Total War (3)
“…Is everyone okay?”
“It’s not okay…”
Kang Ha-neul, who grasped the situation, hurriedly asked a question, and Rumia immediately answered him with a sullen voice.
“What, did you get hurt somewhere?”
“In common sense, can a person be okay when a house collapses…”
“…Well.”
After dutifully asking her a question, Kang Ha-neul mechanically nodded her head at her reply before turning back.
“Senior… Do you know about the price of houses on artificial islands? Even a shabby house built in a slum like this is 5 times the price of houses in other ordinary countries…”
“…….”
“I can barely survive even if I do the part-time job I’m doing now for over 100 years… That kind of house collapsed, senior…”
“…I see.”
“No… My dream of owning a house… I died right before I bought a house in Korea… A happy honeymoon life with a senior… A date in the basement… Playing to recreate the original story… No no no No no…”
Looking at her usual behavior and appearance, Rumia was suspicious of whether she was suffering mental damage, but for some reason, she seemed to have suffered a great psychological blow due to this incident.
“…Have you seen anything? I’ve been asleep, so I haven’t figured it out yet.”
Because of her
Kang Ha-neul, leaving her alone for a while, threw her questions at her comrades around her.
“I was monitoring the concept of death as usual when suddenly a flash of fire appeared outside her window.”
“And then there was a bang and then a bang and the whole house was blown away.”
＞ I was so scared!!! Strange noises outside! I want to get out quickly!!!
Then Ariel, the concept of death, and Pandora deliver information in turn.
“…The whole house was blown up, how are we safe?”
“He just ran around and punched me. I don’t know what, but I think he blocked it.”
“…Is Ariel alone?”
Kang Ha-neul, while listening to the information, suddenly expresses doubt.
“In just a few seconds, he identified the attack and offset the damage of the explosion with only the wind pressure of his punches…? Even Ariel… Is that possible…?”
“…Ooh, that was lucky.”
“…….”
“That, and being tense all the time also helped. I guess the concept of death was right in front of me…”
Ariel, who immediately made excuses, quietly blurted out his words and turned his gaze to the side.
“…It’s kind of embarrassing, but it’s not the time to be like this.”
Kang Ha-neul looked at it suspiciously, then shook his head and made a sharp expression.
“It’s clear that the current situation is a success. No matter how much this is a slum, it would be unreasonable for insignificant homeless people to deliberately target and blow up just one house like this.”
“Then…?”
“It would be correct to say that the main ships first attacked.”
The complexion of the group gathered around them immediately darkened.
“Then… I wonder if the information has been leaked.”
“Spy?”
＞ That can’t be! Who among us would betray…
In such a situation, Pandora’s drone synthesized sounds that suddenly stop for a moment.
“””………”””
“…hahahaha. Isn’t that too much for someone who has lost their house in an instant and only has a loan left?”
After a while, as the eyes of the surroundings are all focused on her, Rumia starts muttering with her wide eyes.
“I think I’m going to go mad if I do this. Maybe I’ll go blind and join the 7 main lines again…”
“…Sorry.”
“Ah. Senpai. Is that what you just said to me? I love you.”
However, her river, the apple of the sky, her eyes light up at her word, and she returns to her original condition.
“…Because I love you, I will protect you.”
“”………””
She glanced at Pandora and Ariel, who instantly turned cold at those words, with funny eyes, then quietly turned her head and whispered.
“By the way, why don’t you come out soon?”
“”………?””
“It’s pretty good stealth, but I can’t be fooled.”
At that moment, the air in the corner of the destroyed living room quietly began to stir.
“You…”
＞ He was alive!?!?
After a while, the figure of a person who had been hiding there quietly appears, and the startled Kang Ha-neul and Pandora start asking questions at once.
“You’re still being mind-controlled, right? If not, tell me you’re definitely not.”
＞ Stand, stand, are you here for revenge? Ha, but that was self-defense. If I hadn’t broken your pot at that time, Kang Ha-neul would be…
“…I don’t have time to do this right now.”
But she cut off their words and started speaking in a cold voice.
“In a few minutes, the troops of the 7 chiefs will arrive. The exit from the slums has already been sealed. So, for now, follow me first…”
However, her words suddenly cut off.
“…..hehehehe.”
Rumia, the only person who knows her identity, was looking at the spade with a sinister smile.
