Chapter 108 – 18. The Road Not Taken (2)
“So, you want to know where Lay lived? Jihoo, what was it… Ah! Are you a stalker?”
“Hey, speak quietly. Everyone is staring at you.”
I called Ray to a small cafe around the living quarters.
What kind of misunderstanding did she get, ‘Date, date uh~’ covered her mouth and somehow managed to come inside, but seeing as she hummed and her eyes were shining even while sitting at the table, she was not good at clearing up the misunderstanding. I think.
“Hahang, what’s embarrassing about it! Last time I asked more questions… I can only answer where you live~”
“Yes… I understand, so tell me quickly. Put it in your ear and keep it quiet.”
Seeing as if the eyes were on her involuntarily, she deliberately stuck her head out so that she could answer in a whisper.
She played around with her ear lobe, then with one hand she made her hand horn and held it to her ear.
“Eh, in the basement of a very large building… Is there a room that can only be reached by moving? That was the entrance. Open the door and go in, there is a long aisle leading into a large auditorium, and at both ends of the aisle are dormitories… Wait a minute.”
When Ray stopped talking to her, she suddenly fell silent.
The moment she turned her head behind her, wondering what was going on, she knew at once why.
Outside the cafe, someone was staring at us.
Even in the hot weather, the hood was pressed down so hard that I couldn’t see her face, but only her piercing green eyes were clearly visible.
“Sister…?”
“Does anyone know?”
“No, it can’t be…”
I hurriedly asked Ray, but she didn’t seem to hear what I was saying at all.
An unknown feeling of uneasiness grips her whole body.
Her left hand, held high as if it would blow up the cafe at any moment, was so ominous.
I quickly looked around the inside of the cafe, but it was so peaceful that no one but me and Ray seemed to notice the situation outside.
What do we do? Can you save all the citizens? If you get hit right there, will you die? What the hell does Ray know?
“Ray, from the citizens through the back door… Ah.”
The moment she spoke to Ray, intending to stop it alone, the person she had just stood in front of the cafe disappeared as if it had gone into the ground.
I hurriedly went outside and searched every nook and cranny around, but I couldn’t see where I had gone in that short amount of time.
I returned to the cafe feeling uneasy.
After being away from her for a few minutes, Ray still kept her head down and muttering something of her own.
“Do you know anything? You just said you were my sister.”
“…Sister, that’s right. But he apparently disappeared… Where did he come from…?”
Disappeared?
Ray’s remarks, which were close to her monologue, were a bit difficult for her to understand, but she was soon able to think of one person who matched the information she had given so far.
The person who shot waves from his hand similar to me.
He was in charge of various classified missions, but he hadn’t been seen since he suddenly disappeared half a year ago.
Ray must have been one of her older sisters she was talking about.
“…It’s rough.”
“What?”
“It’s dangerous. I think we have to go quickly.”
Muttering in her cold tone, Ray left the cafe without even finishing her coffee.
She must have used some ability, but her speed gradually increased, and even though she chased as hard as she could, she was at a distance where she could not keep up.
“Heo-euk, heo-eok… Alice, are you well inside? Keep hiding inside so you don’t miss it.”
– Yes, I’m heading towards the residential area now.
But I expected that and prepared for it in advance.
Around the time she returned to the cafe, she was followed in real time by Ellis, who had planted her in Ray’s shadow beforehand.
– I’m going into the house now. Uh… I think he just had him in the house.
“Share your time… Don’t do it, just follow what the two of you are talking about.”
– All right. ‘Ray, it’s been a while.’ ‘My sister too. Mo, why did your body become like that?’
For now, without running further, I sat down on a bench under a large tree.
Even if I pursue it now, there seems to be nothing I can do, and if it is an emergency situation, I can use Elise to rescue Ray.
Now was the moment to use the head rather than the body.
‘This? Similar to you If there’s anything else, you’re the head and I’m the body.’
