Chapter 74 – [Raccoon Man Beginning]

What Dr. Allian said was honestly a bit far fetched.

If it was 23 years ago, that would be before I was even born. In the first place, even during the Great Depression when a dimensional earthquake occurred and the enemy species invaded, I would have been a child who could not even realize that I was a reincarnated person.

But even though I recall 23 years, how long is that face?

“With the first dimensional earthquake 23 years ago, the world as I knew it was completely changed. It was a truly amazing event. It was the moment when I recognized the concept of dimension. I couldn’t even remove 1% of the mysteries of the universe, but another dimension! What if Even if there is only one human being in this universe, aren’t there other dimensions? So I was half-conscious at the time. I couldn’t even think about what to do in the face of such a huge event. The dimension quake itself didn’t last long, but it was research data. It was enough to collect. After collecting as much data and information as possible, I prepared for the next dimensional quake. What happened once could happen twice, so I thought it would definitely happen. Of course, I don’t know when and where it will happen, so I started using dimensional quake detectors from that time on. I made and prepared it.”

“Are you LA… No, Dr. ALrian? Why did you put a motor on your tongue like that?”

If you want to talk about it, start from LA… Roughly like that repertoire, his voice, speaking like a rapid-fire gun, contained the excitement of that time as it was.

It’s certainly a surprising discovery for a scientist, and I’m not confident that I won’t be surprised if something like a Gundam moves in front of my eyes.

It’s not that I don’t understand, but there are too many words.

“Kuhmm, anyway, 3 years after the first dimensional earthquake 23 years ago. The reaction I was hoping for reappeared.”

“This time with the enemy species?”

“Yes, that’s right. At the time, I didn’t receive government or corporate support, so I couldn’t spread dimensional seismic detectors that much. The range isn’t as wide as it is now. I probably sprayed dozens or hundreds of them and barely covered one Queens.”

The enemy species that appeared along with the dimension Jin created an event called the Great Depression. Normal weapons do not work and can only be effectively dealt with by Force users, but at that time, the concept of superpowers, let alone Force users, was just a fiction in novels and fiction.

People are being killed by monsters without knowing why. In order to prevent further damage, the government ordered the bombing while risking civilian damage.

I was young at the time, so I don’t remember it, but all middle-aged and older people now have at least one trauma from the Great Depression.

In the past, when I was in middle school, I participated in volunteer activities visiting the homes of elderly people living alone to fill volunteer hours. If it’s a job that needs to be filled anyway, it’s better to do something more rewarding.

At that time, a grandmother I met lost all of her children as well as her grandson during the Great Depression, and she was living almost like a disabled person. Even after 20 years, the wound has not healed.

“It was hell at that time. I didn’t know what to do at the time, and my emotions took precedence. I felt fear from the enemy species, and I felt fear, but I also felt anger. And I was taken away by them all. Old friends, family…….All I have left is me”

“…….”

“I will do anything to eradicate the enemy species. And in the meantime, someone contacted me.”

“Tangent?”

“About 10 years ago. My computer has secretly contacted me despite being monitored by the government.”

Dr. Allion is an important person, so he must be monitoring him. Among them, there will be concerns about hacking, so the defense will be much better. It would be a big deal if even research data were lost to the enemy country.

It’s Shion, and the US Department of Defense’s Firewill is also dismissed as Woodrock level, but that’s because Shion originally specialized in electronic warfare and was purely a computer for material civilization. Besides, there are some things that are a little less developed.

If it’s to the extent of hacking and contacting a place that is normally directly managed by the US government… It would be absolutely impossible with a computer made with the technology of this age.

“I exchanged various technologies and information with the person I contacted. It is a violation of the National Security Law, but I didn’t approach it easily to see if I was careful.”

“Do you know what these guys called Atlas are doing?”

“I don’t know, but there are no good people out there who do things behind the scenes.”

“Why are we still interacting with each other?”

Dr. Allian sighed.

He took a sip of his coffee and continued his explanation.

“I needed more data to stop the enemy species and dimension earthquakes. As I said before, I will do anything to eradicate the enemy species. I am interacting with them for that purpose…The name of the organization is also You know, it doesn’t look like you did anything normal.”

“I did a human experiment”

“……Five”

“Experiment of fusing Raph Energy and Gaia Force”

“Oh, my God”

Dr. Allian understood what it meant without going into deep explanation. Experiments that use humans as the base and add factors of hostile species turn humans into monsters. So far, it has only been a failure, but looking at the progress, it seems that tangible results will emerge within a considerable period of time.

Thinking about how much damage will be done in the meantime is far-fetched.

