◈ Episode 50: Providing true education (2)
Underground on a remote island in the North Pacific where the hideout of the One Believer is located.
“… … .”
In his office in the basement, Hannibal was still scratching the armrest he was sitting on with his fingernails, looking irritated.
How much time has passed like that?
“It’s been a while.”
“… … .”
Hannibal clicked his tongue and said “tsk” at the sudden voice coming from inside the office.
“Should I have told you? “Please knock when you come in here.”
“Is it really necessary? “You can come in like this without knocking.”
Hannibal was soon able to see a black shadow starting to form on the sofa in front of the desk.
The shadow that slowly began to form near the sofa soon began to form a single shape.
“Georg… … .”
As soon as Hannibal’s mumbling ended, a man appeared on the sofa where only a shadow had been lounging.
A man wearing a black hat that looks old even at first glance and an old black fedora.
Hannibal, who muttered the name of the leader of the first class and the evil man who made a true contract with the constellation ‘Blade Behind’, immediately opened his mouth.
“What is the request?”
Even though Hannibal seemed a little impatient, he answered leisurely.
“It is completed. “Your friends are so precious to you that they are trying so hard to protect them within the association.”
“Thank you.”
“Well, since I received the commission fee, I provided the corresponding labor. Well, since you asked for it, I moved it myself.”
Hearing Georg’s words, Hannibal sighed and said.
“I should have done the same.”
“Did you say Kim Joo-hyuk? It was definitely amazing. “He is a student and single-handedly defeats the three murders of a single believer.”
“Tsk, it would have been better to just kill him.”
“Aren’t you too cold to your subordinates?”
At Georg’s playful tone, Hannibal clicked his tongue and said, “Tsk.”
“Load? “Can you call those bastards who sell the organization’s information as they please their subordinates?”
Georg shrugged his shoulders in response to Hannibal’s sarcastic answer.
“Of course, I spoke too lightly, but it feels like the matter is bigger than I thought.”
“I’m already so stressed out about it right now. If you do well, you might not even be able to travel around neutral cities and have to live as if you don’t exist for a few years.”
“It’s hard to believe that Kim Joo-hyuk or something is making him a believer.”
Hannibal looked at Georg and spoke.
“Now that I think about it, didn’t the first class also suffer from that guy?”
He shrugged his shoulders and answered Hannibal’s question.
“Well, there was one. Because I blew away a pretty good word about being a collateral branch of the Ventrick family. what-“
Georg paused for a moment and looked at Hannibal.
“-Still, it’s a less painful mistake than yours.”
“… … “What do you plan to do?”
“Are you asking if I’m going to handle it?”
“okay.”
Georg shrugged his shoulders and answered Hannibal’s question.
“No, I won’t.”
“… … “You’re not going to do it?”
When Hannibal opened his mouth in a very surprising tone, Georg smiled and spoke.
“Yes, ‘I am’.”
“… … Are you planning to entrust the request to someone else?”
“To be exact, rather than entrusting the request to someone else… … “It would be correct to say that they are already being targeted.”
“… … Are you being targeted?”
Hannibal tilts his head as if he doesn’t understand.
However, Georg still smiled and seemed to think a little while looking at him.
Within.
“Well, okay, I received a large commission fee this time, and more than anything, I received some help last time, so let me tell you.”
“… … ?”
“One religion.”
“… … !”
At Georg’s words, Hannibal unconsciously opened his eyes.
One religion.
The organization, which was also called the Extermination Church among the evildoers and contractors who knew them, was not well known to the general public, but was a very dangerous organization.
Of course, someone could feel a contradiction in that explanation and ask questions.
Why is it that such a dangerous group is not known to the general public?
In a way, it was a natural question to ask.
As such, the group of evildoers who commit basically evil deeds is known.
It is a very natural process, and villains or groups of villains sometimes engage in activities to increase their notoriety.
Building a reputation as a villain meant raising one’s status and price in the underworld.
However, Ilgyo is not well known even to contractors working in the industry, let alone the general public.
Because it’s not dangerous?
no.
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Because of inactivity?
That’s not it either.
The reason why Ilkyo (一敎) did not become famous.
This was because the International Association and many large guilds never spread the story about Ilkyo to the outside world.
Why don’t you spread it?
This was because contractors currently active in the industry could not stop one-education.
Yeah, I couldn’t stop it.
Even if he was ‘THE ONE’ whom everyone revered, he could not stop Ilgyo.
That’s because Ilgyo already killed THE ONE, who was known to have the greatest strength of all time 15 years ago.
Of course, I didn’t know why they killed THE ONE.
However, the important thing is that every time they appear in the world, they do something so great that it is impossible for the current industry to stop it.
The good news was that the frequency of occurrence of Ilgyo was very rare.
However, even if their appearance was rare, a strong group of evildoers that the guilds and associations could not handle would cause social chaos, so the associations and guilds hid the group called ‘Ilgyo’ from society.
so that.
“I don’t know why, but it seemed like they were targeting Kim Joo-hyuk.”
“… … “Really?”
“Yes, I heard it from a somewhat reliable source.”
