Chapter 77 – Who Is the Real Culprit? (3)

Last night, Lee Ho-soo, the only one who knew the identity of the real culprit, died.
But it made it clearer.
No, it made it easier to identify the culprit.
Lee Ho-soo, who had two characteristics, was enough, but four more guards died.

“You say that the real culprit was the one who set fire to the villa where Americans live?”
“I’m not complaining. Four members of the guards were also killed, and Lee Ho-soo was also killed by the perpetrator.”
“And… So, only six people have already died? This is a complete serial killer…”
“By the way, did you find the culprit?”
“That’s what I’ll tell you now. If you look at all of them gathered like this, what is there?”
“I hope the culprit is caught…”

People who have been buzzing around since morning.
All the people in the shelter gathered together in one place.
However, 8 guards standing guard at the 4 outposts divided into north, south, east and west are excluded.
Since they have already completed thorough verification before going to the guard post, the possibility of being the culprit is zero.
The culprit could be one of the people gathered here, or not just one, but several.
Anyway, it is clear that there is a culprit among them.

“As you all know, the topic of last night was the actions of the perpetrator. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished without any casualties, but the perpetrator took advantage of the gap and killed four guards, including his accomplice Lee Ho-soo.”

When the voice of Kim Hyeon-jun, who was standing on the four heats, flowed out, the voices of the people who were buzzing died down, and Kim Hyeon-jun continued to speak.

“The culprit must have F-class agility and E-class strong muscles, both of which are characteristics that Lee Ho-su possessed. In addition, he would have acquired the E-class agile movement that two of the four guards who died there had. Then, according to the information we have disclosed, the culprit who acquires the two overlapping characteristics will have the D-class characteristics that evolved from the E-class agile movement.”

Yeah, that’s why I said it made it easier to spot the culprit.
Even if he was a guy who didn’t even have one trait, he probably has at least three traits now, and in particular, a guy who evolved into a D-class trait by combining two identical E-class traits is the real culprit.
Now, all you have to do is check the information of the people gathered here one by one and catch the culprit.

“Wait a minute.”
“Yes, you say.”
“Are you going to check and record all of our information now?”
“That’s right.”
“Then who manages that information? Who can see?”
“For now, it will only be used to identify the culprit, and we will keep the recorded information in a safe place.”
“What if I don’t want to share my information?”
“No, why don’t you like it?”
“That’s right! They say they’re catching the culprit, but of course you have to cooperate!”
“Do you have anything stung?”

The gossip of her people ensued towards the woman, who did not want to reveal her own information, and instead of replying, the woman spoke her thoughts out loud for all to hear.

“This means that personal information remains intact. And not just this once, but every time I acquire a talent, or on a regular basis in the name of necessity as there is no guarantee that this will end, I will continue to collect information not only from myself but from everyone here.”
“What is it about?”
“That’s right. So, if it is safe to do so, we should disclose it as much as we can.”
“What if the person holding the information had a bad heart? Or what if the bad guys got their hands on that information?”
“It is just information. What can I do with it? It’s not like taking out a loan in someone else’s name or using it for illegal things.”
“It can be used well enough. Who is strong, who is weak, who has certain characteristics, and who does not. All of this could be used for crime. Weak people will be targeted by bad guys, like the victims in this murder case, and people with special traits or traits that someone needs will also be targeted by crime. The information gathered from us is like giving the bad guys a menu for them to choose from.”

What that woman said is not wrong.
Even if it’s just me, I’ll check people’s information with my own eyes and think about it if there’s someone who has the characteristics I need.
For now, I like this place, so I won’t take any action, but if it’s a trait I really covet, I don’t know.

“Is it so. I guess what you said is correct. But why do you incite people by saying things like that when everyone is going to do what they are told to do without any complaints? Isn’t there something that really stings you?”
“Under… “

Laughing at her astonishment, the woman walked towards the man who was looking at her with her suspicious eyes, grabbed her hand, and shared her information.

