Chapter 57 – [What Is Life, Just Live as You Live]

It was possible to climb up and reach the surface by wading through water that would be difficult for ordinary people to open their eyes.

It was deep because it was at the bottom of the Han River, but it went right up to the top of the water with just one kick. I wasn’t particularly bothered by breathing, but Yejin, who had been holding her breath for a while, was breathing heavily.

“Ah… It’s night now.”

“Have you seen the sky in a while?”

“It’s been almost a month.”

We moved to the water’s edge and went up on land. And dry your wet clothes and body.

It only takes a short time to evaporate moisture by applying the force. Ye-jin put on a much better expression as his cold body became warm at once.

“Thank you, mister. But what are you going to do now?”

“First of all, I have to create an alibi and go back to where I was.”

“Ah, that’s right”

The problem is Yejin’s whereabouts.

“Can’t we go back to the facility?”

“You’ve already been declared dead. Do you think they’d let you go when they saw you back, even if you reported them missing?”

Perhaps Ye-jin was already treated as a dead person. Just like the test subjects I’ve seen.

And if you go out into society as it is, someday those guys will reach out again.

“And you are more dangerous.”

“Why?”

“Because you have the foreknowledge attribute”

“Yes?!”

She figured it out from what she had tested earlier. What Yejinyi possesses is not simply a characteristic like a good sense, but a possessor of the foreknowledge characteristic that peeks into the future.

Now, it seems that he has just awakened and his skills are low, so he can only sense the next few minutes ahead, but if he refines it a little, he seems to have the talent to become a very good predictor.

Even I, who did not know much about Force users in the first place, knew that there were few people with precognitive attributes. If left as it is, it is self-evident that the country or the other organization will reach out.

“I’ll give you my card. First, buy some clothes, eat, rent a motel, and rest there. I’ll come back later.”

“Uh…I don’t have a cell phone right now. I don’t have a way to contact you. How can I find you?”

“If I’ve met someone, I can find them even on the other side of the world”

“Wow…I thought he was a raccoon man, but he was surprisingly talented.”

“Actually, I’m just an idiot with good skills”

While I was reincarnated, I had this and that knowledge, but compared to the people who are called geniuses in the world, it is far short. Insight, imagination, or something like that.

It’s because I push it through the time of reincarnation, so my ability looks good. Even if an ordinary person lived the time I lived, it would be similar.

“You’ll need a new identity to make a fresh start. I’ll prepare that.”

“Okay…Then see you tomorrow.”

I gave Yejin my card. It’s a card in my name, not a black card.

I have to go back before the sun rises. At least you have to create an alibi that says you slept together at the pension, so it will be convenient later.

“Ah, I see.”

“Why?”

“My mask had a breathing function. If I had just put my mask on you, you wouldn’t have to make such a fuss.”

“……..”

“I forgot that breathing wasn’t that essential in the first place.”

Yejin looked at me with pitiful eyes.

But no matter what, what saved me was what saved me. Right before we parted, she thanked me.

“Mister! Thanks for saving me today!”

Ye-jin has been through many things, but she waved her hand and saw me off with her now much brighter face. She waved her hand as I did and she said hello.

The long, long night has come to an end.

*        *    *

The next morning, the news came that a tornado had occurred in the Han River.

“It is said that dragons flew in Gaecheon, but would it be possible for dragons to fly in the Han River?”

“Mister, do dragons really exist?”

“There is”

I caught it sometimes, but what? Yeouiju took her out of the hole and gave it to Shion.

Beside me, Baek-ri and Su-jeong looked at me suspiciously. No, to be honest, it’s kind of like being stabbed.

If you listen to the story on the news, it is said that the water rose like a dragon’s current with a great shock and sound at night. Now that I think about it, it was fortunate that I went to the Han River, otherwise a catastrophe would have happened.

There was no mention of an underground research facility. It’s going to be hard to find because the basement is flooded anyway. It’s not that the ground there is low, so there won’t be an uproar if the ground research facility is flooded. If you’re not an idiot, your organization will also cover up the information.

Along with what happened there, I discussed Yejin’s treatment with Shion.

“It is easy to create a family register. But if you register as a Force user, you will be watched again.”

“Well, even if you register as someone else, there’s no guarantee that there won’t be people you don’t know.”

Even if they were different people on the family register, as long as they were the same person, there was no way that their friends and acquaintances would not recognize them. Even if you put a dot next to your eye and pretend to be a stranger, the only thing that works is the last morning drama.