“Honestly, I thought about touching it myself, but I guess I’m glad I didn’t.”
“If you had touched it, you would have been gone a few days later. You know them, right? “I don’t know why they do that, but if they touch their target, they kill the person who touched their target as well.”
Hannibal nodded at Georg’s words and quietly erased the plan to touch Kim Joo-hyuk from his mind.
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A private room in a quiet cafe located somewhere in the city.
Kim Joo-hyuk was silently looking at Seol-ryeon sitting in front of him, and she looked at Kim Joo-hyuk once and spoke.
“First of all, I apologize for sending the group away for a while. “This story is good if as few people hear it as possible.”
At Seol-ryeon’s words, Kim Joo-hyuk thought of Liliya waiting at the table outside the private room and nodded.
“Is this a dirty request?”
“It’s not like that. “As the leader of the White Lotus Association, I do not entrust such requests to students.”
“then?”
In response to Kim Joo-hyuk’s question, Seol-ryeon quenched her thirst with the coffee in front of her for a moment and spoke.
“I’ll tell you straight. “I’d like you to give a friend a little squeeze.”
“… … “Do you want me to beat you up?”
“yes.”
“So, people?”
“you’re right.”
At Seol-ryeon’s words, Kim Joo-hyuk looked at her with a strange expression and said.
“… Well, actually, I specialize in beating people up, but I don’t think you are so weak that you would ask me to do that, right?”
At Kim Joo-hyuk’s question, Seol-ryun slightly opened her eyes as if she was a little surprised, but then smiled and spoke.
“… How amazing.”
“What?”
“Normally, in this ‘settled’ state, no one would say such things to me even though I have the title of Hoeju.”
Seolryeon said that and spoke with a brighter face than before.
“At this level, I think we can talk a little more seriously.”
“Well, tell me.”
At Kim Joo-hyuk’s words, she seemed to be wondering where to start this story, and then she started talking.
Kim Joo-hyuk, who listened to the story for a while, nodded lightly as if organizing his thoughts and spoke.
“So, a great genius appeared in the Xue family, the first family established in China after the era of destruction?”
“that’s right. “He is not just a genius, but a genius who could even be called a genius.”
“… … But that guy is locked up in a place called White Lotus Palace, where he only trains, ignores everyone, and doesn’t come out.”
“yes.”
“So, beat up that guy who is just training inside the White Lotus Palace and let him know that the world is wide… … “Is this correct?”
“That’s accurate.”
As Seolryeon nodded, Kim Joo-hyuk asked.
“Well, actually, I don’t mind, but I don’t think this is something I really need?”
“I’m really embarrassed, but I couldn’t beat that kid.”
“You said you didn’t win?”
“yes.”
Aside from using the word “embarrassing,” she speaks normally.
“You couldn’t win, but you’re asking me for a favor?”
“yes,”
“… … “What on earth do you trust and ask me for a favor?”
Seolryun laughed and spoke at Kim Joo-hyuk’s words.
“First of all, I saw that Kim Joo-hyuk overwhelmed all the students with his physical ability rather than his magical power.”
“… … Doesn’t that guy want to fight purely with his body and not use magic power?”
“yes that’s right. “That’s why I came to visit student Kim Joo-hyuk.”
“Hmm, but even if you look at physical abilities, I think there are quite a few other people besides me, right?”
It’s really new, but Kim Joo-hyuk hasn’t regained all his strength yet.
In a word, Kim Joo-hyuk is definitely strong, but I thought to myself that there must be a few people among the contractees who are stronger than him in the current situation.
Because the world is large and there are many people.
However, despite Kim Joo-hyuk’s questioning, Seol-ryeon spoke without hesitation.
“This is the second reason why I came to visit Kim Joo-hyuk, because he and Kim Joo-hyuk are the same age.”
“… … Are you going to scratch your pride?”
“yes that’s right. To be honest, his pride is too high, and he’s so stubborn that he doesn’t even get scratched.”
After saying that, Seolryeon took another sip of coffee and spoke.
“But I’m thinking that if he loses to someone of the same age as him, he will lose his pride and come out unconditionally.”
Kim Joo-hyuk nodded at Seol-ryeon’s words.
“Certainly, those things look a little different when they hit head-on and break.”
“yes that’s right.”
At Seol-ryeon’s agreement, Kim Joo-hyuk nodded as if there was nothing more to take.
“Then let’s accept the request.”
“That’s a really nice answer. Then, I will be paid handsomely-”
“No, I want to be paid something else.”
“… … Anything else?”
In response to Seol-ryeon’s question, Kim Joo-hyuk nodded and got to his point.
“I’d like to go into the Ahala Grand Palace. Is that possible?”
“If it is the Ahala Grand Palace… … ?”
“From what I heard, the White Lotus Association owns the ownership of Ahala Grand Palace. Is that not possible?”
Kim Joo-hyuk’s question.
Seolryun seemed to be worried for a moment, but then smiled and spoke.
“I think I can resolve that issue well within my power.”
“Then the deal is done.”
Kim Joo-hyuk responded to Seol-ryeon’s words with a bright smile.