“How many characteristics do I have?”
“Ha, there is none.”
“Then, are your stats high enough to kill four guards?”
“… No..”
“Am I still guilty?”
“I’m sorry..”

Why are you apologizing so easily?
There’s a possibility that that woman is lying to hide the real culprit.
In any case, the woman’s words began to make her people’s reluctance to reveal her own information, and finding her culprit became a little more difficult.
But that wasn’t the only problem.

“Hyung, the doctor says he doesn’t know?”
“What?”
“I haven’t made a list since that day.”

Yeo Eun-jung’s younger brother, Yeo Min-jung, who hadn’t seen her face in a long time, walked next to Kim Ji-hoon and held out an unupdated list of shelter personnel in front of me, continuing her words.

“Because so many people died that day. The identity or number of the deceased has not been ascertained, and there is no intention to do so. I have no intention of doing anything for you who killed my sister.”
“Hey, I kept you alive to do this.”
“Then kill me.”

Yeo Min-jeong, who boasts that she is going to die.
The reason Yeo Eun-jung’s younger sister, Yeo Min-jung, is kept alive is because she is a doctor that the shelter needs.
Killing one of the only two doctors would have been too costly, and he was also in charge of the important task of drafting the personnel list, and above all, killing Yeo Eun-jung just because he was a family member was unfair.
Well, it’s not my idea that I didn’t kill her because it’s her family, it’s Kim Hyun-jun’s and everyone else’s.

“There are 72 people on our side including me. I’m making a roster right now, checking talents and stats, so I’ll pass it on as soon as I’m done.”
“We will start by identifying the number of people. Information will only be checked by those who agree.”
“I’ll find out quickly and let you know!”

Camilla and Ho-il Choi, who are trying to figure out the number of people with Park Jun-mo, a former representative of the military union, who are relieving the trouble.
But belatedly figuring out the number of people right now can’t be said to be very reliable information.
If the real culprit is not here and he has already escaped, the culprit will become a ghost.
That’s why the list of people at the shelter that Yeo Min-jung gave me was important.

“But if I’m not here now, won’t I be more suspicious later?”
“No. Was I there? That’s it. Even after searching a lot, there are well over 200 people. It doesn’t matter if one or two people are missing here.”
“Then, once we’ve gathered each alliance, we’ll have to check to see if anyone is missing.”
“That would be nice. Let us go and help, sister.”
“Huh.”

Minseo and Juha also rushed to help figure out the exact number of people, but each alliance has more than 70 people.
Can you think of someone who isn’t here right now because one or two are missing?
It’s very likely that you won’t remember it if you’re not a person who acted conspicuously, but if you’re a quiet person.
So what we need to do now is not to figure out the number of people, but to make sure that there are no criminals among the people present.

Jerk-jerk-jerk-

I took a step and stood in front of the first woman who had refused to disclose information and held out her hand.

“I do not share my information… “

Snap-

“It’s noisy, and it says sharing information.”
“Hey! Let go of this hand! I definitely hate it… “

Kwak!!!

“Ah!!! Ah, it hurts!! It hurts!!”

A woman knelt on the floor, twisting her body like a grilled squid and screaming as she squeezed her hand that had seized her arbitrarily.
Then, one by one, the people around me raise their voices and surround me as if threatening me.

“What are you doing?!”
“No matter how hard you try, this isn’t it!”
“Violence against women?! What barbarism is this!”
“Let go of that hand right now! If we don’t let go, we won’t stand still!”
“Oh, fuck. There is a lot of chatter.”

Unlike the people who step back and step back little by little at the harsh words flowing out and my staring eyes, Kim Hyun-jun, who hurriedly jumps down from the top of the four tropics, breaks through the crowd and grabs my shoulder.