“…I’m not going to say I’m not guilty. Being bystanders is the same sin as sympathy. I was blinded by knowledge, so I guessed it, but pretended not to know it.”

“You just have to realize it yourself.”

If you don’t even know that, it means you have no humanity. Humanity is the greatest value for human beings.

Even if they look like monsters, if they have humanity, they can be called humans, but even if they look like humans, if they don’t have humanity, they’re no better than a beast.

If you have an attitude of enlightenment and self-reflection, that alone is a disprove of humanity.

There are so many trash in the world that can’t even do that.

“It is often the case that we get in touch from over there, but there has been no news lately.

“You’re quite cooperative, aren’t you benefiting from having them?”

“Listening to your story, I also want to join that organization. I need data, I don’t want to join hands with such an organization.”

It would be quite beneficial if you made a personal connection with Dr. Allion. Even if Shion doesn’t go to the fore in the name of Raccoon Girl like last time, I can spread the technology through him.

In short, he is the pants boss.

“One thing before that. I can’t call it Minister, but can you connect me with a person called Raccoon Girl?”

“Why a raccoon girl?”

“Even if you have the ability to make a sensor that is much better than the dimensional seismic sensor I developed, you are above me. Atlas might be a problem, but mankind’s achievements are not hostile species? To eradicate them, cooperation is essential.”

“Hmm”

It was persuasive. I’m just a bit reluctant to trust the person I met for the first time today and introduce him to Shion.

“Later, if I get word from them and I’m done with them, I’ll introduce them then.”

“Yes, let’s do it.”

Dr. Allian smiled and shook hands. I also seemed to have formed a good relationship, so I smiled and held his hand.

“Ah, by the way, I thought of it because of the dimensional quake detector, but Mr. Raccoon Girl made a sensor that approached it in a new way, not a system that detects the aftermath created by interdimensional vibrations, but through a different medium. I couldn’t think of it, but Mr. Raccoon Man, do you have any other opinions? Let’s start by discussing whether the concept of dimensional earthquakes is caused by collisions between dimensions or vibrations of the dimensions themselves…..”

“Run away! It’s Dr. A. L. Ryan! At this rate, the story of LA from 20 years ago is on the rise!!!”

The scariest thing in the world is listening to the story of a scientist who met water.

Especially if you’re talkative from the start.

*        *    *

Dr. Allian’s chatter ended after more than two hours. At least that’s how much I jumped out, but in reality, I was in the mood to talk all day.

I shouldn’t have said the same thing when a story I knew occasionally came up…

“Oh! Is the story over? Today was a bit short?”

“You know all about this bastard, right? Somehow, he avoided his seat in the pasture.”

“Everyone at the research center knows that Dr. Allion is a chatterbox. If you think about it, when you are announcing your research results, would you deliberately set it to 30 minutes when you let it do its own thing?”

“Yeah, it’s scary because if you leave it alone, you’ll basically be talking for two or three hours.”

There was so much to say as much to know. I don’t want to get caught again.

Returning to the hotel after meeting Jacob, I barely wanted to catch my breath, but this time I got a call from Washington.

“The decorations have been completed. They told me to come because they’re going to have a simple ceremony.”

“I don’t like rudeness or ostentation.”

“So I just shake hands with the president and finish it roughly. I said I’d be back by today, but the other side even adjusted my schedule and came in a hurry, so bear with it.”

“Movement?”

“They said they’d send a private jet. We’ll probably be there soon.”

I suddenly thought of it while flying, but I’m thinking about how to get back when I go back. It would be comfortable to just use some strength, tear the dimension, and then go back. This was honestly pushed back the most.

There is a dimensional sensor, so I’m going to tear the dimension apart. The risk level will be raised to the level of walking nuclear weapons.

The only thing left is the physical way, likewise, there is a way to cross the Pacific Ocean by crossing the United States or, conversely, to go straight through the UK to China.

Honestly, this is kind of like that too. I don’t know if it’s one or two countries, but I have to go through a lot of countries to go back like that. In the meantime, there will be no problems.

I thought about it while flying to Washington on a private plane sent by the White House, but I couldn’t come up with a proper way.

After getting off the plane, a fancy limousine came out to meet me. When I see how they treat me, I think there is a difference between Korea and the United States.

In fact, nationality doesn’t mean anything to me, but sticking to Korea is important that I have acquaintances there, and above all, that Zion deliberately went through the immigration process and immigrated to Korea. If it wasn’t for that, I would have immigrated to the United States after changing Korea in anger.

“You’re finally here. This is the famous White House!”

