Episode 63
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Hunter Yoon Seo’s affiliation is clearly “Invibe”.
However, there was no trace of the guild
The business Baek Do-hyeon found had a completely different name, but it was a name he had heard of before.
[Manumission Research Center]
The building, with its relief plaque in Korean and English, was an ordinary-looking pharmaceutical company.
Geo’s eyes narrowed. Hmm.
“Are you sure this is it?”
“I’ve already done some searching around before coming here. The owner of the cafe in front of here definitely remembers me. Hunter Yoon Ui-seo, I see you around here often.”
Baek Do-hyun answered with a firm expression.
It was also an unexpected fact that the predecessor of ‘Manumission’ was ‘Invibe’.
Before the regression, the two groups appeared to have no relation to each other.
If I hadn’t discovered another black dragon, the ‘Fairy Dragon’, while hanging out with Geo, I probably wouldn’t have been able to continue chasing its tail.
“Then it would be a perfect fit. Otherwise, he wouldn’t come to a place like this.”
A building with lights on.
Geo, who had been staring blankly, looked around.
Even though it was dawn, the lights were bright. Not only in the research center, but also in the surrounding area.
“But why is it so bright in this neighborhood? Isn’t everyone getting off work?”
“I guess that’s because it’s a place where IT companies and information guilds are all gathered.”
“Ugh… … It’s going to get noisy if things get worse.”
“So, you should go in and come out as quietly as possible. I didn’t come here today to do anything, I came here to investigate.”
Baek Do-hyun nods his head while speaking.
But there was no response from Geo. I looked back curiously and saw an even more curious expression on his face.
“Why are you doing that?”
“Huh… …?”
“… … ?”
Geo answered in confusion.
“You didn’t come here to finish everything today… … ?”
“……yes?”
Life is like a one punch.
Mr. Munchkin Kyeonjio furrowed his brows seriously.
“Aren’t you going to just wipe everything out? Then why are you coming here again? Why?”
“… … Because we need to properly assess the situation first. Of course, the rescue of the fairy dragon is the top priority.”
“What’s so complicated?”
“It’s not complicated… … It’s just being careful. If you’re not careful, you could end up making a mess of things.”
Baek Do-hyeon, who had been responding calmly for a while, could not hold back his doubts and asked.
“No, but aren’t you going to continue to hide your identity? How on earth are you going to push it away?”
“You’re here.”
“Huh?”
“First, I’ll throw it away and say that Butler Baek did it, and then I’ll disappear as if I’d never been here in the first place.”
I’m serious. Gyeonjio’s voice was more serious than usual.
“What is that… … You know? The real hero disappears into the darkness, and some ordinary, worthless guy becomes a fake hero and enjoys the glory. Batman or something. Dark hero? Something like that, huh?”
“…….”
Baek Do-hyun, who had been staring blankly, got angry. No, this woman is real.
“I don’t like it! I don’t like DC! It’s all about Marvel!”
“Mommy, huh, look at this Marvel-type thing?”
“Chu, chuung? Aren’t you being harsh! Please correct me, I’m a pure Marvel Empire fan!”
“Look at the wording? Where the hell are you smelling successful American capitalism, now! Are you ignoring the DC movie because it failed? What are you doing! Are you ignoring our Petit Party Harlequin?”
“What? Where is that woman looking! Don’t you know what Petit Party is? Petit Party is you!”
“What, what. Such an insult… … I’m cool and chic! Apologize now!”
“Why are you apologizing when I told the truth? I did nothing wrong!”
[Your Covenant, ‘Reader of Fate’ is really displeased and asks what you’re doing.]
[That regressive bastard, he starts to keep a close eye on me, pretending not to know and sneaking up on me.]
The conversation that had been going on for a while found its place thanks to the sound of people.
Thud, thud.
‘fizzle.’
Baek Do-hyeon nimbly pulled Geo into his arms and hid behind the stone wall.
Guards who pass by without seeing them.
Baek Do-hyeon lowered his head to his bosom as he watched the shadow moving away.
Eyes staring at him intently.
… … This person never avoids eye contact, no matter what the situation. He smiled faintly and whispered quietly.
“Are you really going to leave everything up to me?”
“Look. Why, aren’t you confident?”
“That’s not it, but… … .”
Baek Do-hyun stares at Geo with a quiet, unreadable face.
After a few minutes, he opens his mouth again. … … Then.
“If things go well, can you do me one favor?”
“What is it?”
“I’ll tell you when I get there.”
