139 – FIRST’S PRESS CONFERENCE (2)
“Is this the press conference….”
I didn’t expect to come to a place like this in my life….
ㅡ Today, you are Peter Parker. Heh heh heh!
Is that so?
ㅡ If you think about it, Superman and Spider-Man, everyone really likes reporters. They’re just annoying babies.
Leaving behind Grid’s complaints, I entered the press conference with a crowd of other people.
A considerable number of reporters had already arrived at the press conference and were waiting for First to arrive.
ㅡ Over there.
My gaze was fixed on one point.
In the past, it was said that the human body was difficult to control, but now you can even control the pupils.
ㅡ It’s already been a year since we’ve been like this.
That’s right….
It seems that time has already passed.
I put the tablet PC and wireless keyboard I brought from home on the desk and started organizing questions to ask First.
1. Isn’t the appearance too contrived? No, it’s a coincidence
2. You said the reason you showed up now is because you can fight the Phantom and win, but is that true? Yes.
3. So why should the government protect those with visionary powers when you can defeat the Phantom? ….
ㅡ As expected, it will be blocked at number 3.
I don’t know how to solve it.
For example, the phantom might abduct those with future foresight abilities while he is looking for phantom… Like this.
4. In the first place, there were very few people who knew the future foresight and future poetry even in the government, but isn’t it rather a scrape? ….
ㅡ The phantom will pretend that there is some means.
Is that right?
As I was organizing my thoughts, I felt someone in the seat next to me.
I turned my head and saw that it was Elena disguised as a foreign reporter.
Elena took out her notebook and notebook as she sat down in her seat pretending nothing was wrong.
We’re disguised as reporters, so we’ll have to pretend we don’t know each other.
I calmly waited for First to appear and calmed down.
About an hour passed like that.
ㅡ You can’t do it dirty.
Grid couldn’t overcome her boredom, so she gnashed her teeth as she saw Elena exploding as she stepped on her stretched mine while playing minesweeper on her laptop.
Do you know how to do that too?
ㅡ What the hell do you know how to do?!
… People might be a bit bad at minesweeper.
ㅡ In Minesweeper, a number tells you how many mines are in the 8 spaces with that number….
As I was listening to Grid’s TMI about minesweeper, I started to hear a buzz from all sides.
It’s a bastard.
First entered the press conference.
That confident gait, a momentum that feels reassuring rather than intimidating despite its large size.
The first in my memory appeared in front of her eyes.
“Hello, my name is First.”
Says First, she bows her head towards us in the press conference and she sits down.
Then flashes started to go off everywhere.
First wet her mouth with water from her desk and she slowly opened her mouth.
“I am holding this press conference to inform the dangers of the existence of phantoms and to discuss countermeasures.”
Is it a topic about phantom….
“Phantoms have the ability to create monsters, and as individuals they are quite powerful.”
It’s a story I’ve already heard.
Because the topic that I brought up when First first appeared and had a conference was about this phantom.
ㅡ I should have seen it in the future….
I can’t help it.
Yuna’s future poetry is that she has the ability to change her future only if she directly intervenes.
In a situation where it is difficult for Yuna to intervene, future poetry has no power.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t risk her in order to utilize her abilities.
There is a way to use it as a future prediction rather than a future poem, but future poetry and future prediction are different.
Like the story of the lottery that FIRST talked about during a press conference, there is a risk that the future will change the moment you observe it with your future foreknowledge.
When the future changes, he does not know how Humbert will react, as he is supposed to possess future foreknowledge.
ㅡ He is such a troublesome guy.
Sure.
First started to tell the story of fighting Phantom in more detail than at the last press conference.
Phantoms are as elusive as ghosts.
If you come to your senses, you’re there, and even if you attack, it won’t work.
For example, if you swing your fist with all your might, the attack will not work as if it is blocked by an invisible barrier.
It was information we were familiar with.
When I woke up, he appeared next to me, and easily subdued the agents who were dispatched to the bar.
The question continued as to how they could catch such a strong and dangerous guy.
First found a way, so he held this press conference, and he told me to wait a little longer.
As soon as the story of finding the method came out, a shutter sound went off.
ㅡ Reporters are impatient.
That’s because it’s a good scene to use as an article.
It seemed that First was also thinking of taking questions from reporters to see if he was aware of that.
We each lifted the numbered paddles that were on our desks.
“Yes, Reporter 5.”
A reporter appointed by First asked how to defeat such an existence.
Then First confirmed that the fundamental reason he was strong was in the future, and that ability had disappeared from him now.
So he radiated confidence that he could take it down now.
“Yes, Reporter 13.”
If the next nominated reporter heard the explanation without the future poem, he is already a monster enough. I asked if there was really a way to defeat him.
Then First nodded heavily as if it were natural.
“With my psychic powers, it is possible.”
First said that and made a gesture of slightly clenching his fist.
The reporter then asked if he could explain the psychic powers, but First shook his head, saying he wouldn’t explain because Phantom might be watching this broadcast.
