Chapter 110 – Unexpected Danger (4)

Association’s main building. In front of the entrance. A middle-aged man and a young man with wild beards smoking cigarettes. Two men were talking while looking at a wide open road and square without people.

Chi profit…

“The evacuation of the chief, high-ranking officials, lawmakers, and citizens is over.”

“Any other region?”

“I just finished contacting the branch heads of each city association included in the West Sea line.”

“Is it easier than you thought?”

“I don’t know what’s going on… But the professors at the academy said they came forward to control it.”

“…That’s pretty surprising.”

Education is important for future survival.

According to Lee Man-seong’s insistence, the Awakened Academy was established in the Chungju region between Seoul and Daejeon, where the ley lines on the Korean peninsula are most active.

The academy’s professors are unusually mostly non-Earth people.

Libreth is famous for the dimension where all studies are gathered.

The faculty, brought in by the personal connections that Dokyung Lee and Manseong Lee had accumulated in the central world, maintained their neutrality without being shaken by any politics or external forces as they intended, and made the power of the academy stand tall as the best power in Korea.

Thanks to this, the power of graduates from the academy was further strengthened, and before Lee Man-seong, the name of the academy was only a good name tag, but it was able to wash away the stigma of being an elite.

Since the academy is a lofty neutral that does not intervene anywhere, it has never intervened in domestic incidents or accidents.

At least, that was the way Kang Seon Moon, the former team leader of Karun and the current head of the Awakened Association, knew.

“Whoa… I don’t know what kind of change of heart you had… But this relieved me…”

Lee Kang-seon frowned at a thought that crossed his head while stepping on a cigarette.

“What about the media?”

“… You know? How sensitive those teeth are to the scoop. This place is currently under full control, so you can’t come in… But it’s a mess outside…”

“Yeah fuck… It’s not unreasonable that the association is squeamish about only focusing on evacuating citizens without a summons order even in a case like this.”

Right now, Kang-seon Moon himself thought that he would rush to the west coast with all his strength and all the awakened people. That’s because the golden-burning tree that rose up there was so… Overbearing, and it was an emergency in itself.

However, the answer he received from Na Mi-ryung, who was the same team leader in the past and the current secretary of the association, was beyond his mind.

He tells you to wait.

What…?

It is the president’s order to focus only on the stability of citizens.

A convocation order? No, before that, how do you do that?

…Since when did Karune question the president’s orders? Gangseon Moon, Manager. Did that spot make you that way?

…Damn…I got it. Don’t do that.

‘I’m sure there’s something…’

Na Mi-ryung’s expression at that time also seemed to be full of unknown confusion. She’s probably the same way she’s questioning the current situation.

Disbanded after the awakening order.

Occurrence of walnut lake.

The Battle of Incheon, the Golden Bird terrorist incident, and the Busan incident that happened yesterday.

Moon Kang-seon’s keen sense was that in a series of bold events that had recently occurred, he thought that there was a great current that he was not aware of.

‘I think the president of the association and the director of the governing body know…’

The Association’s move in those events was only one follow-up. Moon Kang-seon frowned at the displeasure that the Korean association was wiping out some power.

‘The most suspicious thing… Is Balto…?’

The guardian guild, led by Yang Ha-yeon, suddenly appeared in the name of security business. There was no doubt about Yang Ha-yeon’s lofty personality, but her movements were undoubtedly suspicious.

‘Should I investigate…No…Is that too dangerous?’

The person who did the background investigation of the guardian guild is the head of the association and an aide to the president? It’s never a good sounding event. In the name of getting rid of the controversy, she did enough to get her removed in secret.

Patriotism cannot be achieved through mere goodness.

Although he follows Lee Man-seong wholeheartedly, the cruelty he hides like a dagger under the heart of serving the country.

Kang Seon Moon understood and was convinced that even if it meant killing his aides, he had no qualms about it.

‘It’s better to ask after some time… There, I’ll be able to decide what I’m allowed to know and what I shouldn’t know.’

“Uh? Hey, stop there for two minutes!”

Moon Kang-seon bit her cigarette and stopped her hand from lighting her lighter at the sudden cry of her subordinate, and raised her head. At the same time she began to look, she began to sharpen her eyes at three people.

A man floating asleep as if he had seen it somewhere. Two beauties so beautiful that the eyes go round. And because one of them was a face that Moon Kang-seon knew.

‘Did I say Killian…?’

There’s no way you wouldn’t know that striking silver hair and decadent purple eyes. One of Balto’s core forces registered in the Association database. She pushed away her bewildered men and came toward the Moon River.

“…Who are you?”

There’s nothing good about pretending to know Balto’s key people. There is even an unknown woman with pale red eyes with a subtle expression behind her.

From an empty lot, she reached the front without any signs, and judging by the supernatural powers or magical action that floated an adult man, that woman must not be normal either.

As long as it was not yet decided whether they were perfect allies, Moon Kang-sun did not want to give clues to them to guess him.

However, his complexion hardened at the sound he heard.

– I’m tired of arguing. Gangseon Moon, Manager.

“…How can I…?”

-Just as you know me, so do I.

“…”

-I am not interested in your petty tug-of-war. In the first place, the president of the association also intervened in my task this time. So don’t waste your time and open the door.