“It’s easy”

“……?”

Why do you think I am good at English? Do you think that if you were reincarnated and born on Earth, you wouldn’t have been to the White House?

There have been times when things have been good, like now, but there have also been times when things have been bad. Even if you don’t know the details, the general structure remains in your memory, so it’s pretty easy to infiltrate.

Still, in the past few hundred years, I’ve never seen anything other than the collapsed White House, so it’s fun to see it intact.

After receiving the guidance, I walked through the friendly corridors and was guided to the President’s office. Why is there a presidential office that looks good in movies or cartoons?

As I entered the Oval Office, the US President, whom I often saw on TV, welcomed me and shook his hand. To be honest, I didn’t know that this guy would win.

The 45th President of the United States, President Drape, shook hands.

“Oh! Welcome Raccoon Man! Were you uncomfortable on the way?”

“Well, like that.”

Being in charge of a country is not an easy task. At least, each person who climbs the spot has its own merits.

……Even if you leave the person who sold the country to the shaman. That makes me cringe even when I see it.

“Sit down for now. After a short break, we’ll have a medal presentation ceremony. Is there anything uncomfortable?”

“No, because they take good care of the convenience. It’s okay as it is.”

“That’s good.”

I, too, tend to be moderately polite to the high-ranking people of the country. Because a person who represents a society deserves that much respect.

What I see is ‘society’ among civilizations created by people. Therefore, if you are a representative of that society, observe carefully and generally give a generous score.

Since ancient times, being a politician is a position where you will be criticized no matter what you do. People’s opinions cannot be unified, so if you satisfy one side, the other side will be dissatisfied. So, if I’m a politician, I’ll give you the most generous score if you don’t criticize your achievements, but even if you get cursed at, if you have your own achievements, I’ll give you points.

However, if the wrongdoing is too big, no matter how well you did, it will be negative. A prime example is President Park.

……Ah, I said it wrong. It is the ‘people’ of President Park. They’re just harming the country in pairs.

“First of all, thank you very much for helping us America, Raccoon Man. This is not my word as a representative of the government, but my personal thanks.”

“No, not much to say”

“There is no need to be humble. If Thunderbolt was alone, there was also a result that it would have caused great damage without being able to catch the new enemy species.”

“That’s because Thunderbolt and him don’t match well. If it was someone else…”

Suddenly, Zion’s words passed by.

The Korean side heard on the phone that Baekri and Mr. Lee Kyung-jin worked together to somehow solve it, but basically, the compatibility between Mr. Lee Gyeong-jin and the long-range humanoid enemy species was so bad that the damage would not have been a joke if they had left it alone.

One can be dismissed as a coincidence, but the other is inevitable. Moreover, I don’t know now, but if that’s the case with China and Japan…

It seems that the opponent over there who causes the dimensional earthquake has gained some information about this side as well. Otherwise, it cannot be explained.

“And this is the main topic… Do you intend to immigrate to the United States, Raccoon Man?”

“I know you already answered that.”

“I know, of course. But it’s not a problem so simple that I can get over it with just one attempt, especially if it’s defense related.”

What was it… Among the agreements signed by the UN after the Great Depression, it was said that Force users were not only prohibited from joining the military, but also that Force users were guaranteed freedom to decide their nationality. To be honest, this is not just a scouting policy to bring in force users from other countries.

Of course, it is a policy to bring in Force users from countries like Africa whose rights are not guaranteed, but it is also an agreement that allows normal Force users from other countries to be brought in as long as good conditions are presented.

Our country’s Force users are treated as civil servants in their own way, and unless you think about stepping on our country’s land for the rest of your life, you won’t be able to easily accept that scout offer. Even if I can’t say no, most of them will choose to stay in Korea.

Neither do I. In the first place, I was an unregistered Force user, so it was easy to get over it.

“I heard that your wife is an American citizen. Wouldn’t it be better for her to immigrate to the US than to immigrate to Korea?”

“I’m not particularly tied to my nationality, but it’s because my wife purposely came all the way to Korea. I’d rather not change it.”

If I had met Shion when I was still an American citizen rather than when I immigrated to Korea, it would have been faster for me to emigrate to the United States.

Considering Zion’s personal connections, it is clear that getting citizenship was issued in an instant and the treatment was better than that of Korea.

But what to do, my wife is already Korean. Besides, although she likes to eat pizza, she prefers to eat soybean paste stew and kimchi stew, so Korean is better.

Plants cover the ground, so if you want to eat really delicious kimchi, it is better to use domestic cabbage. It’s soybean paste, but kimchi is different.

