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Her green face, swollen to twice its size, looked up at me with a terrified expression.
“···The conversation culture on Earth seems to be quite physical-friendly.”
I answered with a grin.
“Really? We haven’t even finished saying hello yet.”
“This, this, this, this, greeting···.”
Kiri was crouching in her green body, shivering. The image of her at first confidently asking me for a ‘favor’ was nowhere to be found.
“Four, this is violent! Please stop!”
It’s a bit sad to see the little guy acting like that, but considering what he did, I should be thankful they didn’t kill him.
Hot.
I grabbed the guy by the collar and lifted him up.
“What? Violence? Hey you little punk. Innocent people are dying because of the fog you created. Violence, huh?”
“Ugh, ugh, ugh···.”
As I grabbed him by the collar and shook him, his green head shook back and forth wildly and his eyes lost focus.
I feel like I want to just rip his head off, but…
“If I die, won’t I never be able to hear how to get rid of the red fog?”
At Abraxas’ words, I pretended not to be able to win and threw Kiri onto the bed.
And he said in a gloomy voice.
“Get rid of that red fog right now.”
“Well, promise me you’ll grant my request first.”
“Ha. It seems like we lacked physical, friendly conversation.”
I picked him up again, this time lifting one leg and flipping him upside down.
“Are you still not in your right mind? Do you think that if I set my mind to it, you won’t be able to open your mouth?”
“Eu …
A greenish mucus that was either tears or snot dripped onto the bed.
Hey, it’s really dirty.
I stretched my arms out as far as I could to keep the struggling guy’s tears – or snot – from splashing on me.
···I got a little bit on my pants.
“Do as I say when I speak nicely. Before we test whether Earth’s torture methods work on a friend from another world.”
“Wow. That would be a very interesting experiment, wouldn’t it?”
Wouldn’t the sight of Abraxas’s eyes sparkling next to me have been more frightening than my own?
Anyway, Kiri, who was really scared, screamed.
“Please, I beg you! Please find my brother! I can’t get rid of this fog by myself anyway!”
“···what?”
“It’s true! Please believe me!”
I stood in front of Kiri with my arms crossed, tears welling up in my eyes, which were twice as large as those of an Earthling.
Shit. That thing on my pants earlier was snot.
“Tell me more. What do you mean you can’t get rid of the fog by yourself?”
“Sob, sob sob sob···.”
Instead of answering, I quietly raised my fist at the guy who was shedding tears.
“Do we need more physical, earth-friendly conversations?”
“Hmph! No!”
Kiri, barely able to stop her tears, explained how she came to be here.
To cut a long story short, Kiri and his sister Siri were traveling through different dimensions on a mission.
Meanwhile, in the last dimension, Kiri was infected by a parasite demon.
The brothers tried every means possible to drive the demon away, but failed, and as a last resort, they crossed the dimension again and came to Earth.
“If you got infected with parasites there, you can get treatment there. Why did you go across dimensions again?”
To my obvious question, Kiri nodded and answered.
“The parasite demon called its companions. The only way to escape was to cross dimensions… I tried to let only Siri escape, but Siri refused to go alone….”
What kind of brother is this? I said with a sigh.
“So where is your brother?”
“I, I’m sure it’s on Earth. I sent it first on a small Lubellon. But its exact location… I didn’t look at the coordinates because I was afraid the parasite demon would remember them.”
The Earth is so big, and this little thing looks like a half-eaten broccoli.
When I glared at him with that kind of meaning in my eyes, Kiri shrugged her shoulders and said.
“Well, it probably wouldn’t have gone that far. There will be fog where my brother is, so if you go find the fog…”
It doesn’t seem to be at the level of finding a needle in a haystack.
Because there is fog…
‘if?’
I said, not showing the thoughts that came into my head.
“Okay, I understand that much. Now explain why I need your brother to clear the fog.”
Kiri reached into the air and created fog again.
Ssssssssut.
What I felt was similar to red fog, upon closer inspection, was much less toxic.
“This fog was created by my brother and I. It was created by combining the innate abilities of our species with complex techniques, so if I were to explain it, it would take quite a while…”
“It’s okay if it’s long, so explain.”
···The story that followed was almost incomprehensible to me.
Instead, Abraxas listened to the long explanation, saying “Hmm” or “Oh” or “Indeed!” every once in a while.
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“You said the LoLo race? They have interesting abilities and skills.”
“Do you understand everything?”
“More or less.”
“Is it true that you need your little brother to clear the fog?”
Abraxas nodded in agreement to my question.
“Can’t you use your powers to dispel that fog?”
I wanted to rely on the great dragon’s abilities, but she shook her head, saying it would be difficult.
“If it were the main body, I wouldn’t know. It’s hard with this body.”
“f*ck.”
In the end, the story was that in order to clear the fog, you had to find this half-eaten broccoli guy’s younger brother.
I took Abraxas out of the room.
“What are you going to do?”
She looked as if she was expecting my choice. I hesitated for a moment and then said.
“For now, I’ll take that guy with me tomorrow.”
There was something I noticed earlier but didn’t say.
Kirira is the younger sister of that otherworldly being.
It will probably be in Incheon, the place where the red fog originated.
-“I sent my younger brother first in a small Lubellon.”-
-“There will be fog where my brother is, so if you go to find the fog···”-
Kiri said that earlier.
In that case, there is a high probability that my younger brother is in Incheon, where the red fog first occurred.