‘It’s different from what I’ve heard…’

The woman named Killian recorded in the database is a barbarian type who only knows how to fight. It’s true that she’s not interested in subtle power games, but she doesn’t seem dull enough to notice them.

“…Yes, then I will contact you first. Who was behind that…?”

-This guest. Because you are an important person. Don’t think of neglecting it.

Or they all die

She was like her and Arbella in that her fists preceded her words. Killian pressed her back into her chest and urged the door wire.

“Yes, then for a moment.”

Even if he is an aide, he does not have a number directly directed to the president of the association. However, the reply heard through the association’s secretary office was quick and concise.

Entree.

In the current situation, which is comparable to the wartime situation, one of them is said to be Balto’s main force, but it was not an answer that would come down to those who came without any contact.

After all, it means to open the door to the pinnacle of the awakened people in this country without any procedures.

But no matter what, orders are orders.

Moon Kang-seon hid his uncomfortable feelings and got out of the way.

“…Go in.”

She is Killian, who enters without saying anything, and a woman who passes by her with a light smile. And the man who fell asleep in the air with no visible scars, though her clothes were torn as if she had had a rough fight.

“Fuck…Weird…”

Moon Kang-seon sensed her reluctance from her strange appearance and took out her new cigarette.

*

“I think she’s back…”

“Then didn’t it work out well? Why did she sink like that?”

“The problem is that the man I went with didn’t come back, and a new person came back.”

Lee Man-seong, who was fiddling with his phone with a dark expression, turned to the door. With worries about someone coming over there.

“A new person?”

“Two to be exact, but one of them is to be expected. Yoochun. I guess.”

The reason Moon Kang-seon didn’t recognize it was probably because Yoo-chun brought out her true face. Because he disguises himself when he is ‘Yuwon’ and when he is ‘Yucheon’.

Currently, his face known in public is Yuwon’s.

“Then why are you doing that…?”

Alice shook her head, not understanding. The fact that he’s back means that all of these problems have been resolved after all, so what’s the point of worrying?

“The problem is that he was transported in a stunned state. In the hands of an unknown third party, not even Killian herself.”

At those words, the two women, Alice and Yang Ha-yeon, who realized the reason for Man-seong Lee’s hardened expression, also expressed embarrassment.

“Then why permission to enter…?”

“The Killian I saw. There are only two reasons for her behavior. Survival and submission to the recognized strong. I don’t mean to insult you, but… It resembles that of a beast.”

The habit of fighting strong people and eating them to become stronger in order to survive in the future. When that was impossible, he bowed his head right away. Even so, he was like a knight who risked his life to follow Yoochun’s orders.

Lee Man-seong interpreted her contradiction that way.

“From that point of view, the woman she brought along to this heartland can be interpreted in two ways.”

“You mean two things…?”

Although full of talent, Ellis and Yang Ha-yeon, who couldn’t keep up with Lee Man-sung’s keen eye for long experience, focused on him with curious expressions.

“First of all, an ally who has benefited from this incident.”

“Um…Not bad.”

“Second…An ally with irresistible force…And that’s Yuchun…Enough to crush him…”

“…That’s…Very…Serious…”

Even allies, the two are quite different. In the first case, he is a person who is capable enough to help with such a big task, and in the name of repaying the favor, he can come closer and use his power to benefit this land.

In other words, there is a possibility of bringing a genie with special abilities by providing what he wants. Because everyone here knows that just being able to buy such a person with money and honor is an advantage.

But the latter is different. People’s thoughts change from day to day, and it’s not uncommon for even former allies to turn into enemies later on. Even more so, if it is an uncontrollable force, needless to say.

This is also the reason Man-seong Lee brought them into the association without saying anything. If it’s the former, it’s to avoid giving a negative impression, and if it’s the latter… It won’t make any sense.

Then Yang Ha-yeon waved his hand and opened his mouth.

“But why are you so sure you are an ally? It doesn’t sound very good to say that you subdued Yoochun with harsh words.”

“It can be interpreted in various directions, but there are three main stems.”

Either the culprit behind this incident, or the hermit who solved it…Either him or both.

“But it won’t be the culprit. If so, you wouldn’t try to contact us in such a moderate way. Did you understand? Miss Ha Yeon?”

“…Thank you.”

Manseong Lee sighed after confirming that Alice nodded to see if she had also questioned him.

“…There are a lot of unexpected life-and-death gaps these days… Miss Ellis and Miss Ha-yeon can go away first.”

However, at Lee Man-seong’s words, the two women firmly shook their heads.

“No, I am the guild leader. I have an obligation to know about Yoochun, the only insider.”

“Me too… Since I’m trying to sign an alliance with Korea because of him, I guess I need to investigate properly…”

“Heh heh…I understand.”

Lee Man-seong smiled dejectedly when he noticed that that was just an excuse and that he was actually just genuinely worried about him.

‘Is it a woman’s clothes or a woman’s clothes…’

It must be quite exhausting to be loved by a large number of beautiful women full of individuality.

Thud. Everyone turned their heads toward the door at the sound of the elevator reaching the top floor where the meeting room was located.

Lee Man-seong corrected himself with a businesslike expression and took a seat on the opposite side of the table where the two women were sitting.

“Then I don’t know who you are… But let’s have guests.”