‘Sister, can’t you…’
‘Well, I just came to see your face today, so don’t think badly. And, don’t try to be me like you used to. Oh, and… The man next to me was quite sensible. Are you my boyfriend?’
It was just words that I couldn’t understand the intention.
What is the head and what is the body? By hanging out like before… You mean the days when the two of you were the same agent?
I hurriedly took out my phone so as not to forget what I had heard.
First of all, I need to memorize the things that I think are important keywords.
[Green eyes, wave power, ex-agent, missing]
[Ray is the head, woman is the body?]
The conversation, which had been interrupted for a while, resumed.
Her hands, which were typing quickly, stopped for a moment and quietly listened to Elise’s words.
‘No, it’s not like that… I just made friends there.’
‘Huh… I made friends, and we’re all grown up. I think it’s good to see you after a long time.’
‘Sister… Won’t you come back? Everyone is worried. Same with Yuna unnie…’
‘Don’t keep that bastard’s name out of her mouth. You know that too Why are you hiding behind her and pretending you don’t know if you keep going… Oh, no. How about you coming with me too? If her sister introduces her, she will definitely welcome them all.’
[Yuna sister = That bastard?]
[Ray’s mask…? ‘Comes’ and ‘introduction’]
I couldn’t understand most of the conversation, probably because only the two of us knew it, but I continued typing silently.
Her fast-moving fingers stopped abruptly when the missing sister spoke a familiar word.
‘Have you heard of Pantagruel?’
That bastard, it’s attached to her demon tribe.
The reason for his disappearance was, of course, that he joined another organization, so he no longer needed to work on the human side.
If you say ‘everyone will welcome you’ by sticking to the demons, you are firmly mistaken.
Considering the terrible acts that Pantagruel committed around the time of the 3rd cataclysm in the original work, they were not at all friendly.
‘No…? What is that?’
‘They are the friends who set her sister free. Unlike those trashy team leaders, I’m so happy that they treat me equally. Ray, do you know the truth? It is very different from the outside seen only through the video from ‘inside’ and the outside felt directly.’
‘That, but… The team leader is nice…’
‘Well, I thought you’d turn it down. But since we met like this, I’ll tell you one thing. Never go ‘in’ next Sunday. If he meets you there, then no matter how we are, he won’t go over.’
‘Sister… Why, why are you doing this…’
– It’s over. The woman is gone
“Good job. I’ll go there now.”
I don’t know the details yet, but it was clear that a big incident was going to happen next Sunday.
Reveal the secret of the woman and Ray, gather people and respond to the incident.
Come to think of it, it seems that there was one villain using sound waves in the original work. No, I was sure.
Except for Yang Geum-tae, he was the first spirit-bronze Awakened Villain defeated by Goryushin.
He was a villain with such dangerous powers that even Goryu-shin almost hurt innocent people because of his uncontrollable abilities…
Now, I am reminded little by little of the phrase describing my appearance.
Gray hair, short bobbed hair, and sharp green eyes.
It was ‘Xian’, a bomb horse that exploded and attacked in a wide area.
It felt like the dark road ahead was getting a little brighter.
If it becomes clear that she is the same person as Xian, then the game is over if Goryūshin is taken with him.
However, there were still a lot of problems to be solved apart from the existence of the villain.
The countless strings written above the blinking cursor on the screen still contained countless secrets.
[Ray is the head, Xian is the body]
[Yuna sister = That bastard?]
[Ray’s Mask…?]
Until now, it was only possible to vaguely guess that it was related to Ray’s childhood.
Perhaps after defeating Xian, if he hypnotized him and asked him questions, he would be able to get certain information.
“Ray, are you in?”
For now, it was urgent to comfort Ray, who must have been shocked.
After reaching Ray’s house, she cautiously rang her doorbell.
Soon after, the front door slowly opens with a dull metallic sound.
I stepped inside, preparing for an attack by an unexpected villain.
