#Episode 75
A border collie was shot all over its body and 689 sheep were torn to pieces by bombs.
His father’s limbs were torn off and his mother was tortured to death.
This requires a little understanding of the context.
It was reported that my parents were sacrificed in a fight between government forces and a cartel. No, that’s not the case.
Gabriela, who had become a unique Awakener, was the first to tell the news to her parents, and the two of them tried to sell her to the ‘Gema Cartel’.
The price is ten million dollars.
But is a cartel called a cartel for nothing?
There’s no way I’d just hand over ten million dollars.
The Gema Cartel tortured Gabriela’s parents to death, and Gabriela escaped while the Gema Cartel was distracted by other cartels and government forces who happened to attack.
Gabriela felt betrayed as she listened to the news coming in and the conversations between the cartels.
The government forces did not intend to make Gabriela a unique Mexican awakened person. The top government officials wanted to sell Gabriela to ‘China’. I don’t know the exact price, but it must be over a billion dollars. It has to be that much for the government to turn its back on Gabriela.
If you want to remain Mexican, you must either join hands with the cartel that tortured and brutally killed your parents, or be sold to China by the government. There were Awakeners and agents from other countries who came in between, but they were all killed by the cartel.
Gabriella was clearly abandoned.
To parents and to the country.
Seriously, where on earth did it go wrong?
I didn’t want to become a unique awakener.
The system was cruel.
It forces you to carry a burden you don’t want to carry and causes you unimaginable pain.
It forces sacrifice and forces a direction in your life.
This was so sad.
I just didn’t want to live.
Because it has lost its meaning now.
Gabriela raised her head.
The burning forest.
And all these people, government forces and drug cartels alike, were lying down. The guns they had been holding just a moment ago were strewn across the ground, and not a single one of them was breathing.
A man stood in front of Gabriela.
An oriental man with his hood pulled over his head.
He slowly gets down on one knee.
Our eye level was aligned. He lowered the mask he was wearing. It was difficult to properly guess the age of the Asian.
To Gabriela, the man looked very young.
He spoke fluent English.
“Are you Gabriela?”
“……yes.”
That’s fortunate.
The man muttered softly, looked around for a moment, and then continued speaking slowly.
“I heard on the way here that you seem to have fallen in love with a country called Mexico. Is that right?”
“… … .”
“No? Do you still have feelings for Mexico? Do you want to continue living here?”
“… … That’s not it, why are you asking?”
“I want to make a suggestion”
“What is your suggestion?”
“You, do you want to come to Korea?”
“… … Korea?”
“I’m from Korea. Do you know the Salvation Guild?”
“… … I know. There’s no one who doesn’t know.”
In fact, the Salvation Guild was famous overseas as well.
“Would you like to join the Salvation Guild? I’ll accept you as a member of my team.”
“… …Who are you, sir?”
“I’m not the type of person to be called uncle. I’m late with the introductions. Here, here’s my business card.”
In front of the man’s outstretched hand, as if it were a lie, was a business card that had not been there until just a moment ago.
Gabriela accepted it and read the name in a quiet voice.
“Hong… … Hyeon?”
As the first team leader of the Salvation Guild, he is the second strongest person after Jin Song.
That’s Hong Hyun. Hong Hyun stood up from his seat.
“I haven’t heard an answer yet.”
“… … .”
“Do you want to go to Korea?”
Gabriella didn’t answer.
Hong Hyun, who was looking at her with great caution, stared at her with strange eyes.
What should I say?
Should I say that I can see the past?
It’s not Gabriela’s past, it’s Hong Hyun’s own past.
Above all, Gabriella was too young.
Hong Hyun let out a small sigh and pulled back the hood he was wearing.
Slightly long hair, neat eyebrows, and dark double eyelids.
I also took off the mask I was wearing.
Moderately high nose bridge, small lips.
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Hong Hyun had an extremely handsome appearance that anyone could see. Should I say he was cute?
It was very different from the characteristic of setting fires here and there.
Hong Hyun always wears a hood, whether it’s official or private.
I also wear a mask. When I eat, I take the mask off and eat.
Some people criticize him for being too conceptual, while others ask why he would cover his face.
Those who saw Hong Hyun’s ID photo wondered why he covered his face when it was definitely not a face that he would wear, but now Hong Hyun has revealed his face.
And Gabriela was staring intently at a prominent part of Hong Hyun’s face.
It was a dark burn mark.
From under the chin to the neck.
I couldn’t see it well because I was wearing a polo shirt, but I think the scar might extend to my upper body.
“I lost my parents when I was young. Our house burned down.”
“… … .”
“You know what’s funny?”
Hong Hyun immediately continues speaking, as if he had not asked the question expecting an answer.
“I was in the closet. My parents locked me in.”
“… … .”
“My parents were killed by a falling tree as they ran out of the house, and I was rescued by firefighters.”
Hong Hyun just squatted down in his seat.
“Similar to you? The situation.”
“… … Yes, it’s a bit similar.”
Maybe they are not similar, but similar. They both had something in common: they were abandoned by their parents.
Hong Hyun said.
“I’ll be your firefighter.”
“……yes?”
“Come to the Salvation Guild. The Salvation Guild may not be your lifelong refuge, but it will be a shield that will protect you completely until you decide to do something of your own free will.”
“… … A shield?”
“Oh, the shield. It doesn’t bind you. I can promise you that on my own responsibility. But.”
By the way, what should I say next?
Gabriella wondered about that.
“I guess he’ll want to stay. Like I did.”
Hong Hyun was sincere.
The way you speak and the way you look at others are all like that.