It was because her eyes met her head-on.
“You tell me a funny story…?”
“Tsk…”
Spade, who had never expected Rumia to be at her academy on weekdays and absent from work, starts reaching for the yo-yo in her pocket with her bewildered eyes.
“Okay! Guys, let’s follow!”
“…….?”
But the next moment, for some reason, she smiled and took Spade’s side.
“…The mental recovery is fast.”
“The house was blown up, and if it stays as it is, the only thing left to do is to ask the 7 main agents to catch it, right? Looks like the mind control has been lifted, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to trust your reliable colleagues!”
At her passionate speech, Kang Ha-neul and Pandora begin exchanging glances.
＞ How does it look? You are a specialist in the mental field, so let’s diagnose your condition!
“…I don’t see any signs of mental manipulation. I’ll be able to figure out the details only after my ability is completely restored, but the situation is the way it is right now…”
The very moment they exchanged opinions in a low voice.
– Kwagwagwagwagwang!!!
“”…….!!!””
A louder explosion than before came from not too far away.
“If you delay any longer, I have no choice but to leave you guys behind.”
Shortly after that, Spade’s calm voice once again flew towards Kang Ha-neul and the others.
“But if you follow me before it’s too late, I can take you to a makeshift safe area where members of the Dominating Hands are assembled.”
“”…….””
“It was just a while ago that I realized you were here, so I’m sure everyone will be delighted.”
Then, as she silently gestured and moved her steps forward, after a moment’s thought, Kang Ha-neul quietly started to follow her.
“…I’m not sure how we figured out we were here.”
“If you don’t know much about my abilities, are you starting with doubts?”
“Listen to what people say. I’ll follow you first.”
Her he whispers to her in her cold voice.
“However, if there is any sign of suspiciousness, it is immediately subdued.”
“…If you can, try it.”
Spade responded with an equally cold voice, then pulled out a yo-yo from his pocket.
“Stay behind me. Don’t regret going forward.”
The eyes of Kang Ha-neul and the others who followed her out of the ruined living room and left the house soon turned round.
“Because the entire area is infested with enemies.”
“…Oops.”
“People, monsters, all of them can be seen as enemies.”
I couldn’t see anything right away, but it was because the air around me was being chilled by the blood pouring from all directions.
“As long as you follow me well, your life won’t be in danger…”
But perhaps he’s used to such a situation, Spade was preparing for battle without showing any agitation.
“……?”
That kind of look in her eyes becomes sharp in an instant.
“What?”
“…….”
It was because the first face he saw among the group was glaring at him to the point of terrifying.
“Are you dissatisfied?”
“…..No.”
Because of this, Spade, who was looking straight into her eyes for a while, tilted her head and asked Ariel, who quietly took her steps and answered.
“Nothing.”
“…If it’s nothing, you’d better not look at the other person with such a mean look.”
“This advice smells like blood, but I’ll heed it for now.”
For a moment, the two cold gazes begin to cross each other.
“What? What’s wrong?”
＞ Girls fight! Spring in Comics!
“Living… It’s delicious. Give me a little more…”
However, as the rest of the people read the unusual airflow and start to react, their gaze soon disperses as if it had never happened.
‘…Well, by the way.’
Rumia, who was watching the situation behind her with a smile on her eyes, started muttering quietly to herself.
‘What repetition was this?’
The regression was already beginning.
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At that time, the streets of the slums were not too far away.
“What is this…?”
Himari, who was using the “Concept of the realm” To keep in check the monsters and the vagabonds that started popping out of nowhere, was muttering in a cold sweat.
“What’s going on, what the hell…?”
‘…It changed again.’
And next to her, Lee Se-ah stood blankly.
‘But this time, the ending is the same…’
Unable to adjust to the future, where every few seconds her details start to change, she slowly turns her gaze aside.
“The river sky that guarded Himari, the cold corpse…”
And at that moment, she freezes in silence.
“……Ah?”
It was because I could see a fairly familiar face in the distance.
“River… Sky?”
“…What?”
It was the moment cold sweat began to flow from Isea’s forehead, who knew the future that would happen in just a few minutes.
“What is that… Ugh?”
“Oh.”
The fact that Himari’s leg, which was spreading the concept of the realm, was instantly grabbed by an unknown black hand protruding from the ground.