Chapter 73 – [Raccoon Man Beginning]

John Allion, commonly known as Dr. Allian, is a man I have heard of, even though I am not very interested in this side. He is, in some ways, more recognizable than the Master User.

He is the number one researcher in the field of enemy species, dimension formations, and Gaia Force, and as I heard from the taxi driver before, one of the three pillars that support the United States. I don’t know about his other achievements, but the only thing I do know is that he was the first person to create a dimensional sensor in the early days.

I knew that from textbooks.

The threat of enemy species is directly related to survival, so I do basic education, but it doesn’t matter to me, so it’s rare to be left blank in the middle.

In any case, Dr. Allian’s achievements in creating the dimensional seismic detector during the Great Depression saved hundreds of millions of lives even then. If there were no dimensional earthquake detectors, people wouldn’t have known that a dimensional earthquake was opening in the middle of the city and would not have been able to avoid it.

Until Shion sent the blueprint for a new dimensional seismic sensor under the name of Raccoon Girl, all commercially available dimensional seismic sensors were the work of Dr. Alion.

“I also meet often. I have a good personality. Besides, since I’m a master user, I think I can pull out various data. Maybe that’s why I want to meet you.”

“Well, I think it’s something else.”

If it’s about 30% about me, it’s probably about 70% about Shion… So about Raccoon Girl.

I coveted the boss of the dark organization called Atlas, but I think that wanting other scientists to not be interested is the same as thinking about eating it every day. Even if the general public doesn’t know, everyone with a level of access to confidentiality will know.

“Now, this is Dr. Alien’s laboratory. It’s quite large, right?”

“Hey, I thought you were going to some kind of university. How many research buildings are there?”

“It’s not just words that say what percentage of the enemy defense budget goes into this.”

The size of the research institute, comparable to that of Columbia University, that I saw yesterday seemed to be several with only visible buildings. In addition, some of them had the shape of a high-rise building.

Seeing that there are not only research buildings but also park-like facilities within the site, the welfare facilities seem perfect.

“Welcome! Were you uncomfortable coming? What about the meal? How is your condition?”

“Huh? Maybe you?”

The owner with the same voice I heard on the phone came out to meet me.

He looks like a pretty handsome young man. Although he seemed to be entering middle age, he did not look the same as he was.

It seemed more purposeful than pure intentions to greet them with light blonde hair and a friendly smile.

“Ah! I am John Alien. Nice to meet you, Raccoon Man”

“Hmm”

I looked at his face for a while. He didn’t feel any different, but rather it bothered him.

“Thank you for coming this far. Ah! Come to think of it, I received the core of the humanoid enemy you entrusted to me and am keeping it. I will probably start research soon.”

“Aside from anything else, what’s the purpose?”

“Shall we eat inside the laboratory? There’s a line of sight to talk about here.”

As I was about to follow him in, Jacob stopped me.

“Come out when the talk is over. I’ll give you a ride.

“Weapon maintenance?”

“Ah! Here, we also manufacture and repair special firearms like those used by Thunderbolt. That’s what it means to study enemy species.”

Researching enemy species in modern society means that there is technology, but first of all, research on how to kill enemy species more effectively.

Force users would not be able to belong to the military, so it might not be possible to make weapons in the military. That’s why it’s made in the lab.

Jacob headed to another research building, and I entered the laboratory with Dr. Allian. His stride does not look like that of a middle-aged man.

When I was a student, I was a person from textbooks, so even if I couldn’t do it, I would have become like that… Isn’t it too arrogant?

“What is your personality like… It’s kind of amazing.”

Haha! I know my personality well. I’m a bit of an eccentric, right? I know that, but I can’t control myself when I have something to study in front of me. I’m usually much more gentle than this.”

Anyway, maybe it’s there?

I haven’t seen a talkative person very often for a researcher… Shion said that people who research something tend to be quiet. Did you say it was mostly due to stress?

“Which one should I talk about first… First of all, let’s talk about the newly appeared humanoid enemy species. First of all, it is a completely new species. There are no other similar cases.”

“Certainly, if even one or two of them had appeared in the past, the world would have perished long ago.”

If all of the humanoid hostile species that have now appeared appear in one dimension, that country will surely perish.

There may be an average value, but it is usually 4 master user level enemy species. Once they appear, the country’s master user is at once fooled and slashed, and the city collapses and the country collapses.

The only way would be to launch a nuke, but the dimensional earthquake opens in the middle of the city. There are a lot of people, and even if you can take damage enough to blow a nuke inside your country, it would be impossible to defeat them without a direct hit.

Radiation? No, if something like radiation worked, those who show up in Japan would be left alone.

“Moreover, his core is Nonagon.

“The more angles there are, the higher it is, right? If it’s Nonagon… Is it spherical?”

“Yes, that’s right. It’s the first Nonagon antagonist.”

There are also classifications according to size, but at best they are small, medium, and large, and considering the purity of the power that can be used, you need to look at the shape of the core.

I didn’t know that before, but these days I’ve been dealing with enemy species so much that I’ve heard a lot.

