< 112. Shock and Terror (10) >
***
Minjun was in great shock.
“Did you just say Endellion?”
– Yes, agent. That’s correct.
This was the most shocking news I heard today.
“Not just Endellion, but a princess?”
The person he was curious about was the royal heir of the tentacle creatures!
It was a personnel selection that was utterly incomprehensible.
‘Sending an ancient race to such a remote dimension.’
The ancient races avoid remote areas. It was not for nothing that those places were vacant for so long.
But you sent the princess?
‘Is it because of me?’
Is he suspicious of his recent surge in talent acquisition and wants to monitor him personally?
But I soon forgot that guess. It was just an illusion that everything in the world revolved around me. It wasn’t even the delusion of a teenage boy.
‘Surely Dell isn’t involved?’
As far as Minjun knows, the most recent tentacled creature to visit Earth is his ex-wife.
But it was also speculation to link the two Endellions based on this fact alone.
In any case, it was definitely a surprising and shocking event.
‘For the time being, nothing I hear will be more surprising than this.’
Minjun hung up the phone and waited for the security personnel sent by Blair.
After some time, a commotion could be heard from all over the hospital.
“I guess you’ve arrived.”
“Brother, shall we set off then?”
“Okay. Just a simple handover…”
At that moment, Jeong-pal’s face hardened as he looked out the window.
“···What is all that?”
The expression on the face of the congressman who followed the gaze also hardened.
“······?!”
Choi Pan-seok, who had been staring outside for a while, barely opened his mouth.
“Agent. Have you received any intelligence reports that a coup is being planned at this hospital?”
Only after seeing with his own eyes what they were looking at did Minjun understand why they said that.
Doo doo doo doo doo-
A dull thud of air. A squadron of helicopters was approaching from afar. They were not the emergency transport helicopters used in hospitals. The windows of the hospital rooms opened and the patients looked out, dumbfounded. The rotary-wing aircraft with dull green exteriors began to land on the roofs of each building, one by one. When there were not enough helipads, they tried to land on the ground.
and.
“Is that a tank? If my eyes aren’t deceiving me….”
In the parking lot outside, military trucks and tanks were parked one after another. From there, armed special agents jumped out and spread out on the hospital grounds. Everyone quickly jumped out according to the commander’s instructions.
The scale of the personnel and equipment was extraordinary.
– Everyone in position!
Minjun recognized familiar faces moving among the soldiers.
That too, a lot.
‘How many immigration agents are there? They could probably catch a young dragon with just those guys.’
It looks like all the agents of this country who have empty hands have been called in.
At that moment the hospital room door opened.
“Hello, Agent!”
chuck!
An agent in combat fatigues came in and saluted. His gesture was stiff and angular. He was a veteran with a reputation at the immigration office, although not as much as Minjun. At face value, he looked twenty years older, but his attitude toward Minjun was reverent.
Minjun raised his hand dryly.
“Oh, it’s been a while.”
Instead of responding to the greeting, he reported curtly.
“As per your request, we will now launch a joint military-officer defense operation based on the hospital grounds!”
“···Over it. You’re not even a real soldier.”
Minjun tilts his head and asks.
“But I asked for someone to be sent to protect one person, not to blow up the entire hospital. Or is there a hatchling kidnapper hiding here?”
The agent then replied that this was Blair’s direct instruction.
The explanation that followed left out a few important words, perhaps out of consideration for other listeners, but Minjun was able to quickly grasp the situation.
Jenkinson had recently lost Ji Seon-gyeong, who he had been protecting at Min-jun’s request… or more precisely, Ha Eun-seong, a Red Star executive who was possessed. He had been kidnapped helplessly. The incident, which he had entrusted to a friend to protect but had failed miserably, left a deep rift in Red Dragon’s pride.
After that, Yong instructed his subordinates. If Minjun makes a similar request in the future, they should respond with all available power. Literally, with all their might.
And like any extreme FM elf, Blair followed orders faithfully. With Jenkinson out of contact, there was no one to put the brakes on her.
The results are now unfolding in this hospital.
‘The personality flaws of the dragon and the elf are a perfect collaboration.’
Doctors and patients, unaware of the situation, were loitering in the hallway, and when they saw soldiers wielding machine guns running around in all directions, they were terrified and ran away.
The congressman muttered with a weary look on his face.
“Father, this is certainly something to be thankful for, but···.”
Minjun waved his hand.
“It’s already come to this, so there’s no turning back. Just enjoy it.”
The elf wouldn’t budge, saying he was just doing what he was told to do. From Minjun’s perspective, there was no need to ask him to do so.
