Episode 67
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‘It’s today… … !’
Today was the ‘promised’ day.
The director of the Manumisian Research Center ran down the hallway in a hurry.
I went through the isolation room, the cold storage, and the unmanned central control room, and entered my personal laboratory.
Outside, where the security system was activated, emergency warning lights were blaring. Recorded mechanical sounds repeatedly alerted the intruder.
The center director laughed, shaking his shoulders.
By now, everything is as expected.
Whether it’s the dogs of an association or a country.
There must have been plenty of people who had smelled it and chased after it. Of course, it was a bit faster than expected… … .
‘It’s late.’
I laughed like a crazy person.
No, actually, he might be really crazy. He opened the safe with a snicker.
A pile of documents fell down on his trembling arms. The center director swore and sat down, sweeping them up.
Research materials from the past six years.
They were treasures that contained his entire life.
‘It was long. It really took a long time… … .’
At first, I started out as a humble researcher in a research assistant team that was spread out across guilds, but not anymore.
Today he was a revolutionary.
A revolutionary who will bring about a wind of innovation and ‘liberation’ in this chaotic world.
The director of the center, who was picking up the oldest document file and the first research journal, stopped. He looked at the file quietly and muttered.
“Euiseo, Yun Euiseo. Our good Euiseo.”
‘Thank you, you idiot.’
If high school student Yoon Eui-seo had not been bound to Invibe by a slave contract.
If Yoon Eui-seo, who was thought to be an ordinary tamer, had grown up on his own and not made a contract with the fairy dragon.
So, if only he, a mere researcher, hadn’t discovered the clue that fairy blood could be drugged.
He might not be here now.
Of course, it wasn’t an easy road.
From subduing Yoon Ui-seo to continuing his research, nothing was easy.
Drug research was under strict control of the state, and even persuasion within the guild was difficult… … .
“Listen to me, Guild Leader!”
“Look, there are stimulants all over the market. The ones that hunters take out of dungeons every day are Babel-made awakening potions. But factory-made ones? What kind of crazy person would want one? There’s no merit to it. Just stop.”
“It’s on a whole other level! This thing completely lets you forget about pain. It’s like the limitations of the human race being freed from its shackles! If it’s completed, it’ll be a revolution in the market, no, in the times!”
“You’re crazy… … Not only is that absurd, but even if it were true, it’s no different from drugs. Are you out of your mind?”
Is this the end of nothing?
When he was about to give up, wondering if it was really going to be this hard.
The turning point came unexpectedly.
A guild that suddenly became a national traitor overnight.
What had started out as a path to ruin actually served as an opportunity for him to turn things around.
That’s nonsense, you’re not in your right mind.
Even those above him who had been hypocritically opposing him eventually realized that the guild’s life depended on his research and began to give him full support.
Then, when I came under the guild
Nothing was more frustrating than the lack of progress in research.
“Damn it, why the hell isn’t it working… …?”
“You look tired. Is something bothering you?”
It was a handsome man I had never seen before at a bar I often went to.
It was as if I was under a spell. Even though it was my first time meeting her, I didn’t feel even the slightest bit of caution.
Rather, it was like meeting someone I had missed so much for the first time in a long time… … .
Worries that he had never told anyone before came out smoothly, even those related to his secret research.
The man laughed. With a beautiful fox-like laugh.
“I think I can solve that problem.”
In the end, the problem was the ‘nobility’ of the fairy dragon.
It’s no different from the limit that always applies to innocent fantasy species, so why don’t we just ‘break it’ and release it, he whispered.
He told me how to prevent the Tamer’s summons from being countersummoned.
It was a simple matter to keep the fairy dragon underground, unable to return to its world.
From then on, whenever I had a problem, I would seek him out, and every time, he would give me an answer very easily.
okay.
As if he were a ‘god’.
‘I met God. I met the messenger of God!’
In the end, this whole path was a mission given to me by God.
Because of me, humanity will no longer suffer. It will be freed from this meaningless and pitiful struggle.
Liberation.
Yes, this is ‘liberation’.
