25 – Mimicking Monster (3)
ㅡ The enemy.
When I turned my head at Greed’s words, I saw a person staring at me.
No, it wasn’t a person.
A stooped body, a half-bent neck, dragging legs and a strange sense of heterogeneity.
This familiar feeling is definitely a monster mimicking the human he hunted last time.
I’m sure that monster is right… I momentarily mistook the monster in front of me for a human.
The monster in front of me was laughing with a twist that sent chills down my spine.
ㅡ Looks like our existence has been revealed.
Sure.
Was talking to myself a problem?
ㅡ There won’t be any impact. But the most direct reason is nuclear.
A nuclear?
ㅡ Just as I can sense the presence of a monster without a core, I can recognize monsters even if they are not activated.
I don’t think I can understand you who entered my body.
ㅡ I am in a state of being transformed into an ego-like existence that dwells in psychic powers.
That’s right.
As I was talking and having a snowball fight with the monster in front of me, the monster started approaching me.
At the same time, tentacles sprouted from his hands.
“Huh?”
“Ah, ahh!”
People around saw the bizarre sight and started to scatter screaming.
At that moment, the monster stretched out its tentacles towards me.
“You guys really love tentacles!”
Pang!
A burst of air was heard, and tentacles aimed at the temples.
Last time, it was an attack that Grid would have directly parried off and blocked with body hardening, but this time the trajectory of the attack was strangely clear.
I lowered my head slightly and kicked the floor as I rushed at the monster.
The distance between the monster and me was about 15m, but it took less than a second to close that distance.
My legs didn’t get twisted at all, as if the training in the training room wasn’t wasted.
The monster didn’t show any reaction from the posture in which he swung his tentacles at me.
I reached out my hand straight for the monster’s heart and pierced it through.
I heard a crunching sound, and my body gradually began to revitalize.
The monster in my hand gradually lost its shape and became his corpse.
Click!
Click click click!
The sound of shutters began to be heard from all directions.
Aside from that, there were people who kept holding their smartphones.
It seems that there were people who took a picture of this workshop for a little over a second even when they were distracted.
I was scratching my face feeling a bit embarrassed when someone came running towards me with a hard expression.
A hero suit based on blue and white.
Is this a nearby hero?
He looked around him and noticed a dusty presence near me, then my face, then my chest.
I was wearing the hero badge that came with my temporary hero license on my chest, so the other person had a slightly relieved expression.
“I came here because of a report of a monster appearing.”
“Oh, you are suffering.”
He asked me what had happened, and as I was about to explain it to him, the police and powers response team arrived.
“Would you please explain in detail in the book?”
A man in his 40s with a sparse beard showed me a police notebook and said that.
If you catch a normal monster, things don’t get this complicated.
Perhaps there have been reports that humans have become monsters.
I had no choice but to follow him.
ㅡ It looks like an ex-convict will come first before a hero!
Grid teased me with his characteristic nasty laugh.
I wondered if I would get a criminal record just because I caught some monsters.
I never thought the day would come when I would ride in a police car.
The rear doors of police cars do not open from the inside… I was able to arrive at the police station before I knew it.
“Here.”
The policeman who gave me the notebook took me inside.
When I got into my seat, the police officer, who had a stiff expression until just now, put down coffee from the vending machine in front of me and slightly bowed his head.
“I’m sorry for bringing you like this all of a sudden.”
Introducing himself as Detective Kim Eun-seok, he said that this case was a very serious matter and asked for a little cooperation.
When I nodded in agreement, he let out a sigh of relief.
As he was trembling with his arms crossed and his legs a little nervous, he heard the door open.
Then he jumped up from his seat, bowed his head to the person who entered, and went outside.
“Hello. I am Lee Eun-chul, the leader of the powerful team in the countermeasure team for talented people.”
“Hello. This is Jinwoo Lee.”
As soon as he sat down, he got to the point.
“There have been reports of monsters in human form appearing.”
“Yes. It was a monster.”
“… Did you have any hacks that came out after catching the monster?”
“No. There were no nuclei.”
After hearing my words, the detective showed a very troubled expression.
Did you think I was claiming to be a monster after killing a person with body transformation abilities?
ㅡ I’ll tell you an easier way than a cake to identify that monster.
What is that again?
ㅡ When that monster died, it turned to dust and disappeared. Same goes for clothes.
“Ah.”
“What are you doing?”
“The moment I fought the monster, I tore off the monster’s clothes. But the clothes wriggled like living creatures and died.”
“Oh, maybe?”
“Yes. It’s a monster that even mimics clothes. The reason why I didn’t catch the monster detector seems to be because it’s a time limit without a nuclear weapon. I pierced my heart, but there was no nucleus.”
After listening to what I said, I crossed my arms and fell into trouble, and soon began writing something in my notebook.