‘At this point, you don’t have to stay here. Yumtus, come with us.’
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The invisibility spell that was cast while waiting for Choi Seon-ah, who might break at any moment, may break, but it is actually a good thing.
=As ordered.=
Beyond the open door, the hospital director was seen observing the situation with a dispirited face.
***
Minjun accompanied the priest to the troll’s dwelling.
And I was frustrated.
“Damn, that’s exactly what I expected.”
As the police had already declared, there were no clues to be found there, neither in the house nor in the tobacco shop.
“What should I do, brother?”
Jung-pal asked Min-jun, not even dreaming that the hidden priest was watching him from nearby.
“This won’t work. Let’s stop here for today.”
There was no more room to poke around and no witnesses to question. Minjun decided to call it a day. Then Jeongpal dropped Minjun off in front of the store.
“Want to have a drink before you go?”
“I’m fine. Oh, right… I saw you were calling me earlier?”
Minjun, lost in thought, takes out his cell phone, which he had not touched until now. Most of the missed calls and texts were from Cathy. They said there was a guest at the office.
‘Who is it?’
“Okay, I’ll go in.”
“Okay, take a look.”
After sending Jeongpal away like that, Minjun opened the office door and froze.
“······.”
“Oh, you’re here?”
He heard Cassie’s voice from the pantry attached to the office. But he didn’t have the strength to turn his head in that direction. Instead, he stared at one place with a cold face.
Because there was a woman sitting on the guest sofa who shouldn’t be there.
“Hello, you’re here?”
It was a calm tone, as if they were meeting again after a few hours.
At the same time, it was an unforgettable voice. It was also a voice that had been repeated several times in recent dreams. It was soft and gentle, and it touched Minjun’s ears. Although the tone was so warm, it sent goosebumps down his spine.
She leaned back in a comfortable and stable position, as if she were at home…
“···Del?”
Wince!
The moment Minjun spoke, the hidden heretic judge showed a strange reaction. This was because the name was familiar.
Yumtus remembers. The incarnation that was gritting its teeth and sweating as if it was weighed down by a heavy weight while suffering from nightmares. The name that he shouted over and over again in an eerie voice, like a scream.
That was the name.
***
The smell of blood.
Minjun felt the thick scent of blood lingering at the tip of his nose. The peaceful office scenery was instantly superimposed on the dark laboratory scenery of another dimension.
At the same time, the conversation with Blair came to mind.
– The committee has dispatched a new head of the Earth Representative Office. He arrived on Earth today, but please note that there is an embargo until midnight tomorrow, Korean time. Today’s welcoming party will be unofficial. The dispatched person is… the princess of the ancient race Endelion.
Even if she were a princess, there’s no way she could bring another ancient race with her meager numbers. To this remote dimension? Absolutely impossible.
In other words, this means that at this very moment, there is only one Endellion with feet… no, tentacles attached to the Earth.
“······!”
The princess of Endellion who visited Earth.
And, Minjun’s ex-wife is Endellion.
The two concepts merge in my head.
‘oh my god.’
Just because it’s Endellion, it’s a titanium spoon that surpasses a gold spoon… and even among them.
‘You were a princess?’
Del smiles as he looks at his frozen face.
“Are you really surprised, honey?”
Clang!
It was the sound of Cathy dropping a tray while preparing a snack in the pantry.
Dell didn’t turn his head in her direction. Instead, he stared at what his ex-husband was holding in his hand.
“A frying pan? You said you didn’t like any weapons other than daggers, but your tastes have changed since then? That’s quite unconventional.”
“······.”
“These days, you carry that around and beat the back of the heads of bad guys? It’s so tough… It doesn’t seem like your style, but people change.”
He casts a calm gaze toward the frying pan and says.
“I know the material is strong. If I sharpen it well, it can even cut through the outer wall of a spaceship. But, if I’m going to do it, why don’t I just carry something else? It doesn’t feel right. Should I make you one? As long as it’s shaped like a frying pan, is that okay?”
=No, that older sister says all sorts of sad things! But… who are you? Just like you, I can’t read her mind at all.=
I ignored the sizzling of the frying pan. And barely, I moved my stiff lips.
“Wait a minute, let’s talk privately.”
I thought about moving, but I couldn’t think of a better place than here.
‘Yuttus, to the basement.’
=I understand. I will cleanse my body and mind there and regain my divine power until you call me again.=
Then he turns his head and looks at Cassie. She is looking back and forth between Minjun and Del with a pale expression, as if she is facing a ghost.
