Chapter 68 – [Raccoon Man Beginning]

Around a few hours after the worst left for America. Team leader Jo In-hyeong called his cell phone. To get help with this situation, but unfortunately, he left for the United States now.

So, Zion decided to intercept the radio waves and receive the explanation instead.

“Who are you?”

[Uh, huh? Isn’t this the worst phone number? The last time I called, I was right…]

“He has gone to America now.”

[No, America?! Why are you going to America out of nowhere?! It should be the same there, but shouldn’t we rather help us?!]

“I went to protect his daughter at the request of Mr. Lee Kyung-jin”

[Ah……]

Joe had nothing to say. It is not possible for a master user in his country to go directly, and in that case, he has no choice but to send someone else.

If I wanted to argue, I should have sent Lee Kyung-jin to the United States and left the worst in Korea.

[…..All right. Then I can’t help it]

“Did you call to ask for cooperation because of this dimensional quake?”

[Yes, because the matter is the matter. I barely have time, so I’ll call you now.]

If I had called right after the news broke, I might have caught the worst and finished my work in Korea first and then went to the US. However, Team Manager Cho was also able to call because it took time to arrange and understand the site.

If there is no worst, there will be only one master user, Lee Kyung-jin, who protects Korea.

Will he be able to withstand this dimensional earthquake?

“I can do it”

[How sure are you?]

“If things don’t go well, it’s a problem that will be solved when he comes from America. We’ll just have to wait as long as possible.”

[Because that’s not as easy as it sounds…… Anyway, I understand, Mr. Shion]

Joe hung up the phone. Force users who were currently in the provinces came up to Seoul, except for the minimum number of people, and were deployed in various places to prepare, but there was a feeling that it was lacking somehow.

“Team leader, how is it? Raccoon Man is here?”

“We’re fucked, Changin-ah”

“Yes?”

“Raccoon Man went to America”

“No, he’s dead?!”

“Why did you go to America and die?”

“No, did you go to your hometown?! A raccoon would be a raccoon.”

Since the trump card, Raccoon Man, was absent, they were not the only ones worried. There is Lee Kyung-jin as the master user, but the difference between having one master user and two master users is huge.

That’s why competent force users try to win over the eyes of the nation. Considering that, if Raccoon Man is caught, there is a high possibility that he will serve a few years in prison at best and become a member of the country after serving as a special envoy.

“If it’s necessary, at this timing… We have no choice but to do something.”

“Yeah, but it’s kind of ominous. I have a feeling things are going to get messed up.”

“What is it, do you become an Awakener of Foresight?”

“It’s not like that, but the jjambab I’ve eaten so far seemed to tell me that.”

A sixth sense, not foreknowledge. I couldn’t figure out the details, only the likes and dislikes of the work, but that alone made Team Leader Joe feel ominous.

Suddenly, he thought that he was relying too much on Raccoon Man. In the first place, without him, he would have had to solve the dimensional quarry in the same way as now, but there is no big difference. He only had expectations of himself from someone.

The starting point has just returned to the beginning. At that, Team Leader Joe was heartbroken.

“It’s the same in the end. We’ll have to do something together.”

“…Okay. I’ll tell Miyeon too.”

“Okay”

Joe looked up at the sky and sighed.

The black night sky seemed to represent his heart.

*        *    *

Shion decided to answer the worst phone call instead. It was because there were times when I called because of work in the store, although there were times when I was a team leader. He’s probably stowing away for the worst flight by now, so it’s better not to make him uncomfortable.

And the next day. While he was answering his phone call, he received a call from Baek-ri. He went to work ahead of time, but the worst thing was that he didn’t come to work, so he called just in case.

[Hello? Brother?]

“Are you a student of Baekri?”

[Uh? Isn’t this your phone number? Why does my brother-in-law accept it?]

“He has gone to America now.”

[Your brother is dead?! Why not?!]

“No, I don’t mean it like a pad-rip. It’s really literal.”

[USA?! Why the United States all of a sudden?!]

Baekri’s alarmed voice is conveyed desperately over the receiver. He’s nowhere else, and he went to America overnight, which would be a surprise.

[Then what should I do with the store? I can do business without you, but I think there will be fewer people than usual.]

Now is not the day to leisurely eat chicken. You don’t know when and where the dimensional earthquake will explode, but there couldn’t be many people who would go back and buy chicken. I can’t say there’s none, but it’s definitely less than usual.

“Then make today a holiday. Then others will understand. I will call Seo-ae separately.”

[Ah, then I’ll close the shop door]

Today, the chicken restaurant [Shall we fry the chicken?] Is closed. The situation is better than the situation.