“In addition, the Wisdom Attribute Awakener… Do you know how the previous Wisdom Attribute holder died?”

“It’s obvious. It’s overworked. My head hurts when I use Future Foresight, but do you think ordinary people would be fine if they wore it?”

“Even if it’s not a specific organization, it’s an instant to be caught and canned in the country.”

However, this time, I will apply restraint and surveillance to the name of convenience so that I can write a little longer.

The most desired force user in the country is the master user in the first place, and the possessor of the foreknowledge-type attribute in the second place. As far as I know, there are a few people who have the precognitive trait, but half of them are scammers, a few are dead, and I heard that one real person is working in the United States.

“If you register as an ordinary person… You will eventually become a minor. But don’t you have a guardian?”

“That’s right”

He was an orphan in the first place, so he grew up in the same facility as me. Even if you make a family register here, you are an orphan.

But I don’t want to do that. It’s a child who has been through a lot of bad things, but there is no place to go back. Even if the world is cruel, you shouldn’t be cruel to children. If the world is cruel to children, it is adults who do it wrong.

“……Hey, you know.”

“It’s a service to replay new dramas even if you don’t see it. Aren’t you going to be a guardian?”

“There are rooms left in the house anyway. Not for long, until the child becomes an adult.”

I’m a high school student right now, so at most 3 years. If it is short, it will become an adult in 1 or 2 years. By that time, you should be able to find your own way.

Then at least you don’t have to go to the facility. I know because I grew up in a facility, but it’s not a very good place to spend your adolescence.

“My husband is like a person, so I’m wearing a mask”

“I don’t know how to be human, but is your personality okay?”

I also think it’s funny that a guy who kills people himself is arguing about his humanity, but I don’t think his personality itself is bad. He was really a character-breaker, had no friends, and was already branded a criminal and was in prison.

Yejin decided to take care of us as guardians. She wondered what it would be like to adopt her, but she was overruled by Shion’s opinion.

“What would you think if a couple in their early 20s had a daughter in high school?”

“Ah”

“Besides, because of how I look, I should rather look like a daughter.”

At best, a couple in their early 20s have a daughter in high school, and most of the time, a young couple who broke the speed is raising a foreign daughter in elementary school. Hmm… Either way, I’ll be a guardian for now, but I’ll have to think about adoption later.

Me and Shion put off her plans for a child until later, so we went there occasionally, and if there was a child she was meant to be with, she would adopt and raise them.

But it seems a little early this time. Plus, since the kid I’m adopting is a high school student, they’re almost all grown up.

Anyway, Shion decided to solve the family registration problem. Give it time and it will take care of itself.

To the next…….

“What happened bro?”

White lily asking me I’m asking with confirmation that I’ve already done it.

So she decided to answer succinctly.

“It’s all over”

“Did you kill him?”

“There’s no proof anyway”

If the police arrests you and makes you guilty just because you have suspicions, that is not a 20th century dictatorship, and it is almost impossible now.

Most of the people I killed became fish food because the underground laboratory was flooded, and in order to point that out as evidence, the existence of the underground laboratory must be revealed.

But is it possible? Expose the fact that you experimented on a human body to make me guilty? All I can do is go to prison, but over there, its tail will be exposed and its existence will be revealed to other countries besides me.

Since ancient times, it is important to maintain secrecy in a secret organization that has gone behind like this. If caught, the power is halved from that moment on.

Think about it, there’s a big difference between knowing someone’s going to slap me in the back and being prepared for something you don’t know.

It’s like the meaning of terrorism is reduced if you know it in advance.

“Hyung-hyung… I don’t know if he’s a good person or a bad person when I see him sometimes.”

“…….”

Honestly, it’s not unreasonable for Baekri to think that way.

My true personality is a character-breaker who is indifferent to people other than myself and has no guilt even if I kill people.

But I really care about ethics and morality. That means at least seeking humanity in order to remain human.

Besides, if humans do not have ethics and morality, what is the difference between them and beasts? Those who don’t think of that are beasts.

“Think what you want to think. But one thing is for sure, you don’t have to be like me.”

“That’s for sure. I’m a bit of a pedophile too…”

“Hey!”

This bastard sometimes trips over Zion and falls?! Because I’m young!

“If I really gave up my humanity, I would have become like a murderer who would kill and get everything if necessary, caring nothing about society. I want to remain human, so I insist on purpose.”

“That’s for sure…”

Baekli said as if he was having trouble.

“I think you are saying that you are no longer human.”

“…….”

