Chapter 1191 – 1191. Hero Military Academy (7)
As soon as I met Moon Joo-ah, I planned to ask her about the [Distortion Reversal Art] Ability.
First, I didn’t ask about the name of the ability.
“You said you killed all of your colleagues when the Viper came out of the underground, right?”
The question was asked as if slightly leading the way.
Moon Ju-ah, who received my question, shrugged her shoulders and answered with a quizzical expression.
“I tried to kill them all when I came out… I missed a few people. That’s why I’m still being tracked.”
It wasn’t that he couldn’t kill out of sympathy or camaraderie.
“Some guys didn’t get along well with me.”
“Compatibility… ?”
“Huh. The person with combat skills had a lot of pride and was prone to provocation, so I killed him right away… People with special abilities were timid and quick-witted, so they quickly disappeared.”
Moon Ju-ah sighed as if she was recalling what happened then and then continued the rest of her words.
“I caught most of them after that, but… “There are still kids we haven’t caught, so they’re being chased now.”
“Among the ones I couldn’t catch, are there any that change their appearance?”
“Oh, there is! But how did you know that?”
“Oh, that’s…”
I did not explain where I saw him or what she was like at the time.
She simply explained that she happened to see her operating in a certain place while hiding her identity.
And after hearing my explanation, Moon Ju-ah shook her head with a helpless expression.
“Now that place is going to explode. If you see that guy sneaking in…”
Surprised by the sudden answer, I lost consciousness for a moment, but quickly came to my senses and asked.
“It explodes? What are you talking about? “Tell me properly.”
“Oh, that’s…”
Moon Joo-ah began to explain about those who are capable of [Distortion Reversal Art].
Naturally, Moon Ju-ah did not know accurate information at the level of temperament window.
Just knowing that [Distortion Reversal Art] Can change the appearance of up to three people and that there is a time limit?
However, even though she was such a Moon Ju-ah, she knew information that even the temperament window did not reveal.
That’s it…
“That ability can absorb appearances, but it cannot absorb memories. So, she is the one who infiltrated for internal disturbance right before the terrorist attack.”
[Distortion Reversal Technique] It was a plan for utilizing abilities.
When I thought about it, [Distortion Reversal Art] Did not include any abilities related to memory.
However, the person he was disguised as was actually a doctor.
Above all, the place he infiltrated was a nursing hospital directly operated by Seoga.
The story was that it was not something that could be imitated by simply acquiring a few pieces of information.
There…
“That guy is good at observing people’s habits and imitating them. His head is like that of a monkey. “Maybe you forgot too?”
Now that I think about it, he didn’t show much of a reaction when he saw me, the assistant instructor.
Thanks to Moon Joo-ah, I found out information about him.
And…
‘… Let’s go quickly!’
After hearing Moon Ju-ah’s story, I was able to recognize the seriousness of the situation.
Since he was no longer a member of the underground Viper organization, there was no guarantee that the reason for his deployment was terrorism.
But it was also true that the possibility was high.
I focused more on that possibility and tried to quickly head to the nursing hospital.
That moment…
“Noeeeee!!!”
Layla, who was lying on the sofa watching a drama, jumped up and started screaming.
The reason she screams is because…
(Breaking news! A demon that has only appeared at night…)
“Why is the news coming out at this time?!”
It was because the news broke her immersion.
But unlike the angry Layra…
(Many demons have appeared in major national facilities! We hope that citizens living near areas where demons have appeared will quickly move to evacuation facilities! Currently, the areas where demons have appeared are…)
The facilities the announcer listed were places I already knew.
“You’re saying it’s going to explode today?”
It was a trap set by the church to catch me.
Of course, the reason the church did this crazy thing wasn’t just to catch me.
I already knew the real goal through the dreams of the archbishops.
The real goal of the church is…
(The church has just dispatched a hero! Citizens, until the church’s hero arrives…)
The intention was to raise their awareness to the sky.
Demons that frustrate even high-level heroes, and the church’s restorer who can easily defeat such demons.
It’s just not a good match, but people won’t see it that way.
A true hero who takes care of monsters that even heroes find difficult.
Creating a new level of hero that only they can rise to.
That was the real reason the church was carrying out this fraud.
But that wasn’t what mattered right now.