Above all, Gabriela was not stupid. Hong Hyun had now revealed his own weaknesses.
Scar marks.
It looked more serious than I had imagined. I wondered why it wasn’t being erased, or why it couldn’t be erased.
An organization where people with such scars want to remain.
Gabriella realized that this was the best option she had ever seen.
Still, I didn’t want to die.
I haven’t done anything yet.
Hong Hyun held out his hand.
“Do you want to go together?”
“……yes.”
Gabriela eventually took Hong Hyun’s hand.
After helping Gabriella up, Hong Hyun picked up the watch and contacted Jin Song.
-Yes, Team Leader 1. Did the matter you were asked to attend go well?
“Yes, I just acquired a unique awakener.”
-What do you plan to do? Should the Salvation Guild take care of it? Or should we send it to a country like England or the United States?
Jin Song-i delegated all decision-making authority to Hong Hyeon.
This was a sign of trust to Hong Hyun. Jin Song-i highly regarded Hong Hyun’s abilities and greatly valued the person Hong Hyun.
Hong Hyun saw his past in Gabriela before his eyes.
Just as there was someone who reached out to Hong Hyun, who had lost both of his parents, Hong Hyun wanted to reach out to Gabriela, who had also lost her parents.
So I decided.
“Salvation Guild, I will assign you to Team 1.”
-Please do so. But what about the unique awakener’s ability?
“… … I don’t know.”
To begin with, Gabriela did not reveal her abilities to anyone other than her parents, who had already passed away. And, although it was a bit unfortunate, her parents went around telling people they knew that Gabriela’s unique ability was the ‘power of God.’
A unique awakened being with divine powers.
This is the nickname Gabriela is known by in Mexico.
Jinsong said from across the watch.
– I don’t know what your unique ability is, but I want to develop it… …? There must be a reason why Team Leader 1 decided that way. I will completely follow Team Leader 1’s opinion. If there’s anything you need, make a list and give it to the Chief Secretary. I will approve it all. And.
And then the next words were important.
-I think you’d better get out of there immediately. I’ve heard that other unique awakened people have smelled it and are running to Mexico right now.
As soon as he heard those words, Hong Hyun raised his arm and blocked Gabriella’s path.
Kwaaang-! With a loud noise, dust rose from the other side. Hong Hyun muttered in a small voice.
“… … I think it’s a little late.”
He just raised his head.
A man was approaching from between the rising dust piles.
Hong Hyun knows him. No, there is no one in the world who doesn’t know him. He was that famous.
He was a Russian hero and Russia’s only true awakener.
The name is Volkanov Vasilievich Ivanov.
“Oh… … . When I saw this flame, I couldn’t believe it, but it was you.”
“… … .”
“Let’s not make things difficult. Give it to me. That thing over there.”
Hong Hyun said to the watch.
“… … I will return via teleportation.”
-… … Please don’t die if possible. I need you more than anyone else, Team Leader 1.
“Don’t worry. I will never die.”
Jin Song-i also believes in Hong Hyun. Hong Hyun also believes in Jin Song-i.
And so the call was disconnected.
He lowered his arm that was blocking Gabriella’s path. He held onto Gabriella’s right hand tightly.
Gabriela glanced up and looked at Hong Hyun. Hong Hyun didn’t look at her. He looked at Volkanov and slowly backed away.
“You’re going? Really?”
“… … .”
“Don’t do something you’ll regret. That’s not it.”
“Volkanov, should I give you a warning?”
“What warning?”
“If you and I fight, you’ll probably win, but I won’t just lose. I’ll take at least one of your limbs. And you won’t be able to regenerate. Do you know what I mean?”
“I know. You’re threatening me right now.”
“I hope you see this as a suggestion, not a threat.”
The reason I can say this is because Hong Hyun is a SSS-class Awakener.
Although they are not unique Awakened, they are still beings who can receive similar treatment as unique Awakened ones at this point.
Volkanov knows it very well.
He said, scratching his head.
“Well, I don’t want to fight either, but what can I do? I got an order from above.”
It was so strange to say the least.
Volkanov has more power in Russia than the president.
It’s not for nothing that he’s called a hero. Volkanov’s nickname is the Great.
Volkanov the Great.
What kind of monster is that?
“command?”
“I just changed the words a little bit because you were on the phone. Our apostles don’t like what Jinsong is doing. She can’t even control her little brother. So they can’t do anything about it.”
“… … .”
“My target is you. Not that newly awakened unique awakened idiot over there.”
Volkanov’s gaze turned to Gabriela. But that gaze was extremely dirty.
“I didn’t know, but you have a nice body. I’ll play with it for a bit and then bury it with you. You, wait there. It won’t take long.”
It has already been ten years since the Apostles settled on Earth.
It is impossible for the Apostles, who already knew of the existence of the Underworld, to sit still and do nothing.
The Russian tsar Volkanov was in league with the apostles.
My eyebrows furrow.
I don’t think I’ll be able to go in good health.
It happened in an instant.
Volkanov stretched out his hand. A crackle, an electric current shot out of his hand.
Hong Hyun also reached out belatedly.
[The wine of the soul-changing flame.]
[Ifrit’s Breath.]
The compressed and compressed flame stretched forward, colliding with Volkanov’s in the air.
and.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!
A huge explosion engulfs the entire mountain.
And Volkanov could see.
The sight of Hong Hyun running beyond the flames.
Anyone could tell that he was running away. And he was running very fast, carrying a girl on his back.
Suddenly, my eyebrows furrow.
“You little rat.”
Phazijik, electricity surges from Volkanov’s legs.
He kicked the seat.
