132 – Invisible Victory (6)
Three days have passed since an S-class monster in the form of a spider appeared.
Gangnam was half destroyed, but it was concluded that restoration was possible to some extent.
The fact that the B- and A-class monsters were eliminated faster than expected was great, and the place where the S-class monsters ran amok was around the Han River.
Of course, it was a story about being lucky out of misfortune.
People who did not attend the evacuation drill were killed in droves, but no one was happy that Gangnam was halfway safe.
Aside from Gangnam, the place where the B-class monster fell and the place where the A-class monster went wild before appearing in Seoul.
If you add all of those places together, close to 100,000 people were missing.
Even now, rescue activities are continuing, but among them, only a few survived.
It was a situation where there were far more victims than when 13 researchers in the underground shelter died, but Korea was enveloped in a strange atmosphere.
No. This is because First, the No. 1 And Only 1 hero, appeared at an official event.
The sight of him defeating an S-class monster with a single blow was so shocking that people’s attention was drawn to it.
Perhaps it’s too shocking to accept easily, so I’m turning my eyes to the existence of First.
Grid only talked about it with a cold feeling.
First was controversial in many ways.
First of all, it was a story about whether the first that appeared now is really the first.
First appeared at public events because she was still wearing a mask.
But people didn’t say to him that he wasn’t first.
It was an atmosphere where everyone acknowledged that First was the only one who could blow away a monster presumed to be S-class in one blow.
After that, the story that Grid had spoken flowed out.
It is a criticism that such a strong existence has been doing so far and has not shown its nose.
I hope the S-class heroes of the US and China will be solved that way.
If this incident had appeared a little earlier, there would not have been nearly 100,000 victims.
Where and what did you do?
It was a question close to such a bit of interrogation.
In response to such a public question, First responded by slightly lifting his top and mask.
The camera that was watching First’s press conference live broadcasted a close-up of First’s face and abs.
There was a scar that was so ugly that I wondered how it was possible to get such a wound.
ㅡ Until recently, I had been fighting against the true evil lurking in this society.
First talked about what had happened so far with a heavy and gloomy feeling.
First, he said he met a man who claimed to have summoned a monster to this world.
It seems that the man brought up the story that this society with monsters is a better society than the society without monsters.
First couldn’t forgive such a man, so he attacked him, and it is said that the result is the wounds on First’s face and stomach.
ㅡ He is strong. He is a devilish being that cannot be compared to S-class monsters.
It is said that First disappeared while treating his wounds because he decided that he needed to develop strength to defeat him.
After that, there was no one to ask a critical question to First.
I just wanted to get additional information about the existence of ‘The Guy’ that came out of First’s mouth.
An existence close to a natural disaster that killed far more people than a war—-a monster.
There is an existence that unleashed such a monster into this society.
It is said that even the First, who can kill an S-class monster in one blow, cannot defeat its existence.
Society that had been gloomy due to numerous victims was forced to hold on to the strings of reason with the appearance of First, and was thrown into chaos by the First’s remarks.
ㅡ It’s okay.
Do you know that everyone around the world who was watching that broadcast was making complicated expressions?
Furst clenched his fists and thrust them forward towards the camera.
ㅡ Now, I showed up because I thought I could defeat that monster.
“How are you, Professor?”
The president, who was watching FIRST’s press conference in the headquarters conference room, gave a hint to the professor.
The professor was staring at the screen with a very serious expression.
“So far, there is nothing that can be judged. How about the negotiator?”
“Intonation, tempo of speech, eye contact, gestures… All of them are so different that they don’t seem to be the same person.”
But it is not confirmed.
If you think about it, he can decorate his appearance and voice as much as he wants, so it means that he can deceive as much as he wants.
So we decided to listen to First’s story again.
I was very suspicious of First who appeared at such a tight and tight timing, but it was more urgent to get information than to doubt him now.
ㅡ This is Daily Daily reporter Jung Eun-woo! Perhaps the person who referred to him as the ‘guy’… Can you elaborate a bit more about your existence?
When someone asked that question, First’s head turned slightly to the side.
First nodded his head with a serious expression and recounted a story he had heard somewhere.
When you walk down the street and see a snowman someone made, you have the urge to kick it and destroy it.
If someone is stacking dominoes, the urge to destroy them by touching them right before completion.
The moment someone is building a tower of cards to decorate the end, the urge to destroy it.
First kept bringing up a story that seemed to have been heard somewhere.
ㅡ It is said that people live by feeling these momentary urges. That’s what beings called adults can’t help it.
Everyone feels the urge to eat delicious food while on a diet.
Destructive urges are momentary urges like those appetites.
However, few people commit that momentary urge in reality.
Because there are only a handful of people at work who commit murder in the spur of the moment because their boss is annoying them.
