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< In the meantime >
“···Team Leader. Doesn’t this scene just now seem familiar to you?”
The head of the Disaster Management Headquarters’ Superhuman Cooperation Team, Joo Sang-wook, furrowed his brow. In front of him sat Dae-in and Cheon Mu-geuk.
Daein corrected the mistakes in Joo Sang-wook’s words.
“I’m not a team leader, I’m a vice president. I got promoted just before I went on a business trip.”
“···I’m sorry, but that’s not important right now. And you were not on a business trip, but were still treated as missing.”
“The people in our guild are a bit impatient···.”
“anyway.”
Joo Sang-wook sighed and looked at the large monitor in the room.
A ridiculous video was playing inside.
Phew! Phew! Phew! Phew!
A gray whale, torn into thousands of pieces and bursting apart.
Soon, the huge body exploded like a balloon, and all that was left in its place was a single red dot.
When we zoomed in on the red dot, we saw a muscular man floating proudly in the sky, his red cap waving down to his waist.
“Click clap. That guy is really handsome.”
Cheonmu-geuk stared at the monitor as if he was curious about the video he was in.
‘Is this man even human?’
Gulp.
Joo Sang-wook swallowed and tried to turn his gaze to Cheon Mu-geuk and looked at Dae-in. After all, they were from another world and it would be difficult to communicate.
“Let me sort out the situation. So you went on a business trip for personal reasons, and then a gate appeared under your feet and you fell in without a chance to escape, but that place was the dimension of Murim?”
“yes.”
“···And you returned from there with 100 aliens who wished to immigrate to Earth?”
Clap clap clap.
The man clapped his hands as if he was impressed.
“You summarize it really well.”
widely!
Joo Sang-wook slammed the file he was holding down hard on the desk. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the man.
“Is this a coincidence? ‘This time’ too?”
I guess it’s understandable if it’s your first time.
Let’s say we make a concession and say it could happen ‘by chance’ twice.
But starting from the Gaia continent, he brought the Loro race, visited North Korea, and after not being seen for a few months, he is now in the Murim.
‘Landlord. What the hell do you do?’
Although it ended up having a positive effect on the government, Joo Sang-wook couldn’t help but be suspicious of the man known as the landlord.
‘There must be something hiding a secret. Some unknown trait or something···.’
The man let out a long sigh as if he too was frustrated.
“I’m telling you, I find this really absurd. How can such coincidences really happen?”
“under···.”
Joo Sang-wook was speechless when the great man came out this shamelessly.
Is this all a coincidence?
‘Who do you think is a fool!’
Joo Sang-wook’s suspicion of Dae-in grew. His wariness of an unidentifiable being blossomed.
It seemed that this vigilance had irritated Cheonmu-geuk.
“Tsk tsk. We stepped forward and saved thousands of lives, and instead of thanking you… Disciple. Can you just hit this guy?”
Since it was no different from asking if it was okay to hatch it, the master stopped him.
“Please be patient. Those who work in government are naturally suspicious.”
“Kk, k. You’re being too retarded. This is when you need to give yourself a good scolding.”
Cheonmu-geuk secretly rolled up his sleeves, revealing his powerful forearms. Daein shook his head.
“Just stay still. Someone will be here shortly to handle the matter.”
I sent a message before I was brought to the disaster management headquarters, so it should arrive shortly.
“What were you two talking about just now?”
In response to Joo Sang-wook’s question, who did not know the language of the martial arts world, Dae-in provided an appropriate interpretation.
“It’s nice to meet you. We hope to have friendly relations with the Korean government…”
“Disciple. Can’t you just grab this guy with your finger?”
“I’ll put a hole in your forehead….”
“yes?!”
The man blinked for a moment and then said.
“···Your forehead is really straight. It’s a compliment, a compliment.”
“It’s clear that they’re drilling a hole in my forehead right now···.”
“It’s a joke often used in the martial arts world.”
“······.”
A drop of cold sweat ran down Joo Sang-wook’s straight forehead. His alertness grew stronger.
‘The landlord. He is definitely a person to watch out for.’
Over the past year, the White House Guild has grown tremendously, both in size and quality.
Now, there is no competing guild to compare it to.
Some even went so far as to say that the White House was above the South Korean government.
‘It all happened after the landlord moved into the White House.’
Clearly, the landlord was hiding something. Joo Sang-wook wanted to find out on this occasion.
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“Vice President. You will need to stay here for a few days and undergo investigation. The same goes for those who came from Murim.”
The man looked troubled.
“That’s a bit difficult. And I would like you to arrange for me to meet the person next to me and the President as soon as possible.”
“I will report back to you right away. But that is not something I can promise lightly. So you will have to stay here for a while.”
Joo Sang-wook looked at the person with sharp eyes.
‘This time, I won’t just let it slide. I will definitely reveal your true identity and purpose···.’
It was then that Joo Sang-wook’s phone rang.
[Team Leader. You are from the White House Guild.]
“···I’ll leave for a moment.”
Joo Sang-wook came out into the hallway holding his cell phone. He spoke into the phone.
“Send him back for now. Explain that you will send him back after the investigation is over.”
