Chapter 122 – [Raccoon Man Beginning]

Caught by my power, they couldn’t speak or even lift a finger. The only thing I could do was roll my eyes.

I walked across the main computer room, where time seems to have stopped, and plugged the courtesy hacking tool into any USB port I could see nearby.

“Let’s see how different you guys are from the Korean kids. Maybe not? If it’s at a decent level, will I kill you gracefully?”

“Turn it off…!”

A researcher tried to move, but all that came out was a moan of pain. The ability I used was restrained by overlaying the body as it is, so nothing will be able to move as if concrete has been poured and hardened.

I contacted Shion through the communication linked to the mask. It was the time when he was in the middle of his sleep, so he tried not to wake him up as much as possible, but this kind of work could only be done by Zion.

“Uh, it’s me. I’m sorry that I contacted you while you were sleeping, but I just plugged in the hacking tool? Is the data safe?”

[Ha~am. I woke up, but… Well, most of the data is unharmed. Some have been deleted, but about 90 percent remain]

“Oh, I’m glad. I was wondering what if I had to suffer for nothing this time.”

[……But it seems that these guys have changed their ways since the last Korean branch incident. Data from other branches have been erased from the beginning. All that remains is the research data of the UK branch]

“But I’m not going to leave that material alone. Do you know where it was sent?”

[Oh, that’s supposed to go over to Russia. However, I can’t pinpoint the location… So I think I’ll have to buy a separate English computer. If you want to have good performance, I can’t hack, so I’m just pissed]

“That’s why people should have equal stats.”

[Are you saying you want to become a power mage? Anyway, I have removed all the data, so if you need anything, just tell me]

“Is there any organization that has dealt with these guys? A large-scale terrorism is possible.”

[Let’s see… Ah, I found it. From the beginning, this was also a secret organization, so there weren’t many places to do business with. It would be better if there were fewer mouths that he knew.]

“Where is it?”

[It’s a gang called ‘LF’ on Paddington Street. It is said that they call it by a shortened name of LIFE, but in my opinion…]

“Well, London Fallen or something. But are they really native English speakers?”

Wouldn’t it be correct to say Fallen London or London Has Fallen?

Well, I’m not the boss of their organization, so there’s no way I can know how they built it.

But it’s surprising It’s not like an international criminal organization or something, only gangs commit such terrorism? And do you make a deal with Atlas?

No, if you think about it, the Gaia cult was just a pseudo-church, but they did business with them. But there’s no guarantee that gangs will.

“What do they do to make a living?”

[There is a casino as a major source of income. It’s called W. Lovett Casino, and it’s quite large, so it’s a place where you can make a lot of money]

“Is it like Kangwon Land?”

[Well, it’s a casino, it’s there. Honestly, isn’t it kind of fun to play somewhere else like that?]

“It doesn’t”

I don’t like Zion or casinos. It’s not because it’s a gamble, it’s because it’s not fun.

Shion, who can manipulate any electronic device, and me, who are good at manipulating probabilities. If you go around together, it’s as easy as ripping off a casino.

If Xion plays the slot machine and I play roulette, poker, or blackjack, I will earn money to live on for the rest of my life. If you don’t do that, it’s not fun anyway, and you get caught up in pointless troubles and most of them are ripped off with taxes.

It’s easy to make a lot of money at once, but it’s better not to do it. If the unearned income was good in the first place, I would have bought bitcoin.

“Did they fund it with the money they made at the casino? What did they get?”

[…It says that you received the Raff energy enhancer that has been secured for safety]

“What? Wait, that’s done?!”

The purpose of Atlas is the fusion of Gaia force and Raph energy, but as seen in the Gaia religion, Raph energy is characterized by being transformed into an enemy species when a large amount enters the body.

If it is a very small amount, it has the effect of improving the physical condition of even ordinary people, and Force users can withstand more than that, and they can have the physical resistance unique to the enemy species, but it is the same that it mutates when the limit is exceeded.

After the support of the Gaia cult Atlas was cut off, it was produced on its own, but it was unstable and ended up being nothing more than a doping that ended in a monster.

But did you finish it? Aren’t these babies too developed?

[Well, even so, there are many restrictions on single use. First of all, you must have more than a certain amount of force, and it is affected by the genetic characteristics of each individual, and the same person cannot use it twice, and it is not effective and the effect time is short. Even on the Atlas side, there are too many limitations to say that it is a complete fusion, so I’m looking at it as a prototype]

“There are many disadvantages. But you said you accepted them?”

