Chapter 8 – Episode 8. There Are Ripples.
Episode 8. There are ripples.
“He might be more dangerous than we think!”
“… Hye-ri, calm down.”
“If it’s because of me, it’s okay. “Dr. Kang.”
Among B.H.’S bases, key figures gathered in the conference room where the most intimate conversations took place.
Jang Hye-ri, Joo Yena, Mayuri… Not only the magical girls, but also their de facto guardian, Kang Ga-hyeon.
And these are the base commander and employees who administratively protect and manage B.H. To ensure its operation.
When Kang Ga-hyun saw Jang Hye-ri venting her passion about Smile Face and severely stopped her, base manager Jeon Seong-wook spoke with a fatherly, kind face.
However, he soon hardened his expression.
“In any case, you have to know your enemy to deal with him.”
He said while looking at the magical girls and staff.
“How dangerous does Smile Face seem?”
The question was not addressed to a specific person, but it seemed to be directed at Jang Hye-ri, both in context and through the look in her eyes.
“Hmm,” She said, clearing her voice.
“… I think it has the ability to become invisible. Looking at the attacks from me and Yuri, I can guess that he has other abilities, but that’s all for now. Of course, it is highly likely that they are not pure Earthlings.”
Mayuri, who was listening to the story, made a strange expression.
A man who was born as the eldest daughter of a family of martial artists and who had almost never been defeated in a person-to-person fight, regardless of gender, let go of his kicks so easily.
Although she was a quiet woman and did not share her feelings, Mayuri felt her pride hurt and curiosity at the same time when she saw her smiling face.
“Invisibility, la… Interesting. In fact, if that’s all it takes, you’re still safe… But having a hidden ability means the risk level is potentially higher. What do you think? Scarlett. “Is this guy a member of the Paramas gang?”
“I don’t think so.”
Jang Hye-ri said, having completely regained her senses.
“If you look at the recording, you will see that while he was provoking us, an attack suddenly occurred. “I felt that the guy with the obvious face was embarrassed for a moment.”
As Jang Hye-ri spoke, she played back the scene of the Smiling Face attack, which a perceptive employee had already seen once.
When I zoomed in on the screen, I saw a monster in the distant sky.
Even though the image quality was inevitably damaged, it was an insect-type monster with double wings, to put it simply, it was a Paramas monster.
The bullet definitely came from there.
This was evidence that Smile Face was also hostile to Paramas, or at least that Paramas did not recognize Smile Face as its side.
“It’s a third force, so it’s a pain.”
Jeon Seong-wook said, wiping his handsome face as if he were tired for a middle-aged man.
“A man whose true intentions are unknown, who serially kills recoveries… Showing his face like that is quite provocative… Making Paramas and magical girls enemies at the same time… Is he just thoughtless?”
“…”
“What do you think, Dr. Kang?”
“It’s still being analyzed.”
Kang Ga-hyeon said calmly.
“You really only talk about solid data.”
Seongwook Jeon turned his gaze.
“Then what about other magical girls? “It’s not as bad as Scarlett, but everyone saw it up close.”
“… I’m careful, but…”
Zhou Yena slowly raised her hand.
“I don’t know what you think, but I think it’s strange. Why did Paramas attack that man in the first place? It’s Smile Face… I came forward because they are killing those who have been wronged. Jo Baek-chan was also receiving death threats.”
Jeon Seong-wook’s face hardened at her words.
Jo Baek-chan.
He was the chairman of a PR group and was famous for being a former brainwasher and then a recovery person.
After that, he lived a great life, donating a lot as if he was trying to overcome the criticism from the world.
A person who is evaluated as…
However, he was murdered by an enigmatic and even frivolous man named Smile Face.
It was clearly a failure of B.H and the magical girls.
There were a few words exchanged among the public.
Chairman Cho, who constantly said in the media that he regretted his past actions, was drunk in private and did not hesitate to say things like sexually harassing magical girls.
Of course, that wasn’t the only reason Jeon Seong-wook had a straight face.
At this point, even the most oblivious person here recognized the questionable nature of Joo Yena’s words.
“Of course, there was no reason to kill him. Paramas is.”
“The reason Paramas intervened at that timing was because he was watching the broadcast that was being broadcast live at the time. But… What if you were tracking him in the first place?”
From here, things take a bit of a leap forward.
However, if the restorers are wronged people, there is certainly no reason for Paramas to become angry and kill Smile Face because he kills them.
Paramas’ actions of suddenly firing a bullet at Smile Face seemed as if he was trying to protect the recoveries, so strangely they matched Smile Face’s claims.