“I didn’t say I would listen.”
“I know. You can listen to it then and decide.”
It won’t be difficult at all.
The regressor smiled softly.
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“Ugh, uh!”
Swish.
A guard who suddenly gets hit in the back of the neck and falls down.
This is the fifth.
Baek Do-hyeon looked back at me, silently placing his guard on the floor. His expression was somewhat uneasy.
“Strangely… … it’s easy.”
Geo agreed a hundred times over.
It’s literal.
The border is so loose that it’s almost scary. First of all, the number of people visible is noticeably small.
‘A ghost company, what the?’
The lights were bright like a squid boat in the night sea.
It feels completely different from what it looks like from the outside.
“Hmm. Did you really get off work on time?”
“well.”
Baek Do-hyun’s gaze carefully examined the fallen guard. A cobra tattoo engraved behind his ear.
‘Desert Battalion… … .’
It’s a multinational international mercenary company. They are notorious for being bad mercenaries who will do anything for money.
Baek Do-hyun nodded quietly.
“I wouldn’t have left my position after paying a lot of money to hire black mercenaries. For now, let’s keep going.”
Then he takes off the ball cap from the fallen guard and hands it to him.
Geo took the first step, pulling the black hat down on him.
Bang, bang.
Baek Do-hyeon runs through the roughly organized lobby like flowing water.
The CCTV lights went out one by one in time with the light footsteps.
The movement that had been smooth as if I had just come out of the neighborhood bar suddenly stopped inside the elevator.
Geo’s eyes widened as he was about to press the button.
“Oing?”
“Why are you doing that?”
Baek Do-hyun, who was getting on next, asked. Geo answered while slightly lifting his hat.
“There isn’t a button.”
A finger pointing at something and saying, “Look at this.”
As the saying goes, only the numbers on the elevator buttons were engraved on the ground.
Baek Do-hyeon came back after getting off without saying a word and checking the elevators next to him.
“… … That’s right. There are no basements. When you scanned it earlier, you clearly said there were basements, right?”
“Yeah. Very deep.”
Before entering, Gyeonjio spread his magical power to scan the internal structure of the building.
Magical clairvoyance.
It was an ability used by wizards and specialized people who were good at controlling magical power.
But that usually ends up just to the extent of checking what’s ahead, like obstacle detection…
Enough to read the entire building at once.
Baek Do-hyun was once again shocked at how possible this was, but to King Geo, the balance destroyer, using that much magic power was no different than scooping up a cup of water from the sea.
Anyway.
Although it was blocked by an anti-demon barrier at some point, I was able to clearly check up to at least the 4th basement level.
Geo’s eyes ask what to do.
Baek Do-hyun pressed the button on the lowest level that he could see and thought, “Things have gotten a bit more complicated, though… … .
“At least one thing is certain.”
The thing that absolutely must be hidden is that it is underground.
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Inside a university hospital in Seoul.
Belt, belt- belt!
The medical staff’s movements are urgent.
Busy footsteps and raised, urgent voices.
“Seo, doctor! Patient Yoon is arrested again!”
“What the hell are you doing! Double up on the anti-poison potion packs, administer epi, atropine, and prepare the defibrillator! Has the professor contacted you yet?”
“They said they were coming right now, but since they’re coming from the countryside, it’ll take over an hour!”
“What the hell are you talking about! What are you doing with the warp gate?! Advanced healers can use emergency!”
“A landslide caused by a level 3 crack in Asan has left us with only one way to operate!”
“I’m going crazy. Patient, Hunter Yoon! Can you hear me? Charge 200J!”
“200J charge complete!”
“Back off, shot!”
‘Please… … Please… … .’
A pale blue face like a corpse.
Above the neck, the blood vessels stand out in a dark color. Even a layman can tell that it is an unusual condition.
Shot! The bed rattles violently with a sound.
The figure of Yoon Ui-seo, shaking helplessly, was seen among the dizzying silhouettes of the medical staff.
‘brother…….’
“Please, ugh, please, uhhh… … .”
Don’t go. Don’t let go yet.
You can’t leave now.
“He’ll help you. He said he’d help us… …Just hold on a little longer, please.”
Hands trembling.
Yoon Kang-jae, who had clasped his hands together earnestly, sank to the floor.
Instead of calling out the name of God, who had never once responded to the call of their brothers, they cried out inwardly someone else’s name.
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“… … ?”
Suddenly, Gyeonji-oh raised his head.
I heard a faint cry.
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