ㅡ He also says he has common sense, so he doesn’t act like that. But he said he wanted to observe the world after committing that impulse.
First’s story continued.
First seemed to call the guy we call Humbert “Phantom.”
First explained why he had summoned a monster to society and why he had committed such a massacre.
ㅡ future poetry… Are you talking?
ㅡ Yes. He said he wants to use the power of future vision to observe all possible future possibilities.
In terms of the game, the explanation continued that it was a story about wanting to observe the ABCDE ending at once in the first playthrough.
“No way!”
After listening to First’s story, Psycho hit the table with a shocked expression and stood up from his seat.
And it was the same for the author.
Starting with the astonishment of the psycho and the author, the expressions of the people at the headquarters began to harden.
Ah, I see.
Is that how it happened….
ㅡ He is strong. If that guy could observe all the possibilities of the future… How would you like it?
ㅡ It means that he will become a completely flawless existence that can never be defeated.
ㅡ That’s why we must make sure that he cannot get his hands on the dangerous power of future vision.
“Humbert, or something related to him.”
In our opinion, the professor put an end to it.
First is Humbert or a person related to Humbert.
ㅡ Is that future poetry a bit different from future foreknowledge?
ㅡ Yes, they said it was different. Let’s take an example.
Foreknowledge of the future ends with simply observing the future.
This means there is no continuity.
However, future poetry does not end with simply observing the future, but if you have your own will, you can observe and select numerous futures and know how to reach them.
ㅡ For example, let’s say you go to buy a lottery ticket tomorrow and see a future where you automatically win 5 games. This future leads to a non-winning future with a high probability.
I learned about the future of winning the lottery.
I can’t sleep because my heart is pounding, and everything is out of my hands.
The next day, the man goes to the lottery shop and automatically plays 5 games.
But the result is not even 5th place.
Because they knew the future, their behavior in the present has changed, so the future has also subtly changed.
ㅡ But future poems are different.
Future poetry is rather that you can choose the future where you win the lottery even if the future where you don’t win the lottery is fixed.
ㅡ Is that possible?
At the reporter’s question, First kept his mouth shut for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth.
ㅡ Because your future self is also a human who can use future foreknowledge.
ㅡ Yes?
ㅡ Future Foresight is the ability to see a scene in the future. But future poetry is different.
I didn’t even have to listen to the story after that.
“….”
Our gaze turned to Yuna, who kept her mouth shut and shrugged her shoulders.
Yes, Yuna.
Yuna Seo.
She is the future that Humbert has been searching for.
Unlike Humbert, Yuna had no powers other than future vision, so her use was limited, so she was just slow to judge.
I used my ability without thinking, and I realized the essence of that ability by saving myself in danger.
And Humbert stepped on its tail.
ㅡ Then, that phantom is looking for a person with a foresight to the future, right?
ㅡ Yes. So the government needs to find and protect those with future vision.
Yes, that was your goal.
The government will bring out the future foresight that is hidden somewhere.
ㅡ Yes, that’s how it happened.
The gnome uses the symbolism of First to incite the government by inciting citizens.
It felt like an unstoppable flow would be created.
ㅡ Yuna will be in danger.
As the accuracy of the ability to predict the future varies greatly, there are only a handful of people who have been registered with government agencies as having the ability to predict the future.
It is said that it is not registered because it is a dream-like ability that is not usually called the ability to foresee the future.
But among them, there must be people like Yuna who hid in order to accumulate her wealth unnoticed by using stocks.
The government will go through a lot of things to find out who used the ability to foresee the future at First’s request.
Then there is no choice but to talk about Yuna.
ㅡ Checkmate.
Even if our monstrosity went unnoticed, Yuna’s true identity was revealed.
Now I have no choice but to pray that First will stand up to Humbert, but that is virtually impossible.
That’s because the current situation was terribly contrived.
The boss looked at Yuna with uneasy eyes and bowed her head as it was.
It’s probably because I can’t come up with a way to protect Yuna anymore.
Others did the same.
From the beginning, it was a game of a different level.
He was so strong, so clever, so cruel.
We couldn’t come up with any countermeasures and just left the place.
I was in the middle of saying hello to the others and going home, sorting out my thoughts.
ㅡ Someone is following you.
Two people.
ㅡ You know well.
I can feel your gaze.
Are you the person sent by Humbert?
I continued walking down the street pretending not to notice anything.
I walked past the house without stopping.
As time went by, the number of people following me increased.
ㅡ One more person.
Perhaps he was hiding in my house or the empty house next door?
– Yes.
I continued to walk forward, ignoring the tailgators.
As long as you know my house, it was meaningless to bully you anyway.
I’d rather fight back.
I made up my mind by carefully inserting the cylinder into the Brave Belt.