The situation is no joke, as soldiers are often spotted and helicopters are flying around when the forecast is drastic in Seoul. When the dimensional earthquake exploded, they rushed to it immediately and were ready to respond.

This is why people attach great importance to possessors of the foreknowledge attribute. Dimensional seismic alarms start ringing about 10 to 15 minutes ago, so it takes quite a while to arrive at the site, but even if the foreknowledge attribute holder cannot foresee it, it will take an hour or a day at the longest.

The difference between being prepared enough and not being prepared is huge. The usefulness of the possessor of the foreknowledge attribute was here.

“The store has closed… And there’s nothing else to do. I think I’ve done enough preparations at this point.”

If a dimensional quake occurs near her house, she has a plan to evacuate. It’s because there are some defenses anyway.

If there is a problem, it is Yejin who is still sleeping. After making a prediction once, I fell asleep and was still not able to come to my senses.

Assuming that she doesn’t use any powers, Shion has only the physical abilities of an adult woman despite her appearance. However, although she is stronger than she looks, given her small stature, it is only natural that she will have trouble carrying a fainting woman.

It’s not a matter of strength, it’s a matter of center of gravity. If Ye-jin’s feet are dragged on the ground while whimpering, it’s enough. However, even after doing so, it would be difficult to go to a nearby air-raid shelter or evacuation facility.

There is no worst, so this happened. Shion, thinking about what to do, decided to call Baekri.

“Baekri student?”

[Ah, brother-in-law. I’m on my way to close the store right now.]

“I have a favor, would you mind?”

[What is it?]

“Since he is not at home right now, there is no one to help. Besides, the child I mentioned last time is half-stunned and it is difficult to evacuate if the situation breaks out.”

[If that’s the case, I’ll go there. I guess I didn’t even think of that]

Anyway, at Baekri’s house, there is Ruri, the same Force user. And since Ruri is stronger than Baekri, it should be much safer.

If Baek-ri, a force user, comes, there is no problem in working hard. Then he’ll be able to take a break.

Soon after, Baekri arrived at Shion’s house. He thought it would take longer than expected, but Shion was a little surprised that he came so quickly.

“Isn’t the car blocked?”

“Ah, I ran because I felt like I was going to get stuck. That was faster.”

“Well, I will.”

Shion brought 100 li into the house. Then, he showed Ye-jin, who was still half-fainted and sleeping, and explained the story in detail.

“Yejin has the Wisdom attribute. Maybe that’s why she heard the story from the US this time… And went to the US at the request of master user Lee Kyungjin.”

“Then what if the base is robbed? Shouldn’t she protect her most important home?”

“I guess that’s probably fine.”

Worst of all, if she had known that her house would be destroyed because of this incident, she would not have gone to America. If you haven’t felt any ominous things about your home or Zion, it means you’re safe.

Moreover, Zion is there when you are in need. If you are prepared to get caught and put in your strength, the situation becomes much easier, even if the later work becomes annoying.

“Is this Yejin? It’s the first time I’ve seen her face…..”

“It’s still high 2”

“……?”

“Chunk Chunk Chunk”

“Ah! It’s not like that?!”

Baekli, realizing what Shion meant, vehemently denied it and shouted.

Considering the age difference, it’s not even 5 years old, but being a minor is still a crime.

“If something happens, I will have to evacuate, but then it will be difficult for me to take this child alone.”

“Oh, so that’s why you called. Okay. Then I’ll call you for a minute to say I’ll be here at home.”

When I turned on the TV, there were various broadcasts on the news. A significant number of channels stopped broadcasting and broadcast news, and as the situation had not yet erupted, they were still broadcasting confusing situations.

As in the Great Depression 20 years ago, there was no such thing as a lawless zone. Seeing this, Baek-ri felt confused.

“This won’t happen once or twice, so why is it like that?”

“It’s because I’m anxious.”

“I know that too”

Confused, scared and anxious. That’s why people show a disheveled look to prepare for fear.

Although he said so, there was no guarantee that Baek-ri himself would not do so in extreme circumstances. If the family is in danger, he will be too.

“It’s the same in this country with master users. What if that happens in other countries without master users?”

“……Yes”

“If you really want to reassure people like that, you’d better bring in Superman. This is unavoidable.”

People are not omnipotent. Zion is like that, and so is the worst. Because there are no absolutes in this world.

“I still feel bad when I see things like that.”

“That’s proof that you’re still innocent. Seeing things like that and having sympathy for them is proof that your conscience is alive as a human being, so please cherish it.”

“…I think you should say that to your older brother, not to me.”

“Doesn’t he have me, an externally attached conscience circuit?”

“You leave your conscience at home and go out?!”