“That’s a bit disappointing. But America’s door is always open. If you want later, you’re always welcome.”

“I do not know”

Do you know what I’m going to do and treat you so well?

It’s my nature to take off my mask and play shit when I’m wrong. I am confident that I will not blink an eye even if I give up a country. Even if this planet perishes because of the enemy species, it is obvious that I will go to my work after watching without stepping out.

Well, even if the Earth is destroyed, I’m willing to take some people I know and drop them on Mars with terraforming equipment. It’s the main job of people I know, so I can bring in terraforming equipment cheaply.

“Have you already met Dr. Allion?”

“Ah, yes. He was so talkative that I was held captive for a while.”

Haha, he’s like that by nature. That’s why he’s reluctant to meet unless he’s a purposeful person. Even if he has an appointment, he makes it a few hours in advance.”

There was still a little time left before the award ceremony, so we spent time chatting. No, it may be the timing itself made on purpose. How many people in the White House set schedules, but can’t manage their time?

And the real main theory came out.

“And… Do you know a raccoon girl?”

“Hmm”

That was President Drafe’s main point. I thought he would take a little detour and come in, but his personality is quite blatant.

So, when he was elected, the slogan of ‘President Drape Rafe America!’ It was such a fun slogan that I remembered it too.

“A few months ago, a quake that occurred without a seismic warning caused a lot of damage. If we couldn’t create a new seismic detector, it would have caused much more damage.”

“Isn’t there Miss Alyssa Near in America?”

“She can only foresee quakes of some magnitude. No, she must. Otherwise, she will risk her life if she tries to detect quakes all over America.”

I guess so. I also want Yejin to be able to handle her foreknowledge trait, not just because it’s useful, but also because it’s not good for me to see the future randomly because I can’t control it.

“Dr. Allion also said that it would take half a year to improve the seismic detector. At least, it was on the hopeful side. Just as I was thinking about how to prevent the damage, out of nowhere, the newest dimension seismic sensor, one generation ahead of me, fell from the sky. “

Sion downgraded the dimensional sensor and sent it to the Korean government, who is going to have a lot of trouble diplomatically because of the accident in Japan.

However, that alone is a step ahead in this era, and it has made it possible to detect undetectable dimensional earthquakes much faster.

A fucking strong individual can change a country, but an individual with knowledge can change a society. I think Zion is much better than anything like me. Both personally and socially.

“The antagonist is an enemy that threatens the survival of mankind. And also, like the antagonistic humanoid species that appeared this time, they will definitely come again. There is no guarantee that it will end safely next time. Are you there?”

“I turned down the immigration offer, so should I accept that?”

“Of course it is. But isn’t it better than not asking? We obviously need a Raccoon Girl, but we don’t want to disrespect our hero. Sorry, but that’s it.”

There is also the problem of being annoying, but Shion has a bit of social phobia.

A few of my acquaintances may be okay, but I try to avoid the eyes of many people I don’t know. Originally, I didn’t care about that, but it’s because something happened that became traumatic in the past.

So I don’t want to push her in front of her people just with her thoughts.

“It’s about time, so let’s start the awarding ceremony.”

Said President Drafe, rising from his seat. I thought I would talk about a few more besides that, but I cut it short than I thought.

No, does Dr. Allian seem relatively short because he talks too much…

A person who appeared to be a bodyguard came with a case containing medals. When I opened the case and took out the medal, a gray medal in the form of a star was revealed.

“Be careful, President. It’s heavier than it looks.”

“Even though the medal is heavy, it’s small… Hmm?!”

While receiving the medal, President Drape seemed surprised by the unexpectedly heavy weight. The size of the medal was at most a little smaller than the size of the palm of my hand, but it didn’t seem to weigh as much as it seemed.

“Oops, it’s a metal that doesn’t exist on Earth, so it looks heavier than I thought.”

“Yes?”

“We can’t give an American hero a normal medal, can we? So we made it using a metal that we got from a meteorite and doesn’t exist on Earth. Of course, it’ll be possible to prove your identity thanks to that.”

It was thin and, at most, smaller than the palm of my hand, weighed about the weight of a large beer can. It is a weight that anyone but a child can lift, but if you take it without thinking, you may miss it.

…..But I don’t know where I’ve seen this metal.

Where did I see this? I didn’t see it in a good way.

President Drape said as he hung a medal around my neck.

“You won’t be able to hang it around because of its weight. You’ll have to use it for decoration.”

“You can use it as a commendation when you need a break.”

“……Please use it for decoration only.”

It’s not me, but I don’t know what you think of my wife.

There is a childish side to this.