Episode 214
“History will remember this day.”
Rather was a challenging and enterprising person.
That was the case at least 10 years ago.
He was an icon of the radical faction within the WHPO.
His argument that top-class hunters should be sent to the spirit world to help spirit creatures and drive out demons forever gained strength.
“Son. “The future of humanity depends on you.”
A genius among geniuses with a 100% dungeon success rate.
There was not a single doubt on Lader’s face as he looked at Owen, the transcendent level hunter.
The third-ranked Majin.
That is, until Terti comes to him carrying Owen’s severed head.
“!!!!!!!”
I broke into a cold sweat when I was forcibly kidnapped into the space created by Terti, and my legs became weak when I saw Mine, a hunchback with big ears.
After finally confirming that the hair he was holding was Owen’s, Rather let go of reason.
“Ahhhh… … !!”
Rather hugged his son’s head and sobbed, but his despair did not end there.
-Don’t miss a single scene and engrave it in your head.
The hunchback placed his wrinkled hand on Rather’s forehead.
Then, as if my eyes were opening, a scene from another dimension came into view.
“this… … case… … !!”
What Lader discovered were things that resembled people but were not people.
Chimeras who are completely taken over by dark matter, killing spirits and digging up the Anima flower fields.
Ladder was able to connect similar hunters with each of their faces.
“no!!”
All Ladder could do was despair and sob endlessly.
His son, Owen, whom he had no doubt about being the future of mankind, has already become a cold corpse, and each and every one of the transcendental hunters who were expected to be on par with Majin lost their sense of self after being swayed by dark matter, not to mention Majin.
It was a war that was not fought in the first place.
Rather, who was a radical, had no choice but to bitterly regret his choice.
In the spirit world, both demons and humans are subject to dimensional interference.
So I thought it was a fight worth fighting, but the gap was bigger than I thought.
“Stop insulting me any more and kill me!”
Lader shook off Terti’s hand and shed tears.
I couldn’t bear to watch the devastation in front of my eyes any longer.
Without any intention of running away, Lader swung both hands wildly at Terti.
If you were dragged into another dimension and you ran away, where would you go?
I had no desire to live anymore.
If I were to die like this, I planned to apologize to Owen and the transcendental hunters in the afterlife.
He thought about begging and begging that his project was unreasonable and that he should never go against the demons.
However, it was not long fingernails that flew at Ladder, who had prepared for death, but a sweet whisper of comfort.
-Ladder. There’s no need to blame yourself too much.
“Shut up!”
-You just made a reasonable choice. If the spirit world collapses anyway, the next battlefield will be the human world. I thought it would be better to send hunters to the spirit world and join forces rather than devastate the human world.
Lader got goosebumps.
It’s not because of Terti’s voice that sounds like scraping metal.
The fact that his thoughts were completely read.
And I found it horrifying that Mine’s thought circuit was so similar to that of humans.
-You are what we need. If you do as we tell you, at least you will live a long life.
“You’re talking bullshit… … .”
At that time, another world unfolded before Lader’s eyes.
Peaceful and happy daily lives, not the hellish world of the spirit world.
Children other than Owen.
And Owen’s grandchildren were shaking Rather’s pupils.
-I promise. If you follow our advice from now on, we will guarantee the safety of your family. What we want is not the annihilation of humans. The goal is to control the number appropriately.
“… … !”
-As of today, critical damage has been inflicted on the core area of the spirit world. Although we have not been able to completely make the spirit world ours, this means that we can travel back and forth here whenever we want.
Terti once again showed Rader his grandchildren.
-This next answer is important, Ladder. If you refuse our offer one more time, you will see these bodies torn apart before your eyes.
“ah… … no!!”
Rather waved his arms without realizing it.
It was not an attempt to attack Terti like before, but a sign of instinctive denial.
-Become the head of WHPO and take our rule. It will prevent direct invasion for the next 10 years.
Rather gritted his teeth and answered.
“… … “You can’t get the position of president just because you want to.”
Terti let out a ghostly laugh.
He sensed that part of Ladder’s heart had been lost.
-Don’t worry about that. From now on, I will kill those who think they are interfering with your path to success without even noticing them.
“!”
-Ego. Take your pick, Ladder. Will I die en masse along with my family like this and cause anxiety to humanity? Or will he protect his family and provide a peaceful era even if it is a lie? It’s your choice here.
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“why… … Why me? “Why are you forcing me to make this choice?”
Ladder asked as if screaming.
-That’s right… … .
Because I knew you would be shaken.
The wicked Terti did not bother to talk back.
-Because you were suitable in many ways. We wouldn’t have bothered to come here if you weren’t destined to become president.
“… … !”
-This is a project that was conducted privately anyway, so it will be resolved quickly. When you wake up, the Seventh will be coming and going from your house. And you just have to follow what the seventh conveys.
10 years from now.
Until the demons cross the spirit world and turn the human world upside down.
“Meow.”
The first thing that caught the governor’s eyes when he woke up was a cat with fur of two colors.
-Meow.
It was clearly a cat’s cry, but Septimum’s voice could be heard clearly in it.
