Chapter 401 – #4-Prologue Hero From Europe (1)
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About 2 years have passed since the full-fledged appearance of the Awakeners.
Of course, it is not that there were no awakeners before that.
The type of people who used unusual powers, and many people who were known to have performed miracles, existed constantly from before.
A person who is said to have survived falling off the wall.
A person who was said to have stood up unharmed even after being shot 8 times.
A person with special knowledge that surpasses human common sense by several levels.
People who breathe fire from their mouths or who claim to have defeated an army single-handedly…
It cannot be said that all of them are Awoken, but there must have been special ones who had received the power of the stars before.
However, for some reason, as we moved into the 21st century, ‘special people’ who seemed to only appear in fairy tales or novels began to appear in large numbers.
Those people had more absurd powers than the characters in fairy tales.
Most of them had dangerous mental defects, and used powers other than those specified indiscriminately and disrupted the order of the world.
The force of the public power prepared for the crimes of ordinary people could not stop them.
Even if they were imprisoned as humane measures, they could not even be held, as they broke the bars of the prison with their bare bodies, broke down walls, or dug tunnels and escaped.
That way, it didn’t take long for society to become paralyzed due to uncontrollable Awakeners.
In a situation where the government and society are unable to do their job, and the whole is in chaos.
It took about 10 years for the government to make a firm statement about the Awakeners.
Now, someone says, if it hadn’t been for the setbacks in those 10 years, this country might have achieved about twice the current rate of economic growth.
So many people died or were injured.
Economically, it suffered a tremendous setback, and the loss suffered from the collapse of various expensive facilities for technological development was enormous.
Anyway.
In order to prepare for the Awakeners who caused so much social loss, each country hired Awakeners with a moderate mind to stand against them.
Organizations created in this way exist in each country, and their existence to protect the people ‘Hero’Is calling
Hero.
Heroes.
Originally, it was a collective term for specialists who showed off all kinds of talents who could deal with awakened people, but… It has now been reduced in size to a security group made up entirely of Awoken.
These heroes who deal with extraterrestrial power and, above all, use that power as allies, not as enemies of the people… It was clearly a light-like existence.
Of course, to those who are still uneasy about the Awakened, there will be no big difference between a hero and a villain.
However, in some countries, their power is welcome and they form an atmosphere and public opinion that are highly socially responsive, so these heroes receive very positive reviews.
For example Europe and North America.
In Europe, the perception of heroes is almost idols and idols.
In the case of North America, unlike South America, which has a bad perception of heroes, it has taken the lead in defending them.
Due to the different opinions of North and South America, the hero organizations run by the state have little power, but instead, private hero dispatch companies launched with the support of the North American and Canadian conglomerate federations, respectively, are very popular and strengthen the position of heroes in the United States. It’s giving it a big boost.
In that way, it can be seen that public opinion about the heroes is steadily improving in the United States as a whole.
There are many other things to talk about, such as the organization of heroes and the treatment of each country, but… First of all, we will omit it.
Just one thing you need to know.
Some countries, such as Korea, are attracting hero groups for each country as public power, and in the case of Korea, the name of this group is 【Hero Association】Saying.
In the case of Europe, each country has a hero group jointly supported, and its name is 【Aius】Say
Likewise in the United States, they are nationally designated hero organizations such as Korea and private hero organizations【Supernatural】, That the two teams are defending the country together.
In the case of 【Supernatural】, it protects all of North America, but as its headquarters is in North America, it feels like it gives a little more power to the US side.
And among those many hero groups.
A talented person from [Aius], A European hero organization, was currently showing great interest in Korea, a country located in Asia.
Few people know what that attention is directed at, what is attracting ‘her’ attention, but…
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Again and again and again
Slowly, dragging a large suitcase, a beautiful white woman emerges from the airport at City I.
Quite tall for a woman, and a curvy, feminine body that suits Westerners.
And a woman with blonde hair with severely curled hair, who gave off a sense of intimidation just by standing there.
She looked over her sunglasses for a moment at the scene of the airport where people were gathering around, then took off her sunglasses and looked back at the sky through the window.
I frown at the bright summer sun.
“… Long to see you, Korea.”
“It’s been a long time here.”
The first thing that came out was words with a British accent, something an old aristocrat would have used.
And what followed was so fluent Korean that it was believable that he was of mixed Korean descent.
There was something like a strange feeling in her eyes as she took off her sunglasses and muttered to herself.
Today this day
One of the most important figures in the European hero organization 【Aius】, Where she was, she was upstream in Korea.
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“This incident surprised me a little. If it was going to be that much, it would have been nice if you had tipped me off too.”
On the other hand, the Hero Association, the base of the 7th Division.
In the chief’s office there, three captains were gathered and talking.
Rahe, the captain of the 7th division.
Captain of the 4th Division, Ashe.
And the commander of the 3rd division, Mer.
The three of them are strong people who have overcome the dark period that was called [Great Disaster] In the past together, and are also the same age motives.
Out of a total of thirteen captain-level heroes, these three are very special and continue to exchange. The topic of conversation right now among the three is about the [Villain organization [Dawn] Raid Operation.”