“But he has high purity, so the specs are good, but maybe it’s because he’s small, so the force fusion phenomenon ends soon?”

“Yes! Indeed! Nice invitation! I wanted to hear this! This proves that the force fusion phenomenon depends on the strength of the entity and the total amount of raff energy without an opponent! I can write a review with this! I’m busy with research, but the thesis I’m going to throw it to the whining guys asking for some money!”

“You seem to be suffering a lot.”

“I’m a researcher! People are factions and lines. I’m tired of fighting politics. Even if I want to ignore them, I can’t ignore them because they’re money lenders. I’m going crazy.”

What can I say….. Dr. Allion looked much more human than what he saw in his textbook.

Of course, the human aspect of a typical researcher who is stressed, run around and worried about the budget is a bit child-destroying.

It’s as if the IMF taught that the people’s overconsumption was the cause, but in fact, it’s a level of shock. Or, I thought Empress Myeongseong was a great person, but she was shocked at the level of news she received.

I don’t know if the textbooks have been properly corrected these days.

“Anyway, the purity of the raff energy coming out of its core is higher than that of any other enemy species I’ve studied so far. And that alone is causing physical phenomena to the extent that haze rises around it.”

“I think it’s more of a conceptual problem rather than a physical phenomenon. Since he’s a guy with concept resistance in the first place, his core isn’t strange.”

“…….!!!”

Dr. Allion quickly grabbed both of his hands with his eyes shining.

“Conceptual question? Have you figured out the origin of Raph energy?”

“Aren’t you denying it?”

“Yes! That’s right! I thought that a person like Thunderbolt was a good fool because I was a master user, but you, Raccoon Man, are completely different. Maybe Raccoon Girl is just a name, isn’t it you?”

“That’s not it, the raccoon girl is someone else”

It passed so naturally, but Zion’s nickname passed by. Considering that Dr. Alian already knew the name of the raccoon girl, it is clear that there was a purpose behind it.

“Raff energy is biased toward the concept of basically negating it. That’s why they basically have physical resistance, and the humanoid enemy species that appeared this time were also confirmed by video, and they denied gravity and moved with an effect like anti-gravity. It’s like Gaia. The Force can create characteristics, just like Raph energy has the concept of negation. But do you know how a creature and a force that has the concept of negation in the first place can exist and deal with it at the same time?”

“In the end, it’s the will of the creature that uses that power.”

“Exactly”

Dr. Allian’s eyes began to shine even more than before. To be honest, it’s scary because it’s burdensome.

“At first, Raccoon Man, I called you to get the data of the new master user, but I didn’t know that you were such a good person to talk to. If you’re not rude, may I ask where you graduated from?”

“I didn’t go to college. My high school graduation is my entire education. In addition, a liberal arts high school”

“Oh my God! I wish I had gone as a researcher?! I have enough basic knowledge!”

“The science department doesn’t suit me”

Literature is me, science is Zion. It is separated like this. It is divided into fields that can be done, but since we know that it is a subject without talent in the first place, we just do not touch it.

Besides, the reason me and Dr. Alien can talk is purely because I know more, not because I’m smarter than him.

If you compare the amount of knowledge between geniuses in the Middle Ages and high school students in modern times, the latter will have more. But in the deepening part, the former is better.

No matter how much you do, you don’t understand that modern people are worse than medieval geniuses?

Well, first of all, let’s find someone who calculated the circumference of the earth almost similarly, even though there are no artificial satellites. By the way, I am Greek.

“The Raff energy’s characteristics become stronger as its purity increases. Apparently, the finished form of the core is a perfect prototype. I don’t know”

“Oh, it’s not like that”

Because I am.

Even if you are a transcendental person, if you are weaker than me, then it is meaningless. And if they come not alone, but in large numbers, that is meaningless.

I’m willing to take care of them if they show up when I’m moving as a raccoon man. But I don’t know when, but after beating Raccoon Man, there won’t be any soup. The virtuous act of sacrificing even though he clearly knows he is losing money is the farthest thing from me.

“Well, let’s start with the original purpose. Can you help me a little with data collection?”

“Why me?”

I was invited and came, but there is no reason to cooperate. In the first place, I am not an American citizen, so I have no obligation to do so.

“Don’t you have something to gain from me too? Otherwise you wouldn’t have come in the first place.”

“Hmm…..”

If you think about it, there is nothing wrong with having a relationship with someone who is influential in the world.

Besides, there’s something I’d like to ask.

So I decided to cooperate a little.

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Anyway, Dr. Allian was not a mad scientist. If so, he would have been imprisoned as an international criminal before his research achievements.

Even if it seems to have a tendency to run wild, it’s only for research, and it comes from passion, and it’s not a bad thing.

“First of all, test your strength. Climb on the platform over there and press the machine right in front of you. With both hands.”

“Hmm!”

“… Oh my God!”

I gave a little force, but the machine is crispy! I was scared. No, isn’t this a bit weak? A punching machine would be much better?