His message was very simple, but it completely shattered President Rather, who had expected it to be a dream.
-hmm… … . First, try raising a few pets. Ladder.
* * *
“… … That is all.”
An S-rank esper with a steel shield.
Silver-haired Sakia carefully retrieved the skill.
The skill she cast a while ago was to bring up the subject’s past memories, allowing her to materialize anything she wanted to hide in a video.
It is a skill that takes time if the target’s resistance is stubborn, but President Lader’s mind was already an empty shell.
The pressure of being secretly controlled for 10 years.
Guilt for betraying humanity.
A feeling of despair that everything has been revealed.
Thanks to all of those emotions being mixed up, Sakia was able to access President Lader’s memories without much difficulty.
“To sum it up, he was trying to drive all humans to death in order to save his own life.”
Cylia swallowed a laugh as if she was astounded.
Cheon Hae-seon and his group captured President Lader and visited Steel Shield’s headquarters.
Cylia, who checked the governor at the scene, reacted as if she had been literally struck by lightning.
I was shocked to see the president with his top completely off and his eyes rolling back and forth like a man.
Sylia, who had been running wild asking what on earth he had done, became pale after hearing Insen’s explanation.
Ingsen’s explanation was just one line.
‘What we suspected became true.’
Silia, who knew the meaning of those words, immediately called Sakia over.
Sakia, an esper with impressive silver hair, originally did not use the ‘Memory Search’ skill without an official request from the WHPO or the government.
However, Cylia allowed the skill to be activated under the authority of the guild leader.
The reason was that now that the president of WHPO is suspected of being a traitor, there is no organization that can be trusted.
“They are a much more meticulous group than you might think.”
Cylia nodded at Insen’s words.
“that’s right. You can tell just by looking at the most threatening person being framed as a traitor. A guy named Terti. “You can come to our world and do politics.”
“Truth and lies are cleverly mixed. Cyril only killed the chimeras, but since they were all the same hunters, it would have been easy to fabricate them. “It’s a fact that Hunter died at the hands of Kirill.”
The hunters talked about the past, sometimes feeling indignant and sometimes sighing.
Who would have thought that the president, who should place the greatest importance on the safety of humanity, would do something like this.
While they were talking about this and that, President Rather had a blank expression on his face.
“hey. Ladder.”
Cylia approached the ladder.
There was no longer a need to use the title ‘governor’.
She spoke to the governor with an icy expression and her characteristic downward gaze.
“It’s better not to bite your tongue or think about committing suicide. “Your body is currently being protected by the ether.”
“… … !”
“I have to live for a long time. “There will be a lot of work to be done to pay for your sins and set the truth straight.”
After locking President Ladder in a small room, the remaining hunters gathered together.
Silia asked Cheon Hae-seon the question she had been holding back the whole time.
“Why did you come to us?”
Although Sylia was a super level hunter, she was not a member of the Five Siders.
It was not at all strange that he had different intentions from Cheon Hae-seon and his group.
So I was curious.
Why did that guy think he could trust our Steel Shield?
“I didn’t come here with a lot of trust.”
“what?”
Silia raised her eyes at Cheon Hae-seon’s answer.
“First of all, Steel Shield is the second largest organization in the United States after WHPO, so we had no other choice. “In order to expose the president’s corruption, you need a group that is trusted by the people.”
“if… … “What if we were on the same side as the governor?”
Then Cheon Hae-seon smiled like a poisonous snake.
“Then you would be like the governor over there.”
“!”
It was a very arrogant and challenging answer.
Especially considering that this is Steel Shield’s headquarters building.
However, Cheon Hae-seon had a confident look on his face, as if he was saying that if he was going to try it, he would do it.
“… … “I’m thinking about siding with the president at this point.”
After saying that, Cylia turned around and left.
The attitude was hostile, but it was an indirect way of expressing that he did not take the same line as the president.
“We are both the type of people who are tired of each other.”
Ying Sen smiled bitterly and subtly criticized Cheon Hae-seon.
Cheon Hae-seon scratched his cheek with his fingers.
“If you look at his attitude, even if he says something nice, he goes back on it?”
If you ask Cylia, you’ll probably get the same answer.
Yingsen had such a thought in her heart.
It was entirely Cheon Hae-seon’s decision to take the president to Steel Shield.
When she first faced monsters in the spirit world, Cylia went into battle alone to protect her guild members.
I don’t know the person involved, but Cheon Hae-seon was highly appreciating Silia’s character through that anecdote.
However, I only put up a fishing pole because they asked me openly in a heated argument.
“But since he has a hot personality, he probably has no hesitation in dealing with a real traitor.”
For the first time in a while, Cheon Hae-seon expressed agreement with Ying-sen’s words.
“That is correct. “Let’s leave the traitor to his own devices, and let’s go back quickly.”
The incident that uncovers the ‘true traitor’ will have an impact beyond the human world and into the demon world.
Perhaps the 10-year plan designed by the Mines may be brought forward.
Killing Septimum was a monumental event, but Cheon Hae-seon’s mind was already pursuing the next target.