A hotel occupied by a villain organization named 【Dawn】.
It is a famous traditional hotel, and it was occupied by a considerable number of guests, but the villains tried to carry out a terrorist attack.
Ashe and Rahe, who obtained that information in advance, cooperated in the organization’s clearing operation.
… Although it is known externally, There are many mysteries.
At that time, he hugged Ashe and jumped out of the hotel, obviously The existence of a man who looked like he was not a normal person.
In addition to that, why didn’t headquarters report such an important fact?Like the existence of darkness.
However, such stories, which raise questions in various ways, were organized and resolved with bizarre ease.
Mer, who is not an official, does not know, but it is thanks to the efforts of competent talents in a certain villain organization.
Apple’s manipulation of information and the command of the chief of staff.
The synergy between the two is amazing, and this incident, which had many things to be caught in various ways, was also wrapped up enough to satisfy most people in a period of one month.
There is no problem.
The two of them are being treated as heroes who saved everyone, just like the 7th division from the previous [Lesserrat].
‘… It’s suspicious.’
And Mer, a friend of the two, was trying to find some clue from the words of the two while laughing and talking.
Many people bizarrely quickly adapted to this incident and accepted that there was no problem, but Mer couldn’t help it.
It’s not that I can’t trust these two.
However, there were too many mysteries to think of it as a ‘white lie’.
It was a sense of incongruity that she could feel because she was the one who received her help call at the time and visited her site directly, not the person who had simply encountered the case through documents.
‘It smells stinky.’
‘I can’t believe it, but these two can’t be like that.’
‘Still… There is something.’
‘Something was there, it’s clear… !’
“… Mer? Are you okay?”
“Huh?”
Maybe what I was thinking was slowly revealed in the expression on my face.
Rahe asked Mer, and Ashe clicked her tongue with a “Tsk” As if he knew what she was thinking.
“Are you suspicious? Aren’t you hiding something?”
“…”
At Hachee’s question, Mer shut her mouth as if it had been poked at her head.
Just, she sips the coffee given to her.
… Coffee is really good.
“You say you have nothing to hide? Not to mention something.”
“… There may be some parts that are a little suspicious. In fact, there are many parts that we do not understand. I’m not hiding it, I really don’t know.”
Ashe and Rahe speak in order.
Unlike Ashe, who is clever in many ways, Rahe has a personality that rarely lies.
She is not one to lie and be unconcerned, above all among her friends.
She’s smart, but she’s very conscientious.
Thinking so, Mer sighed as if she had finally given up.
“… Okay. Got it. More than that, since only the two of you made a feat, it’s because I’m jealous. It seemed like they were being evaluated pretty well for this job.”
“No, even if it looks like it, it was evaluated fairly harshly because it was harmed by the general public.”
Having said that, merit is merit.
The captain of the 3rd division, Mer, who had a strong desire to succeed, could not retract his dissatisfied gaze.
As an old friend of hers, Rahe, who desperately understands the meaning of that gaze and the feelings of her Mer, smiled bitterly.
“In addition, the [Dawn] Executives eventually ran away while in confinement. It would have been better to kill them on the spot at the discretion of the captain. Because of that, the ratings fell a lot.”
“But you said you knew who the villains who helped escape were?”
“There is not a single video left. Instead, there was a message intentionally left by that organization.”
Ashe said so, and she opened her smartphone and sent me some pictures.
In the photo, there was a letter written in scrawled, messy handwriting.
[Dark Thirteen, Come Here!]
A childish phrase, as if it were written by a child.
However, it was not difficult to infer who left the phrase, which I had already seen several times at the scene of these villainous terror attacks.
“No. 13 of the villain organization [Abyss]… It’s number 13, so it’s 30, right? It’s really childish.”
Mer said so as if sighing, and Ashe nodded as if in agreement.
The leaders of the arrested villain organization [Dawn] Were imprisoned in a special facility at the insistence of Ashe and Rahe, but… However, due to the intervention of 【Abyss】, they escaped.
The facility that imprisoned them in the first place was also an overly lax place to hold the executives of the giant villain organization.
Even this fact, too, Mer felt like a gimmick, but she didn’t bother mentioning it now that it was only speculation.
Anyway, continuing this story doesn’t seem beneficial.
Having judged that, Rahe immediately tried to change the subject.
But just as she opened her mouth, a knocking sound came from beyond her door.
『Captain Rahe. A guest has arrived.”
The voice that came from beyond the door belonged to the club.
Rahe, who had no plans to visit anyone today, was puzzled.
But before she could answer anything, the door burst open.
“Hello, Captain Rahe. It’s been a while. Oh my, were there other guests?”
“The white uniforms must mean that you are the captains of the Hero Association. Greetings to the respected Korean hero captains.”
The person who said so and greeted elegantly like an aristocrat was a white woman with blonde hair.
With her coquettish hair and blue eyes, she was the woman Rahe had ever seen.
“Aius’s… Miss Olivia.”
“Olivia QueenHeartNo see. … Please take care of the other two captains as well.”
The guest from Europe tilted his head and smiled friendly at the three captains.