Hehe. The center director laughed as if sobbing. He couldn’t hold back the thrill that was rising in him.
“It’s a new era! I, I did it! With my own hands, I will give freedom to mankind… …!”
“You idiot, what are you talking about?”
Grasp it – slurp!
The scattered pieces of paper. These were the materials that the center director had been holding in his arms just a moment ago.
It was torn to shreds and fluttered around as if it had been torn apart by a beast. And in an instant, the view turned upside down.
“Ahhhh!”
The fallen center director screamed. A smooth shoe was trampling on the back of his hand.
A cold voice descends upon my back.
“Shut up. Who dares raise your voice in front of me?”
“Take it easy, Sam.”
“Kkaaaak!”
“You little shit. Your eardrums are going to fall off. Be quiet. Be quiet. This isn’t the company, is it? The company.”
Thump, thump. A pair of brightly colored sneakers that hit the center director in the face.
The owner of the sneakers sat down with his knees bent.
A hand picked up a folder on the floor and quickly looked through it while whistling. The center director looked up at him with trembling eyes.
“Hey. Look at these fucking kids. They’re doing such cute things.”
“… … Fire, fire.”
“Where and who gave you permission?”
Even though he was someone who avoided media exposure due to the nature of his job, there was no way he wouldn’t be recognized. Of course, he was.
“Oh, dusk… … !”
The actual owner of the guilds under his command.
The guild leader of
“Yeah. Who gave you permission to do this kind of prank, in my own territory?”
The center director didn’t answer. He just trembled like an aspen tree.
Well, it wasn’t a question I was trying to answer anyway.
Ugh. Twilight straightened her back and got up.
He takes a wow gum out of his pocket and peels it off. He starts to feel the sweetness draining from his gums, shaking his shoulders.
The subordinates raised the center director from under Una Sam’s feet.
Una Sam, who tugged at the hem of her suit, announced in a dry tone.
“All the items from the Dongtan warehouse have been collected and processed.”
“Is that right?”
“But according to the warehouse kids, there was similar activity at the center too… … . It seems like someone else noticed it besides us. It seems like a report was filed.”
“Huh… … Hey, Una-sam. What the hell is this? Isn’t it a bit too much? Even after living with you for several years, you still don’t know anymore?”
“I’m sorry, head.”
Twilight scratched his furrowed brow.
Even without tea, he was feeling quite uncomfortable right now. He was so strong that he deliberately didn’t send out any manpower to conquer the 39th floor…
The strange fishy smell was really fishy.
‘It’s drugs.’
As soon as I heard the news that the tail had been caught, I came up from Busan.
Even though they live on the thin line between law and illegality, they have their own rules.
Even in the afterlife, drugs were the number one taboo.
“Isn’t South Korea a drug-free country? You should be more dapper. If that’s the case, how can I sit down and have a meal with the president when I go to my Blue House?”
“yes…….”
“My sidekick is living according to my name, really.”
“Okay… … .”
At that moment, Una Sam looked at Head, who was starting to grumble, with an expression that said, “Here he goes again.”
Gugugugu-!
A cracked, cracked interior.
Twilight and Una Sam looked at each other at the same time.
A sound that shakes the entire building. Not outside.
It was clearly a vibration coming from beneath their feet, from underground.
“Ugh, kekekeke… … .”
The only one who reacted was the center director in the corner.
Una Sam approached and squeezed her cheek firmly.
“You know something? Tell me.”
“You stupid kids… … Who’s the idiot?”
The time for the ‘promise’ has finally arrived.
Comrades, it has been a long time since you took the New Testament of freedom and rushed to the ‘door’.
They are just babbling without even knowing.
The director’s eyes sparkled behind his broken glasses. I couldn’t help but laugh.
“It’s too late, you guys, and those kids… …!”
All these foolish people who came running late will become sacrifices to celebrate the beginning of the era of ‘liberation’.
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and…….
A city that was once called the Squid Boat of the Night because its lights never go out.
Pangyo Techno Valley.
In the middle of that forest of buildings, a huge dragon roared into the night sky.
Babel Network
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