“Kang Ha-jin, it’s not like this.”
“Shut up, you bastard. It’s not that these people don’t listen to me because they go out so softly. And what, barbarism? Aren’t you alone? Show me what I’m really savage? Do not stay still and run amok?”
“This person is really…! Do it in moderation… “

A large man reached out his hand toward me, and at the same time my left fist was placed in front of the man’s nose.

“You saw my face.”
“… “
“Please, give me your hand.. Give me your hand..”

Unlike just a moment ago, I squatted in front of people who kept their mouths shut and didn’t open their mouths, and a woman who was still screaming that she was in pain even though I had already relaxed quite a bit.

“Ajumma, if you want to use a spoon with this hand in the future, share the information. I never say it twice.”
“Hey, share information! I did it! I did!!”
“Check. Not this lady Now, everyone come one by one and share information. If you make eye contact with me while floating around, it will be difficult to spoon for a while.”
“Ji, can I show you now?”

A man with a large body was the first to let go of the woman’s hand and came up to me, and I nodded and held out his hand.

“Catch it.”
“Sharing information!”
“Not even this man.”
“Thank you!”
“What is gratitude?”
“… “
“What are you looking at? Do you want me to do all these people alone?”
“… Come this way too.”
“Ah! And those who have been examined by me and Director Kim, go to the doctor over there and put a checkmark next to your name. If you see the name of the dead person, write or tell them that they are dead. And don’t go until I tell you to go. I’ll wait here.”
“Yes!!”

The man ran to the place where Yeo Min-jeong was with a strong answer, picked up the list of people in the shelter that fell on the floor, bought a ballpoint pen at a store, put a check mark next to his name, and looked through the list, saying death next to the names of the dead. I began to jot down neatly.
I’m not a child, I have to do it this way, so I listen to it and eat it.
In any case, the verification process, which started smoothly, took quite a long time to complete, and several new facts were revealed.

“There are 213 people in total, including those who stand guard. Among them, there are 19 additional people who are not on the roster. But the strange thing is that 34 of the civilians are empty, excluding the soldiers who died that day and those who died during the hunt. People say they saw it a few days ago, some say they saw it a few days ago, but they said they haven’t seen it in a day or two.”
“No, if you can’t see 34 people, why hasn’t anyone said anything?”
“That… They weren’t really close friends… And even if we all lived together here, we wouldn’t run into each other every day… “
“Still, there was a murder case, but I should have told you yesterday that people weren’t showing up!”
“Sorry, sorry…”

I don’t know why he’s angry, but at Min-seo’s angry outburst, Ho-il Choi, who is very old, lowers his head and even apologizes.
Because they are very strange people.

“Anyway, it means that there is no criminal among the people here, and if there is a criminal, it means that he is among the 34 invisible people.”
“I don’t know again.”
“What?”
“Maybe someone from outside the shelter.”
“Outside the shelter..?”

Juha tilts his head and blinks his eyes.
There are also people who joined late as we expanded the scope of the hunt, such as the 19 additional people who were not on the list Kim Ji-hoon said.
That said, there could be more people still alive in Seoul like those people.
No, there are definitely more.
Not only those who joined late, but Jeong Do-yoon and his party were the ones who survived until they died at my hands.
What if outsiders are doing this to undermine the shelter’s power, not for traits or coins?

“So you think people from outside the shelter sneaked in and killed people?”
“It’s either an outsider or an insider, the odds are 50/50.”
“Then what would you like to do next?”
“… Hey, why do you keep asking me?! You do it yourself! I will take care of it on my own.”

This problem should be solved by dividing the power rather than solving it by joining forces.
Kim Hyeon-joon borrows the strength of the guards and people to thoroughly manage the shelter so that there are no more murders or disappearances, and in the meantime, he finds the culprit.
Of course, I have to eat the characteristics that I evolved into a D-class after consuming two quick moves.
Then, shall we take a look around the shelter first?
This time, I have to take Minseo and Juha with me.
It’s been a while since the three of us had a good time together, and Minseo and Juha became usable enough that it wouldn’t get in the way.