“Uh, what should I do? What should I do… ?”
Yoon Seul-hye was sitting on the floor, trembling and muttering.
Questions that were not even answered were just scattered vacantly.
She fiddled with her phone with trembling hands.
Then the recorded file started playing again.
It was only after the sound of someone’s screams, loud noises and the sound of something being torn and exploding, the first man’s voice could be heard.
— … You mean these bastards are the power of the association? Maybe we need to think differently.
It was the voice of the man who killed everyone.
Seul-hye Yoon gasped and swallowed her breath as if someone was grabbing her heart.
― Just stuff I’ve filled with easy-to-handle bastards. How strong are the self-esteem of some decent guys… Anyway, it was there from the beginning, but it was a mana thing, and when the time came, I was going to get rid of it with my own hands. You don’t have much to worry about.
Choi Junhyung’s voice.
– Yeah, isn’t there one more left?
– Are you talking about Seul-hye Yoon? The guy is still useful.
Subsequently, Choi Jun-hyung briefly explained to the man what kind of abilities Yoon Seul-hye has, and if he uses that ability, he can at least moderate troublesome things.
― Oh, and he looks pretty cute as an idol by the way. I have a picture, can I show you? If you’re interested, I’ll give it to you.
– Humans haven’t put it in their mouths for a long time. I feel so bad and corrupt.
– Well, I didn’t mean it that way… Anyway, then… What kind of exposition was the academy organized by that guy, a concert? Anyway, I decided to open it up. With that guy’s ability, he’ll be able to attract the attention of the people around him, so should he move at that time?
– Do what you like.
After listening to that, Seul-hye Yoon dropped her phone from her palm.
As a result of hearing their stories over and over again, it was because there was only one future foreordained for him.
“Lord, I’m going to die… .”
She muttered as she grabbed her trembling body with both hands.
A man who killed all four of his foster children at once is aiming for his own life.
Even Choi Jun-hyung was a gang with him.
In the first place, he wasn’t even a fighter, and there was no way he could escape from their grasp, who knew all of his abilities.
You should ask for help.
That’s what I thought, but no one came to mind.
She herself knew best that the association was unreliable.
The media couldn’t help either.
What is the use of the media and public opinion at a time when such a man is seeking his life in the first place?
If you hold a press conference and cry and cry for help, your throat will be ripped out during the live broadcast.
Desperately, she recalled the numerous connections and contacts she knew.
But in the current situation, I couldn’t think of a single person who could be of any help.
‘Teen… ?’
But Yoon Seul-hye immediately shook her head.
It was because she also knew roughly what the current situation of Sipgang was.
Most of the sipgangs who fought an all-out war with the Chilak Bell were still in recuperation, and those who were still active had sequelae and did not take active steps as before.
Above all, even if he asked for help, he wondered if he would actively protect him.
Then, who… .
“ah.”
Suddenly, a person’s face flashed through her mind.
A person who can be said to be the second-in-command of a huge force that even the Association cannot take care of.
A person who showed his presence in the all-out war with the Seven Seven Kings and was recognized by all of the Ten Rivers.
And the person that Choi Jun-hyung is looking for the most, obviously, is hiding something huge.
“… … .”
Yoo Ji-hyuk.
“I must meet him,” she muttered in a desperate voice.
* * *
“Well.”
“Why are you doing this, Randsch?”
Junhyung Choi asked about Randsch looking around in a blink of an eye.
“One body is missing.”
“Yes?”
At that, Junhyung Choi was also surprised and looked around.
It was as he said.
The body had to have four spheres.
However, only three bodies remained.
“Whose body is it?”
“Wait a minute, wait a minute… .”
Choi Junhyung frowned and looked around.
The only woman’s body, that’s Xiaojiego.
A corpse with both arms and head blown away… Was that Hailey?
There’s a guy wearing a strange accessory, that’s a substitute I can’t even remember… .
“Maxim. Maxim Goldenberg, his body is missing.”
“What are you doing?”
“He had a lot of money, and he was good at gathering information. There was quite a bit of helplessness there. So I put it into training.”
“Not like that.”
Choi Junhyung thought for a moment and then nodded his head.
“… He was active in various events of the association. However, since he was a sure guy in revealing money and taking care of his teeth, everyone wanted to do it. In fact, many cases were related to their own business. That is why there was quite a bit of power within the association. Above all, it was connected to the high-ranking positions of the association. Few people stopped him.”
“Then I would have had a pretty strong voice. Even if I roamed around, I would have passed on thinking that I must have just smelled the money.”
“Yes. … Oh, please.”
Randsch nodded as he looked at Choi Junhyung, who was dazed.
“He was a spy. I thought she had only planted one because she confessed earlier, but it seems that wasn’t the only one.”
Randsch murmured, and sat down where Maxim Goldenberg’s body should have been, and began to look around.
As he wiped the floor, he tasted the blood on his hands and muttered something, then nodded as if he understood.
