Black Dragon Society (3)
Heinz looked at his opponent with a cold, settled gaze.
Just that one point alone made it seem as if the entire world had turned against him and poured down on him.
But even in the midst of that oppression that would have taken most people’s breath away, the old man was still stroking his beard with a smile on his face, as if he was enjoying something so much.
‘You were the former branch manager of the Buncheonhoe?’
Heinz’s eyebrows twitched.
It was definitely surprising content.
Even he, who had considered various possibilities, could not have predicted it at all.
But the biggest question right now wasn’t the content itself.
‘Why are you telling me that?’
That was something Heukyeong had not heard even though he had dug up every bit of information he knew.
Perhaps, as the person involved said, it was a secret that no one else knew about, only he.
To Namin Heinz, who was seeing such a thing for the first time… no, it was an action that was difficult to understand for him to confess so readily to the enemy who had invaded the organization he had raised.
“What on earth are you thinking?”
Heinz didn’t hide his doubts.
Anyway, the current situation is already absolutely advantageous to this side.
There was no need to look at the other person’s face to find out what they were thinking.
If it was really difficult, I could have just forced them to confess, even by force.
“There’s no particular meaning to it. I just thought it would be good for comrades with the same goal to talk openly.”
“Since we have the same purpose···.”
“To bring down the Buncheonhoe. Wasn’t that what you were hoping for?”
The Black Dragon Lord looked at Heinz with deep eyes.
A pitch-black energy rippled inside his dark pupils.
“—At the masquerade ball.”
“Hmm.”
Heinz shook his head.
I wasn’t surprised that the other person knew the name.
It hadn’t been that long since Masquerade had started its activities in earnest, but since there were more than one or two witnesses, the story was bound to come out in some way.
In the first place, I had no intention of hiding the name.
“I can’t believe it.”
The problem was the other side.
“You made the first move and now you’re saying we’re comrades with the same goal…? No matter how I look at it, it just looks like you’re making excuses to avoid the situation.”
It’s a question of trust.
Even though we are having a peaceful conversation now, this place was never created to become close friends.
It was a place to punish the invaders who had barged into one’s living room and run wild.
“Um, I’m sorry about that. But I also had unavoidable circumstances.”
“What’s the matter?”
“How much do you know about the Prophet of the Heavenly Council?”
“Prophet? Are you talking about the oracle?”
“···Hmm, I was hoping, but it really is. I never thought I could avoid her gaze after saying that name.”
Heinz frowned.
I was wondering what kind of excuse you were trying to make, but then suddenly you started talking about something else?
“Her prophecy is not simply a glimpse into the future. It is closer to foreseeing fate by reading the currents that run through the past, present, and future, and the thoughts that humans unconsciously emit.”
Sensing the cold atmosphere, the Black Dragon Master immediately began to explain.
“The scope of its influence is the entire Earth. Moreover, the moment someone utters a word that clearly refers to her, she is immediately caught in their gaze and becomes a target. Of course, there are various abilities in the world, so it is not impossible to bypass that, but···.”
He finished his speech by saying that for safety’s sake it would be best to leave as little trace as possible, and then looked at Heinz and something surrounding him with a strange expression.
“But this is the first time there has been no response to this extent. It’s not like they blocked the tracking in some way, but rather they didn’t even recognize it in the first place.”
Then he shook his head slightly and continued what he had been saying.
Why did he, and the Black Dragon Society, have to resort to such complicated methods?
“Unfortunately, our Black Dragon Society does not have the same abilities as you. Even without that, her vigilance is probably at its peak due to what you did in Southeast Asia, and if we were to attempt to contact her with the intention of cooperating with the Blood Alliance in the current situation….”
That act itself greatly increases the risk of being caught.
So, it is said that he never mentioned anything related to it to the executor, Heukyeong, from the beginning.
In the end, the commotion meant that it was just a means to bypass the surveillance network and contact him.
‘The Oracle was like that?’
Heinz raised an eyebrow at his overly cautious behavior.
In fact, if you think about it, he didn’t know much about Oracle.
All I know is that they are part of the command center that has the ability to see the future and directs the actions of the Heavenly Council.
“Even though he is a non-combatant, he has reached the realm of the mythical realm, so isn’t that natural? Although he had to give up most of his skills because he committed the sin of leaking the secrets of heaven, in return, most of his restrictions on Earth were removed, so he can never be ignored. ···Well, it seems like he is completely at odds with you.”
But the Black Dragon Lord’s reaction was rather natural.
As he kept looking around him, it seemed like he was quite amazed at how he was completely free from the Oracle’s powers.
“Yes, I understand that. Let’s talk about the details slowly… Now, the most important question remains.”
Heinz narrowed his eyes at him and quietly looked at the other person.
At the same time, the surrounding air, which had been quiet during the conversation, began to stir again.
The moment you show even the slightest hint of something suspicious, it’s as if you’re going to rip that person apart right away.
“Go. Former East Asia branch manager of the Bancheonhoe, the reverse emperor.”
A thick blood mist spread throughout the surroundings.
“Your true purpose, why you betrayed the Bancheonhoe and want to become their enemy.”
A stern gaze that did not tolerate any lies stared straight at the old man’s thoughts.
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“And why should I trust you.”
As each word was spoken, the pressure grew and the Black Dragon Master could no longer maintain his composure.
He flinched several times as if he was forcibly suppressing his body that was about to enter a response posture, and then he let out a deep sigh.
“Well, isn’t that obvious?”
Then he continued speaking with a stiff face.