The really important thing is…
(It has been reported that a demon has appeared at Soseong Nursing Hospital. Please, citizens around you…)
The news was showing images of a nursing hospital with smoke billowing out from all over the windows.
.
.
After seeing the condition of the nursing hospital that appeared on the news, I was able to use warp and arrive at the nursing hospital in less than a minute.
But unfortunately, I couldn’t go directly to the top floor of the nursing hospital that I wanted.
The reason was simple.
“Ha… If I had known it would be like this, I would have stopped by the bathroom before coming back…”
This was because there was no suitable space on the top floor to use the warp.
I sighed as I looked at the entrance to the miserable nursing hospital.
“… Is it possible to go up?”
At the entrance to the nursing hospital, only traces remained of the terrorist attack that had already swept through.
The glass at the entrance that used to screen visitors was broken and everyone was being welcomed.
Inside the building, shattered pieces of glass and other items were spread all over the floor.
Flames were also fluttering in the middle.
And the most important thing was that there were no living people inside the building.
“… “It’s the person we were checking earlier.”
There were only dead people.
I was worried as I looked back and forth between the first floor lobby, where bodies were piled up, and the top floor.
(Aaaaahhh~!)
(Please save me!)
Screams were echoing from the middle floor of the nursing hospital.
‘Shall we start from the first floor? Or should I climb up the outer wall of the building?’
I also wanted to save people if possible.
But…
‘And if something happens before I arrive…’
What is important to me now is not my performance as a hero or my honor.
It was to save my favorite student, Seo Ji-eun.
If you climb from the first floor, you will waste quite a bit of time dealing with demons along the way.
In comparison, if you climb up the outer wall of the building, you will be able to easily reach the top.
There were many ways to climb up.
Magic was possible, and it was possible with my current physical abilities.
But unfortunately, my concerns were decided by Armonia.
[Even if it is inconvenient, we recommend climbing from the first floor. If you climb up the outer wall of the building, you will get there much faster…]
‘I’ll get caught instead.’
I was currently in a position where I had to avoid the eyes of the church.
In that situation, climb up the outer wall of a terrorist building?
[You’re right. The church will definitely be keeping an eye on this building.]
It will immediately catch the attention of the church, and they will assume that the assistant instructors, Seong Su-ho and Mangtonam, are the same person.
Still, I couldn’t decide easily.
The reason is that…
“… “I will be able to do it in just a little while.”
Currently, the area around the nursing hospital was showing an amount of light similar to that of a fire burning inside the building rather than the sunlight.
In just 10 minutes, the surrounding area will be covered in darkness.
In addition, the entire building was covered in darkness, perhaps because the nursing hospital had even lost its reserve power.
If the only remaining sun disappears…
“… It’s too dangerous.”
Seo Ji-eun and Shin A-hyeon at the top will be in real danger.
Above all, the support from the denomination that was reported in the news was not even noticed.
‘Those bastards won’t really come to the rescue.’
Rather, they are probably watching the current situation and calculating the best time to increase their position.
Even the heroes of the tower and the three major guilds were nowhere to be seen.
No matter how much a group of heroes is recognized by the tower and the top three guilds, they will not be able to come faster than the warp I wrote.
After a short period of thought, I made a decision.
“Okay, let’s break through from the first floor.”
I took a step inside the entrance of the nursing hospital, which had turned into a zombie den.
But at that moment…
Kwaaang!
“!?”
A huge roar came from the top of the building and stopped me in my tracks.
I looked up at the sky where I heard the roar, and in that sky…
Shooooo!
‘People!?’
Countless glass shards and a person wearing black clothing were falling toward the floor.
More than anything…
‘If you fall, you will 100% die!’
The person in the black outfit was falling freely without any reaction, whether he had fainted or died.
I used wind magic to defeat the opponent without considering whether he was an enemy or friend.
The being that was accepted in that way was none other than…
‘… ‘You’re a bodyguard, right?’
[Correct.]
He was Seo Ji-eun’s bodyguard.
I immediately checked the place where this person fell.
It is…
“Then now…”
It was the top floor where Seo Ji-eun and Shin A-hyeon were.
***
A cloaked stranger looked out the open window and whistled.
“Hwiyu… I barely managed it.”
However, unlike him who was relaxed, another gunman next to him started nagging.
“You made a mess because you slacked off! “If you hadn’t done something stupid, we would have finished it and escaped a long time ago!”
