333 – The Past (12)

The protective suit worn by Dok Soo-hee is not an ordinary protective suit. It is a type of ‘item’ that has been given special insulating properties.

All the bullet shells and grenade fragments stuck in the body armor were put into the inventory. All the metals around were also put into the inventory.

All that’s left is a bullet imbued with the power of lightning, a steel barrier, and Michael Jeter touching the barrier.

In this situation, where will the lightning strike first?

-Flash!

Of course. It’s a steel wall and Michael Jeter against it.

“this-“

-PAGE UP UP UP UP UP!!!!

The speed of lightning is 100,000 kilometers per second. This is about 33% of the speed of light. Therefore, even if you ‘see’ lightning, it is likely already too late. This is exactly what Dok Soo-hee was aiming for.

‘It’s highly likely that they have at least some basic protection in place.’

We know that Michael Jeter was prepared for ‘electric shock’. Dok Soo-hee personally helped Jeter conduct various experiments while supporting his own body with an electric battery. If Jeter had prepared for all situations, he would have prepared for electric shock.

But if it’s lightning, it’s a different story.

Michael Jeter basically always maintains physical strength and also has magical powers all over his body. It is because he put magical powers in the status window because it is not worth putting strength points in. So Dok Soo Hee was prepared to think, ‘That could happen’ even if Jeter survived.

Muscles can recover even if they are burned. The heart is the source of magical power, so it can resist current relatively better.

Even though his skin would be completely peeled off, his entire body’s blood vessels would rupture instantly, and his respiratory system would be damaged, Jitter could move without breathing. This is also a wound that can be healed. So theoretically, Jitter would have a higher chance of not dying if struck by lightning. With a body that surpasses humans, it’s not strange.

Here, Dok Soo-hee had a different target. The real reason she chose ‘lightning’ as her secret weapon was because the electricity hit the nerves.

The nervous system moves with electrical signals. If there is an excessive amount of electricity flowing here, such as lightning, even if you are Michael Jeter, the nervous system will be damaged. Even if the brain sends a signal, the nervous system is damaged, so it cannot move.

Likewise, the cerebral blood vessels and brain tissues themselves cannot be intact. Even if they can somehow withstand the heat of the current, they cannot be intact when lightning passes through the brain.

Brain. And nerves. You can’t train this. No one can train their brain. Jitter is no exception. He’s been restraining himself from excessive brain deformation since the incident on the fifth floor, and even if it hadn’t happened, he wouldn’t have done something crazy to harden his brain.

so.

“Ugh…!”

Checkmate.

Jitter’s entire body muscles harden. Moist areas such as the eyeballs become raw. The current itself was a problem, but the heat energy generated by the lightning was even more serious. Even Dok Soo-hee, wearing a protective suit, had to grit her teeth and endure it.

Even if he’s Michael Jeter, even if he’s the best player in the world.

“…”

-dump.

It was not a case of going against the heavens. Jitter immediately lost consciousness and fell down, and Dok Soo-hee put the steel wall that was charged with electricity into her inventory.

“… I won.”

Dok Soo-hee, whose legs had lost their strength, sat down on the floor without realizing it. She won. She won against Michael Jeter, even though she used a hidden trick.

Should I kill him? No. Let’s just leave him alone. First, let’s find a flight to Korea as soon as possible and find Kim Jun-ho.

“Cell phone, cell phone…”

Dok Soo-hee took out her smartphone from her inventory and soon realized that this was the underground headquarters of the association and that there was no communication. Yes, she had to go outside. After she went outside, she used her cell phone…

“Dok Soo Hee.”

“?!”

But there was a fact that even Dok Soo-hee didn’t know.

The fact is that Michael Jeter lives in a much slower time than other people.

Up until now, when Jitter was around other people, the part of his body he was most concerned about was his ‘pupils’. If he moved his pupils 10 times faster, it would look strange to anyone.

Jitter’s eyes, which move in time 10 times slower in normal times and up to 100 times slower in battle, saw the moment the bullet left the muzzle. The strange magical power surrounding the bullet. The lightning flashing around.

The average human reaction speed is 0.2 seconds. Jitter’s reaction speed is 0.002 seconds. In that last gap where time was split and split, Jitter felt an inexplicable sense of anxiety. That’s why.

“Swallowed.”

“no way…”

“The elixir capsule that I carry around in my mouth.”

Michael Jeter staggers to his feet. His body is seen slowly recovering.

“With this… I got used to it.”

“Don’t be a jerk.”

Dok Soo-hee opens her eyes wide.

“The elixir… You have to drink the whole bottle to get the effect. But you put it in your mouth? In a capsule? Don’t be ridiculous. Even if the amount of elixir isn’t much, it’s not something you can put in your mouth.”

“Yes, you are right. The elixir takes effect only after you drink the entire bottle.”

Jitter’s eyes, which had been clouded and ripe, return to their original state. Flesh is growing on his ears and the tip of his nose, which had been crooked and burnt.

“So I drank ‘almost all’ of the elixir.”

“…!”

“Except for the amount of one capsule.”

“That… that’s how it works?”

“You never thought to experiment? I already did it when I fed the elixir to the President.”

“…”

I knew that Jeter had a spare elixir. I was planning to kill him without giving him time to drink it. But a capsule in his mouth? The elixir was already drunk, so it would still be effective if he drank the rest later? He was planning to swallow it as soon as the bullet was fired?

“Give up.”

I didn’t know. I had no idea. If I had known, I would have taken a different approach.