There is a gate there with red fog flowing out of it. There is a chance that it is inside…
‘Wait a minute. Then why did the disaster start earlier than expected?’
I thought that my visit to the Gaia continent had caused a ‘gate chain reaction’ that hastened the start of the second disaster.
But if you listen to Kiri’s story just now, regardless of that, they had passed through the dimensional gate.
It’s not because of the gate chain reaction?
Then why did the clock go fast by six months?
I tried hard to roll the ball, but there was no answer. Damn it. It’s not like I can consult anyone about this…
“Whew. I guess I have no choice but to go there first.”
I sighed and decided to put my worries aside for a moment.
If you go and experience it, you will learn a little more.
Until then, I had no idea that another problem would hold me back.
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The conference room of the Disaster Management Headquarters. A considerable number of superhumans were gathered there.
Most of them are superhumans from guilds that are known to be quite powerful in Seoul.
Groan, groan.
Before the full-scale meeting began, the superhumans were gathered together and talking.
Squeak-.
But the moment a few new superhumans entered the conference room, all eyes on them turned to them.
Who are they?
“The hottest people these days are here.”
“Look at him coming home late because he’s doing well.”
“You said you gave the black rock to the government?”
I ignored the other whining superhumans and found my seat. To my right sat the little kid, Wang Guho, and Sirutteok.
The hostile gazes pouring down on the back of my head. I lightly ignored them, but it seemed the kid wasn’t like that.
The little boy with the Chupa Chups in his mouth looked around. His chubby cheeks looked like a squirrel with a peanut in its mouth.
“What are you looking at?”
The superhumans who had been giving us some blatant looks turned their heads and clicked their tongues as if they were dumbfounded by the bratty little kid.
I gave that brat a slap on the forehead.
bean!
“Ouch!”
“Don’t misbehave in public.”
“But those guys first···”
“Doing the same thing will do to you? When you grow up, you’ll become a low-level adult like that too.”
At that moment, an ominous atmosphere rose up everywhere.
‘What? Low level?’
‘That kid···.’
‘Is that what you’re telling us to hear?’
Enemies were rising from all sides, but no one was openly picking on me.
For the past few weeks, our WH-7 team has been in the spotlight.
At least, there was no one in this place who didn’t know that I had been to the continent of Gaia.
I also knew that a week ago, Wang Guho single-handedly blocked the rock of Sisyphus and saved countless citizens.
It was also well known that I had gained control of that rock.
Given these circumstances, it was only natural that we became the object of jealousy among other superhumans.
There is even an atmosphere of restraint against the White House Guild’s recent monopoly.
In short, this place was no different from enemy territory.
“···Min Jae-hyung. Doesn’t the back of your head sting?”
“You too… I’m really going to die.”
I clicked my tongue at the two timid big guys. They were so small-hearted.
Fortunately, the atmosphere didn’t get any more tense.
After a while, Sang-wook Joo, the head of the Disaster Management Headquarters’ Superhuman Cooperation Team, entered the conference room.
“I would like to express my gratitude to all the superhumans who took the time out of their busy schedules to do this.”
···blah blah blah While I was vaguely listening to the formal greetings and the outline of the operation, I felt Joo Sang-wook’s changed momentum.
‘Joo Sang-wook. You’ve awakened.’
The infamous superhuman who would later be called the ‘Super Judge’ has awakened.
But it seemed like I was the only one who knew that at this moment.
Joo Sang-wook kept talking.
“The search must be conducted as secretly and quickly as possible. Each team will be provided with a signal flare and a location tracker. In the event of an emergency, we will work together to….”
“We assigned each team a search area to avoid overlapping search areas. Try not to go outside this range as much as possible…”
Everyone was listening intently to Joo Sang-wook’s words, but I let it go in one ear and out the other, organizing my future plans in my head.
“Do you have any questions?”
“······.”
There were no questions. They were all veteran superhumans. They knew how to handle things on the spot.
Joo Sang-wook, who came forward, bowed his head towards the superhumans and spoke.
“Then please, please save the city.”
The superhumans who came out boarded the vehicles prepared by each team.
“Let’s go too.”
Driver Park Young-bae was waiting in our vehicle.
“Your Majesty, please take good care of me.”
The driver of the first train, who was going out of the restricted area for the first time, nodded with a slightly excited expression.
“Yes! Let me drive!”
This mission required speed and stealth, so we decided to use only one vehicle, without the assistance of a support team.
So I decided to let the best driver I know take the wheel.
The mouth is quite heavy, you know. Abraxas and Kiri, who were riding in the backseat of the vehicle, waved at me.
“Okay, before we leave, I’ll just take one more Cheongsimhwan and then we’re off.”
···You’ll be okay if you relax.
After a while, we left the restricted area and entered the red fog.
After only a few kilometers, the entire surrounding area was dyed red.
Even with the headlights on, it was difficult to see more than 100 meters ahead. Considering the poor road conditions and the monsters that would appear ahead, it was a schedule that would take three days.
It was then that an unexpected intruder approached.
As I spread my arms out as wide as possible, I felt something approaching me little by little.
“···what?”
There were more than one or two.
At least three, no, more than four.
In the fog, they were closing in on us at a constant speed, surrounding us from all sides.
After a while, I figured out what it was.
“These kids are so busy that they’re dying···.”
I frowned and glared at the silhouette faintly visible through the fog.
“Let’s do this in one go, okay?”
Superhuman vehicles were approaching us from all sides, front, back, left, and right.
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