[That’s it…. CEO Baek Chang-soo came in person.]
“what?”
[And the daughter came with him. She just went that way.]
As soon as he finished speaking, two people came walking briskly down the hallway.
Joo Sang-wook blocked the two people with a bewildered expression.
“Hey, if you come in like this···”
“I see it’s here!”
Baek Chang-soo pushed Joo Sang-wook aside and entered the room. As soon as he saw the man, he hugged him tightly.
“Hey, dude! Where the hell have you been and why are you only coming back now? You’re really pissed!”
“The representative is still going strong.”
Rather, he seemed to have become more robust than before. Baek Chang-soo laughed heartily, perhaps taking those words as a compliment.
“Hahaha! Yeah. But the person next to me… Huh!”
Baek Chang-soo, whose eyes met Cheon Mu-geuk’s, trembled as if he had been struck by lightning.
Cheonmu-geuk burst into laughter when he saw that sight.
“Keep on going. There’s a kid on Earth with some pretty useful skills. It’ll be fun to teach him.”
“Vice, Vice President. Who, who is this person···”
“It’s hard to explain. I’ll explain it to you slowly later.”
“Yeah, yeah···.”
Cold sweat ran down Baek Chang-soo’s entire body. The great man sent a message to Cheon Mu-geuk.
[I told you to kill the prayer.]
[You idiot. Is it my fault? This idiot is quite the know-it-all.]
At that moment, Joo Sang-wook came in with an angry face and shouted.
“Both of you, get out of here immediately! The investigation isn’t over yet!”
“Look here. Team Leader Joo.”
Baek Young-hee blocked Joo Sang-wook’s path with her arms crossed.
She was in a bad mood because her oblivious father had taken her away from her.
“What did our vice president do wrong that you are interrogating him like a criminal? From what I heard on the way here, he has done nothing but praiseworthy things.”
“···You came with an alien. The investigation into him is still ongoing. And it’s not an interrogation···.”
Baek Young-hee turned her head and looked at the man.
And then he turned his head again and looked at Joo Sang-wook.
The temperature difference in that change of expression was greater than that of cold water and hot water.
“So that means I didn’t do anything wrong. Then I can go now, right?”
Joo Sang-wook was speechless for a moment and then barely managed to refute the claim.
“According to the Superhuman Special Act, the Superhuman Special Team of the Disaster Management Headquarters has the authority to detain superhuman soldiers at any time···.”
Sigh.
A cold smile appeared on Baek Yeong-hee’s lips. Lately, she had been cold to most men.
“Hey, Team Leader Joo.”
Baek Young-hee, who was walking towards Joo Sang-wook, whispered in his ear.
“That was when Team Leader Joo was still the team leader here. If he gets fired, he won’t be able to do anything, right?”
“You’re threatening me right now···.”
For a moment, Joo Sang-wook flinched. Baek Young-hee’s eyes were sincere.
“That’s a threat. Want to make a bet on how many hours it will take you to take off Team Leader Joo’s clothes?”
“······.”
Joo Sang-wook thought about the status of the White House.
The ultimate guild with no more competitors.
Any superhuman would want to contract with them, and they had enormous recognition and popularity among the citizens. The scale of their charity work was enormous.
‘So you are above the South Korean government?’
That can’t be. No, it won’t be.
But the power to cut just one civil servant would be more than enough.
“···We will investigate later. You may leave now for today.”
In the end, Joo Sang-wook had no choice but to put aside his dangerous curiosity. Baek Young-hee said with a smile.
“Good idea.”
After a while, the man followed the two people out of the disaster management headquarters.
Daein felt Joo Sang-wook’s gaze glaring at him from behind, and snickered.
“I’m glad you joined the guild.”
Anything that might be bothersome will be taken care of for you.
Moreover, I received my salary regularly even while I was in the martial arts world.
***
“You really···.”
“···It was spectacular.”
This was the reaction of the Baek family after the great man briefly explained what had happened in the martial arts world.
After leaving the Disaster Management Headquarters, they returned to the guild headquarters with Lily and the warriors of the Heavenly Demon Sect who were waiting in another building.
As soon as Lily got out of the car, she looked back at the warriors of the Heavenly Demon Sect and shouted.
“Gentlemen! Follow me!”
““Jeonmyeong!””
Lily, who was in a good mood, and the warriors who followed her in a swarm. Lily ran up the stairs, as if she didn’t want to waste time taking the elevator. Geum-oh followed her.
“I’m so excited. I’m so excited.”
The man clicked his tongue at the sight. It was obvious where Lily was going.
The smell of fried chicken was sure to linger in the staff cafeteria all night tonight.
“Let’s talk separately.”
The four people – Daein, Cheonmu-geuk, Baek Chang-soo, and Baek Yeong-hee – took the elevator and headed to Baek Chang-soo’s office.
“Let me introduce myself again. This person is the master of Cheonmu-geuk. He is the one who taught me martial arts, and he represents Cheonma Shingyo in the martial arts world.”
“This is CEO Baek Chang-soo. He is the CEO of the company I work for.”
“Click, click. Nice to meet you.”