He asked how to distinguish a monster imitating a human and how to quickly notice a sense of incongruity.
When I met the monster, I told him what he felt.
First of all, he has a human-like appearance, but at first glance, something feels out of place.
I can’t keep my neck straight, my back is bent, and I walk with the feeling that my legs are dragging.
It’s almost like a zombie movement.
“Um… Are there any other characteristics besides that?”
“Oh, there is that too.”
Both eyes play separately.
Sometimes I heard that there are people who can move both eyes separately, but that mimicking monster’s gaze was strange for both the first and second.
One eye can look straight ahead while the other can look sideways.
The bizarreness causes indescribable physiological fear.
“It’s this authentic, but why do other people notice… ah.”
Because it’s not just monsters who have a bent back and strange posture.
Among those with physical disabilities, there are quite a few such people.
There are especially many people sent to nursing homes.
Because I don’t want to support such parents.
Team leader Lee Eun-chul covered his eyes with his hands and was about to sigh when his smart phone rang.
The team leader took out his smart phone and answered the phone, then his face hardened and he stared at me.
What is it?
ㅡ You seem to have a displeased expression.
As Grid said, his expression read, ‘What the hell are you doing?’.
After talking on the phone for a while, he hung up on his smartphone and handed me his business card.
“If by any chance another monster appears, please contact us.”
Then he told me that I could go and check my phone number in case there were any further problems.
“Tough.”
As I said hello to him and left the police station, I felt something complicated.
There is a ghost story floating around the world.
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It is a ghost story about a humanoid monster living in human society.
It’s a ghost story that everyone thinks it can’t be, but thinks it might be.
There is a ghost story that there is a humanoid monster.
However, nothing has been announced by the government yet.
In such a situation, a monster that appeared to be human appeared for the first time.
It has not yet been determined whether that being is really a human or a monster.
From cross-validation to my criminal history, it will take quite some time.
Nevertheless, he greeted me saying that he had worked hard, as if his business was already over.
What the hell was that?
Still, it was a moment when I thought that I could have lunch at home in this amount of time.
When I lowered my head, a car stopped in front of me.
It was a very familiar vehicle that I had seen recently.
The rear window of the car was lowered and a very familiar person stared at me.
“Let’s have lunch together.”
“… Is Yuna scene?”
“Yes. Are you bored?”
“….”
I didn’t mean to ask that.
“Huh? Ah… Ah….”
Ms. Yuna was flustered as if she was embarrassed, then blushed slightly and cleared her throat.
I found the slightly immature behavior really complicated.
He’s such a clumsy person, but his actions are so out of line with my values.
So she didn’t want to get to know her any more than necessary.
Because I thought that my feelings might reach her and hurt her.
I said in advance that I didn’t want anything in return, and I didn’t leave any room.
Depending on how you hear it, you expressed your intention to reject it to the point of feeling sad and angry. Why do you keep doing this?
ㅡ Still, it’s true that without this woman she would have been through this weekend.
As Grid said.
A monster mimicked in human form.
A lot of people have witnessed it and a video has been taken, so it will definitely be on the 9 o’clock news tonight.
The method of discerning the humanoid monster will flow through the news, and attention will be drawn to me, the first witness and handler.
It must have been a dark night after leaving the police station.
I have to thank her for releasing me from that situation.
That’s right… I felt strangely rejected.
ㅡ You would be better off with the nickname Chew Scholar than Sweet Potato. Boring guy.
No, isn’t that right?
The government agency stepped up and released the captive human with a single phone call….
I hate those kinds of people.
ㅡ That means you’re stupid! Hypocrites get more recognition and live happier and longer lives than good guys.
Still, I get less recognition, less happiness, and less long life.
“What are you doing? Come on ride. Do you have that much time?”
“… I camped in the mountains yesterday, so it’s a bit difficult to ride.”
Pointing at the backpack on his back with his thumb, he expressed his intention to reject it.
I wish I could say I hate people like you who use power relentlessly….
ㅡ If you’re going to do something like that, why don’t you just cut it off?
It’s because I don’t want to hurt others because I’m not in a good mood.
Whether rich or poor, smart or stupid, everyone has their own worries.
Maybe she also has her own trauma or scars about power or family background….
ㅡ Oh… This is something that goes beyond idiots, so I rather like it. Starting today, you are the superhero ‘Idiot’!
As I was thinking about it while listening to the sound of the grid, I heard the sound of a door opening.
“Then let’s walk together, well.”
She said and tried to push herself out of her car, shaking her legs like a newborn deer.
“Tae, give me a ride.”
She who heard what I said would do that a long time ago… She looked at me with the same expression and smiled.
I’m going crazy.
When I was with Yuna-san, the tempo was strangely twisted.