The truth is that the restorer is Paramas.
It was a truth that no one dared admit.
“Then the story takes on a completely different dimension, no, a different scale.”
Jeon Seong-wook spoke bitterly.
“To be honest, I wonder why Smile Face asked the magical girls to kill her. “Is it perhaps a deserter from the Paramas side?”
“He’s an officer rather than a deserter.”
Mayuri intervened.
“It wasn’t at the soldier level.”
“… Since Mr. Blois said so, I am sure. At least the executive… Escaped from Paramas for whatever reason and notified the magical girls of the murder. As a result, he even made a strange request for me to kill him.”
Seongwook Jeon tilted his head.
“A simple pervert killer? Do you want to die for the beautiful magical girls? Or… Is that also a trap?”
The discussion continued, but no answer was found.
“… It was a really critical point to have planned. Surely.”
Mayuri continued to speak.
Everyone looked at her when she said those words.
Although Mayuri is active as a magical girl, she does not speak continuously at meetings like this, and she is mainly the one following along.
It clearly meant that she also showed more interest than expected in Smile Face’s whereabouts and identity.
“Well, what exactly is the Star Oath? And, how on earth did I know your names?”
After a moment of silence, Seongwook Jeon spoke.
That was a bold question that he could ask because he held the highest position in this position.
Although the distance was quite far, the drone’s camera succeeded in reading the smiley face’s mouth shape.
He mentioned the names of the magical girls one by one and hoped that they would kill him with the ‘Star Oath’.
Jeon Seong-wook, their manager, knew that the Star’s Oath was one of the magical girls’ final weapons, but he did not know the details.
It was a question for him.
How can Smile Face, who suddenly appears, know the real names of magical girls and their secret skills that even Paramas doesn’t know?
“Base manager.”
At that point, Kang Ga-hyun intervened.
“For security reasons, I cannot tell this to the base commander. As I explained last time. One thing is certain, as you said, this was information that even Paramas could not know.”
Jeon Seong-wook looked a little displeased.
As a base commander, my pride would be hurt.
But I was convinced.
It is Kang Ga-hyeon’s role to introduce the magical girls to government officials and bring them to the B.H base.
She was like their mother.
Of course, her young and beautiful appearance, which made her look like her older sister, got in the way.
Jeon Seong-wook quickly agreed and gave orders to the people.
“… First of all, it would be better to control the media. Many videos may have already spread, but if they continue to spread, they will unnecessarily make the public anxious. “Forbid treating him like a big guy.”
Whether Smile Face is really simply to attract the attention of magical girls, or has some other purpose, it is true that he is quite dangerous.
Jeon Seong-wook, the employees there, and even Kang Ga-hyeon and the magical girls agreed on that point.
I didn’t think it would go well, but I have no intention of allowing him to run wild.
***
“Hey, is there a lack of blood flow to your brain?”
Ogre fell flat on his face and asked for forgiveness.
Sherwood Kelly, his usually ignored boss, stood up from his massive throne and stomped on his head.
The surface of the calf, which looked smooth like a human at first glance, had scales like reptiles.
Kelly, who only looked about 10 years old on Earth, surprisingly looked like an adult.
Slender legs, slim waist, ample breasts, and above all, arrogant eyes that look down on the other person.
She was truly a woman worthy of the throne of Paramas.
“You asked. “You cephalopod.”
“…S-sorry!”
“You always look at me and think, ‘What does that little bastard know?’ “He just whines and doesn’t know how to do anything.”
“Oh, no!”
“How about now? “Do you have a little respect for me?”
“K, keaaaaak…”
Ogre screamed as Kelly put her weight on him.
Ogre’s bald head was stuck between the polished floor and Kelly’s clean humanoid feet.
The more he put on weight and strength, the more his head turned red and then turned blue, and eventually black blood vessels filled his entire face.
“Save me…”
“Do you want to live? Octopus head?”
“Salt… Live…”
Ogre’s head was now at its limit.
He desperately grabbed Kelly’s ankles, thinking that his skull might soon be shattered.
“Save me, Lord, ten…”
“They say even the octopuses on Earth are smart, so why are you like that? What are you going to do if you shoot there just to show off? You idiot. Have you ever thought of taking advantage of the situation? “Why are you showing us our cards?”
Kelly got angry and pushed harder.
Now Ogre couldn’t even beg.
He sent his men under Kelly’s orders to stop Smile Face, but the timing was bad.
Since his sniping ability was a sure thing, I planned to pierce him neatly with an insertion bullet, obtain his genetic information without his identity, and then run away.