“An alter ego, there is a change-type ability. The traces of the missing magical powers and the feeling of blood are certain. It’s definitely not a clone made with homunculus, drugs, or magic tools, but a clone made with pure unique abilities. There… you’re a woman I don’t know the race. Are you from the Middle East? Europe? No, I’m mixed race. I don’t know much about the human race, so I don’t know anymore, but it has a very unique magical power.”
At those words, Choi Jun-hyung kicked the body as hard as he could.
he muttered quietly.
“Hey, fuck you.”
Haley’s corpse fell off with a blunt noise, and Randsch looked at him with an expression on his face.
“Fuck, then what? Until this time, these babies are playing with me? Xiaojie Lee Byeon was selling information by sticking with a chick she didn’t know who she was, and Maxime is the chick who came in to act as a spy from the start? Even different genders? No, I don’t even know who this bastard is.”
He murmured with glistening eyes, but this time he kicked Xiaojier’s corpse with all his might.
Then he pointed at the old man who stood like a gatekeeper at the entrance and said,
“Hey, damn there… Oh, I’m sorry. old man. I didn’t say that to him. Anyway… What was his name?”
“… Arthur. Arthur Wallclay.”
“Yes, Arthur. Mr. Arthur. If possible, take this body… Can you clean it up? If possible, give me some finely chopped pieces. Because he’s so good at cutting knives. Did your co-workers also cut them with knives?”
Choi Junhyung muttered with his eyes still shining.
The old man who introduced his name looked at him without a word.
“I’m going to tear it all apart and give you a happy body look at our house. Oh, Happy is the name of our dog. I’m a 3 year old male Maltese. You don’t know how adorable he is because he’s moderately stupid and cute.”
Seeing him muttering to himself as if crazy, the old man shook his head as if pathetic.
After examining the floor a few more times, Randsch opened his mouth with a sigh.
No matter how hard it was to break the seal of the owner, it was because he was so sad that he had to deal with such vulgar things.
“Leave them alone, their corpses are useful.”
“… What’s more useful than feeding my house Happy?”
“okay.”
Saying that, Randsch slowly got up from his seat.
“Even if you are on probation, if you don’t witness it for a long time, you will have some suspicion. Fortunately, the original remains, so if you make a pretty plausible doll out of these corpses, there won’t be any fuss.”
“… Aha.”
“In the meantime, Choi Junhyung, keep in touch through the list and check. … As you know, the contact between Ender Freeman and Ichinose Kohei, who could have been the greatest force just before, was cut off almost at the same time. Perhaps both of them were leaked and dealt with in advance. And immediately act on the remaining ones to attack their surroundings.”
Each of the Red Case’s former bodyguards.
And it was the name of a man who was a member of the Thorn Cross Society and led the remnants.
“It’s just drawing attention, but will that be enough?”
“Then did you even think they would get you what they wanted?”
Randsch snorted as if he hadn’t expected it in the first place.
“It’s enough just to attract attention. After all, all we need is time… !”
In an instant, he sent fire to a certain corner.
Junhyung Choi took a few steps back, dazed, and Randsch staggered towards the place he had set off fire, twitching the corner of one of his eyes.
There was a bud of a plant that was engulfed in fire.
It was the bud of the world tree.
* * *
“Ugh.”
Instantly, I felt a tingling pain in my eyes and ears.
It was clear that it was heard.
“eww… .”
They were the last remaining Milited’s children, and they said they were dragons.
It was hoped that he could not deceive the spirit of the dragon.
“You? Why?”
“Oh, nothing. Come on.”
Minerva, who was walking in front of me, looked at me curiously and tilted her head.
I waved my hand as if it was nothing, and followed her, holding her tail with both hands once and holding it.
It didn’t matter when she was an adult, but it was because of her saying that now her tail is too dragged to the ground and it’s difficult to walk properly.
“Here it is. We are almost there.”
We were heading to her room following Yeeun Lee’s guidance.
Minerva said that she had originally planned to go out with me and wander around alone, but she, too, has grown young like me, so it’s not a good idea to go outside.
Meanwhile, if Yeeun Lee is in her room, then how about coming to her room, everything is ready and no one can access it without her permission, Minerva mourned.
… As promised, I decided to hang out with Minerva until the potion’s effect was exhausted, so I quietly followed them.
“But can we really go in?”
Ye-eun Lee, who was walking in front of my question, answered as if it was nothing special.
At one point, we were talking as we had originally said.
“Well… Actually, my room is really far from here. The place I’m going to now is like a break room next to my office. It’s a little narrow, but… ‘Cause there’s everything I can live comfortably without worrying about other people.”
And when I arrived at the simple common room she spoke of, I was momentarily at a loss for words.
This is because it was a common room, and it was far more luxurious than any other hotel, far from being comparable to the house or dormitory I used to live in.
