Chapter 2167 – 2167. Eternal Eden

I was able to recognize and respond to Catherine’s surprise attack using electromagnetic waves.

If it weren’t for the electromagnetic waves, Catherine’s surprise attack wouldn’t have been noticed at all. Catherine moved quietly like a cockroach, befitting her large size.

However, it was not that Catherine lacked combat ability. If it weren’t for me, the awakened people gathered here would have been annihilated by Catherine.

While dealing with Catherine, I felt her questions.

Why is a mutant of Catherine’s size obsessed with a large hospital? Catherine is said to have suddenly appeared at the hospital and taken over. She was not originally a patient at this hospital.

Mutants and variants of different species basically cannot coexist. That’s because it’s an eat-and-be-eaten relationship. If she had high intelligence, you wouldn’t know that… Catherine and the monster rat’s intelligence level was lower than that of a dolphin.

‘There are too many monster rats. Even if rats are naturally good at breeding… Considering the size of the rats, there remains a food problem. There’s no way those rats store their food wisely and eat only the amount they need.’

Due to food shortages, the monster rats had to leave the hospital early and disperse. But it settled down in a hospital?

‘Even if Catherine has the ability to control the monster rat…’ Can she completely control those rats?’

Catherine is a versatile mutant, with her ability to surprise and control mutants. The conclusion is unlikely. It’s more likely that something else is controlling Catherine and her monster rats.

I separated from the awakened group and contacted Na Chae-young. And I conveyed the current situation and my opinions.

-You can control mutants and mutants with scientific technology. Even if that’s not the case, if you have mental abilities, you can manipulate it more easily. This is difficult with current scientific capabilities… Probably the latter.

Are there hidden mental abilities among the awakened?

It also comes to mind that the police’s behavior during the briefing was suspicious. Maybe he’s hiding among the police.

-Maybe he was brainwashed.

“Does brainwashing work on mutants and mutants?”

-A variant or variant is ultimately a living thing. Behavior can be induced through continuous brainwashing. It would be easier if you had mental abilities.

“My feeling is that the Ilwoo group’s bastards were playing a trick. What do you think?”

-It’s a very promising story. Because the Ilwoo Group is in a bad situation. It comes up sometimes in games too. An evil axis conglomerate seeking world domination. Catherine could be an artificial mutant created by humans.

Artificial variant. It’s uncomfortable, but it doesn’t make sense. There is also a drug that forces humans to evolve.

“What if Catherine and the monster rat lose control?”

-That’s right, he’ll run wild according to his instincts. There’s no reason to be in the hospital, so run out right away… Ugh. Are you really going to release mutants and mutants into Gwangju?

“No matter how I look at it, it looks like the mayor of Gwangju is planning to screw me. So shouldn’t the mayor of Gwangju be fucked too?”

-The citizens of Gwangju see the damage.

“It was the citizens of Gwangju who elected that bastard as mayor. “Don’t you know joint responsibility?”

Monster rats like cockroaches would be particularly disastrous. Because the characteristic of a rat is to hide. Gwangju fights against monster rats. A no-fun city becomes a fun city.

-… It means that you are intentionally going to fail this time. That will ruin your reputation. You know how easily the public can turn their palms over.

“The responsibility should not be borne by me, but by the mayor of Gwangju and the Ilwoo Group.”

-… How? Is there any evidence that the mayor of Gwangju and Ilwoo Group were involved?

“That’s the problem. There is no evidence. So… Let’s manipulate it. “They just make a roughly manipulated video and spread it.”

-I’m sorry, but video production also requires skills. With even half-decent technical skills, it will be revealed that the video was manipulated. And conversely, sparks will fly towards us.

“… Then I need to find real evidence.”

I looked around. 6-person room. Surprisingly, it was very clean except for some dust. When you press the remote control, the TV comes on just fine. This is evidence that water and electricity are well supplied without interruption.

I became convinced that Catherine and the monster rat were being controlled by someone. I don’t know anything else, but there isn’t even a trace of a monster rat running around.

‘It would be a waste to blow up a hospital of this size. Most of the facilities seem to be state-of-the-art.’

The equipment is alive. I paid attention to this point.

I started walking around the hospital. Of course, don’t let down your guard.

Thunder current, electromagnetic waves.

We prepared for Catherine’s surprise attack by scattering electromagnetic waves. Detection range is 20 m. Unless there is a way to hide her body from electromagnetic waves, Catherine can never surprise me.

‘Catherine could be targeting other awakened people… ‘That’s none of my business.’

A swarm of monster rats was found.

These guys were huddled together in a wide, sunny hallway, not a narrow, dark room. Do you like spacious, bright places? It wasn’t. Among the monster rats, the particularly large ones occupy the corners.