ㅡ I don’t know what’s different from the press conference I did the other day.
Sure.
It’s just that my psychic powers are a bit strong.
There is a guy called Phantom, but I win because I’m stronger.
Instead, you have to be careful not to lose your future vision.
The content is the same as the press conference we had last time.
If you’re going to do this, why did you hold a press conference?
Perhaps everyone had similar thoughts, the atmosphere became a bit stiff.
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I decided to use that opportunity to ask First a question.
“Yes, reporter number 17 over there.”
“I am Reporter Song Jae-hoon of Mirae Ilbo. Would you mind asking me a few questions?”
First looked around and nodded slightly.
“Yes, thank you. First of all, it is a question about the group of monsters that appeared in Korea this time.”
For 20 years, no A-class monsters have appeared in Korea.
But starting with that A-class monster I hunted, an anomaly occurred with 6 B-class, 3 A-class, and even S-class appearing.
It was a question about whether the phenomenon was caused by the phantom.
“Yes, the Phantom did it. Phantom seems to believe that there is a being with a future vision in this country.”
I never thought I would talk about future poetry here.
ㅡ Let’s attack.
Yes.
“Has First been staying in another country? Six B-class bodies were almost a disaster for Korea. When the A-class 3 bodies appeared, everyone even said that Korea was over.”
I tried my best with my tongue, but to put it bluntly, I asked a question with the feeling of ‘you, you jumped out of a good scene while watching?’
I felt that the atmosphere at the scene had changed a bit.
First bowed his head with a slightly stiff expression at my question.
“Yes. The Phantom, who realized that I was not in Korea, did it….”
First made a pitiful expression, saying that this terrible situation could have been prevented if he had been in Korea.
ㅡ If you put your mind to it, you could ask more questions.
No, Hacker A and Hacker B will take care of that.
This statement is also a risky statement to be honest.
Because it was a question with the feeling that I came here to pick you out.
Let’s trust hackers A and B’s community public opinion agitation here.
ㅡ You too have gone bad.
For the sake of justice, there is no choice.
ㅡ Khehehe!
“Kuhm. I think I asked a rude question. I apologize.”
“No. It’s an incident with so many victims….”
First nodded her head in understanding.
Abominable scumbag.
Are you saying that the person who made more than 100,000 victims would say such a f*cking thing?
ㅡ Calm down.
I am more genuine than ever.
Because you can’t win if you’re excited.
I took a short deep breath and decided to ask one last question.
“Still, it is fortunate that First has superpowers to defeat Phantom.”
When I said that, First nodded her head reliably, feeling that she should trust him.
I asked a key question to First.
“Then why is it necessary for the government to protect those who can foresee the future?”
“… Yes?”
This is not as aggressive as before.
However, it is a question that mildly criticizes First’s choice.
“This is a report on the current status of psychics in Korea, which was investigated in June 21.”
As I said that, I put into my mouth information about psychics officially registered in Korea related to future foresight.
This status contains information about most psychics.
If there are exceptions, it’s probably only those with special abilities like BT or those who want to use their abilities in a bad way.
Poor direction.
The representative ones are those called villains who commit crimes with supernatural powers.
Not a good direction except for those guys.
ㅡ There is no ability to touch money in modern society as easily as the future foresight.
Yeah, that’s it.
In fact, the number of psychics close to predicting the future in the current status of psychics surveyed in June was so small that it could be counted with both hands.
The majority of people with psychic powers were embarrassing to even call them future foresight.
However, with First’s remarks this time, the number of psychic people who have registered as having the ability to foresee the future has increased rapidly.
Those with the ability to foresee the future, who were hiding in a sense of crisis that they might die while trying to touch a small amount of money, rushed in.
In the first place, very few people were aware of future foreknowledge and future poetry in the government.
But this time, thanks to your remarks, the number increased exponentially.
It is unlikely that the existence of a phantom will find people with psychic powers that the government has not well grasped.
So, isn’t this situation rather a scratchy boil?
We talked to that effect.
Then First nodded with a serious expression.
“I see what you mean.”
First said that and opened his mouth with a slightly regretful expression.
Surely, as I asked, the swelling is correct.
But it was a necessary act.
Phantoms are always elusive, so it’s hard to find their whereabouts.
But if there are people with the ability to foresee the future, they will definitely appear there.
In a way, some might criticize that it is a situation where people with the ability to foresee the future are used as bait.
But I’ll do my best to stop him, and I’m sure I can win if he shows up.
So please trust me.
After saying that, he looked away from me.
ㅡ You seem to be doing well.
In the end, I pointed out that he scratched and made a boil, so that’s okay.
It’s okay because hackers A and B will be working hard on the pre-work.
We have achieved sufficient results.
She thought so, but First, who drank her water and quenched her throat, started talking again in her serious voice.
“Psychic power is actually the power that comes from the monster.”
If the question I asked him was a jab….
ㅡ That son of a b*tch!
The words that the guy who choked were uttered an uppercut with full power.
This son of a b*tch….