“Okay, okay, we can escape now.”
“Ha, you bastard…”
When the two gunmen showed signs of fighting, a gunman standing in the back began to mediate between the two.
“It’s never too late to go out and fight. “If we delay any longer, it will be difficult to escape.”
“That’s what I said.”
“Ha… “Let’s not talk.”
One of the strangers sighed and turned her head to stare at the woman in the same room.
“Hey, girl. Why don’t you give up now? “If you hold me gently, I won’t hurt you.”
“…”
The woman’s identity is Seo Ji-eun.
She was confronting the assailants over the bed where her mother was lying behind her.
Despite the threats from the assailants, Seo Ji-eun’s gaze was directed to the wide open window.
The reason she turned her gaze even in such a dangerous situation…
‘… I’m sorry.’
It was because of the bodyguard who was attacked by a gunman a while ago.
A gunman suddenly appeared on the top floor, which was considered the safest, and the first target was Seo Ji-eun’s bodyguards.
As a result, four out of five people are killed in an instant, and the last one…
‘Because of me…’
She, like Seo Ji-eun, was protecting Shin A-hyeon, but after being attacked by a gunman, she fell down the building.
‘I… If only we had fought more actively…’
Even though she was a cadet, Seo Ji-eun was a talented person who was able to move between mid-level and upper-middle level heroes.
But the opponent…
“… Could you please answer quickly? Because I don’t like stuffy things?”
“Tsk…”
They were people with skills equivalent to high-level heroes.
It wasn’t even just three weirdos.
“Keeeee…”
“Krrrr…”
Four demons were showing their teeth towards Seo Ji-eun in the form of four legs.
And the identity of MineNet is…
‘The demons who have fought so far… It was a person… ?’
They were the doctors at the hospital who welcomed him earlier.
His appearance had changed to that of a monster, but through his tattered doctor’s gown, they could tell that it was the doctor they had seen earlier.
Seo Ji-eun began to analyze the situation.
‘The two guys… Senior hero, the guy in the back is not a combatant. And… Mine Net.’
Two monsters who are stronger than you, and four demons that magic does not work on.
She was able to realize it through the situation she analyzed.
‘… I can never win.’
She realized that even considering the odds was foolish…
When Seo Ji-eun reached that thought, her body began to tremble.
‘Calm down… Please… !’
But she began to accept her body despite her requests.
As her heartbeat increased, her shoulders began to vibrate, and her fingers began to tremble through her arms.
The courage she experienced and built during her time as a cadet.
Unfortunately, Seo Ji-eun lacks practical experience due to her long absence from school…
‘I… I… Her mom…’
Even her resolve couldn’t build up her courage to the point where it went to waste in an instant.
And such fear began to flow down Seo Ji-eun’s spine, and at that moment, only one person appeared in Seo Ji-eun’s mind.
‘If the instructor was there…’
Seong Su-ho.
Seo Ji-eun began to fantasize that Seong Su-ho would appear and save her, just like before.
But she quickly came to her senses and internally vented her anger at her weak self.
‘There’s no way the instructor is coming… Wake… Please…’
It was a hopeless situation in which not even the slightest sound of a siren could be heard, let alone instructor Seong Su-ho’s voice.
Even the large guilds such as the cult, the tower, and the three major guilds had not arrived, so there was no way that Seongsuho, who could not be found anywhere, could have come here.
But still, in Seo Ji-eun’s mind…
‘… ‘Instructor.’
Seong Su-ho’s face could only be vividly drawn.
Seo Ji-eun, covered in despair and fear, forced herself to think of Seong Su-ho…
“Huh…”
She began to burst into tears that she had been holding back.
Seeing Seo Ji-eun’s tears, her goon started to laugh at her and mock her.
Haha, was it because you were scared that you didn’t answer?”
“Wow, I see all the cadets crying.”
“Wasn’t he a third-year student?”
After the three people continued to mock, one person’s voice was added.
“Yes, third grade.”
“Fuhaha! A third-grader cries like that? The consulate is now over… Huh?”
The gunman didn’t answer, but looked towards the place where the voice came from, feeling strange.
And it wasn’t just the stranger who turned his head.
‘No way…’
A huge window opened by a security guard.
In those places where people shouldn’t be…
“Instructor!!!”
Seong Su-ho, whom Seo Ji-eun had longed for, was standing there.