There was a bad smell in the hallway. There are feces and corpse pieces covered in monster rats all over the place. The body belonged to a monster rat. In other words, it is a trace of compatriot predation.

The rats resting in the hallway all turned their heads and recognized me. At the same time, monster rats rush in.

As I stepped on the slope, a thunderstorm occurred. Ban Ho-seong created a wave of electricity by pounding the ground with his long sword, but I created a wave of electricity just by taking a step. The current wave spread throughout the hallway more clearly and faster than Ban Ho-seong’s.

Monster rats that are touched by electric current fall down in a running position and do not move. It is dead.

I was leisurely walking down the hallway, but I couldn’t stand the stink that assaulted my nose, so I ran down the hallway.

The place we arrived was the security room.

A place where you can control and check all CCTV installed in the hospital.

‘The equipment is safe, so we can look back on what happened a few days ago. You stupid bastards. If you’re going to do this, you should have destroyed the CCTV first.’

The fact that the evidence was in my hands made me smile.

I frowned as I was checking the saved video.

There was only a week’s worth of stored footage. There are no videos from a week ago. From the beginning of the saved video, Catherine and the monster rat were located in the hospital.

‘Fuck you. ‘I think someone deleted the video?’

I checked the video at high speed. I had no idea where Catherine and the monster rats came from. There is no video that can serve as evidence.

“Fuck you!”

Bang!

I got so frustrated that I hit the monitor with my fist. The monitor was shattered, and some fragments flew everywhere.

I glared at the shattered monitor… I thought of my ability to recover.

‘My abilities also work on machines. Then, isn’t the data also recoverable?’

It has the ability to revive the dead, but wouldn’t it be possible to recover even a single piece of data? It was well worth a try. First, they destroyed the CCTV installed in the security room. Because my abilities shouldn’t be saved in the video.

After that, restore the broken monitor, find the hard disk and use recovery.

Be careful.

If you use recovery too quickly and strongly, the hard disk may return to its previous state.

As I was using my abilities while looking at the monitor, I eventually smiled. The deleted data was recovered through recovery.

“This is it!”

Check the video from a week ago.

The smile on my face grew brighter. I found evidence. A truck came into the hospital parking lot and dropped off the restrained Catherine and the monster rats in the cage at the hospital. In particular, monster rats poured out of several trucks.

‘Catherine and the monster rats are calm. As if he had fainted. No, is it anesthesia?’

Evidence of someone conspiring.

Truck drivers and employees did not even cover their faces. That was natural. Because the plan was to remove CCTV footage from the beginning.

‘Looking at the mark on the truck, it appears to be disguised as a hospital partner company.’

I searched on the Internet and found that the partner company was also related to Ilwoo Group. If this evidence is spread on the Internet, the mayor of Gwangju’s life will be over. As a bonus, the image of Ilwoo Group will also fall.

‘At least I’ll end up cutting off my tail.’

It is not enough to bring down the entire Ilwoo Group.

‘First, send a copy of the video data to Na Chae-young… It’s boring to just post it on the internet.’

After thinking about it for a while, I came up with a plan.

• • •

I returned to the awakened ones. It wasn’t difficult to find the awakened people. All you have to do is go to the place where gunfire rings out. The awakened people were fighting the monster rats very loudly.

“Mr. Seong Yu-jin! “You’re here!”

Han Doo-ho found me first and shouted. He left the camera to someone else and was fighting the monster rat. His arms and legs had turned into those of a bear.

“Sorry. Catherine got lost along the way.”

“Ah. There’s nothing you can do about that monster. Just by looking at it, it was an unusual variant… But your body is covered in blood. I think you should go back and put yourself in an ambulance right now…”

“I’m fine. A wound like this is nothing.”

All visible wounds are self-inflicted. If I’m too normal, I’ll feel strange. Although she never actually meets Catherine, she pretends to fight to the death. Only then will my value go up.

‘Catherine is probably hiding now and concentrating on recovering from her wounds.’

I spoke to them as seriously as possible.

“Catherine is exhausted. She needs to go and kill Catherine now. We need your help.”

The awakened people did not hastily step forward. Rather, it was an expression that was inappropriate. Although she didn’t say it out loud, it was clear that she didn’t want to deal with Catherine.

“Of course. Our goal is to kill Catherine. She only has to kill Catherine and the monster rat can be dealt with by the military and police. Now, let’s go.”

Han Doo-ho stepped forward and said. Even though I pretend not to, I am conscious of the camera. Millions of people are watching. If you have to do it anyway, it’s better to step up and take the lead. In that sense, Doo-ho Doo was quite a smart guy.