[At least while the effect is in effect, force users have physical resistance enough to not die unless they are hit by missiles]

The reason the current social system is maintained is that Force users can be subdued by the military. No matter how superhuman they are, they are helpless in the face of bombardments from fighter jets flying at the speed of sound. At least, there are few Force users who can survive in the face of a rifle fire, which any Korean man has ever touched.

If you pick up a gun and hit Baek-ri right now, you can get a good enough blow if you just hit. No matter how much he protects it with his characteristics, the physical force contained in bullets cannot be ignored. Besides, it’s not even one or two.

Ah, since I fed him Phantom Blood, thanks to his regenerative power, he could live as long as it didn’t hit his head or heart.

“Ugh, ugh…!”

“Ah, that’s right. You guys were still there. I’m done with my business, so I’ll kill you.”

“Uuuuu!!”

“Why did you sit down without pretense? Did you know that you wouldn’t die well anyway? I’m a person who can treat you like a human even if I’m not human, but on the contrary, I’m not someone who treats you like a human just because I’m in human form.”

I’ve already seen the evidence. Here, as in Korea, there were numerous physical evidences of healthy people being used as test subjects.

It is now too late to make excuses and repent. If I was going to do it, I should have done it a long time ago.

I don’t know why you work here. No, I have no intention of knowing, and I have no intention of sympathizing with her. Whether the salary was good, whether it was threatened, or there were unavoidable circumstances, even if you made excuses like that, in the end you just walked into the same category yourself.

If I wanted to fix it in the first place, I should have been a whistleblower. Well, it’s late now.

I used my ability again toward the researchers who were rolling their eyes. It captures the entire space and compresses it as it is.

Poududeudeuk!!

“Uuuuu!!!”

“Turn it off, mueeueueueueueueu!”

There is a sound of bones being crushed and smashed. There are screams mixed with it, but since you can’t even open your mouth, it’s nothing more than a murmur.

It lost its human form in an instant and turned into a lump of red dumplings, but I rather think that grotesque appearance is better in my eyes.

At least someone would think he was human. This is the only way to treat guys who have discarded their humanity as human beings.

“It would be nice if we could go out like this…But I think there’s someone in charge here too?”

Who was it It’s been a long time since I’ve forgotten it, so I can only remember that it was Mr. Chu, but there was someone sitting in the chair in charge of the Korean branch.

There must be someone like that here too. Oh, when I looked for it, it was downstairs here.

But it feels pretty calm for me to have invaded, right? Are you going to be ejaculating to a boss or something like that?

I don’t know if I’ll spit out anything good, so I’ll have to poke around. Well, or just kill it.

I left the main computer room without much expectation and went downstairs. The structure is similar to Korea, but it is also different. At least here it is efficient, so all you have to do is go down the sloping passage.

It’s really good to be flooded, but I don’t know if it’s too much money.

There were many rooms downstairs, but there was only one room with signs of a person. Moreover, since it was a relatively large room, I thought that this must be a place for someone with a certain position to stay.

I thought it would be nice to have a powerful appearance, so I kicked down the door and went inside.

Quaang!

“Tok Tok, who are you? Me! Me! It’s me! Me!”

Inside, there was only one man sitting in front of a large desk. He smiled in a relaxed manner, not caring about my appearance.

“Ah, finally you’re here, raccoon man”

I’ve heard his voice before.

No, to be precise, the voices were altered, but I realized that they were the same person in terms of tone and things like that.

“Why are you bastard here?”

The boss of Atlas was right in front of me.

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He had dark hair, but his skeleton looked Western. Are you of mixed race? I wondered, but there wasn’t much I could read on his face. At most, it’s about the relaxed feeling of the moment.

My ability to contemplate is not absolute either. There are also some blind spots, so if you believe in all of them, you will be in big trouble. Especially for that type of person.

A guy who can hide his true feelings is not easily identified even with contemplation. It’s all the more so because you look like a person just by looking at their innocent faces.

“Why are you here? Did you come here because I was afraid of being inspected?”

“Well, it’s true that I’m on tour, but I’m not here because I’m scared. I was just waiting.”

He was a young man who appeared to be in his 30s. So I don’t know if it’s him, but I felt uncomfortable seeing him as the same age as me.

If purely this guy made Atlas, he would have been alive at least 20 years ago when the aptitude species appeared, so he was a teenager at the time, which makes sense? Isn’t that a bit strange?

“Who is the head of this branch?”

“You’re over there. You’ll know when you see it, right?”

When I turned my gaze, there was a body of a middle-aged man who appeared to have committed suicide with a handgun in a corner of the room. I don’t know if he killed himself because he saw me invade, or if he ordered him to commit suicide, but if he died, he was dead. There is no way to ask for more information.

But a better source of information was in front of him.

“But why are you, you bastard, openly appearing in front of me?”