If that were the case, he would have upgraded his abilities based on this extraordinary guy’s information.
To be honest, he was more interested in ashes.
And Kelly recognized that intention.
The cause of the problem was Smile Face.
I don’t know how he knew about the flying bullet and how he ‘held’ it in his hand, but he took it and disappeared without a trace.
As a result, the point where the bullet was fired was discovered, and the magical girls even found out that Smile Face was hostile to them.
No wonder Kelly was furious.
“… Then, I have to die, right?”
As soon as Kelly spoke softly, Ogre’s head exploded, blasting her skull and spitting out her brain fluid.
Kang-!
“… Such a bastard.”
Kelly ordered, gliding over her own bare feet as she climbed over her brain.
“Put this away. And this time, make a proper guy and send it to him. “Ahn Byeong-guk’s wife is the target.”
She sat on her throne.
Her three subordinates rushed to her bare feet, which had become as small as a 10-year-old girl’s, and scrubbed them obscenely.
“While Ogre was doing stupid things, Kang Ga-hyeon guided Ahn Byeong-guk’s wife. Why did a bitch who didn’t even care until now suddenly do that? Did someone even tell you? Pastor Ahn Byeong-guk is actually the devil incarnate? Who on earth? Smile face?”
Do you really know that much?
… He’s not just a crazy person.
Kelly kicks her tiny minions.
“Quickly, revive Ogre. And this time, kill An Byeong-guk’s wife, even if it means bringing along her brainwashers. “Get rid of it before you say useless things.”
***
After reporting to her base commander, Kang Ga-hyeon returned to her lab and finally let out a heavy sigh.
Although she had a home, she was actually living at B.H. Base, providing her own room and board.
Her beauty was still intact, but when she looked in the mirror, she noticed that her hair was matted and the bags under her eyes were dark.
“… This is not the place to worry about this.”
At the same time, she was changing the direction of her hair here and there, as if she was worried inside, and turned her head when she saw Byeong-guk An’s wife coming out of the door.
“Hyeonjeong, are you feeling okay?”
“…Thank you.”
“You can rest well. “Because the B.H base is safe.”
His wife, Jeong Hyeon-jeong, who was brought in under the condition that she would not ask any questions about An Byeong-guk, smiled faintly.
She must have been pretty at one time, but she was abused and persecuted so much that she now has no strength.
It’s hard to believe that at the end of the 22nd century, when science and technology and civilization were extremely developed, there was a bit of malnutrition.
Was Ahn Byeong-guk really a villain?
Although she did not ask Jeong Hyun-jung as promised, Kang Ga-hyeon’s faith in the recovered person seemed to be collapsing.
Bright Crystal.
One of the ultimate weapons of magical girls, if you spray the holy water contained within it, the opponent will be purified.
Purification.
In other words, by becoming clean and clear, not only is the ‘brainwashing’ lifted, but the mind also becomes good.
But, why do we do this?
Is it really true that purification is not possible?
Hyeri Jang was confused.
Maybe even Jo Baek-chan?
There were a lot of bad rumors about him, but I thought they were just malicious slander.
In fact, he sponsored the B.H base, and when I met him in person, he was a very gentle man.
But now that I think about it, I felt strangely uncomfortable when I was facing the magical girls.
Sometimes it seemed as if he was looking at the magical girls’ entire bodies with a disgusting gaze.
Her thoughts turned to Smile Face.
“… All recoveries must be killed.”
Trying to resist being curious about a man who seemed to be nothing more than an interested person, Kang Ga-hyeon entered the YouTuber channel that Jang Hye-ri had asked her to investigate.
Scarlet Fox.
He is a YouTuber who is said to be very popular among the younger generation, and mainly uploads videos analyzing magical girls, their battles, and Paramas’s plans.
It’s not that there wasn’t some information in the middle, but there was definitely a lot of information that was difficult for civilians to find out.
No matter how much Goggle values personal information protection, it does not protect the personal information of people at risk of crime or crime, so if it creates a reasonable number of cases, it will be able to steal the YouTuber’s identity.
“… Ha, there’s a lot to worry about.”
Kang Ga-hyeon messed up his hair again.
“… Who are you again?”
The person who reported An Byeong-guk’s misconduct by email.
It is also a mystery how the B.H.-Specific email was discovered and sent, but even if we utilized our technology to its full potential, we could not find out who sent it.
I didn’t send it to just any B.H employee, but I sent it to the influential Kang Ga-hyeon.
She said she knew her well.
Who on earth can do this?