“Cassie, I’m sorry, but are you going to leave work now for today?”
The answer was six seconds late.
“···Oh, yes?”
Then he looks down at the broken plate.
“Still, let’s put this aside···.”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll take care of it.”
Even after the two of them were left alone, Minjun couldn’t speak for a while.
When I finally managed to scream again, my voice was so dry that it felt unfamiliar to me.
“Why did you come?”
It was a question with two meanings.
Why did you come to Earth to become a member of the committee?
And why did you come to this house?
Dell understood both questions and returned the words to answer both questions simultaneously.
“Because of you.”
She stared blankly at her ex-husband. Her pupils were pitch-black.
“Are you going to keep standing and talking?”
Minjun was stiff. It wasn’t like this even when they met again at the terminal.
At that time, even though my vision had turned black and white around my ex-wife and the air had become as cold as the skin of a dead animal, it wasn’t such a horrible feeling.
He soon realizes why.
‘It’s because of the dream.’
The terrible dream that had been repeated over and over again had turned my mind back to the past.
Minjun temporarily sealed the frying pan as soon as he sat down. He then put it back in the storage room and said.
“Why did you hide it until now···.”
She stops before finishing her sentence. Come to think of it, she never hid anything. She never asked questions.
Should I blame my lack of imagination for asking my ex-wife if she was a princess?
He changed the question.
“The royal family agreed that the princess of Endelion would travel to such a remote dimension?”
Dell looked openly upset.
“Are you more curious about how I came here than why I came?”
Minjun didn’t answer, and Del explained with a shallow sigh.
“I’m supposed to be here looking for fragments of Asif-1.”
“······.”
The prisoner showed no sign of surprise on his face.
I thought there wouldn’t be any more shocking events today, but my hasty predictions were shattered time and time again.
“But I won’t announce it like that. The royal family has put up such a large bounty that all sorts of idiots will flock to Earth.”
“The one who put the bounty on the fragments was Endellion?”
“To be exact, our race’s will and budget were reflected the most.”
After saying that, Dell muttered again, this time in a sullen tone.
“I was going to talk about this later… I have to be on the other side of the planet in a few hours. You’re coming late, so there’s not much time left, and I was going to put off talking about work for a while.”
But her ex-husband’s cold expression did not change, and Del eventually decided to bring up the subject.
“The most important reason I requested to be dispatched here is… I’ll say it again, you. The purpose of finding the fragments is ultimately connected to you.”
Minjun asks, barely able to suppress his gaze from going towards the sealed frying pan.
“how?”
“Do you know the order in which the inmate obtains the fragment? The committee that receives it is to share ownership with the Endellion royal family.”
Minjun was unaware of the internal circumstances of the committee.
“And then I got some credible reports that the debris had flown into Earth.”
She explains why she must stay by Minjun’s side.
“If I were to find it… wouldn’t it be better to have it presented as a drawing that you can put in your hands and submit to the committee? That plan would be something like my ‘Plan A-2.’”
It was a word that hinted at the existence of Plan A-1 and Plan B.
But the more important question is…
“Plan for what?”
Dell’s eyes widened.
“Of course, it’s a plan to set you free!”
Minjun naturally recalls the ‘plan to assassinate her husband’. Seeing that expression, Del shook his head and said.
“Put your old thoughts aside. Plan A-1 is that you collect your retirement fund by completing small missions. Yeah, like the Demonic Goblin Gene. I have some updates to make on that later. And Plan A-2 is that you collect the fragments and collect your retirement fund in one go. Surely your retirement fund won’t be over 7 million talents?”
Minjun asks after a moment of silence.
“Then is there a plan A-3?”
“No, instead, there is a plan B.”
“What is that?”
Plan A is the most desirable solution from Minjun’s and Dell’s perspectives.
A way for prisoners to save up their retirement pay and pay it off, thereby regaining their freedom in a fair manner.
On the other hand, Plan B deviates slightly from the right path.
“I can’t tell you all the details about Plan B right now. But I brought it up because I have a favor to ask of you.”
ask?
“What is it?”
Then, his ex-wife strongly urged him not to think badly of him.
“Actually, I came to see you today, but there’s something I want to receive from you, too.”
Minjun felt an ominous feeling creeping into his chest.
“So, what is it?”
Then the ex-wife looked around and mumbled.
“Okay, don’t misunderstand. Can I receive a little bit of your blood and cerebrospinal fluid?”
“······.”
Minjun began to think about the composition of a barrier that could expel Endellion.
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