“At least I’m not furious with that conscience.”

“……?”

Looking at Shion’s shoulder-length hair, he expressed his doubts, but when his gaze went down further and he realized that what Shion did was a sex drip, Baekri’s face turned red.

I didn’t know when I was with the worst, but Shion was a class similar to Ruri. The last time we met, I should have noticed it sooner since I saw the porridge hit me, but since I’m such a geek at the worst, Shion was rather buried and I didn’t realize it well.

Why aaaaa!!

And around that time, the dimensional alarm began to sound.

The sound wasn’t close, but it wasn’t too far away to hear it. At least an audible warning would mean that it was close by, even if it was far away.

“Dimension Jin…?”

“Now the news is out”

When the dimensional quake sounded, the exact area began to be identified in the news as breaking news.

[According to the news that just came in, dimensional earthquake alarms have been sounded in two places. The first place is near Yongsan-dong. And the second place is…… Near Myeong-dong]

“Uh……?”

For a moment, Baek-ri doubted that he had heard and misunderstood, but the words in the news were no different.

Apart from Yongsan-dong, Myeong-dong is a place that Baekri knows well. The chicken restaurant he works at is also there, so of course.

“Sister-in-law, over there…”

“I can’t help it this time”

The worst that will stop it will stop what happened in America now. There is no guarantee that nearby buildings will remain intact during the fight.

Myeong-dong is not a small place, but even if only one large enemy species appears, it will be much faster to find a nearby building. That’s why the chicken restaurant that Baekri works at [Shall we feed the chicken?] Is more likely not to be okay than it is to be fine.

Shion understood anyway. Because what matters is people’s lives, not buildings.

“If the store collapses, it’s enough to repair it. Even if it’s completely destroyed, the place will remain, so you can rebuild it. But people’s lives aren’t like that.”

Material things are not that important. It’s more important that you don’t.

“The man who runs a pork cutlet restaurant next door. There was a time when he boasted that he was able to do business because he taught me a little bit of his know-how.”

“…….”

“The lady who used to work at the cafe upstairs in our store liked that after learning how to brew coffee from my older brother, her regular customers increased.”

Bailey knew it too. The important thing is not buildings, but people’s lives.

That’s why I want to help.

What he wants to protect is not the building, but the meaning contained in the building.

“They’re all nice people. The older sister who used to run the clothing store across the street and the lady at the snack bar across the street do that too. But what if that place goes out of business?”

Life can be saved, but hope is lost.

Thinking about what to do in the future, you may encounter a bleak reality.

“It may not be enough, but I want to go. At least I won’t be in the way. So…”

“So I understand why he asked me to prepare.”

Shion cut off Baekri’s words. He smiled faintly and got up from his seat.

Then, with her telekinesis, an object the size of her palm flew out of nowhere and landed on her hand softly.

“Huh? What is that?”

“I knew this would happen and he told me to prepare it. I was thinking about what shape would be good, and I thought this would be cooler, so I prepared it.”

At the center of the gray metallic oval plate was a hemispherical device that looked like something glued to it. At first glance, it looks like a toy, but the circuits connected here and there seemed to have put a lot of effort into it, emitting faint light.

Let’s bring Shion to Baekri’s waist. It was worn like a belt by itself.

“What is it?! A transformation belt?!”

“That’s correct”

“No, really?!”

She already knew that Shion was no ordinary person. She also knew that she was an alien. But she really makes things like transformation belts?!

“I purposely programmed the voice recognition system. Just shout ‘Transform yourself!’ And press the orb in the center of the belt.”

“It’s not a gura, it’s real?! It’s not a hidden camera?!”

“It’s quicker to cheat and do it once”

Each person has their own taste, so there are many people who like transformation hero stuff even after they become adults, but among them, wear a belt and transform yourself! Rarely has anyone ever cried out. I’m embarrassed to be honest.

Baekri took the pose, risking embarrassment. There was something I saw, so I stretched out my arms in front of him and shouted vigorously.

“Transform!!!”

At the same time, when he pressed the sphere on the belt, small hexagonal panels radiating red light and rising from the belt wrapped around Baekri’s body.

Eventually, the red light subsided as it wrapped around the body and even covered the mask. Before long, standing there revealed the appearance of a reinforced exoskeleton suit from Shion’s underground laboratory.

However, the face mask was a deformed raccoon mask.

“Wooooo!!!”

“No, there’s a prisoner!!!”

“I’m from that generation!”

“Aaaaah! At least this body appeared! Please do at least!”

“Who’s the ambassador?”

“Generation gap aaaaa!!!”

Shion screamed in frustration.

Yes man! DK….. No, Baekri!