“Yeah, it’s a dummy”

“……Hmm”

When I robbed the Korean branch, I got on the airwaves and killed the guy on the other side from a distance. It’s like killing someone on the other side of the world without even touching it, but anyone who transcends that level can do it.

But even after killing him, he was fine. That means he’s not the only one.

“It doesn’t look like they used any shadow alteration techniques.”

“Aren’t you watching too many Japanese animations? If it’s your hobby, then it can’t be helped.”

“Let’s not be rude by watching that anime.

It may be said that Zion is the best at virtue, but I am not far behind him. They say that these days, animes are always looking for something that suits their taste.

It’s because the social climate is so ingrained in the habit of thinking that people who watch anime are weird.

“Tsk, we’re not connected spiritually. Do you use your cell phone to coordinate opinions with the body?”

“…How did you know that?”

“If that’s the case, your bastard won’t look like that in front of me.”

Those who use alter egos have scratched my personality from before. In particular, there were often people who used clone magic tricks like in a certain ninja manga, but there was a special potion that worked really well in those cases.

But even that alter ego was used when spiritually connected… He was purely an individual.

I don’t know who the body is, whether it was because of its head, or if it was forced to use this method, but thanks to this uncomfortable method, it saved its life, so I’ll praise it.

“Are you the type that just injected memories?

“Oh, I thought it was a manifestation of the ability of a great range to kill even a dummy in the United States in Korea. Do you have that level of sensing ability?”

“What’s surprising about the fact that both of us have to exist?

“It’s not like that. I lost my interest for a while and fell in love with the story without even realizing it.”

“Hagisa, you bastard, I felt that way when I was talking to you last time.”

Raccoon Girl, that’s why I suggested that we interact with Shion.

Come to think of it, I had a similar conversation with Dr. Allian. When you brought up the story of Atlas, there was a partner exchanging research data secretly from the US government. If so, it’s likely this way too.

“What should I call you?

“If I had to call it, ‘Prometheus’ would be a good name. It’s a name I’ve always thought was good.”

“Prometheus? Aren’t you a pro? You’re just a fan of Greek mythology. You’d better be fooling around.”

Prometheus is the name of the god who brought fire to humans in Greek mythology.

He is also a god who is the brother of Atlas, the organization of these guys, and his name also means ‘one who thinks ahead’.

Suddenly, I felt like I knew what these guys were for. No, I didn’t mean to… I tried denying it, but to be honest, it was more likely to be correct than not.

“Atlas, as well as Prometheus. Your baby’s purpose is not boring like a world conquest.”

Among the categories I hate, there are a lot of these guys. I grind my teeth thanks

“Oh, did you notice? Actually, I tried to tell you the name the other day, but I didn’t have time.”

“You fucking have a blatant naming sense, but if you don’t notice it, you’re an asshole”

Atlas is the god who sets aside the process and sustains the world as a result.

And Prometheus is a god who delivered fire for humans and eventually earned the hatred of Zeus and was punished by having his liver eaten by an eagle for eternity.

In other words, they…

“It’s not world domination, it’s world salvation? It’s great that you have such a grand goal. Atlas gentlemen? Are you good guys cosplaying now?”

Those who think that it is okay to be impure in the process and that they can make sacrifices as much as they like for the sake of a great cause. Those guys are the worst.

Why? At least the guys plotting world domination know they’re bad. However, there are so many idiots who justify themselves that what they do is good.

I can see why this organization is full of people. If it was just an anti-human organization, there would have been many people who escaped, but if the purpose was to save the world, but with good intentions, they might have thought that what they were doing was noble.

“Since the Great Depression 20 years ago, the enemy species have been invading the Earth. Not enough, and they are getting stronger. There’s no time”

“But isn’t it meaningless to win while giving up humanity?”

“Even if you watch over humanity, it’s meaningless if you can’t survive.”

“Even if you survive, if you don’t have humanity, you’re no different from a beast in the end.”

“If we don’t win against the enemy species, we will eventually be bred like animals.”

“… ‘We too’, how can you be so sure?”

As the opinions between me and Prometheus were running parallel, something crossed my mind.

The relaxed expression of his complexion had hardened, and he had a straight face with an expressionless look.

Red species kill humans. At least, if they were hostile with a reason, they could have been persuaded, but they were like that from the moment they just came out without such a thing.

But how can he be so sure of the future that’s about to come upon us?

Like someone who has been through it.

“You… Aren’t you from this dimension?”

“…….”

Prometheus responded with silence instead of affirmation. But in the end, it was nothing short of positive.

He was not a human from this dimension, Earth.

He was a human from the dimension beyond that sent the enemy species.