“···It is an honor to meet you.”
Daein gave Cheonmu-geuk an artifact for interpretation. He had intentionally not given it to him when he was with Joo Sang-wook.
There was a lot of talk between the four of them.
The Cheonmasingyo’s migration plan, methods of exchanging martial arts skills from the Murim and science and technology from Earth, migration support measures, land and jobs for them to stay in, etc.
The story went more positively than the man had expected.
“I will fully support you.”
It was clearly a mutually beneficial deal,
“But, over there, that···”
Even before the story began, Baek Chang-soo was looking at Cheonmu-geuk like a boy falling in love for the first time.
Of course it wasn’t love.
“···Can I ask you to spar with me? I know my skills are lacking, but···.”
It was a longing for a transcendent strong person.
“Click, click. As much as you want.”
Cheonmu-geuk also seemed to be in a pretty good mood. Both men were born with natural martial arts skills, so they suited each other well.
“If you want, how about today?”
“Yes! It is an honor!”
After a while, the two men went down to the underground training room together. Daein shook his head as he watched their backs.
‘But if the Master likes me and takes me as his direct disciple… Huh? Then, does that mean I’ll become the representative’s executioner?’
Huh? That’s right.
A meaningful smile appeared on the man’s lips.
“What are you thinking that makes you smile so sinisterly?”
“···Me? No?”
Baek Young-hee glanced at the old man who was acting like a fool.
A face that I hated but wanted to see so badly. Now, the two of us finally had a chance to talk.
“The corners of your mouth just went up in a sinister way. Are you thinking of the girlfriend you left behind in the martial arts world?”
The old man snickered at the sharp, thorny words. This girl is still the same.
“How have you been, Younghee?”
“You’re asking so quickly, really. You’re making people worry. You clearly said you’d be back in two months when you left. You said you’d come right away after finding just one thing. If you were late, you’d just say you were late···.”
To Baek Yeong-hee, who was grumbling about the machine gun, Dae-in showed the Changcheonshin Sword and Cheonma Sword that he had on his waist.
“I brought a lot of extra things with me.”
“···I should stop talking.”
Baek Yeong-hee sighed softly. When she saw that sly face, her anger subsided.
The man looked out the window and said.
“By the way, when did that start appearing?”
The gray whale was dead, but its mark still remained in the sky.
The remains of the red gate remain like a scab in the sky.
The man knew its name.
‘Hellgate.’
The six disasters that a person experienced in his previous life.
Among them, the most horrific world-class disaster along with the
The gray whale killed by Cheonmu-geuk was just one of the signs of a long disaster.
Baek Young-hee thought for a moment and then said.
“It’s been about a month. From then on, red gates like that started appearing, and monsters of a type I’d never seen before started coming out.”
“A month···.”
“So these days, all the teams are incredibly busy. Team 7 is also out on site right now, so they couldn’t come. Mr. Goo Ho and Mr. Min Jae also really wanted to see me.”
“······.”
The man looked at the remains of the bloody gate.
Coincidentally, the time of his appearance overlapped with the time when the gates of Murim and Earth began to be connected.
‘Gate chain reaction? Butterfly effect? Or… Is it because of me?’
Several assumptions came to the man’s mind.
All the disasters he knew were happening or in progress.
It would be foolish or self-deceptive to think that all this is a coincidence.
‘A fundamental solution is needed.’
The remaining disasters are all world-class. It is difficult for one country to handle them alone.
Hellgate in particular···.
At that time, Baek Young-hee asked in a cautious voice.
“···Do you know what that is, sir?”
The question that Joo Sang-wook felt while looking at Dae-in today was, of course, the question that Baek Young-hee felt as well.
In fact, she had noticed it much longer than Joo Sang Wook. She just didn’t show it.
That’s why he even used threats to keep Joo Sang-wook quiet.
“I won’t ask what secret you’re hiding. I don’t think that’s a bad reason.”
“······.”
The man stared blankly at Baek Yeong-hee. Baek Yeong-hee smiled brightly.
“So if you need anything, don’t make excuses from now on. Just tell me. I’ll prepare it for you.”
“hmm···.”
The man scratched his chin. He expected that when he returned from the martial arts world to Earth, a few people would start to notice.
If only he had come looking for the sword, I wouldn’t have known, but he brought along the people of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
‘I can’t just let things slide forever.’
So, I prepared a plausible lie…
“Oh, really. I have no idea what you’re talking about. What on earth are you talking about?”
I just smiled and brushed it off. That seemed to be enough for today.
“Yes, yes. Of course you would.”
Baek Young-hee also looked at the man and smiled. The man smiled back. The man spoke to her.
“I’m hungry. Let’s go eat something too. Before it gets too late and the kid eats it all.”
“You know what? This is the first time you’ve ever asked me to eat first.”
“I’ll eat it occasionally from now on.”
“···Really? When? Just the two of us?”
“Nah~ in the middle.”
“I really hate you.”
Whether Baek Young-hee glared or not, Dae-in walked towards the elevator.
The room the two people left.
The remains of the red gate visible beyond the window rippled ominously.
< Naa~jung > End
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