“Aren’t you both hungry or thirsty? If so, you can take anything out of the fridge or cupboard and eat whatever you want. The other children… I’ll go and get it, so would you like to watch TV for now?”
At her words, Minerva naturally ran and ran and threw herself onto the sofa.
After blinking her eyes for a moment, Ye-eun Lee, who looked at him, closed the door and tried to leave.
“Oh, wait a minute.”
“yes? why?”
I approached Yeeun Lee and motioned for her to bow her head.
I quietly whispered to her, who leaned over as I told her to tell her what I had just discovered.
Then her eyes narrowed for a moment.
“It might be a little late to come back.”
Having said that, he opened the door and went out.
First of all, it was when I was thinking that it would be better to move quickly as soon as the body returns to its original state.
“My dear, here it is. here. Come on, sit here.”
As if he couldn’t stand it, Minerva was slamming the sofa with a frown and a frown.
I quietly sat down next to her.
Then she picked up the remote that was next to her, fiddled with it for a moment, and handed it to me.
“Oh oh.”
As the television turned on and the drama played, Minerva’s tail fluttered violently.
Then, naturally, he grabbed my body by his tail and gently dragged him to his side and asked.
“Dear, what do you say about that?”
“Like what? Either that, or it’s coming out now.”
“Both.”
“It’s called TV… I don’t know in detail what’s coming out right now, but maybe it’s a drama?”
“Drama. Umm, is that so?”
She deliberately increased her pronunciation, nodded her head, and immediately concentrated on the broadcast.
I was trying to get out of her arms, but when I noticed that the tail was tightly wrapped around my waist, I gave up quickly.
Eventually I ended up sitting next to her and watching the drama.
“My dear.”
“yes?”
“Why is that woman angry?”
In the drama, there was a figure of a man who was caught by the main character and was hit by cold water and grabbed by the neck while he was facing another woman.
“It’s because I’m having an affair.”
“wind?”
After thinking for a while, I explained to her.
“Well… So, to explain, basically, humans take it for granted that men and women meet one by one and become lovers. People consider it an act of betrayal to meet someone of the opposite s*x while having a lover like that. Even if there are people of the opposite s*x who do not have romantic feelings, there are many cases where they feel bad.”
“ah. I know that. so-called… Yes, are you jealous?”
“right.”
“And meeting someone of the opposite s*x when you have a lover is betrayal… So it’s wind?”
“okay.”
Minerva looked at me and said.
“Then are you cheating too?”
“… What?”
“Is that so?”
Minerva said, spreading out her fingers and folding them one by one.
“Excluding this Minerva, Han Soo-young, the world tree woman, the shadow woman, something small… Aren’t there only five partners that the real woman knows?”
“… … .”
“Somehow, when I did something with the low energy I sometimes feel, it was because of jealousy. Especially whenever you are not there, I feel something eerie.”
“Wait, what?”
When I asked, surprised, Minerva shook her head as if she liked it.
“So, who the hell is your lover? Of course this is Minerva, right?”
I averted my eyes at her question, and spit out excuses that were cowardly even if I thought about it myself.
“… I’m not dating anyone yet. I have no intention of dating.”
– what? So you’re saying it was all a joke with me? Was everything you said to me a lie? Well, there are all the garbage bastards that are not even the size of a dog!
With good timing, the actress in the TV drama uttered an evil shout.
Minerva blinked, thinking for a moment.
“Then you said that you were all joking around with your real woman? Aren’t you a piece of garbage that’s not even a dog?”
“… Minerva.”
At the sound of a begging voice asking her to stop, she burst into a small laugh.
Her tail was gently waving as if she was really happy.
“Um, darling. Then can I ask you one more thing?”
“What?”
“If the real woman is not you… If you had an affair with another human man, would you be jealous too?”
I laughed a little at her words.
“Well, I don’t know either. Maybe I should?”
“Hmm.”
Minerva exhaled and exhaled as if strangely satisfied.
Then he gently leaned his head against me, causing her horns to crush his cheek.
“Well, the truth is, I really like people who aren’t you. No matter who you are, whether it’s a human male or a human female, it’s the same there. Umm, even if I had an affair, I wondered if I would put it in the shadows after it was over and melt it and use it as nourishment.”
I answered her right away.
“… I’d rather not meet anyone other than me.”
“Uh? I just learned and know. Now you are jealous of your mother.”
I just nodded my head at her smirking words.
She giggled and burst into laughter like a song.
“My dear.”
“Yes why. I’m hungry? Can you bring me something?”
“… What kind of carnivore do you know the real woman?”
Minerva glared at me as if it was ridiculous, and murmured.
And she slowly moved away from my body and straightened her posture.
“I have something to tell you.”
“What should I tell you?”
She nodded.
“It’s about the Seven Evils.”
At her words, I immediately pressed the mute button on the remote control.
“Seems to be about the remaining ones.”
“okay. Milited, Venus, Juno… .”
Minerva exhaled quietly.
“And about Ariman. I have something to tell you.”