Honestly, it was a hit.

I have lived hundreds or thousands of times more than the average person, and there are things I have lost and gained.

However, if you ask me if I am human, it is difficult for me to answer myself.

“I’m thinking about it too. So I’ll give you an answer someday.”

Well, I don’t know if you’ll be alive by then.

There’s no way I can decide what I’ve been thinking about for a long time in just 100 years of this life. So you’d have to be really lucky to judge while Bai Li is alive.

Today is the day to return from the trip. On the last day, we played at the pension, but there was a separate swimming pool at the pension, so we played there and had fun.

“Did everyone have a good time?”

“The president’s brother has a big face. Where did he go and what did he do?”

“Huh? Not really?”

“Ah, ah… I’m sorry! I asked a strange question! I’m sure it’ll be okay if I’m alone with my husband and wife.”

“Hey! That’s not the story!”

I’m supposed to sleep with Shion without leaving the room. Anyway, there is no CCTV around here, and even if I saw what came in, no one saw what went out, so I ended up sleeping at night.

Perhaps Baek-ri, a child and quick-witted Su-jeong, noticed what I said before, but the rest…… Hmm, I don’t know if Ruri pretends not to know or really doesn’t know.

“Pack your stuff. Let’s go back soon. On the last day, it’s best to go home early and tidy up and rest rather than play for a long time.”

The best place to sleep in the world is your own home. It would be fun to sleep outside for a day or two, but that doesn’t last long.

I packed my things in the car and prepared to leave. I have to go back quickly and bring Ye-jin.

Soon after we got into the car and set off, the children were all asleep. Even though we had a lot of fun, the kids seemed to be tired because they were kids, so they quickly fell off.

Kids are the cutest when they sleep.

We arrived in Seoul in an hour and a half after driving without having to stop at a rest stop. It’s a weekend, so it’s a bit congested, but it’s good enough.

When I was almost there, I woke them up and took them home. There were some troubles for three days, but we still had fun. At least the kids didn’t see blood, so they played well.

And finally, Baekri and Ruri were dropped off.

“Ah! I had a good vacation! I ate well, played well, and relieved all my stress!”

“You’re in 3 months after the exam”

“Gyaaaaa! Why are you saying that now! At least for today, I was going to stop worrying about that and rest!”

“Should I read it from the 100th day of completion of the CSAT?”

“Kyaaaaa!”

For high school seniors who are preparing in full swing, the CSAT is the ordeal of a lifetime. I don’t pay much attention to it, so it doesn’t affect me much. To be honest, I roughly looked at the college entrance exam in this life, because my future is in the restaurant industry. Did you get a level 3?

On the way home after parting with Baek-ri and Ruri. It’s a weekend in the metropolitan area, so the traffic is quite congested. Since it’s only me and Shion, there are a few things to talk about just the two of us.

“Let’s pick up Yejin on the way and go”

“Are you going that way?”

“I told you to get a room and rest, so it seems like you’re stuck there?”

When I spread my senses and figured out Yejin’s location, she barely moved in one place. At most, it’s about drinking water or rolling around on the bed.

I asked Shion, who was petting the original fox in the passenger seat, about the information she had obtained in the lab.

“What’s the purpose of those guys doing human experiments like that?”

“First of all, we are basically pursuing the fusion of Gaia Force and Raph energy.”

Force user’s Gaia Force.

Raph energy of an enemy species.

Both of them have the same ability, but they are different in nature. From my point of view, the basic base is the same… To compare, the difference between inner attack and mana? Ah, you can’t tell the difference between a warrior and a wizard.

Gaia Force can express the characteristics of each individual personality. If you create a curriculum according to the room for development, you can realize simple characteristics. Such a trait is quite useful.

On the other hand, Raff energy can be cited as physical resistance as it is the biggest characteristic of an enemy species.

Then, what if there is a hybrid superhuman with characteristics like a force user and physical resistance like an enemy species?

I don’t know if a force user is useful for such a hybrid, but in the worst case, a monster that neither the force user nor the army can stop. It takes a moment to collapse and dominate society.

“I know the purpose of the experiment, but the reason for such an experiment itself is that the data has been deleted. Even if I try to restore it, it has already been physically blown away.”

“I should have ripped it off even if it was hard.”

“I still have one more piece of information.”

“What?”

Zion said calmly.

“Their organization’s name is ‘ATLAS'”

The name of the Greek mythological giant who carried the world on his back.

It was a grandiose organization name for those who abandoned their humanity.