“If everything goes according to plan, at least half of the humans on Earth will never survive.”
It was for a more humane reason than I thought.
At the same time, it was a problem of a more global scale than expected.
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‘Masquerade… A group of enemies?’
The head of the Buncheonhoe slowly raised his head.
His gaze reflected the great law that governed the entire world.
‘Is this what you want, Akasha?’
A part of a hyperdimensional system that only he can fully observe in the world.
That was the source of the power that gave humans, the only intelligent beings on Earth, the blessing of awakening and thereby enabled them to enjoy the miracle of mystery.
‘At the same time, it is also the key to destruction that leads the world to destruction.’
Jiiing—
-I never give up···. I will definitely···.
Woof—
-At any cost… No matter what sacrifice is required…!
Tinnitus began to ring in my ears, along with the headache that had become a familiar sensation.
A voice that seemed like my own, yet somehow unfamiliar and alien, buzzed and shook my mind.
But he stared blankly at the laws of the world without blinking an eye.
Now, there was nothing new about it.
A vision of the future, now a part of the past, passed through his eyes.
Just as a country that pursued a policy of isolation collapsed due to being unable to overcome foreign powers—this is the state of the world that ultimately failed to overcome and perished.
‘I expected there would be interference.’
It’s always been like that.
It was useless to take any action in advance using accumulated knowledge.
As if it were an unavoidable fate, it came at an unexpected moment, in an unexpected form, and always ruined his plans.
‘But I am definitely moving forward.’
I could confirm it.
The response based on accumulated experience was effective.
Even with all the restrictions, it was the best so far to increase the market share to this extent.
If there’s a problem, there’s only one.
As one progresses, the system’s deterrent power also reaches a level that cannot be ignored.
As his achievements grew, the level of his opponents became more threatening than ever.
‘Hahoe masks and phantoms, saints of the other world and lion masks, and···.’
There are not just one but many enemies who can freely move between dimensions like you.
The fact that their identities were not even fully known yet was a huge problem.
Once we understand the enemy, we can devise countermeasures or something…
“Aha! Huiju! You’re here!”
When he was so deep in thought.
A familiar voice from somewhere interrupted his thoughts.
“I was just about to say something, so this is great!”
The doctor, a middle-aged man with brown hair, strides towards him.
A pair of fluorescent yellow eyes flickered as if they were glowing, as if they were trying to do something to his own body.
“Ah! It looks like you recognized the lord as well? Aren’t these eyes really cool? I extracted the elements from the so-called Watcher of the Rhodeca dimension and added various things to it…”
And then, as usual, he went off on a different path and started chatting about this and that.
A body made up of a fusion of materials from various races, a spiritual circuit artificially tuned and engraved, and even an artificial body mixed with all kinds of products of scientific civilization.
He took them out one by one and showed them off, as if showing off.
“So the body cultivated as a homunculus is much more flexible in this regard? If I had known this would happen, I would have changed bodies sooner. A body with too much pure human content is not very flexible!”
The mad scientist who had been conducting human experiments using his own body as a research material, grumbling in discontent, regardless of whether the level he had built up until then was lowered or not.
Of course, it was possible to be resurrected like this because I had torn my own body into several pieces and cultivated them in advance.
“It would have been better if the Perfect Evolutionary Creature Project had succeeded… Ah! Now that we’re on the subject, that guy named Lion’s Tale from Masquerade, I think we were old friends. As I listened to his story, something vaguely came to mind….”
“Doctor, let’s get to the point.”
At that moment, the head of the Buncheonhoe, who had been quietly listening to his mindlessly continuing speech, spoke softly.
Just waiting until now should be enough to show you the courtesy you deserve for that position.
Since I had just eaten up a dimension, I was free enough to not have to confine myself for the time being as long as I didn’t use too much force, but I had no intention of continuing to listen to his endless nonsense.
“Ehhhhhh! I was so excited about this that I forgot about it for a moment!”
The doctor, who had hit his forehead, looked at Hoe-ju with a grin.
And then he continued speaking with a somewhat pleased expression.
“I was looking through the logs while I was asleep, and I found something very interesting! Someone was trying to hack into my locked system?”
“Hacking?”
“It wasn’t just some random person! The fact that they were able to approach that far means that they are superior to the quantum computers of some super-scientific civilization.”
This also meant that not only the performance of the device but also the level of handling it was not easy.
To the point where if it weren’t for the “deus ex machina” he possessed, I might have really been pierced.
“So I tried to backtrack, but it seems like they were also very concerned about security, so it wasn’t easy to pinpoint the location! Hehehe~ This is really embarrassing!”
Of course, it’s not like I didn’t make any money.
Although we were unable to determine where it originated, we were able to find traces left behind by the hacker.
“···A large-scale hack across Southeast Asia.”
The decisive factor that made them hold an emergency meeting.
It was evidence that the unknown hacker was deeply involved in the collapse of the Southeast Asia branch.
“Masquerade.”
“That’s right! If they have that many hackers, it means they’re not just strong guys! Whoa~ I’d like to face them in person, but it seems like they’ve stopped being active recently! What a shame.”
The head of the household, Buncheonhoeju, turned away from the doctor who was truly sorry and closed his eyes tightly.
The Masquerade, a group of enemies who oppose his plans.
It was not good news that there was someone with information and communication skills that would make the doctor admire them.
‘But we will overcome. No matter what obstacles we face. Even if it means making greater sacrifices.’
Everything is this world.
To save the Earth from destruction.
That was his mission as a regressor—something he could not tell anyone about.
