here with the permission of Korea. You know you can’t go back empty-handed.”
“Well.”
Gunji had a sad expression on his face. James Reed could not back down, so he stood still.
In the end, Gunji was the first to come up with a compromise.
“I will contact the Prime Minister.”
“I can also connect you with the Vice President if you need it.”
“I get it.”
So Gunji disappeared to make contact. And a long time passed.
It was a process that required several steps, but even if it took a long time, it took too long.
As James Reed’s deep sigh became longer, Gunji returned. As if it was not for nothing, the prime minister and the vice president talked on the phone in the meantime and even briefly negotiated.
“Give me a chance to be part of it.”
“Five!”
“We are in contact with the US diplomatic channel and are negotiating, so it is an order to secure things first. Let’s start by looking for things to reconcile our shares.”
“great.”
It was time to start a full-scale search through such a dramatic conclusion.
Suddenly, I thought that I could hear a strong pounding sound, and then a ray of light flooded Gunji at a terrifying speed.
“Where!”
Gunji raised his hand reflexively to prevent the light from flying in, but the speed of digging into his shoulder was faster.
Pitch!
“Great!”
Thanks to twisting his body, he managed to prevent the heart from piercing, but it was a huge blow. Gunji staggered back and looked into the air with his eyes wide open.
Then came a scream that sounded like a scream.
“It’s a league!”
The Japanese side as well as the US side were taking a vigilant stance.
James Reed, who lowered himself from the moment the sound of the pounding sound resounded, saw through the identity of the superman who attempted to sniper from a distance.
“Arrow.”
He is a member of the 12 Archery of the League that can shoot arrows from a distance of more than 1 km by using the Force.
He prefers long-distance sniping rather than head-on confrontation, and when the war situation becomes unfavorable, he does not hesitate to escape without any pride.
He wouldn’t have come alone as he was a thin guy. The situation will be even worse than now, knowing that he will always be moving with the Superin of the League.
“Gunji!”
“I’m fine… Whoops!”
Gunji, who was talking, vomited blood. The force was scattered and black blood was pouring out of the hole in the shoulder.
“poison!”
To avoid the surveillance, Arrow stepped forward and shot, followed by a warship.
bang! Kwagwagwang!
James Reed was unable to reach Gunji due to the bombardment that seemed to wait.
The warships of the United States and Japan also counterattacked, but when both sides activated their defenses using Force, the bombardment could not inflict much damage.
This is also a confrontation situation to keep distance. Taking advantage of that opportunity, the three men who jumped off the League side’s warships began to approach at high speed.
They were the top three in the league.
And in the distance, Arrow was looking for an opportunity.
“It’s a crisis.”
James Reed, realizing the true nature of the anxiety that had been making his heart suffocate since coming here, bit hard.
* * *
As many as three supermans stood in the way.
No, including Arrow, all four.
It was a force that could never be neglected even if the military base was unharmed.
It was the worst for James Reed with Gunji injured.
As if he was going to overwhelm him from the start, a whopping two supermen were attached to James Reed.
Both had a lot of practical experience, and they pressured them to live a flashy life.
“Come on! Count on me!”
James Reed faced the two superhumans tightly without backing down.
The body remodeled with the completed theory, the experience he had accumulated against monsters that appeared all over the United States, and the moments he survived for Choi Jun-ho made him strong.
On the contrary, it sometimes showed the strength to overwhelm the two superhumans.
the problem is.
Nettle!
It was Arrow’s sharp sniper that didn’t allow even the slightest gap.
Blood trickled down James Reed’s cheek as he bent his head to avoid the Force arrow. Arrow caught his eye with a translucent bow in his sight.
He wanted to run away right away, but the two superintendents insisted on sticking together.
“ね!”
“Gunji!”
James Reed turned his head at the moan he heard from next to him and caught his eyes on Gunji, who was being pushed back poorly. The first time he was hit by a sniper, he was unable to perform at his best, and he couldn’t handle even a league superman.
Arrow tried to sniper for a definite finish, but each time James Reed ran wild and caught his eye, and he was able to keep the line.
But as time passed, it was the league side that had an advantage. The Awoken who followed James Reed and Gunji were also unable to move to face the league’s villains.
‘It’s not good to call me like this.’
Gunji as well as himself will not be able to leave this place safely.
No matter how much you turn your head, there is no solution.
Even if reinforcements are dispatched, it will take a long time, and a dramatic reversal cannot be expected with the current strength.
The league was in a state of overwhelming power as if they were targeting them from the beginning.
desperate situation.
It was around the time when the sense of crisis reached its peak.
Paah!
Suddenly, a light shone from James Reed’s pocket. It was the one who got it from Choi Jun-ho and put it in his pocket.
It was so intense that not only James Reed, but also the superhuman attacking him stopped.
That was then.
A figure formed in front of James Reed, and blades of explosive power flooded the league’s superman.
“What, what!”
The terrified League Superman was terrified and tried to avoid it, but one was caught up in the aftermath and his whole body was torn to shreds. It paid the price of carelessness.
In-young’s true identity was Choi Jun-ho.
“Is there just a number that I like? Good job, Bait.”
Nettle!
Choi Jun-ho grabbed the flying force arrow with his hand and smashed it.
He turned his head to meet Arrow in the distance.
Arrow, who was always calm, showed a look of dismay this time.
“… … .”
The sudden twist left James Reed speechless.
The existence of the reinforcements was absolutely necessary to overcome the crisis, but I did not know that Choi Jun-ho would show up like this.
“Catch that guy.”
James Reed slammed the ground to catch Arrow.
* * *
When I approached Gunji after dealing with the two guys who stood in the way of Zola Man, it had already reached the point of no return.
After being fatally wounded by a sniper and being overwhelmed by a superman in the league, the wound was open and poisoning was progressing rapidly.
Here are the symptoms suspected of excessive bleeding.
When he approached the superman who was trying to escape, he couldn’t even control his own body.
He was sprayed with remedies and antidote, but his symptoms did not improve.
It’s already late.
Gunji’s eyes trembled as our eyes met.
“Choi Jun-ho, I thought you would come all the way here… … .”
“Even if I say it in Japanese, I don’t know.”
Now there was no one to translate.
With that or not, Gunji continued to speak only in Japanese.
“Buu, please find the treasures of Japan.”
“By the way, I found what you are looking for.”
“This is my last request.”
“I liked it, so I wrote it. Well, I didn’t mean to let you die, I’m sorry.”
If I had known that we were in danger because we knew each other, I would have saved them.
Either way, we were talking to each other without understanding each other.
He was telling the truth on the way to the end, but looking at his expression, he didn’t seem to understand at all.
Sometimes not knowing is medicine.
“Thank you for coming to help.”
Gunji, who had been talking up to that point, shook his head. will be dead
Would you have lived if you had come earlier? From now on, that assumption will be meaningless.
I understood the only thing he said was thank you.
“Now that we have received our thanks, we should send the rest home safely.”
I approached the warship the villains in the league were riding on, and then swung my nuri.