“Have you ever used an attribute?”

“Uh, is it like that for now?”

“No matter how many attributes you use, it’s only this much… Hibiki-san and Yonghwa-jeong’s strength, who have strengthening attributes, aren’t even this strong…”

“Do you know all master users?”

“Ah, they are special research data providers to me. In particular, a few days ago, I went to China and met Mr. Yong Hwa-jeong.”

As he is the world’s best scientist, his connections are extensive. I am a different person

The strength test was skipped, and the next thing was a running test in the park in front of the research center.

“The circumference of this park is about 1 kilometer. I will measure the time to come after walking around, so just signal and run.”

“1 kilometer? Isn’t it usually about 100 meters?”

“There are many people who can jump 100 meters with one leap or only take 1 or 2 seconds… There are also some that look at the minimum endurance for using abilities, so we decided on 1 kilometer. Anyway, let’s start!”

As Dr. Allian pressed the stopwatch, I ran lightly.

The force field was used only to strengthen the body, and since it did not fly and ran purely by stepping on the ground, it was considerably later than usual.

Did it take about 3 seconds?

“3.22 seconds?!”

Quagga gaga go!!!

The wind pressure created by my running raged. Thin twigs are broken, and leaves from the trees in the park are fluttering and falling.

“It’s almost as fast as the speed of sound…”

“Are there any master users who can break through the speed of sound?”

“There is one, but most are impossible. Maybe it’s because there’s no need for it.”

“Necessity? Oh, it deserves it.”

The master user has never fought anyone who is stronger than himself, or at least similar to Mr. Lee Kyung-jin.

A person without a goal loses his enthusiasm. In a situation where you can’t fight other master users anyway, even if you become stronger, you’ll only kill the enemy species.

These days, the level of aptitude species has increased and the need has arisen, but that is only recently. Probably, master users in countries other than Asia and America are still like that.

“A person is useless without a purpose. Goals and purpose ignite people’s passion and make anything possible.”

“Do you have a goal too?”

“Of course it is, my goal is to create a world where no more hostile species are passed over.”

It is also a goal desired by the majority of people. Who would want to live with their lives threatened? I also don’t want a dimensional camp to open next door to us.

Maybe if we researched a way to block the dimensional earthquake from this side, honestly, with the current technology, even the concept of space, let alone dimension, is far away. Even if I can’t do it, I’ll have to stay another 100 years.

Several other tests were then conducted. Gaia force retention test, agility and moving eyesight test, durability test, etc. Even though I didn’t invest a lot of time in one, lunch time was passing by.

“Oh, it’s already this time. It’s late, but would you like to have lunch?”

“Anyway, it’s easy to think of chatting while eating, but why don’t we just chat over a cup of coffee or something?

“Looks like you have a lot to talk about. Oh, there’s a cafe on the first floor of the research building. Let’s buy some coffee there.”

Dr. Allian went down and bought coffee himself without asking others to see if he was a good person.

It’s good to use good coffee beans, but the scent is good. Over a leisurely cup of coffee, I slowly started talking.

“If you do research, stories just come out in various places, don’t they?”

“Well, that’s true. A place that wants cooperation is better, and a place that threatens in the name of cooperation is really hard for me. Especially if the government says that it can do it even if it can’t do it, it’s not the only one who suffers because the budget comes out.”

I know how to arouse people’s fears, but I’m not very good at interrogating them. Especially if you can’t use physical means.

Dr. Allian is an important factor, so no matter how much I’m treated as a hero now, harming him will make me a criminal.

So let’s ask directly.

“Do you know about an organization called Atlas?”

“Poop!!!”

Dr. Allian loudly spurted the coffee he was drinking.

I dodged to the side to avoid the coffee that was about to spill on my face. If it was done by my wife, it would be a reward even if it was not in this industry, but I have no interest in what a boy did.

After coughing a few times, the true Dr. Allion wiped the coffee spills around his clothes and office desk with a tissue before he was in the mood to talk.

“…I’m sure the story will be longer than I thought.”

The curious feeling of the eyes has changed. It was more serious and heavy eyes.

A guy with a secret always had those eyes.

“To talk about that, we need to tell a story from the past. It might be boring, but is that okay?”

“When my grandfather tells old stories, even if it’s boring, you should listen to them. Not because the story is interesting, but because it has meaning in itself.”

“I’m not too old to be called grandfather yet.”

It was good because it was for a while. If someone is white, but has a young face, and someone is Asian, but they have presbyopia, in the end, race doesn’t matter, genes are the best.

Dr. Allion slowly began to tell his story.

“First of all, you might think that the first dimension earthquake you know happened during the Great Depression 20 years ago.”

“Yeah, that’s how I know it…Is it different by any chance?”

“One thing is different”

He looked around. The room is also Dr. Alien’s office, and there is no one outside. I also wanted to check if there was a wiretapping device, but there was nothing caught.

Apparently, his office is too blatant to have wiretapping devices. It’s good that we’re more comfortable.

“The first dimensional earthquake happened 23 years ago”