The conference room is already half destroyed. Jitter’s body is seething with magic. He will probably use all the ‘adaptations’ he can and rush to Dok Soo Hee before his magic runs out. There is no room to escape. This is a small conference room.

Again. Checkmate. Dok Soo-hee missed a blow that should not have been missed, and lost as a result. It was a victory for Michael Jeter.

You must escape. Open the portal and escape to the first floor. It is safe inside the tower.

But will they have enough time to escape? Wouldn’t it be quicker for Jitter’s grip to snap her neck than for Dok Soo Hee to throw herself into the portal?

“Are you thinking of running away to the first floor?”

“…”

“It’s impossible.”

We need to buy time. And for Dok Soo Hee.

“… Not yet.”

There was one last move left.

-Wow.

-Doong.

-Crash!

Everything happened at once. In an instant, at the same time.

First, a blue portal opened in the sky. It was a blue portal that only Dok Soo-hee could pass through.

And before Dok Soo-hee could even move, Jitter’s strong grip grabbed Dok Soo-hee’s neck. If he had just a little more force, Dok Soo-hee’s cervical vertebrae would have shattered in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, a large lump of iron appeared on the floor. Jitter controlled his eye muscles separately to look at Dok Soo-hee, while observing the lump of iron that had fallen on the floor.

“!!!”

And. I was shocked.

The most dangerous weapon in Dok Soo-hee’s inventory. A means of mutually assured destruction that should not be used except in the worst case scenario.

It’s a nuclear warhead. That’s definitely a nuclear warhead. Jitter, who had been in the special forces, knew what it looked like.

“haha…”

Dok Soo-hee smiles even while she can’t breathe. Jitter ponders and ponders again in a time that has slowed down 100 times.

It’s clearly a bluff. Even if Dok Soo-hee has connections with the Ministry of National Defense, it’s not enough to get the nukes. There’s no way he would have allowed it, and if he had stolen them, Jitter would have known. It’s not like you can’t know about the loss of the nukes just because you don’t want to know.

But what if it’s real? What if that nuke is real, and we’re just one second away from detonating?

Dok Soo-hee will die, but Jitter will die too. He will definitely die. No, everyone in this underground facility will die.

Adaptation? I can’t. I’ve already adapted to radiation, but the heat and explosions are a problem. Even if you’re Michael Jeter, you can’t survive a nuclear explosion right in front of you. If you could, you would have conquered the 66th floor long ago.

So how? The answer is simple. You have to escape into the portal. If you escape to the first floor like Dok Soo-hee is trying to do now, you will be safe.

But what if Dok Soo Hee puts the nuke back into her inventory after seeing Jitter escape? What if she escapes after that? That’s impossible. If she sends it now, Dok Soo Hee will escape every time by using the nuke. She will become untouchable.

If you ignore it as a bluff, Jitter will die when it fails. That won’t do. He still had a lot of work to do.

But if you escape into the portal, there is a chance that Dok Soo Hee can reuse the nuke if it is real.

If you just kill Dok Soo Hee, you won’t be able to get any information. Even if you kill her, the nuke will explode. Furthermore, if you just bring the contract that was kept separately, you can completely neutralize Dok Soo Hee. It would be a waste to kill her.

In the end, Jitter’s brain reached the most ‘efficient’ option in the moment. The core… had to be consumed here. But that didn’t mean Jitter could die. Dok Soo-hee couldn’t die either.

There was only one answer.

“Everyone, get inside the tower! Get inside the portal!”

At the same time that he shouted, Jitter threw Dok Soo-hee into the portal. At the last moment, he slightly snapped her neck, so she was confirmed to be unconscious and injured. This made it impossible for Dok Soo-hee to retrieve the core.

Jeter also threw himself into his own portal. His teammates probably hid in their own portals as well.

If a nuclear bomb were to explode… every human in this facility, or nearby, would die. Everyone except Team Alpha.

‘There’s nothing I can do.’

It was inevitable.

**

About a minute later.

Michael Jeter returns to reality from the first floor.

“…”

He picked up the ‘shell’ of a nuclear warhead that had fallen on the floor. It was empty to begin with. Dok Soo-hee had no nuclear weapons.

Was this the reason for summoning it on the floor from the beginning? If it was summoned in the air and fell to the floor, it would have made an empty sound. It was a great bluff.

“Wh, what… is going on?”

“Where did Soohee go? Why did you tell me to go into the portal… Woof!”

Team members who entered the conference room late. Jitter looked around at them.

“Mahesh. Dok Soo-hee escaped to the first floor through the portal.”

“… Yes, Chairman.”

“Over there, block off the spot where Dok Soo-hee was with concrete. After that, close the conference room and release the stun gas I mentioned earlier. Oh, and the turrets and cameras with sensors attached. Make sure you can subdue Dok Soo-hee immediately when she returns.”

The location of the portal is fixed. You have to come out from where you entered, so it was important to remember the location of the portal. In fact, Dok Soo Hee would have predicted this up to this point.

So then, from now on. From now on, how will Dok Soo Hee act? Jitter’s reason already knew the answer.

“… 26th floor.”

She will go to the 26th floor and wait for Kim Jun-ho. That is the only way to meet Kim Jun-ho without going back to reality.

Kim Jun-ho can’t get up to the 26th floor right now. He hasn’t even gotten past the 20th floor yet. There’s time.

Will Dok Soo-hee reach Kim Jun-ho first? Or will Jitter subdue Dok Soo-hee first?

“Everyone… worked hard.”

We don’t know yet. All that remains is to wait.